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Mean Deviation in Decibel Mag: Death & the Florida Progressives
The timing couldn't be better for Jeff Wagner's Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal. Decibel Magazine excerpt.
Jon Kristiansen at Oslo’s Popsenteret
Below is a picture of Bazillion Points author Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen—sporting an appropriate SLAYER MAG t-shirt and a Morbid hoodie—posing in the Slayer Mag...
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ROOTS Metal Year in Review: The Beasts of 2018 | on SiriusXM
Roots catches the finest, most ferocious metal offerings of 2018 this week.
"He Likes My Shirt!"
Just for you, a photo of the spiffy Burzum shirt worn by a gay German...
PAPSMEAR: Reign in Pap
Las Vegas sleazers Papsmear were the go-to local band for crossover acts touring across the desert during the key year of 1986.
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WE GOT POWER!: HENRY ROLLINS Performs Acid Trip Essay “Everything Was Heavy” on Comedy Central
The tale concerns Rollins' arrival in Los Angeles in the early 1980s, at which point a Black Flag bandmate encourages him to take an LSD trip.
Cop Shoot Cop: No Shoulder to Cry On
I'm pretty sure Cop Shoot Cop is the best band New York City ever produced,...
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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Groovy Aardvark: Ants Have No Chance
Three or four years ago, I went to Montreal a few days before New Year's, and lucked out to catch a special show at...
Mean Deviation Author & Prog Metal Guru Jeff Wagner’s Best of 2012
Mean Deviation Author & Prog Metal Guru Jeff Wagner's Best of 2012
CHOOSING DEATH: Kreator +Obituary +Midnight +Horrendous Cutting Heads on 2017 Decibel Magazine Tour
Decibel, the black-hearted monthly extreme metal culture tract helmed by Choosing Death author Albert Mudrian, has announced the 2017 lineup of its annual take-no-prisoners tour.
SWEDISH DEATH METAL: Sweden Affirms Alex Hellid’s Right to Make ENTOMBED Beer
This beer doesn't exist. But if you want a picture of Entombed with beer, just search Google for the word "Entombed"
As Entombed A.D. crushes...
Worshipping the Blue Devils
My old high school has redesigned its Blue Devil team mascot using sophisticated computer rendering (see above). If you run a small semi-bootleg record...
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Carving a Giant Wave With Emperor, Surf-Style
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I'm completely in awe of "Mr. Meddled," a musical parodist whose genius and skill apparently rivals Ihsahn of Emperor but extends to the surf rock genre
SUB POP USA: The Sub Pop 2016 Loser Scholarship Deadline Approaching!
"As longtime and proud losers ourselves, we’re exceedingly happy to be able, in some small way, to help further the education of art-enthused misfits from the NW."
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Roots of 21st Century Metal Comebacks | on SiriusXM
Featuring bands dormant for ten years or more, including Carcass, Angel Witch, Cirith Ungol, Exhorder, At the Gates, Sacred Reich, Sleep
Roots Remembers Edward Lodewijk Van Halen | on SiriusXM
This week we remember Eddie Van Halen, the king of heavy metal guitar.
ROOTS of 1990: Thrash Metal’s Hour of Reckoning | on SiriusXM
Prime 1990 offerings by Destruction, Megadeth, Exodus, Forbidden, Artillery, Anthrax, Prong, Kreator, and Suicidal Tendencies
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Infectious plague- and pandemic-themed tracks by Cannibal Corpse, Death, Slayer, Pestilence, Kreator, Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, and more
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Fifty years of Black Sabbath's PARANOID, exploring its creation, bracing lyrics, and tributes by Slayer, Megadeth, Type O Negative, and more
Roots of Killing Joke | on SiriusXM
In the ominous, relentless world of Killing Joke: four decades of heavy tracks and covers by Metallica, Prong, Fear Factory, Behemoth, Helmet
ROOTS of Black Sabbath’s Debut | 50 Years of Metal on SiriusXM
Roots celebrates the birth of heavy metal and fifty years since February 13, 1970, and the release of the first Black Sabbath LP
ANTIDOTE | NYHC Band of the Week
Matt Warnke, Bold: "Antidote's Thou Shalt Not Kill is one of the singularly sickest, most perfect blasts of hardcore ever created."
ROOTS of Post-Black Metal | on SiriusXM
Sounds from the black metal toolbox—but don't call it black metal—by Solstafir, Deafheaven, Altar of Plagues, Oranssi Pazuzu, and more
ROOTS of Interstellar Outer Space Metal | on SiriusXM
Look to the stars and listen for tracks by Gojira, Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Voivod, Blood Incantation, Satyricon, Iron Maiden, and more
ROOTS of 2019 Metal Debuts, Parts I & II | on SiriusXM
Featuring Idle Hands, Creeping Death, Judiciary, Devil Master, Gaahls Wyrd, Nocturnus A.D., Ithaca, Wormwitch, Gravefields, Black Passage, and more.
ROOTS of 1990: Death Metal’s Big Breakout | on SiriusXM
Gruesome instant classic 1990 records by Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Obituary, Nocturnus, Paradise Lost, and, of course, Entombed
ROOTS Riots for 50 YEARS of the Stooges Fun House | on SiriusXM
Join us for a fifty-year Fun House party with tracks by the Stooges, Iggy Pop solo, Pig Destroyer, Suicidal Tendencies, the Damned, Antiseen, Monster Magnet, Slayer, and others
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
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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.
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Mike Atta from O.G. hardcore band Middle Class was diagnosed with stage IV kidney cancer in 2009.
