'I have always found Mille's artistic independence, political clarity and consistent pursuit of his musical vision remarkable.'Campino Ruhr area, in the seventies: Mille Petrozza grew up as the son of a drudgery family in the Essen district of Altenessen. His mother was a GDR refugee, his father a guest worker from Calabria, he worked underground. In the multicultural melting pot of the Pott, the subcultures of the time met structural change: the death of mines, violence, alcoholism, Pattexsniffing. Heavy metal just crashed into it: After a Kiss concert, Mille became part of an internationally networked grassroots movement. Through heavy metal, he emancipated himself from the boozing youth gangs. The first guitar gave him superpowers: With his band Kreator, Mille unplanned became an international thrash metal star. In his autobiography, Mille Petrozza tells for the first time the incredible story of his early years, how his mother signed his first record deal and then turned a heavy metal clique in the Ruhr area into one of the most important and longest-lived international thrash metal bands ever. 'Mille's journey from the beginnings in Essen to the throne of worldwide thrash metal is impressive and inspiring. A must, not only for metal fans!' Doro Pesch 'I love this man.'Dirk von Lowtzow, Tocotronic Neuware