Birth School Metallica Death, Vol. 1

Summary

A landmark release, this is the first of a two-volumebiography of Metallica, the biggest metal band of all time, told via exclusiveinterviews with the band and their world.

TheCalifornia quartet has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, won nineGrammy Awards, and had five consecutive albums hit number one on the US Billboardchart. Theirs is a tale about much more than sales figures and criticalacclaim, though, and their journey from scuzzy Los Angeles garages to the world’smost storied stadiums has been dramatic and painful.

Birth School Metallica Death is the definitive story of the most significant rockband since Led Zeppelin. It’s a story about family, community, self-belief, andthe pursuit of dreams, which unfolds through firsthand interviews with the bandand those closest to it. In this epic saga, deserving of a broad canvas, thefirst volume details the band’s rise to international fame while the secondexplores the challenges and tensions that accompany such status. Piece bypiece, Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood reveal just how Metallica has stayedahead of the competition for so many years.