NIRVANA 2002: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week

Despite their hemorrhaging heaviness, Nirvana 2002 had never actually played live until the Swedish Death Metal release party!

Riding Wild! Bikes of Purgatory!

This new Brooklyn bicycle shop didn't cop its logo exactly from German pirate metal greats Running Wild—but they came close enough!

SiriusXM Bloody Roots of Korean Metal

A quarter century of traditional, thrash, death, black, and doomy theatrical metal from the nation that brought us gold farming, Oldboy, and "Gangnam Style."

CRYPT OF KERBEROS: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week

Here are the masters of horrifying audio hallucination, composers of the soundtrack to your worst nightmares: CRYPT OF KERBEROS.

Chop, chop! J. Bennett Lobbies in Decibel for Hellbent for Cooking Follow-Up

Chop, chop! J. Bennett Lobbies in Decibel for Hellbent for Cooking Follow-Up

MORBID INSULTER: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week

Another week, another black gem from the lengthy band appendix of Daniel Ekeroth's book Swedish Death Metal.

Sirius XM’s Bloody Roots Recaps the Best Metal Debuts of 2012

This week's heavy metal history lesson is a recap of 2012's blazing debuts by Primate, Dodecahedron, Serpentine Path, Agruss, Binah, Dust Bolt, Christian Mistress, Grand Supreme Blood Court, and more!

Sirius XM Bloody Roots Full Metal Salute to Beer

This week's heavy metal history lesson reveals exclusively, after years of study, the liquid link discovered by leading scientists between heavy metal music and the ancient golden nectar, beer.

What Are You Doing Here? Author Laina Dawes Picks Best Albums Of 2012

Laina Dawes picks the best of 2012. "A lot of my choices were based on how I physically reacted to the music."

CREMATORY: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week

Our next blood-filled tidbit is carved from the flesh of the almighty CREMATORY..

Sofia, So Good, So What?: MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW Bulgarian Translation Out Jan....

Bazillion Points Books, Koala Press, and Plovdiv University are proud to announce the return of the Big 4 to Bulgaria—in raw, original photo history book form.

Hellbent For Cooking Author Annick Giroux Feasts on the Best Metal of 2012

Annick is one of the cheeriest and most life-loving people around, but she craves her metal as dark as her Montreal smoked meat is tender.

Bloody Roots of 2012 Metal Instrumentals on Sirius XM

The Bloody Roots end-of-year instrumental show continues for the ninth year.

Merry Metal Xmas, 1984 Raven Lunatics Edition

Happy holidays from Bazillion Points to you religious nuts, heathens, pagans, consumers, and wackos one and all...

GOREMENT: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week

First in a series of kick-ass Swedish death metal band profiles from Swedish Death Metal is GOREMENT.

Tesco Vee Gazes at the Backside of 2012

Hot on the rails of our year-end lists from Mean Deviation author Jeff Wagner and Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries author Jon Kristiansen comes...

Slayer Mag’s Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen Picks Apart 2012

What did Norway's zine legend, metal authority, and METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries author Jon Kristiansen listen to during 2012?

SiriusXM Bloody Roots of Holiday Metal; Deck the Hells!

The winter festival is here, so slaughter the golden goose, fill your fists with spiced rum and hot beer, and let the laughter of a thousand victories fill the hall.

Slayer, Metallica, Testament, Megadeth, Many More Devour MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW

Murder in the Front Row in the hands of members of Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, Megadeth, Testament, Death Angel, Mercyful Fate, Rave, Forbidden, Machine Head, Sepultura, C.O.C., Voivod

Mean Deviation Author & Prog Metal Guru Jeff Wagner’s Best of 2012

Mean Deviation Author & Prog Metal Guru Jeff Wagner's Best of 2012