Brian Slagel - Swing Of The Blade: More Stories From Metal Blade Records - BOOK

Brian Slagel - Swing Of The Blade: More Stories From Metal Blade Records - BOOK

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Paperback Book: 171 Pages
  • Description

    "Swing of the Blade" follows Brian Slagel's critically acclaimed 2017 book, "For the Sake of Heaviness", which delivered a compelling inside look at how a metal-obsessed California teen built Metal Blade Records into the preeminent international home of heavy music.

    Rabid readers demanded more anecdotes, more bands and more of Slagel's musical wisdom, and with "Swing of the Blade", he delivers. Featuring a foreword by Slayer's Kerry King, the new book is part memoir, part music-business-primer, and all metal, delving deep into scenes and bands that fans worldwide obsess about.

    In "For the Sake of Heaviness", Slagel shared personal stories about working with Amon Amarth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, Gwar, Corrosion of Conformity and more legendary lineups. With "Swing of the Blade", Slagel serves up more of his favorite memories about iconic musicians and happenings, and delves into even greater detail about his long and ongoing relationships with Metallica, Armored Saint, King Diamond and other heavyweights.

    "Swing of the Blade" offers clear-eyed and entertaining insights about the very beginning of the Los Angeles metal world of the 1980s, a local scene that Slagel helped shape ... and break internationally. Metal would go on to explode on MTV and in arenas, the movement featuring many Metal Blade acts, along with the likes of Guns 'N' Roses and Tool, bands Slagel also scouted in their earliest days.

    "Swing of the Blade" is told in Slagel's humble but authoritative voice. His view for the last 40 years-from the studio, side-stage and boardroom-offers an unprecedented look into the music, business and passion that has made both Slagel and Metal Blade champions of discovering and nurturing the best heavy music on the planet.

    About Metal Blade Records:
    Founded upon owner Brian Slagel‘s enduring drive to find great bands and get their music out to as many people as possible, since 1982 Metal Blade has brought wave after wave of powerful, innovative, and often genre-defining music to the ever-hungry metal masses.
    It is this ethos that has seen Metal Blade build up a stunning and diverse catalog, weather the various storms facing any independent label, and in an age of declining record sales boast the most successful years of its existence as it celebrates its fourth decade.

    Metal Blade Records launched Metallica, Slayer, Armored Saint, Fates Warning, GWAR, Cannibal Corpse, Amon Amarth, Whitechapel, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cattle Decapitation, and dozens more genre giants, shaping four decades and counting of hard rock, metal, and extreme music culture.
    Brian Slagel worked as a record store clerk when he founded Metal Blade in 1982, reserving a spot for a young Lars Ulrich on his Metal Massacre compilation series. Metal Blade grew from humble beginnings in Los Angeles to become an international powerhouse, selling millions of albums while remaining fiercely independent.
    In 2017, Slayer‘s Kerry King inducted the label into the Hall of Heavy Metal History. Slagel‘s For the Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records arrived the same year.

  • Additional Information

    Band Brian Slagel
    Title Swing Of The Blade: More Stories From Metal Blade Records
    Label Metal Blade Records
    Bar code 9798885893763
    Catalog # 79888589376
    Release Date 12 May 2023
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