Hyste’riah: The Tragic Tale of Swedish Thrash
Great news in Grimpoint today, as it looks like my publishing imprint Bazillion Points will be printing the amazing Swedish Death Metal book in...
Coalition of the W!77iN6
This notice isn't for all of you, only the self-selecting few who appreciate Sun City Girls, Trial of the Bow, Tribes of Neurot, Borbetomagus,...
Chthonic at Ozzfest Debut
The first free Ozzfest is today at White River Amphitheater in Seattle. Jose and Mario from Sirius Hard Attack are there handing out T-shirts...
Cremains: Warriors of Ice, The Next Generation
One of the first futuristic necro-tribes spawned in the wake of Voivod's mid-80s ascent from Montreal, the thrash squad Cremains combined the Voivod vision...
Hetfield or Hezbollah?
In honor of James Hetfield's alleged meet and greet with airport security officials in London, where the UK bombsniffers reportedly mistook his new Tom...
Possessed: “Sounds Kinda Satanic.” “Well, it is!”
Possessed: "Sounds Kinda Satanic." "Well, it is!"
Shining Schuldiner
"Some of you might not know this, but we have a new record out on Combat Records. It's all about corrupt religion. This is...
Assassin: “Deathly Pain to Frau Krause”
I don't know who Frau Krause is, or Herr Keul or Frau Schultz, but they must be pretty horrible people to deserve wishes of...
Forty Tons of Steel + Fire
The Serpent Mother is a 168-foot, 40-ton sculpture of steel and fire that shoots a multicolored 50-foot pillar of flame from its cute little...
Dead Horse: Death Hears This Dead Horse Demo
The Bang! Bang! demo rescue pile is tall and diverse, filled with early appearances of famous metal characters, integral puzzle pieces of dark history,...
"Metal Al Piso"
Jaime writes: "METAL AL PISO -- This is the expression that we use here, in Bogota, Colombia, to express that someone like me loves...
Cyclone: Belgian Blurr
What's that thing hanging out in the middle of Cyclone's logo - a bloody disembodied foxtail? As this speed metal thresher worked its way...
Everybody Wants Some
Sheeyit...it's finally happening. My Van Halen history, Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga, will be published in hardcover on August 24. That above...
Medieval: Bid Your Balls Farewell!
The fine burgermeister of Good Bad Music has saved me some trouble by uploading "All Knobs to the Right," the legendary second demo by...
Quivering Evil Arabic Sideshow Geek
As CREEPY as this caged Middle Eastern crippled shaking ghost snake is, the sudden lurch into an ad for "6b6b.com" might be the worst...
BLOODY ROOTS Presents: Demo-lition 3
This week's episode of BLOODY ROOTS, my weekly heavy metal history show on Sirius Hard Attack, is based entirely on demos digitized for this...
Accept: Hi-Dee-Demo-Hi-Da…
Just a quick note to point out that crazy Accept archive Schlared.com has posted the German juggernaut's 1982 production demos for Restless & Wild....
ICE AGE: Sugar and Spice, and Everything Ice
I'm putting together a Women in Metal episode of my Bloody Roots show for Sirius later this month, listening to lots of Gallhammer, Détente,...
Go Directly to Superjail
Another guy named Christe who lives in my neighborhood is responsible for this unending spree of pain and violence, and it's soon to be...
Death Metal Energy Drink?
Luckily I don't speak Spanish very well, so I don't understand the description of what Tormenta is supposed to do. Make the drinker vomit...
APLICATIONS
MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: We Lost Cliff Burton 30...
Thirty years have now passed, and so many questions continue to gnaw about what could have been.
