Cemetery Gates: Saints and Survivors of the Heavy Metal Scene

Tread carefully for here lie: Ronnie James Dio, Bon Scott, John Bonham, Peter Steele, Cliff Burton, Dimebag Darrell, Paul Gray, Layne Staley, Dead, Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan, Lemmy Kilmister, Ozzy Osbourne, Nikki Sixx, Dave Mustaine, Axl Rose, Trent Reznor, Slash, Marilyn Manson, Varg Vikernes and Corey Taylor.

Between genius and madness, this world and the next, there’s nothing but the faintest flicker of a pulse and the cemetery gates — as these twisted metal icons know all too well. Purvey...