Alexandra Crockett, a musician and jewelry designer, has been present and active in the metal community since the age of 15 and is currently a doctoral student in the Bay Area. Beginning her idea for the book by doing promotional photos for bands and friends she would cat-sit for, she found an interesting dynamic between men in the metal scene and their cats. The idea for the book formed around giving accolades to local musicians and artists in the metal scene, while also bringing to light no-kill shelters and their importance for animal rights.

Taken by photographer, Denis Budkov, 33, the Plosky Tolbachik is one of a cluster of volcanoes located in the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. After taking a lucky group of tourists to the crater of the flat volcano, the Russian photographer managed to get less than 300 metres away from the spurting jets of lava. Photo: The underground entrance to the volcano resembles a scene from the latest Hobbit movie. (Photo by Denis Budkov/Caters News)

A man walks past a neon soaked street scene mural titled “Belfast – Blurry Eyed” by Dan Kitchener, also known as DANK on March 1, 2018 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Dutch actress, dancer and model Lotte Verbeek and the cast of “The Book Of Vision” recreate the pinnacle scene from the movie during the 77th Venice Film Festival at on September 03, 2020 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Yara Nardi/Reuters)

American media personality and socialite Kylie Jenner in the last decade of October 2024 strips off to recreate Demi Moore's famous Striptease scene. (Photo by Greg Swales)

Storm clouds gather over the scene outside the Jewish Community Center in Leawood, Kansas following a shooting, on April 13, 2014. (Photo by John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/MCT)

Actors perform a scene in a film directed by Humam Husari in the rebel-held besieged town of Zamalka, in the Damascus suburbs, Syria September 19, 2016. (Photo by Bassam Khabieh/Reuters)

Roger Moore fights with Richard Kiel, as Jaws, who bites through a board in a scene from the film “The Spy Who Loved Me”, 1977. (Photo by United Artist/Getty Images)