ANNIHILATOR Mainman Comments On His Inclusion In 'Metal Guitarists' Book

Jeff Waters of Canadian metal veterans ANNIHILATOR has placed his entry from "The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists", the new book from U.K.-based author Joel McIver, on his official web site. Read it at this location.

Commented Waters: "I'm delighted to be in Joel's book; not only because I was recognized in there (!) and that the research was so well done, but because the guy obviously based most of the book on the reality factor rather than who is getting all the press and record sales. Most media is, understandably, driven to review and praise and feature artists whose labels/people are paying the big advertising bucks to get their artists in there… regardless of their actual talent. This book has the commercially-backed 'superstars' of metal but also features some of the true talents in this prime and most-awesome form of music: heavy metal! Well done, Joel."

"The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists" was published globally by Jawbone Press, the world's leading publisher of guitar titles. Featuring a foreword by Glen Benton of DEICIDE, the book takes the reader in reverse order from No. 100 to No. 1, the greatest metal guitarist of all time. McIver — a regular contributor to the U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine, the biggest guitar mag in Europe — based his selection on the technical ability, pioneering ideas and historical significance of each player.

McIver told BLABBERMOUTH.NET, "The idea for this book came to me a couple of years ago after I read a list of the supposed 100 best metal guitarists of all time in a popular guitar magazine that should really know better. The list contained all these non-metal guitarists like Neil Young and Kurt Cobain, so I thought, 'Fuck this!' and wrote my own list, which became an 80,000-word book. The 100 guys I've included are pure metal: there's no-one taken from the hard rock world, so as much as I respect Randy Rhoads, Angus Young, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ritchie Blackmore and the rest of the rock shredders, they'll have to wait for another book. 'The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists' features musicians from heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal, black metal, power metal, doom metal and grindcore bands and that's it!"

Joel McIver's recent appearance on "The Classic Metal Show" is available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location.

"The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists" can be ordered via Amazon in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here.

Contact Joel McIver via www.joelmciver.co.uk.