# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-mciver
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:49:08.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-mciver"
name: "Joel McIver"
slug: "joel-mciver"
description: "Joel McIver is a British author. His best-known work is Justice for All: The Truth About Metallica, first published in 2004 and appearing in nine languages since then. McIver's other works include biographies of Black Sabbath, Slayer, Thunder, Ice Cube, and Queens of the Stone Age. His writing appears in newspapers and magazines such as The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and Classic Rock, and he is an occasional guest on BBC and commercial radio and television."
tagline: "British author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Author_Joel_McIver%2C_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1971-02-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.6
  momentum:             2.749727286894188
  historical:           8.763645333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JoelMcIver"
    handle:    "JoelMcIver"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joelmciver"
    handle:    "joelmciver"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e8a1eb2a-8843-4837-8b15-b7f188abf5b8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "جويل ماكيفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Джоел Макайвър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_McIver"
    title: "Joel McIver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_McIver"
    title: "Joel McIver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_McIver"
    title: "Joel McIver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98"
    title: "ჯოელ მაკივერი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_McIver"
    title: "Joel McIver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%8D%D0%BB"
    title: "Макайвер, Джоэл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Джоел Макайвер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3647728"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump