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Running with the Devil: Power, Gender and Madness in Heavy Metal Music
by Robert Walser -
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Queerness in Heavy Metal Music: Metal Bent
by Amber R Clifford-Napoleone -
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Black Sabbath's Master of Reality
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Into the Black: The Inside Story of Metallica, 1991-2014
by Ian Winwood and Paul Brannigan -
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True Norwegian Black Metal
by Peter Beste
The best books on Heavy Metal, recommended by Keith Kahn Harris
The best books on Heavy Metal, recommended by Keith Kahn Harris
Metal music, developed in the sixties and seventies, is notorious for its dark and disturbing imagery and its aggressive sound. But there’s nothing to be afraid of, says sociologist and fan Keith Kahn-Harris: it’s all part of the mythmaking of metal.
