Bazillion Points Blog

Essential Lovecraft-inspired tracks by Black Sabbath, Metallica, Celtic Frost, Morbid Angel, Electric Wizard, the Black Dahlia Murder, and more.

Ian Christe leads an excursion to the proud South American metal stronghold Colombia

This coming weekend, the band will do a weekend jaunt of the U.S. West Coast, supported by a bevy of heavy hitters including Strife, Trial, Soul Search, and Done Dying.

Topics discussed include the dirty details of the authorly life, the new state of Bazillion Points, beer, and whether or not dabbling in videogames is okay for grownups.

This week's metal history lesson shines a beacon in the black metal underworld to locate the formidable terror of female-fronted bands.

METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries foreword contributor and general Bazillion Points ambassador Stephen O'Malley is about to put forth a new studio release by his highly influential, ball-rattling band SUNN 0)))

We've been awash in short 8mm film snippets lately capturing Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, and Jimi Hendrix in the 1970s. Now comes the Fix.

None surpassed the out-of-nowhere jolt to the moshing masses provided by Long Island’s Beyond and their "Dew It!" demo in the early part of 1988

Pioneering early-'80s San Diego hardcore band Battalion of Saints are back and ready to rage with a three-song 7" EP coming from Southern Lord

Ever the working class hero, Stigma will be busy playing at his birthday bash, as Agnostic Front headlines a bill with fellow NYHC legends Antidote and Boston oi band Hammer and the Nails

Ian Christe sticks his well-traveled spade into the freshly-tossed earth of graves worldwide

Now 8mm film footage of Judas Priest performing at Reading Festival on August 22, 1975, has come to YouTube

The combination of a fiercer sonic attack with Biafra's biting social and political commentary set the standard for the bourgeoning U.S. hardcore scene

Australians—come out, mosh, and have a good time.

The ever-relentless Negative Approach will hit the road this November for a precious round of bruising dates

Tracks by Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, Uniform Choice, Battalion of Saints Crucifix, Infest, Spazz, ACxDC, Xibalba, Trash Talk, Nails, and more.

NYHC cover stars Agnostic Front will be knocking over chile and gumbo bowls down South this November

The worlds of Heavy Metal Movies and NYHC collided in Coney Island last Sunday like baseball bats on the skulls of framed-up street gang members.

No CGI technology used at all in this video, just pure Uppsala wickedness and ancient scorn.

NYHC author Tony Rettman has recently launched a site, the beautifully named Sandpaper Lullaby