Bazillion Points Blog

We lay prolific Finnish guitar phenomenon Alexi Laiho to rest this week at age 41.

Intense new atmospheric waves of expression by Solstafir, Ihsahn, Alcest, Deafheaven, Axioma, Altar of Plagues, Oranssi Pazuzu, and more

Ranging from the savage to the sublime, instrumental Mastodon, Kirk Windstein, Sweven, Dark Fortress, Cirith Ungol, Metallica, Triptykon, and more.

A power metal mystery! And tracks by like-minded pioneers Helstar, Liege Lord, Jag Panzer, Sacred Rite, Heir Apparent, Omen, Riot, and others

Influential 15-, 16-, and 17-year-olds from the metal bands Sepultura, Possessed, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Emperor, Bathory, and Alien Weaponry

State-of-the-art metal by Gojira, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Ghost, Power Trip, Baroness, Triptykon, Municipal Waste, Dragonforce, and more

This Thanksgiving week, we bring to the table a metal history lesson uniting fifty years of heavy metal with centuries of North American roots.

We go track by track into Slayer's Hell Awaits, including the originals plus tributes by Sinister, Fleshcrawl, Angelcorpse & Cradle of Filth

November 8 marks the 40th anniversary of Motörhead's Ace of Spades

Join us this Halloween week as we invoke the arcane and melodramatic aura of Italian horror metal bands on SiriusXM's Bloody Roots

A triumphant, uplifting hour of inspirational power metal by Demons & Wizards, Lost Horizon, Manowar, Hammerfall, Nocturnal Rites, Dragonforce, and more.

Featuring bands dormant for ten years or more, including Carcass, Angel Witch, Cirith Ungol, Exhorder, At the Gates, Sacred Reich, Sleep

This week we remember Eddie Van Halen, the king of heavy metal guitar.

Prime 1990 offerings by Destruction, Megadeth, Exodus, Forbidden, Artillery, Anthrax, Prong, Kreator, and Suicidal Tendencies

Infectious plague- and pandemic-themed tracks by Cannibal Corpse, Death, Slayer, Pestilence, Kreator, Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, and more

Fifty years of Black Sabbath's PARANOID, exploring its creation, bracing lyrics, and tributes by Slayer, Megadeth, Type O Negative, and more

In the ominous, relentless world of Killing Joke: four decades of heavy tracks and covers by Metallica, Prong, Fear Factory, Behemoth, Helmet

Roots celebrates the birth of heavy metal and fifty years since February 13, 1970, and the release of the first Black Sabbath LP

Matt Warnke, Bold: "Antidote's Thou Shalt Not Kill is one of the singularly sickest, most perfect blasts of hardcore ever created."

Sounds from the black metal toolbox—but don't call it black metal—by Solstafir, Deafheaven, Altar of Plagues, Oranssi Pazuzu, and more