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Decibel includes one of the coolest magazine articles ever created, a jam-packed five-page spread by Justin M. Norton with photos taken by Raymond Ahner of Murder in the Front Row authors Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew revisiting their old haunts.
Here's a rollicking tape by a likeable British act from the late 1980s. Not to be confused with the Italian Deathwish, this quartet thrashes with a little bit of mood and poise. I get the feeling the English thrash...
Starting Friday 8/29, Sirius XM is airing an episode of my weekly heavy metal history radio show Bloody Roots every 3-4 hours.
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Hot Stuff Coming
SLAYER MAG X: Per Yngve “Dead” Ohlin Explains the Lyrics of MAYHEM’s De Mysteriis...
"Then I found out that the lyrics weren't evil enough, and it didn't describe the enormous force enough."
Out of Love Again?
"Jump," Ft. Lauderdale train wreck--Roth and backing keyboard track are fine, but is Eddie playing Merzbow?, 2/20/08
Word on the streets of Los Angeles...
Bloody Roots of Grindcore on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF GRINDCORE
Week of March 12, 2016
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Sun 3/13, 1PM ET
Mon 3/14, 9AM ET
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From the pre-grind...
TOUCH AND GO Book Peek Sneak
New arrival today at Bazillion Points HQ, as the printer sent us the first dripping wet samples of Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83.
LATEST ARTICLES
ROOTS of Post-2010 Death Metal Apostles | on SiriusXM
Joyously rotten brutality by Tomb Mold, Horrendous, Gruesome, Gatecreeper, Undeath, Blood Incantation, Frozen Soul, 200 Stab Wounds, and more
ROOTS of NYDM | New York Death Metal | on SiriusXM
Scrape the NY sidewalks w/Suffocation, Immolation, Incantation, Mortician, plus Pyrexia, Malignancy, Demolition Hammer, Internal Bleeding
ROOTS Metal Creator Series: Midnight & Cirith Ungol | on SiriusXM
Unravel the raw mystery of MIDNIGHT and bid farewell to unique pioneers CIRITH UNGOL
ROOTS of Women in Extreme Metal | on SiriusXM
Join us in celebration of Détente, Adorior, Arch Enemy, Derketa, Sacrilege UK, Cloud Rat, Nervosa, Znowhite, Thorr's Hammer, and many more
ROOTS of Classic 1980s Power Metal…and the Ongoing Mystery Band |...
The 1980s power metal mystery lives... help ID the mystery track and check out similar classics by Overkill, Jag Panzer, Riot, Helstar
ROOTS Honors 30 Years of Emperor’s In the Nightside Eclipse |...
We celebrate 30 years of Emperor's In the Nightside Eclipse Norwegian black metal masterpiece
ROOTS Metal Superbowl 2024: San Francisco vs. Kansas City
Order from Chaos, Anacrusis, Coalesce, Origin, Hammerhedd face down Bay Area forces w/ Testament, Death Angel, Exodus, Autopsy, and Forbidden
ROOTS of Metal and Hardcore’s Rarest Records | on SiriusXM 40
A fortune in metal and hardcore vinyl by Bathory, Iron Maiden, Judge and Mayhem, plus Flames of Hell, Militia, Paradoxx, Fallout and more
ROOTS of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS IN METAL | on SiriusXM Liquid...
Roll to hit with Visigoth, Sabbat, Lair of the Minotaur, 3 Inches of Blood, The Black Dahlia Murder, Bolt Thrower, Gygax, Black Sabbath...
ROOTS of Heavy Straight Edge | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
Minor Threat, SSD, Slapshot, Uniform Choice, Youth of Today, Judge, plus Year of the Knife, Eyeteeth, Kublai Khan, xWeaponx, and Earth Crisis
ROOTS Metal Debuts of 2023 | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
2023 metal newcomers High Priest, Better Lovers, Writhe, Burner, Serpent Corpse, Gel, the Mosaic Window, Pest Control, Bjørko, and many more
ROOTS Praises Metal Gods JUDAS PRIEST | on SiriusXM
Praising Judas Priest with tributes from Slayer, Metallica, Kreator, Overkill, Mercyful Fate, Abbath, Death, Fates Warning, Motörhead and more
ROOTS Full-Contact Metal Dance Party | on SiriusXM
Violator, Lich King, S.O.D., Municipal Waste, Anthrax, Whiplash, Motörhead, Suicidal Tendencies, and Obituary deliver metal dance anthems.
ROOTS of 2023 Instrumental Metal | on Sirius XM
Brief entries by In Flames, Orbit Culture, Horrendous, and Blackbraid, plus epic majesty from Lesotho, the Death Wheelers, Night Verses, Periphery, and Immortal
ROOTS Intro to Japanese Metal Idols | on Sirius XM
Metal idol and related bands including Fruitpochette, Passcode, Necronomidol, Band Maid, XOXO Extreme, Lovebites, Satanic Punish & Babymetal
ROOTS Full Metal Farewell to KISS | on Sirius XM
Review of the heaviest KISS songs plus tributes by Death, Hammerfall, Dimebag Darrell, Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Bathory, Melvins, Entombed, more
ROOTS of SLAYER’s Show No Mercy at 40 | on SiriusXM
SLAYER's debut track-by-track, including tributes by Dissection, Entombed, the Chasm, Wolf, Necrophobic, Gruesome, Noisem, and more. Evil!
ROOTS Gives Thanks for Metal Doomfather Ozzy Osbourne | on SiriusXM
50 years of the heaviest Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne solo, and collaborations with Rick Wakeman, Tony Iommi, and Rob Zombie, only on ROOTS
ROOTS of Native American Metal: 2023 Edition | on SiriusXM
Tracks by Hell Throne, Blood Wolf, Testament, Blackbraid, Nechochwen, the Yoties w/Sage Bond, Under Exile, Testify, Resistant Culture, I Don't Konform, and more
ROOTS of 1993: When Death Metal (Sort of) Cleaned Up |...
Death metal's progressive, gothic, melodic, rock 'n' roll faces of 1993 w/ Carcass, Entombed, Morbid Angel, Death, Cynic, Sepultura