Grindcore 188
Hardcore Rap 207
Funk Metal 210
Alternative Metal 225
Death Metal 240
Avant-Garde Metal 253
scandinavian Black Metal 274
Metal Tributes 317-318
Nu Metal 329
Metallic Techno 337
Comebacks 343
Doom Metal 349
Death in Metal 355-358
APPENDIX C
The Fine print-Metal Lists
Greatest Fist-Pumping True Metal Anthems
1. "Denim and Leather,” Saxon
2. "Gloves of Metal,” Manowar
3. "Metal Health,” Quiet Riot
Dreaming On: Greatest Metal Power Ballads
1. "Bringin’ on the Heartbreak,” Def Leppard
2. "Home Sweet Home,” Mötley Crüe
3. "In the End,” Linkin Park
Greatest Power Ballads Disguised as True Metal
1. "Fade to Black,” Metallica
2. "Hallowed Be Thy Name,” Iron Maiden
3. "Cemetary Gates,” Pantera
Shamelessly Weak False Metal Anthems
1. "When the Children Cry,” White Lion
2. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” Poison
3. "Only God Knows Why,” Kid Rock
4. "The Final Countdown,” Europe
Best Live Records
1. No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith, Motörhead
2. If You Want Blood …, AC/DC
3. Live and Dangerous, Thin Lizzy
Best Concert Film
Live Intrusion, Slayer
Best Faked Live Records
1. Unleashed in the East, Judas Priest
2. Live?!* @ Like a Suicide, Guns N’ Roses
3. Jump in the Fire EP, Metallica
Short Cuts: The Best of Blipcore
1. "Micro-E!,” Wehrmacht, 0.1 secs
2. "You Suffer,” Napalm Death, 0.7 secs.
3. "Mutually Assured Destruction,” Electro Hippies, 1.0 secs
Vidcore
“Collateral Damage” video, Brutal Truth, 2.5 secs
Epicus Metallici!$$ in Extremo
1. "Llenandose de Gusanos,” Corrupted, 100 mins
2. "Jerusalem,” Sleep, 53 mins
3. "At War with Satan,” Venom, 23 mins
Most Likely to Mention
Their Own Band Name in Song
1. Hanoi Rocks
2. Manowar
3. Suicidal Tendencies
Couldn’t help it: Death
Strangest Album Titles
1. Pink Bubbles Go Ape, Helloween
2. Rather Death than False of Faith, Hydra Vein
3. The Music of Erich Zahn, Mekong Delta
What Would Ozzy Do? Headbanging Born-Agains
1. PO.D.
2. Trouble
3. High on Fire
Songbirds of the Stool: Singing Drummers
1. Dan Beehler, Exciter
2. Barry Stern, Zoetrope
3. King Fowley, Deceased
Heavy Selassie: Dreadlock Pioneers
1. Tommy Niemeyer (guitarist), The Accused
2. Mike “Puffy” Bordin (drummer), Faith No More
3. Max Cavalera (singer/guitarist), Sepultura
Heavy Metal Medical Students
1. Jeff Walker (bassist/vocalist), Carcass (entirely self-taught)
2. Chris Lykins (guitarist), Atrophy (Yale Medical School)
3. King Diamond (laboratory research chemist, Denmark)
Weirdest Metal Stage Tricks
1. Inflating thick rubber hot water bottle by mouth— Thor (bodybuilder/vocalist)
2. Scraping bloody knuckles on cheese grater attached to guitar—Don Costa (M-80/Ozzy Osbourne bassist)
3. Wearing inverted KFC chicken tub over head—Buckethead (Guns N’ Roses guitarist)
Numerals of the Beast
Official members of Black Sabbath from 1970-2002: 29 Members of Slipknot by the end of 2002: 9 and slipping Members of Guns N’ Roses by the end of 2002: 9 and rising Recording acts featuring members of Napalm Death: 34 Bands named Mayhem (not including Tommy Lee’s Methods of Mayhem):
4 Totally different self-titled LPs by Accept: 2 Record companies that signed Motörhead: 16 and counting Number of times the words “heavy metal” appear in this book: 555
Lists advisory committee: Jem Aswad, Rob Dyrenforth, Kevin Sharp, Phil Vera, Pat Delaney, Bret Witter
All Hail to Thee
THE INNER CLRCLE:Peter McGuigan, Bret Witter, and Josh Behar for their long-standing bravery, patience, and cleverness.
ADVANCE TERROR SQUAD:Patrick Delaney, Anne Kugler, Kerri Culhane, Jaime Eldredge, Jeff Wagner, Thomas Fischer, Margaret Hallisey, Stephen O’Malley, Omid Yamini, and Aaron Cantor for their eyes.
IMAGES OF THE BEAST: Dan Sokol, Tim Falke, Roy Dressel, Harry Maat, Jonathan Munro, Vidar Sandnes, Lucifera Elena Leon, Scott Colburn, Christy Davis, Samantha Nickerson, Austin Majors, Filip Malinowski, Morten Anderson, Dean Sternberg, Charles Peterson, Jean-françois “Big” Lavallée, John Michaels, Raimo Autio, Jeanne Mitchell, King Django, Vicky Baron, Stew Milne—and especially Todd Nakamine and Deborah Lynn Laws.
MOUTHS OF THE PIT: Dan Lilker, Tom Warrior, Lars Ulrich, Monte Connor, King Diamond, Peter Steele, John Gallagher, Ritchie Stotts, Glenn Danzig, Tom Niemeyer, Blaine Cook, Rob Halford, Ronnie James Dio, Jess Cox, Dee Snider, Chuck D, Jeff Krulik, John Heyn, Shawn Crahan, Quorthon, Ihsahn, Samoth, Trym, Tim “Ripper” Owens, Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, Chuck Billy, Alex Skol-nick, Eric Peterson, Trey Azagthoth, Gary Holt, Kirk Hammett, Glen Benton, Michael D. Williams, Alicia Morgan, Max Cavalera, Katon W. DePena, Joey DeMaio, Bill Lindsey, Dan Clements, Nasty Ronnie, Dave Mustaine, Michael Sweet, Rob Zombie, Yamatsuka Eye, Nick Bullen, Dino Cazares, Burton Bell, Shane Embury, Barney Greenway, Mitch Harris, Mick Harrris, Jesse Pintado, Jeff Be-cerra, Larry Lalonde, Treponem Pal, King Fowley, Mike Smail, Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Scott Ian, John Bush, Tommy Victor, Ian MacKaye, Tommy Stewart, Steve Albini, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Carmine Appice, Tom Araya, Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman, Away, Snake, Brian Slagel, Monte Conner, Kevin Sharp, Les Claypool, Blackie Lawless, Ben Liemer, Katherine Ludwig, Billy Milano, Trey Spruance, Joe Preston, Ron Quintana, Derek Riggs, Wino, and Bob Muldowney, MIA.
AGENTS OF DISEASE: “Metal” Maria Ferraro, Chip Ruggieri, Mark Morton, Michael Mazur, Debbie Sellnow, Jamie Roberts, Jon Paris, Curran Reynolds, Steve Joh, Jocelyn Labelle, Veronique Cordier, Felice Ecker, Deborah Orr, Janet Billig, Steve Martin, Rayshele Tiege, Jonny Hart, and special thanks to Jeff Stone at Pollstar.
INFERNAL LEGIONS: Christes far and wide, Greg Fiering, Rob Dyrenforth, Portia Jane Cook, Kris Durso, David Sprague, Martin Popoff, Ben Ratliff, Jem Aswad, Vern Key, Don Weeks, Mark Vincent, Duff Kobrock, Shawn McCullough, Peter Paulson, Tom Russ, Chris and Scott Badger, Karin and Sandra Tidwell, Sheenah Van Spec, Simon Timony, Eric O’Brien, Mike Nicoletti, Tom Alessio, Tony Scialdone, Mary Ann Bella, Bob Apell, Anania O’Leary, Steve Peck, Rudo Anvilmeister, Frank “Killjoy” Pucci, “Terror” Ken Mclntyre, Edward Field, Thurston Moore, Jake Vandervloed, Ky Anderson, Mike Anderson, Emmett Williams, Rob “The Saint” Francis, Phil Wilhelm, Michael Pebworth, John Race, Harvey Bennett Stafford, Chas Nielson, Brian Hageman, Ted Atherton, Christine Shields, Fritz Welch, Paige Martin, Nondor Nevai, Windy Chien, AQ thrashers, Tinuviel, Chew, Chris Orloski, Andy TerHaar, Shayne Stacy, Janice Steinschneider, Curtiss Pernice, Lily Samille Sickles, Carter Strickland, Nicole Gueron, Rich Hosey, Bob Plante, Jonathan Spottiswoode, Greg Brooks, Bill Stier, Mason Williams, James Plotkin, John Zeps, Jason Pettigrew, Scott Helig, Richard Karsmakers, Karin Kessels, Elizabeth Butler, Amy Miller, Phil Franklin, Steve Hurley, Mr. Snuggles, Nicole Noselli, Daphne Gutierrez, Beth Coleman, Greg Anderson, Rattlehead and Captain Anthrax, Warren Appleby, Gary Chechak, Gibbs Chapman, Brently Pusser, Mark Driver, Mike Peters, Sandra Gordon, Bill Landis, Nate Peone, Rich McMillan, Ben Siegal, Kei Katsunuma, Lita and Javier, Alain Tello-Christe, Nelvin Chee,
Johnny Blue Eyes and the Navajo Nation, and Mike the freak.
SPECIAL THANKS to true believers Christopher Anderson, Joe Banks, Kevin imamura, Mark Woodlief, John Alderman, James Lo,Rob Cherry, Ira Robbins, Mike McGonigal, Joey Anuff, Scott Framp-ton, Melissa Weiner, Brian Monnin, Steven Daly, and Harmony Korine.
AND VERY SPECIAL THANKS to Jessica, Gary, Greg Prevost, Armand Schaubroeck, and the great House of Guitars of Rochester, New York, for raw insane inspiration and the juice.
Apologies to the ones who got away!
Number of the Beast* (212) 69-666-S3 www.SOVNDOFTHEBEAST.com
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INDEX
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A.C. (Anal Cunt), 184
Aardschok magazine, 38, 85, 201
Abaddon (drummer), 42, 104. See also
Venom
Abono, Debbie (manager), 113–15
Abruptum, 285
AC/DC: Back in Black and later, 52–54, 66, 70, 123, 129, 136, 183, 213, 218;
Bon Scott era, 23, 32, 39–40, 41, 49, 292; rap sampling of, 205, 207
Accept, 43, 61, 95, 138, 163, 320, 353
Accused, the, 138, 179, 181, 184–85, 186, 188, 231, 356
Acid (band), 100
Aerosmith, 39, 53, 158, 164–65, 220, 231, 352
Agent Steel, 99, 137, 179, 266
Agnostic Front, 176, 178
AIDS, 17, 219, 234, 310, 355, 357
Ain, Martin (bassist), 111, 112. See also Celtic Frost; Hellhammer
Albini, Steve (producer), 254–55
Amorphis, 251
Angel Witch, 37, 40–42, 44, 47, 61
Anselmo, Phil (singer), 228, 229, 345. See also Necrophagia; Pantera
Anthrax: as “Big Four” thrash metal force, 129, 136, 137, 180, 182, 200, 221, 226, 344; early years, 86, 92–93, 95, 151; up-beat attitude of, 146, 228, 243, 273; working with Public Enemy, 204, 206–08, 210, 220, 325. See also S.O.D.
Anvil, 44, 50, 61, 86, 92, 95, 136, 320, 321, 344
Apocalyptica, 316
Appice, Carmine (drummer), 167. See also Osbourne, Ozzy
Appice, Vinnie (drummer), 341. See also Black Sabbath
Apple Computer, 76, 254
April Wine, 37
Araya, Tom (singer/bassist), 103, 108, 110, 136, 150, 259, 281. See also Slayer
Arcturus, 253, 282
Arden, Don (manager), 52
Arden, Sharon (manager). See Osbourne, Sharon
Armored Saint, 63, 75–76, 91, 92, 111, 130–31, 132, 135–36, 228, 345, 356
Artillery, 137, 145, 343
Asheim, Steve (drummer), 243, 273. See also Deicide
Assassin, 141
At the Gates, 251
At War, 201
Atari Teenage Riot, 334, 337
Atheist, 242, 245, 355
Attitude Adjustment, 179
Autopsy, 272
Away (drummer) 112, 199. See also Voivod
Azagthoth, Trey (guitarist), 51, 94, 113, 239,
244, 245, 281. See also Morbid Angel
B. C. Rich Guitars, 103, 241
Bach, Sebastian (singer), 219, 351. See also Skid Row
backward masking, 296–97
Bad Brains, 172, 176, 178, 245
Baker, Susan, 118, 119, 120. See also PMRC
ballads in heavy metal, 83, 143, 145, 217;
power ballads, 155, 160, 161, 162, 164, 257
Baloff, Paul (singer), 49, 134, 135, 169, 358. See also Exodus
Bambaata, Afrika, 205, 318
Bang, 14, 344, 364
Bangs, Lester (writer), 10, 38
Barnes, Chris (singer), 248. See also Canni- bal Corpse; Six Feet Under
Barton, Geoff (writer), 33, 38. See also Kerrang!
Bathory, 106–07, 108, 109, 110, 113, 115, 167, 270, 274, 275, 280, 285
Beherit, 274
Boogie Down Productions, 205, 207
Beatles, the, 3, 7, 10, 13, 25, 30, 32, 232, 292, 352, 359
Beavis & Butt-Head, 219
Becerra, Jeff (guitarist), 113, 115, 244, 360.
See also Possessed
Bee Gees, the, 107
Beehler, Dan (singer/drummer), 67, 84, 92, 111. See also Exciter
Bell, Burton (singer), 334. See also Fear Factory
Belladonna, Joey (singer), 146. See also Anthrax
Benante, Charlie (drummer), 93, 175, 177. See also Anthrax; S.O.D.
Benton, Glen (singer/bassist), 239, 243, 244. See also Deicide
Berlinger, Joe (director), 298, 299, 300. See
also Paradise Lost (film)
Bethlehem, 251
Biafra, Jello (singer), 174, 267. See also
Dead Kennedys
“Big Four” of thrash metal, definition, 146
Billy, Chuck (singer), 151, 226, 358. See
also Testament
Biohazard, 313–14, 324, 329
Birmingham, England, 1, 2, 9, 11, 19, 22, 25, 67, 132, 186, 245, 332, 340, 341, 362
Bitch, 55, 64, 75, 100, 103
Bitches Sin, 44
Black Death, 206
Black Flag, 28, 31, 172, 173, 176, 179, 346
black leather jackets, 28, 31, 37, 41, 170, 208, 209, 231
Black ’N Blue, 63
Black Oak Arkansas, 51, 230
Black Sabbath, 92, 186, 197, 213, 223, 238, 291, 306; birth of heavy metal, 1–5, 39; break with Ozzy Osbourne, 24–26, 36, 51, 52; compared to Metallica, 89, 97, 90, 144, 203, 234, 315; Dio era, 66–68, 70, 166; Gillan era, 80, 123; influence of, 19–22, 28, 94, 175, 193, 225, 230–31, 239, 317, 341, 345–49, 353; oc- cult mystique of, 4, 120, 122, 126, 244; Ozzy era, 8–10, 11–15, 17, 37, 120, 182, 227; rap sampling of, 205, 207, 314; re- union, 340–42, 343, 361–62
Blackmore, Ritchie (guitarist), 12, 13, 15,
108. See also Deep Purple; Rainbow
Blind Guardian 319
Blitzkreig, 44, 130, 192
Bloodrock, 14, 23
Blue Cheer, 16, 94, 230
Blue Öyster Cult, 13, 16
Body Count, 300–01. See also Ice-T
Bolt Thrower, 188, 249
Bon Jovi, 140, 162, 164, 216, 242
Bonham, John (drummer), 12, 54. See also
Led Zeppelin
Boone, Pat, 316–19
Boredoms, 254
Breadwinner, 253
Broadrick, Justin (singer/guitarist), 189, 332, 335. See also Godflesh; Napalm
Death
Brujeria, 167, 247, 267–68
Brutal Truth, 188, 240, 251–54, 250, 333
Brutality, 242
Budgie, 14, 193, 318
Bujnowski, Gloria (manager), 265. See also
Sepultura; Soulfly
Bulldozer, 106
Bullen, Nick (bassist), 187, 333. See also
Napalm Death; Scorn
Bullet Boys, 160
Burning Witch, 345, 349
Burns, Scott (producer), 242. See also Morrisound Studios
Burroughs, William S., 10
Burton, Cliff (bassist), 65, 86, 87, 88,
Burton, Cliff (continued)
89–90, 130, 142, 145, 174, 190, 192, 193–94, 195, 196, 203, 316; death of,s 150–52, 191, 208, 217, 309, 354, 355.
See also Metallica
Burzum, 167, 274, 277–79, 282, 284
Bush, George, 221, 301
Bush, George W., 361
Bush, John, (singer) 75–76, 91–92, 131, 132, 135–36, 151, 154, 208, 228, 345, 354, 356. See also Anthrax; Armored Saint
Bush, Kate, 107, 272, 283
Butler, Geezer (bassist), 1, 3, 9, 11, 15, 24, 234, 340, 341, 342, 361. See also Black Sabbath
Butthole Surfers, 225
Byford, Biff (singer), 40, 212, 344. See also Saxon
Candiria, 322
Candlemass, 345, 349, 355
Cannibal Corpse,
240, 242, 247, 248, 249, 272, 301, 302, 303
Captain Beyond, 14, 344
Carcass, 186, 188, 189, 240, 246–47, 248, 250, 255, 327
Carnivore, 137, 147, 178–79, 223
Carpathian Forest, 285
Castle Donington. See Monsters of Rock (UK)
Cathedral, 189, 248, 255, 345, 348, 349
Cauterized (South Africa), 263
Cavalera, Max, (singer/guitarist), 264, 265, 327. See also Sepultura; Soulfly
Cave, Nick (singer), 318
Cazares, Dino (guitarist), 267, 334. See also
Brujeria; Fear Factory
CBGB (club), 178, 179
Celtic Frost, 109, 111–13, 141, 142, 170, 185, 197–98, 206, 226, 230, 232, 252, 282, 317, 334, 335, 344, 355
censorship of heavy metal, 120, 124–25, 174, 291, 301, 303
Chuck D (rapper), 71, 204, 205, 220, 258, 260, 300, 325. See also Public Enemy
church-burning, 273–75, 276–77, 278, 280, 284, 287–89, 292
Cinderella, 159, 162, 363
Circle Jerks, 176, 177
Circus magazine, 80–83, 85, 147, 155, 158, 227, 249
Cirith Ungol, 58, 64, 111
Clapton, Eric (guitarist), 12, 352. See also
Cream
Clash, the, 28, 31, 36, 76, 80, 156
classical music, 16, 197, 253, 262, 279, 316, 352–54
Claypool, Les (singer/bassist), 88, 191, 208, 315. See also Primus
Clinton, Bill, 221, 304
Coal Chamber, 324, 330
Cobain, Kurt (singer/guitarist), 232, 348, 355. See also Nirvana
C.O.C. (Corrosion of Conformity), 173, 175, 178, 181, 185
Combat Records, 146, 179, 201, 212, 242, 320
Conan (barbarian), 75, 112, 243
concert violence, 17, 144, 180–83, 235–36, 259–60
Connelly, John (singer/guitarist), 178. See also Nuclear Assault
Conner, Monte (A&R), 85, 147, 224, 226–27, 247, 256, 330. See also Road-