100 Greatest Metal Guitarists by Joel McIver
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 Rock author Joel McIver's twelfth book, The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists, will be published globally in January 2009 by Jawbone Press, the world's leading publisher of guitar titles. Featuring a foreword by Glen Benton of Deicide, the book takes the reader in reverse order from No. 100 to No. 1, the greatest metal guitarist of all time. McIver — a regular contributor to Total Guitar magazine, the biggest guitar mag in Europe — based his selection on the technical ability and historical significance of each player and adds that all generations of metal are covered in the book, with the oldest guitarist aged 61 and the youngest a mere 26. McIver says, "The idea for this book came to me a couple of years ago after I read a list of the supposed 100 best metal guitarists of all time in a popular guitar magazine that should really know better. The list contained all these non-metal guitarists like Neil Young and Kurt Cobain, so I thought, 'Screw this!' and wrote my own list, which became an 80,000-word book. The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists features musicians from heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal, black metal, power metal, doom metal and grindcore bands and that's it!" His website is at www.joelmciver.co.uk. Excerpts from reviews of Joel's previous books: "McIver's obvious passion for his subject shines through on every page" Classic Rock
"A rollercoaster read" Metal Hammer
"McIver is especially good on the music" The Telegraph
"Fascinating" Uncut
"McIver takes in staggering amounts of detail" Kerrang!
"Excellent... rich in detail and anecdote... an essential read" Record Collector
"McIver's your man" Guitar
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