Carving a Giant Wave With Emperor, Surf-Style
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I'm completely in awe of "Mr. Meddled," a musical parodist whose genius and skill apparently rivals Ihsahn of Emperor but extends to the surf rock genre
TOUCH AND GO Book Peek Sneak
New arrival today at Bazillion Points HQ, as the printer sent us the first dripping wet samples of Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83.
“You both 21?” Lemmy and Ronnie James Dio
"What happened to those beers somebody was just bragging about?"—Ronnie Dio
Savage Death: Mass Appeal for ‘Mass Genocide’
Just received a plea for Savage Death's 1995 "Mass Genocide" demo from Filippo at Area Death Productions in China.
The Keeper of the Sign, The Sparkle and the Shine
Ronnie James Dio, rest in peace.
JESTER BEAST: Sound of the Jester Beast
Long time no demo! Bazillion Points Books has demanded a gargantuan share of my time for the past two years, but in truth the...
Haunting the Chapel—Praytanic Wehrmacht
Who's more devotional in their ceremonial rituals, the legendary legions of Slayer fanatics, or their sworn and hated enemies from Team Jesus?
Perfect 10: ONLY DEATH IS REAL in Terrorizer
Thanks to Terrorizer for the stellar review and for bringing attention to Only Death Is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost...
TOUCH AND GO: Read This Knuckle Sandwich
The low-res phase of proofs arrived at Bazillion Points HQ this morning for TOUCH AND GO: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79–'83,
Guess the Baby’s Weight, Win Only Death Is Real
Today brings the official release of Only Death Is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost 1981–1985, by Tom Gabriel Fischer...
Andy McCoy of Hanoi Rocks: “One of the Great Glam Heroes…”
Thanks to Classic Rock magazine for setting the record straight on the Hanoi Rocks score in their recent review of guitarist Andy McCoy's...
MELLODRAMA: The Mellotron Movie OUT TODAY
Feature-length documentary chronicles the "ancient samplers," the Chamberlin and the Mellotron keyboards, featuring members of the Moody Blues, the Beach Boys, Genesis, King Crimson, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, the Zombies, Latin Playboys, Yes, Maroon 5, Opeth, and many more.
Who Are You? #8 (picturesque edition)
Heh heh ha ha... I pretty much lost interest in the popular "Who Are You?" series of posts here after Adem Tepedelen started...
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...
Year-End Surprise: MELLODRAMA, The Mellotron Movie DVD
“Surprisingly fascinating.” –Philadelphia Weekly
“A study in the unpredictability of innovation.” – Rhizome
“An insider’s view on the history of the Chamberlin and the Mellotron,...
HELLBENT for COOKING Release Party: Montreal, Dec. 5
Are you in Montreal this weekend? Are you near Canada? Are you even half-alive? "Morbid Chef" and hellfire commando DJ Annick Giroux is throwing...
OXENKILLER: Satan’s Knife Has Never Been Ashamed
Oxenkiller—or possibly Oxen Killer, to be perfectly honest—are as unknown, unsung, and as French as it gets. They tread an unreasonable line between gleeful and gloomy, and come across as the closest thing to Mercyful Fate I've ever heard apart from the real thing.
Metal, She Signified
As the latest in our ongoing series of people engaging in metal behavior before heavy metal was invented (see recent post of Velvet Underground in grim corpse paint in the mid-1960s), here's a gaggle of gals experimenting with cryptic hand gestures in North Berkeley
DESEXULT: Speak Danish And F.O.A.D.
By popular demand (of a few dedicated misanthropes), here's a follow-up to the Samhain [Denmark] demo posting of a couple years ago. Within a year of releasing that "The Courier" demo, it dawned on the young Danes that the Samhain name was taken, and they switched to the snappy moniker Desexult and began besieging the world in demo tapes in earnest.
UPDATE: Chuck Biscuits Appreciation Day 10/29
Sad news this morning is that drummer Chuck Biscuits died last weekend of throat cancer at the age of 44. He was a member of D.O.A., Danzig, Samhain, Social Distortion, and briefly the Circle Jerks. He also laid down the drum tracks for Run-DMC's Tougher Than Leather album.
