The Voice of the Beast. A Wild History of Heavy Metal

The history of heavy metal is full of supernatural characters from Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica to the notoriously brutal Norwegian black metal scene and the new wave of British heavy metal. It’s a story about frenzied fans escaping from everyday life through music, about cruel corporate jerks who rip off both fans and their favorite bands to fill their own pockets.

The extensive pantheon of heavy metal musicians includes drug addicts, satanists and murderers, enlightened Christians and teetotalers, billionaires and the poor, traveling through stadiums and public toilets.

Andrew O’Neil — an award-winning British stand-up comedian obsessed with heavy metal — takes the reader on a very funny and politically incorrect journey through the history of one of the wildest and loudest subcultures in music history.