Heavy Metal Movies – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com The blog is faster than the books... Sat, 19 Oct 2024 11:17:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-BAZILLION_POINTS_B_GREEN_144.png.jpeg Heavy Metal Movies – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com 32 32 Roots of Metal Ghost Stories | Halloween on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/10/19/roots-of-metal-ghost-stories-halloween-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/10/19/roots-of-metal-ghost-stories-halloween-on-siriusxm/#respond Sat, 19 Oct 2024 11:17:02 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=12846 ROOTS of METAL GHOST STORIES | HALLOWEEN on SIRIUSXM Week of October 19, 2024 Sat 10/19, 6PM ET Sun 10/20, 1PM ET Mon 10/21, 9AM ET Tues 10/22, 4PM ET Thurs 10/24, 9PM ET As Halloween settles upon the land, host Ian Christe invokes the ghosts, spirits, specters, and phantoms that animate and glue together the spooky soul of heavy metal. Terror tracks by King Diamond, Opeth, Iron Maiden…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/10/19/roots-of-metal-ghost-stories-halloween-on-siriusxm/feed/ 0 HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Today the Texas Chain Saw Massacre Turns 50 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/10/01/heavy-metal-movies-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-turns-50/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/10/01/heavy-metal-movies-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-turns-50/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:02:05 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=12817 Fifty years of skin masks and chain oil later, today is a BIG anniversary from Mike “McBeardo” McPadden’s mighty HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Guitar Barbarians, Mutant Bimbos, & Cult Zombies Amok in the 666 Most Ear- and Eye-Ripping Big-Scream Films Ever!. Tobe Hooper’s original unrelenting, taboo-busting masterpiece premiered exactly fifty years ago today, on October 1, 1974. Rooted in pitch-black…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/10/01/heavy-metal-movies-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-turns-50/feed/ 0 ROOTS of Italian Horror Metal | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2023/10/14/roots-of-italian-horror-metal-on-siriusxm-2023/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2023/10/14/roots-of-italian-horror-metal-on-siriusxm-2023/#respond Sat, 14 Oct 2023 16:10:23 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=12434 ROOTS of Italian Horror Metal | on SiriusXM Week of October 14, 2023 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 Roots and chill your flesh this week as we invoke the arcane and melodramatic aura and drama of Italian horror metal bands Cadaveria, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Death SS, Paul Chain Violet Theatre, Aborym, Black Hole, Forgotten Tomb…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2023/10/14/roots-of-italian-horror-metal-on-siriusxm-2023/feed/ 0 ROOTS of Italian Horror Metal | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/10/31/roots-of-italian-horror-metal-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/10/31/roots-of-italian-horror-metal-on-siriusxm/#respond Sat, 31 Oct 2020 12:04:24 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11617 ROOTS of Italian Horror Metal | on SiriusXM Week of October 31, 2020 Sat 10/31, 6PM ET Sun 11/1, 1PM ET Mon 11/2, 9AM ET Tues 11/3, 4PM ET Thurs 11/5, 9PM ET Join us this Halloween week as we invoke the arcane and melodramatic aura of Italian horror metal bands Cadaveria, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Death SS, Paul Chain Violet Theatre, Aborym, Black Hole, Forgotten Tomb, and Gravesite…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/10/31/roots-of-italian-horror-metal-on-siriusxm/feed/ 0 Roots of Androids and Replicants in Metal | on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/11/22/roots-of-androids-and-replicants-in-metal-on-sirius-xm-2/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/11/22/roots-of-androids-and-replicants-in-metal-on-sirius-xm-2/#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2019 21:38:01 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11291 ROOTS of ANDROIDS and REPLICANTS in METAL Week of November 23, 2019 Sat 11/23, 6PM ET Sun 11/24, 1PM ET Mon 11/25, 9AM ET Tues 11/26, 4PM ET The future has arrived, and we are living in November 2019, the exact time frame of Ridley Scott’s science-fiction masterpiece, Blade Runner. This week’s history lesson does a systems check on how metal has anticipated the slick…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/11/22/roots-of-androids-and-replicants-in-metal-on-sirius-xm-2/feed/ 0 TEEN MUSIC HELL: The Circle Jerks from Surf II | The Official Teen Movie Hell Mixtape Countdown https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/04/25/teen-music-hell-20-the-circle-jerks-from-surf-ii-the-official-teen-movie-hell-mixtape-countdown/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/04/25/teen-music-hell-20-the-circle-jerks-from-surf-ii-the-official-teen-movie-hell-mixtape-countdown/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:38:09 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10975 Welcome, cable TV, VCR, and drive-in cinema fanatics, to a boombox-blasting, battery-sapping countdown of teen comedy soundtrack cuts assembled by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, author of the new book, TEEN MOVIE HELL: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Comedies from Animal House to Zapped! Every note on this masterful mixtape assaults the ears like the snap of a keg tap, the rhythm of a ferocious food fight…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/04/25/teen-music-hell-20-the-circle-jerks-from-surf-ii-the-official-teen-movie-hell-mixtape-countdown/feed/ 0 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 Horror Film-Inspired Metal Songs | Halloween on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/20/roots-of-horror-film-inspired-metal-songs-halloween-on-sirius-xm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/20/roots-of-horror-film-inspired-metal-songs-halloween-on-sirius-xm/#respond Sat, 20 Oct 2018 16:20:07 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10786 Roots of Horror Film-Inspired Metal Songs | Halloween on Sirius XM Week of Oct. 20, 2018 Sat 10/20, 6PM ET Sun 10/21, 1PM ET Mon 10/22, 9AM ET Tues 10/23, 4PM ET Thurs 10/25, 9PM ET As the spirit of the Halloween season thickens, join host Ian Christe for an hourlong heavy metal homage to great horror films including Evil Dead, Maniac, Friday the 13th, The Asphyx, The Slayer…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/20/roots-of-horror-film-inspired-metal-songs-halloween-on-sirius-xm/feed/ 0 Roots of the Living Dead | Halloween on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/09/roots-of-the-living-dead-halloween-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/09/roots-of-the-living-dead-halloween-on-siriusxm/#respond Tue, 09 Oct 2018 21:12:36 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10754 Roots of the Living Dead | Halloween on SiriusXM Week of October 6, 2018 Sat 10/6, 6PM ET Sun 10/7, 1PM ET Mon 10/8, 9AM ET Tues 10/9, 4PM ET Thurs 10/11, 9PM ET To kick off the Halloween season, we honor the 50-year anniversary of George A. Romero’s landmark Night of the Living Dead with a special session unearthing metal songs dedicated to zombies and the living dead. Grab a shovel and…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/09/roots-of-the-living-dead-halloween-on-siriusxm/feed/ 0 Bloody Roots Halloween Salute to Gut-Churning Cannibals in Metal on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/10/21/bloody-roots-halloween-salute-to-gut-churning-cannibals-in-metal-on-sirius-xm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2017/10/21/bloody-roots-halloween-salute-to-gut-churning-cannibals-in-metal-on-sirius-xm/#comments Sat, 21 Oct 2017 09:12:34 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10034 BLOODY ROOTS HOLIDAY SALUTE GUT-CHURNING CANNIBAL METAL Week of October 21, 2017 Sat 10/21, 6PM ET Sun 10/22, 1PM ET Mon 10/23, 9AM ET Tues 10/24, 4PM ET Thurs 10/26, 9PM ET The few, the depraved, the cannibals! Your weekly metal history show savors the flavor of Halloween this year with a journey into the dark heart and stomach of cannibalism in heavy metal. Choice cuts by Bone Gnawer…

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