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There are a few metal compilations that exist in deified air, usually for being ground zero of a particular scene. Witness Metal for Muthas<\/i>, the 1980 release that coalesced singles and demos from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal into one formative launching pad for Iron Maiden, or 1987\u2019s Raging Death<\/i>, famous for unleashing pre-Obituary Xecutioner, and Satan’s Revenge Part II<\/i> a year later which officially introduced many to Morbid Angel.<\/p>\n

Still, probably the most coveted metal compilation is the first Metal Massacre<\/i> whose initial pressing launched the careers of underground legends Cirith Ungol and Malice, mainstream rockers Ratt and Steeler (before they had Yngwie J. Malmsteen in the lineup), and this other band you might have heard of, Metallica, whose primitive version of \u201cHit the Lights\u201d closed the album.<\/p>\n

Obviously, 35 years later, Metallica has done pretty well for itself. And so has the label that released that album, Metal Blade. The record company was formed by a cherubic young man with a love for all things metal and a penchant for sporting band shirts with the sleeves cut off, Brian Slagel. At the start of For the Sake of Heaviness:\u00a0The History of Metal Blade Records<\/i> (BMG Books), Slagel ruminates about the incremental steps he took as he went from metal fan to record store buyer, fanzine editor, concert promoter, and finally record label head with the release of Metal Massacre<\/i>.<\/p>\n

From there the book goes in a fairly straight chronological path detailing mostly the high points in Metal Blade\u2019s history: releasing classic metal albums from the likes of Slayer, Fate\u2019s Warning, GWAR, and Voivod, as well as more than a dozen more Metal Massacre<\/i> compilations whose track lists read like a who\u2019s who of \u201880s metal. There are an equal number of anecdotes concerning bands and albums that he obviously loves to this day and insider looks at the business side; one gets the feeling that Slagel spends as much time being a fan as he does running the label.<\/p>\n

That ratio follows through with the subjects of interviews interspersed throughout the book, a mix of artists he has worked with and people who have worked for him. This was all compiled by co-author Mark Eglinton who has written biographies of James Hetfield as well as Behemoth vocalist Adam Nergal Darski and Rex Brown of Pantera. The Q&A format combined with Slagel\u2019s uncomplicated remembrances makes For the Sake of Heaviness<\/i> easy to digest.<\/p>\n

The book is obviously a celebration rather than a warts-and-all history, which in this era of internet snark and tell-all tomes sometimes seems like a missed opportunity to filet a sacred cow or two. If he had issues with the rivalries he had with other metal indies such as Megaforce and Combat, he\u2019s keeping it to himself. If you expected debauched tales of musicians doing lines of coke off studio consoles, you will be disappointed.<\/p>\n

In the 33 1\/3 book on Slayer\u2019s Reign in Blood<\/i>, the departure to Rick Rubin\u2019s Def Jam and Slagel\u2019s unsuccessful attempts to insert himself as part of the deal caused for quite a bit of acrimony. Maybe time heals all wounds, as Kerry King consented to being interviewed for the book. More likely Slagel is not someone to dwell on the negative or waste time with idle gossip.<\/p>\n

You can say that Slagel was lucky to just be in the right place at the right time, and he seems to self-effacingly agree with that notion. But part of Metal Blade\u2019s success is how the label and the label\u2019s owner have kept up relationships. William Berrol, who is featured prominently in the interviews, started working with him as an attorney making $10 an hour to go over contracts in the early days and they\u2019re still working together now. And of course Metallica\u2019s Lars Ulrich wrote the book\u2019s forward.<\/p>\n

The music industry, even in the insular heavy metal ghetto, has no shortage of seedy characters, ripped-off bands, booking agents who are jerks, and arrogant band managers. For the Sake of Heaviness<\/i> shows that you can be a nice guy with a work ethic and a passion and make your mark without changing very much, even those same band shirts with the sleeves cut off.<\/p>\n

Metal Blade\u2019s Deep Cuts<\/h4>\n

At the end of the book, selected interviewees made lists of their personal favorite Metal Blade releases. Since lists are fun and the book is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the label, here in chronological order are 35 relatively unheralded releases worth hearing that Brian Slagel released on Metal Blade or the punk\/hardcore side label Death Records.<\/p>\n

Warlord, Deliver Us<\/i> (1983)
\nObsession, Marshall Law<\/i> (1983)
\nWitchkiller, Day of the Saxons<\/i> (1984)
\nThrust, Fist Held High<\/i> (1984)
\nOmen, Battle Cry<\/i> (1984)
\nSatan, Court in the Act<\/i> (1984)
\nLizzy Borden, Love You Too Pieces<\/i> (1985)
\nAttacker, Battle at Helm’s Deep<\/i> (1985)
\nHirax, Raging Violence<\/i> (1985)
\nDeaf Dealer, Keeper of the Flame<\/i> (1986)
\nSentinel Beast, Depths of Death<\/i> (1986)
\nD\u00e9tente, Recognize No Authority<\/i> (1986)
\nDr. Know, This Island Earth<\/i> (1986)
\nCities, Annihilation Absolute<\/i> (1986)
\nLiege Lord, Burn to My Touch<\/i> (1987)
\nGoo Goo Dolls, Goo Goo Dolls<\/i> (1987)
\nVarious, River’s Edge<\/i> Soundtrack (1987)
\nViking, Man of Straw<\/i> (1989)
\nRigor Mortis \u2013 Freaks<\/i> (1989)
\nEviction, The World Is Hours Away<\/i> (1990)
\nVarious, New Wave of British Heavy Metal ’79 Revisited<\/i> (1990)
\nAgony Column, Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles<\/i> (1991)
\nAnacrusis Manic Impressions<\/i> (1991)
\nParadise Lost, Shades of God<\/i> (1992)
\nEpidemic, Decameron<\/i> (1992)
\nMalhavoc, Premeditated Murder<\/i> (1992)
\nSkrew, Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame<\/i> (1992)
\nSacrifice, Apocalypse Inside<\/i> (1993)
\nthOught industry, Mods Carve the Pig: Assassins, Toads and God’s Flesh<\/i> (1993)
\nTourniquet, Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance<\/i> (1993)
\nJacobs Dream, Jacobs Dream<\/i> (2000)
\nYob, The Illusion of Motion<\/i> (2004)
\nHallows Eve, History of Terror<\/i> (2006)
\nCellador, Enter Deception<\/i> (2006)
\nBison BC, Dark Ages<\/i> (2010)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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