- Rock groups, History and criticism, Heavy metal (Music)
Welcome, all ye who dare enter Sound of the Beast, the first definitive look at the madness and mayhem of heavy metal. From its cataclysmic beginning with Black Sabbath over 30 years ago to the hyperactive new metal bands ripping apart the charts today, heavy metal has become the dominant musical force around the globe.
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Epic, plot-driven, nostalgic and classical in form.
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Ian Christe
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- FLAMMARION, HarperCollins, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780859653572
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“"Heavy metal came into being just as the previous generation's salvation, rock and roll, was in the midst of horrific disintegration."”
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