Ian Christe's Blog, page 82
March 1, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Horror Writer H.P. Lovecraft and Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF HORROR WRITER H.P. LOVECRAFT AND METAL
Week of March 1, 2014
Sat 3/1, 6PM ET
Sun 3/2, 2PM ET
Tues 3/4, 3PM ET
Thurs 3/6, 9PM ET
Poking a hole with his long black pen into the terrifying unreality of the cosmos, horror writer H.P. Lovecraft was the most significant metal mastermind of 100 years ago. Today, Bloody Roots explores metal songs drawn from Lovecraft’s tales of Cthulu, Dr. Herbert West, the Dagon fish cult, and Dunwich horrors, with essential chilling tracks by Black Sabbat...
February 28, 2014
SLAYER MAG X Printer Proofs Have Arrived
More about this soon, especially when the colorful red cover tests arrive next week, but Bazillion Points is reissuing SLAYER MAG X, the most significant original source material for Norway’s early 1990s black metal scene.
Pictured above are the reissue bluelines, featuring Arne Babb and black metal in raw natural form. Arne always wins!
Preorder SLAYER MAG X in red hardcover with a red T-shirt HERE:
February 22, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Comic Book-Inspired Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF COMIC BOOK-INSPIRED METAL
Week of February 22, 2014
Sat 2/22, 6PM ET
Sun 2/23, 2PM ET
Tues 2/25, 3PM ET
Thurs 2/27, 9PM ET
Heavy metal is often considered the comic book of the music world by ill-informed clods, reveling in common themes like violent vengeance and grim justice. In fact, metal and comics cross paths only rarely but with legendary results, and on this week’s heavy metal history lesson host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points Books) clobbers a handful of...
February 21, 2014
Daniel Ekeroth’s Cannibals, Bloody Nuns, and Swedish Sensationsfilms
First in a series of Bazillion Points authors standing in front of massive vaults of VHS tapes (don’t you think HEAVY METAL MOVIES author Mike McPadden has this covered, too?),
SWEDISH SENSATIONFILMS author Daniel Ekeroth shows off his VHS videocassette collection for Sweden’s largest newspaper Aftonbladet. Yes, this is the same Swedish paper that called Arne Mattsson’s stellar sensationsfilm Den Onda Cirkeln “one of the more severe breakdowns in recent Swedish cinema” fifty years ago… let the...
February 13, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Classic Norwegian Black Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF CLASSIC NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL
Week of February 15, 2014
Sat 2/15, 6PM ET
Sun 2/16, 2PM ET
Tues 2/18, 3PM ET
Thurs 2/20, 9PM ET
Host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”, Bazillion Points Books) celebrates Black Metal History Month with a herd of wild early black metal releases from Norway, some of them celebrating 20-year anniversaries this month. Scorching assaults by Mayhem, Darkthrone, Emperor, Thorns, Burzum, Satyricon, Immortal, and more. Know your Roots!
For a complete 744-page in...
February 10, 2014
SUN 2/16: Dave Markey Reads WE GOT POWER! at LA Zine Fest
One of the prime punk rock progenitors of the printed word (not to mention underground film), WE GOT POWER! coauthor David Markey will be jumping into the fray of L.A. Zine Week with a reading on February 16.
WHAT: LA Zine Fest 2014
WHERE: Helms Bakery, 8703 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
WHEN: February 16, 4:15 PM (but Helms Bakery is packed with DIY entertainment starting at 10 AM, w/readings and panels all day, including production advice, indie arcade games, a Jaime Hernandez (Love...
SAT 2/16: Dave Markey Reads WE GOT POWER! at LA Zine Fest
One of the prime punk rock progenitors of the printed word (not to mention underground film), WE GOT POWER! coauthor David Markey will be jumping into the fray of L.A. Zine Week with a reading on February 16.
WHAT: LA Zine Fest 2014
WHERE: Helms Bakery, 8703 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
WHEN: February 16, 4:15 PM (but Helms Bakery is packed with DIY entertainment starting at 10 AM, w/readings and panels all day, including production advice, indie arcade games, a Jaime Hernandez (Love...
February 8, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Russian Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF RUSSIAN METAL
Week of February 8, 2014
Sat 2/8, 6PM ET
Sun 2/9, 2PM ET
Tues 2/11, 3PM ET
Thurs 2/13, 9PM ET
Week of February 8, 2014
From the early hard rock of Communist-era CCCP bands to the latest Moscow killing machines, host Ian Christe brings you a selection of gold medal metal from the vast frozen tundra of Russia. Folk metal by Leshak and Arkona, brutal death from Katalepsy, icy black metal by Chaosfrost, and much more… snow your Roots, comrade!
PLAYLIST:
LESHAK – “Marjushka”...
February 1, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Shoegazer Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF SHOEGAZER METAL
Week of February 1, 2014
Sat 2/1, 6PM ET
Sun 2/2, 2PM ET
Tues 2/4, 3PM ET
Thurs 2/6, 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 Space, Dopamine, Al...
January 28, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Classic East Coast Thrash Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF CLASSIC EAST COAST THRASH METAL
week of January 25, 2014
Sat 1/25, 6PM ET
Sun 1/26, 2PM ET
Tues 1/28, 3PM ET
Thurs 1/30, 9PM ET
As documented gloriously in the book Murder in the Front Row: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter, the San Francisco thrash metal scene dominates global attention when it comes to fast, violent metal. Yet the East Coast thrash metal scene was crucial, providing record labels, media attention, and crossover-friendly live venues, along with legenda...
