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Mon 3/6, Milwaukee, WI: Mike “McBeardo” McPadden Screams HEAVY METAL MOVIES at Lulu Lecture Series

Chief — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 14:56:40 +0000

Attention all of Milwaukee’s best! Join the Lulu Lecture Series for a heavy evening with HEAVY METAL MOVIES author Mike “McBeardo” McPadden. The illustrious Bazillion Points author will screen clips and discuss the most metal of heavy metal movies. Admission is free. (McPadden’s masterful book will be available for sale, and organizers will pass the hat for donations to their chosen non-profit…

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Happy New Year! Bloody Roots of Metal Drinking Songs on SiriusXM

Chief — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 17:22:25 +0000

BLOODY ROOTS OF METAL DRINKING SONGS Week of Dec. 31, 2016 Sat 12/31, 6PM ET Sun 1/1, 1PM ET Mon 1/2, 9AM ET Tues 1/3, 4PM ET Thurs 1/5, 9PM ET Each week we look at another country, a new theme, crucial key moments… and tonight we crack open a fresh case of metal drinking songs. Salute the season with glasses high, toasting and singing along with off-balance anthems by Wehrmacht…

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The Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week is SPORTLOV

Chief — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:32:30 +0000

This week, from among the hundreds of bands cataloged in the band appendix of Daniel Ekeroth’s SWEDISH DEATH METAL, one tightly packed assault sails from the crowd into our faces like a nuclear snowball: SPORTLOV. This valient Uppsala-born death/crust supergroup dominates all things grim and frostbitten—their name means “winter holidays”—and their weapons are skis, skates, and brutal snobullar as…

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Bloody Roots of Death Metal in 1991: The Choosing Death Essentials on SiriusXM

Chief — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 16:29:04 +0000

BLOODY ROOTS OF DEATH METAL IN 1991: THE CHOOSING DEATH ESSENTIALS w/guest Albert Mudrian, author of CHOOSING DEATH / editor of DECIBEL Sat 12/17, 6PM ET Sun 12/18, 1PM ET Mon 12/19, 9AM ET Tues 12/20, 4PM ET Thurs 12/22, 9PM ET This week, host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast,” Bazillion Points) welcomes guest Albert Mudrian, editor of Decibel and author of the newly revised and expanded…

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PERPETUAL CONVERSION: Danny Lilker’s Totally Resinated Brutal Truth-era Bass Is Up for Bids

Chief — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:53:25 +0000

Danny Lilker (Anthrax, S.O.D., Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth, Venomous Concept) is releasing his mighty grip on one prized personal possession—the B.C. Rich bass he used in Brutal Truth is now up for auction on eBay. If you’re interested in instruments that are imbued with history and a strong positive mojo, you could barely do better than this axe that Danny says, “works fine, but looks a little…

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CHOOSING DEATH: Kreator +Obituary +Midnight +Horrendous Cutting Heads on 2017 Decibel Magazine Tour

Chief — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:16:04 +0000

Decibel, the black-hearted monthly extreme metal culture tract helmed by Choosing Death author Albert Mudrian, has announced the 2017 lineup of its annual take-no-prisoners rock-and-ravage roadshow. German thrash kingpins Kreator; Florida death metal front-liners Obituary; unholy Ohio marauders Midnight; and expansive Pennsylvania death dealers Horrendous are slated to embark next spring for two…

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HEAVY METAL MOVIES: “We Are X” Plus New Unlocking the Truth and Twisted Sister Docs

Chief — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:01:20 +0000

Among the towering, unholy mountains of titles and genres covered in HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Guitar Barbarians, Mutant Bimbos, and Cult Zombies Amok in the 666 Most Ear- and Eye-Ripping Big Scream Films Ever!, by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, are literally hundreds of documentaries dedicated to heavy metal’s mad makers, most majestic moments, and furious fans. Since Heavy Metal Movies first arrived…

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Bloody Roots of the NWOBHM: When Hard Rock Became Heavy Metal on Sirius XM

Chief — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 12:33:25 +0000

BLOODY ROOTS of the NWOBHM: When Hard Rock Became Heavy Metal Week of November 12, 2016 Sat 11/12, 6PM ET Sun 11/13, 1PM ET Mon 11/14, 9AM ET Tues 11/15, 4PM ET Thurs 11/17, 9PM ET The onset of the 1980s brought heavy metal to the forefront, thanks to the newfound energy and modernizing influence of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, or NWOBHM. Bands like Diamond Head, Saxon, Raven…

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Fri 11/11, Zurich: Tom Gabriel Fischer Talk / Triptykon Live / Celtic Frost Doc. Screening

Chief — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 13:08:55 +0000

Red Bull Music Academy Presents A Conversation With Tom Gabriel Warrior & Triptykon Onstage In Zurich, Switzerland ONLY DEATH IS REAL author Tom Gabriel Fischer’s band Triptykon been invited by the Red Bull Music Academy to succeed a line of featured artists including luminaries such as Diamanda Galás or Stephen O’Malley. On November 11, 2016, the band will perform a special…

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Bazillion Points Revives Albert Mudrian’s CHOOSING DEATH; Death Metal & Grindcore History Exhumed in Revised & Expanded Death-luxe Edition This November

Chief — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:02:07 +0000

This November 2016, Bazillion Points Books expands its lethal library with a revised and expanded 400-page “death-luxe” edition of Decibel editor Albert Mudrian’s morbid modern classic CHOOSING DEATH: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore. CHOOSING DEATH will join Daniel Ekeroth’s SWEDISH DEATH METAL, Tony Rettman’s NYHC, and dozens of other essential volumes detailing extreme…

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