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It was creativity—the good, the bad, the ugly, the raunchy."—E. G. Daily • ISBN 978-1-935950-23-3 • Densely illustrated 360 pages of hundreds of film reviews, heavily opinionated commentary, and archival unseen illustrations. • Features contributions by Eddie Deezen ( Grease, Midnight Madness, Zapped! ), Kat Ellinger ( Diabolique),  Wendy McClure ( The Wilder Life ), Katie Rife ( The Onion AV Club ), Samm Deighan ( Diabolique ), and Kier-La Janisse ( House of Psychotic Women ), plus guest reviews by Lisa Carver ( Rollerderby ), Heather Drain ( Video Watchdog ), Christina Ward (Feral House), Rachel McPadden, and Liz Mason (Quimby's). • New from monstrous maestro Mike "McBeardo" McPadden, the author of HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Guitar Barbarians, Mutant Bimbos & Cult Zombies Amok in the 666 Most Ear- and Eye-Ripping Big-Scream Films Ever! Born in the drive-in theater backseats of the 1970s, the demonic visions of Teen Movie Hell fueled the VCR, cable TV, and shopping mall multiplex booms of the 1980s before collapsing in the 1990s in a pixelated pile of cable dissipation and Internet indulgences. Between George Lucas's  American Graffiti in 1973 and Richard Linklater's  Dazed and Confused twenty years later, lust-driven laugh riots on the order of Animal House , Porky’s , Fast Times at Ridgemont High , and Revenge of the Nerds  boomed at the box office and conquered pop culture by celebrating adolescent misbehavior run amok Puberty-powered comedy classics including Meatballs , Caddyshack , Valley Girl , and The Last American Virgin fused hormonal overloads with anti-authority abandon and below-the-belt slapstick to create a genre that also unleashed the anarchic, sex-mad likes of The Swinging Cheerleaders , H.O.T.S. , Hardbodies , Private School , Joysticks , Spring Break , and Zapped! —as well as the mainstream variations Sixteen Candles , The Breakfast Club , Ferris Bueller’s Day Off , and Pretty in Pink . 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High-quality blood-red hardcover • 82pp complete actual size A4 reprint • Dimensions: 8.75″ x 12″ (220mm x 307mm); 2.0 lbs. (0.8 kg) The material anthologized in METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries is presented here in its complete, original form. Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen, deemed to be "the godfather of Norwegian black metal" by Enslaved, created this deep and passionate record of the intertwined sensational actions, rivalries, violence, and totally new and unique underground black metal music. The interviews, basically unguarded conversations among friends, today comprise the most complete and unfiltered document for understanding the mindset and personalities involved in Norway's violent attacks, murders, and church arsons happening at the time. Slayer X contains 1992-1994 interviews with: • EMPEROR (Bård Faust, Samoth) • THOU SHALT SUFFER (Ihsahn) • BATHORY (Quorthon) • MAYHEM (Dead) • BURZUM (Varg Vikernes) • SATYRICON (Satyr) • THE 3RD AND THE MORTAL (Kari Rueslåtten) • AGHAST (Nacht, Nebel) • DARKTHRONE (Fenriz) • MYSTICUM (Ravn) • ABRUPTUM (It) • DISSECTION (Jon Nödtveidt) • THORNS (Snorre Ruch) • ULVER (Garm) • DARK FUNERAL (David "Blackmoon" Parland) • MORTIIS • ENSLAVED (Grutle Kjellson, Ivar Bjørnson) • GEHENNA (Dirge Rep, Sanrabb) • MARDUK (Morgan Håkansson) • SIGH (Mirai Kawashima) • OPETH (Mikael Åkerfeldt) • CRADLE OF FILTH (Dani Filth) • IN THE WOODS... (Overlord Svithjod) + MONUMENTUM, BEYOND DAWN, INSANITY, DECEASED, ORDER FROM CHAOS, SADISTIK EXEKUTION, MONUMENTUM, NIFELHEIM, ABSU, SADISTIC INTENT... + Necrovore appreciation, Arcturus, many record reviews, and opinionated editorials by various characters expressing various stances on the events of 1993. "This is how Slayer Mag X was done, nothing has been changed and all errors are intact."—Jon Kristiansenhttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/10254111_1416173315315386_1578333676_n.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/pre-order-slayer-mag-x-red-reissue-hardcover-plus-t-shirt-by-jon-metalion-kristiansen/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=3364SLAYER MAG Vol. X: Red Hardcover Reissue, by Jon "Metalion" KristiansenUSD 14.953102no2335in stockNewThe ultimate guidebook to the complete molten musical cinema experience. Lavishly illustrated and featuring more than 666 of the most metallic movie moments of all time.  Positively the most horrifying book ever written!! • ISBN 978-19359500-6-6 • High-quality trade paperback • 576 eye-blasting pages including color section • Original cover painting by Andrei Bouzikov • Dimensions: 6.75″ x 9.5″ x 1.5″ (170mm x 240mm x 40mm); 4 lbs. (1.5 kg) "Your Netflix queue just got way more devil-horned with this handy compendium of 666 horror movies, grind-house sci-fi flicks, tawdry thrillers, and extra-loud docs. Now you’ll know which Dario Argento bleeder or Rob Zombie creeper will provide the most headbanging fun."— Entertainment Weekly "Outta sight! My eyes are still ringing."—Jeff Krulik, director, Heavy Metal Parking Lot "Heavy metal and movies go together perfectly—it’s about damn time somebody dedicated a book to the two! Thank you, Mike McPadden, for answering our headbanging, metal horns-raising, VHS-watching, prayers!”—Richard Christy (Death, Howard Stern, Decibel ) Keep reminding yourself: IT'S ONLY A BOOK... Heavy metal and high-thrill cinema have been joined together like mutant twins since before Black Sabbath took the name of a chilling Italian horror film in 1970. 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Undead gut-munchers: Zombie , Dawn of the Dead , Burial Ground , Dead/Alive … Midnight mind-benders: Eraserhead , The Holy Mountain , Caligula , The Warriors , Repo: The Genetic Opera … Concert films and killer cameos by Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Napalm Death, Godflesh, White Zombie, Alice Cooper, Helmet, Cannibal Corpse, Kiss, Powermad, and countless fake hair metal bands who end up getting killed onscreen… Plus witches, werewolves, bikers, aliens, lesbian vampires, and vengeful vikings galore, over 1300 sin-ematic sensations in all. Brooklyn-born powerhouse Mike “McBeardo” McPadden has written prolifically about high art and low culture for the likes of Esquire , Black Book , and New York Press . He worked for more than a decade as head writer for the online phenomenon Mr. Skin, and has also done time as a B-movie screenwriter. McPadden lives in Chicago with his wife, xoJane.com editor Rachel McPadden. v7IZp2jF3_Q bxACTj1iNyc 6qKlZELdJh8 ereen__ld8g WpRxZB0Op9o Cgd1ctgNE4g  https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/HMM-052113.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/heavy-metal-movies-by-mike-mcbeardo-mcpadden/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=2335HEAVY METAL MOVIES, by Mike "McBeardo" McPaddenUSD 34.95no1701in stockNew• ISBN 978-1-935950-03-5 • 272pp full-color hardcover • Dimensions: 9.25″ x 11.5″ x 1" (235mm x 292mm x 25.4mm); 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) "Awesome"—Robb Flynn, Machine Head "Awesome"—Brian Slagel, Metal Blade Records "Fucking awesome"—Kerry King, Slayer "Great"—Lars Ulrich, Metallica "AMAZING"—Alex Skolnick, Testament "Thank you for writing this book! It's the definitive story of the scene and what we managed to make of it here in the Bay Area."—Kirk Hammett, Metallica " Murder in the Front Row captures the true essence of thrash metal in its embryonic stage. These photographs take me on a tour down memory lane, bringing back many laughs and prompting comments like: 'I don't remember that!'"—Dave Lombardo, Slayer "Truly essential...a snapshot of a period in history that was thrilling, raw, violent, and visceral"— Record Collector UK "Harald O., the craziest photographer of all"— BAM Ripping through screens everywhere in 2019: MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JImsHFVztGI During the early 1980s, when heavy metal was defined by MTV and mile-high hair, San Francisco’s small community of dedicated headbangers scorned image and instead risked life and limb in search of the ultimate in musical thrills. 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Somewhere along the way, Oimoen and Lew’s friends in Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth became legends. Today, the Big Four thrash metal bands pictured in this book are the reigning elder statesmen of heavy metal. Their fellow ragers in Exodus, D.R.I., Testament, Death Angel, Possessed, and Forbidden remain ambassadors of a Bay Area metal scene that continues to thrive and command fascination around the world. This stunning volume collects over 400 amazing color and black-and-white photos, plus passionate personal accounts by Bay Area veterans Harald Oimoen, Brian Lew, Ron Quintana of Metal Mania, Gary Holt of Exodus, Alex Skolnick of Testament, and Robb Flynn of Machine Head. From DIY origins to world domination, the Bay Area thrash metal scene screams to life in these fearless pages. "This will not be a history book, but rather a time machine back to the 'bonded by blood' days of the original Bay Area Metal scene. 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(1.2 kg) Death-luxe 2016 edition features: • New introduction by Albert Mudrian • New foreword by Scott Carlson of Repulsion • Revised and expanded new chapters • Brutal new 16-page color section featuring raw, bloody early photos of Death, Repulsion, Obituary, Deicide, Morbid Angel, Thanatos, At the Gates, Napalm Death, Carcass, Dismember, Nihilist, and many others • Expanded Essential Discography • Complete reformat for this larger, heavier 130gsm paper edition In 1986, the idea that death metal and grindcore would ever impact popular culture was unimaginable. Yet soon this barbaric amalgam of hardcore punk and heavy metal came to perpetually define the musical threshold of extremity. Initially circulated through a scattered tape-trading network of underground thrillseekers, bands rose from every corner of the globe and death metal and grindcore spread faster than a pandemic plague of undead flesheaters. By 1994, the genre’s most prominent labels had sold well over a million death metal and grindcore albums each. Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore examines the rise, fall, and resurrection of death metal and grindcore through the eyes and ringing ears of the artists, producers and label owners who propeled the movements. “I thought of death metal and grindcore as a return to a more extreme punk,” writes the BBC’s John Peel in his foreword. “This music was another step into outlaw territory beyond any aggressive music heard before.” Choosing Death is widely recognized as the definitive history of extreme music subgenres. For this revised and expanded edition, author Albert Mudrian (editor-in-chief of Decibel magazine) reveals there is life after death metal; the book now flaunts a whopping 100 additional pages in three new chapters; 50 additional interviews; a grisly 16-page color insert; and a new cover painting by legendary death metal artist Dan Seagrave (known for his classic Entombed and Morbid Angel album covers). This head-rushing history also features forewords by famed BBC DJ John Peel and Repulsion cofounder Scott Carlson. "Mudrian, editor-in-chief of Decibel magazine, condenses painstaking and lengthy interviews to create this informative history of death metal, covering the genre's origin in small clubs and basements on two continents; its spike in popularity and major-label interest circa 1992; the relative obscurity that followed; and the music's rebirth in recent years. What's astonishing is how normal so many of the featured players seem: behind the facade of Satan-worshipping, gore-flinging aggression, they're mostly a bunch of hardworking dudes who love the music and the outlet it provides for pent-up anger and energy."— Publishers Weekly "By and large, Mudrian treats grindcore and death metal as interrelated approaches to the verbally gloomy, power-chording world of heavy metal that are leavened by a stiff dose of the punk do-it-yourself ethos and created by musicians who grew up on traditional heavy metal, thrash and speed metal, punk, industrial and hardcore."— Booklist "Extremely well researched and compiled with a true passion, Choosing Death is the testament of an era—an underground bible."—Lee Dorrian, Napalm Death/Cathedral "For all of you deathsters who spend your hard-earned money on all those festivals, the bigger Choosing Death will now be released as a paperback. The book is easy to carry in your luggage wherever you go; to read while waiting on your plane, train, or automobile; when having a fight with your man or woman; or to use as your guide while finishing your study at Harvard. Affordable, and a must to everyone who calls him- or herself a true metalhead. Recommended to read with at least two six-packs in the fridge"—Martin van Drunen, Asphyx “In this day and age Mr. Mudrian has taken up the most brave and selfless task of attempting to write the most accurate, compelling, and insightful history of extreme music. Some might say this is breathtaking in his belief that the audience of said music is actually literate, articulate, and educated enough to read it. So, on that basis, he’s also included some pictures.”—Jeff Walker, Carcass "The first book I've read since high school."—Richard Christy, Deathhttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/CHOOZ-front.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/preorder-choosing-death-the-improbable-history-of-death-metal-grindcore-by-albert-mudrian/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=5655CHOOSING DEATH: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore, by Albert MudrianUSD 29.95no6162in stockNewNew from the author of NYHC: New York Hardcore, 1980–1990 . Ships today with a free, limited cast metal "True Till Death" fist badge "Fxxcking loved it!!! A great book. Tony Rettman did it once again."—Mike Ferraro, Judge "This book accurately recalls a counterculture within a counterculture, a movement that changed the course of so many people's lives, including my own. A crucial and authoritative glance into that world, shining light for fans around the globe on a time that we will never forget."—Ray Cappo, Youth of Today “ What separates hardcore from punk is that punk was just saying, ‘fuck this place.’ Hardcore was saying, ‘let’s make a difference. Let’s make our minds stronger and focus.’”—Toby Morse, H2O “ We were out to create a revolution. We loved the power and energy of hardcore, but not the whole self-destructive punk ethos. We were into being healthy and living clean, mean, and smart.”­—John Porcelly, Youth of Today “ Straight edge became a religion. It’s a very strange feeling to be one of the unwitting founders of this religion.”—Jeff Nelson, Minor Threat STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History , by Tony Rettman • Foreword by Anthony "CIV" Civorelli • ISBN 978-1-935950-24-0 • Deluxe softcover; 384 heavily illustrated pages plus  16pp full-color insert featuring Minor Threat, 7 Seconds, SSD, Uniform Choice, Insted, Youth of Today, Bold, Judge, Lärm, Strife, Resurrection, Earth Crisis, and others. • Dimensions: 6.75″ x 9.5″ (170mm x 240mm); 2.75 lb. (1.2 kg) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOf6w59jz_g Starting in 1981 via Minor Threat’s revolutionary call to arms, the clean and positive straight edge hardcore punk movement took hold and prospered during the 1980s, earning a position as one of the most durable yet chronically misunderstood music subcultures. Straight edge created its own sound and visual style, went on to embrace vegetarianism, and later saw the rise of a militant fringe. As the “don’t drink, don’t smoke” message spread from Washington, D.C., to Boston, California, New York City, and, eventually, the world, adherents struggled to define the fundamental ideals and limits of what may be the ultimate youth movement. Tony Rettman traces the story of straight edge from adolescent origins to enduring counterculture via fresh first-hand accounts from the clear and alert members of Minor Threat, SS Decontrol, Youth of Today, DYS, Slapshot, Uniform Choice, 7 Seconds, Stalag 13, Justice League, Chain of Strength, No for an Answer, Insted, Gorilla Biscuits, Judge, Bold, Project X, Lärm, Brotherhood, Shelter, H2O, Half Off, Resurrection, Raid, Strife, Earth Crisis, Vegan Reich, Mindset, Stop and Think, Mouthpiece, Floorpunch, Ten Yard Fight, Mental, Fucked Up, Trial, Have Heart, Praise, Clear, the Geeks, and many others. TONY RETTMAN is the author of NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990 and Why Be Something That You’re Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979–1985 . His writing has appeared in The Village Voice, The Guardian, The Wire, Red Bull Music Academy Daily, and many other print and online outlets. He has provided liner notes for releases by the Circle Jerks, Warzone, the Crumbsuckers, and Beyond, and he hosted the Green Room Radio podcast. In the late 1980s, he coedited the fanzine Common Sense, in which he interviewed the likes of Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, Chain of Strength, Insted, No for an Answer, and many other straight edge hardcore bands. Rettman resides on the North Shore of Long Island with his wife, two cats, and an inoperative hot tub.https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/STRAIGHT-EDGE-Tony-Rettman-ZITE.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/straight-edge-a-clear-eyed-hardcore-punk-history-by-tony-rettman/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=6162STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History, by Tony RettmanUSD 29.95no13191in stockNew*** Nearly 1,300 pages devoted to a century of forbidden cinematic history, jammed with barbarians, bikinis, and lingonberry Westerns, detailing enough over-the-top movie mayhem for over five years of nightly screenings—for viewers who dare. *** This is a hefty 7 lbs. (3.2 kg)  collection of eye-blasting reading material from Bazillion Points, collecting three of the most ripe and ridiculously revelatory film books ever written: HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Guitar Barbarians, Mutant Bimbos & Cult Zombies Amok in the 666 Most Ear- and Eye-Ripping Big-Scream Films Ever! , by Mike "McBeardo" McPadden; TEEN MOVIE HELL: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Comedies from Animal House to Zapped! , by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden; and SWEDISH SENSATIONSFILMS: A Clandestine History of Sex, Thrillers, and Kicker Cinema, by Daniel Ekeroth . Each book comes complete with its extremely limited original advance order bonus, meaning your box will also include: (1) HEAVY METAL MOVIES color woven patch; (1) embroidered "I Ejected from TEEN MOVIE HELL " demerit badge; and (1) 1.25" SWEDISH SENSATIONSFILMS metal badge. Book 1: HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Guitar Barbarians, Mutant Bimbos & Cult Zombies Amok in the 666 Most Ear- and Eye-Ripping Big-Scream Films Ever! , by Mike "McBeardo" McPadden The ultimate guidebook to the complete molten musical cinema experience. Lavishly illustrated and featuring more than 666 of the most metallic movie moments of all time. • ISBN 978-19359500-6-6 • High-quality trade paperback • 576 eye-blasting pages including color section • Original cover painting by Andrei Bouzikov • Dimensions: 6.75″ x 9.5″ x 1.5″ (170mm x 240mm x 40mm); 4 lbs. (1.5 kg) “Your Netflix queue just got way more devil-horned with this handy compendium of 666 horror movies, grind-house sci-fi flicks, tawdry thrillers, and extra-loud docs. Now you’ll know which Dario Argento bleeder or Rob Zombie creeper will provide the most headbanging fun.”— Entertainment Weekly “Outta sight! My eyes are still ringing.”—Jeff Krulik, director, Heavy Metal Parking Lot Keep reminding yourself: IT’S ONLY A BOOK… Heavy metal and high-thrill cinema have been joined together like mutant twins since before Black Sabbath took the name of a chilling Italian horror film in 1970. The unadulterated journey of Heavy Metal Movies spans concert movies and trippy midnight flicks, inspirational depictions of ancient times and future apocalypses, and raw hand-held digital video obsessions. As brash, irreverent, and visceral as both the music and the movies themselves, Heavy Metal Movies is the ultimate guidebook to the complete molten musical cinema experience. Book 2: TEEN MOVIE HELL: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Comedies from Animal House to Zapped! , by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden Born in the drive-in theater backseats of the 1970s, the demonic visions of Teen Movie Hell fueled the VCR, cable TV, and shopping mall multiplex booms of the 1980s before collapsing in the 1990s in a pixelated pile of cable dissipation and Internet indulgences. Between George Lucas’s American Graffiti in 1973 and Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused twenty years later, lust-driven laugh riots on the order of Animal House , Porky’s , Fast Times at Ridgemont High , and Revenge of the Nerds boomed at the box office and conquered pop culture by celebrating adolescent misbehavior run amok Puberty-powered comedy classics including Meatballs , Caddyshack , Valley Girl , and The Last American Virgin fused hormonal overloads with anti-authority abandon and below-the-belt slapstick to create a genre that also unleashed the anarchic, sex-mad likes of The Swinging Cheerleaders , H.O.T.S ., Hardbodies , Private School , Joysticks , Spring Break , and Zapped! —as well as the mainstream variations Sixteen Candles , The Breakfast Club , Ferris Bueller’s Day Off , and Pretty in Pink . Book 3: SWEDISH SENSATIONSFILMS: A Clandestine History of Sex, Thrillers, and Kicker Cinema , by Daniel Ekeroth In the annals of grindhouse exploitation cinema, Italy owns the giallo, Australia offers Ozploitation, and Sweden has spawned… the SENSATIONSFILM! • ISBN 978-09796163-6-5 • 320pp trade paperback, w/8pp sensational color section • Foreword by Christina Lindberg ( Thriller , Maid in Sweden ) • Features over 200 reviews of strange and sexy Swedish films • Full-color insert features rare vintage film posters and lobby cards • Original cover artwork by Wes Benscoter (Black Sabbath, Slayer) Sweden’s prominent and secure film legacy is associated internationally with Ingmar Bergman’s successful and high-quality works. However, even the greatest Swedish director could not resist another breed of Swedish film—notorious for laissez-faire nudity, relaxed sexuality, drugs, and shocking violence—the sensationsfilm . “I look back with genuine joy. I am so very happy I could be a part of the seventies, it was so incredibly interesting. I carry it with me; it is a part of me. I would never deny being in those movies. I know that a lot of people do so, but I just had a blast.”— Christina Lindberg “Into this rising whirlwind of madness, I was born. As the ‘70s came along, all limits were forgotten. Sweden was flooded with sexually explicit and violent films of every kind…and all morals were gone.”—Daniel Ekeroth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwdYd_RdLCQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VUE0NeOalQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUbgSwD7EXs  https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/movies-pack.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/the-silver-screen-shock-box-heavy-metal-movies-teen-movie-hell-swedish-sensationsfilms-book-set/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=13191THE SILVER SCREEN SHOCK BOX: Heavy Metal Movies, Teen Movie Hell, Swedish Sensationsfilms Book SetUSD 84.85no3561in stockNew“New York City has an energy that you’re not going to find anywhere else. People who have that passionate, driven mindset; they gravitate to New York City. You couldn’t match it anywhere. Even being in that intense environment—you had to come into your own to survive that area.”—John Porcelly, Youth of Today/Shelter • ISBN 978-1935950-12-7 • High-quality trade paperback; 384 densely illustrated pages • Foreword by Freddy Cricien • Dimensions: 6.75″ x 9.5″ x 1.5″ (170mm x 240mm x 40mm); 3 lbs. (1.2 kg) eBook : Kindle Known for its glamorous 1970s punk rock scene, New York City matched the grim urban reality of the 1980s with a rawer musical uprising: New York hardcore. As bands of misfits from across the region gravitated to the forgotten frontier of Manhattan's Lower East Side. With a a backdrop of despair, bands like Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Murphy's Law, and Youth of Today confronted their reality with relentlessly energetic gigs at CBGB, A7, and the numerous squats in the area. Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history captures ten years of struggle, including the scene's regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straightedge movement, and the unlikely influence of Krishna consciousness. With a foreword by Freddy Cricien of Madball, who made his stage debut with Agnostic Front at age 7, NYHC slams the sidewalk with savage tales of larger-than-life characters and unlikely feats of willpower. The gripping and sometimes hilarious narrative is woven together like the fabric of New York itself from over 100 original interviews with members of Absolution, Adrenalin O.D., Agnostic Front, Antidote, Bad Brains, Bloodclot, Bold, Born Against, Breakdown, Cause for Alarm, Citizens Arrest, Cro-Mags, Crumbsuckers, Death Before Dishonor, Even Worse, False Prophets, Gorilla Biscuits, H20, Heart Attack, Inhuman, Into Another, Irate, Judge, Kraut, Leeway, Life’s Blood, Major Conflict, Murphy’s Law, Nausea, Nihilistics, Nuclear Assault, Numskulls, Outburst, Pro-Pain, Quicksand, Raw Deal, Reagan Youth, Rorschach, S.O.D., Sacrilege, Savage Circle, Sheer Terror, Shelter, Shok, Sick of it All, Side by Side, Skinhead Youth, Straight Ahead, the Abused, the Cryptcrashers, the Mad, the Misfits, the Misguided, the Mob, the Psychos, the Ritz, the Stimulators, the Undead, Token Entry, Underdog, Urban Waste, Virus, Warzone, Youth of Today, and many, many more. MOSH IT UP! “In other parts of our neighborhood, guys were breakdancing against each other; we were moshing against each other. It was all about who had the most style, as opposed to today where it’s just picking up change and karate kicking. It was all about trying to keep dancing, while still blasting into someone from D.C. or Boston, and all about who had the hardest pit for their town’s band. It was like supporting your city’s hockey team or something.”—Jimmy G, Murphy’s Law “At that time, the Lower East Side was a warzone. It wasn’t the gentrified neighborhood that it’s been for the last twenty years. It was a fucking warzone, without question. It was worse than the worse neighborhoods you know in New York City today. It was a trip to be down there and go to those bars and A7 and shit like that. I wasn’t even eighteen yet, and I was getting a peek into a world that most people will never see.”—Eddie Sutton, Leeway “I had my personal experiences from life; being on the streets, being locked up, and being in abusive foster homes. I was fighting. I was shot and stabbed, and that’s what came out. We sang about street justice and survival on the streets because that shit was for real. That shit was a way to express ourselves and get out that angst. It was real. It wasn’t some hypothetical bullshit.”—John Joseph, Cro-Mags Tony Rettman is a freelance music journalist whose work has appeared in the Village Voice, Vice, The Wire, Philadelphia Weekly, Cleveland Scene, Arthur, Swindle, Signal to Noise, Mean, and Thrasher . At age 14 in the 1980s, he was the coeditor of Common Sense zine. He has provided liner notes for such artists as Hackamore Brick, Bored Youth, Beyond and many more. He is a contributing editor to DoubleCrossXX.com. In 2010, Revelation Records released his acclaimed first book, Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985 . Two hours and 40 minutes of NYHC:  https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/07/NYHC-cover-freddy-e1406660241721.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/nyhc-new-york-hardcore-1980-1990-by-tony-rettman/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=3561NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990, by Tony RettmanUSD 29.95no2555in stockNew*** Nearly 2,000 pages total representing over three decades of death metal, black metal, and grindcore history  *** This is a giant 20 lbs. (10 kg) collection of massively heavy reading material from Bazillion Points, the five most intense metal books ever written: METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries , by Jon Kristiansen; ONLY DEATH IS REAL: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost 1981–1985 , by Tom Gabriel Fischer; the exclusive hardcover edition of SWEDISH DEATH METAL , by Daniel Ekeroth, including a free woven patch; the exclusive 2016 Death-luxe edition of CHOOSING DEATH: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore , by Albert Mudrian, also including a limited free woven patch; AND, finally, the limited red hardcover reissue of SLAYER MAG Vol. X , originally published in Spring 1995 by Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen. NOTE: Substitutions? Add a note with your order, and we will get in touch to confirm your selection. This is the best way to bulk up on books and beat the burden of overseas shipping. Book 1: METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries , by Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen “Metalion is the best book about heavy metal ever released. A stunningly comprehensive historical and cultural record…Bazillion Points has outdone itself in terms of artistic forethought and comprehensive content. “—PopMatters Deluxe 744pp hardcover w/720pp b/w pages Over 600 reproductions from every issue of Slayer Mag) 100+ rare historical images 8pp color insert from Slayer Mag Archives 16pp gallery of photo portraits by Jon Kristiansen Dimensions: 8.5″ x 11″ x 2″ (215mm x 280mm x 51mm); 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg); retail $39.95 Forewords by Ian Christe, Tomas Lindberg, Chris Reifert, Fenriz, Stephen O’Malley, Erik Danielsson, and Tara G. Warrior The greatest heavy metal story ever told—the complete tale of a life lived for metal. Part anthology, part memoir, and years in the making, METALION includes over 600 reproduction pages from every issue of Slayer Mag—Slayer 1 through Slayer XX, plus the precursor Live Wire zine—spanning from the early 1980s through 2010. In addition, author Jon Kristiansen recounts his life’s story, from alienated outsider to central figure in Norwegian black metal to metal party beast to world-weary metal survivor. The book also features over 100 rare photographs, including two color sections and a portrait gallery of photographs taken by Kristiansen himself. The astonishing combination of archival material includes scores of key historic interviews with the most revered figures in extreme metal, including Mayhem, Emperor, Slayer, Kreator, Nihilist, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Cathedral, Entombed, Morbid, Napalm Death, Metallica, Opeth, Cradle of Filth, Sadistik Execution, Usurper, Nifelheim, Darkthrone, Sodom, Destruction, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Exodus, Dissection, Candlemass, Carcass, Sepultura, Gorgoroth, Death, Watain, Sadus, Satyricon, Enslaved, Pentagram, Jarboe, Immortal, Possessed, Overkill, Ulver, Dark Angel, and countless others. Book 2: ONLY DEATH IS REAL: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost 1981–1985 , by Tom Gabriel Fischer with Martin Eric Ain 288pp (24pp color) deluxe Wibalin-bound hardcover Introduction by Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone Foreword by Joel McIver Dimensions: 9.25″ x 11.5″ (241mm x 292mm); 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) “Heartfelt and open…a genuine asset to the understanding and appreciation of…what was sacrificed in the name of music that has since become classic.”—Terrorizer This formidable oversized hardcover runs 288 pages (including a 32-page color section), and combines hundreds of unseen early Hellhammer and Celtic Frost photos with a vast treasure trove of artwork and memorabilia. A substantial written component by Fischer details his upbringing on the outskirts of Zurich, Switzerland, and the hardships and triumphs he faced bringing the visions of his groundbreaking bands Hellhammer and eventually Celtic Frost to reality. In addition, the book includes an introduction by Nocturno Culto of Norwegian black metal act Darkthrone, and a foreword by noted metal author Joel McIver. Without question, Only Death Is Real goes farther than any other source in exploring the origins of underground heavy metal. "This is a book about the real Hellhammer, the essence of that group, the aura it carried, and the truly unique spirit of revolution of the times in which it existed. It is a book about a group of outcasts—about persistence, dedication, and an utterly personal vision. I have worked very hard to make sure it will do justice to the work of a number of very unique people who shared the same ideas at a very unique point in time.”—Tom Gabriel Fischer Book 3: SWEDISH DEATH METAL , by Daniel Ekeroth *** Limited edition hardcover ships with bonus Swedish Death Metal woven patch *** “Finally, the true story of Swedish death metal! This book brought me back to the good old days”—Tomas Lindberg, At the Gates 450 densely-illustrated pages Heavy-duty 130gsm paper Extensive 300pp history PLUS 150pp highly opinionated band encyclopedia, gallery, and fanzine bibliography Written by Daniel Ekeroth (of Insision, Tyrant, Dellamorte, Diskonto; and author of Violent Italy) Foreword by Chris Reifert (Autopsy) Dimensions: 3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg); retail $44.95 The ultimate blow-by-blow account of Sweden’s legendary death metal underground, based on exclusive interviews with members of Nihilist/ Entombed, In Flames, At the Gates, Dismember, Grave, Hypocrisy, Opeth, Unleashed, Marduk, Morbid, Mob 47, Deranged, Edge of Sanity, Merciless, Therion, Liers in Wait, Carnage, Carcass, Tiamat/Treblinka, Afflicted, Repugnant, and the Haunted. Book 4: CHOOSING DEATH , by Albert Mudrian  *** Death-luxe expanded 2016 edition ships with limited Dan Seagrave cover art woven patch *** "Albert Mudrian, our disciple of all that is heavy and extreme, definitively documents this period of blissful cacophony for all to behold. Play fast or die!”—Shane Embury, Napalm Death "Mudrian, editor-in-chief of Decibel magazine, condenses painstaking and lengthy interviews to create this informative history of death metal, covering the genre’s origin in small clubs and basements on two continents.”— Publishers Weekly 384 densely-illustrated pages Heavy-duty 130gsm paper Forewords by BBC DJ John Peel and Scott Carlson (Repulsion) Dimensions: 3 lbs. (1.5 kg); retail $29.95 Death-luxe 2016 edition features: • New introduction by Albert Mudrian • New foreword by Scott Carlson of Repulsion • Revised and expanded new chapters • Brutal new 16-page color section featuring raw, bloody early photos of Death, Repulsion, Obituary, Deicide, Morbid Angel, Thanatos, At the Gates, Napalm Death, Carcass, Dismember, Nihilist, and many others • Expanded Essential Discography • Complete reformat for this larger, heavier 130gsm paper edition Book 5: SLAYER MAG VOL. X , by Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen  “This is how Slayer Mag X was done, nothing has been changed and all errors are intact.”—Jon Kristiansen Hardcover reissue release of the crucial tenth issue of Norway’s infamous Slayer Mag , overflowing with key Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone, Thorns, Emperor, Satyricon, Bathory, Dissection, Enslaved, and many more candid black metal interviews from the turbulent 1992 through 1994 period. • High-quality blood-red hardcover • 82pp complete actual size A4 reprint • Dimensions: 8.75″ x 12″ (220mm x 307mm); 2.0 lbs. (0.8 kg) Slayer X contains 1992-1994 interviews with: • EMPEROR (Bård Faust, Samoth) • THOU SHALT SUFFER (Ihsahn) • BATHORY (Quorthon) • MAYHEM (Dead) • BURZUM (Varg Vikernes) • SATYRICON (Satyr) • THE 3RD AND THE MORTAL (Kari Rueslåtten) • AGHAST (Nacht, Nebel) • DARKTHRONE (Fenriz) • MYSTICUM (Ravn) • ABRUPTUM (It) • DISSECTION (Jon Nödtveidt)• THORNS (Snorre Ruch) • ULVER (Garm) • DARK FUNERAL (David “Blackmoon” Parland) • MORTIIS • ENSLAVED (Grutle Kjellson, Ivar Bjørnson) • GEHENNA (Dirge Rep, Sanrabb) • MARDUK (Morgan Håkansson) • SIGH (Mirai Kawashima) • OPETH (Mikael Åkerfeldt) • CRADLE OF FILTH (Dani Filth) • IN THE WOODS… (Overlord Svithjod) + MONUMENTUM, BEYOND DAWN, INSANITY, DECEASED, ORDER FROM CHAOS, SADISTIK EXEKUTION, MONUMENTUM, NIFELHEIM, ABSU, SADISTIC INTENT… + Necrovore appreciation, Arcturus, many record reviews, and opinionated editorials by various characters expressing various stances on the events of 1993.https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/big-black-box.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/the-black-books-death-metal-collection/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=2555THE BIG BOX OF BLACK BOOKS: Metalion, Only Death Is Real, Swedish Death Metal, Choosing Death Book SetUSD 174.75no1854out of stockNewThe first edition of WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? is currently unavailable in physical form, but please point your electronic device towards the following destinations to connect with electronic versions of the book. Please also check your local or favorite online used bookstore for suitable real-life copies. Thank you! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? : A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal , by Laina Dawes eISBN 978-1-935950-96-7 Amazon Kindle | Barnes & Noble Nook | Apple iTunes Books | Kobo "A fantastic book"—AOL Noisecreep "Thoughtful and inspiring"— Publishers Weekly Eight Must-Read Heavy Metal Books, Phoenix Sun-Times • ISBN 978-1-935950-05-9 • Foreword by Skin of Skunk Anansie • 208pp softcover w/color flaps • Dimensions: 6" x 9" (152mm x 230mm); 1 lb. (.45 kg) eBook : Kindle | Nook | iTunes Books | Kobo What Are You Doing Here? i nvestigates how black women musicians and fans navigate the metal, hardcore, and punk music genres that are regularly thought of as inclusive spaces and centered on a community spirit, but fail to block out the race and gender issues that exist in the outside world. “The first time I heard rock music it was really exciting. I felt that this new music and vibe was really me. I remember going to bed and having dreams that I was performing this music and visualizing myself on stage, way before it actually happened… What always appealed to me about rock music is the feeling of freedom, that I could finally be who I wanted to be and sing the music that I felt in my heart. Some black people that I met in the music industry felt that we could be stronger and better empowered if we all stayed within in the same box, but I had always relished the fact that I never belonged to any cliques, or any scenes…”—Skin, Skunk Anansie "I wanted to find other black women like me: metal, hardcore, and punk fans and musicians that were rabid about the music and culture and adamant about asserting their rightful place as black women within those scenes. I wanted to find other women who put aside the cultural baggage that dictates that we must listen to certain musical styles, and simply enjoy the music that influenced us, not just as black women, but as individuals who grew up in an era when, thanks to technology, a large variety of music is accessible and available to everyone. I found many black women and have shared their stories, but I also realize there is still a lot of work to be done."—Laina Dawes CONTENTS: “Who Put That Shaven-Headed Black Woman on the Stage?” Foreword by Skin Introduction, by Laina Dawes I. Canadian Steel II. Metal Can Save Your Life (or at Least Your Sanity) III. I’m Here Because We Started It! IV. So You Think You’re White? V. “The Only One” Syndrome VI. Too Black, Too Metal, and All Woman VII. The Lingering Stench of Racism in Metal VIII. Remove the Barricades and Stagedive! Epilogue Appendix: “What Are You Doing Here?”—The Survey Laina Dawes is a music and cultural critic and opinion writer, an active public speaker, and a contributor to CBC Radio. Also a current affairs columnist for Afrotoronto.com and contributing editor for Blogher.org. She lives in New York City.https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/WAYDH-front-jacket1-e1363057047296.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/black-women-in-heavy-metal/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1854WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal, by Laina DawesUSD 16.95no5272in stockNewSHIPS TODAY with exclusive limited 1" metal button:   CITY BABY, by Ross Lomas with Steve Pottinger • ISBN 978-1-935950-15-8 • High-quality trade paperback • 304 heavily-illustrated and ridiculously entertaining pages • Dimensions: 6" x 9"; 1 lb. (.4 kg) Teenage punk rock milkman Ross Lomas strapped on a bass and joined G.B.H onstage in 1981. Leading the charge of U.K. hardcore punk, G.B.H lit up British pubs, European squats, and American highways with a wall of sound and mile-high spikes. Living by his own rules, for better or for worse, Ross Lomas riots with violent skinheads, metal hippies, rip-off managers, Neil Sedaka, and the Argentine cavalry, and tries to make sense of adulthood. Ross and his G.B.H family don’t escape unscathed, but they never surrender. Check out the table of contents, and a sample chapter, "Drugs Party in 526": .issuuembed span {display:none !important;} “Always doing what they felt like and having a laugh…absolutely captivating.”— Vive le Rock “The full, warts and all story of the band, a gripping read. Full of crazy punk rock antics from around the world…raw and honest”— Sidewalk “To Ross’ credit, he drills uncomfortably deep into the darkest corners of his psyche. An uneasy but always compelling read.”— Record Collector UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRJXaRgTWfYhttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/GBH-site.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/pre-order-city-baby-surviving-in-leather-bristles-studs-punk-rock-and-g-b-h-by-ross-lomas/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=5272CITY BABY: Surviving in Leather, Bristles, Studs, Punk Rock, and G.B.H., by Ross LomasUSD 14.95no1887in stockNewONLY DEATH IS REAL has returned! Ships today. "Without question, Only Death Is Real goes farther than any other source in exploring the origins of underground heavy metal." ISBN 978-09796163-9-6 • 288pp (24pp color) deluxe Wibalin-bound hardcover • Introduction by Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone • Foreword by Joel McIver • Dimensions: 9.25" x 11.5" (241mm x 292mm); 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) "Fischer's delving deeper into his past than ever before...very interesting reading. It's as much a document of metalhead life in the early '80s as the story of one band."—MSN Music This formidable oversized hardcover runs 288 pages (including a 32-page color section), and combines hundreds of unseen early Hellhammer and Celtic Frost photos with a vast treasure trove of artwork and memorabilia. A substantial written component by Fischer details his upbringing on the outskirts of Zurich, Switzerland, and the hardships and triumphs he faced bringing the visions of his groundbreaking bands Hellhammer and eventually Celtic Frost to reality. In addition, the book includes an introduction by Nocturno Culto of Norwegian black metal act Darkthrone, and a foreword by noted metal author Joel McIver. Without question Only Death Is Real goes farther than any other source in exploring the origins of underground heavy metal. The wealth of visual information is astounding, both in terms of documenting early 1980s headbangers and exposing the still-relevant imagery of the first Hellhammer and Celtic Frost photo sessions. The narrative combines Tom Fischer's often shocking stories with lengthy quotes from Martin Eric Ain and the other main Hellhammer members, explaining in intimately human terms how extreme metal was born. “This is a book about the real Hellhammer, the essence of that group, the aura it carried, and the truly unique spirit of revolution of the times in which it existed. It is a book about a group of outcasts—about persistence, dedication, and an utterly personal vision. I have worked very hard to make sure it will do justice to the work of a number of very unique people who shared the same ideas at a very unique point in time.”—Tom Gabriel Fischerhttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/odir-237x300.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/only-death-is-real-history-of-hellhammer-and-early-celtic-frost-by-tom-gabriel-fisher/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1887ONLY DEATH IS REAL: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost 1981–1985, by Tom Gabriel Fischer with Martin Eric AinUSD 29.95no2440in stockNewShips today in full fiercely independent glory! "For over thirty years, Bruce Pavitt has been at the vanguard of popular culture, artistic trends, and ideas within the communities of the innovative alternative. The insight into this period of rock history could only have been delivered by Bruce, given the unique nature of his experience, vision, and voice."—Kim Thayil, Soundgarden "Sub Pop is the best index there is of American local independent scenes...imaginative and the writing is snappy and descriptive"— New Musical Express/NME , 1981 “We need diverse, regionalized, localized approaches to all forms of art, music, and politics…the most intense music, the most original ideas are coming out of scenes you don’t even know exist. Tomorrow’s pop is being realized today on small decentralized record labels that are interested in taking risks, not making money.”— Sub Pop #1, 1980 The complete Subterranean Pop fanzines and Seattle Rocket newspaper columns by Bruce Pavitt; an unbelievably deep chronicle of regional American indie pop, punk, hardcore, art/noise, metal, spoken word, hip hop, and rock'n roll during the 1980s by the founder of Sub Pop Records. • ISBN 978-1-935950-11-0 • Deluxe 400pp softcover • Complete reprints of Sub Pop zine issues #1 through #9, plus Bruce Pavitt's Sub Pop column from Seattle's The Rocket , 1983–1988. • Forewords by Calvin Johnson, Ann Powers, Larry Reid, Gerard Cosloy, Charles R. Cross • Over 1,000 recording artists hunted down and hyped in their original indie habitats, including Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, the Wipers, Dinosaur Jr., Run-D.M.C., Slayer, Beastie Boys, Mudhoney...plus an entire nation of inspired amateurs. In 1979, Bruce Pavitt moved from Chicago to Olympia, Washington, and began programming a show called Subterranean Pop on local community radio station KAOS-FM. In 1980, he launched Subterranean Pop magazine, dedicated to the unsung punk, new wave, and experimental regional bands of the Pacific Northwest and Midwest. Calvin Johnson of K Records joined the zine’s staff later that year, beginning with the second issue. The Sub Pop zine puzzled punk and new wave fans from major cities; readers were surprised that there were enough bands in the forgotten cities and states to devote a column, let alone an entire fanzine. Even more puzzling was the exclusion of artists like the Clash, Gang of Four, Blondie, or PIL, solely because of their major label associations. Driven by the power of independent thinking, early issues featured impassioned rallying cries for local action that make more sense than ever today, alongside early published artwork by Linda Barry, Charles Burns, and Jad Fair. In 1983, Pavitt moved to Seattle and commenced his widely-read Sub Pop USA column in the Rocket newspaper, each month exposing new underground and independent artists. From Beat Happening and Pell Mell to early records by the Beastie Boys, Metallica, and Run-D.M.C., Sub Pop was a 1980s independent music bible, written with a diverse appreciation for happening scenes across the USA. In 1986, Pavitt put his ideas into practice, launching Sub Pop Records with the historic Sub Pop 100 compilation and Soundgarden's first release, Screaming Life . While the Sub Pop Records legacy is today legendary, the groundwork and creative wellspring that put Seattle on the musical map is assembled here for the first time. Bruce Pavitt currently lives on Orcas Island in Washington State. He remains engaged in music by speaking at conferences and festivals, consulting with artists and music labels, and working as a DJ. A true music fan, Bruce continues to study music history in every genre. 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Working with Bazillion Points, Presspop meticulously duplicated the original printing, paper, and binding of the landmark fanzines, and packaged them together with Tesco Vee's precursor “999 Fanzine”; a booklet of historic Midwest punk flyers; and the exclusive Process of Resurrection compilation CD created with the aid of author Tesco Vee and Touch and Go Records mainman Corey Rusk. The entire collection squeezes into a beautiful designed hard slipcase. Only 500 sets produced; get 'em while they last! The TOUCH AND GO box set includes: 1) TOUCH AND GO HARDCORE PUNK ZINE Volumes #1–#22 (Twenty-two separate fanzines) size: 8.5" X 11"; 16–32pp each, mixed Xerox, offset, and color offset printing 2) TOUCH AND GO FLYER BOOK size: 8.5" X 11"; 45pp Xerox and offset printing 3) "999 Fanzine" (The genesis of Touch and Go fanzine) size: 8.5" X 11"; 4pp Xerox 4) Process of Resurrection compilation CD (PPMCD-008) (8 songs / Total Time: 13:47) 1. BORED YOUTH - "Shock Value" recorded 1981 2. VIOLENT APATHY - "Immortality" recorded 1981 3. THE FIX - "Off To War" recorded 1981 4. CRUCIFUCKS - "Legal Genocide" recorded 1982 5. L-SEVEN - "Clear Vision" recorded 1982 6. MEATMEN - "I've Got a Problem" recorded 1982 7. NECROS - "Conquest for Death" recorded 1983 8. NEGATIVE APPROACH - "Tied Down" recorded 1983 5) DELUXE BOX to hold all of above “I was inspired by how fearless and together Touch and Go were. They were really wild and extremely funny.”—Henry Rollins “It was really one of the first times anyone outside of Washington really paid us any mind. The fact that Touch and Go took an interest in us really blew us away.”—Ian MacKaye, Minor Threat Edited, designed, and produced by Presspop Inc., with help from Bazillion Points, Tesco Vee, Dave Stimson, and Steve Miller. Although Presspop has reproduced the zines as true to the originals as possible, some slight modifications were made where necessary. U.S. Orders Only; Overseas order from Presspop Japan directly at THIS LOCATION .https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/TNG-presspop-boxset.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/touch-and-go-the-complete-fanzines-replica-box-set/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=2361TOUCH AND GO: The Complete Hardcore Punk Fanzines Replica Box SetUSD 159.95no1879in stockNewOne day in 1975, 19-year-old Aussie rocker Mark Evans walked into a local bar to check out a band. His life would never be the same... ISBN 978-1-935950-04-2 • Deluxe 288pp illustrated softcover inc. 16pp color insert • Dimensions: 6.5″ x 9″ x .75″ (165mm x 230mm x 19mm); 2 lbs. (.9 kg) • eBook: Amazon Kindle | Nook | Apple iTunes Books | Kobo "A treasure trove of insider info and intra-band intrigue. Worth every penny."— Decibel "One of my favorite reads this year"—GuitarWorld.com "Compelling and highly entertaining... an eye-opening look into one of rock's biggest, and most secretive, outfits."— MusicRadar Within days of joining AC/DC, Mark Evans played his first show as the band's bass player. A week later he was on national TV, alongside devious schoolboy Angus Young and the wild singer Bon Scott—dressed as a pigtailed, cigarette-smoking schoolgirl and waving a mallet. In the next few years Mark toured internationally, and appeared on the groundbreaking and platinum-selling AC/DC releases High Voltage , Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap , Let There Be Rock , and the ‘74 Jailbreak EP. Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC brings the gripping, laugh-out-loud tale of a band that lived fast and played harder than anyone else. The first bio by a band insider during the early years, the book details the struggles and personalities behind the rise of hard rock’s most successful group; with guest spots by rock n’ roll icons like George Harrison, Gene Simmons, Phil Lynott, and members of Metallica. In his honest and revealing memoir, mark evans contends with life’s many turns: A rough-as-nails upbringing, lucky breaks, soaring highs, and terrible personal loss and tragedy. It was a long way to the top...and he was just getting started. "The aggressive attitude that AC/DC had towards Australian bands continued when we shifted overseas. The world’s bigger bands became our new targets. Who the fuck did these pricks think they were? We saw a few of the so-called headline acts and straight away knew that we had nothing to fear."  https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/acdc-front2-221x300.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/dirty-deeds-my-life-insideoutside-of-acdc-by-mark-evans/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1879DIRTY DEEDS: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC, by Mark EvansUSD 19.95no1903in stockNew"Few people can lay claim to starting a rock 'n' roll revolution, but Sub Pop Records founder Bruce Pavitt can do just that."— Paper Mag At last, a Nirvana story with a happy ending. This intimate photo journal captures eight days in Europe with Nirvana, Tad, and Mudhoney in 1989. • ISBN 978-1-935950-10-3 • Deluxe 208pp debossed hardcover • Foreword by Keith Cameron ( Mojo ) • Over 200 color historical images and diaries from historic 1989 tour of Europe by Seattle bands Nirvana, Tad, and Mudhoney • Special gallery of b/w LameFest UK live images by legendary photographer Steve Double • Extensive appendixes of breakthrough British and U.S. tour press • Dimensions: 9" x 11" x 1 1/4" (230mm x 280mm x 32mm); 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) eBook : Kindle | Apple iTunes Books o8Zn_gN78co Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989 , is a photo journal and a grunge rock micro-history; an inside look into a crucial eight-day period in the touring life of Nirvana, and two other Seattle bands, as seen through the eyes of Bruce Pavitt, the co-founder of Sub Pop Records, the Seattle label that first signed Nirvana in 1988. The dramatic eight days covered in this book, from November 27 through December 4, 1989, represented a turning point for Nirvana. In this brief period, the young band went from breaking up in Rome to winning over the influential British music press at Sub Pop’s LameFest UK showcase in London, setting the stage for their looming leap in popularity. On November 27, 1989, when Bruce Pavitt and his Sub Pop partner Jonathan Poneman arrived to meet Nirvana in Rome, the band was almost finished with a grueling six week tour of Europe. Although determined to promote their grungy, riff-heavy debut album, Bleach , Nirvana's travels with fellow Sub Pop act Tad had left them exhausted. Pavitt and Poneman did their best to revive the spirits of a frustrated and downcast Kurt Cobain. Despite a threatened leap from a 14-foot speaker tower, soon followed by the theft of his passport and wallet, Cobain managed to continue to London, where Nirvana played the biggest and most important show of its career to date. Nirvana's breakthrough night at the 2,000-capacity Astoria Theatre in London featured three Seattle Sub Pop acts: Nirvana, Tad, and popular headliners Mudhoney. Nirvana opened the show, and their heart-pounding performance won over the crowd and changed the band's fate. The powerful London music press proclaimed that Nirvana was “Sub Pop’s answer to the Beatles.” After that night, the world’s attention began to focus on the band that would become the biggest rock act of their generation. "Sub Pop didn't have much to work with. We knew Seattle was developing a distinctive brand of heavy, soulful, grungy rock, but we weren't sure who our next bands were going to be. Then, everything unfolded. This is a Nirvana story with a joyful ending"—Bruce Pavitt "For over thirty years Bruce Pavitt has been at the vanguard of popular culture advancing social and artistic trends, ideas, and movements within the community of the innovative and alternative. EXPERIENCING NIRVANA is part rock 'n roll travelogue and part voyeuristic pop culture rubbernecking—an unromantic yet nostalgic glimpse into a rock social movement just prior to its explosion."—Kim Thayil, Soundgarden Bruce Pavitt started his Sub Pop zine in 1980, in Olympia, WA. In 1986, he launched the Sub Pop record label. In 1988, Sub Pop opened the doors to offices in downtown Seattle. By the early '90s the label had released recordings by Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Mark Lanegan, Beat Happening, TAD, The Walkabouts, Steven Jessie Bernstein; and helped initiate a global interest in Seattle area music. Bruce keeps engaged in music by periodically speaking at conferences and festivals, consulting with artists and music labels, and working as a DJ. Steve Double's work is held in the permanent collection of Britain's National Portrait Gallery. He is old enough to know better. BKIavEgjD_Y CnQ7qzXID28 4vGnTdcxMtc Playlist 1989: Fifty songs Bruce Pavitt heard at shows and parties in 1989:   This book helps support Seattle's Vera Project .https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Experiencing-Nirvana-cov1-e1372218707820.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/nirvana/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1903EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Bruce PavittUSD 34.95no1564in stockNew“Essential reading...the funniest of the local mags”—Matt Groening "The book is a wonderful document of something that has continuity and lasts, the stuff that matters. It's the finding of a voice of a generation."—Chuck Dukowski • ISBN 978-1-935950-07-3 • Deluxe 304pp large-format landscape hardcover • Dimensions: 12″ x 9″ (305mm x 230mm); 4 lbs. (2.5 kg) • Featuring essays by David Markey, Jordan Schwartz, Jennifer Schwartz, Henry Rollins, Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Louiche Mayorga, Eugene Tatu, Cameron Jamie, Pat Fear, Steve Humann, Tony Adolescent, Jack Brewer, Jula Bell, Mike Watt, Sean Wheeler, Joe Carducci, Daniel "Shredder" Weizmann, and Janet Housden. • Presenting nearly 400 first-generation L.A. hardcore punk photographs. Including complete color reprints of We Got Power fanzine 1981–1983 and beyond. "One of the most thorough and lush compendiums of any punk movement"—Dangerous Minds "The stark, often beautiful imagery presents an intimate portrayal of West Coast punk in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. With the accompanying personal reminiscences of turmoil and tenacity, which add depth and evocative context, it is a fantastic document of the scene’s emergence."—PopMatters In 1979, punk was over... but by 1981, hardcore was born. As teenagers in 1981, David Markey and his best friend Jordan Schwartz founded We Got Power , a fanzine dedicated to the first-generation hardcore punk music community in their native Los Angeles. Their text and cameras captured the early punk spirit of Black Flag, the Minutemen, Social Distortion, Red Cross/Redd Kross, Suicidal Tendencies, the Descendents, White Flag, the Last, the Gun Club, Saccharine Trust, Sin 34, Nip Drivers, Circle One, M.D.C., Big Boys, Youth Brigade, D.R.I., the Butthole Surfers, Firehose, and many others at the height of their precocious punk powers. In the process, the duo's amazing photographs also captured the dilapidated suburbs, abandoned storefronts, and dereliction of the early Reagan era—a rubble-strewn social apocalypse that demanded a youth uprising! Never before seen except in crude fanzine form, these detailed and richly narrative photos are now collected to present an intimate portrayal of a uniquely fertile creative moment. "The Black Flag bus rolled out to the San Fernando Valley to hear Minor Threat play. Jordan Schwartz was there, looking like a reporter straight out of some ’30s movie, wearing a trench coat and a fedora with press pass in the hatband, holding a camera with an old-style flash reflector. It was a pivotal conceptual moment..."—Chuck Dukowski David Markey was born December 3, 1963, in Burbank, CA. He made his first film at the age of 11 and published a neighborhood newspaper at 12. In 1980, he became involved in the local underground music scene. He helped form Sin 34 in 1981, and captured the punk scene in the Super 8 film The Slog Movie . Markey was a part of We Got Power magazine from 1981 to 1983, then kept the name alive through his We Got Power Films. He cowrote and directed Desperate Teenage Lovedolls in 1984. He photographed, edited, cowrote, and directed Lovedolls Superstar in 1986. Also that year, his band Painted Willie toured with Black Flag for six months, a period depicted in his film Reality 86’d . Markey has directed music videos for Meat Puppets, fIREHOSE, Shonen Knife, Mudhoney, and Pat Smear, and collaborated with visual artists Cameron Jamie, Raymond Pettibon, and Kim Gordon. Jordan Schwartz met David Markey while skateboarding in a flooded Santa Monica parking garage in 1979. As they discovered the growing Los Angeles hardcore punk rock scene, Jordan teamed up with David, his sister, Jennifer, and Alan Gilbert to found We Got Power magazine. Jordan contributed in many roles, including that of staff photographer. Jordan had producing and acting roles in Desperate Teenage Lovedolls and the sequel, Lovedolls Superstar , notably appearing as the rock star Brews Springstein. Jordan facilitated the release of three Black Flag skateboards featuring original artwork by Raymond Pettibon. In 1984, Jordan began working and living at SST Records’ Global Network Agency booking gigs and tours for various high-profile bands on and off of the label during the pioneering years of the U.S. independent scene. http://soundcloud.com/bazillion-points/sets/we-got-power-party-or-go/https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/We-Got-Power-front.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/we-got-power-hardcore-punk-scenes-from-1980s-southern-california-by-david-markey-and-jordan-schwartz/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1564WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California, by David Markey and Jordan SchwartzUSD 39.95no1891in stockNewFighting a tide of tradition and conservatism, progressive metal has proven to be one of the most viable, malleable forms in all of modern music; here its preeminent scholar tells the tale. • ISBN 978-09796163-3-4 • High-quality 400pp trade paperback • Original cover artwork by Michel "Away" Langevin • Illus. w/over 100 images + 16pp full-color insert • Dimensions: 6.75" x 9.5" x 1" (170mm x 240mm x 25mm); 2 lbs. (.75 kg) eBook: Kindle | Nook | Kobo "A focused, well-organized narrative from the combined musical output of over 40 years and scores of bands from across the globe...excess comes with the territory."— Library Journal " Jeff goes deep into this much maligned music form and presents it with fervor"— Vice "An extremely fluent read...sits high on the list of canonical metal texts"—PopMatters "Revered former Metal Maniacs editor Jeff Wagner analyzes the heady side of metal in this exhaustive history of a relentlessly ambitious musical subculture. Beginning with 1970s progressive rock acts Rush and King Crimson, Mean Deviation unfurls a colorful tapestry of sounds and styles, from the “Big Three” of 1980s prog metal—Queensrÿche, Fates Warning, and Dream Theater—to extreme pioneers Voivod, Watchtower, and Celtic Frost. The flirtation between heavy metal and progressive rock grows with bold creative leaps, spawning countless valiant launches toward infinity. Today, the spark of inspiration thrives in obscure outposts such as Scandinavia, Florida, and Japan, bursting into full flame with the successes of prog metal overlords Opeth, Meshuggah, Tool, Between the Buried and Me, and their progressive peers. According to Wagner: " Mean Deviation highlights many impossibly scattered bands and movements that widened the scope of the heavy metal genre. To some, progressive metal starts with Dream Theater and ends with an interminable stream of bands that sound like Dream Theater. By my interpretation, the term 'progressive metal' allows for consideration of cosmic post-black metal band In the Woods, avant-garde metal surrealists Thought Industry, and those obscure purveyors of corrupted Swedish death metal, Carbonized-along with more obvious entries such as Fates Warning, Opeth, and, of course, Dream Theater. "One thing prog metal certainly is, is metal. Hard and bold and brash, but refined, adulterated, and mutated; it is heavy metal taken somewhere illuminating and sometimes bizarre." Jeff Wagner interview on Invisible Oranges .https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/meandev-front-web-208x300.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/progmetal/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1891MEAN DEVIATION: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal, by Jeff WagnerUSD 24.95no1893in stockNewFrom a California workshop to Royal Albert Hall, Mellodrama tells the story of an ingenious contraption called the Mellotron. Ships today with FREE bonus  Mellodrama: The Mellotron Music soundtrack CD featuring Mattias Olsson, Harry Chamberlin, Brian Kehew, Michael Penn, Patrick Warren, Johnny Largo, Dave Biro, and Bigelf. “The Mellotron stays cool.”—Brian Wilson NTSC DVD * Region 0 * deluxe digipak • UPC 705105476964 • Running time: 80 mins. + sixteen DVD bonus shorts • Includes 8-page booklet with essay by Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues; Mellotron and Chamberlin production timelines; and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCabuis6t2w Mellodrama , a documentary by Dianna Dilworth, explores the rising and falling fortunes of the Chamberlin and its better-known successor the Mellotron—the first musical keyboards to play the pre-recorded sounds of other instruments. From a California workshop to Royal Albert Hall, Mellodrama tells the story of an ingenious contraption called the Mellotron. Essentially the first sampling instrument, its haunting sound has changed the production and texture of popular music—from the Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” and the Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin” to Radiohead’s OK Computer and Kanye West’s “Gold Digger.” featuring members from : The Beach Boys • The Moody Blues • The Zombies • King Crimson • Yes • Cheap Trick • Black Sabbath • Genesis • Refugee • Opeth • Latin Playboys • Goblin • Maroon 5 • Moog Cookbook • Änglagård • Optiganally Yours • Bigelf plus : Fabio Frizzi • Jon Brion • Michael Penn • Matthew Sweet • Woody Jackson • Zac Rae • Patrick Warren DVD ships today with Mellodrama: The Mellotron Music original movie soundtrack CD, featuring recordings from the Chamberlin Archives and the Optigan Archives, along with tracks featuring the Chamberlin or the Mellotron from Michael Penn, Patrick Warren, Brian Kehew, Mattias Olsson, Dave Biro, and Bigelf.https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mellodrama-cover-214x300.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/mellodrama-the-mellotron-movie-dvd-by-dianna-dilworth/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1893MELLODRAMA: The Mellotron Movie DVD, by Dianna DilworthUSD 24.95no1851in stockNewThe decadent autobiography of HANOI ROCKS co-founder Andy McCoy, Sheriff McCoy: Legend of Hanoi Rocks , is now available in English in a deluxe hardcover edition through Bazillion Points. ISBN 978-0-9796163-0-3 204pp deluxe hardcover w/stamped faux rawhide case and pink ribbon placemarker Touted as "the last great rock 'n' roll memoir," Andy McCoy's autobiography covers the legendary guitarist's life and exploits from childhood through the early 2000s rekindling of Hanoi Rocks. McCoy helped introduce punk to Finland with his teenaged band Briard before befriending glamorous Michael Monroe and forming Hanoi Rocks. Based for a time in a Stockholm subway station, the band embarked on wild life-changing and death-defying thrill ride around the world, touring Europe, London, and America, and also Israel, Brazil, Thailand, and Japan. After Hanoi Rocks dissolved following the death of drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley in Hollywood in December 1984, McCoy carried on with Suicide Twins, Cherry Bombz, a successful solo career, and a stint as a sideman to Iggy Pop. Meanwhile, Hanoi Rocks' over-the-top image and streetwise bending of punk, glam, and rock 'n' roll inspired a generation of platinum-selling bands. McCoy's 204-page hilarious and harrowing autobiography includes dozens of rare candid photos, a deluxe embossed cover, a lengthy select discography spanning three decades of rarities, and a new 2009 preface written by McCoy after the final breakup of Hanoi Rocks. The book features guest appearances by Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crue, the UK Subs, Ofra Haza, Kid Creole, Bob Marley, Lita Ford, David Coverdale of Whitesnake, Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls, Stiv Bators, various Brazilian street urchins, the LAPD, British customs officials, and the Israeli Army Security Forces. According to the author: "This book is entertainment for entertainment's sake, for lovers of rock 'n' roll history and people who have a taste for the macabre." " Sheriff McCoy is a frank, but upbeat experience, and should be required reading for all those who believe in the transformative thunder of rock ‘n’ roll."— Amphttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/andymccoy.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/sheriff-mccoy-outlaw-legend-of-hanoi-rocks-by-andy-mccoy/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1851SHERIFF MCCOY: Outlaw Legend of Hanoi Rocks, by Andy McCoyUSD 22.95no1883in stockNewIn the annals of grindhouse exploitation cinema, Italy owns the giallo , Australia offers Ozploitation, and Sweden has spawned... the SENSATIONSFILM! • ISBN 978-09796163-6-5 • 320pp trade paperback, w/8pp sensational color section • Foreword by Christina Lindberg ( Thriller , Maid in Sweden ) • Features over 200 reviews of strange and sexy Swedish films • Full-color insert features rare vintage film posters and lobby cards • Original cover artwork by Wes Benscoter (Black Sabbath, Slayer) Sweden’s prominent and secure film legacy is associated internationally with Ingmar Bergman’s successful and high-quality works. However, even the greatest Swedish director could not resist another breed of Swedish film—notorious for laissez-faire nudity, relaxed sexuality, drugs, and shocking violence—the sensationsfilm . In 1911, Sweden enacted the world’s first government board of film censors, provoking a century-long war against filmmakers that outlived two World Wars, communism, and the sexual revolution. In 2011, the censors finally surrendered—and SWEDISH SENSATIONSFILMS declares victory with a fiery retrospective of over 200 often banned and cut films produced during the golden age of Swedish sin. PLUS: First-hand accounts by starlet Christina Lindberg ( Thriller: En Grym Film , Maid in Sweden ); scores of rare exhibition posters and images, a glossary of curious Swedish customs; and an uninhibited cast of thousands, including: Stellan Skarsgård, Pernilla August, Lee Hazlewood, Dennis Hopper, Max von Sydow, David Carradine, Heinz Hopf, Harry Reems, Noomi Rapace, Marie Forså, Troy Donahue, Zinny Zan, and Ludde the dog. Produced in the backyard of the Swedish film industry, these sexually daring films form a canon of countless sensational movies dealing with shocking or taboo subjects—street punks, sadistic mobsters, space aliens, unruly housewives, ruthless drug pushers, bloodthirsty ninjas, teen temptresses, lingonberry cowboys, bearded perverts, and drunken vikings—all simply too strange to ignore. Once again, Swedish Death Metal author Daniel Ekeroth delves into the arcane culture and contradictions of his homeland, returning with the first comprehensive overview of Swedish Sensationsfilms —the Scandinavian scourge of the world’s exploitation cinema. “I look back with genuine joy. I am so very happy I could be a part of the seventies, it was so incredibly interesting. I carry it with me; it is a part of me. I would never deny being in those movies. I know that a lot of people do so, but I just had a blast.”— Christina Lindberg “Into this rising whirlwind of madness, I was born. As the ‘70s came along, all limits were forgotten. Sweden was flooded with sexually explicit and violent films of every kind...and all morals were gone.”—Daniel Ekeroth Read the "SINSational Sweden" interview with Daniel Ekeroth HERE . rP0BIJZQWuc qbbw5UtnxyE paLQAxmrsEw z7_Qiso4agg Eb0x-G8i1Tg lSRi8rnejTc K_MdYiwO7FEhttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sensations-216x300.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/sensationsfilms/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1883SWEDISH SENSATIONSFILMS: A Clandestine History of Sex, Thrillers, and Kicker Cinema, by Daniel EkerothUSD 19.95no1901in stockNew"Still definitive"— Time Out New York , May 2013 Eight Must-Read Heavy Metal Books, Phoenix Sun-Times , June 2013 Published by HarperCollins, the classic chronicle of metal's tireless crusade. Over 150,000 copies in print in thirteen languages worldwide. A primary source and inspiration for countless documentaries, metal television shows, academic studies, die-hard fans, and metal musicians. The pages of Sound of the Beast have been taught in heavy metal courses at Miami University of Ohio, University of Rochester, West Texas A&M University, and wherever metalheads gather. The Headbanger's Bible: • Over 400 pages of metal history • Based on 100+ original interviews • 94 black & white photos, plus exclusive color insert • Dozens of special genre boxes • The evolution of heavy metal explained • Metal era graphic timeline 1970-2003 "Brilliant"—Rob Halford, Judas Priest "Required reading"— Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles "Excellent"— Guitar World "Fascinating"— Vice "Damn good"— Revolver "Hugely entertaining"— Maxim UK "A whirlwind ride"— Austin Dispatch "Extraordinary"—PopMatters "Amazing"—Boston's Weekly Dig "Amazing"— Record Collector UK "Rekindled my faith"— Metal Maniacs "The first book to chart the vector of not just metal's origins, but the myriad mutations through which it continues to infect the planet. Your children will not be spared."—Greg Burk, LA Weekly , Best of 2003https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/400000000000000276355_s41-198x300.pnghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/sound-of-the-beast-the-complete-headbanging-history-of-heavy-metal-by-ian-christe/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1901SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, by Ian ChristeUSD 16.95no1691in stockNewSHIPS TODAY. Perfect for pressing leaves and mammals up to human size. “Metalion is the best book about heavy metal ever released. A stunningly comprehensive historical and cultural record…Bazillion Points has outdone itself in terms of artistic forethought and comprehensive content. “—PopMatters ISBN 978-0-9796163-4-1 • Deluxe 744pp hardcover w/720pp b/w pages • Over 600 reproductions from every issue of Slayer Mag • 100+ rare historical images • 8pp color insert from Slayer Mag Archives • 16pp gallery of photo portraits by Jon Kristiansen • Dimensions: 8.5" x 11" x 2" (215mm x 280mm x 51mm); 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg) • Forewords by Ian Christe, Tomas Lindberg, Chris Reifert, Fenriz, Stephen O'Malley, Erik Danielsson, and Tara G. Warrior Top 15 Books of 2011, Guitar World The Best Music Books of 2011, NPR The Most Metal Books of 2011, Revolver Top Books of the Year 2011, Record Collector Book of the Month, February 2012, Rock Hard (Germany) The Best Metal Book of 2011—Possibly Ever, MSN.com Best Non-Fiction of 2011, PopMatters The greatest heavy metal story ever told—the complete tale of a life lived for metal. Part anthology, part memoir, and years in the making, METALION includes over 600 reproduction pages from every issue of Slayer Mag — Slayer 1 through Slayer XX , plus the precursor Live Wire zine—spanning from the early 1980s through 2010. In addition, author Jon Kristiansen recounts his life’s story, from alienated outsider to central figure in Norwegian black metal to metal party beast to world-weary metal survivor. The book also features over 100 rare photographs, including two color sections and a portrait gallery of photographs taken by Kristiansen himself. For twenty-five years, Norway's Slayer Mag published the gospel of black metal and death metal, combining eye-ripping graphics, brutally honest writing, and relentless offbeat humor. With this anthology/memoir, editor Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen unfolds the extreme highs and lows of a life lived for heavy metal. Founded in 1985 in Sarpsborg, Norway, Slayer Mag quickly rose to prominence by championing countless unsigned death metal pioneers. The pages of Slayer Mag exploded along with the extreme metal underground, and as black metal rose to prominence in Norway in the 1990s, Slayer Mag remained the final word on the moods and motivations of those dark times. The astonishing combination of archival material includes scores of key historic interviews with the most revered figures in extreme metal, including Mayhem, Emperor, Slayer, Kreator, Nihilist, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Cathedral, Entombed, Morbid, Napalm Death, Metallica, Opeth, Cradle of Filth, Sadistik Execution, Usurper, Nifelheim, Darkthrone, Sodom, Destruction, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Exodus, Dissection, Candlemass, Carcass, Sepultura, Gorgoroth, Death, Watain, Sadus, Satyricon, Enslaved, Pentagram, Jarboe, Immortal, Possessed, Overkill, Ulver, Dark Angel, and countless others. “From the start, I made Slayer Mag as honestly and as well as I could,” says Kristiansen. “I never knew any other way. I hope that I have produced something that will stand the test of time.”https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/METALION-frontcover-e1363056871787.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/metalion-the-slayer-mag-diaries-by-jon-metalion-kristiansen/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1691METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries, by Jon “Metalion” KristiansenUSD 39.95no4748in stockNewThis is a giant 12 lbs. (5.2 kg) collection of massively heavy reading material from Bazillion Points, the three most intense metal books ever written: Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries , by Jon Kristiansen; Only Death Is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost 1981–1985 , by Tom Gabriel Fischer; and  SLAYER MAG  Vol. X, a deluxe hardcover release of the crucial tenth issue of Norway's infamous  Slayer Mag . Book 1: METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries , by Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen “Metalion is the best book about heavy metal ever released. A stunningly comprehensive historical and cultural record…Bazillion Points has outdone itself in terms of artistic forethought and comprehensive content. “—PopMatters Deluxe 744pp hardcover w/720pp b/w pages Over 600 reproductions from every issue of Slayer Mag) 100+ rare historical images 8pp color insert from Slayer Mag Archives 16pp gallery of photo portraits by Jon Kristiansen Dimensions: 8.5″ x 11″ x 2″ (215mm x 280mm x 51mm); 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg); retail $39.95 Forewords by Ian Christe, Tomas Lindberg, Chris Reifert, Fenriz, Stephen O’Malley, Erik Danielsson, and Tara G. Warrior The greatest heavy metal story ever told—the complete tale of a life lived for metal. Part anthology, part memoir, and years in the making, METALION includes over 600 reproduction pages from every issue of Slayer Mag—Slayer 1 through Slayer XX, plus the precursor Live Wire zine—spanning from the early 1980s through 2010. In addition, author Jon Kristiansen recounts his life’s story, from alienated outsider to central figure in Norwegian black metal to metal party beast to world-weary metal survivor. The book also features over 100 rare photographs, including two color sections and a portrait gallery of photographs taken by Kristiansen himself. The astonishing combination of archival material includes scores of key historic interviews with the most revered figures in extreme metal, including Mayhem, Emperor, Slayer, Kreator, Nihilist, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Cathedral, Entombed, Morbid, Napalm Death, Metallica, Opeth, Cradle of Filth, Sadistik Execution, Usurper, Nifelheim, Darkthrone, Sodom, Destruction, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Exodus, Dissection, Candlemass, Carcass, Sepultura, Gorgoroth, Death, Watain, Sadus, Satyricon, Enslaved, Pentagram, Jarboe, Immortal, Possessed, Overkill, Ulver, Dark Angel, and countless others. Book 2: ONLY DEATH IS REAL: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost 1981–1985 , by Tom Gabriel Fischer with Martin Eric Ain 288pp (24pp color) deluxe Wibalin-bound hardcover Introduction by Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone Foreword by Joel McIver Dimensions: 9.25″ x 11.5″ (241mm x 292mm); 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) “Heartfelt and open…a genuine asset to the understanding and appreciation of…what was sacrificed in the name of music that has since become classic.”—Terrorizer This formidable oversized hardcover runs 288 pages (including a 32-page color section), and combines hundreds of unseen early Hellhammer and Celtic Frost photos with a vast treasure trove of artwork and memorabilia. A substantial written component by Fischer details his upbringing on the outskirts of Zurich, Switzerland, and the hardships and triumphs he faced bringing the visions of his groundbreaking bands Hellhammer and eventually Celtic Frost to reality. In addition, the book includes an introduction by Nocturno Culto of Norwegian black metal act Darkthrone, and a foreword by noted metal author Joel McIver. Without question, Only Death Is Real goes farther than any other source in exploring the origins of underground heavy metal. This is a book about the real Hellhammer, the essence of that group, the aura it carried, and the truly unique spirit of revolution of the times in which it existed. It is a book about a group of outcasts—about persistence, dedication, and an utterly personal vision. I have worked very hard to make sure it will do justice to the work of a number of very unique people who shared the same ideas at a very unique point in time.”—Tom Gabriel Fischer Book 3: SLAYER MAG Vol. X: Red Hardcover Reissue, by Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen "This is how Slayer Mag X was done, nothing has been changed and all errors are intact."—Jon Kristiansen Hardcover reissue release of the crucial tenth issue of Norway's infamous Slayer Mag , overflowing with key Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone, Thorns, Emperor, Satyricon, Bathory, Dissection, Enslaved, and many more candid black metal interviews from the turbulent 1992 through 1994 period. High-quality blood-red hardcover 82pp complete actual size A4 reprint Dimensions: 8.75″ x 12″ (220mm x 307mm); 2.0 lbs. (0.8 kg) Slayer X contains 1992-1994 interviews with: • EMPEROR (Bård Faust, Samoth) • THOU SHALT SUFFER (Ihsahn) • BATHORY (Quorthon) • MAYHEM (Dead) • BURZUM (Varg Vikernes) • SATYRICON (Satyr) • THE 3RD AND THE MORTAL (Kari Rueslåtten) • AGHAST (Nacht, Nebel) • DARKTHRONE (Fenriz) • MYSTICUM (Ravn) • ABRUPTUM (It) • DISSECTION (Jon Nödtveidt) • THORNS (Snorre Ruch) • ULVER (Garm) • DARK FUNERAL (David "Blackmoon" Parland) • MORTIIS • ENSLAVED (Grutle Kjellson, Ivar Bjørnson) • GEHENNA (Dirge Rep, Sanrabb) • MARDUK (Morgan Håkansson) • SIGH (Mirai Kawashima) • OPETH (Mikael Åkerfeldt) • CRADLE OF FILTH (Dani Filth) • IN THE WOODS... (Overlord Svithjod) + MONUMENTUM, BEYOND DAWN, INSANITY, DECEASED, ORDER FROM CHAOS, SADISTIK EXEKUTION, MONUMENTUM, NIFELHEIM, ABSU, SADISTIC INTENT... + Necrovore appreciation, Arcturus, many record reviews, and opinionated editorials by various characters expressing various stances on the events of 1993.https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Image-e1474399845223.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/redandblackbox/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=4748THE RED AND BLACK BOX: Metalion, Only Death Is Real, and Slayer Mag Vol. X CollectionUSD 109.8no1889in stockNew“I was inspired by how fearless and together Touch and Go were. They were really wild and extremely funny.”—Henry Rollins The complete series 1979–1983. Twenty-two issues in one loud, fast volume. Ships today! ISBN 978-0979616389 • Trade edition with deluxe durable flex binding 576 stiff full-sized pages • Essays by Tesco Vee, Dave Stimson, Steve Miller, Henry Rollins, Keith Morris, Peter Davis, Henry Owings, Byron Coley, Corey Rusk, John Brannon, and Ian MacKaye • Dimensions: 8.5" x 11.5" (220mm x 280mm); 3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) Touch and Go fanzine was the brainchild of Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson and was launched in Lansing, Michigan, in 1979. Major fanatics of the new punk happenings in the late ’70s, TV and DS set out to chronicle, lambaste, ridicule, and heap praise on all they arbitrarily loved or hated in the music communities in the US and abroad. In laughably minuscule press runs by today’s standards, T & G was made by guys within the Midwest scene strictly for the edification of scenesters and pals in other cities like DC, Philly, Boston, LA, SF, Chicago, et al. Inspired by magazines such as Slash and Search and Destroy and writers like Claude Bessy and Chris Desjardines, TV and DS pumped out seventeen naughty, irreverent issues together, and TV did another five solo. Magazines like Forced Exposure and Your Flesh , among others, soon fired up Xerox machines themselves, and the rest is history. So is the legendary independent record label launched from this zine, and so are the bands covered inside: Black Flag, Minor Threat, the Misfits, Negative Approach, the Fix, the Avengers, the Necros, Discharge, Iron Cross, Youth Brigade, Faith, Die Kreuzen, Crucifix, Poison Idea—and all the other punks worth their weight in glorious black and white.https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/touchandgo-fixer1-e1363056005764.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/touch-and-go-magazine-the-complete-years-by-tesco-vee-dave-stimson-and-steve-miller/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=1889TOUCH AND GO: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine ’79–’83, by Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson, Edited by Steve MillerUSD 34.95no4525in stockNewThis is a crucial set of books by Bruce Pavitt, with SUB POP USA: The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology 1980–1988 chronicling eight years of all breeds of American independent, regional, and underground music; building to Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989 , a "microhistory" of Nirvana's first European tour, a watershed event for long-haired Seattle rock and the fledgling Sub Pop Records operation. 1.   SUB POP USA: The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology 1980–1988 The complete Subterranean Pop fanzines and Seattle Rocket newspaper columns by Bruce Pavitt; an unbelievably deep chronicle of regional American indie pop, punk, hardcore, art/noise, metal, spoken word, hip hop, and rock'n roll during the 1980s by the founder of Sub Pop Records. • ISBN 978-1-935950-11-0 • Deluxe 400pp softcover • Complete reprints of Sub Pop zine issues #1 through #9, plus Bruce Pavitt's Sub Pop column from Seattle's The Rocket , 1983–1988. • Forewords by Calvin Johnson, Ann Powers, Larry Reid, Gerard Cosloy, Charles R. Cross Over 1,000 recording artists hunted down and hyped in their original indie habitats, including Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, the Wipers, Dinosaur Jr., Run-D.M.C., Slayer, Beastie Boys, Mudhoney...plus an entire nation of inspired amateurs. 2.  Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989 At last, a Nirvana story with a happy ending. This intimate photo journal captures eight days in Europe with Nirvana, Tad, and Mudhoney in 1989. • ISBN 978-1-935950-10-3 • Deluxe 208pp debossed hardcover Foreword by Keith Cameron ( Mojo ) • Over 200 color historical images and diaries from historic 1989 tour of Europe by Seattle bands Nirvana, Tad, and Mudhoney • Special gallery of b/w LameFest UK live images by legendary photographer Steve Double • Extensive appendixes of breakthrough British and U.S. tour press • Dimensions: 9″ x 11″ x 1 1/4″ (230mm x 280mm x 32mm); 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989 , is a photo journal and a grunge rock micro-history; an inside look into a crucial eight-day period in the touring life of Nirvana, and two other Seattle bands, as seen through the eyes of Bruce Pavitt, the co-founder of Sub Pop Records, the Seattle label that first signed Nirvana in 1988. The dramatic eight days covered in this book, from November 27 through December 4, 1989, represented a turning point for Nirvana. In this brief period, the young band went from breaking up in Rome to winning over the influential British music press at Sub Pop’s LameFest UK showcase in London, setting the stage for their looming leap in popularity.https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/Image-2-e1474727358222.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/pacific-nw-pack-bruce-pavitts-sub-pop-usa-experiencing-nirvana/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=4525PACIFIC NW PACK: Bruce Pavitt's Sub Pop USA & Experiencing NirvanaUSD 69.9no2566in stockNewOur core of highly energized and exhaustive books detailing the origins of hardcore punk in America and the UK are united to clobber shipping costs and help kick-start your scene. Between the six invaluable tomes, over 1,560 pages (13 lbs./6 kg) of inflammatory, wild-eyed rebellion from the dawn of DIY deliverance in Los Angeles, New York, the Midwestern territories, and Birmingham, England. 1. TOUCH AND GO: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine ’79–’83, by Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson, Edited by Steve Miller • 576 stiff full-sized pages. • Introductory essays by Tesco Vee, Dave Stimson, Steve Miller, Henry Rollins, Keith Morris, Peter Davis, Henry Owings, Byron Coley, Corey Rusk, John Brannon, and Ian MacKaye • Dimensions: 8.5″ x 11.5″ (220mm x 280mm); 3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg); retail $34.95 “As a hardcore punk primer you couldn't do better.”—Time Out Chicago “I was inspired by how fearless and together Touch and Go were. They were really wild and extremely funny.”—Henry Rollins The complete series 1979–1983. Twenty-two issues in one loud, fast volume. Touch and Go fanzine was the brainchild of Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson and was launched in Lansing, Michigan, in 1979. Major fanatics of the new punk happenings in the late ’70s, TV and DS set out to chronicle, lambaste, ridicule, and heap praise on all they arbitrarily loved or hated in the music communities in the US and abroad. Magazines like Forced Exposure and Your Flesh , among others, soon fired up Xerox machines themselves, and the rest is history. So is the legendary independent record label launched from this zine, and so are the bands covered inside: Black Flag, Minor Threat, the Misfits, Negative Approach, the Fix, the Avengers, the Necros, Discharge, Iron Cross, Youth Brigade, Faith, Die Kreuzen, Crucifix, Poison Idea—and all the other punks worth their weight in glorious black and white. 2.  NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990 , by Tony Rettman • High-quality softcover with 384 densely illustrated pages. • Foreword by Freddy Cricien of Madball. • Dimensions: 6.75″ x 9.5″ x 1.5″ (170mm x 240mm x 40mm); 3 lbs. (1.2 kg); retail $29.95 "A great oral-history book."— The New York Times "A fittingly bare-bones book, with fifty-two short chapters and no editorializing from the author. But the story it tells is not a simple one: this was, to quote the title of Cro-Mags’ first album, an 'age of quarrel.'”— The New Yorker " NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 is an essential document, which will be the go-to reference for all fans of extreme styles of music. It started here."— The Huffington Post "A new oral history from crucial local imprint Bazillion Points, tells the tale of Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Reagan Youth and the myriad other bands that helped put the scene on the map."— Time Out New York Known for its glamorous 1970s punk rock scene, New York City matched the grim urban reality of the 1980s with a rawer musical uprising: New York hardcore. As bands of misfits from across the region gravitated to the forgotten frontier of Manhattan's Lower East Side. With a a backdrop of despair, bands like Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Murphy's Law, and Youth of Today confronted their reality with relentlessly energetic gigs at CBGB, A7, and the numerous squats in the area. Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history captures ten years of struggle, including the scene's regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straightedge movement, and the unlikely influence of Krishna consciousness. 3. WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California , by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz • Deluxe 304pp large-format landscape hardcover • Dimensions: 12″ x 9″ (305mm x 230mm); 4 lbs. (2.5 kg); retail $39.95 “Vital to understanding the birth of American punk rock…an essential addition to the history of a movement”— Los Angeles Times “Essential reading…the funniest of the local mags”—Matt Groening “The book is a wonderful document of something that has continuity and lasts, the stuff that matters. It’s the finding of a voice of a generation.”—Chuck Dukowski Featuring essays by David Markey, Jordan Schwartz, Jennifer Schwartz, Henry Rollins, Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Louiche Mayorga, Cameron Jamie, Pat Fear, Steve Humann, Tony Adolescent, Jack Brewer, Jula Bell, Mike Watt, Sean Wheeler, Joe Carducci, Daniel “Shredder” Weizmann, and Janet Housden. Presenting nearly 400 first-generation L.A. hardcore punk photographs. Including complete color reprints of We Got Power fanzine 1981–1983 and beyond. 4. CITY BABY: Surviving in Leather, Bristles, Studs, Punk Rock, and G.B.H. , by Ross Lomas • ISBN 978-1-935950-15-8 • High-quality trade paperback • 304 heavily-illustrated and ridiculously entertaining pages • Dimensions: 6″ x 9″ (230mm x 345mm); 2 lb. (.75 kg); retail $14.95 “Always doing what they felt like and having a laugh…absolutely captivating.”—Vive le Rock “The full, warts and all story of the band, a gripping read. Full of crazy punk rock antics from around the world…raw and honest”—Sidewalk “To Ross’ credit, he drills uncomfortably deep into the darkest corners of his psyche. An uneasy but always compelling read.”—Record Collector UK Teenage punk rock milkman Ross Lomas strapped on a bass and joined G.B.H onstage in 1981. Leading the charge of U.K. hardcore punk, G.B.H lit up British pubs, European squats, and American highways with a wall of sound and mile-high spikes. 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(1.2 kg) Tony Rettman traces the story of straight edge from adolescent origins to enduring counterculture via fresh first-hand accounts from the clear and alert members of Minor Threat, SS Decontrol, Youth of Today, DYS, Slapshot, Uniform Choice, 7 Seconds, Stalag 13, Justice League, Chain of Strength, No for an Answer, Insted, Gorilla Biscuits, Judge, Bold, Project X, Lärm, Brotherhood, Shelter, H2O, Half Off, Resurrection, Raid, Strife, Earth Crisis, Vegan Reich, Mindset, Stop and Think, Mouthpiece, Floorpunch, Ten Yard Fight, Mental, Fucked Up, Trial, Have Heart, Praise, Clear, the Geeks, and many others.https://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/core-curriculum.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/the-core-collection-touch-and-go-and-we-got-power-punk-lit-book-set/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=2566THE 'CORE COLLECTION: Touch and Go, We Got Power!, NYHC, City Baby, Misery Obscura, Straight Edge Book SetUSD 179.7no3102in stockNewHardcover reissue release of the crucial tenth issue of Norway's infamous Slayer Mag , overflowing with key Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone, Thorns, Emperor, Satyricon, Bathory, Dissection, Enslaved, and many more candid black metal interviews from the turbulent 1992 through 1994 period. High-quality blood-red hardcover • 82pp complete actual size A4 reprint • Dimensions: 8.75″ x 12″ (220mm x 307mm); 2.0 lbs. (0.8 kg) The material anthologized in METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries is presented here in its complete, original form. Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen, deemed to be "the godfather of Norwegian black metal" by Enslaved, created this deep and passionate record of the intertwined sensational actions, rivalries, violence, and totally new and unique underground black metal music. The interviews, basically unguarded conversations among friends, today comprise the most complete and unfiltered document for understanding the mindset and personalities involved in Norway's violent attacks, murders, and church arsons happening at the time. Slayer X contains 1992-1994 interviews with: • EMPEROR (Bård Faust, Samoth) • THOU SHALT SUFFER (Ihsahn) • BATHORY (Quorthon) • MAYHEM (Dead) • BURZUM (Varg Vikernes) • SATYRICON (Satyr) • THE 3RD AND THE MORTAL (Kari Rueslåtten) • AGHAST (Nacht, Nebel) • DARKTHRONE (Fenriz) • MYSTICUM (Ravn) • ABRUPTUM (It) • DISSECTION (Jon Nödtveidt) • THORNS (Snorre Ruch) • ULVER (Garm) • DARK FUNERAL (David "Blackmoon" Parland) • MORTIIS • ENSLAVED (Grutle Kjellson, Ivar Bjørnson) • GEHENNA (Dirge Rep, Sanrabb) • MARDUK (Morgan Håkansson) • SIGH (Mirai Kawashima) • OPETH (Mikael Åkerfeldt) • CRADLE OF FILTH (Dani Filth) • IN THE WOODS... (Overlord Svithjod) + MONUMENTUM, BEYOND DAWN, INSANITY, DECEASED, ORDER FROM CHAOS, SADISTIK EXEKUTION, MONUMENTUM, NIFELHEIM, ABSU, SADISTIC INTENT... + Necrovore appreciation, Arcturus, many record reviews, and opinionated editorials by various characters expressing various stances on the events of 1993. "This is how Slayer Mag X was done, nothing has been changed and all errors are intact."—Jon Kristiansenhttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/10254111_1416173315315386_1578333676_n.jpghttps://www.bazillionpoints.com/product/pre-order-slayer-mag-x-red-reissue-hardcover-plus-t-shirt-by-jon-metalion-kristiansen/?utm_source=Facebook%20Dynamic%20Ads%20/%20Instagram%20Remarketing&utm_campaign=face&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=3102SLAYER MAG Vol. X: Red Hardcover Reissue, by Jon "Metalion" KristiansenUSD 9.95no