San Francisco Bay Area thrashers, Exodus, have announced the upcoming release of the brand new Exodus guitar book, Pleasures Of The Frets: The Guitar Anthology. A video trailer can be found below.

Says the band: “This book has been in the works for months and has been a labor of love for Exodus live guitarist Kragen Lum. And as Exodus is one of the originators of thrash metal music, we feel that a guitar book of this nature is long overdue. The book also features a foreword from Exodus guitarist and mastermind Gary Holt!

“Pleasures Of The Frets: The Guitar Anthology is available as in physical book format, digital eBook format and deluxe package format with the physical book, exclusive Pleasures Of The Frets t-shirt and guitar pick set. The book is available for pre-order right now at the new SubLevel Records online store: shop.sublevelrecords.com. Pre-order the deluxe package now to reserve your preferred t-shirt size!”

A book description: Pleasures Of The Frets: The Guitar Anthology features guitar tab and notation for 12 songs from the Exodus catalog. All songs were transcribed note for note from the original recordings by Exodus live guitarist Kragen Lum. Learn how to play the songs exactly as the band plays them with these 100% accurate transcriptions! Presented in 2 guitar format so you can learn to play every song in the book just as Gary, Rick and Lee played them on the albums. Includes foreword by Exodus guitarist Gary Holt. 290 pages. Print edition.

Songs included:

“A Lesson In Violence”
“The Ballad Of Leonard And Charles”
“Blacklist”
“Blood In Blood Out”
“Bonded By Blood”
“Children Of A Worthless God”
“Fabulous Disaster”
“Pleasures Of The Flesh”
“Scar Spangled Banner”
“Strike Of The Beast”
“The Toxic Waltz”
“War Is My Shepherd”