21 Best music books like Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records by Brian Slagel

Cover of Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records by Brian Slagel

Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records

By: Brian Slagel

4.06

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Swing of the Blade follows Brian Slagel’s critically acclaimed 2017 book, For the Sake of Heaviness…

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Cover of Bible of Butchery - Cannibal Corpse The Official Biography by Joel McIver

1. Bible of Butchery - Cannibal Corpse The Official Biography

By: Joel McIver

3.58

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

If Cannibal Corpse did not exist, no one would dare to invent it. Murder. Torture. Hatred. Agony… read more

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Cover of Rise of the Governor (The Walking Dead: Novels, #1) by Robert Kirkman, Jay Bonansinga

2. Rise of the Governor (The Walking Dead: Novels, #1)

By: Robert Kirkman , Jay Bonansinga

3.86

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Based on "The Walking Dead" graphic novels/comic books and the series starring Andrew Lincoln ("Tea… read more

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Cover of Glenn Hughes: The Autobiography - From Deep Purple to Black Country Communion by Joel McIver, Glenn   Hughes

3. Glenn Hughes: The Autobiography - From Deep Purple to Black Country Communion

By: Joel McIver , Glenn Hughes

4.04

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Vocalist, bassist and songwriter Glenn Hughes is a living, breathing personification of British roc… read more

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Cover of Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live by James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales

4. Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

By: James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales

3.77

Format: 52 pages,

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Cover of Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen by None

5. Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen

By: None

3.84

Format: 352 pages,

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Cover of What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography by Bruce Dickinson

6. What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography

By: Bruce Dickinson

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER A long-awaited memoir from the larger-than-life, multifaceted lead vocalis… read more

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Cover of Confessions of a Heretic: The Sacred and the Profane: Behemoth and Beyond by D. Randall Blythe, Adam Nergal Darski, Mark Eglinton, D Randall Blythe

7. Confessions of a Heretic: The Sacred and the Profane: Behemoth and Beyond

By: D. Randall Blythe , Adam Nergal Darski , Mark Eglinton , D Randall Blythe

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

"Rebellion is a part of youth. Sometimes it's dangerous. Instead of a sword, I hold a guitar in my … read more

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8. Heaven And Hell: My Life In The Eagles (1974 2001)

By: Don Felder

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

Don Felder was just a poor boy from Florida, but when he joined the Eagles he soared into the strat… read more

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9. One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band

By: Alan Paul , Butch Trucks , Jaimoe

3.66

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

This oral history of the Allman Brothers Band has been culled from hundreds of hours of interviews,… read more

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Cover of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain

10. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

By: Legs McNeil , Gillian McCain

4.19

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the … read more

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"Bob Gruen: La gente veniva da noi per farsi mordere, non per farsi accarezzare."

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)"

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Hippies survived Nixon, but punk caved in to Ronald Reagan, know what I'm saying? Punk actually couldn't take a good challenge."

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried to pick me up, so I said, "LOOK AT THE TITS, ALLEN! NOTICE THE TITS!"

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

11. Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore

By: John Peel , Albert Mudrian

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

This exciting history, featuring an introduction by famed DJ John Peel, tells the two-decade-long h… read more

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12. Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles

By: Elvis Costello , Geoff Emerick , Howard Massey

3.00

Format: 81 pages,

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13. The Damnation Game

By: Clive Barker

3.95

Format: 132 pages, Mass Market Paperback

There are things worse than death. There are games so seductively evil, so wondrously vile, no gamb… read more

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Cover of Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

14. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

Cover of My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee

15. My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee

4.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more

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Cover of City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) by Don Winslow

16. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

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17. Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1

By: Tom King

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

The Most Dangerous Game of Wits Batman and Riddler have ever played...The Riddler is one of Batman'… read more

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Cover of Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece by Dave Mustaine

18. Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece

By: Dave Mustaine

3.72

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

FEATURING A FOREWORD BY SLASH A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE MAKING OF MEGADETH'S ICONIC RECORD, … read more

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Cover of Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst

19. Goth: A History

By: Lol Tolhurst

3.68

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Following his memoir  Cured , a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a mi… read more

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20. The Lives of Brian

By: Brian Johnson

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately repla… read more

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Cover of Batman: One Bad Day - Ra's Al Ghul #1 by Tom    Taylor

21. Batman: One Bad Day - Ra's Al Ghul #1

By: Tom Taylor

4.03

Format: 66 pages, Kindle Edition

WHY WON’T BATMAN SAVE THE WORLD?! For centuries Ra’s al Ghul has wanted to save the Earth from the … read more

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Cover of Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond by Geezer Butler

22. Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

By: Geezer Butler

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black … read more

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"Being in Black Sabbath felt like being an actor in a soap opera. It’s a minor miracle all four of the original lineup survived beyond the 1970s, let alone that we’re all still here. Along the way, we…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

"Writing was my godsend, my treatment, my way of digging myself out of a depressive hole. That’s not an outlet a lot of working-class kids had. But because I’d been exposed to books from an early age,…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

Cover of Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir by Steve Gorman

23. Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir

By: Steve Gorman

4.32

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Black Crowes drummer and cofounder Steve Gorman shares the band's inside story in this behind-the-s… read more

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Cover of Confess: The Autobiography by Rob Halford

24. Confess: The Autobiography

By: Rob Halford

4.40

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The legendary frontman of Judas Priest, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, c… read more

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Cover of Smash!: Green Day, the Offspring, Rancid, Nofx, and the '90s Punk Explosion by Ian Winwood

25. Smash!: Green Day, the Offspring, Rancid, Nofx, and the '90s Punk Explosion

By: Ian Winwood

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A group biography of '90s punk rock told through the prism of Green Day, The Offspring, NOFX, Ranci… read more

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Cover of Biblical: Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures by Rob Halford

26. Biblical: Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures

By: Rob Halford

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Metal God, himself, Rob Halford—lead vocalist of Judas Priest and author of the critically accl… read more

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Cover of Driven: Rush in the ’90s and “In the End” (Rush Across the Decades Book 3) by Martin Popoff

27. Driven: Rush in the ’90s and “In the End” (Rush Across the Decades Book 3)

By: Martin Popoff

4.35

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

The conclusion to the definitive biography of the rock 'n' roll kings of the North. In this conclus… read more

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28. Batgirls, Vol. 1: One Way or Another

By: Becky Cloonan

3.60

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Two Bats are better than one! Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown star in the team-up book you’ve be… read more

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Cover of Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records by Brian Slagel

29. Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records

By: Brian Slagel

4.06

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Swing of the Blade follows Brian Slagel’s critically acclaimed 2017 book, For the Sake of Heaviness… read more

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Cover of The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987-1997 by David E. Gehlke

30. The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987-1997

By: David E. Gehlke

4.33

Format: 440 pages, None

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Cover of Denim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal by Michael  Hann

31. Denim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

By: Michael Hann

4.21

Format: 526 pages, Kindle Edition

In the late 1970s, aggressive, young bands are forming across Britain. Independent labels are sprin… read more

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17 Best history books like One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band by Alan Paul, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe

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4.42

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Laura Hillenbrand

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