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ROOTS of Clean Vocals in Extreme Metal | on SiriusXM
Clean vocals in heavy tracks by Morbid Angel, Opted, Borknagar, Enslaved, Akercocke, Primordial, Monuments, Fear Factory, and more
Roots of the Exhumed Family of U.S. Metal Freaks on SiriusXM
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ROOTS Worst of 2025: Metal’s A.I. Nightmare | on SiriusXM
A.I.-generated metal slop by Frostbite Orckings, Stei Camel, Artificial Steel, Fog Inhaler, Vaporous Grave, and more, as metal faces its worst nightmare this week on Roots
ROOTS of Native American Metal 2025 | on SiriusXM
Winterhawk, Medicine Horse, Inferno Antichrist, Mutilated Tyrant (pictured), Land Lost, Six Million Dead, Maul, Six Million Dead, and more
ROOTS of South American Progressive Metal | on SiriusXM
Recent tracks by former DEATH members in Autopsy, Testament, Cynic, Expulsion, Obituary, Charred Walls of the Damned, Massacre, King Diamond, and more.
ROOTS of Chuck Schuldiner’s Death Band Members | on SiriusXM
Recent tracks by former DEATH members in Autopsy, Testament, Cynic, Expulsion, Obituary, Charred Walls of the Damned, Massacre, King Diamond, and more.
ROOTS of NEW ORLEANS METAL | on SiriusXM
BONDED BY BLOOD. We go track by violent track, including live Exodus versions and tributes from Exhumed, Sepultura, Slayer, and Metal Allegiance
ROOTS of Total Metal Evil | on SiriusXM
Diabolical tracks by Bathory, Possessed, Mercyful Fate, Slayer, Satyricon, Deicide, Carnage, Behemoth, Testament, Morbid Angel
ROOTS of Metal Body Horror | on SiriusXM
Shocking tracks by Voivod, Enforcer, Autopsy, Fear Factory, Cannibal Corpse, Devourment, Revocation, Pestilence, and more
ROOTS of Metal Folk Horror | on SiriusXM
A chill-inducing journey into metal folk horror by Venom, Iron Maiden, Wurdulak, Jex Thoth, Mansion, Green Lung, Type O Negative, Vampire, and more.
ROOTS of Metal Space Horror | on SiriusXM
A terrifying trek across the creepy cosmos with Vektor, Nocturnus, Hypocrisy, Cryptic Shift, Blood Incantation, Wormed, Artificial Brain, Voivod, Gigan, & more
ROOTS Death Band 2025 Alumni Update | on SiriusXM
Recent tracks by former DEATH members in Autopsy, Testament, Cynic, Expulsion, Obituary, Charred Walls of the Damned, Massacre, King Diamond, and more.
ROOTS Honors Tomas Lindberg of AT THE GATES | on SiriusXM
A powerful journey through Tompa's recordings with At the Gates, Disfear, Skitsystem, Lock Up, Converge, the Crown, Necronaut, the Lurking Fear, more
ROOTS Creator Series: SATYRICON + PARADISE LOST | on SiriusXM
Join our Satyricon / Paradise Lost primer / refresher feat. live material, tributes by Grave, Sinister, and Evoken, and music by Thorns and 1349
ROOTS of 1985: Thrash Metal Arrives in Full Force | on...
in 1985 the metal world was upended by young thrash metal bands including Overkill, Slayer, Exodus, Celtic Frost, Anthrax, Megadeth, Dark Angel, and Destruction.
ROOTS Tribute to Brent Hinds of Mastodon | on SiriusXM
Rare Mastodon tracks, side projects Fiend Without a Face and West End Motel, plus bands w/ members of High on Fire, Behemoth, Dillinger Escape Plan, Mars Volta
ROOTS Megadeth Speed Session | on SiriusXM
Rattle yer head w/live & album tracks, plus tributes by Ghoul, Lamb of God, Arch Enemy, Nightwish, Black Dahlia Murder and ex Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman.
ROOTS of 1990s Stoner Metal | on SiriusXM
The retro rumblings of Down, the Obsessed, Kyuss, Sleep, Melvins, Acid King, Goatsnake, Cathedral, Acid King, Melvins, and more
ROOTS of Songs About Metal History | on SiriusXM
Songs that tell the history of metal, by Entombed, Saxon, Kreator, Darkthrone, Anthrax, Pantera, Overkill, Ill Bill, Heaven, Judas Priest, Sabaton, Sodom
ROOTS of Birmingham’s British Steel | on SiriusXM
Birmingham steel by Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Diamond Head, G.B.H., Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower, Godflesh, Cathedral, Anaal Nathrakh, and more
ROOTS Goodbye to Ozzy Our Doomfather | on SiriusXM
The essential heavy metal Ozzy Osbourne playlist, featuring Black Sabbath and solo tracks plus Tony Iommi, Rick Wakeman, and Rob Zombie collabs
ROOTS of France’s Radical Metal Extreme | on SiriusXM
Wild, chaotic, dissonant death and black metal from Blut Aus Nord, Deathspell Omega, Aosoth, Alun Todolo, Reverence, and more