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WOMBBATH Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
They might have erred in choosing a band name that summons images of a cuddly Australian marsupial
Bloody Roots Welcomes Luc Lemay of GORGUTS on SiriusXM
This week host Ian Christe welcomes French-Canadian death metal mastermind Luc Lemay of Gorguts.
WORD CUP 2016
Roots Remembers Edward Lodewijk Van Halen | on SiriusXM
This week we remember Eddie Van Halen, the king of heavy metal guitar.
WE GOT POWER!: David Markey’s Rare 1980 Film Short Depicts the Death of Summer, Birth of a Punker
David Markey, revered director of Desperate Teenage Lovedolls, 1991: The Year Punk Broke, and The Slog Movie, not to mention coauthor of WE GOT...
Incubus: Were They Morbid? Yes.
Of course this isn't the boy band Incubus, but it isn't the Louisiana act now known as Opprobrium, either. Briefly the scourge of Tampa,...
WRC Rally Cup
ROOTS 40 Years of EXODUS’s BONDED BY BLOOD | on SiriusXM
BONDED BY BLOOD. We go track by violent track, including live Exodus versions and tributes from Exhumed, Sepultura, Slayer, and Metal Allegiance
Death Metal Energy Drink?
Luckily I don't speak Spanish very well, so I don't understand the description of what Tormenta is supposed to do. Make the drinker vomit...
Mon 11/16, Madrid, Spain: Calvin Johnson Talks SUB POP USA at Cuervo Store
Calvin will discuss his contributions to SUB POP USA, and will be happy to answer any questions. Gracias!
CYCLING TOUR
Black Metal Snow Joke
From the A-Z band biography reference section in Swedish Death Metal:
"SPORTLOV -- The natural end result of the black metal movement. In 2000 some...
METALION: Norway’s Mayhem Blackens Yule w/“De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive”
The unique brutal musical extremism and atmosphere is inseparable from a violent and chaotic history
The Keeper of the Sign, The Sparkle and the Shine
Ronnie James Dio, rest in peace.
Bloody Roots of Classic Norwegian Black Metal // on Sirius XM
Blistering assaults by Mayhem, Darkthrone, Emperor, Thorns, Satyricon, Immortal, and more.
TEEN MUSIC HELL: Josie Cotton from VALLEY GIRL (1983) | The Official Teen Movie...
One barb against Valley Girl that sticks, though, is that for all of Nicolas Cage’s punk-rock bravado on-screen, no actual punk songs made it into the movie.
TENNIS
Bay Area Thrashers Book Bash at Issues Oakland
A very cool piece of reporting from the Murder in the Front Row: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter party at Issues bookshop in Oakland
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
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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.
ROOTS of 2025 Metal Reunions | on SiriusXM
The return after long absences by Dark Angel, Dream Theater w/Mike Portnoy, Coroner, Deadguy, Biohazard, Shadows Fall, Spinal Tap, Hirax, Master's Hammer + more
ROOTS Remembers Tomas Lindberg of AT THE GATES | on SiriusXM
A powerful journey through Tompa's recordings with At the Gates, Disfear, Skitsystem, Lock Up, Converge, the Crown, Necronaut, the Lurking Fear, more
ROOTS of 2025 Metal Instrumentals | on SiriusXM
in 1985 the metal world was upended by young thrash metal bands including Overkill, Slayer, Exodus, Celtic Frost, Anthrax, Megadeth, Dark Angel, and Destruction.
ROOTS Best of 2025: Thrash Metal’s 1985 Assault | on SiriusXM
in 1985 the metal world was upended by young thrash metal bands including Overkill, Slayer, Exodus, Celtic Frost, Anthrax, Megadeth, Dark Angel, and Destruction.
ROOTS Worst of 2025: Metal’s A.I. Nightmare | on SiriusXM
A.I.-generated metal slop by Frostbite Orckings, Stei Camel, Artificial Steel, Fog Inhaler, Vaporous Grave, and more, as metal faces its worst nightmare this week on Roots
ROOTS of Native American Metal 2025 | on SiriusXM
Winterhawk, Medicine Horse, Inferno Antichrist, Mutilated Tyrant (pictured), Land Lost, Six Million Dead, Maul, Six Million Dead, and more
ROOTS of South American Progressive Metal | on SiriusXM
Recent tracks by former DEATH members in Autopsy, Testament, Cynic, Expulsion, Obituary, Charred Walls of the Damned, Massacre, King Diamond, and more.
ROOTS of Chuck Schuldiner’s Death Band Members | on SiriusXM
Recent tracks by former DEATH members in Autopsy, Testament, Cynic, Expulsion, Obituary, Charred Walls of the Damned, Massacre, King Diamond, and more.
ROOTS of NEW ORLEANS METAL | on SiriusXM
BONDED BY BLOOD. We go track by violent track, including live Exodus versions and tributes from Exhumed, Sepultura, Slayer, and Metal Allegiance
ROOTS of Total Metal Evil | on SiriusXM
Diabolical tracks by Bathory, Possessed, Mercyful Fate, Slayer, Satyricon, Deicide, Carnage, Behemoth, Testament, Morbid Angel

























































