ROOTS Death Band 2025 Alumni Update | on SiriusXM
Week of September 27, 2025
Sat 9/27, 6PM ET
Sun 9/28, 1PM ET
Mon 9/29, 9AM ET
Tues 9/30, 4PM ET
Thurs 10/2, 9PM ET
Two decades after the tragic passing of Chuck Schuldiner, dozens of former members of his influential band DEATH continue to break new metal ground. Check out recent releases by an all-star array of players from all seven Death studio albums plus demos, including: guitarists Rick Rozz, James Murphy, Paul Masvidal, Matt Olivo, and Andy LaRocque; bassists Terry Butler and Steve DiGiorgio; singer Kam Lee; and drummers Chris Reifert, Gene Hoglan, and Richard Christy. Let the metal flow—and Know your Roots!
Prepare for the release of BORN HUMAN: The Life And Music of Death’s Chuck Schuldiner, by David Gehlke. Trace the faces in Death in CHOOSING DEATH: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore, by Albert Mudrian, at BAZILLION POINTS BOOKS.
PLAYLIST:
DEATH – “Crystal Mountain” from SYMBOLIC
AUTOPSY – “Toxic Death Fuk” from ASHES, ORGANS, BLOOD AND CRYPTS
STATIC ABYSS – “Wormskinned” from ABORTED FROM REALITY
EXPULSION – “Altar of Slaughter” from NIGHTMARE FUTURE
MASSACRE – “Back From Beyond” from BACK FROM BEYOND
MASSACRE – “Horrors of Hidden Truth” from NECROLUTION
CYNIC – “In a Multiverse Where Atoms Sing” from ASCENSION CODES
TESTAMENT – “Children of the Next Level” from TITANS OF CREATION
OBITUARY – “Torn Apart” from DYING OF EVERYTHING
FORBIDDEN – “Through Eyes of Glass” ROCK HARD FESTIVAL 2024
CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED – “The Soulless” from CREATURES WATCHING OVER THE DEAD
BOAR GLUE – “Cold Mountains of Peru” from GLUE ‘EM ALL
DETHKLOK – “Gardener of Vengeance” from METALOCALYPSE: DETHALBUM IV
KING DIAMOND – “Masquerade of Madness” from MASQUERADE OF MADNESS
M.A.C. – “Celestial Burial” from METAL AGAINST CORONAVIRUS
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.
