Last night in 1982, Gary Holt of the S.F. metal gang/band EXODUS, crashing out killers like "Death Row" and "Whipping Queen" during the Kirk Hammett era of the band ⛓👺🗡 Grab onto the MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW book 🪓 🦂 www.murderinthefrontrow.com #garyholt #exodusband #hellsbreath #deathrow #impaler

Niclas Engelin (In Flames / The Halo Effect) finding SWEDISH DEATH METAL readers in Indonesia 💀 rp @niclas_engelin : Thanks for a wonderful gig here in Jakarta 🙏🤘 like signing this Swedish Death Metal book by #danielekeroth over here is just freakin’ awesome, you rule!! #deathmetal #support #fans

You saw the show? Smell the postcards! Then read the book + hear the bonus 7" 🗡🌑🐦‍🔥 Have a hood w/ Hannah Verbeuren's MIDNIGHT 💥 www.bazillionpoints.com/midnight #midnight #midnightband #hannahverbeuren #satanicroyalty #goattrap

Klassick Swedish Death Metal HM2 ritual post from @hm2cult , the elite chainsaw guitar neuromancer ⛓🗡 . . #swedishdeathmetal #hm2cult #bosshm2 #hm2 #hm2worship #osdm #swedishchainsaw #bosspedals #bosspedal #danielekeroth #entombed #dismember #bloodbath #carbonized #atthegates #bazillionpoints

JJ + Tony, THE OFFENDERS, live at UT Austin, 1983. 🐴 Hit the trail w/ TEXAS IS THE REASON by photog Pat Blashill, w/ essays by David Yow, Richard Linklater, and others. You know how they did it in NY & L.A., this is another breed of wild horse. #theoffenders #thedicks #scratchacid #buttholesurfers

Stars, stripes, and four black bars 🏴🗡 BLACK FLAG on July 4, 1983, in MY WAR ON WILSHIRE, by Michael Pearson 💥 Preorder and feel the power of independence: www.bazillionpoints.com/mywar #blackflag #wurm #stvitus #gregginn #henryrollins #chuckdukowski #billstevenson #hardcore #hardcorepunk

In memory of The Master, H.R. Giger, departed 12 years ago today 🫀⚙️🏺 repost @rumorbid : "Martin Eric Ain and me at the artist's fabled black living room at his house on the north side of Zurich, Switzerland, on 19 February 2006" ⚫️ foto Les Barany #CelticFrost #HRGiger #TomGabrielWarrior #MartinAin

Plz show to your local librarian! 📖⚡ Kirkus Reviews is a tough crowd, but if you've read I'M NOT HOLDING YOUR COAT you know Nancy Barile has been in some scrapes in the past 🕶️ Take high praise for this punk memoir to heart 🫀 #nancybarile #ssd #minorthreat #blackflag #badbrains #punk #punkgirl

When Roger Miret and Agnostic Front hit Southeast Asia, Singapore was ready for them, NYHC books in hand! 👊🏽🧱🥾 Recognize the power of the written word... #agnosticfront #rogermiret #victiminpain #causeforalarm #nyhc #newyorkhardcore #hardcorepunk #unitedblood #cbgb #warzone #murphyslaw #cromags

Coupla sweet heretics, Nergal / Behemoth & E. / Watain, hand you the keys to the thrash metal kingdom 👺⚡ 🗝 www.murderinthefrontrow.com #hellawaits #hauntingthechapel #sevenchurches #jumpinthefire #cliffburton #paulbaloff #thrashmetal #nergal #watain #murderinthefrontrow

British royalty? 👑 Def Leppard, Angel Witch, Tygers, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Diamond Head tell their stories in DENIM AND LEATHER: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, by Michael Hann⚡️ 👑 www.bazillionpoints.com/nwobhm #defleppard #angelwitch #britishsteel #tygersofpantang

Postcards from the edge ⚡ MY WAR ON WILSHIRE photo books packing Black Flag 1983 action will ship in 6-8 weeks 🌞 🧨 Stab into my heart + preorder: www.bazillionpoints.com/mywar #blackflag #mywar #slipitin #sstrecords #henryrollins #gregginn #chuckdukowski #billstevenson #lapunk #hardcorepunk

Dave Lombardo of SLAYER loses his mind for S.F. transplants D.R.I. in early 1985 🏃‍♂️ Maybe the actual moment crossover began? 🥾 foto: Harald O., MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW 🪓 Live through thrash metal moments that'll make your nose bleed⚡ 👹 www.murderinthefrontrow.com #davelombardo #reigninblood #thrash

Always glad to help you take care of the Commonwealth's business, Senator!

Your guide to crucial thrash metal moments in MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW ⛓🗡 Signed by both authors, FREE w/every MURDER order... www.murderinthefrontrow.com #killemall #jeffhanneman #bondedbyblood #thrashmetal #murderinthefrontrow

Heavy night in Murder City Eskiltuna in 1991 w/Bolt Thrower, Unleashed, At the Gates (ex-Grotesque), and Krypt of Kerberos ⚡💀 Few survived. www.swedishdeathmetal.com #swedishdeathmetal #deathmetal #boltthrower #unleashed #atthegates #tompalindberg #kryptofkerberos #metal

Why was Kerry King soundchecking at Keystone Berkeley tonight in 1984? 🔪💀🗡 Slay your senses with MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: www.murderinthefrontrow.com #kerryking #slayer #slayerband #megadeth #bcrich #bcrichmockingbird #paidassassin #davemustaine #murderinthefrontrow

If you like movies a lot, and wonder what else is out there... feast on the smörgåsbord of SWEDISH SENSATIONSFILMS: A Clandestine History of Sex, Thrillers, and Kicker Cinema, by Daniel Ekeroth ... you'll flip!

Spring break forever! ...and McBeardo, too 🏄🏿‍♀️🐕🌭 cover by the great thrashmaster Andrei Bouzikov ☢ #teenmoviehell #animalhouse #porkys #meatballs #americangraffiti #egdaily #valleygirl #lastamericanvirgin #betteroffdead #hardbodies #mcbeardo

Crucial shot of REST IN PIECES blowing apart CBGB, from Tony Rettman's NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 🐲 foto by the fearless Ken Salerno #restinpieces #undermyskin #onestepahead #cbgb #cbgbs #kensalerno #sickofitall #roadracer #myrage #nyhc #nyhcbook #newyorkhardcore #hardcore #hardcorepunk

Per Yngve "Dead" Ohlin passed today in 1991 🥀💀 Read his otherworldly interviews in Slayer Mag in memoriam, including this eerie one from the Mayhem days in Slayer Mag Vol. X: www.bazillionpoints.com/books/pre-or... #peryngveohlin #peryngveohlindead #mayhemband #morbidband #blackmetal #deathmetal

Brutal Brazil! ☢️🗡 Raw materials from Megathrash, Holocausto, Mayhem BR, Mutilator, Loucyfer, and Brutal Distortion that go into the MASSIVE 500-page UNITED FORCES: An Archive of Brazil's Raw Metal Attack, by Marcelo R. Batista 🌴 🦜 www.bazillionpoints.com/brazil 🦜 #brazilianmetal #deaththrash

SCRATCH ACID, Spring 1986, a beauty from TEXAS IS THE REASON: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punk, by Pat Blashill ✨ bazillionpoints.com/texas CW from left: book essay writer David Yow, David Wm. Sims, Brett Bradford, Rey Washam ✂️ #scratchacid #davidyow #davidwmsims #reywasham #jesuslizard

W👀W ☠️ Megadeth tapped MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW coauthor Brian Lew for an essay and raided his and Harald Oimoen's photos from the book for this bodacious new sculptural KILLING IS MY BUSINESS box set 🗡 #megadeth #killingismybusiness #mustaine #davemustaine #daveellefson #chrispoland #garsamuelson

Let the rhythm hit 'em! 🥁💥 Bill Stevenson + Chuck Dukowski of Black Flag holding it down at FBI HQ, July 4, 1983... 🏴 Preorder MY WAR ON WILSHIRE by Michael Pearson: 🔪 www.bazillionpoints.com/mywar #blackflag #mywar #billstevenson #chuckdukowski #slipitin #gregginn #henryrollins

Do you reek of putrefaction? 🧟‍♀️ Crimped & cauterized, Jeff Walker + Michael Amott of CARCASS star in CHOOSING DEATH: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore, by Decibel mag editor Albert Mudrian 🫀 #carcass #jeffwalker #michaelammott #billsteer #earacherecords #deathmetal #grindcore

Hey Japan! ⚡🎌👺 Bruce Pavitt has landed to talk independent music, DJ & sign books: 🗼 TOKYO Thurs Mar 26, Nonlecture Shibuya w/Mino-San (thx @presspop !) 🗼 KYOTO Sun Mar 29, DJ Set Wax Works, Ace Hotel Kyoto #brucepavitt #subpop #subpoprecords #nirvana #soundgarden #mudhoney #tad #greenriver

Now we have GARY HOLT books to go along w/his writing + 100+ early Exodus/Slayer photos in MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW 🩸 Read & Bleed! www.bazillionpoints.com/garyholt #garyholt #exodusband #slayerband #slayer #bondedbyblood #repentless #hellawaits #slayteam #thrash #thrashmetal

Stand back!

Brian "No" Posehn will open MURDER to show you a dozen Exodus photos, then use the book to crush you like a mosquito if you show up at a Titannica gig wearing a satin Warrant sash ⚡ #brianposehn #noposers #bondedbyblood #titannica #satinjacket #thrashmetal #thrash #murderinthefrontrow

Dogs of Texas Punk! 🐕🐾 Here's the Butthole Surfers' soulful dog Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad—how many hallucinatory nights did Gibby, Paul, Jeff, Teresa, and King spend staring into this soulful face? 🌵 www.bazillionpoints.com/texas #buttholesurfers #gibbyhaynes #markfarner #punkdog

NEW BOOK ! ⚡🏴🏴🏴🏴🧨 Celebrate July 4th this year with MY WAR ON WILSHIRE: Black Flag vs. the Federal Building...and the Vex, color photos of punk fireworks by Michael Pearson. Preorder for June delivery: www.bazillionpoints.com/mywar #blackflag #chuckdukowski #billstevenson #gregginn #henryrollins

Last night in 1985, Metallica RTL tour zaps the Kabuki Theater, SF 👺 Same venue where Metallica first met Slayer (see the book), and the MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW movie premiered decades later.... fotos Harald Oimoen, from: ⚡ www.murderinthefrontrow.com #metallica #ridethelightning #thrashmetal

We join the free world in wishing speedy recovery to JELLO BIAFRA, free-speech fanatic, frenetic frontman, & extraordinary hardcore punk impresario 🧠🍨💥 Dangerous brain alerts from the TOUCH AND GO, MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW, and WE GOT POWER! books ⚡ #jellobiafra #frankenchrist #deadkennedys

MASTER of PUPPETS turns 40 today 👑 Relive the rise of Metallica w/over 100 photos 1982-1986 in MURDER in the FRONT ROW 💥 40% OFF this week + ltd. hella cool index insert 🧨🧨🧨 www.murderinthefrontrow.com #masterofpuppets #ridethelightning #nolifetilleather #metallica1985 #thrashmetal #thrash

Talking 40 yrs of MASTER OF PUPPETS on SiriusXM 📡 "Metallica cracked open the steel ceiling and revealed the true force of underground music and everything that came with it. No costumes, no hairspray, no MTV period. This was the right record at the right moment."👹 Read SOUND of the BEAST 👹

SEPULTURA's Schizophrenia, the 1st Brazilian metal LP to crack the U.S. 🗡️ Uncover 1987's explosion of intense Brazilian bands in UNITED FORCES: An Archive of Brazil’s Raw Metal Attack, by Marcel R. Batista 🌴 www.bazillionpoints.com/brazil Obrigado @__wulls__ ! #sepultura #sepulturaschizophrenia

Manowar tattoo alert! ❌ Ken Salerno's shot of CIV crowdsurfing at a Bold show is the cover of the STRAIGHT EDGE book by Tony Rettman, w/foreword by CIV... hiding a Sign of the Hammer easter egg in plain sight 🔨 #civ #straightedge #bold #sxe #gorillabiscuits #youthoftoday #minorthreat #uniformchoice

THE FIX / NECROS 7" release party 1981 was worth a buck, those two records cost thousands today 👊 Scour the rise of hardcore punk, blow by blow, in TOUCH AND GO: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79--83, by Tesco Vee + DS: www.bazillionpoints.com/books/touch-... #thefix #necros #touchandgo

Farewell to Ozzy 🦇 We are blessed with hardcover copies of LAST RITES, O.O.'s posthumous soul-searching memoir of his final years. Yours at 56.66% off the cover price—we love you all: www.bazillionpoints.com/ozzy #ozzyosbourne #ozzy #blacksabbath #heavymetal #ripozzy

"Love the broken smile, one of a kind" 🦷 Mark Evans's DIRTY DEEDS: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC is the only book by a member of 1970s AC/DC 🦂 Remembering Bon Scott today 🌹 www.bazillionpoints.com/books/the-ac... #bonscott #acdc #markevans #philrudd #angusyoung #malcolmyoung #dirtydeeds

Today in 1984, MEGADETH's first show ☢ Brian Lew was there from soundcheck on, see the vitriol, grenades, and mercenary guitarist Kerry King in the MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW book, now includes a signed index insert⚡ www.murderinthefrontrow.com #davemustaine #megadeath #killingismybusiness

Feb 10 is forever Cliff Burton Day ⚡ The major rager turned 21 in 1983, and weeks later played his first show w/METALLICA. Brian Lew shot this at the Stone SF that night: www.murderinthefrontrow.com #cliffburton #cliffburtonrules #metallica #killemall #ridethelightning #thrashmetal

Today in 1970, ye olde record shoppes received delivery by mule wagon of heavy boxes labeled: "BLACK SABBATH LPVertigo 847903 Keep sealed until 13 Feb....." 🐀🐀🐀 www.soundofthebeast.com #blacksabbath #tonyiommi #ozzyosbourne #feb13 #heavymetal #hm #ukhm #heavyrock #geezerbutler #billward

EDDIE stepped from the shadows today in 1980 🎂 Iron Maiden's first EMI single introduced a shock-headed backstreet ghoul slashing the way open for great things to come 👹 DENIM AND LEATHER tells the tale: www.bazillionpoints.com/nwobhm #ironmaiden #derekriggs #steveharris #pauldianno

Don't see many Chuck Biscuits-era BLACK FLAG photos... until you read WE GOT POWER!, then you do! 🍪 foto and many more by Jordan Schwartz 🏴 And prepare to preorder our July 4, 1983 Black Flag photo book WAR ON WILSHIRE in coming days... #blackflag #henryrollins #chuckbiscuits #gregginn

“Are you a HOT DOG?” 🍿 📼 Go for teen comedy gold this Olympic season with our TEEN MOVIE HELL movie book 📚🔥 Mike "McBeardo" McPadden also wrote liner notes for the high-altitude concept “Animal House on skis!” HOT DOG: THE MOVIE (1984) Blu-ray 🌭🎿 www.bazillionpoints.com/books/the-si...

Have you seen "the Black American Graffiti"? 🎓🏀 🚇 💃🏿🕺🏿 Mike McPadden's TEEN MOVIE HELL tells the tale of COOLEY HIGH (1975). Oddly, COOLEY HIGH evolved into the late 70s L.A-set sitcom, WHAT’S HAPPENING!! 📺 #cooleyhigh #chicagomovies #whatshappening #teenmoviehell #teenmovies

Skip the slop! 🤮🤮🤮 The latest round of A.I. reels scraped from our EXPERIENCING NIRVANA and MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW books are a hilariously bad insult to the entire spirit of why Bruce Pavitt, Harald Oimoen, and Brian Lew shot their photos in the 1980s and why these books exist.... Keep it real 💖

SWEDISH DEATH METAL 🇸🇪⚡ Eternal thanks to Gil Sonic ... 💀 www.swedishdeathmetal.com 💀 #swedishdeathmetal #entombed #dismember #bathory #graveband #deathmetal #danieleekeroth #familycircus #gilsonic #metal #heavymetal