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MERCILESS Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Merciless will set sail on the Close-Up Boat along with fellow brigands Entombed, Unleashed, Grave, Necrophobic, Centinex, Interment, God Macabre, and General Surgery
Holy Truck!
Japanese Dekotura -- "decorated truck" -- culture proves the Decepticons won the war. Now you can move into a new neighborhood in a vehicle...
WORD CUP 2016
UNCANNY …Is Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
In 1987, two pre-teen(!) children Fredrik Norrman (later in Katatonia) and Kennet Englund (later in Interment, Moondark, and Dellamorte) started playing music together
Roots of Jazz in Metal | on SiriusXM
Flip your wig with sax-soaked madness from pioneers Painkiller, Flying Luttenbachers, Ephel Death, and Yakuza
ROOTS Celebrates 35 Years of Iron Maiden’s Number of the Beast on SiriusXM
A barnstorming assault of instant classic anthems that introduced new singer Bruce Dickinson and catapulted the band into worldwide headlining status.
WRC Rally Cup
Live Strong, Go See Iron Maiden
Check it out: the two heads on the right of this row of people being astonished by Iron Maiden at Madison Square Garden belong...
The ROOTS Pantera Refresher Session for Summer 2023 | on SiriusXM
Pantera captured live, plus tributes from Whitechapel, Cataract, Aborted, and Dream Theater. Down and Damageplan also feature.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Death ‘N Roll
As they matured, brutal death metal innovators like Entombed, Carcass, and the members of Furbowl rediscovered the sleazy groove of rock 'n roll.
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CYCLING TOUR
Mark Evans Recounts His Classic AC/DC Days in Sweden Rock
Dirty Deeds author Mark Evans is probably the only known core ex-member of a giant musical entity ever to be invited and then (after...
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Father’s Day Special
Black Sabbath, Bathory, Manowar, Altar, Orchid, Exodus, Immolation, Amon Amarth, Bestial Mockery, and more!
Tesco Vee Gazes at the Backside of 2012
Hot on the rails of our year-end lists from Mean Deviation author Jeff Wagner and Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries author Jon Kristiansen comes...
Postal Worker Backbreak: SWEDISH DEATH METAL Hardcovers w/Patches Are in the Mail
We made 500 hardcovers and 500 sewn patches to commemorate the latest reprint of our first-ever release, SWEDISH DEATH METAL, by Daniel Ekeroth.
Bloody Roots of Mechanized Industrial Metal on Sirius XM
Technically enhanced tracks by Fear Factory, Mortiis, Ministry, the Berzerker, Godflesh (pictured), plus brand new music by Norway's Mysticum and the Lindemann project
TENNIS
Sacrilege: Before Commercialism
"You can copy this tape and its cover all you want and spread it around -- thanks, Strephon Taylor."
Okay! That's the handwritten message on...
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Darkthrone
In honor of Darkthrone's new record, The Underground Resistance, and 25 years of unrelenting exploration of metal
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ROOTS of Resinated 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 R.I.P. Mike Browning, Death Metal Genius | on SiriusXM
Mike Browning's life of devil music, space exploration, Egyptology, and octopus worship w/ tracks by Nocturnus, Morbid Angel, Incubus, Artificial Brain, Acheron, After Death
ROOTS Recap of 2025 Metal Debuts | on SiriusXM
Check out these newcomers, plus familiar faces including members of Pantera, Pig Destroyer, Exodus, Death Angel, Cannibal Corpse, and Municipal Waste
ROOTS of the New Wave of Metallic British Hardcore | on SiriusXM
Playlist of a rash of new UK bands that naturally combine hardcore with death metal, metalcore, thrash, sludge, and even nu metal
ROOTS Salutes the Godfather of Gore | on SiriusXM
Ghoul, Rigor Mortis, Exhumed, Rob Zombie, the Misfits and others serve savage cuts inspired by H.G. Lewis's blood-splattered classics
ROOTS of Swedish Crust Metal | 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 Songs About Metal’s Own 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 METAL COLLABS | on SiriusXM
Join us for a harmonious hit parade of metal collaborations going back decades, including Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy, plus Carcass, Metallica, Soulfly, Body Count, Ihsahn, Udo, Tom Araya, and many more
ROOTS of ANTHRAX | on SiriusXM
Anthrax, S.O.D., Bud E. Love Bomb, plus tributes by Hatesphere, Deceased, Nocturnal Breed, Caliban, Grave, and more. Catch the mosh disease!
ROOTS of Progressive Thrash Metal | SiriusXM Playlist
Crazed, overclocked progressive thrash by Watchtower, Coroner, Voivod, Mekong Delta, Toxic, Vektor, Black Fast, Cryptic Shift, Vexovoid... more!
ROOTS of the DOGS OF METAL | on SiriusXM
Bark at the satellite with tracks by Opeth, Exciter, Leash Law, Venom, Brutal Truth, the Red Chord, Motorhead, Forgotten Tomb, Acacia Strain, Caninus
ROOTS of Melodic Death Metal | on SiriusXM
Furious blasts and breakdowns from Sick of It All, Murphy's Law, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Warzone, Crumbsuckers, Gorilla Biscuits, Madball, Sheer Terror, more
ROOTS of New York Hardcore | on SiriusXM
Furious blasts and breakdowns from Sick of It All, Murphy's Law, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Warzone, Crumbsuckers, Gorilla Biscuits, Madball, Sheer Terror, more
ROOTS of Spring Break Metal | on SiriusXM
Sun, surf, sand, and slams by Sodom, Blast!, M.O.D., Necronomisurf, Sacred Reich, Acid Age, Motörhead, Party Cannon, Los Springbreakers...
ROOTS of JUDAS PRIEST’s Sad Wings of Destiny at 50 | on SiriusXM
Sad Wings of Destiny w/ Judas Priest 1970s live recordings, album tracks, and tributes by Forbidden, Mercyful Fate, Overkill, Steel Prophet, and Six Feet Under
ROOTS of Birmingham’s UK Metal Heritage | 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 of Death Metal Demos | on SiriusXM
Richmond pioneers Sliang Laos, Breadwinner, the Kenmores, Gwar, plus modern riff farmers Municipal Waste, Loincloth, Windhand, Enforced, and Inter Arma
ROOTS of the Richmond Virginia Scene | on SiriusXM
Richmond pioneers Sliang Laos, Breadwinner, the Kenmores, Gwar, plus modern riff farmers Municipal Waste, Loincloth, Windhand, Enforced, and Inter Arma
ROOTS of 40 Years of Master of Puppets | on SiriusXM
A terrifying trek across the creepy cosmos with Vektor, Nocturnus, Hypocrisy, Cryptic Shift, Blood Incantation, Wormed, Artificial Brain, Voivod, Gigan, & more
ROOTS of Successor Bands | on SiriusXM
A terrifying trek across the creepy cosmos with Vektor, Nocturnus, Hypocrisy, Cryptic Shift, Blood Incantation, Wormed, Artificial Brain, Voivod, Gigan, & more
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MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: We Lost Cliff Burton 30...
Thirty years have now passed, and so many questions continue to gnaw about what could have been.
