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Week of February 16, 2019
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As Botswana's Skinflint prepares to join Soulfly's North American tour, we continue a series...
Back in the day, there wasn't enough Slayer to go around, so a few enterprising thrashers worked out how to whip up a batch of homemade Slayer-metal in the garage. One of the most successful of the Slayer clones,...
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SWEDISH DEATH METAL: New Printing Available in Limited Hardcover Edition
Black monolith alert!
SLAYER MAG X Printer Proofs Have Arrived
Bazillion Points is reissuing SLAYER MAG X, the most significant original source material for Norway's early 1990s black metal scene.
Bloody Roots of California Hardcore on Sirius XM
CA HC power by Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, Uniform Choice, Battalion of Saints Crucifix, Infest, Spazz, ACxDC, Xibalba, Trash Talk, Nails, and more.
SiriusXM Bloody Roots of Holiday Metal; Deck the Hells!
The winter festival is here, so slaughter the golden goose, fill your fists with spiced rum and hot beer, and let the laughter of a thousand victories fill the hall.
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ROOTS Remembers Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom | on SiriusXM
We lay prolific Finnish guitar phenomenon Alexi Laiho to rest this week at age 41.
ROOTS of Post-Black Metal | on SiriusXM
Intense new atmospheric waves of expression by Solstafir, Ihsahn, Alcest, Deafheaven, Axioma, Altar of Plagues, Oranssi Pazuzu, and more
ROOTS of 2020 Metal Instrumentals | on SiriusXM
Ranging from the savage to the sublime, instrumental Mastodon, Kirk Windstein, Sweven, Dark Fortress, Cirith Ungol, Metallica, Triptykon, and more.
ROOTS of Classic 1980s Power Metal…and a Metal Mystery! | on...
A power metal mystery! And tracks by like-minded pioneers Helstar, Liege Lord, Jag Panzer, Sacred Rite, Heir Apparent, Omen, Riot, and others
ROOTS of the Youngest Teen Metal Terrors | on SiriusXM
Influential 15-, 16-, and 17-year-olds from the metal bands Sepultura, Possessed, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Emperor, Bathory, and Alien Weaponry
Metal Turns 50: ROOTS of 21st Century Metal Influencers | on...
State-of-the-art metal by Gojira, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Ghost, Power Trip, Baroness, Triptykon, Municipal Waste, Dragonforce, and more
ROOTS of Native American Metal | on Sirius XM
This Thanksgiving week, we bring to the table a metal history lesson uniting fifty years of heavy metal with centuries of North American roots.
Roots of Slayer’s Evil 1985 Masterpiece HELL AWAITS | on SiriusXM
We go track by track into Slayer's Hell Awaits, including the originals plus tributes by Sinister, Fleshcrawl, Angelcorpse & Cradle of Filth
ROOTS Deals Forty Years of Motörhead’s Ace of Spades | on...
November 8 marks the 40th anniversary of Motörhead's Ace of Spades
ROOTS of Italian Horror Metal | on SiriusXM
Join us this Halloween week as we invoke the arcane and melodramatic aura of Italian horror metal bands on SiriusXM's Bloody Roots
Roots of Inspirational Power Metal | on SiriusXM
A triumphant, uplifting hour of inspirational power metal by Demons & Wizards, Lost Horizon, Manowar, Hammerfall, Nocturnal Rites, Dragonforce, and more.
Roots of 21st Century Metal Comebacks | on SiriusXM
Featuring bands dormant for ten years or more, including Carcass, Angel Witch, Cirith Ungol, Exhorder, At the Gates, Sacred Reich, Sleep
Roots Remembers Edward Lodewijk Van Halen | on SiriusXM
This week we remember Eddie Van Halen, the king of heavy metal guitar.
ROOTS of 1990: Thrash Metal’s Hour of Reckoning | on...
Prime 1990 offerings by Destruction, Megadeth, Exodus, Forbidden, Artillery, Anthrax, Prong, Kreator, and Suicidal Tendencies
ROOTS of Infectious Plague Metal | on SiriusXM
Infectious plague- and pandemic-themed tracks by Cannibal Corpse, Death, Slayer, Pestilence, Kreator, Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, and more
ROOTS of Black Sabbath’s PARANOID at 50 | on SiriusXM
Fifty years of Black Sabbath's PARANOID, exploring its creation, bracing lyrics, and tributes by Slayer, Megadeth, Type O Negative, and more
Roots of Killing Joke | on SiriusXM
In the ominous, relentless world of Killing Joke: four decades of heavy tracks and covers by Metallica, Prong, Fear Factory, Behemoth, Helmet
ROOTS of Black Sabbath’s Debut | 50 Years of Metal on...
Roots celebrates the birth of heavy metal and fifty years since February 13, 1970, and the release of the first Black Sabbath LP
ANTIDOTE | NYHC Band of the Week
Matt Warnke, Bold: "Antidote's Thou Shalt Not Kill is one of the singularly sickest, most perfect blasts of hardcore ever created."
ROOTS of Post-Black Metal | on SiriusXM
Sounds from the black metal toolbox—but don't call it black metal—by Solstafir, Deafheaven, Altar of Plagues, Oranssi Pazuzu, and more