ECW Press – Lollipop Magazine

Metallica – The Club Dayz 1982-1984 – Review

March 1, 2010

Metallica would soon take over the world, but here, they were a bunch of dirty, long-hairs drinking, playing fast, and living out their lean years with vigor.

Judas Priest – Heavy Metal Painkillers – Review

June 1, 2009

If you care about Priest or the germination of metal, you wanna see this. Popoff is a deep crate digger in the hard rock and metal world, a lifer’s lifer.

Black Sabbath – Doom Let Loose – Review

March 3, 2007

350 pages of LP by LP, song by song, riff by riff, word by word attention to the band that created heavy. All the players, singers, the midgets; all of it.

Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple Story – Review

February 28, 2005

The triumph of this book is that it makes the very tangled story of this band highly readable, if a bit academic, all within 321 pages.

The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time – Review

October 4, 2004

Martin Popoff returns, ranking hot slabs of molten steel by votes taken amongst the genre’s participants (bands, journalists, label heads, PR staff, etc.).

The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time – Review

October 15, 2003

A fun, informative read, it’s no wonder the metal community continues to trust Martin Popoff’s words of guidance.