Mean Deviation: Prog Metal – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com The blog is faster than the books... Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:25:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-BAZILLION_POINTS_B_GREEN_144.png.jpeg Mean Deviation: Prog Metal – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com 32 32 ROOTS of Progressive Metal | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/11/30/roots-of-progressive-metal-playlist-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/11/30/roots-of-progressive-metal-playlist-siriusxm/#respond Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:25:40 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=13002 ROOTS of Progressive Metal | on SiriusXM Week of November 30, 2024 Sat 11/30, 6PM ET Sun 12/1, 1PM ET Mon 12/2, 9AM ET Tues 12/3, 4PM ET Thurs 12/5, 9PM ET + On-command in SiriusXM app Amaze your metal mind, this week we skim the surface of progressive metal’s many iterations and cross-pollination with hard rock, classic metal, thrash metal, death metal, black metal, metalcore, and more.

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/11/30/roots-of-progressive-metal-playlist-siriusxm/feed/ 0 ROOTS of Progressive Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/07/16/roots-of-progressive-thrash-metal-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/07/16/roots-of-progressive-thrash-metal-on-siriusxm/#respond Tue, 16 Jul 2019 19:21:53 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11146 Roots of Progressive Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM Week of July 13, 2019 Sat 7/13, 6PM ET Sun 7/14, 1PM ET Mon 7/15, 9AM ET Tues 7/16, 4PM ET Thurs 7/18, 9PM ET Fast forward into hyperspeed this week as Roots tackles the transformation of vicious thrash metal into myriad mutant progressive variations. Classic visions by Watchtower, Voivod, Toxik, Coroner, and Blind Illusion join new strains…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/07/16/roots-of-progressive-thrash-metal-on-siriusxm/feed/ 0 ROOTS Salutes Death by Metal, the Chuck Schuldiner Documentary, on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/07/07/roots-salutes-death-by-metal-the-chuck-schuldiner-documentary-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/07/07/roots-salutes-death-by-metal-the-chuck-schuldiner-documentary-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2018 22:30:23 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10654 ROOTS Salutes Death by Metal—the Chuck Schuldiner Documentary—on SiriusXM w/special guest Felipe Belalcazar week of July 7, 2018 Sat 7/7, 6PM ET Sun 7/8, 1PM ET Mon 7/9, 9AM ET Tues 7/10, 4PM ET Thurs 7/12, 9PM ET This week, host Ian Christe welcomes Felipe Belalcazar, director of the new documentary DEATH BY METAL, a loving look at the life and times of death metal icon Chuck Schuldiner…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/07/07/roots-salutes-death-by-metal-the-chuck-schuldiner-documentary-on-siriusxm/feed/ 5 Roots of 1988: The Year Metal Branched Out—on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/14/roots-of-1988-the-year-metal-branched-out-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/14/roots-of-1988-the-year-metal-branched-out-on-siriusxm/#comments Mon, 14 May 2018 20:29:59 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10572 ROOTS OF 1988: METAL BRANCHES OUT Week of May 12, 2018 Sat 5/12, 6PM ET Sun 5/13, 1PM ET Mon 5/14, 9AM ET Tues 5/15, 4PM ET Thurs 5/17, 9PM ET Our thirty-year thrashback series turns toward the great unknown in 1988, when metal grew into new thematic and musical territory. Meanwhile, non-metal bands like Soundgarden and Ministry appear on the fringes, foreshadowing some big changes ahead…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/14/roots-of-1988-the-year-metal-branched-out-on-siriusxm/feed/ 12 Roots of 1988: Metal Branches Out …on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/01/20/roots-of-1988-metal-branches-out-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/01/20/roots-of-1988-metal-branches-out-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2018 18:15:04 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10289 ROOTS OF 1988: METAL BRANCHES OUT Week of January 20, 2018 Sat 1/20, 6PM ET Sun 1/21, 1PM ET Mon 1/22, 9AM ET Tues 1/23, 4PM ET Thurs 1/25 Our thirty-year thrashback series continues with a leap into the great unknown in 1988. Metal grows up a little, and ventures into new thematic and musical territory. At the same time, non-metal bands like Soundgarden and Ministry appear…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/01/20/roots-of-1988-metal-branches-out-on-siriusxm/feed/ 1 Roots of Androids and Replicants in Metal on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/10/14/roots-of-androids-and-replicants-in-metal-on-sirius-xm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/10/14/roots-of-androids-and-replicants-in-metal-on-sirius-xm/#comments Sat, 14 Oct 2017 12:24:05 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10022 ROOTS of ANDROIDS and REPLICANTS in METAL Week of October 14, 2017 Sat 10/14, 6PM ET Sun 10/15, 1PM ET Mon 10/16, 9AM ET Tues 10/17, 4PM ET Thurs 10/19, 9PM ET This week’s metal history lesson wanders away from the wilderness towards the slick, high-tech future world of robots, intelligent software, and artificial life. Prime examples of man-machine metal by Scorpions, Voivod…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/10/14/roots-of-androids-and-replicants-in-metal-on-sirius-xm/feed/ 1 ROOTS Celebrates 35 Years of Iron Maiden’s Number of the Beast on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/03/18/roots-celebrates-35-years-of-iron-maidens-number-of-the-beast-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/03/18/roots-celebrates-35-years-of-iron-maidens-number-of-the-beast-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 18 Mar 2017 13:32:14 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=9774 ROOTS CELEBRATES 35 YEARS OF IRON MAIDEN’S NUMBER OF THE BEAST Week of March 18, 2017 Sat 3/18, 6PM ET Sun 3/19, 1PM ET Mon 3/20, 9AM ET Tues 3/21, 4PM ET Thurs 3/23, 9PM ET On March 22, 1982, British heavy metal favorites Iron Maiden released NUMBER OF THE BEAST, a barnstorming assault of instant classic anthems introducing new singer Bruce Dickinson and catapulting the band into…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/03/18/roots-celebrates-35-years-of-iron-maidens-number-of-the-beast-on-siriusxm/feed/ 7 Bloody Roots of Metal’s Ultra-Heavy Progressive Fringes on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/12/03/bloody-roots-of-metals-ultra-heavy-progressive-fringes-on-sirius-xm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/12/03/bloody-roots-of-metals-ultra-heavy-progressive-fringes-on-sirius-xm/#respond Sat, 03 Dec 2016 15:55:46 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=9570 BLOODY ROOTS OF METAL’S ULTRA-HEAVY PROGRESSIVE FRINGES Week of December 3, 2016 Sat 12/3, 6PM ET Sun 12/4, 1PM ET Mon 12/5, 9AM ET Tues 12/6, 4PM ET Thurs 12/8, 9PM ET Today’s show peers into a nuclear telescope to explore the vast outer fringes of today’s crushing progressive metal pioneers. Emerging from various scenes including death metal, doom, and technical progressive metal…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/12/03/bloody-roots-of-metals-ultra-heavy-progressive-fringes-on-sirius-xm/feed/ 0 Fri 11/11, Zurich: Tom Gabriel Fischer Talk / Triptykon Live / Celtic Frost Doc. Screening https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/10/21/fri-1111-zurich-tom-gabriel-fischer-talk-triptykon-live-celtic-frost-doc-screening/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/10/21/fri-1111-zurich-tom-gabriel-fischer-talk-triptykon-live-celtic-frost-doc-screening/#respond Fri, 21 Oct 2016 13:08:55 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=9439 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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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/10/21/fri-1111-zurich-tom-gabriel-fischer-talk-triptykon-live-celtic-frost-doc-screening/feed/ 0 Bazillion Points Revives Albert Mudrian’s CHOOSING DEATH; Death Metal & Grindcore History Exhumed in Revised & Expanded Death-luxe Edition This November https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/10/17/bazillion-points-revives-albert-mudrians-choosing-death-death-metal-grindcore-history-exhumed-in-revised-expanded-death-luxe-edition-this-november/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2016/10/17/bazillion-points-revives-albert-mudrians-choosing-death-death-metal-grindcore-history-exhumed-in-revised-expanded-death-luxe-edition-this-november/#respond Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:02:07 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=9425 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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