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Roots of the Metal Blade Records Metal Massacre Compilation Series
Featured are a dozen of the many bands first exposed to the world via their Metal Massacre appearances.
Tony Iommi Signed My ’73 Gibson SG Special
I had a chance to have Tony Iommi, grand wizard of the horned Gibson, sign my battered SG last year, but I passed. I...
WORD CUP 2016
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
Who Let the Long-Haired, Distortion-Crazed Seattle Rockers Loose on 1980s Europe?
The evidence of Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Tad romping across Italy, West Germany, Switzerland, France, England, and the rest of Western Europe is forthcoming in October via Experiencing Nirvana.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Honors Morbid Angel’s Covenant After 20 Years
The twenty-year legacy of Morbid Angel's breakthrough Covenant album, the pioneering first-ever major label death metal record.
WRC Rally Cup
SoCal Punk Invasion: WE GOT POWER! Author Event at Perihelion Arts, Phoenix, 10/4
Opening Sept. 20 with an artist/author reception to follow on Oct. 4 featuring David Markey and Jordan Schwartz
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.
ROOTS of 2021 METAL DEBUTS – PART 1 | on SiriusXM
Please welcome Demiser, Silver Talon, Morgal, Frozen Soul, Crypta, Go Ahead and Die, Fortress, Cryptosis, Diabolizer, and more
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Every Issue of Slayer Mag Plus Every Known Copy of METALION: The Slayer Mag...
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Here's an image that—when viewed at full size—will consume all oxygen in any size space, leaving a dangerous sulfurous near-vacuum and...
Bloody Roots of Ozzfest Year One—1996 on SiriusXM
Though the success launched a legend, the outcome was never guaranteed.
An Eye for an Eye, A Ewe for an Itune!
Enslaved makes black metal music, while Norwegian political party leader Lars Sponheim raises sheep. Sponheim has been making a lot of noise about declaring...
MORBID INSULTER: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Another week, another black gem from the lengthy band appendix of Daniel Ekeroth's book Swedish Death Metal.
No Mosh, No Trend, No Resurrection
Helvete, Oslo, Norway, Easter Day 2006
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MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Day in the Dirt! Slayer, Exodus,...
The plywood stage went up in Berkeley on today's date in 1984, and Exodus, Slayer, and Suicidal Tendencies bonded and bled.
NYHC: Upcoming “New Breed” Cassette Comp. Film Screenings in NY &...
The tireless Freddy Alva has produced a documentary about his own classic New Breed cassette—an heavy-hitting product of its environment that holds up extremely well.
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ROOTS of Sticky Green Marijuana Metal | on SiriusXM
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ROOTS of Metal Re-Recordings | on SiriusXM
Metal do-overs for Exodus, Anthrax, Testament, Sodom, Destructions, Sepultura, Dimmu Borgir, and more.
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ROOTS Metal Creator Series: Midnight & Cirith Ungol | on SiriusXM
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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
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Order from Chaos, Anacrusis, Coalesce, Origin, Hammerhedd face down Bay Area forces w/ Testament, Death Angel, Exodus, Autopsy, and Forbidden
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ROOTS of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS IN METAL | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
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ROOTS of Heavy Straight Edge | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
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ROOTS Praises Metal Gods JUDAS PRIEST | on SiriusXM
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ROOTS Full-Contact Metal Dance Party | on SiriusXM
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ROOTS of 2023 Instrumental Metal | on Sirius XM
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ROOTS Full Metal Farewell to KISS | on Sirius XM
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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