Category Archives: Books

Metallica delve into children books with “The ABCs of Metallica”

Posted by on July 10, 2019

  Metallica have done it all. They have their own whiskey, pilsner, skateboard, and now they are going to have their own children’s book. The band is working with co-author Howie Abrams and illustrator Michael “Kaves” McLeer to make this vision come to life. The book is adorably called The ABCs of Metallica. “Including rhymes and […]

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A Babymetal graphic novel is coming

Posted by on April 3, 2018

The cult of Babymetal is continuing to grow. In just a little over four years, the band have gone from WTF novelty act from Japan to a global worldwide sensation in almost no time. Their sophomore album, Metal Resistance, was released in America after their self-titled one continued to sell here despite being an import. In […]

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Alan Robert talks second adult coloring book, Life of Agony’s next moves

Posted by on August 17, 2017

Alan Robert is somewhat of a rennaissance man. While many know him as the longtime bassist of Life of Agony, he actually graduated with an bachelors degree from New York’s School of Visual Arts, and has three comic book series under his belt as well. Last year, his first coloring book, The Beauty of Horror, took […]

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BMG will release a book on Metal Blade Records’ history in August

Posted by on June 26, 2017

Metal Blade Records recently celebrated its thirty-five year anniversary with a North American tour including bands such as Whitechapel, Cattle Decapitation, Allegaeon, and Necromancing the Stone. It wasn’t too long ago when we found out label and publishing company BMG was starting to get into the book business, and would soon release founder and CEO Brian […]

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6 reasons to pick up new book ‘666 Days of Metal’

Posted by on April 14, 2017

It has been a while since Metal Insider scribe, Chip McCabe, had a byline on the site, but not without good cause. McCabe has just announced the publication of his new book, 666 Days of Metal, via Amazon. 666 Days of Metal is based off of a blog McCabe ran from 2012-2014 where he wrote […]

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