Bazillion Points Blog

Epic vintage heaviness by Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Rush, Rainbow, Thin Lizzy, Scorpions, and—a glimpse of the rise of punk—Motörhead and the Dead Boys.

This week's metal history lesson taps the seven nations of Central America—Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, and El Salvador

early dinosaur steps by original proto-metal pioneers Budgie, Deep Purple, Captain Beyond, Sir Lord Baltimore, November, Flower Travellin' Band, Pentagram, Dust, Atomic Rooster, and early Judas Priest and Scorpions

Fifty years since February 13, 1970, and the release of the first Black Sabbath LP

The Roots of Pre-Sabbath Heaviness | 50 Years of Metal I on SiriusXM Week of February 1, 2020 Sat 2/1, 6PM ET Sun 2/2, 1PM ET Mon 2/3,...

Sweden's Opeth, Germany's Sodom, Brazil's Sepultura, China's Suffocated, France's Alcest, Iceland's Solstafir, plus entries from Finland, Norway, Poland, Russian, and Latin-America

Empyreal, Frail Body, Ithaca, Wormwitch, Paladin, Gravefields, Festerday, Ossuarium, Flub, Fetid, Neverending Game, and more

We ignite the satellite with peak live entries by Slayer and Pantera; extreme perfection by Morbid Angel and Emperor; and more recent entries by Entombed and Night Demon. Black Sabbath and Death also feature

Classic visions by Watchtower, Voivod, Toxik, Coroner, and Blind Illusion join new strains from Black Fast, Dimesland, and Vexovoid.

We introduce the newborn barrage of Idle Hands, Creeping Death, Judiciary, Devil Master, Gaahls Wyrd, Manifestic, Sermon, Black Passage, Nocturnus A.D., and more.

Blut Aus Nord, Russian Circles, Blood Incantation, Baroness, Nocturnus AD, Alcest, Vomitron, and more let the music do the talking in 2019.

Native American legends, history, and outlooks in bands including Nechochwen, Dying Tribe, Resistant Culture, Damage Overdose, Pan-Amerikan Native Front (pictured), Testament, and more

My Dying Bride, Draconian, Paradise Lost, Lacuna Coil, Moonspell, Rotting Christ, Triptykon, Novembers Doom, Type O Negative and more.

A final scream for Slayer and the riffs, songs, and infamous butchery that has kept them reigning in blood for decades.

Plug into prime examples of man-machine metal by Scorpions, Voivod, Fear Factory, Godless, Artificial Brain, the Red Chord, Vektor, Deceased, and more. Initiate brain sequence—know your Roots!

Check out early entries by Austere and Woods of Desolation, plus current offerings by the mournful and majestic Aquilus, Somnium Vox, Thrall, and more.

The time has come to summon the band's dark eternal magic and honor the passing of an original member of the coven

Billy Squier’s big beats provide rousing accompaniment to the infuriated Charles Jefferson (Forrest Whittaker) as he assassinates Lincoln High players all over the gridiron.

With Black Sabbath derailed, Judas Priest and Scorpions rise to the forefront, and a new rash of bands including Saxon, Accept, and Iron Maiden emerge from the rubble of disco and punk to initiate a metal explosion

Testament, Mayhem, Immortal, Napalm Death, Mercyful Fate, Entombed, Morbid Angel, Opeth, Pantera, and Candlemass to summon a pantheon of greater metal demons.