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. 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...