The following sites are essential to METAL as we know it - the list will keep growing:

For extensive list of band sites and record label sites, please go to:

Magazines:

Terrorizer Magazine
RockHard
Metal Hammer
metal-is.com
Metal E@gle Online Magazine
Metal Edge
metal-rules.com

Festivals:

Dynamo Open Air
Wacken Open Air
Roskilde Festival
With Full Force
Ozzfest
Sweden Rock

For the guitarists and bassplayers: tabs, etc.

Tabcrawler
Metal index - tabs
Harmony Central

Miscallenous:

Danish Metal Pages
Mother North
Metal Sludge
About Heavy Metal
Metal Guide
Intromental Management

Suggested reading:

Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen. Metal Heads - Heavy Metal and Adolescent Alienation. Westview Press, 1996.

Baddeley, Gavin. Lucifer Rising - Sin, Devil worship & Rock'n'Roll. Plexus, 1999.

Beebee, Steve. Headbangers Ball - Chaos AD: Rock in the Nineties. Simon and Schuster, 1997.

Strong, M.C. The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Books, 1996.

Weinstein, Deena. Heavy Metal - A Cultural Sociology. Lexington Books, 1992.

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