Heavy Metal Books and Reading Recommendations

I, uhm,  recommend all of those. 

I've just received Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age, which is not about metal really but just thought I'd throw that in, it's supposed to be a very worthy read.

I have my eyes on Mean Deviation for quite sometime now. I also really want the Iommi biography...

But wait! My post will not be entirely worthless! Here is an actual good and relevant link! (really)

I thought of this when I discovered my Goldmine Heavy Metal  Record Price Guide that I rediscovered at my parent's house.  I left it there when I moved, and brought it back with me.  It has good coverage of not just metal, but hard-rock and bands with links to metal.  Included are a few descriptions of bands within (or at least the author's opinions of the bands), some interviews with label executives, but more importantly the record prices to give collectors a good idea of what's a fair price to pay for vinyl.  It covers pretty obscure albums as well as compilations.  It also came with a Metal Blade sampler CD, but mine never had that, though most people use those type of discs as coasters these days.

My copy (pictured) was released in 1999, and I'm not sure if there's a more up-to-date version.  It would be nice to have a guide covering new releases, but as most collectibles out there really don't fluctuate much in value the prices within should be reasonably accurate.