Hey bookworm friends. Choo-choo, the hype train for #BBNYA2025 semi-finalists continues its ride 🌟🚂! I hope you like loud music because today’s stop is: Performances of a Death Metal Bard by Rob Leigh. As a big fan of metal myself, I was excited to read the excerpt for this one and had so much fun with it! The voice of the main character is so vibrant and present and I enjoyed the humour. If you, like me, love the trope of a talking inanimate object, you might really enjoy this one!
About Performances of a Death Metal Bard
Author: Rob Leigh
Genre(s): Fantasy, Horror
Age Category: Adult
Page Count: 146 Pages
Pub Date: October 31, 2024
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Blurb
Unfortunately, Death Metal doesn’t get much play in this sleepy, peaceful, actually kind of boring kingdom. Of course not. It’s tough inventing a genre on your own, and it doesn’t help when all the instruments you’ve tried up to this point don’t match the brutality necessary for a dark and heavy performance.
My coin only seems to be enough to get me to the next run-down village, and it’s dwindling fast.
To make matters worse, my newest lute is not normal. It never stays in tune, it’s barely holding together, and it keeps whispering to me. Over and over, demands for vengeance and murder echo in my head, with the promise that I’ll find the sound I need if I just listen to the voices.
So what’s a starving bard to do?
Performances of a Death Metal Bard is a brutal fantasy adventure inspired by The Witcher and Metalocalypse, merging the episodic travels of a musical elf with the darkness, blood, and raw riffs of the heaviest metal the kingdom has ever seen.
Purchase Links
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About Rob Leigh
Inspired by a love of Mythology and Metal, Rob Leigh wrote his own variations on Greek myths at a young age. These stories expanded into epic and dark fantasy tales rife with danger, action, humor, and heart. Whether you’re a metalhead, a fan of fantasy, or a lover of gripping tales, Leigh’s books are ready to welcome you on a pulse-pounding journey.
Author Website & Socials
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About BBNYA
BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 (17 in 2025) finalists and one overall winner. If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website. The award is brought to you in association with @The Write Reads.
Let’s chat in the comments!
Do you listen to metal? Or, do you have a story centered around music that you love?
