Books

 

Below are a list of books that can be used for research or be read for fun. Genres and subgenres are listed in alphabetical order. All these books can be found in any library, a second-hand bookstore, or online. Headings act as annotations. Formats are included. 

Genres: 

History of Heavy Metal: 

• Heavy Metal by Bob Brunning (only print) 
• Heavy Metal: From Hard Rock to Extreme Metal by Kory Grow (only print)
• A History of Heavy Metal by Andrew O'Neill (only print) 
• Louder Than Hell: The Definite Oral History of Metal by Jon Wiederhorn (only print)
• Rock of Pages: The Literary Tradition of 1980s Heavy Metal by Jesse Kavadlo  (audiobook, e-book, and print) 
• Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal by Ian Christe (audiobook, e-book, and print)

History of Punk Music: 

• A Field Guide to Punk by Steve Wide (only print) 
• Hit Girls: Women of Punk in the USA by Jen Larsen (e-book and print) 
• Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil (only print)
• Punk Rock: Music is Currency of Life by Mindy Clegg (e-book and print) 
• Punk Rock: An Oral History by John Robb (only print) 
• Punk Revolution! by John Malkin (only print)
• Punk Spirit! by John Malkin (only print) 
• Revenge of the She-Punks by Vivien Goldman (audiobook, e-book, and print) 

History of Rock Music: 

• A History of Rock Music by Glen Glass (only print) 
• American Rock: Guitar Heroes, Punks, and Metalheads by Erik Farseth (e-book and print) 
• History of Rock and Roll by Thomas E Larson (only print) 
• The History of Rock: A Definitive Guide to Rock, Punk, Metal and Beyond by Parragon Books (only print)
• The History of Rock & Roll Vol.I by Ed Ward (only print) 
• The History of Rock & Roll Vol. II by Ed Ward (only print) 
• The History of Rock and Roll in the United States by Robert Willey (only print) 
• Rock & Roll: An Unruly History by Robert Palmer (only print) 
• Takin' Care of Business: A History of Working People's Rock "N" Roll  by George Case (audiotbook,e-book, and print)
• The Secret History of Rock 'N" Roll:The Mysterious Roots of Modern Music  by Christopher Knowles (audiobook, e-book, and print)

Subgenres 

Black Metal 

• Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult by Dayal Patterson (e-book and print) 
• Blood, Fire, Death: The Swedish Metal Story by Ika Johannesson & John Klingberg (only print) 
• Born for Burning: The History of Black Metal by Matias Gallardo (only print) 
• Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of Satanic Metal Underground  by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind (audiobook, e-book, and print)
• The Devil Cradle: The Story of Finnish Black Metal by Tero Ikäheimonen (only print) 
• USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal by Daniel Lake (only print)

Death Metal:

• Blood, Fire, Death: The Swedish Metal Story by Ika Johannesson & John Klingberg (e-book and print) 
• Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore by Albert Mudrian (e-book and print) 
• Death Metal by Tom Coles (audiobook, e-book, print) 
• Rotting Ways to Misery: The History of Finnish Death Metal by Markus Makkonen & KimStrömsholm (only print) 
• Streams of Ancient Wisdom: The History of Dutch Death Metal & Extreme Metal by Steven Willems (only print) 
• Swedish Death Metal by Daniel Ekeroth (e-book and print)

Doom Metal 

• Doom to Fail by JJ Anselm (e-book and print) 

Grindcore: 

• Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore by Albert Mudrian (e-book and print) 
• The Microgenre: A Quick Look at a Small Culture edited by Moly C. O'Donnel. (e-book and print) 

Hardcore Punk: 

• American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush (e-book and print)
• Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound by Brian Peterson 
• Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records by Jim Rutland (audiobook, e-book, and print) 
• Hardcore Punk in the Age of Reagan: The Lyrical Lashing of an American Presidency by Robert Fitzgerald (e-book and print) 
• Hardcore, Punk, and Other Junk: Aggressive Sounds in Contemporary Music by Eric James Abby (e-book and print) 
• Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk by Sam McPheeters (audiobook, e-book, and print) 
• NYHC: New York Hardcore by Tony Rettman (e-book and print) 
• Råpunk by David Andersson (only print) Swedish hardcore
• Sellout: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore by Dan Ozzi (audiobook, e-book, and print) 
• Soberliving for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics edited by Gabriel Kuhn (e-book and print) 
• Straightedge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History by Tony Rettman (e-book and print) 
• Tear it Down: How Crossover Bridged Metal and Hardcore by Alexandros Anasiadis (only print) 
• Trapped in a Scene: UK Hardcore 1985-1989 by Ian Glasper (e-book and print)

 New Wave of British Heavy Metal: 

• Denim & Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal by Michael Hann (only print) 
• New Wave of British Heavy Metal by John Tucker (only print) 
• No Sleep Till Saltburn: Adventures on the Edge of the New of British Heavy Metal by Mark Gregory (only print) 

Post-Punk 

• Punk, Post-Punk and New Wave: Onstage, Backstage, In Your Face 1978-1991 by Michael Grecco (only in print) 
• Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984 by Simon Reynolds (audiobook, e-book, and print) 
• What is Post-Punk?: Genre Idenity in Avante Garde Popular Music 1977-1982 By Mimi Haddon (e-book and print) 

Thrash Metal 

• Contract in Blood: A History of UK Thrash Metal by Ian Glasper (e-book and print) 
• Thrash Metal by Malcome Dome (only print) 
• Thrash Metal by Gary Sharpe-Young (only in print)