The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal

well, this book was a surprise. Its writing style is pleasant to read, the entries are generously treated (of course, in this kind of book there is always controversy about what band should have been included and was not) and there is no open bias towards any particular band. The photos are also interesting. I did not read it back to back, of course. I read it little by little, out of alphabetical order. Concerning mistakes, the only serious I found so far was in the "Accept" entry. The writer simply get thing wrong when he says that Hermann Frank Jr. also recorded "Restless And Wild". Although Frank appears in the credits, Wolf Hoffmann recorded all guitars on that album. Also, poor old Jorg Fisher (the stalwart second guitarist in Accept) is not even mentioned. Anyway, the entries are cleverly written and it's fun to read it.

Awesome book, great pictures, awesome bands, but: Why is god's name are Nivana and Pearl Jam and Limp bizket in this book!!?!?!? they are not heavy metal and never will be anything close to it, they are the bane of metal....thus they shouldn't be in a "Guide To Heavy Metal" book. Other than that issue great book for any metal fan, ignore peral jam, limp bizkit, and Nirvana sections as they have nothing to do with metal. PS: Nirvana suck.....LOL