Bazillion Points Blog

A spirited discussion of sticky-sweet Dryck Julmust, a beloved Swedish holiday beverage created in yet another failed attempt to get the raucous Swedes to stop drinking beer!

Macrodex was an Eskilstuna band which kicked off in 1987 as the hardcore band Cruelty.

Ian Christe slows the tempo down to a brutal crawl, as he investigates the intense and depressive side of funeral doom metal

Mille grazie to Tsunami Edizioni for sending over copies of the new Italian translation of Swedish Death Metal.

Here's another sample, some brutality from far afield of known territory by HETSHEADS

May 2013 the Decibel Magazine Tour kicks off a 36-date North American assault with Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, and Immolation

In February 1977, during the zenith of the scorching hot Australian summer, Mark Evans accompanied Bon Scott as the singer headed to Adelaide for a long-overdue visit to see his parents

Then there was Bon, a gentleman with old-school manners but a wild side that would appear after a few charges went down, or as gig time approached.

In 1987, two pre-teen(!) children Fredrik Norrman (later in Katatonia) and Kennet Englund (later in Interment, Moondark, and Dellamorte) started playing music together

Black men and women that have expanded the scope and advanced the cause of loud, aggressive metal.

So with Voivod beaming its new Target Earth release over the world, we had to yank Jeff Wagner out of his listening cave for a deep-thinking verdict

Crippling slams and gurgling depravity by deep-underground deviants including Abominable Putridity, Meathook Delaceration, Putrefying Cadaverment

WORD Brooklyn's Music Writing Book Group discusses Laina Dawes's book What Are You Doing Here? about being a black woman into heavy metal on Feb. 9

The current issue of the L.A. Record features a lengthy interview by founding Black Flag bassist/former SST Records mogul Chuck Dukowski with authors David Markey and Jordan Schwartz

The legendary first-ever Mayhem article in a metal mag appears there.

"If this dish doesn't get you laid," boasts chef Balsac, "your girlfriend or boyfriend is either a prude or a vegan!"

Mikael Akerfeldt: "I was completely floored. For me Mefisto's The Puzzle is the Scandinavian death metal super classic."

The roots and raw riches of black metal, from Venom in the 1980s to Norway in the 1990s to Deathspell Omega in modern France

In the golden era of Swedish Sensationsfilms, Swedish actors from the smashing Christina Lindberg to the ultra-boring Lasse Aberg always sported the latest dress.

Markey set his highly-trained eyes on a bona fide classic—the ZZ Top Tres Hombres gatefold sleeve