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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.

From the land of sharks, snakes, spiders, Mad Max, and howling marsupials!

Cannibal tales of turmoil from Necrophagia, Exodus, Slayer, Bloodbath, SNFU, Misfits, Avulsed, God Dethroned, Mortician, and, yes, Cannibal Corpse.

“We need diverse, regionalized, localized approaches to all forms of art, music, and politics…the most intense music, the most original ideas are coming out of scenes you don’t even know exist."—Bruce Pavitt, 1980

Combining the low-end suffocation of doom metal and the oppressive vocals and power of death metal, the thin substrate of death-doom is a rarely-mined but almost always overwhelming breed of metal beast.

Be sure to pick up Laina's book beforehand! Ships with a bonus "BLACK Women Into METAL" badge.

Tony Rettman has been polishing his black boots and getting ready to hit the road in support of his upcoming oral history of NYHC

Mike "McBeardo" McPadden, author of HEAVY METAL MOVIES, joins host Ian Christe for a Halloween edition of Bloody Roots dedicated to metal scares and music by Megadeth, Entombed, Melvins, Goblin, Possessed, Fantomas, Type O Negative, S.O.D., Misfits, and more

Laina Dawes joins Michael Azerrad, Andre Torres, Christopher R. Weingarten, and Zachary Lipez on a CMJ panel Tuesday 10/21.

Ian Christe summons a vicious pack of half-human predators. Howl for your Roooooooots!

Roger Miret of Agnostic Front: "I'm floored! An amazing read loaded with remnants of my life and a movement I truly adore."

Highlights from thirty years of incredible metal in Black Rose, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, and more!

A total revolt with tracks by Discharge, GBH, Broken Bones, Concrete Sox, Disattack, Varukers, English Dogs, Conflict, Amebix, Heresy, Napalm Death, the Exploited, and many more!

Exactly as the title sounds, Mike “McBeardo” McPadden's mighty HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Guitar Barbarians, Mutant Bimbos, & Cult Zombies Amok in the 666 Most...

A melodic death metal history lesson, complete with music by Grotesque, Liers in Wait, Terror, Oxiplegatz, Disfear, Lock Up, Skitsystem, the Haunted, and brand new At the Gates.

Bazillion Points Books is now taking preorders for Tony Rettman's upcoming NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990. These direct publisher orders will ship with a...

About a dozen pages of live photos of the original Descendents lineup are portrayed here.