Black Sabbath Bassist Butler Released Otobiography June 6

Wakil Butler (most right) saat menerima Grammy Awards bersama Tony Iommi dan Ozzy Osbourne (Instagram @blacksabbath)

JAKARTA - Black Sabbath bassistdigger Butler will release his autobiography titled Into The Void: From Birth To Black Sabbath - And Beyond, on June 6 in North America via HarperColos Dey Street Books. The book will arrive in Great Britain on June 8.

Into The Void: From Birth To Black Sabbath And Beyond is described by publishers as "an ridiculous, effusive, and candid memoir by heavy metal musician and founding member of Black Sabbath, covering his years as bassist and lead player of the band, lyricist through his next career project, and detailing how one of the most influential rock bands formed and triumphed.

"With more than 70 million records sold, Black Sabbath, dubbed by Rolling Stone 'The Beatles of heavy metal', helped create the genre itself, with their signature heavy riffs, low guitar tuning, and apocalyptic lyrics.

"Bassis and lead lyricistOVER Butler played a big part in the band's story, from suggesting the band's name to using its interest in horror, religion, and occultation to compose lyrics and build the foundation of heavy metal as we know it so far.

"In Into The Void, Butler told the story, from the start the band was a blues quartet that likes to fight in Birmingham through a struggle that led to many well-documented line-up changes during a tour with Eric men, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and The Who, and the band's next important years.

"He wrote honestly about his childhood in a seven-member working-class family in Birmingham which was destroyed by Luftwaffe, his nearly-as-a accountant, and how disappointed he was with organized religion and the class system would be to channel lyrics and artistic themes that would resonate so strongly with fans around the world."

"Into The Void reveals the soft side of the heavy metal legend and the formation of one of the most interesting rock bands, without holding anything back. Like theasher bass line, it's original, dramatic, and shocking forever."