Maybe when you’re imagining heavy metal music, you think screaming guys with long hair and hundreds of tattoos, thrashing their heads with shrieking guitars. You also might think skulls, pentagrams and blood.
But what about their cats?
“Metal Cats” is the brainchild of Alexandra Crockett and it combines two opposing subjects: hardcore metal musicians and their adorable cats.
Musicians and fans of metal music often get a bad rep because of their dark, gruff and scary looks. This book shows that even metal musicians have a soft and fluffy side.
Crockett explains that one of her ambitions of for the book was to, “shed light on the humanity within heavy metal and to dispel the negative stereotypes associated with its participants.”
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- Brett Hanson of the band Evil Slime is pictured with his cat, Abigail.
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- Jason Roberts of Night Nurse, Burning Leather, Splatterhouse and Fall of the Bastards is pictured on the “Metal Cats” book cover with his cat, Oliver.
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- Tony Stark is pictured here with a kitty on his head.
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- Pete Jay of blackQueen cuddles a cute orange kitty.
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- Kyle Hegg may look menacing, but his heart is full of love for his cat.
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- Aub Driver of JAHAI and Dark Horse Comics holds Freya the cat.
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- Brooks Blackhawk of Atriarch is pictured with Fred the cat.
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- Travis Ryan of the metal bands Cattle Decapitation and Murder Construct is pictured with his cat, Nico “The Neeks” (Cattle Decapitation is a vegetarian band).
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- Chris Beug of Megaton Leviathan and Cascadian Winter gets some fresh air with a snuggly gray cat.
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- Black Metal Comedian is pictured with a sweet, snuggly kitty named Alair.
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- Eddie Pederson of the band Thou Shall Kill is pictured with Squirrel the cat.
You can feed Crockett’s book on Amazon and a portion of the proceeds from the book’s sales will go to no kill animal shelters in cities along the West Coast.
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