Louder than hell
Subtitle: the definitive oral history of metal
By: Jon Wiederhorn & Katherine Turman ; introduction by Scott Ian of Anthrax ; afterword by Rob Halford of Judas Priest
Contributors: Turman, Katherine, author; Ian, Scott, writer of added commentary; Halford, Rob, writer of added commentary
Edition: FIRST EDITION.
Publisher: It Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 718
ISBN-13: 9780061958281
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Black metal (Music); History and criticism; Heavy metal (Music); Death metal (Music)
Description: Featuring more than 250 interviews with members of Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Pantera, Korn and many others over the past 25 years, this examination of the cultural phenomenon provides an expert analysis of the heavy metal scene from the '60s to the present.
Notes: Introduction and afterword responsibility statements from dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: In my world  -- by Scott Ian; title: Prologue: Heavy metal thunder --; title: Kick out the jams : proto metal, 1964-1970 --; title: Masters of reality : Sabbath, Priest, and beyond, 1970-1979 --; title: British steel : new wave of British heavy metal shapes the future, 1980-present --; title: Youth gone wild : metal goes mainstream, 1978-1992 --; title: Caught in a mosh : thrash metal, 1981-1991 --; title: The age of Quarrel : crossover/hardcore, 1977-1992 --; title: Far beyond driven : thrash revisted and revised, 1987-2004 --; title: High-tech hate : industrial, 1980-1997 --; title: All for the nookie : nu metal, 1989-2002 --; title: Hammer smashed face : death metal, 1983-1993 --; title: In the nightside eclipse : black metal, 1982-present --; title: When darkness falls : metalcore, 1992-2006 --; title: New American gospel : millennial metal, 1992-present --; title: Conclusion: the end complete --; title: Afterword: Defender of the faith -- by Rob Halford.