ONLY DEATH IS REAL: “New” Hellhammer Single from 1983 Due in August

Despite dissolving more than thirty years ago, and absolutely not reuniting, Swiss extreme metal trailblazers Hellhammer will issue a "new" seven-inch single, "Blood Insanity,"...

Dirty Rotten Imbeciles: But Wait…There’s a New D.R.I. Record!

This marks our MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW coauthor Harald Oimoen's official recording debut after spending nearly two decades in the band.

Bloody Roots of Metal’s mid-1990s Alternative Love Affair on Sirius XM

Where were you in 1995, when metal bands starting wearing black fingernail polish and getting into moody, groovy alternative sounds?

Bloody Roots Excavates Thirty Festering Years of REPULSION’s Horrified on Sirius XM

Grab a spade and a key to the cemetery gate, this week's metal history show examines the June 1986 recording of REPULSION's visionary debut LP, Horrified.

Bloody Roots of French Metal on Sirius XM

A thirty-year salute to the dramatic, mind-bending metal of America's oldest ally

Bloody Roots Lucky Year 13 Metal History Launch Party on Sirius XM

Ian Christe kicks off the thirteenth season of Bloody Roots. Triskaidekaphobes beware! Tracks by Bathory, the Accused, Venom, Pig Destroyer, Serpent Throne, Anthrax, Megadeth, Mercyful Fate, 13, Portal, Danzig, Anvil, and many others.

Bloody Roots of Viking Metal on Sirius XM

Heed the call of the horns of Enslaved, Bathory, Manowar, Windir, Ensiferum, Tyr, Helheim, Amon Amarth, Viking Throne, and others.

UNLEASHED Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week

"Among the pioneering masterpieces of Swedish death metal."

Long Before Amon Amarth, Faithful Breath Was Floating Around on a Homemade Viking Longship

Basically, the next person who tells you heavy metal takes itself too seriously needs to go jump in a lake.

Bloody Roots Welcomes Luc Lemay of GORGUTS on SiriusXM

This week host Ian Christe welcomes French-Canadian death metal mastermind Luc Lemay of Gorguts.

Friday 6/10, Asbury Park, NJ: Tony Rettman Q&A at NEW BREED Comp Doc Screening

This Friday, a supreme chronicle of hardcore cassette culture finds Asbury Park, New Jersey, as The ShowRoom hosts a screening of the New Breed...

Bloody Roots of Gothic Doom Metal on Sirius XM

On this week's heavy metal metal history lesson, we revisit the somber, crushing tones of massive Goth-influence metal.

WE GOT POWER!: Joe Carducci’s Four-Hour 1980s DIY Immersion on WFMU

Above: "Carducci: The Man, The Shirt" SST Records ad from WE GOT POWER! #3, May 1982 WE GOT POWER! essayist (and Rock and the Pop...

METALION: Nifelheim’s Post-Nuke, Total Spikes, Skulled, Thrash ‘Til Death Video for “Devil’s Wrath”

The saturated red and black clip is loaded to the max with skulls, dive-bombs, nuclear explosions, spikes, and, of course, swilling beer.

Bloody Roots Intro to NYHC: New York Hardcore on Sirius XM

NYHC bands like Agnostic Front, Nihilistics, Cause for Alarm, Cro-Mags, Reagan Youth, and many others banded together to create a hard, physical sound and culture that thrives to this day.

Bloody Roots Salutes Forty Years of Twisted Fucking Sister on Sirius XM

BLOODY ROOTS SALUTES FORTY YEARS OF TWISTED FUCKING SISTER on SIRIUS XM Week of May 21, 2016 Sat 5/21, 6PM ET Sun 5/22, 1PM ET Mon 5/23, 9AM ET Tues...

WE GOT POWER!: Fred Armisen’s Tribute to Jordan Schwartz & Herb Lienau

Comedian Fred Armisen has ventured back into Bazillion Points territory, this time posting a portrait of WE GOT POWER! author Jordan Schwartz and mainstay...

Bloody Roots of Arizona Dry Hate on Sirius XM: AZ Thrash Metal Demos 1985-1992

BLOODY ROOTS OF ARIZONA DRY HATE: AZ THRASH METAL DEMOS 1985-1992 Week of May 14, 2016 Sat 5/14, 6PM ET Sun 5/15, 1PM ET Mon 5/16, 9AM ET Tues...

Bloody Roots of Crushing Psychedelic Doom Metal on Sirius XM

Bloody Roots of Crushing Psychedelic Doom Metal on Sirius XM Week of May 7, 2016 Sat 5/7, 6PM ET Sun 5/8, 1PM ET Mon 5/9, 9AM ET Tues 5/10,...

Bloody Roots of Death’s Scream Bloody Gore on Sirius XM

BLOODY ROOTS OF DEATH's SCREAM BLOODY GORE on Sirius XM Week of April 30, 2016 Sat 4/30, 6PM ET Sun 5/1, 1PM ET Mon 5/2, 9AM ET Tues 5/3,...