Heavy Metal Basketball Court

jHKsH7a3Fzk On January 20, 1969, Led Zeppelin played at the Wheaton Youth Center in the Maryland suburbs north of Washington, DC. At least, so claims...

Demonax: Never Heard, No Not a Sound

I've been listening to a lot of Diamond Head and NWOBHM singles lately, maybe that's why this molten metal 1985 demo from Connecticut's Demonax...

2009: Keep It All in Perspective

Alakazam! Demo cassettes all of a sudden appear futuristic.

A Message of Peace From Above

SKMYeXkYcgs Thanks, Adam!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...