The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time
- Publisher
- ECW Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2004
- Category
- Heavy Metal
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550226003
- Publish Date
- Apr 2004
- List Price
- $24.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554902453
- Publish Date
- Jun 2004
- List Price
- $13.95
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Description
The result of an extensive poll asking heavy metal fans to list their favourite high-octane albums, this compendium combines those survey results with Popoff’s original interviews with world famous rockers who reveal recording session secrets in addition to their own heavy classics and ear-splitting faves. When all of this is melded with Popoff’s unique and celebrated insights into the metal of yesterday and today, an essential resource becomes a rock-writing standard.
From AC/DC to ZZ Top and from Black Sabbath to Pantera, both headbanging chart-toppers and lesser-known gems are catalogued and critically appraised. With reviews of early metal albums of the 1960s, as well as the latest hits, The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time blends praise with criticism to produce an honest assessment of the most influential and important heavy metal recordings. Also featured are photos and appendices that revel in mountains of metal minutiae.
“Martin Popoff has no doubt supplied the raw material for all manner of intense debates among the former denizens of basement bedrooms everywhere.” —The Toronto Sun
About the author
Contributor Notes
Martin Popoff is the author of The Collector’s Guide to Heavy Metal and Riff Kills Man! 25 Years of Recorded Heavy Metal. He is a regular contributor to CMJ and Guitar World. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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