ROOTS of Successor Bands | on SiriusXM
Week of March 7, 2026
Sat 3/7, 6PM ET
Sun 3/8, 1PM ET
Mon 3/9, 9AM ET
Tues 3/10, 4PM ET
Thurs 3/12, 9PM ET
This week we celebrate 40 years of Master of Puppets, Metallica’s monster 1986 breakthrough album. We go track-by-track with demo material, 1986 live recordings, and tributes by Mastodon, Primus, Shai Hulud, and the pre-In Flames/Hammerfall band Ceremonial Oath. Obey your master—know your Roooootttsssss!
See 100 photos of Metallica from 1982-1986 in the pages of MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter .
PLAYLIST:
METALLICA – “Battery” from MCALLEN TEXAS JUNE 1986
METALLICA – “Master of Puppets” from LATE JUNE 1985 DEMO
PRIMUS – “The Thing That Should Not Be” from RHINOPLASTY EP
METALLICA – “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” from FRESNO DEC 2018
CEREMONIAL OATH – “Disposable Heroes” from METAL MILITIA
FIGHTSTAR – “Leper Messiah” from KERRANG! MASTER REMASTERED
MASTODON – “Orion” from MASTODON
SHAI HULUD – “Damage Inc.” from A PROFOUND HATRED OF MAN
METALLICA – “Battery” from S&M
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.
