Description: This collection chronicles the making of the 25 greatest extreme metal albumsof all time, as told via exclusive band-member interviews, drawn and expandedfrom "Decibel's" Hall of Fame.
Review Quotes: Booklist, 7/1/09
"Skimming the cream of 'extreme' metal--death metal, black metal, thrash metal, and such--is a grisly task, but the gang at Decibel Magazine is on top of it. Their picks are landmarks of their kind, and each is presented here with accompanying interviews of all band personnel involved...What's here is all dark, all bombastic, all great music."
Record Collector, August 2009
"The choice of inclusion of albums by Botch, Converge, Down and The Dillinger Escape Plan indicate the breadth of tastes which underpins the book."
Austin Chronicle, 7/17/09
"[Precious Metal's] impressive scope covers every facet of the genre...The roundtable, oral-history approach leads to interesting contradictions and revelations."
Blogcritics.org, 7/21/09
"The bookends are Black Sabbath's Heaven And Hell to Converge's Jane Doe. And there are some worthy stories in between...Precious Metal is a great book on its own terms."
New York Post's "Required Reading" column, 7/26/09