Italian Sound of the Beast—”La storia definitiva dell’heavy metal” out now
My Italian publisher Arcana Edizioni has just released SOUND OF THE BEAST: La storia definitiva dell'heavy metal, available wherever Italian books are sold. Five years have passed since the core manuscript of Sound of...
The Proof Is in the Pudding [Hellbent for Cooking]
...and in this case the pudding is Chocolate Pudding "Devil" Style, from Italy's Death SS, on page 197. Coming November 24 from Bazillion Points Books.
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HELLBENT FOR COOKING: The Heavy Metal Cookbook Is in the Oven
Bazillion Points Books just received the page proofs of Annick Giroux's "fantastic beyond belief" heavy metal cookbook HELLBENT FOR COOKING. This luxurious 224pp monster has over 100 recipes from more than 30 countries, and...
Velvet Underground in Corpse Paint, 1965
No, this isn't from a recent Immortal get-together. This is Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison of the Velvet Underground gettin' grim in the film Venus in Furs, 1965.
from the book The Velvet Underground: An...
MURDERCAR: The Last Days of Thrash
Hailing from L.A., these dudes boast a running resumé that includes stints in Détente, Catalepsy, Machine Head, Sacred Reich, Juggernaut, SA Slayer, and Mercenary. That's Murdercar.
Napalm Death: More Uuurgh! More Aargh!
This is producer Russ Russell's wrist presiding over the mixing of Napalm Death's The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code album at Foel Studios in Wales.
Sheriff Andy McCoy’s Statue Unveiled
Hats off to hometown hero Andy McCoy, who this past weekend presided over and performed at a ceremony for the unveiling of his very own statue.
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).
HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST Photo History Book Approaching
Former HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer and Bazillion Points Books have announced the forthcoming publication for 'Only Death Is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost."
Thor vs. Cronos of Venom: When Pantera Was a Buxom Babe
Last weekend I was digging out Hanoi Rocks articles from old Kerrang!s to include as backstory with Bazillion Points' upcoming press mailing of Andy McCoy's autobiography. I got sidetracked looking for this long-lost...
Michael Jackson beat it today.
Here's a video of Michael Jackson with his brothers on the Jacksons Victory tour in 1984, joined onstage by Eddie Van Halen to play the guitar solo in "Beat It." This is the best...
Headbanging While Making Fire!
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I'm stunned at how well this video delineates our relationship, myself and each and every one of you anonymous blog surfers on an individual basis, and also the relationships of our forefathers and foremothers...
HELL’S: The Satanic Kids Are All Rite
Sweet, sweet Napoli—home of pizza, Italian organized crime, and back in 1986 a devilish quintet of molten Italian metal mongers called Hell's. Their sole symbol of existence is a well-done three song demo that...
ENFORCER: Lost and Found in Chicago
I'll admit it, the demo queue is very, very long around here—I'm always glad to knock one off the stack when a high-quality reissue comes along. Considering the abundance of metal bands named Enforcer...
Just Call Him “Menu-Face”
Wow, Chthonic has a weird new look. Did the Taiwanese black metal band play a show with Australia's furnitureheads Portal or something? Just reminds me of a comical Asian horror film I just saw...
ANDY McCOY: ‘Sheriff McCoy: Legend of Hanoi Rocks’ Autobiography Available for Pre-Order
The decadent autobiography of HANOI ROCKS co-founder Andy McCoy, "Sheriff McCoy: Legend of Hanoi Rocks", will soon be available in English for the first time in a deluxe hardcover edition through North American publisher...
Takashi Miike vs. Flower Travellin’ Band
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Considering that every film directed by Takeshi Miike is better than 98% of anything else, and that Deadly Outlaw Rekka is one of his best five movies, I'm surprised that his cinematic homage to...
Portal Makes Me So Damn Happy
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What can I tell you about the eerie, hooded Australian phenomenon Portal? Their cosmic puddle of death metal sounds to me like Morbid Angel with all the bones removed, like the spinal columns were...
POST MORTEM: Die, Funeral, Dead, R.I.P.
Though local wags in Boston dubbed these zoned-out punk metal thrashers "Post Boredom," this band deserves credit for digging its shallow trench for over ten years before calling it quits in the mid-1990s. At...
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The Meatmen/Tesco Vee/Touch & Go: April Showers on Bookstores and Punk...
In 2010, Bazillion Points Books released Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson's 574-page tour de force TOUCH AND GO: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83,...
