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ROOTS of Ukrainian Metal | on SiriusXM
Ukrainian metal heroics from Elderblood, Jinjer, Soom, Rise or Die, Ignea, Khors, 1914, Fleshgore, Space of Variations, and more
EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Tad Doyle’s Brothers of the Sonic Cloth Rises Again
Slaying season has come once more to Seattle. Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, the Emerald City doom circle fronted by "heavier-than-God" Sub Pop-era grunge legend...
WORD CUP 2016
ROOTS of Metal’s Nuclear Warning | on SiriusXM
Radioactive material by Sodom, Repulsion, Terrorizer, Exodus, Cavalera, Watain, 1349, Wormrot, Discharge, Deceased, Bolt Thrower, Violator
Bloody Roots Salute to King Diamond on Sirius XM
Highlights from thirty years of incredible metal in Black Rose, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, and more!
MACRODEX: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Macrodex was an Eskilstuna band which kicked off in 1987 as the hardcore band Cruelty.
WRC Rally Cup
Strange Fruit
Black metal parodies are never funny..oh wait, this one is!
Thanks PatD!
Slayer, Metallica, Testament, Megadeth, Many More Devour MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW
Murder in the Front Row in the hands of members of Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, Megadeth, Testament, Death Angel, Mercyful Fate, Rave, Forbidden, Machine Head, Sepultura, C.O.C., Voivod
Mean Deviation Author Jeff Wagner Weighs in on Voivod’s Target Earth
So with Voivod beaming its new Target Earth release over the world, we had to yank Jeff Wagner out of his listening cave for a deep-thinking verdict
CYCLING TOUR
Metallica’s New Music Video is a Trailer for an Upcoming Black Metal Biopic
The video feels like a parody, which is jarring in relation to the very real tragedy at the end of the original Mayhem history.
Nihilist -> Entombed -> The Hellacopters -> Death Breath -> The Solution
Larvaes and germs, we have The Solution, the latest project of Nicke Andersson, one of the main originators of Swedish death metal (and cover...
ROOTS of Family Metal Bands | on Sirius XM
Brothers and sisters in metal bands including Cavalera, Savatage, Deicide, Arch Enemy, Gojira, At the Gates, Lamb of God, and more
ROOTS of the Swedish Death Metal Invasion of 1991 | on SiriusXM
Grave-gargling Swedish death metal by Entombed, Dismember, Tiamat, Unleashed, Carbonized, Nirvana 2002, Therion, and Meshuggah
Sat, April 25, Moscow, ID: Bruce Pavitt, Calvin Johnson, and Mark Baumgarten Talk US...
Between the years 1980 and 1988, he chronicled over 1,000 bands and an entire way of life through American independent music.
TENNIS
Bloody Roots of Metal Bass Titan Dan Lilker on Sirius XM
Lilker has played in key role in movement after movement, spearheading thrash metal, crossover, grindcore, black metal and more.
The NYHC Band of the Week Is UNDERDOG
Tim Chunks, Token Entry: "Underdog was positive and melodic, and their spectrum was so wide."
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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.
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

























































