Aaron R. (bigstu) reviewed on 12/7/2010

If you were a teenager or twenty-something in the 1980s and into the early 90s and you were a heavy metal fan than this book is probably for you. Seb Hunter does a good job of not only describing the different genres of metal including giving examples of the bands that went with each genre. Sprinkled in between these descriptions are Hunter's personal stories of his life growing up as a metalhead including his influences for the various bands that he helped start and/or joined throughout his teenage years and into his twenties. About midway through the book Hunter's stories take center stage and in my opinion the descriptions of what was going on in the metal world during the time period took away from the actual personal stories that Hunter was sharing. Overall, Hunter's stories were at times funny and at times uncomfortable but they were always entertaining.

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