Okay, you can now officially download a FREE sample chapter of my book SOUND of the BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal through the link HERE: http://www.soundofthebeast.com/news.htmlThis is the new chapter exclusive to the paperback, with loads of new material on metalcore, power metal, and metal in the Muslim world -- including topical bits on America's use of heavy metal in prisoner torture. No kidding.
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