ROOTS R.I.P. Mike Browning, Death Metal Genius | on SiriusXM
Week of July 18, 2026
Sat 7/18, 6PM ET
Sun 7/19, 1PM ET
Mon 7/20, 9AM ET
Tues 7/21, 4PM ET
Thurs 7/23, 9PM ET
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Roots marks the passing of Florida visionary Mike Browning, who helped invent death metal during his years in Morbid Angel, and then took it to the farthest limits of imagination in his bands Nocturnus, After Death, and Nocturnus A.D. Celebrate his life of devil music, space exploration, Egyptology, and octopus worship with tracks by Nocturnus, Morbid Angel, Incubus, Artificial Brain, Acheron, After Death, and more. Grab the Key —know your Roots!
Crack the Nocturnus codex and Morbid Angel scrolls in CHOOSING DEATH: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore, by Albert Mudrian.
PLAYLIST:
NOCTURNUS – “Andromeda Strain” from THE KEY
MORBID ANGEL – “Invocation / Chapel of Ghouls” from ABOMINATIONS OF DESOLATION
INCUBUS – “God Died on His Knees” from DEMO 1987
NOCTURNUS – “Tribal Vodoun” from THRESHOLDS
ACHERON – “Alla Xul” from ALLA XUL 1992
AFTER DEATH – “The Calling / Lords of the Black Path” from RETRONOMICON
NOCTURNUS A.D. – “The Bandar Sign” from PARADOX
ARTIFICIAL BRAIN feat. MIKE BROWNING – “Celestial Cyst” from ARTIFICIAL BRAIN
NOCTURNUS A.D. – “Mesolithic” from UNICURSAL
NOCTURNUS – “Undead Journey” from THE KEY
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.
