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ROOTS of SLAYER’s Hell Awaits | on SiriusXM

Above: Harald Oimoen’s epic raging Hell Awaits back cover jacket photo from the book MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter ROOTS of SLAYER’s Hell Awaits | on SiriusXM Week of April 5, 2025 Sat 4/5, 6PM ET Sun 4/6, 1PM ET Mon 4/7, 9AM ET Tues 4/8, 4PM ET Thurs 4/10, 9PM ET ++ on-command in the SiriusXM app This week marks 40 years since the release of…

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ROOTS of PENTAGRAM | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of PENTAGRAM | on SiriusXM Week of March 29, 2025 Sat 3/29, 6PM ET Sun 3/30, 1PM ET Mon 3/31, 9AM ET Tues 4/1, 4PM ET Thurs 4/3, 9PM ET ++ on-command in the SiriusXM app This week we climb into the sub-basement for a look at the stumbling but triumphant 50-year history of D.C.-area doom overlords PENTAGRAM. Hear the uncanny testimony of unlikely internet sensation Bobby Liebling…

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ROOTS of Swedish Death Metal Chainsaw Guitar | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of Swedish Death Metal Chainsaw Guitar | on SiriusXM Week of March 22, 2025 Sat 3/22, 6PM ET Sun 3/23, 1PM ET Mon 3/24, 9AM ET Tues 3/25, 4PM ET Thurs 3/27, 9PM ET ++ on-command in the SiriusXM app The infamous Swedish metal chainsaw guitar sound has come a long way since its origins on demos by teenage death metal terrors Nihilist in the late 1980s. Brought to prominence by…

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ROOTS of Women in Hardcore Punk | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of Women in Hardcore Punk | on SiriusXM Week of March 15, 2025 Sat 3/15, 6PM ET Sun 3/16, 1PM ET Mon 3/17, 9AM ET Tues 3/18, 4PM ET Thurs 3/20, 9PM ET or SiriusXM app | SiriusXM.com Since the birth of hardcore punk, women have been crucial to all scenes worldwide. This week we intensify the respect with two dozen tracks where women have picked up the mic and laid their truth on the…

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ROOTS of 1995: Metal Reboots | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of 1995: Metal Reboots | on SiriusXM Week of March 8, 2025 Sat 3/8, 6PM ET Sun 3/9, 1PM ET Mon 3/10, 9AM ET Tues 3/11, 4PM ET Thurs 3/13, 9PM ET or SiriusXM app | SiriusXM.com Happy Father’s Day! In 1995, just as classic heavy metal and even thrash and death metal bands were hitting a wall, a new supercharged wave of bands took hold of the underground and set the scene for a…

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ROOTS of Family Metal Bands | on Sirius XM

ROOTS of Family Metal Bands | on SiriusXM Week of February 1, 2025 Sat 2/1, 6PM ET Sun 2/2, 1PM ET Mon 2/3, 9AM ET Tues 2/4, 4PM ET Thurs 2/6, 9PM ET or SiriusXM app | SiriusXM.com Happy Father’s Day! Metal history is all relative this week as Ian Christe spotlights heavy bands featuring brothers and sisters. Learn the names Cavalera, Schenker, Tardy, Adler, Abbott, Duplantier, Lander…

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ROOTS Metal Creator Series: Destruction & Carcass | on SiriusXM

ROOTS Metal Creator Series: Destruction & Carcass | on SiriusXM Week of February 22, 2025 Sat 2/22, 6PM ET Sun 2/23, 1PM ET Mon 2/24, 9AM ET Tues 2/25, 4PM ET Thurs 2/27, 9PM ET This week’s episode explores the influence of two crucial bands, Destruction and Carcass. First, we let loose the German thrash metal assault of Destruction, and see how their satanic frenzy inspired later…

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ROOTS of Metal Bass Evolution | on SiriusXM

PHOTO: Cliff Burton, Metallica, Day on the Green 1985, Oakland CA, by Harald Oimoen from MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter. ROOTS of Metal Bass Evolution | on SiriusXM Week of February 15, 2025 Sat 2/15, 6PM ET Sun 2/16, 1PM ET Mon 2/17, 9AM ET Tues 2/18, 4PM ET Thurs 2/20, 9PM ET This week we chart the thunderous evolution of metal bass rumble…

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ROOTS of Cold Goth-Infused Metal | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of Cold Goth-Infused Metal | on SiriusXM Week of February 8, 2025 Sat 2/8, 6PM ET Sun 2/9, 1PM ET Mon 2/10, 9AM ET Tues 2/11, 4PM ET Thurs 2/13, 9PM ET This week hot-blooded metal lays down in a cold, gothic crypt, with romantic themes of death and disillusion from goth rock originators Christian Death, Killing Joke, and Fields of the Nephilim, plus morose goth and metal marriages…

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ROOTS of 1985: Thrash Metal in Full Force | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of 1985: THRASH METAL in FULL FORCE | on SiriusXM Week of February 1, 2025 Sat 2/1, 6PM ET Sun 2/2, 1PM ET Mon 2/3, 9AM ET Tues 2/4, 4PM ET Thurs 2/6, 9PM ET One year after classic heavy metal peaked, in 1985 the metal world was already upended by an assault of young, heavy thrash metal bands including Overkill, Slayer, Exodus, Celtic Frost, Anthrax, Megadeth, Dark Angel…

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