Bill Zebub
Encyclopedia
Bill Zebub is the manager of Bill Zebub Productions. His production company publishes a quarterly magazine entitled The Grimoire of Exalted Deeds, mainly about death metal
music and independent movies. He has made an array of low-budget films, and also is the host of a radio show on WMFU 91.1
in the New Jersey
area. He hosts the show under the alias 'Professor Dum Dum'.
It was originally published starting in 1991 as a photocopied fanzine, and as the magazine grew more popular within the heavy metal community, it was later published with a glossy cover. By 1997, the magazine had become so well-received among metal audiences that it was chosen as the official magazine and program of the Milwaukee Metalfest. It is now published approximately quarterly, in an all-glossy format.
The magazine features often humorous interviews of various heavy metal musicians, which Bill Zebub frequently conducts in Elizabethan English, for comedic effect. Occasionally, the magazine offers brief fiction pieces, and articles on various subjects relating to fantasy or mysticism. Criticism of organized religion, particularly Christianity, is another recurring topic. The magazine also includes a feature called "Grimoire Girls", female Metal fans who voluntarily submit photographs of themselves, some in varying states of undress. The style of humor in the magazine is brutally sarcastic, and is intentionally politically incorrect.
, airing Monday nights at midnight until 3 am tuesday morning Eastern time. Zebub plays the character 'Professor Dum Dum: Scientist of Music and Human Behavior' who hails from Germany. The Professor plays heavy metal music
and discusses topics with callers.
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
music and independent movies. He has made an array of low-budget films, and also is the host of a radio show on WMFU 91.1
WFMU
WFMU is a listener-supported, independent community radio station headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, broadcasting at 91.1 MHz FM, presenting a freeform radio format...
in the New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
area. He hosts the show under the alias 'Professor Dum Dum'.
The Grimoire of Exalted Deeds
The Grimoire of Exalted Deeds is a metal magazine published by Bill Zebub. Each issue consists of interviews with metal bands, CD and DVD reviews. The interviews are generally comedic with a sarcastic nature. The magazine contains non-pornographic nudity, and is available in print and on-line.It was originally published starting in 1991 as a photocopied fanzine, and as the magazine grew more popular within the heavy metal community, it was later published with a glossy cover. By 1997, the magazine had become so well-received among metal audiences that it was chosen as the official magazine and program of the Milwaukee Metalfest. It is now published approximately quarterly, in an all-glossy format.
The magazine features often humorous interviews of various heavy metal musicians, which Bill Zebub frequently conducts in Elizabethan English, for comedic effect. Occasionally, the magazine offers brief fiction pieces, and articles on various subjects relating to fantasy or mysticism. Criticism of organized religion, particularly Christianity, is another recurring topic. The magazine also includes a feature called "Grimoire Girls", female Metal fans who voluntarily submit photographs of themselves, some in varying states of undress. The style of humor in the magazine is brutally sarcastic, and is intentionally politically incorrect.
Professor Dum Dum's Lab
Bill Zebub has a weekly radio show on 91.1 FM WFMUWFMU
WFMU is a listener-supported, independent community radio station headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, broadcasting at 91.1 MHz FM, presenting a freeform radio format...
, airing Monday nights at midnight until 3 am tuesday morning Eastern time. Zebub plays the character 'Professor Dum Dum: Scientist of Music and Human Behavior' who hails from Germany. The Professor plays heavy metal music
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
and discusses topics with callers.
Filmography
- Metalheads (2001)
- Dirtbags: The Armpit of Metal (2002)
- Death metal: A Documentary (2002)
- Metal Radio KCUF (2003)
- Skits-O-Phrenia (2003)
- Jesus Christ: Serial Rapist (2003)
- Kill the Scream Queen (2004)
- The Crucifier (2004)
- The Worst Horror Movie Ever Made (2005)
- Bad Acid (2005)
- Rape is a Circle (2006)
- Girls of Bill Zebub's Movies (2006)
- Dolla Morte (2006)
- Assmonster: The Making of a Horror Movie (2006)
- Spooked (2007)
- Frankenstein The Rapist (2008)
- Forgive Me for Raping You (2008)
- "Zombiechrist" (2010)
- "Antfarm Dickhole" (2011)