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August 10, 2016
Sound of the Beast: Ian Christe on the Danko Jones Podcast…Twice!
By now, your ears have likely been singed once or twice by the Danko Jones Podcast—hosted by the tireless Toronto rock ‘n’ roll provocateur and full-bore metal maniac. Bazillion Points publisherIan Christe (also host of Sirius XM’s Bloody Roots and author of Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal)hasguested twice on Danko’s robust and engaging show, and here’s a roundup of appearances for your convenient quick-linking one-stop information:
Ian’s first visit to the...
August 6, 2016
Bloody Roots of Shoegazer Metal on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF SHOEGAZER METAL
Week of August6, 2016
Sat 8/6, 6PM ET
Sun 8/7, 2PM ET
Mon 8/8, 9AM ET
Tues 8/9, 3PM ET
Thurs 8/11, 9PM ET
The upper limits of atmospheric heavy metal are tested on the Bloody Roots sesson this week as host Ian Christe (Sound of the Beast, Bazillion Points) catches the all-encompassing sounds of shoegazer metal. Dreamlike and intense bands from France, Chile, China, Norway, New Zealand, Germany, and the United States feature, including Neurosis, Lantlos, Bailter...
August 2, 2016
UNANIMATED Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Pummeling the line between death metal and black metal, harnessing melody and fury, the spawn-of-suburban-Stockholm Unanimated formed in 1989, drawing deep inspiration from Dismember. In fact, the spiritmay have been felt a bit too deep, as the group’s original vocalist Rickard Cabeza departed early on to play bass with Dismember. The two bands’ orbits continued to intersect, andCabeza eventually returned to Unanimated for the group’s 1995 album, Ancient God of Evil. Upon his return, though,...
July 30, 2016
Bloody Roots of Tenth Albums by Unstoppable Metal Lifers on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF TENTH ALBUMS BY UNSTOPPABLE METAL LIFERS
Week of July 30, 2016
Sat 7/30, 6PM ET
Sun 7/31, 1PM ET
Mon 8/1, 9AM ET
Tues 8/2, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/3, 9PM ET
Unearthing the thickest roots in the metal wilderness, host Ian Christe (Bazillion Points, “Sound of the Beast”) digs out a sample of high points, low points, and points of departure on tenth studio albums by a variety of unstoppable metal lifers including Kreator, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Napalm Death, Sodom,...
July 27, 2016
NYHC: Warzone’s Don’t Forget the Struggle, Don’t Forget the Streets Reissue Due in September
Boot up, buzz your scalp, and brace yourself for September 16, when Revelation Records will reissue Don’t Forget the Struggle, Don’t Forget the Streets, the landmark 1987 debut album by Lower East Side hardcore punk bruisers Warzone. Somehow, this record has been out of print since the mid-’90s.
The Revelation reissue will feature extensive new liner notes by Warzone member Luke Abbey (also of Gorilla Biscuits), accompanied by never-before-seen photos. And it will put one of the cornerstones...
WE GOT POWER!: Hurry Up and Nab Streamage of the New Descendents HyperCaffium Spazzinate LP
Today Southern California punk legends Descendents are unleashing Hypercaffium Spazzinate, their seventh long-player. This is the hugely influential group’s first album since 2004’s Cool to Be You, and their second for Epitaph Records following Everything Sucks all the way back in ye old 1996.
NPR First Listen is streaming the entire album AT THIS LOCATION. Suffice to say, Hypercaffium Spazzinate brings the band’s awkward, earnest, non-stop power with full catchy force, clocking sixteen trac...
July 23, 2016
Bloody Roots of Metal: When Animals Attack! on Sirius XM
Bloody Roots of Metal: When Animals Attack! on Sirius XM
Week of July 23, 2016
Sat 7/23, 6PM ET
Sun 7/24, 1PM ET
Mon 7/25, 9AM ET
Tues 7/26, 4PM ET
Thurs 7/28, 9PM ET
Beware of the angry beasts! Host Ian Christe (Bazillion Points) kicks off summer 2016 with an onslaught of angry wolves, sharks, reanimated snakes, dogs, killer fish, wild stallions, Christian-eating lions, singing pit bulls, grindcore parrots, crocodiles, hornets, elephants, other hoofed, winged, and furry creatures running amo...
July 22, 2016
NECRONY Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
From Örebro they came, and under the profound influence of Carcass they furiously flourished—one of the most over-the-top, off-with-their-heads, party-with-their-guts-out, goremonger cabals of their day. The one and and only NECRONY, was founded in 1990 as Necrotony by Anders Jakobsson, a death metal maven who simultaneously published the killer zine Hymen. The two-man splatter squad featured Jakobsson on guitar and bass and Rickard Alriksson on drums, with both main members providing brutal...
July 21, 2016
McBeardo Salutes Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf” at Forty-Five
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the release of Black Sabbath’s third album, Master of Reality. With that comes a congratulatory birthday for “Sweet Leaf,” the LP’s opening track, the anthem that coughed up the perpetually smoking groundwork for all the stoner rock that followed. Would it blow your mind to know the song was not originally about smoking pot at all? Whoa!
Nonetheless, over at weed culture site The Kind, HEAVY METAL MOVIES author Mike “McBeardo” McPadden honors the event wit...
July 20, 2016
ONLY DEATH IS REAL: “New” Hellhammer Single from 1983 Due in August
Despite dissolving more than thirty years ago, and absolutely not reuniting, Swiss extreme metal trailblazers Hellhammer will issue a “new” seven-inch single, “Blood Insanity,” in August 2016.Both songs featured on the disc, “Blood Insanity” and the B-side “Maniac,” were recorded in 1983 during the band’s Triumph of Death demo sessions. Band members initially envisioned the tracks would be released as a NWOBHM-style single. At last, the record’s time has come.
Says Hellhammer driving force an...
