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January 28, 2010

Hellbound Interviews Critic Ian Christe About His Bazillion Points Book Imprint...

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Over the past twenty years, New York-based journalist Ian Christe has made a name for himself as one of the USA’s most respected metal music writers. A longtime contributor to magazines as diverse as CMJ, Spin, Revolver and Metal Maniacs, Christe has also penned a number of authoritative books, including Sound Of The Beast and Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga. He has also become a well respected radio DJ, hosting the weekly Bloody Roots program on SiriusXM Satellite Radio’s Hard Attack/Liquid Metal station.

After this success of 2003’s Sound Of The Beast, Christe decided he wanted more control and became a publisher. In 2007, he launched his own book imprint Bazillion Points, which over the course of the past three years has become synonymous with quality, thoughtful metal writing. Having already released critically acclaimed books such as Daniel Ekeroth’s exhaustive Swedish Death Metal and a Spanish language translation of Albert Mudrian’s provocative Choosing Death (Eligiendo Muerte), Bazillion Points appears to only now be hitting its stride. With a recently released metal band cookbook (Hellbent For Cooking) and even more thought provoking titles planned for release later in 2010, Ian Christe was nice enough to answer some questions about his work.



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