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Birth School Metallica Death is the definitive story of the most significant rock band since Led Zeppelin, covering the band's formation up to their breakthrough eponymous fifth album, aka "The Black Album." The intense and sometimes fraught relationship between aloof-yet-simmering... Read Full Overview

There has never been a hard rock band like Metallica. The California quartet has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, won nine Grammy Awards, and had five consecutive albums hit number one on the Billboard charts. But Metallica's story, epic in scope, is a tale about... Read Full Overview

Metallica have sold in excess of 100 million albums and won seven Grammys. Their journey from scuzzy Los Angeles garages to the stages of the world's biggest stadia has been an epic and often traumatic one, and one of the few truly great rock 'n' roll sagas. No music writers... Read Full Overview

Metallica is one of the most powerful, spectacular, and explosive bands of all time. This book looks beyond record sales and critics' praise to tell the band's real story--the long journey from a garage in LA to the world's biggest stadiums. It's based on extensive interviews... Read Full Overview