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Baur, K. (2025). Dark Medieval Times: Das Mittelalter im Metal [Dark Medieval Times: The Middle Ages in Metal Music]. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
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Radovanović Šuput, B. (2025). Estetika ružnoće – zvuk i slika ekstremne metal glazbe [The Aesthetics of Ugliness – The Sound and Image of Extreme Metal Music]. Filozofska istraživanja, 45(3), 417–436.
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Darski, A. N., Eglinton, M., Azarewicz, K., & Weltrowski, P. (2015). Confessions of a Heretic: The Sacred and The Profane: Behemoth and Beyond. London, England: Jawbone Press.
Abstract: << Confessions Of A Heretic is the forthright and erudite memoir of Adam Nergal Darski, the frontman and driving force behind the Polish extreme metal group Behemoth, currently at the top of their game following the release of their 2014 US Top 40 album The Satanist.
Presented as a series of interrogations by friends and associates, and with a foreword by Lamb Of God frontman D. Randall Blythe, the book reveals a complex man of great contrast—a health-conscious, highly personable intellectual known for his extreme views and even more extreme music—lifting the lid on everything from his clashes with the Polish Catholic Church to appearing as a judge on the Polish version of The Voice to his battle with leukemia. >>
(SOURCE: https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Heretic-Sacred-Profane-Behemoth/dp/1908279753/)
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McIver, J. (2009). The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists (Paperback ed.). London, England: Jawbone Press.
Abstract: << The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists is a book with a mission. Since we emerged from the primeval ooze, mankind has laboured under the mistaken impression that hard rock is heavy metal and heavy metal is hard rock. Author Joel McIver sets out to rectify this tragic situation with the definitive list of guitar warriors: one hundred axe-slingers who don’t bother with show-off rock riffage and power ballads—they play METAL. Specifically thrash metal, death metal, power metal, doom metal and the traditional heavy metal that fans have known and loved since Tony Iommi first placed his industrially-truncated fingertips on a power chord back in 1970.
In this book, metal guitar expert McIver selects the most accomplished guitarists from the four generations of metal to date and places them in order according to their technical proficiency, or their pioneering ideas—or both. Whether you’re into the modern metal of Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold and Dragonforce, classic 80s and 90s extreme metal from Metallica, Slayer and Pantera, or the movement’s original pioneers Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, you’ll love this book—and from the moment you lay eyes on No. 100, you won’t put The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists down until you’ve gone all the way to No. 1, the most gifted metal guitarist of all time! >>
(SOURCE: http://jawbonepress.com/the-100-greatest-metal-guitarists/)
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Schmenk, H. (2025). Sodom: Auf Kohle Geboren – Die offizielle Bandbiografie. Zeltingen-Rachtig, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany: Index Verlag.
Abstract: << Mitten im Ruhrpott, wo Kohlestaub und Bier zum Alltag gehören, entstand 1982 eine Band, die den Metal für immer verändern sollte: Sodom, die lauteste Antwort auf den Weltschmerz! Tief verwurzelt in Gelsenkirchen-Buer mitten im Ruhrgebiet, dem Epizentrum der deutschen Heavy-Metal-Szene, braute sich ab Anfang der achtziger Jahre etwas zusammen, das innerhalb weniger Jahre Legendenstatus erlangen sollte: Thrash Metal à la Sodom, Kreator oder Darkness. Dr. Holger Schmenk hat für dieses Buch die tiefsten Kellerproberäume besucht und die härtesten Kneipen durchforstet, um die ungefilterte Wahrheit über Tom Angelripper und seine wechselnden Mitstreiter ans Licht zu bringen. Von den wilden Anfangstagen mit dem „Witching Metal“-Demo zum internationalen Durchbruch mit „Agent Orange“ bis in die Gegenwart – hier kommt die ungeschönte Story einer Thrash-Legende, die mehr Gitarristen verbraucht hat als andere Bands Verstärker. Eine turbulente Karriere voller Höhen und Tiefen. „Auf Kohle geboren“ erzählt die Geschichte eines Bergmannssohns aus Gelsenkirchen-Buer, der vom Malocher unter Tage zum international gefeierten Metal-Star wurde, ohne seine Wurzeln zu vergessen oder sich zu verbiegen. Ein Muss für jeden, der wissen will, wie eine der härtesten Bands Deutschlands durch vier Jahrzehnte Metal-Geschichte gekommen ist – kompromisslos, laut und immer echt! >>
[In the heart of the Ruhr region, where coal dust and beer are part of everyday life, a band was formed in 1982 that would change metal forever: Sodom, the loudest answer to world-weariness! Deeply rooted in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, right in the middle of the Ruhr area, the epicenter of the German heavy metal scene, something was brewing from the early eighties onward that would achieve legendary status within just a few years: thrash metal à la Sodom, Kreator, or Darkness. For this book, Dr. Holger Schmenk visited the deepest basement rehearsal rooms and scoured the toughest pubs to bring to light the unfiltered truth about Tom Angelripper and his ever-changing bandmates. From the wild early days with the “Witching Metal” demo to the international breakthrough with “Agent Orange” and up to the present day – here is the unvarnished story of a thrash legend who have gone through more guitarists than other bands go through amplifiers. A turbulent career full of highs and lows. “Born on Coal” tells the story of a miner's son from Gelsenkirchen-Buer who went from working underground to becoming an internationally acclaimed metal star, without forgetting his roots or compromising his principles. A must-see for anyone who wants to know how one of Germany's toughest bands has made it through four decades of metal history – uncompromising, loud, and always authentic! (from Google Translate]
(SOURCE: https://www.amazon.de/dp/3936878560)
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