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Frost-worshipping plunges into cold oblivion by Exhumed, Vader, Immortal, At the Gates, Voivod, Unleashed, Usurper, Satyricon, Paradise Lost, Accept, and more.

ROOTS OF BLACK METAL ROCK 'N' ROLL Week of January 26, 2019 Sat 1/26, 6PM ET Sun 1/27, 1PM ET Mon 1/28, 9AM ET Tues 1/29, 4PM ET Thurs 1/31,...

Aggressive German thrash metal masters Kreator and epic Swedish doom metal lords Candlemass, including tracks by Napalm Death and Oceans of Slumber.

A lively, unbrutal hour of freaky, kinetic funk and metal conjured by Infectious Grooves, Funkadelic, Primus, Ignorance, Scatterbrain, Mr. Bungle, 24-7 Spyz, and more.

Roots catches the finest, most ferocious metal offerings of 2018 this week.

Join us as Roots wraps up the busy year 2018 with a recap of the strongest debut offerings of the year.

Picking up with the return of original drummer Dave Lombardo in 2002 and continuing through the Christ Illusion, World Painted Blood, and Repentless albums.

ROOTS FAREWELL TO SLAYER, PART III: REAPING IN THE 1990sWeek of Dec. 8, 2018 Sat 12/8, 6PM ETSun 12/9, 1PM ETMon 12/10, 9AM ETTues 12/11,...

A look at Slayer's Def Jam era and three classic albums Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, and Seasons in the Abyss.

BAZILLION POINTS Book Signing and Q&A Sunday, Dec. 2, 6 P.M., Decibel Metal + Beer Fest L.A. Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles Bazillion Points...

We begin to wrap up 2018's metal milestones with a farewell to the almighty Slayer

Mid-1980s Pacific Northwest splatter punks The Accüsed and tightly-wound melodic death metal masters At the Gates.

Our thirty-year thrashback series turns toward the great unknown in 1988, when metal grew into new thematic and musical territory.

ROOTS Salute to Queen | Metal History on SiriusXM Week of November 3, 2018 Sat 11/3, 6PM ET Sun 11/4, 1PM ET Mon 11/5, 9AM ET Tues 11/6, 4PM...

ROOTS OF GHASTLY GHOSTS IN METAL | HALLOWEEN on SIRIUSXM Week of October 27, 2018 Sat 10/27, 6PM ET Sun 10/28, 1PM ET Mon 10/29, 9AM ET Tues 10/30,...

Roots of Horror Film-Inspired Metal Songs | Halloween on Sirius XM Week of Oct. 20, 2018 Sat 10/20, 6PM ET Sun 10/21, 1PM ET Mon 10/22, 9AM ET Tues...

Roots of the Bloodthirsty Metal Vampires | Halloween on SiriusXM Week of October 13, 2018 Sat 10/13, 6PM ET Sun 10/14, 1PM ET Mon 10/15, 9AM ET Tues 10/16,...

Grab a shovel and dig Dream Death, Mercyful Fate, Cannibal Corpse, Hell, Venom, Obituary, Exciter, Terrorizer, Entombed, Dr. Know, Nunslaughter, and more!

Incantations, hymns, and headbanging madness from Tengger Cavalry, Skyclad, Mezarkabul, Cemican, Yomi, Eluveitie, Hardingrock, Heilung, Primordial, Chthonic, Zeal & Ardor, and more

Besides Slayer, Metallica, and Megadeth, L.A. was a caustic crucible for Detente, Agent Steel, Holy Terror, Evil Dead, Dark Angel, and the Venice club of bands.