PAPSMEAR: Reign in Pap
Las Vegas sleazers Papsmear were the go-to local band for crossover acts touring across the desert during the key year of 1986.
Noxious: Programmed to Kill, Slaughter at Will
Here's a rare treat, the solitary known demo by Noxious, a band that rose from Redwood, MI, and so inhaled the same oily garage stain vapors as Genocide/Repulsion at pretty much the same time....
Ravishing Breakfast
"Darkthrone Logo Found in Female Student's Hashbrowns"
A Spud in the Homefry Sky!
Panzertoast!
Sunnyside-up Journey!
Bagelwielder!
Aske Browns!
SUNN (((Y side up!
or just
TRANSILVANIAN HUNGARRR!!!!
Thanks, Aaron Cantor, Elsner Nino, Ryan Lipynsky, and Teeth!
Life in a Grave
Recently I got the chance to write a quick tribute essay about Grave for a collection covering their Century Media years. I've been as guilty as the next man of overlooking and taking Grave...
METALION: THE SLAYER MAG DIARIES Anthology Book
Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen and Bazillion Points books are proud to announce that work has begun on a compendium of the best material representing twenty-five years of outrage from Metalion's infamous SLAYER MAG. In addition...
HEBI METARE: Sound of the Beast Japanese Edition
Finnish publisher Johnny Kniga's ultra-rugged hardcover edition of my heavy metal history book Sound of the Beast has just been scorched and stomped by a real monster from Japan's Hayakawa Publishing. A sack these...
Many Empty Lawnchairs
My temperature rises for vintage videos of Overkill slaying the New York legions at L'Amour in Brooklyn, or Exodus goading the Slay Team to new heights of depravity at a classic SF show. But...
Radical Behavior: What Do You Know About Rad Behavior?
Here's a painfully sweet metal/hardcore crossover blast from 1985 by the ultra-obscure white sneakers crew Radical Behavior. I got this on a tape with Lethal Aggression's demo from Terror Ken Thunders (the prolific rock...
Drill Baby, Drill
Friends of the world, if you've ever wondered what American Republicans talk about when they get together, here's a hint: It starts with a high-pitched whine.
Thanks, Rob!
Non-Metal Dude Reading Metal Book?
BrooklynVegan posted this street scene from yesterday's Brooklyn Book Festival, depicting Sonic Youth's giant emeritus Thurston Moore flanked by two great accessories: Ian MacKaye, and the Swedish Death Metal book. If I could have...
Beyond Posession: Beyond Possession, Princess!
Beyond Possession from Calgary, Canada, have at least one molecule of a legacy, thanks to a legendary punk 7", an album on Death/Metal Blade, and a smattering of mid-1980s compilation appearances. But in the...
Bazillion Points in Time Out New York?
Time Out New York has splashed a bucket of cool water on the ongoing gnawing heat of anxiety and alienation in my individual stretch of bones. Just look! In less than a page, the...
The Mad Baker
If you're familiar with the concept of gingerbread men, you'll love this mostly silent footage from a Thai bakery where human body parts built from lumpy dough are a specialty. See? It's easy to...
Who Are You? #6: Audio Edition
A few weeks ago, I put together a fast thrash metal episode of my weekly Bloody Roots radio show on Sirius Hard Attack, featuring Sacrifice, Fueled by Fire, Whiplash, Exumer, and others. A listener...
Nihilist -> Entombed -> The Hellacopters -> Death Breath -> The Solution
Larvaes and germs, we have The Solution, the latest project of Nicke Andersson, one of the main originators of Swedish death metal (and cover artist of the Swedish Death Metal book). This dude keeps...
Demolition Hammer: Upload the Hammers!
By 1988, thrash metal was already at peak cruising altitude. Reign in Blood and Master of Puppets were widespread, all the ragers had signed to majors, and every old school metal band from AC/DC...
88 BoaDrum NYC Rehearsal
Wowwowpowpow. Tonight, 8/8/08, at 8:08pm, at the end of North 8th Street, the Brooklyn wing of the Boredoms' cosmic 88BoaDrum event will flap. Basically, this is 88 drummers playing full drum kits in unison...
Secrets of Swedish Death Metal Revealed
Here Daniel Ekeroth, author of the massive Swedish Death Metal book (not to mention bassist of TYRANT and INSISION), unleashes a short session explaining the classic Swedish death metal guitar sound invented by Leif...
Excitering News
I don't live in Ottawa, so this is weird. A couple weeks ago I was marching up Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, sending hordes of summer tourists flying with my huge stride and...
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Terror tracks by King Diamond, Opeth, Iron Maiden, Ghost, Entombed, Deceased, Testament, Mortician, Stench, the Devil's Blood, and others
