| Acknowledgements | | 4 | (1) |
| The Path | | 5 | (1) |
| Music Notation | | 6 | (2) |
| The Masters of Metal Drumming | | 8 | (4) |
| | 12 | (8) |
| ``Pravus'' from obZen (2008) |
| | 15 | (1) |
| ``Future Breed Machine'' from Destroy Erase Improve (1995) |
| | 16 | (2) |
| ``Bleed'' from obZen (2008) |
| | 18 | (2) |
| Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall) |
| | 20 | (8) |
| ``This Is My Own'' from Fallout from the War (2006) |
| | 23 | (2) |
| ``Inspiration on Demand'' from The War Within (2004) |
| | 25 | (1) |
| ``The Light That Blinds'' from The War Within (2004) |
| | 26 | (2) |
| Chris Adler (Lamb of God) |
| | 28 | (8) |
| ``Black Label'' from New American Gospel (2000) |
| | 31 | (1) |
| ``Walk with Me in Hell'' from Sacrament (2006) |
| | 32 | (2) |
| ``Ruin'' from As the Palaces Burn (2003) |
| | 34 | (2) |
| | 36 | (8) |
| ``Wait and Bleed'' from Slipknot (1999) |
| | 39 | (1) |
| ``The Blister Exists'' from Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses) (2004) |
| | 40 | (2) |
| ``Psychosocial'' from All Hope Is Gone (2008) |
| | 42 | (2) |
| Derek Roddy (Hate Eternal, Nile) |
| | 44 | (8) |
| ``Powers That Be'' from Hate Eternal's King of All Kings (2002) |
| | 47 | (1) |
| ``Defiling the Gates of Ishtar'' from Nile's Black Seeds of Vengeance (2000) |
| | 48 | (2) |
| ``Multitude of Foes'' from Nile's Black Seeds of Vengeance (2000) |
| | 50 | (2) |
| | 52 | (8) |
| ``Revolution Is My Name'' from Reinventing the Steel (2000) |
| | 55 | (1) |
| ``Walk'' from Vulgar Display of Power (1992) |
| | 56 | (2) |
| ``Becoming'' from Far Beyond Driven (1994) |
| | 58 | (2) |
| Charlie Benante (Anthrax) |
| | 60 | (6) |
| ``Indians'' from Among the Living (1987) |
| | 63 | (1) |
| ``A.I.R.'' from Spreading the Disease (1985) |
| | 64 | (2) |
| | 66 | (6) |
| ``Chemical Warfare'' from Haunting the Chapel (1984) |
| | 69 | (1) |
| ``War Ensemble'' from Seasons in the Abyss (1990) |
| | 70 | (1) |
| ``Angel of Death'' from Reign in Blood (1986) |
| | 71 | (1) |
| | 72 | (6) |
| ``Enter Sandman'' from Metallica, a.k.a. The Black Album (1991) |
| | 75 | (1) |
| ``One'' from ... And Justice for All (1988) |
| | 76 | (1) |
| ``Motorbreath'' from Kill `Em All (1983) |
| | 77 | (1) |
| Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) |
| | 78 | (8) |
| ``2 Minutes to Midnight'' from Powerslave (1984) |
| | 81 | (2) |
| ``Where Eagles Dare'' from Piece of Mind (1983) Intermediate |
| | 83 | (2) |
| ``Where Eagles Dare'' from Piece of Mind (1983) Advanced |
| | 85 | (1) |
| | 86 | (8) |
| ``Run to the Hills'' from The Number of the Beast (1982) |
| | 89 | (1) |
| ``Wrathchild'' from Killers (1981) |
| | 90 | (2) |
| ``Gangland'' from The Number of the Beast (1982) |
| | 92 | (2) |
| Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) |
| | 94 | (8) |
| ``Iron Man'' from Paranoid (1970) |
| | 97 | (1) |
| ``Black Sabbath'' from Black Sabbath (1970) |
| | 98 | (2) |
| ``War Pigs'' from Paranoid (1970) |
| | 100 | (2) |
| Metalography: Other Metal Drummers and Recordings You Should Know |
| | 102 | |
