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Fifty years since February 13, 1970, and the release of the first Black Sabbath LP
A true Easter resurrection! Here's Immortal last Good Friday night in Oslo doing "Unholy Forces of Evil" complete with hair fan, dangerous flameburst and witch-vogue dancing -- all courtesy of mysterious videographer BM Frettchen. Great to have these characters...
Bazillion Points is reissuing SLAYER MAG X, the most significant original source material for Norway's early 1990s black metal scene.
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Hot Stuff Coming
SiriusXM Bloody Roots Salutes the Old Bridge Metal Militia
One of the most notorious and fanatical old-school metal scenes in the U.S. is the Old Bridge, NJ, headbanger tribe led by Megaforce Records founders Jon and Marsha Zazula.
Secrets of Swedish Death Metal Revealed
Here Daniel Ekeroth, author of the massive Swedish Death Metal book (not to mention bassist of TYRANT and INSISION), unleashes a short session explaining...
Roots of Early 1980s Proto-Thrash Metal | on Sirius XM
Tracks by Riot, Accept, Acid, Venom, Exciter, the Rods, Mercyful Fate, Jag Panzer, Satan, Raven, Anvil, Savatage, Manowar and more.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Brazilian Thrash Metal
Bloody Roots delves into the history of unrest captured by Brazil's legendary thrash metal legacy.
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Roots of Metal Ghost Stories | Halloween on SiriusXM
Terror tracks by King Diamond, Opeth, Iron Maiden, Ghost, Entombed, Deceased, Testament, Mortician, Stench, the Devil's Blood, and others
ROOTS of REAL-WORLD MONSTERS | on SiriusXM
Real-world human savagery in metal songs by Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Venom, Melvins, Testament, Suffocation, Bloodbath, the Black Dahlia Murder
ROOTS of GLENN DANZIG’s SAMHAIN | on SiriusXM
New levels of demonic post-punk horror metal by Samhain, and tributes by Marduk, Cloak, Exhumed, Tombs, In Solitude, the Gates of Slumber, Cradle of Filth
Boston Public Library 11/26: Nancy Barile’s I’M NOT HOLDING YOUR COAT
Nancy Barile invited to the Book Talk series at Boston Public Library on the theme of “Revolutionary Music.”
HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Today the Texas Chain Saw Massacre Turns 50
Texas isn’t just weird. It’s also scary. And it will kill you in horrible, creative ways.
ROOTS of METAL SONGS of PEACE | on SiriusXM
An unlikely chorus of calls for peace from Sodom, Bolt Thrower, Prong, Metallica, Slayer, Sepultura, Pentagram, Trivium, Rotten Sound, many others
ROOTS of MATH METAL | on SiriusXM
Candiria, Dillinger Escape Plan, Blotted Science, Mastodon, Sliang Laos, Breadwinner, Botch, Necrophagist, and other metal mathematicians
ROOTS of California Death Metal | on SiriusXM
We follow death metal's path across California with tracks by Possessed, Autopsy, Terrorizer, plus Fear Factory, Impaled, Exhumed, Cattle Decapitation
ROOTS of Iron Maiden’s Powerslave | on SiriusXM
Celebrate 40 years of Iron Maiden's Powerslave w/rarities, live material, and tributes by Arch Enemy, Rhapsody of Fire, Testament, and Anaal Nathrakh on ROOTS!
ROOTS Back-to-School Book Club Reads Stephen King | on SiriusXM
A fiendish flurry of Stephen King-inspired songs by Testament, Anthrax, Metallica, the Ramones, Gehenna, Blind Guardian, more
ROOTS: SLAYER’s Show No Mercy Turns 40 | on SiriusXM
SLAYER's debut track-by-track, including tributes by Dissection, Entombed, the Chasm, Wolf, Necrophobic, Gruesome, Noisem, and more. Evil!
ROOTS Metal Creator Series: Midnight & Cirith Ungol | on SiriusXM
Unravel the raw mystery of MIDNIGHT and bid farewell to unique pioneers CIRITH UNGOL
ROOTS Intro to BATHORY | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
A hell-raising intro to Bathory's black metal and viking metal eras, w/ tributes by Abbath, Emperor, Dark Funeral, Phil Anselmo's Scour, Fugitive, and others.
Cleveland Scene: “Stunning” MIDNIGHT Book Captures Mystique
Midnight's hometown paper Cleveland Scene has just published a lengthy interview with Hannah Verbeuren, the photographer behind MIDNIGHT: A Thousand Nights in Sodom. The...
ROOTS Salutes 40 Years of Ride the Lightning | on SiriusXM...
A Ride the Lightning track-by-track playback of demo tracks, live versions, and tributes by Vader, Abbath, Hatebreed, plus Exodus, Cliff Burton
MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Cliff Burton Photo Prints in AWMH...
For the first time ever, twelve signed prints each of two of Brian Lew's incredible early Metallica photos from MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW are available.
ROOTS of Heavy Straight Edge | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
Minor Threat, SSD, Slapshot, Uniform Choice, Youth of Today, Judge, plus Year of the Knife, Eyeteeth, Kublai Khan, xWeaponx, and Earth Crisis
ROOTS of Ashes of the Leviathan: Lamb of God and Mastodon...
On August 31, 2004, American metal newcomers Lamb of God and Mastodon each released career-defining albums that became cornerstones of 21st Centur metal
ROOTS: Hellfest 2024’s French Metal Revelations | on SiriusXM
Hellfest 2024's select vintage of French metal + hardcore including Mass Hysteria, Stinky, Eight Sins, Lofofora, Destinity, Houle, Klone, Pensees Nocturnes...
MIDNIGHT Author Hannah Verbeuren: “In Cleveland There’s a Lot of Angst,...
Hannah Verbeuren discusses her new MIDNIGHT black metal punk rock 'n' roll photo book with Statiknoise