ROOTS of Notable 2024 Metal Debuts | on SiriusXM
Week of January 4, 2025
Sat 1/4, 6PM ET
Sun 1/5, 1PM ET
Mon 1/6, 9AM ET
Tues 1/7, 4PM ET
Thurs 1/8, 9PM ET
Who’s this? Celebrate your future favorite bands with a recap of notable metal debut albums from 2024. Slayer guitarist Kerry King joins a pack of well-prepared newcomers including Dissimulator, Neckbreakker, Lord Goblin, Castle Rat, Night Shall Drape Us, Slimelord, and I Am the Intimidator. Welcome the new bloods, and know your Roots!
Reveal wave after wave of metal arrivals dating back to the big bang of Black Sabbath in the book SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal , by ROOTS host Ian Christe.
PLAYLIST:
DISSIMULATOR – “Hyperline Underflow” from HYPERLINE UNDERFLOW
NECKBREAKKER – “Shackled To A Corpse” from WITHIN THE VISCERA
DEADSPEAK – Plagues of Sulfur Bound” from PLAGUES OF SULFER BOUND
LORD GOBLIN – “Freedom Rider” from LORD GOBLIN
CASTLE RAT – “Dagger Dragger” from INTO THE REALM
DESOLUS – “Sea of Fire” from SYSTEM SHOCK
KERRY KING – “Two Fists” from FROM HELL I RISE
NIGHT SHALL DRAPE US – “The Queen of the Red Streams” from LUNATIC CHOIR
SOLSTITIUM – “Morgoth” from MORGOTH
AD NIHILUM – “Weeping World” from AN ESCAPE FOR THE GUILTY
I AM THE INTIMIDATOR – “Gasoline” from I AM THE INTIMIDATOR
SLIMELORD “Heroic Demise” from CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS RELINQUISHED
Roots is Sound of the Beast author Ian Christe’s heavy metal history show on Sirius XM Liquid Metal channel 40. Since June 2004, each weekly show has examined another subgenre, band, movement, country, or theme. The show is available on-demand online from SiriusXM.com.
