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Life Imitates Shirt
"Corpse paint on shirt...corpse paint on face," writes Pat D. It is a little uncanny, like a hall of mirrors. Give it a...
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...
WORD CUP 2016
Roots of Motörhead Worship on Sirius XM
We ride hard and sweaty in bullet belts and black leather with Bulldozer, Sodom, Disfear, Midnight, Inepsy, Iron Bastards, Tank, Girlschool, Superchrist, Gehennah, and more!
MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Day in the Dirt! Slayer, Exodus, and Suicidal Tendencies Played on a Plywood Stage on This Day in 1983
The plywood stage went up in Berkeley on today's date in 1984, and Exodus, Slayer, and Suicidal Tendencies bonded and bled.
Swedish Death Metal in the Flesh
Daniel Ekeroth’s beloved Swedish Death Metal book has had some rabid supporters over the years,...
WRC Rally Cup
Hermaphrodite Jihad WTF?
I'm working on a metal logos book with the mighty Mark Riddick, and he turned...
Roots Explores European Hardcore on Sirius XM
Fly into a whirlwind pit tour of Europe, featuring over 30 years of classic and state-of-the-art hardcore punk from Germany, Sweden, Spain, Finland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and beyond.
WE GOT POWER!: Circle Jerks To Reissue VI, Long Out-of-Print 1987 LP
VI will again finally see light of day on February 5 in both vinyl and CD formats via the Real Gone label.
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CYCLING TOUR
DESEXULT: Speak Danish And F.O.A.D.
By popular demand (of a few dedicated misanthropes), here's a follow-up to the Samhain [Denmark] demo posting of a couple years ago. Within a year of releasing that "The Courier" demo, it dawned on the young Danes that the Samhain name was taken, and they switched to the snappy moniker Desexult and began besieging the world in demo tapes in earnest.
Pentagram Documentary LAST DAYS HERE Is Here
Don Argott and Demian Fenton have completed their documentary, Last Days Here.
Sun 11/6, Texas: Tony Rettman + Youth of Today Talk NYHC at Sound on...
Tony Rettman will lead a panel of reunited Youth of Today members to discuss NYHC: the book, the music, and the scene Tony's writing chronicles, celebrates, and brings to life with elbow-to-the-eyeball immediacy
SiriusXM Bloody Roots of Finnish Metal
While Swedish death metal rules supreme, and Norwegian black metal inflames imaginations, Nordic neighbors in Finland have created a stunning roll call of top quality, highly original metal bands.
McBeardo Salutes Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf” at Forty-Five
Would it blow your mind to know the song was not originally about smoking pot at all? Whoa!
TENNIS
Roots Metal Creator Series: The Accüsed & At the Gates |...
Mid-1980s Pacific Northwest splatter punks The Accüsed and tightly-wound melodic death metal masters At the Gates.
Sat 10/8, LA: WE GOT POWER! Photo Opening at Pop Obscure...
Four years ago, David Markey and Jordan Schwartz threw the loudest book release party in known recent history.
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Close the Beaches: ROOTS Celebrates SHARK WEEK! | on SiriusXM
Razor-sharp attacks from Accept, Wolf, Wehrmacht, Loincloth, Darkthrone, Warhead, Municipal Waste, the Acacia Strain, Gallows, Overkill, Squalus, and more.
Roots of 1985: Thrash Metal’s Arrival | 50 Years of Metal on SiriusXM
Ferocious assaults from Megadeth, Overkill, Slayer, Destruction, Kreator, Celtic Frost, Razor, Hirax, Artillery, Agent Steel, Possessed, and Anthrax
Roots of Classic Metallic Hardcore | 50 Years of Metal on SiriusXM
Discharge, Agnostic Front, Negative Approach, Raw Power, Die Kreuzen, G.B.H., Broken Bone, SNFU, Dr. Know, Angry Samoans, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, and more
Roots of Native American Metal | on Sirius XM
Native American metal bands including Nechochwen, Dying Tribe, Resistant Culture (pictured), Damage Overdose, Pan-Amerikan Native Front, Testament, and more.
ROOTS Walks Thirty Years of Entombed’s LEFT HAND PATH | on SiriusXM
We herald the thirty-year anniversary of LEFT HAND PATH, the debut masterpiece by Swedish death metal masters ENTOMBED
Roots of Metal Comeback Albums | on SiriusXM
A celebration of bands dormant for ten years or more, including Carcass, Angel Witch, Cirith Ungol, Immortal, At the Gates, Sacred Reich, Sleep & Exhorder
ROOTS of the 1980s Metal Demo Tape Trading Scene | on SiriusXM
Blasting the raw energy of early demo tapes by Megadeth, Metallica, Hellhammer, Morbid Angel, Carcass, Death, Nasty Savage and others.
Roots of the 1980 British Heavy Metal Invasion | on SiriusXM
Join us for an overwhelming deluge from the class of 1980 including Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Diamond Head, Angel Witch, Saxon, and more.
Roots of Metal Live Albums | on SiriusXM
Live classics by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Slayer and peak Pantera, plus extreme perfection by Morbid Angel, Emperor, and Entombed
Roots of Slayer’s Evil 1985 Masterpiece HELL AWAITS | on SiriusXM
We go track by track through Hell Awaits, including the Slayer originals plus tributes from Sinister, Fleshcrawl, Angelcorpse, Cradle of Filth and others.
Roots of Lonely Isolation Metal | on SiriusXM
Solitude, loneliness, and isolation from Candlemass, Obituary, Black Sabbath, Kreator, Testament, Cro-Mags, Cathedral, Rotten Sound, Forgotten Tomb & more
ROOTS of One-Man Metal Bands | on Sirius XM
Inspire your isolation with Bathory, Necrophagist, Leviathan, Thrones, Putrid Pile, Bloodsoaked, Insidious Decrepanc, Midnight, and Toxic Holocaust
Roots of Inspirational Power Metal | on SiriusXM
In the world's dark hour, a triumphant, uplifting hour of inspirational power metal by Demons & Wizards, Lost Horizon, Manowar, Hammerfall, Nocturnal Rites, Dragonforce, and more.
ROOTS of Funk Metal | on SiriusXM
Freaky, kinetic funk and metal conjured by Infectious Grooves, Funkadelic, Primus, Mr. Bungle, 24-7 Spyz, Sweaty Nipples, and much more.
Roots of Muscular Mid-1970s Metal | 50 Years of Metal on SiriusXM
Epic vintage heaviness by Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Rush, Rainbow, Thin Lizzy, Scorpions, and—a glimpse of the rise of punk—Motörhead and the Dead Boys.
ROOTS of Central American Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM
This week's metal history lesson taps the seven nations of Central America—Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, and El Salvador
ROOTS of the Early 1970s Proto-Metal Explosion | 50 Years of Metal on SiriusXM
early dinosaur steps by original proto-metal pioneers Budgie, Deep Purple, Captain Beyond, Sir Lord Baltimore, November, Flower Travellin' Band, Pentagram, Dust, Atomic Rooster, and early Judas Priest and Scorpions
ROOTS of Black Sabbath’s Debut | 50 Years of Metal II on SiriusXM
Fifty years since February 13, 1970, and the release of the first Black Sabbath LP
The Roots of Pre-Sabbath Heaviness | 50 Years of Metal I on SiriusXM
The Roots of Pre-Sabbath Heaviness | 50 Years of Metal I on SiriusXM
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Roots of Metal Sung in Native Tongues | on SiriusXM
Sweden's Opeth, Germany's Sodom, Brazil's Sepultura, China's Suffocated, France's Alcest, Iceland's Solstafir, plus entries from Finland, Norway, Poland, Russian, and Latin-America
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NYHC: Rolling Stone Mag on the Cro-Mags and Misfits’ Contributions to...
If you hear what sounds like the Cro-Mags blaring out over the ice or the gridiron...well, now you know.
