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BLOODY ROOTS OF ICELANDIC METAL Week of June 7, 2014 Sat 6/7, 6PM ET Sun 6/8, 2PM ET Tues 6/10, 3PM ET Thurs 6/12, 9PM ET Midway across the North...

Hear South American aggression from Sepultura, Sarcofago, Anthares, Violator, Holocausto, Torture Squad, the all-female Nervosa, Vulcano, and more!

This week's heavy metal history lesson marks 20 years since the 1994 release of one of heavy metal's most controversial and cursed recordings.

The Meatmen’s first new album of original hits in 19 years, Savage Sagas, is ready at long last.

"Then I found out that the lyrics weren't evil enough, and it didn't describe the enormous force enough."

"And what is MAYHEM? Well, it is something as rare as a TOTAL DEATH METAL group! AAARRRGGGHHHH!"—Slayer Mag 3/4, 1986

Here's Rudd in a NICE sweater, flanked by Angus Young, Bon Scott and Mark Evans, a photo from Mark Evans's tremendous book about the early days of the band

Baltimore's annual massive underground metal gathering Maryland Deathfest prepares to rise for the 12th year.

Saturday, June 14, 7:00 PM at the revered Chicago bookstore Quimby's, Mike "McBeardo" McPadden will read from his new book Heavy Metal Movies

Won't somebody please think of the children?? The raw innocence and emerging shadows of tiny tots are inspected and protected by Savatage, Iron Maiden, Napalm Death, Dismember, Black Breath, the Oath, Venom, Warlord, Carcass, and many others!

Kicking off Maryland Deathfest weekend, Bazillion Points invites rabid readers to Baltimore stronghold Atomic Books (3620 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD) for a mayhemic author night.

"It's definitely been hard, but I think that we're doing it right."

There is no better first-hand report of the crucial 1992-94 period of Norwegian black metal.

Tracks by Bane, Judge, Madball, Chokehold, Rorschach, Botch, Skitsystem, Converge, Hatebreed, and many more.

This week's metal history lesson features metal from across the galaxy by Voivod, Satyricon, Assassin, Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, Cathedral, Gojira, Inquisition, and more!

A master class of bizarre overachiever head-cracking bands like Gorguts, Meshuggah, Cynic, Death, Necrophagist, Demilich, and more!

Weenbags and wenches with the appropriate amount of cojones can follow this link to the song "Dinosaur"

Digital just means better when it comes to music, special effects, food, and books.

EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989, author Bruce Pavitt joins a top-shelf crew of luminaries for a FREE event this coming Sunday at the Experience Music Project museum in Seattle, WA.

Strap on your horned helmet, hoist high your goblet, and join the marauding war party for a powerful and glorious collection of bellowed hymns!