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ROOTS of Japanese Metal | on SiriusXM
Japanese champions Flower Travellin' Band, Sigh, Dir En Grey, Loudness, S.O.B., Defiled, Babymetal, Doom, and more.
GOD MACABRE: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
In 1991, Karlstad’s Macabre End wanted to get rid of their bass player, so—like Nihilist a couple of years earlier—they disbanded, only to start up again soon after under a new name without telling the unwelcome bandmate.
WORD CUP 2016
NYHC: Warzone’s Don’t Forget the Struggle, Don’t Forget the Streets Reissue Due in September
Boot up, buzz your scalp, and brace yourself for September 16, when Revelation Records will reissue Don’t Forget the Struggle, Don’t Forget the Streets
SWEDISH SENSATIONSFILMS: Christina Lindberg in Chicago
Christina Lindberg, the cover girl and foreword writer of Bazillion Point's Swedish Sensationsfilms, will be one of the celebrity guests at Flashback Weekend in...
Radical Behavior: What Do You Know About Rad Behavior?
Here's a painfully sweet metal/hardcore crossover blast from 1985 by the ultra-obscure white sneakers crew Radical Behavior. I got this on a tape with...
WRC Rally Cup
Bloody Roots of Dystopian Heavy Metal on Sirius XM
The wild dystopian visions of Vektor, Black Sabbath, Fear Factory, Voivod, Napalm Death, Deceased, Iron Maiden, Sepultura, and other hardened survivors.
TOUCH AND GO: Necros/Bored Youth/R.O.T.A. Rarities from Chicago’s Alona’s Dream Label
Be sure to bust out your well-worn copy of TOUCH AND GO: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine ’79–’83 and follow along as the Midwest explodes with hardcore mayhem of the most juvenile order.
Ian on Fangoria Radio for Friday the 13th
I've been doing a lot more talking and book publishing lately than demo posting, I'll admit. That's about to change. But tomorrow's reserved for...
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CYCLING TOUR
ONLY DEATH IS REAL: Are You Morbid? Witness Triptykon’s Total Metal Mastery at Wacken...
Witness the wisdom and experience of a life spent in metal via the complete 72-minute high-def concert stream above.
ROOTS Salute to Queen | Metal History on SiriusXM
ROOTS Salute to Queen | Metal History on SiriusXM
Week of November 3, 2018
Sat 11/3, 6PM ET
Sun 11/4, 1PM ET
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Tues 11/6, 4PM...
CITY BABY: Massive G.B.H. Clay Records Reissues Out This Week!
G.B.H. were early pioneers of English street punk, often nicknamed "UK82." The band has gone on to influence punk and metal musicians around the globe.
Roots of Gothic Doom Metal | on Sirius XM
My Dying Bride, Draconian, Paradise Lost, Lacuna Coil, Moonspell, Rotting Christ, Triptykon, Novembers Doom, Type O Negative and more.
Bloody Roots of Gothic Doom Metal on Sirius XM
On this week's heavy metal metal history lesson, we revisit the somber, crushing tones of massive Goth-influence metal.
TENNIS
Montreal, Sept. 11/12: Annick Giroux Brings MEFISTO to Wings of Metal...
“Heads on stakes, butchered lambs, black candles and many other fun things.”
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
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ROOTS of METAL COLLABS | on SiriusXM
Join us for a harmonious hit parade of metal collaborations going back decades, including Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy, plus Carcass, Metallica, Soulfly, Body Count, Ihsahn, Udo, Tom Araya, and many more
ROOTS of ANTHRAX | on SiriusXM
Anthrax, S.O.D., Bud E. Love Bomb, plus tributes by Hatesphere, Deceased, Nocturnal Breed, Caliban, Grave, and more. Catch the mosh disease!
ROOTS of Progressive Thrash Metal | SiriusXM Playlist
Crazed, overclocked progressive thrash by Watchtower, Coroner, Voivod, Mekong Delta, Toxic, Vektor, Black Fast, Cryptic Shift, Vexovoid... more!
ROOTS of the DOGS OF METAL | on SiriusXM
Bark at the satellite with tracks by Opeth, Exciter, Leash Law, Venom, Brutal Truth, the Red Chord, Motorhead, Forgotten Tomb, Acacia Strain, Caninus
ROOTS of Melodic Death Metal | on SiriusXM
Furious blasts and breakdowns from Sick of It All, Murphy's Law, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Warzone, Crumbsuckers, Gorilla Biscuits, Madball, Sheer Terror, more
ROOTS of New York Hardcore | on SiriusXM
Furious blasts and breakdowns from Sick of It All, Murphy's Law, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Warzone, Crumbsuckers, Gorilla Biscuits, Madball, Sheer Terror, more
ROOTS of Spring Break Metal | on SiriusXM
Sun, surf, sand, and slams by Sodom, Blast!, M.O.D., Necronomisurf, Sacred Reich, Acid Age, Motörhead, Party Cannon, Los Springbreakers...
ROOTS of JUDAS PRIEST’s Sad Wings of Destiny at 50 | on SiriusXM
Sad Wings of Destiny w/ Judas Priest 1970s live recordings, album tracks, and tributes by Forbidden, Mercyful Fate, Overkill, Steel Prophet, and Six Feet Under
ROOTS of Birmingham’s UK Metal Heritage | on SiriusXM
Birmingham steel by Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Diamond Head, G.B.H., Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower, Godflesh, Cathedral, Anaal Nathrakh, and more
ROOTS of Death Metal Demos | on SiriusXM
Richmond pioneers Sliang Laos, Breadwinner, the Kenmores, Gwar, plus modern riff farmers Municipal Waste, Loincloth, Windhand, Enforced, and Inter Arma
ROOTS of the Richmond Virginia Scene | on SiriusXM
Richmond pioneers Sliang Laos, Breadwinner, the Kenmores, Gwar, plus modern riff farmers Municipal Waste, Loincloth, Windhand, Enforced, and Inter Arma
ROOTS of 40 Years of Master of Puppets | on SiriusXM
A terrifying trek across the creepy cosmos with Vektor, Nocturnus, Hypocrisy, Cryptic Shift, Blood Incantation, Wormed, Artificial Brain, Voivod, Gigan, & more
ROOTS of Successor Bands | on SiriusXM
A terrifying trek across the creepy cosmos with Vektor, Nocturnus, Hypocrisy, Cryptic Shift, Blood Incantation, Wormed, Artificial Brain, Voivod, Gigan, & more
ROOTS of Metal Space Terror | on SiriusXM
A terrifying trek across the creepy cosmos with Vektor, Nocturnus, Hypocrisy, Cryptic Shift, Blood Incantation, Wormed, Artificial Brain, Voivod, Gigan, & more
ROOTS Salutes Twisted Sister | on SiriusXM
Delayed 1986 debuts by Repulsion, Necrophagia, Death, Master, Sepultura, Morbid Angel, Slaughter (Canada), and more. What happened?
ROOTS of the New Wave of British Metallic Hardcore | on SiriusXM
Delayed 1986 debuts by Repulsion, Necrophagia, Death, Master, Sepultura, Morbid Angel, Slaughter (Canada), and more. What happened?
ROOTS of 1986: Death Metal’s False Start | on SiriusXM
Delayed 1986 debuts by Repulsion, Necrophagia, Death, Master, Sepultura, Morbid Angel, Slaughter (Canada), and more. What happened?
ROOTS of Greenlandic Metal | on SiriusXM
A unique hybrid of Inuit and Scandinavian traditions from Sound of the Damned, Arctic Spirits, Tempel, Pukuut, Stromptha, I124Q, Moonlight Drowns, more
ROOTS of 2025 Metal Debuts | on SiriusXM
Check out these newcomers, plus familiar faces including members of Pantera, Pig Destroyer, Exodus, Death Angel, Cannibal Corpse, and Municipal Waste
ROOTS Megadeth Speed Lession | on SiriusXM
Rattle yer head w/live & album tracks, plus tributes by Ghoul, Lamb of God, Arch Enemy, Nightwish, Black Dahlia Murder and ex Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman.

























































