Top products from r/Metal101
We found 20 product mentions on r/Metal101. We ranked the 25 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Heavy Metal: Controversies and Counterculture (Studies in Popular Music)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
2. Vibes High Fidelity Earplugs - Invisible Ear Plugs for Concerts, Musicians, Motorcycles, Airplanes, Raves, Work Noise Reduction, Hearing Protection - Fits Small Medium Large - As Seen On Shark Tank
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
PROTECT YOUR EARS: Vibes Reusable High Fidelity Earplugs reduce damaging decibel levels to protect your ears in noisy areas without hurting sound quality. We’ve fitted noise-canceling earplugs with the best attenuating filters that lower volumes via filter specific frequencies vs outright noise ca...
7. We Wish You A Metal Xmas & A Headbanging New Year
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
8. Grado SR60i Prestige Series Headphones
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Vented diaphragmNon resonant air chamberMini plug w/ 1/4 adaptorConnectivity technology : Wired
10. Crazy Train: The high life and tragic death of Randy Rhoads
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
11. The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Authored: Joel McIverDiscusses metal guitarists from the pioneers of the 70's to those in the many modern genres they gave birth toAs well as celebrating the classic metal musicians who've defined the scene since the '70s, the controversial book delves deep into thrash metal, death metal, black meta...
13. Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
14. Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Bazillion Points LLC
17. Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Abrams Image
Here are a few I've read and really enjoyed.
Give this list a try for Cattle Decapitation.
Some other points:
The best book for fans of thrash/death/black metal is undoubtably Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries. It is a compilation of the greatest reviews, articles, and interviews from Slayer Mag, which has been around since the 80's. The first few issues are in Norwegian, but are still interesting to look at. After that, it switches over to English and is unbelievably informative. In addition, the author talks about what was going on in his life before each issue of Slayer Mag, which is an interesting insight as well. I would recommend this book over anything else metal-related that I've read.
The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal by Danial Buszpan is a pretty good visual history of metal, and I definitely learned about some bands from it. The original edition was a bit dated, but apparently they have a revised and updated edition now.
Also, although it's a bit predictable, The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists by Joel McIver is an entertaining read.
If you're looking for a scholarly/academic take on metal, then you honestly cannot go wrong with Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge by Keith Kahn-Harris and Heavy Metal: Controversies and Counterculture (Studies in Popular Music). Both are excellent reading, and as they're academic studies can be quite in-depth. Definitely worth a look if you can find them.
My personal favorites:
X-M@$ - Corey Taylor
Oh Holy Night - Halford This is just one, but the entire album Winter Songs by Halford is just all, well, winter and Christmas songs sung by Rob Halford. Can't beat the Metal God!
Also, I recommend We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year. It has the aforementioned Alice Cooper song, plus ones with Dio and Lemmy and the like.
Grado headphones are considered the best for metal and rock by many people. The Grado SR-60i are amazingly fun headphone for the price. I havea pair of Grado 225i and they are my choice of headphone whenever listening to metal.
I have a few recommendations for you:
Although I don't like the man now, I had a really good time reading through Dave Mustaine's Autobiography. Kinda the definitive story so far on the events that happened from Metallica's beginning to his dismissal from the band and really cool stories regarding Megadeth's creation.
I heartily recommend Malc Macmillan's [NWOBHM Encyclopedia] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/N-W-O-B-H-M-ENCYCLOPEDIA-Malc-MacMillan/dp/3931624161/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376054798&sr=8-1&keywords=encyclopedia+of+nwobhm) if, er, you like a bit of NWOBHM.
Deena Weinstein's [Heavy Metal - The music and it's culture] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavy-Metal-Music-Culture-ebook/dp/B00AHEZGSK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376054934&sr=1-1&keywords=deena+weinstein) is a bit elderly but still worth a read.
Bang Your Head: The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal It covers the history of "mainstream" metal from the late 60s and early 70s to the fall of hair metal in the 90s, but doesn't cover any of the underground Death and Grind movements in the 80s and 90s. For that, I'd recommend Choosing Death which has already been mentioned.
I am Ozzy is Ozzy's autobiography that recounts all his crazy stories from his day's with Sabbath, to losing Randy, to getting a reality show, and so on. Good read that gives you a decent perspective on how huge and successful that guy was (and still is).
Crazy Train: The High Life And Tragic Death Of Randy Rhoad is a biography that explains the full extent of Randy's genius. It's also rells the story of how a suburban kid got swept up into the rock star lifestyle.