metalion

'Slayer Mag' compiled into a book, Holy Grail & Cauldron are in NYC now, Slayer tickets are on presale

by BBG

Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries cover
MEtalion

“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.”

Much like the awesome Touch N Go book that they released last year, Bazillion Points will release METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries. Containing all issues of the highly influential Slayer zine (issues 1-20), “the precursor Live Wire zine”, and a backstory of creator Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen, the book contains multiple interviews from some of the most influential heavy bands of the past 30 years and features forewords by Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates, Disfear), Chris Reifert (Autopsy, Abscess), Fenriz (Darkthrone), Stephen O’Malley (sunn O))), Burning Witch), Erik Danielsson (Watain), Ian christe, and others. Preorders are up.

Bazillion Points is also responsible for the awesome Only Death is Real, a look into early Celtic Frost & Hellhammer, as well as Hellbent For Cooking, a cookbook featuring recipes from Amebix, Wino, Eyehategod, Cauldron (who play NYC TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY at Union Pool) and many others. They are also responsible for the essential and near-encyclopedic Swedish Death Metal.

“Slayer Mag” is not to be confused with Slayer the band who are playing Yankee Stadium on September 14th. The Metallica Fan Club and other presales are going on now. General sale begins Friday at 10am.