Bazillion Points Blog

They came, they conquered a small but hugely appreciative crowd, and then they went back to Los Angeles. Basically, they left their hearts in the Bay Area, though.

Checking the pulse of metal from 1983 to 2013 in highly opinionated five-year intervals, with tracks by Mercyful Fate, Slayer, Entombed, Sepultura, Death, Opeth, Gojira, and more!

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Cynic's groundbreaking progressive metal masterpiece Focus, we bring you a lengthy extract by Jeff Wagner from his great book Mean Deviation

A group reading by L.A. punk authors at the massively attended West Hollyhood Book Fair in West Hollywood Park on September 29.

The ambitious three-day Noctis festival will also feature performances by top-tier metal bands including Carcass, Revenge, Candlemass, Girlschool, Pagan Altar, Blasphemy, and Possessed.

Opening Sept. 20 with an artist/author reception to follow on Oct. 4 featuring David Markey and Jordan Schwartz

A select few hammer-handed double threats further defy the laws of nature by singing lead metal vocals in their bands while pounding the skins.

From paycheck to pink slip, this week's heavy metal history lesson celebrates the world of work and labor.

On a mission from Brooklyn HQ out to the Bazillion Points Outpost, we lucked upon a few bottles of Iron Maiden's intoxicating new venture

As they matured, brutal death metal innovators like Entombed, Carcass, and the members of Furbowl rediscovered the sleazy groove of rock 'n roll.

This week's heavy metal history lesson says farewell to Blue Öyster Cult guitarist Allen Lanier (1946-2013), with classic BÖC cuts and covers by 3 Inches of Blood, Thrones, Candlemass, Tarot, Tesco Vee, Iced Earth, Metallica, and more.

This week's heavy metal history lesson charges into the depths of metal's dirtiest band and its four decades of pillaging and disturbing all decency.

Ian Christe ("Sound of the Beast"/Bazillion Points Books) reconstructs Metallica's landmark Kill 'Em All album start-to-finish with tribute songs by Cannibal Corpse, Anthrax, Destruction, and more!

Above: Black Flag, from WE GOT POWER! BLOODY ROOTS OF LOS ANGELES HARDCORE Week of July 27, 2013 Sat. 7/27, 6PM ET Sun. 7/28, 2PM ET Tues. 7/30,...

During the final week of July 2008, a truck pulled up outside the Pencil Factory Building and unloaded five tons of SWEDISH DEATH METAL...

With guest Jeff Wagner (Mean Deviation), Bloody Roots hits the 1990s prog metal jackpot with Dream Theater, Coroner, Amorphis, Arcturus, Cynic, Opeth, and more!

Good news sweaty people of Chicago, Indy, Cleveland, Detroit, and assorted gritty Michigan towns—your summers have been spared! Literary punk rock frontmen Steve Miller and...

The span of time starts during the new wave era in 1980, and carries through the early years of Sub Pop Records, and the discovery of bands like Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Mudhoney.

Launching Year 10 of Bloody Roots and celebrating five years of Bazillion Points metal books w/Hellbent for Cooking author Annick "Morbid Chef" Giroux

The evidence of Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Tad romping across Italy, West Germany, Switzerland, France, England, and the rest of Western Europe is forthcoming in October via Experiencing Nirvana.