Metal Current Events – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com The blog is faster than the books... Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:41:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-BAZILLION_POINTS_B_GREEN_144.png.jpeg Metal Current Events – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com 32 32 Roots Honors 25 Years of Emperor’s In the Nightside Eclipse | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/02/23/roots-honors-25-years-of-emperors-in-the-nightside-eclipse-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/02/23/roots-honors-25-years-of-emperors-in-the-nightside-eclipse-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:39:35 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10920 ROOTS HONORS 25 YEARS OF EMPEROR’S IN THE NIGHTSIDE ECLIPSE | on SiriusXM Week of February 23, 2019 Sat 2/23, 6PM ET Sun 2/24, 1PM ET Mon 2/25, 9AM ET Tues 2/26, 4PM ET Thurs 2/28, 9PM ET Twenty-five years ago this week, a group of Norwegian teenagers called Emperor released their triumphant In the Nightside Eclipse album. Engulfed in swirling confusion and controversy over a series of…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/02/23/roots-honors-25-years-of-emperors-in-the-nightside-eclipse-on-siriusxm/feed/ 1 Roots of Ghastly Ghosts in Metal | Halloween on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/27/roots-of-ghastly-ghosts-in-metal-halloween-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/27/roots-of-ghastly-ghosts-in-metal-halloween-on-siriusxm/#respond Sat, 27 Oct 2018 15:24:53 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10795 ROOTS OF GHASTLY GHOSTS IN METAL | HALLOWEEN on SIRIUSXM Week of October 27, 2018 Sat 10/27, 6PM ET Sun 10/28, 1PM ET Mon 10/29, 9AM ET Tues 10/30, 4PM ET Thurs 11/1, 9PM ET As Halloween settles upon the land, join host Ian Christe for an hourlong invocation of the ghosts, spirits, specters, and phantoms flying through animating the spooky soul of heavy metal music. Tracks by King Diamond…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/27/roots-of-ghastly-ghosts-in-metal-halloween-on-siriusxm/feed/ 0 Roots of the Original Misfits | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/19/roots-of-the-original-misfits-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/19/roots-of-the-original-misfits-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 19 May 2018 09:45:02 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10582 Roots of the Early Misfits Family of Bands on SiriusXM Week of May 19, 2018 Sat 5/19, 6PM ET Sun 5/20, 1PM ET Mon 5/21, 9AM ET Tues 5/22, 4PM ET Thurs 5/23, 9PM ET As the reunited original Misfits continue to storm concert arenas, Bloody Roots dives deep into the gory vaults of the DIY 1980s era of this legendary New Jersey horror hardcore gang. Prepare your spinal remains for hits from…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/19/roots-of-the-original-misfits-on-siriusxm/feed/ 16 Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part I: The Early Years on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/05/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-i-the-early-years-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/05/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-i-the-early-years-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 05 May 2018 22:11:08 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10562 Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part I: The Early Years on SiriusXM Sat 5/6, 6PM ET Sun 5/7, 1PM ET Mon 5/8, 9AM ET Tues 5/9, 4PM ET Thurs 5/11, 9PM ET This week’s metal history lesson begins to bid farewell to the almighty Slayer. As the band starts its final tour, we launch headfirst into a series of episodes examining each phase of Slayer’s 35-year reign. Part I covers the Show No Mercy…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/05/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-i-the-early-years-on-siriusxm/feed/ 1 Roots Welcomes CHOOSING DEATH Author Albert Mudrian to SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/11/26/roots-welcomes-choosing-death-author-albert-mudrian-to-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/11/26/roots-welcomes-choosing-death-author-albert-mudrian-to-siriusxm/#respond Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:49:22 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10090 ROOTS WELCOMES CHOOSING DEATH AUTHOR ALBERT MUDRIAN Week of November 25, 2017 Sat 11/25, 6PM ET Sun 11/26, 1PM ET Mon 11/27, 9AM ET Tues 11/28, 4PM ET Thurs 11/30, 9PM ET Join host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”) and guest Albert Mudrian (“Choosing Death”, Decibel magazine) for an overview of the birth, explosion, and legacy of death metal and grindcore. Tracks by Morbid Angel…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/11/26/roots-welcomes-choosing-death-author-albert-mudrian-to-siriusxm/feed/ 0 ONLY DEATH IS REAL: View the Tom Gabriel Fischer and Ian Christe Zurich Footage https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/11/10/only-death-is-real-view-the-tom-gabriel-fischer-and-ian-christe-zurich-footage/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/11/10/only-death-is-real-view-the-tom-gabriel-fischer-and-ian-christe-zurich-footage/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:43:24 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10054 One year ago tonight rates as a very special date in Bazillion Points history. Barely ten miles from the subterranean bunker on the outskirts of Zurich, Switzerland, where Hellhammer pounded out its anarchic darkness beginning in 1981, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, and Triptykon leader Tom Gabriel Warrior sat with our publisher Ian Christe for a wide-ranging, candid, and lengthy discussion.

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/11/10/only-death-is-real-view-the-tom-gabriel-fischer-and-ian-christe-zurich-footage/feed/ 0 Roots of Puerto Rican Metal on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/09/30/roots-of-puerto-rican-metal-on-sirius-xm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/09/30/roots-of-puerto-rican-metal-on-sirius-xm/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2017 17:57:39 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=9989 Roots of Puerto Rican Metal on SIRIUS XM Week of September 30, 2017 Sat 9/30, 6PM ET Sun 10/1, 1PM ET Mon 10/2, 9AM ET Tues 10/3, 4PM ET Thurs 10/5, 9PM ET This week’s metal history lesson hails our Puerto Rican metal brethren in crisis with a full hour of rich, emotional, and groundbreaking top quality metal from Bastard Chain, Matriarch, Sacrilegio, Cardinal Sin, Dementium, After Omega…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/09/30/roots-of-puerto-rican-metal-on-sirius-xm/feed/ 0 Roots Full Metal Salute to the Ramones on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/09/23/the-roots-full-metal-salute-to-the-ramones-on-sirius-xm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/09/23/the-roots-full-metal-salute-to-the-ramones-on-sirius-xm/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2017 20:48:48 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=9980 Roots Full Metal Salute to the Ramones on Sirius XM Week of September 23, 2017 Sat 9/23, 6PM ET Sun 9/24, 1PM ET Mon 9/25, 9AM ET Tues 9/26, 4PM ET Thurs 9/28, 9PM ET This week’s metal history lesson salutes the great American punk rock band the Ramones and their legacy and influence of on metal bands including Motörhead, Sodom, Melvins, Overkill, Static-X, Deceased, Children of Bodom…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/09/23/the-roots-full-metal-salute-to-the-ramones-on-sirius-xm/feed/ 14 NYHC: Hotly Anticipated The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film Premieres May 19 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/03/01/nyhc-hotly-anticipated-the-new-york-hardcore-chronicles-film-premieres-may-19/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/03/01/nyhc-hotly-anticipated-the-new-york-hardcore-chronicles-film-premieres-may-19/#respond Wed, 01 Mar 2017 14:43:01 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=9749 Tickets for the May 19 world premiere of The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film are on sale now. This long-awaited documentary by Antidote singer Drew Stone will sell out by the end of the day, so make your move and score tickets here: http://www.thenewyorkhardcorechroniclesfilm.com The night will begin with a special red carpet event with DJ Frank Molina, so come early and be a part of a…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/03/01/nyhc-hotly-anticipated-the-new-york-hardcore-chronicles-film-premieres-may-19/feed/ 0 Mon 3/6, Milwaukee, WI: Mike “McBeardo” McPadden Screams HEAVY METAL MOVIES at Lulu Lecture Series https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/02/25/mon-36-milwaukee-wi-mike-mcbeardo-mcpadden-screams-heavy-metal-movies-at-lulu-lecture-series/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/02/25/mon-36-milwaukee-wi-mike-mcbeardo-mcpadden-screams-heavy-metal-movies-at-lulu-lecture-series/#respond Sat, 25 Feb 2017 14:56:40 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=9744 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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