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May 21, 2015
SWEDISH DEATH METAL: New Printing Available in Limited Hardcover Edition
Black monolith alert! We have stitched together 500 new hardcover copies of Daniel Ekeroth’s SWEDISH DEATH METAL masterwork, because it just seemed like the right thing to do. The title and other details are pushed into the cover, it’s a proper slab, and now heavier than ever. So if you’re ready for an upgrade, we are selling these for the same cover price as the softcover, and including a woven patch. Presale available now for June delivery.
Fri 5/22-Sun 5/24, MDF: See You in Baltimore!
This coming Memorial Day weekend, Bazillion Points will be slinging books at Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore. Side by side with our brothers-in-paper from Decibel Magazine, we will make sure the beer will flow, the meatballs will be plentiful, and the books will fly off the table and into your hands. Daniel Ekeroth, author of SWEDISH DEATH METAL and SWEDISH SENSATIONSFILMS will represent his native soil so please come by and say hi to him.
Highlights of the festival will include performance...
May 16, 2015
Bloody Roots of Dystopian Heavy Metal on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF DYSTOPIAN HEAVY METAL
Week of May 16, 2015
Sat 5/16, 6PM ET
Sun 5/17, 1PM ET
Mon 5/18, 9AM ET
Tues 5/19, 4PM ET
Thurs 5/21, 9PM ET
Welcome to a brave new world of water shortages, genetic experiments, and tribal warfare. Inspired equally by Mad Max and the daily news, this week’s history lesson scours the wastelands for the wild dystopian visions of Vektor, Black Sabbath, Fear Factory, Voivod, Napalm Death, Deceased, Iron Maiden, Sepultura, and other hardened survivors. Know...
May 9, 2015
Bloody Roots Presents Metal for Mother’s Day 2015 on Sirius XM
Bloody Roots Presents Metal for Mother’s Day 2015
PHOTO: Lifted from the awesome http://mommetal.tumblr.com !!
Sat 5/9, 6PM ET
Sun 5/10, 1PM ET
Mon 5/11, 9AM ET
Tues 5/12, 4PM ET
Thurs 5/14, 9PM ET
In honor of the metal moms amongst us, the mothers who made us, and the women who will give birth to all future waves of headbangers, we present an hour of solid mama womb worship with sacred hymns to the brutal miracle of childbirth by Mastodon, Samhain, Fear Factory, Satyricon, Vendetta, Nucle...
May 4, 2015
Friday May 8, Los Angeles: Tony Rettman Goes West w/JUDGE Doc #NYHC
After moderating theTuesday, May 5, premiere ofThere Will be Quiet: The Story of Judge at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn, Tony Rettman hops on a plane to Los Angeles to introducethe first West Coast screening of the documentary. Asin NYC,the screening will be followed by a band Q&A moderated by Tony; then, only in LA, the band will perform live. All the while, Tony will sell and sign copies of his essentialNYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990.
The judgment hammer swingsdown Friday, May 8, at Dilet...
May 2, 2015
Bloody Roots of Newbjorn Swedish Death Metal on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF NEWBJORN SWEDISH DEATH METAL
Week of May 2, 2015
Sat 5/2, 6PM ET
Sun 5/3, 1PM ET
Mon 5/4, 9AM ET
Tues 3/19, 4PM ET
Thurs 3/21, 9PM ET
In the decades since Entombed, Dismember, At the Gates, and 1000 other Swedish death metal bands destroyed the landscape, their devastating sounds have been imitated but never surpassed. In collaboration with Swedish Death Metal author Daniel Ekeroth and Decibel Magazine, this week host Ian Christe (Sound of the Beast) hunts down and collects a...
April 25, 2015
Bloody Roots of Metal Guitar, Part IV: The 2000s, on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF METAL GUITAR, PART IV: THE 2000s
Week of April 25, 2015
Sat 4/25, 6PM ET
Sun 4/26, 1PM ET
Mon 4/27, 9AM ET
Tues 4/28, 4PM ET
Thurs 4/30, 9PM ET
Powering into metal’s fourth and fifth decades, Ian Christe’s overview of metal guitar evolution continues with a barrage of innovators, including Opeth, Triptykon, Lamb of God, Dragonforce, Obscura, Agalloch, Dillinger Escape Plan, and the insane Portal. Know your Roots!
PLAYLIST:
ORIGIN – “Finite” from ANTITHESIS
LAMB OF GOD – “Ho...
April 20, 2015
Bloody Roots of Metal Guitar, Part III: The 1990s, on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF METAL GUITAR, PART III: THE 1990s
Week of April 18, 2015
Sat 4/18, 6PM ET
Sun 4/19, 1PM ET
Mon 4/20, 9AM ET
Tues 4/21, 4PM ET
Thurs 4/23, 9PM ET
For this week’s metal history lesson, host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) voyages to the vast deserts of the 1990s for a look at the amazing but often overlooked development of metal guitar during its third decade. Tracks by Pantera, Carcass, Death, Emperor, Satyricon, Kyuss, Megadeth, and more!
PLAYLIST
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April 11, 2015
Bloody Roots of Metal Guitar, Part Two: The 1980s, on Sirius XM
Photo by Harald Oimoen, from MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW
BLOODY ROOTS OF METAL GUITAR, PART TWO: THE 1980s
Week of April 11, 2015
Sat 4/11, 6PM ET
Sun 4/12, 1PM ET
Mon 4/13, 9AM ET
Tues 4/14, 4PM ET
Thurs 4/16, 9PM ET
Our monthlong review of metal guitar styles enters week two, with a headlong dive into the guitar teams, shredders, and six-string innovations that defined the popular and extreme sides of metal in the 1980s. Join us for a bulging hour of inhuman guitar work by Iron Maiden, Slayer,...
Fri, April 24, Ellensburg, WA: SUB POP USA at CWU w/Bruce Pavitt, Calvin Johnson, and Screaming Trees’ Mark Pickerel
The always enthusiastic Bruce Pavitt (founder of Sub Pop Records) and Calvin Johnson (K Records, frontman of Beat Happening) are continuing to throw events in celebration of zine/column collection SUB POP USA:The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology, 1980–1988. The same weekend as the Moscow, ID, shindig, the pair will throw down some jams and stories in Ellensburg, WA, at Central Washington University. The discussion will be moderated by Mark Baumgarten, editor-in-chief of the Seattle Weekly. E...
