Extreme Metal II Book Details

A new book, Extreme Metal II, is due for global publication in April 2005 by Omnibus Press. The author is Joel McIver, whose best-selling 2004 opus Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica was the first book to express in depth the disappointment that thousands of metal fans feel about the band's recent music. Extreme Metal II is the successor to 2000's Extreme Metal, which was the first single-volume guide to the international thrash, black and death metal scenes. The new book has expanded the original's coverage to almost 400 of the world's most groundbreaking metal bands: its foreword was written specially by Mille Petrozza of Kreator and it includes Q&As with metal luminaries such as Dave Mustaine, Gene Hoglan, Max Cavalera and Andy Sneap.

The book also boasts over 100 new interviews with members of Aborym, Abramelin, Agathodaimon, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Anal Cunt, Annihilator, Antaeus, Anthrax, Bal-Sagoth, Bathory, The Berzerker, Cadaver Inc., Cephalic Carnage, Cirith Gorgor, Cradle Of Filth, Dark Angel, Death Angel, Decapitated, Deicide, Denial Of God, Desecration, Destroyer 666, Destruction, Diabolic, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Dimmu Borgir, Dismember, Enforsaken, Enthroned, Flotsam And Jetsam, The Gathering, Goat Of Mendes, Gorerotted, Hecate Enthroned, Hell-Born, Hirax, Imagika, In Flames, Inhume, Insision, Kataklysm, Katatonia, King Diamond, Kult Ov Azazel, Lord Belial, Malevolent Creation, Meads Of Asphodel, Melechesh, Meshuggah, Morbid Angel, Mork Gryning, Mortician, Neuraxis, Nile, Obituary, Opeth, Overkill, Possessed, Ribspreader, Satariel, Shadows Land, Slayer, Soulreaper, Strapping Young Lad, Suffocation, Suidakra, Testament, Thanatos, Thyrfing, Tsjuder, Venom, Vile, Whiplash and Zyklon.

Extreme Metal II can be pre-ordered from Amazon.co.uk. Send questions to the author via www.joelmciver.co.uk.