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Mon March 2, Seattle: Bruce Pavitt Live Interview w/Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon on GIRL IN A BAND Memoir
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
Brooklyn, 4/26: Path of Descent Art Show at Saint Vitus Bar
Saint Vitus in Brooklyn has just announced Tuesday, April 26, as the date for the “Path of Descent” art show, featuring work by two dozen...
WORD CUP 2016
MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: The Smithsonian on Bay Area Thrash Metal
The scholars behind this crucial work obviously consulted the copies of MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW on file up the hill at the Library of Congress
Hellhammer 01.01.10—And the Year of the Warrior Begins
Above: Hellhammer, Birchwil, Switzerland, January 1, 1983. (Andreas Schwarber)
"Only Death Is Real" HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST Book Available for Pre-order
Bazillion Points Books is very proud...
EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Sub Pop Cofounder Bruce Pavitt, Now Available for Pre-Order
Experiencing Nirvana book pre-orders will ship in October with a limited poster-sized dustjacket and a metal badge.
WRC Rally Cup
Chainsaw: The Dawn of German Speed Metal
The first of at least six CHAINSAWs in the metal toolshed, this lot of German headbangers released two 4-song demo tapes in 1985 --...
Swedish Death Metal, Italian Edition, via Tsunami Edizioni
Mille grazie to Tsunami Edizioni for sending over copies of the new Italian translation of Swedish Death Metal.
Roots Eruptum! Fifty Years of Heavy Metal Pioneers Blue Cheer, on SiriusXM
Kick out the jams with heavy originals plus versions by Pentagram, Ufomammut, Redd Kross, Attitude, Mudhoney, Fireball Ministry, and more
CYCLING TOUR
Blood and Guts Donors Wanted
In March 2009 my one-year-old son, Nathan Riddick, was diagnosed with a very rare genetic disorder called Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus (NDI).
The 30th Anniversary of Cliff Burton’s First Gig With Metallica, 3/5/83
March 5, 2013, marked the 30th anniversary of the first show Cliff Burton played as bassist of Metallica
ROOTS Metal Superbowl 2024: San Francisco vs. Kansas City
Order from Chaos, Anacrusis, Coalesce, Origin, Hammerhedd face down Bay Area forces w/ Testament, Death Angel, Exodus, Autopsy, and Forbidden
Postal Worker Backbreak: SWEDISH DEATH METAL Hardcovers w/Patches Are in the Mail
We made 500 hardcovers and 500 sewn patches to commemorate the latest reprint of our first-ever release, SWEDISH DEATH METAL, by Daniel Ekeroth.
Who Are You? #1
This mystery arrived in my mailbox today. I thought the dude in middle with the nasty homemade codpiece might be "Evil Chuck" Schuldiner circa...
TENNIS
Roots of Australian Atmospheric Black Metal | on Sirius XM
Check out early entries by Austere and Woods of Desolation, plus current offerings by the mournful and majestic Aquilus, Somnium Vox, Thrall, and more.
MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Ride the Lightning Turns Thirty-One
Denim-clad headbangers rejoice, Metallica's 1984 masterpiece Ride the Lightning turns 31 today.
LATEST ARTICLES
ROOTS Tribute to Brent Hinds of Mastodon | on SiriusXM
Rare Mastodon tracks, side projects Fiend Without a Face and West End Motel, plus bands w/ members of High on Fire, Behemoth, Dillinger Escape Plan, Mars Volta
ROOTS Megadeth Speed Session | on SiriusXM
Rattle yer head w/live & album tracks, plus tributes by Ghoul, Lamb of God, Arch Enemy, Nightwish, Black Dahlia Murder and ex Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman.
ROOTS of 1990s Stoner Metal | on SiriusXM
The retro rumblings of Down, the Obsessed, Kyuss, Sleep, Melvins, Acid King, Goatsnake, Cathedral, Acid King, Melvins, and more
ROOTS of Songs About Metal History | on SiriusXM
Songs that tell the history of metal, by Entombed, Saxon, Kreator, Darkthrone, Anthrax, Pantera, Overkill, Ill Bill, Heaven, Judas Priest, Sabaton, Sodom
ROOTS of Birmingham’s British Steel | on SiriusXM
Birmingham steel by Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Diamond Head, G.B.H., Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower, Godflesh, Cathedral, Anaal Nathrakh, and more
ROOTS Goodbye to Ozzy Our Doomfather | on SiriusXM
The essential heavy metal Ozzy Osbourne playlist, featuring Black Sabbath and solo tracks plus Tony Iommi, Rick Wakeman, and Rob Zombie collabs
ROOTS of France’s Radical Metal Extreme | on SiriusXM
Wild, chaotic, dissonant death and black metal from Blut Aus Nord, Deathspell Omega, Aosoth, Alun Todolo, Reverence, and more
ROOTS of 1995: Metal’s Big Reboot | on SiriusXM
A celebration of 1995 releases by Death, Immortal, Dissection, Fear Factory, At the Gates, Down, Meshuggah, Opeth, Slipknot and more
ROOTS Black Sabbath Farewell Event Preview | on SiriusXM
Sabbath selections and tributes by bands scheduled to appear on July 5, including Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Pantera, plus members of Ghost and Mastodon
ROOTS Shark Attack: 50 Years of JAWS | on SiriusXM
Celebrate JAWS w/ Accept, Wolf, Wehrmacht, Loincloth, Darkthrone, Warhead, Municipal Waste, the Acacia Strain, Gallows, Overkill, Squalus, and more.
ROOTS of Progressive Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM
Crazed, overclocked progressive thrash by Watchtower, Coroner, Voivod, Mekong Delta, Toxic, Vektor, Black Fast, Cryptic Shift, Vexovoid... more!
ROOTS of Metal Without Guitars | on SiriusXM
Furious blasts and breakdowns from Sick of It All, Murphy's Law, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Warzone, Crumbsuckers, Gorilla Biscuits, Madball, Sheer Terror, more
Roots of “Post-Metal” | on SiriusXM
Check out massive sound pioneers including Godflesh, Neurosis, and Isis, plus current-day post-metal practitioners Amenra, the Ocean, Russian Circles, and more.
ROOTS of NYHC: New York Hardcore | on SiriusXM
Furious blasts and breakdowns from Sick of It All, Murphy's Law, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Warzone, Crumbsuckers, Gorilla Biscuits, Madball, Sheer Terror, more
ROOTS of METAL FOR MOTHER’s DAY | on SiriusXM
We summon a bouquet of metal for Mother's Day by Mastodon, Asesino, Satyricon, the Obsessed, Rotten Sound, Ozzy Osbourne, and more.
ROOTS of 1990: Death Metal’s Big Breakout | on SiriusXM
Gruesome classic 1990 records by Deicide, Autopsy, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Obituary, Nocturnus, Paradise Lost, and Entombed
ROOTS of NEW ORLEANS METAL | on SiriusXM
BONDED BY BLOOD. We go track by violent track, including live Exodus versions and tributes from Exhumed, Sepultura, Slayer, and Metal Allegiance
ROOTS 40 Years of EXODUS’s BONDED BY BLOOD | on SiriusXM
BONDED BY BLOOD. We go track by violent track, including live Exodus versions and tributes from Exhumed, Sepultura, Slayer, and Metal Allegiance
ROOTS Intro to BATHORY | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
A hell-raising intro to Bathory's black metal and viking metal eras, w/ tributes by Abbath, Emperor, Dark Funeral, Phil Anselmo's Scour, Fugitive, and others.
ROOTS of SLAYER’s Hell Awaits | on SiriusXM
Honoring Slayer's evil 1985 masterpiece Hell Awaits, including live versions and tributes by Cradle of Filth, 16, Sinister, Sadistic Intent, and At the Gates