Metal Magic

De: Brian Barr

Narrado por: Rick Gregory

A metal guitarist is gifted with a guitar grimoire, which he inherited from his late father's library. With careful reading, practice, and commitment, this strange occult book could make him the greatest musician in the world...if the magic works in his favor.

©2017 Brian Barr (P)2017 Brian Barr

Unexpected

I find myself at a loss for words. The end of this story rushes out of left field to smash your face into the dirt.

Come on feel the magic!

Heavy metal and music?! Hell yeah!!! Excellent book. Rick Gregory does an excellent job as usual. I loved the various voices he used.

Strange but Interesting

This story is a bit weird, but I like it. Imagine if the old rumors about heavy metal music were true: it’s Devil worship, it’s violent, it’s for evil people, etc. This story follows a father and son united by their love of metal, but separated by both a generation and the roots of their passion. Add to it a bit of Oedipus Complex and you have the foundation of this story.

Bang your head, shred your axe, and cast a spell

This piece by Barr is slick, and really flows. The concept is just great, and I think it is a kernal of a concept for wat could be a most brilliant novel. A grimoire that has music sheets?!? Magic through metal!?! Awesome! The story is just a touch R rated with a great big capitalized, italicized, Bolded R. In other words, this aint for the kiddies. My ONLY complaint is that the book was too short, I wanted more. I wanted to see the Main Character grow in his power and fulfill a great destiny. Still, the ending was satisfying.

Gregory, here, really does do a great job. He throws out some new voices, and adds a lot of emotion to the story. That was the biggest complant I had with him in a prior story he did for Barr, and here he proves he can step into the ring, put on his gloves, and fire off one heck of an uppercut into your jaw.

Even though I did receive a promo code for this review it in no way influenced my considerations of the material, and in fact, inspired me to be more honest. In fact, getting a code generally makes me harsher as a reviewer as I am more often concerned what someone like Me will decide based on my review.

Surprisingly entertaining.

Metal Magic exceeded my expectations. It's totally imaginative and delightfully dark. Interesting characters who were quite well developed for such a short story. In the end I was a bit confused as to the moral of the story...I suppose it was simply to be careful what you wish for. The narrator was fantastic and I would have believed 100% that this narrator was the author of the story if that's what I'd been told - that's how well the two fit together. Thank you to the author the narrator and audiobook boom for the complimentary copy of the story in exchange for this fair and unbiased review.