Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with slanted magnetic write pole

A magnetic recording disk drive perpendicular recording write head for magnetizing regions in data tracks of a magnetic recording layer on the disk, the head being formed on a slider having an air-bearing surface (ABS) for facing the recording layer and comprising:

• a main pole having a generally planar surface oriented generally perpendicular to the ABS and an end recessed from the ABS;
• a write pole on the generally planar surface of the main pole and having an end substantially at the ABS, the portion of the write pole extending from it's end at the ABS to the main pole's recessed end being slanted at an angle between about 5 and 20 degrees from a normal to the ABS;
• an electrically conductive coil wrapped around the main pole for generating magnetic flux in the main pole and its connected write pole;
• a trailing shield of magnetically permeable material and having an end substantially at the ABS and spaced from the write pole end in the along-the-track direction, the trailing shield having a slanted face generally parallel to said slanted write pole portion;
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• nonmagnetic gap material between the trailing shield's slanted face and the slanted write pole portion.