Bazillion Points Blog

NYHC author Tony Rettman joins a rich lineup of legacy NYHC greats at 3PM, Sunday, March 1, for a hardcore matinee show

"Hi, this is Daniel Ekeroth from Iron Lamb, and I am so fucking pleased to be on TV Rock Live."

Kim Gordon will sit down with Sub Pop USA author / Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt at the the Neptune (1303 NE 45th Street) in Seattle, WA on Monday, March 2

The very first Bazillion Points author's dedication to extreme metal and the darkest corners of European cinema will be on display this weekend as Paris burn with Daniel Ekeroth fever.

The sweethearts of metal history, women with names like Martha, Isa, Elisabeth Bathory, Abigail, Lucifera, Martha Splatterhead, and more

NYU hosts Tony Rettman (NYHC author) and NYHC veterans Richie Birkenhead (Underdog, Into Another, Youth of Today) and Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Youth of Today) for a discussion of the unique time, place, sound, and mindset of New York hardcore. Kelefa Sanneh will moderate.

A storm of cold winter metal tracks by Mayhem, Voivod, Samael, Dissection, Starkweather, Witchcraft, Shining, and many more.

Folks are encourage to book a room/cabin/trailer at the Sou’wester Lodge and get deep with Bruce, Calvin, Sub Pop USA , and the edge of the sea.

Log into the matrix for tracks by Vektor, Voivod, Funerot, Space Eater, Municipal Waste, Megadeth, Agent Steel, Acid Storm, Dr. Living Dead, and more!

This week's metal history lesson blows out the boundaries of unrestricted self-expression with a thirty-year review of dramatic, mind-bending metal from France.

Look for metallic links in the dramatic, dewy-eyed fables of Nightwish, Dio, the Gathering, Leaves Eyes, Epica, Within Temptation, Hammerfall, and others.

David Markey joins Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, Toby Mott, and Allison Wolfe in a discussion of the evolution and importance of DIY and independent publishing.

This week's metal history lesson excavates some of the sharpest, hardest artifacts from the fresh dig site of 2014.

Host Ian Christe ("Sound of the Beast"/Bazillion Points) recaps 2014's burning highlights in metal.

Join us for jolly rollicking drinking songs by Tank, Motorhead, Municipal Waste, Amebix, Barbatos, Tankard, Korpiklaani, Zimmers Hole and many more!

epic or quiet or headspinning new 2014 instrumental efforts by Carcass, Whitechapel, Earth, Agalloch, Morbus Chron, Broughton's Rules, India's Pangea, Animals as Leaders, and others

On Thursday 12/18, Pavitt will go back to the town where Sub Pop began back in 1980, for a book signing and discussion hosted by the Olympia Public Library

NYHC bands like Agnostic Front, Nihilistics, Cause for Alarm, Cro-Mags, Reagan Youth, and many others banded together to create a hard, physical sound and culture that thrives to this day.

Ride the lightning bolts with AC/DC covers by Six Feet Under, Exodus, Zeke, Lemmy, Iced Earth, Henry Rollins, Godflesh, Killdozer and more!

Sub Pop USA is a complete collection of Pavitt's zine and Sub Pop USA columns for The Rocket.