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Bloody Roots of Brutal Death Metal in 2019 | on SiriusXM
Gorge on up-to-date 2019 atrocities from Devourment, Breeding Ignorance, Rupturation, Organectomy, Rendered Helpless, Delirium Carnage, Urosepsis, and Rings of Saturn
Bloody Roots of Tenth Albums by Unstoppable Metal Lifers on Sirius XM
High points, low points, and points of departure on tenth studio albums by a variety of unstoppable metal lifers
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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.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Heavy Metal Movies: Halloween Edition, w/Mike “McBeardo” McPadden
Mike "McBeardo" McPadden, author of HEAVY METAL MOVIES, joins host Ian Christe for a Halloween edition of Bloody Roots dedicated to metal scares and music by Megadeth, Entombed, Melvins, Goblin, Possessed, Fantomas, Type O Negative, S.O.D., Misfits, and more
ROOTS of Metal Re-Recordings | on SiriusXM
Metal do-overs for Exodus, Anthrax, Testament, Sodom, Destructions, Sepultura, Dimmu Borgir, and more.
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Bloody Roots of Arizona Dry Hate on Sirius XM: AZ Thrash Metal Demos 1985-1992
BLOODY ROOTS OF ARIZONA DRY HATE: AZ THRASH METAL DEMOS 1985-1992
Week of May 14, 2016
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ROOTS Looks at the NWOBHM in 1981 | on SiriusXM
Essential and genre-defining heavy metal classics by Saxon, Iron Maide, Tygers, Venom, Raven, Motörhead, Girlschool, Tank, and more
MACABRE END: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Macabre End only released one demo and an EP before deciding to call it quits, but they sounded like seasoned veterans.
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Bloody Roots of New Music by Norway’s Black Metal Elite on Sirius XM
Bloody Roots returns to the scene of the crimes and investigates the impressing current crop of new releases by members of Emperor, Immortal, Enslaved, Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum, Gorgoroth, Satyricon, Arcturus, and Taake.
Roots of Australian Atmospheric Black Metal | on Sirius XM
Check out early entries from ten years back by Austere and Woods of Desolation, plus current offerings by the mournful and majestic Aquilus, Somnium Vox, Thrall, and more.
The Torture Playlist
I guess if anybody hates Christianity more than Glen Benton, it's al-Qaeda. My former patrons (briefly) over at Mother Jones have compiled a streaming...
SiriusXM Bloody Roots of NWOBHM Veterans in the 2010s
Thirty years after saving heavy music with the NWOBHM, many of those young lions remain active elders in the loud music scene.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Metal Supergroups
When metal luminaries unite, do they create white-hot new stars, or are the results less than the sum of their parts?
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Bloody Roots of Ozzfest Year One—1996 on SiriusXM
Though the success launched a legend, the outcome was never guaranteed.
Roots Metal Creator Series: Metal Church & Dismember | on SiriusXM
Pacific Northwest heavy metal missionaries Metal Church, and Stockholm's massive death metal masters Dismember.
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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 SiriusXM
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
ROOTS of 1995: Metal’s Big Reboot | on SiriusXM
A celebration of 1995 releases by Death, Immortal, Dissection, Fear Factory, At the Gates, Down, Meshuggah, Opeth, Slipknot and more


























































