ROOTS of Doom Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of August 28, 2021

Sat 8/28, 6PM ET
Sun 8/29, 1PM ET
Mon 8/30, 9AM ET
Tues 8/31 4PM ET
Thurs 9/2, 9PM ET

In memory of the passing of singer Eric Wagner of Trouble and the Skull, we turn this week to the fundamental power of doom metal for a day of reckoning with Black Sabbath, Cathedral, Candlemass, the Obsessed, Pentagram, Om, Reverend Bizarre, and more. R.I.P. to a true metal titan…know your Roots!

How did doom metal coalesce from the fringes of several waves of metal evolution? SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, by Ian Christe has the keys to the riddles of doom...

ROOTS OF DOOM METAL
Week of August 28, 2021

TROUBLE – “The Tempter” from PSALM 9
BLACK SABBATH – “Lord of the This World” from MASTER OF REALITY
WITCHFINDER GENERAL – “R.I.P.” from DEATH PENALTY
SAINT VITUS – “War Is Our Destiny” from HALLOW’S VICTIM
THE OBSESSED – “River of Soul” from THE OBSESSED
CANDLEMASS – “Solitude” from EPICUS DOOMICUS METALLICUS
CATHEDRAL – “Ashes You Leave” from THE ETHEREAL MIRROR
PENTAGRAM – “Living in a Ram’s Head” from REVIEW YOUR CHOICES
OM – “State of Non-Return” from ADAVITC SONGS
EVOKEN – “Orogeny” from A CARESS OF THE VOID
REVEREND BIZARRE – “Doom Over the World” from CRUSH THE INSECTS
THE SKULL – “Sick of It All” from FOR THOSE WHICH ARE ASLEEP

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.

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