ROOTS of Thrash Metal Veterans 1986-2026 | on SiriusXM
Week of August 1, 2026
Sat 8/1, 6PM ET
Sun 8/2, 1PM ET
Mon 8/3, 9AM ET
Tues 8/4, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/6, 9PM ET
Twenty twenty-six has brought an onslaught of new releases by thrash metal veterans. This week we review the lessons of decades of experience by comparing 1986 and 2026 releases by Megadeth, Anthrax, Exodus, Sodom, Sacrifice, Voivod, and Flotsam and Jetsam. Shine your rusty bullet belts, 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:
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM – “Hammerhead” from DOOMSDAY FOR THE DECEIVER
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM – “Harvesting the Hate” from RATS IN THE TEMPLE
EXODUS – “Deliver Us to Evil” from BONDED BY BLOOD
EXODUS – “The Changing Me” from GOLIATH
SODOM – “Deathlike Silence” from OBSESSED BY CRUELTY
SODOM – “Battle of Harvest Moon” from THE ARSONIST
ANTHRAX – “I Am the Law” from AMONG THE LIVING
ANTHRAX – “The Edge of Perfection” from CURSUM PERFICIO
SACRIFICE – “Turn in Your Grave” from TORMENT IN FIRE
SACRIFICE – “Comatose” from VOLUME SIX
VOIVOD – “Korgull the Exterminator” from RRROOOAAARRR
VOIVOD – “Nuclear War ” from SYMPHONIQUE
MEGADETH – “Devil’s Island” from PEACE SELLS…BUT WHO’S BUYING
MEGADETH – “Made to Kill” from MEGADETH
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.
