The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs Of All Time
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The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time is a book by Martin Popoff
who is the editor in chief and writer of the Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles
magazine as well as the senior editor of bravewords.com. He also wrote The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time.
Popoff put together this book by requesting thousands of heavy metal
fans, musician
s, and journalists to send in their favorite metal songs. Almost 18,000 individual votes were tallied and entered into a database from which the final rankings were derived.
Martin Popoff then began interviewing the bands that made the final grade, reviewing each track and digging into the history
of each song that made the final list.
Additionally, some of the top metal performers were poll
ed and their lists displayed in the book. It also contains hundreds of quote
s from dozens of well-known artists as well as several underground bands and artists who have left a mark on the metal scene.
Martin Popoff
Martin Popoff is a Canadian-born music journalist and critic who covers the genre of heavy metal music. The senior editor and co-founder of Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles magazine, he has additionally written over twenty books that both critically evaluate heavy metal and document its history...
who is the editor in chief and writer of the Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles
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magazine as well as the senior editor of bravewords.com. He also wrote The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time.
Popoff put together this book by requesting thousands of heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
fans, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
s, and journalists to send in their favorite metal songs. Almost 18,000 individual votes were tallied and entered into a database from which the final rankings were derived.
Martin Popoff then began interviewing the bands that made the final grade, reviewing each track and digging into the history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
of each song that made the final list.
Additionally, some of the top metal performers were poll
Poll
Poll, polled or polling may refer to:- Figurative head counts :* Polling, voting* Show of hands, voting* Opinion poll* The polls, polling places* Poll, an election* Polling , sequential interrogation of devices- Other :...
ed and their lists displayed in the book. It also contains hundreds of quote
Quote
Quotation is the repetition of someone else's statement/thoughts. This can be in the form of words, songs, American Sign Language, written, or any other form of communication. Quotation marks are punctuation marks used in text to indicate the words of another speaker or writer...
s from dozens of well-known artists as well as several underground bands and artists who have left a mark on the metal scene.