“Followers!! THIS IS F*CKING EPIC!!,” says Six Toes Underneath frontman Chris Barnes. “Please pre order my pal and mentor Brian Slagel’s new e-book SWING OF THE BLADE!!! With out Brian Slagel and Steel Blade Information bands like Cannibal Corpse, Six Toes Underneath, and lots of, many, many extra would have by no means had the chance to make a life and profession from Heavy Steel music! Pre order right here.”
Swing Of The Blade: Extra Tales From Steel Blade Information will likely be launched on Could 9, 2023 in paperback through BMG Books.
Swing Of The Blade follows Brian Slagel’ s critically acclaimed 2017 e-book, For The Sake Of Heaviness, which delivered a compelling inside have a look at how a metal-obsessed California teen constructed Steel Blade Information into the preeminent worldwide residence of heavy music. Rabid readers demanded extra anecdotes, extra bands, and extra of Slagel’ s musical knowledge. With Swing of the Blade, he delivers.
That includes a foreword by Slayer guitarist Kerry King, the brand new e-book is a component memoir, half music-business primer, and all steel – delving deep into scenes and bands that followers worldwide obsess about. Slagel serves up extra of his favourite recollections about iconic musicians and occasions, and delves into even higher element about his lengthy and ongoing relationships with Metallica, Armored Saint, King Diamond and different heavyweights.
Swing Of The Blade is advised in Slagel’ s humble however authoritative voice. His view for the final 40 years — from the studio, side-stage and boardroom — presents an unprecedented look into the music, enterprise, and fervour that has made each Slagel and Steel Blade champions of discovering and nurturing the very best heavy music on the planet.
