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Roots of Metal and Orchestral Collaborations | on SiriusXM
Are orchestral collaborations overindulgent, or the ultimate expression of metal majesty?
Paul Stanley’s Lousy Paintings
Paul Stanley of Kiss is going through his "blue-fauvist-whee-this-is-fun" period as an artist. It's fun to watch a creative spirit grow and learn --...
WORD CUP 2016
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Progressive Metal: The 1990s
With guest Jeff Wagner (Mean Deviation), Bloody Roots hits the 1990s prog metal jackpot with Dream Theater, Coroner, Amorphis, Arcturus, Cynic, Opeth, and more!
Bloody Roots Year-End 2015 Instro-Metal Show on Sirius XM
For the final new Bloody Roots metal history lesson of 2015, we shut down the vocals
and let in the pouring deluge of 2015's best metal instrumentals.
Rooster on Rye
This "heavy" 1972 session by proto-metal bangers Atomic Rooster is legendary because replacement singer Chris...
WRC Rally Cup
Mustaine: "My Eyes Are Watering"
Funny footage here from French TV of Dave Mustaine struggling to play "Hangar 18," Guitar...
ROOTS of 2020 Metal Debuts | on Sirius XM
Show up and show your support for a global array of recent arrivals including Schizophrenia, Symbolik, Glacier, Meurtrieres, Cult of Lilith, Possessed Steel, Faidra, Sweven, Konvent, and others.
Leviathan: Chris Barnes Before the Cough Drops
Amazing revelation time—I wanted to post this great 1987 deathly thrash demo by Leviathan, but...
CYCLING TOUR
NYHC: Tony Rettman’s Gotta Fight for Breakdown Vinyl Reissues
The always-on-point tag-team of Painkiller Records and 540 Records rescued this classic bit of rage from the digital-only wasteland, remastered it from the original tapes and placed it on a nice, thick slice of proper vinyl.
Sacrifice: Cut off head! Cut off head! Cut off Head!
Here's a juicy bone plucked from the death/thrash/black metal cauldron of 1985. Toronto quartet Sacrifice were nearly as fast and lethal as any other...
Swedish Death Metal Awaits…
The demo digitization program has slowed a little lately while I prepare the the US edition of Daniel Ekeroth's outstanding Swedish Death Metal for...
METALION: Fenriz of Darkthrone Sort-of Elected to Kolbotn Town Council on a Firm “Please...
He submitted a photo of himself holding his cat, along with the perfect campaign pitch: "Don't vote for me."
Kazjurol: Bonded By Love = Total Fagersta
Not many people know this, because the launch date is still several months away, but I've started a small publishing company, and the second...
TENNIS
ROOTS Metal Year in Review: The Beasts of 2018 | on...
Roots catches the finest, most ferocious metal offerings of 2018 this week.
Roots Remembers Death Metal Pioneer Frank “Killjoy” Pucci of Necrophagia on...
This week we mourn and mark a place in metal history for death metal pioneer Frank "Killjoy" Pucci of Necrophagia.
LATEST ARTICLES
ROOTS of Metal Re-Recordings | on SiriusXM
Metal do-overs for Exodus, Anthrax, Testament, Sodom, Destructions, Sepultura, Dimmu Borgir, and more.
ROOTS of Post-2010 Death Metal Apostles | on SiriusXM
Joyously rotten brutality by Tomb Mold, Horrendous, Gruesome, Gatecreeper, Undeath, Blood Incantation, Frozen Soul, 200 Stab Wounds, and more
ROOTS of NYDM | New York Death Metal | on SiriusXM
Scrape the NY sidewalks w/Suffocation, Immolation, Incantation, Mortician, plus Pyrexia, Malignancy, Demolition Hammer, Internal Bleeding
ROOTS Metal Creator Series: Midnight & Cirith Ungol | on SiriusXM
Unravel the raw mystery of MIDNIGHT and bid farewell to unique pioneers CIRITH UNGOL
ROOTS of Women in Extreme Metal | on SiriusXM
Join us in celebration of Détente, Adorior, Arch Enemy, Derketa, Sacrilege UK, Cloud Rat, Nervosa, Znowhite, Thorr's Hammer, and many more
ROOTS of Classic 1980s Power Metal…and the Ongoing Mystery Band | on SiriusXM
The 1980s power metal mystery lives... help ID the mystery track and check out similar classics by Overkill, Jag Panzer, Riot, Helstar
ROOTS Honors 30 Years of Emperor’s In the Nightside Eclipse | on SiriusXM
We celebrate 30 years of Emperor's In the Nightside Eclipse Norwegian black metal masterpiece
ROOTS Metal Superbowl 2024: San Francisco vs. Kansas City
Order from Chaos, Anacrusis, Coalesce, Origin, Hammerhedd face down Bay Area forces w/ Testament, Death Angel, Exodus, Autopsy, and Forbidden
ROOTS of Metal and Hardcore’s Rarest Records | on SiriusXM 40
A fortune in metal and hardcore vinyl by Bathory, Iron Maiden, Judge and Mayhem, plus Flames of Hell, Militia, Paradoxx, Fallout and more
ROOTS of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS IN METAL | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
Roll to hit with Visigoth, Sabbat, Lair of the Minotaur, 3 Inches of Blood, The Black Dahlia Murder, Bolt Thrower, Gygax, Black Sabbath...
ROOTS of Heavy Straight Edge | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
Minor Threat, SSD, Slapshot, Uniform Choice, Youth of Today, Judge, plus Year of the Knife, Eyeteeth, Kublai Khan, xWeaponx, and Earth Crisis
ROOTS Metal Debuts of 2023 | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
2023 metal newcomers High Priest, Better Lovers, Writhe, Burner, Serpent Corpse, Gel, the Mosaic Window, Pest Control, Bjørko, and many more
ROOTS Praises Metal Gods JUDAS PRIEST | on SiriusXM
Praising Judas Priest with tributes from Slayer, Metallica, Kreator, Overkill, Mercyful Fate, Abbath, Death, Fates Warning, Motörhead and more
ROOTS Full-Contact Metal Dance Party | on SiriusXM
Violator, Lich King, S.O.D., Municipal Waste, Anthrax, Whiplash, Motörhead, Suicidal Tendencies, and Obituary deliver metal dance anthems.
ROOTS of 2023 Instrumental Metal | on Sirius XM
Brief entries by In Flames, Orbit Culture, Horrendous, and Blackbraid, plus epic majesty from Lesotho, the Death Wheelers, Night Verses, Periphery, and Immortal
ROOTS Intro to Japanese Metal Idols | on Sirius XM
Metal idol and related bands including Fruitpochette, Passcode, Necronomidol, Band Maid, XOXO Extreme, Lovebites, Satanic Punish & Babymetal
ROOTS Full Metal Farewell to KISS | on Sirius XM
Review of the heaviest KISS songs plus tributes by Death, Hammerfall, Dimebag Darrell, Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Bathory, Melvins, Entombed, more
ROOTS of SLAYER’s Show No Mercy at 40 | on SiriusXM
SLAYER's debut track-by-track, including tributes by Dissection, Entombed, the Chasm, Wolf, Necrophobic, Gruesome, Noisem, and more. Evil!
ROOTS Gives Thanks for Metal Doomfather Ozzy Osbourne | on SiriusXM
50 years of the heaviest Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne solo, and collaborations with Rick Wakeman, Tony Iommi, and Rob Zombie, only on ROOTS
ROOTS of Native American Metal: 2023 Edition | on SiriusXM
Tracks by Hell Throne, Blood Wolf, Testament, Blackbraid, Nechochwen, the Yoties w/Sage Bond, Under Exile, Testify, Resistant Culture, I Don't Konform, and more