Ian Christe's Blog, page 79
May 22, 2014
TOUCH AND GO: Meatmen Savage Sagas Spring 2014 Tour
The Meatmen’s first new album of original hits in 19 years, Savage Sagas, is ready at long last to satisfy the sick, mean spirited, and carnal musical desires of their patient and unyielding fan base of Meatheads! So into the stinky Dutch-oven-on-wheels they go, a rocking and a rolling and a yanking some cranks:
Friday May 23 Denver CO @ the Marquis Theatre
Sunday May 25 Las Vegas @ Country Saloon/Punk Rock Bowling
Tuesday May 27 Phoenix AZ @ the Yucca Tap Room
Wednesday May 28 TBA
Thursday May 29...
May 21, 2014
SLAYER MAG X: Per Yngve “Dead” Ohlin Explains the Lyrics of MAYHEM’s De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Above: Slayer Mag X excerpt
Yesterday we hailed the 20th anniversary of Mayhem’sDe Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, the first masterpiece of Norwegian black metal, by translating a Slayer Mag 3/4 article that was Mayhem’s first-ever feature in a metal magazine.
Here’s something even more precious—the voice of Per Yngve “Dead” Ohlin.
In a few days, we will release our hardcover reprint of Slayer Mag X, the crucial tenth issue of Norway’s Slayer Mag zine. This legendary edition is jammed with hundreds of r...
METALION: Mayhem’s De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Turns 20
Above: Some impressive De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas vinyl collecting by Jon Kristiansen
Twenty years after the release of Mayhem’s debut album—the long-labored De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas—the music, the band, the myth, the aura, and the intrigue still persevere. We are about to release the red edition hardcover reissue of SLAYER MAG X, featuring interviews from 1992-1994 with Mayhem, Burzum, Emperor, Darkthrone, Bathory, and many others, which will add plenty of fuel to the fire.
To further mark the...
May 19, 2014
Happy 60th Birthday to Drum Demon Phil Rudd of AC/DC
May 19, 2014 is the 60th birthday of AC/DC drum demon Phil Rudd—many happy returns to a bloke who smokes but never sweats.
Here’s Rudd in a NICE sweater, flanked by Angus Young, Bon Scott and Mark Evans, a photo from Mark Evans’s tremendous book about the early days of the band, DIRTY DEEDS: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC.
May 16, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Maryland Deathfest 2014 Preview
Photo credit: returntothepit.com
BLOODY ROOTS OF MARYLAND DEATHFEST 2014 PREVIEW
Week of May 17, 2014
Sat 5/17, 6PM ET
Sun 5/18, 2PM ET
Tues 5/20, 3PM ET
Thurs 5/22, 9PM ET
As Baltimore’s annual massive underground metal gathering Maryland Deathfest prepares to rise for the 12th year, host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) scours the fest schedule and returns with a super-heavy sampling. Among the debut acts, reunions, rare gigs, and greatly anticipated appearances are dozens of Bl...
May 15, 2014
Sat 6/14, Chicago: Heavy Metal Movies Author Mike “McBeardo” McPadden Reads w/Chicago Metal Miscreants at Quimby’s
Saturday, June 14, 7:00 PM at the revered Chicago bookstore Quimby’s [1854 West North Ave.], Mike “McBeardo” McPadden will read from his new book Heavy Metal Movies, accompanied by original pieces about movies and/or metal composed and read by Andy Ortmann (Nihilist Records), Katie Rife (Everything Is Terrible), Andy Slater (Velcro Lewis), Gregory Jacobsen (Lovely Little Girls), Rachel McPadden (xoJane), and Dan Gleason (Chicago zine legend).
Mike “McBeardo” McPadden’s new book Heavy Metal Mov...
May 14, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of the Metal Children
BLOODY ROOTS OF THE METAL CHILDREN
Week of May 10, 2014
Sat 5/10, 6PM ET
Sun 5/11, 2PM ET
Tues 5/13, 3PM ET
Thurs 5/15, 9PM ET
To revel in the chilling madness of the movie CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED, check out HEAVY METAL MOVIES, by Mike McPadden!
Won’t somebody please think of the children?? This Mother’s Day week, host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points Books) drags the metal children kicking and screaming across the hall for a total review of metal songs about children and childhood....
Thurs 5/22, Baltimore: BAZILLION POINTS Night / MDF Pre-Party at Atomic Books
Above: Bazillion Points publisher Ian Christe at Atomic Books (photo by Rachel Whang)
Kicking off Maryland Deathfest weekend, Bazillion Points, America’s smallest but heaviest indie publisher, invites rabid readers to Baltimore stronghold Atomic Books (3620 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD) for a mayhemic author night from 7PM to 9PM featuring:
Ian Christe (Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal) with a magical metal memoir of being stranded on a desert island with a copy of...
May 5, 2014
Nine Pages of Praise for Bazillion Points in The PITCHFORK REVIEW
“Honestly, This Book Changed My Life.”
The Spring 2014 issue of Pitchfork Media‘s new deluxe quarterly print publication The Pitchfork Review features a long profile of Bazillion Points. The nine-page feature, “Extreme Volumes,” blends an interview with Bazillion Points founder Ian Christe with Pitchfork writers discussing their favorite titles from the publisher’s impressive catalog of authoritative books on music, film, and DIY culture.
From the feature:
Pitchfork: How did you decide to start...
April 28, 2014
Finished Samples of Our SLAYER X Red Reissue Hardcovers
Our printer has hammered together some samples of our upcoming SLAYER Mag X reissue in all its crimson glory. We’ll be shipping these packages, including a limited red T-shirt, sometime later in May.
With contemporary interviews with bands likeEMPEROR, BATHORY, MAYHEM, BURZUM, SATYRICON, ABRUPTUM, DISSECTION, DARKTHRONE, ENSLAVED, MARDUK, and many more, there is no better first-hand report of the crucial 1992-94 period of Norwegian black metal than this legendary tenth issue of Norway’s SLAYER...
