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The ROOTS Pantera Refresher Session for Summer 2023 | on SiriusXM

The ROOTS Pantera Refresher Session for Summer 2023 | on SiriusXM
Week of July 29, 2023

Sat 7/29, 6PM ET
Sun 7/30, 1PM ET
Mon 7/31, 9AM ET
Tues 8/1, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/3, 9PM ET

This week we rise to greet of the return of Pantera as a touring entity, with a full hour refresher course on the Texan 1990s metal juggernaut. Check out plenty of Pantera captured live in their element, plus tributes from metalcore, death metal, and progressive directions by Whitechapel, Cataract, Aborted, and Dream Theater...

ROOTS of 1983: The Storm Before the Thrash | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of 1983: The Storm Before the Thrash | on SiriusXM
Week of July 15, 2023

Sat 7/15, 6PM ET
Sun 7/16, 1PM ET
Mon 7/17, 9AM ET
Tues 7/18, 4PM ET
Thurs 7/20, 9PM ET

With the 40th anniversary of Metallica’s 1983 debut Kill ‘Em All in our sights, today we explore the bands that year that pushed classic heavy metal to its limits, setting the stage for Kill ‘Em All and Slayer’s Show No Mercy soon after. Join us for a molten, face-melting hour of 1983 ragers by Exciter, Raven, Satan, Venom, Accept,...

ROOTS of Brazilian Metal Veterans | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of Brazilian Metal Veterans | on SiriusXM
Week of July 8, 2023

Sat 7/8, 6PM ET
Sun 7/9, 1PM ET
Mon 7/10, 9AM ET
Tues 7/11, 4PM ET
Thurs 7/13, 9PM ET

Whatever happened to the pioneers of the 1980s Brazilian metal uprising? Glad to report most are still pounding out raw, unique metal today. Join us for a gathering of tracks from 2018 through 2023 by Mutilator, Cavalera, MX, Ratos de Porao, The Troops of Doom, Holocausto, Vulcano, Mystifier, Sepultura, and more! Know your scenes, know your Ro...

UNITED FORCES: An Archive of Brazil’s Raw Metal Attack, 1986–1991, by Marcelo R. Batista

Full book interior 528pp viewable PDF — click to expand to full screen. Pull pages or use arrow keys on desktop or swipe on iPad to turn pages. 

UNITED FORCES brings long-due recognition to the world’s first national extreme metal scene, celebrating Brazil’s wild 1980s metal uprising in 528 color pages. Marcelo R. Batista tells his coming-of-age story as he documents a generation at the forefront of death metal and black metal, struggling to find a voice in a country shaken by political turmoi...

ROOTS Metal Creator Series | EXCITER & EMPEROR | on SiriusXM

ROOTS Metal Creator Series | EXCITER & EMPEROR | on SiriusXM
Week of June 17, 2023

Sat 6/17, 6PM ET
Sun 6/18, 1PM ET
Mon 6/19, 9AM ET
Tues 6/20, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/22, 9PM ET

This week two influential metal creators fall into the Roots forge: First, we celebrate 40 years of the influential Heavy Metal Maniac debut by Ottawa, Canada’s EXCITER. Then we travel to Norway to explore the raw magnificence of black metal greats EMPEROR. Host Ian Christe puts the Ex-citer and Em-porer in Sirius-ex-em… only o...

ROOTS of San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of June 10, 2023

Sat 6/10, 6PM ET
Sun 6/11, 1PM ET
Mon 6/12, 9AM ET
Tues 6/13, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/15, 9PM ET

We cut through the fog this week with a merciless lesson on San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal. Join Ian Christe for a Bay Area tour featuring the good friendly violent fun of Exodus, Death Angel, Possessed, Legacy, Testament, Blind Illusion, early Metallica, Heathen, Forbidden, VioLence and more. Know your Roots!

See Bay Area t...

ROOTS of Clean Vocals in Extreme Metal | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of Clean Vocals in Extreme Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of June 3, 2023

Sat 6/3, 6PM ET
Sun 6/4, 1PM ET
Mon 6/5, 9AM ET
Tues 6/6, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/8, 9PM ET

This week, we turn up the volume on the shockingly rarely-used combination of traditional clean vocals in extreme metal. Starting with death metal examples from Desultor and Morbid Angel, we quickly diverge into the clean vocal paths influenced by goth rock, folk, and progressive rock in tracks by Opeth, Borknagar, Enslaved, Akercocke, Primo...

ROOTS Anniversary of Iron Maiden’s PIECE OF MIND | on SiriusXM

ROOTS Anniversary of Iron Maiden’s Piece of Mind | on SiriusXM
Week of May 20, 2023

Sat 5/20, 6PM ET
Sun 5/21, 1PM ET
Mon 5/22, 9AM ET
Tues 5/23, 4PM ET
Thurs 5/25, 9PM ET

We celebrate the 40th anniversary of Iron Maiden’s bedrock classic heavy metal masterpiece Piece of Mind this week, going track by track through the record with rare live versions, B-sides, and transformative tributes by Tyr, White Wizzard, Sonata Arctica, Cohered and Cambria, Fozzy, Morgion, and more. Show your brains, know y...

Roots of Neo-Thrash Metal: Thrashback in the 2000s | on SiriusXM

Roots of Neo-Thrash Metal: Thrashback in the 2000s | on SiriusXM
Week of May 13, 2023

Sat 5/13, 6PM ET
Sun 5/14, 1PM ET
Mon 5/15, 9AM ET
Tues 5/16, 4PM ET
Thurs 5/18, 9PM ET

Tackle the unfinished business of thrash metal in the 21st Century with neo-thrash revivalists Municipal Waste, Havoc, Ghoul, Power Trip, Gama Bomb, Violator, Lich King, Warbringer, Vektor, and more…

Stagedive into the story of thrash metal in SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal.

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ROOTS of Romantic Black Metal | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of Romantic Black Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of May 6, 2023

Sat 5/6, 6PM ET
Sun 5/7, 1PM ET
Mon 5/8, 9AM ET
Tues 5/9, 4PM ET
Thurs 5/11, 9PM ET

For decades, black metal has nurtured a sensitive side at odds with its better-known fierce image. This week we examine the bands that spring and feed into black metal’s love of nature, emotional honesty, and embrace of the unknown. Join us for tracks by Agalloch (pictured), Ulver, In the Woods…, Botanist, Empyrium, Myrkur, and more. Know your Roots!...