POPULAR NEWS
- All
- AC/DC
- Author Interviews
- Bazillion Points Books
- Black Women in Metal
- Choosing Death
- City Baby: GBH
- DEATH/BLACK METAL
- DEMO ARCHIVE
- Events
- Experiencing Nirvana
- Grunge
- HEAVY METAL
- Heavy Metal Movies
- Hellbent for Cooking
- Ian Christe
- Indie/DIY
- Mean Deviation: Prog Metal
- Mellodrama Mellotron Movie
- Metal Current Events
- Metal Photography
- Metalion Slayer Mag Diaries
- Midnight
- Misfits-Samhain-Danzig
- Movies
- Murder in the Front Row
- NYHC
- NYHC Band of the Week
- Only Death Is Real
- Podcasts
- Punk Rock
- PUNK/HARDCORE
- SDM Band of the Week
- Sensationsfilms
- Sheriff Andy McCoy
- SiriusXM Bloody Roots Show Playlists
- Sub Pop USA
- Swedish Death Metal
- Teen Movie Hell
- Teen Music Hell
- Touch and Go Book
- Van Halen Book
- Videos
- We Got Power
More
Roots of Black Metal Rock ‘n’ Roll
The fluid, feral variety of black metal that begins with early records by Venom and Bathory.
HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST Photo History Book Approaching
Former HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer and Bazillion Points Books have announced the forthcoming publication for 'Only Death Is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost."
WORD CUP 2016
Bloody Roots of Horror Writer H.P. Lovecraft and Metal on Sirius XM
Essential Lovecraft-inspired tracks by Black Sabbath, Metallica, Celtic Frost, Morbid Angel, Electric Wizard, the Black Dahlia Murder, and more.
Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Bruce Pavitt
Bruce Pavitt: "I put a lot of heart into this grunge rock 'microhistory'."
ROOTS Salutes Metal Doomfather Ozzy Osbourne | on SiriusXM
Ozzy's heaviest recordings with Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne solo, plus collaborations with Rick Wakeman, Tony Iommi, and Rob Zombie
WRC Rally Cup
Sat 8/23, Brooklyn: LAINA DAWES Talks Black Women in Metal at Afropunk Fest 2014
Greenlight and Bazillion Points present Laina Dawes at Afropunk fest 2014
The Meatmen/Tesco Vee/Touch & Go: The Final Nail in the European Coffin
As if the poor Europeans haven't suffered enough...
To prepare for this September onslaught we suggest you brush up on your US hardcore history.
Chthonic at Ozzfest Debut
The first free Ozzfest is today at White River Amphitheater in Seattle. Jose and Mario from Sirius Hard Attack are there handing out T-shirts...
SPORT NEWS
- Advertisement -
CYCLING TOUR
Whatever Happened to S.O.D.?
This very impressive Celtic Frost bro-down from September 2006 courtesy of Reed St. Mark's MySpace page. LINK
Bloody Roots of 2014 Metal Debuts on Sirius XM
This week's metal history lesson excavates some of the sharpest, hardest artifacts from the fresh dig site of 2014.
SUB POP USA’s Bruce Pavitt: “I Was Literally Visualizing Washington State as an Island”
"I visualized Screaming Trees from Ellensburg, and Girl Trouble from Tacoma, and Beat Happening from Olympia, and I thought, ‘We just need to network the state’."
MEFISTO Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Mikael Akerfeldt: "I was completely floored. For me Mefisto's The Puzzle is the Scandinavian death metal super classic."
Roots of Motörhead Worship on Sirius XM
Bulldozer, Sodom, Disfear, Midnight, Inepsy, Iron Bastards, Tank, Girlschool, Superchrist, Gehennah, and more.
TENNIS
Talkin’ Metal II: The Van Halen Years
While I was out X-massing the shit out of some holidays, the best-prepared interviewer in the land Mark Strigl posted our all-Van Halen interview...
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...
- Advertisement -
LATEST ARTICLES
ROOTS Remembers 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 of 2025 Metal Instrumentals | 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 Best of 2025: Thrash Metal’s 1985 Assault | 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 Worst of 2025: Metal’s A.I. Nightmare | on SiriusXM
A.I.-generated metal slop by Frostbite Orckings, Stei Camel, Artificial Steel, Fog Inhaler, Vaporous Grave, and more, as metal faces its worst nightmare this week on Roots
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 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
MOST COMMENTED
The 30th Anniversary of Cliff Burton’s First Gig With Metallica, 3/5/83
March 5, 2013, marked the 30th anniversary of the first show Cliff Burton played as bassist of Metallica
