RANDY BLYTHE is gearing up to release his second book, Just Beyond The Light: Making Peace With The Wars Inside Our Head, which is due for release worldwide on 18th February via Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group. The UK hardback edition ships from Amazon on 13th March.
Blythe’s previously released memoir, Dark Days, focused on the Richmond-based vocalist’s personal story, with a candid re-telling of both his brightest and darkest days. With Just Beyond The Light, Blythe shares how he works daily to maintain positivity in a world that feels like it is spinning out of control. In his own words, Just Beyond the Light is a “tight, concise roadmap of how I have attempted to maintain what I believe to be a proper perspective in life even during difficult times.”
Written with a scathing balance of hard-edged reality offset by a knowing humour and a razor-sharp wit, voiced in in his inimitable, conversational, everyman-philosopher style, Blythe clearly breaks down his approach to life, which is a personal and idiosyncratic mix of sobriety, art, and surfing. He writes movingly of his childhood in the South, of fallen friends, of what he’s learned touring the world as the vocalist of a successful heavy metal band, and of the very real ways he is doing what he can to leave the world a better place. Above all, he offers readers hope that balance, real balance, is possible, even (or especially) when things seem hopeless.
“For me, the single most gratifying aspect of being an artist is learning that your work has been useful to others in some way. I’ve been told by lots of readers that my last book, Dark Days, helped them a lot. I hope Just Beyond the Light does the same,” says Blythe, about this highly anticipated follow-up memoir.
Coinciding with its arrival, the Lamb of God frontman has embarked on a spoken word book-tour throughout North America for select dates in February and March. The special Evening With: event includes a spoken word performance, an audience Q&A session, a copy of Just Beyond the Light, and an opportunity to have the book signed.
“I’m stoked to hit the road in support of my new book, Just Beyond The Light – this will be my first solo tour, and without a band behind me, so what can people expect? Well, a little bit of book talk… and a bunch of insane stories from my whacked-out life, obviously. I’ll also be answering some questions and signing stuff after – see ya there, ladies and gents!”
A list of full tour dates and tickets can be purchased here: https://randyblythe.com/.