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January 26, 2019
Roots of Black Metal Rock ‘n’ Roll | on SiriusXM
ROOTS OF BLACK METAL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
Week of January 26, 2019
Sat 1/26, 6PM ET
Sun 1/27, 1PM ET
Mon 1/28, 9AM ET
Tues 1/29, 4PM ET
Thurs 1/31, 9PM ET
This week’s metal history lesson rocks out the black-hearted hatred with “black ‘n’ roll,” the fluid, feral variety of black metal that begins with early records by Venom and Bathory and courses through the years in the veins of Midnight, Nattefrost, Satyricon, Aura Noir, Kvelertak, Darkthrone, and many others. Hail, hail, black and roll —know you...
January 19, 2019
Roots Metal Creator Series: Kreator & Candlemass | on SiriusXM
The Roots Metal Creator Series: Kreator & Candlemass
Week of January 19, 2019
Sat 1/19, 6PM ET
Sun 1/20, 1PM ET
Mon 1/21, 9AM ET
Tues 1/22, 4PM ET
Thurs 1/24, 9PM ET
Your weekly metal history lesson continues its ongoing Metal Creator series, with a look at two massive European metal titans. First, aggressive German thrash metal masters Kreator burst through the satellite, storming with precise menace and a Kreator cover by Napalm Death. Next we travel to Stockholm, Sweden, to soak in three d...
January 12, 2019
Roots of Funk Metal | on SiriusXM
Roots of Funk Metal This Week on SiriusXM
Week of January 12, 2019
Sat 1/12, 6PM ET
Sun 1/13, 1PM ET
Mon 1/14, 9AM ET
Tues 1/15, 4PM ET
Thurs 1/17, 9PM ET
Yes, the bouncing bass bass is back, as Roots examines the funk metal explosion that bridged 1980s thrash metal with the alternative metal and nu metal of the 1990s. Prepare for a lively, unbrutal hour of freaky, kinetic funk and metal conjured by Infectious Grooves, Funkadelic, Primus, Ignorance, Scatterbrain, Mr. Bungle, 24-7 Spyz, Sweaty...
January 5, 2019
ROOTS Metal Year in Review: The Beasts of 2018 | on SiriusXM
ROOTS Metal Year in Review: The Beasts of 2018 | on SiriusXM Week of January 5, 2019
Sat 1/5, 6PM ET
Sun 1/6, 1PM ET
Mon 1/7, 9AM ET
Tues 1/8, 4PM ET
Thurs 1/10, 9PM ET
Roots catches the finest, most ferocious metal offerings of 2018 this week, featuring veterans Judas Priest, Sleep, and Voivod; new traditionalists Visigoth; Swedish black metallers Craft and Necrophobic; plus Beyond Creation, Mammoth Grinder, and Rivers of Nihil. Plunge into state-of-the-art darkness by Khemmis, Tribulation,...
December 29, 2018
Roots of 2018: The Year’s Best Metal Debuts | on SiriusXM
Roots of 2018: The Year’s Best Metal Debuts | on SiriusXM
Week of December 29, 2018
Sat 12/29, 6PM ET
Sun 12/30, 1PM ET
Mon 12/31, 9AM ET
Tues 1/1, 4PM ET
Thurs 1/3, 9PM ET
Join us as Roots wraps up the busy year 2018 with a recap of the strongest debut offerings of the year. Check out tracks by traditionalists Haunt; black metal innovators Gaerea and Møl; death metal devils Ripped to Shreds and Morbid Illusion; doomsters Witch Ripper; metallized hardcore hitters Vein and Primal Rite; Texas...
December 20, 2018
Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part IV: The Final Command | on SiriusXM
photo: Kevin Estrada
ROOTS FAREWELL TO SLAYER, PART IV: THE FINAL COMMAND
Week of Dec. 15, 2018
Sat 12/15, 6PM ET
Sun 12/16, 1PM ET
Mon 12/17, 9AM ET
Tues 12/18, 4PM ET
Thurs 12/20, 9PM ET
Our extended farewell to Slayer moves into the 2000s, picking up with the return of original drummer Dave Lombardo in 2002 and continuing through the Christ Illusion, World Painted Blood, and Repentless albums. The untimely death of founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman and subsequent departure of Lombardo l...
December 7, 2018
Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part III: Reaping in the 1990s on SiriusXM
ROOTS FAREWELL TO SLAYER, PART III: REAPING IN THE 1990s
Week of Dec. 8, 2018
Sat 12/8, 6PM ET
Sun 12/9, 1PM ET
Mon 12/10, 9AM ET
Tues 12/11, 4PM ET
Thurs 12/13, 9PM ET
Our farewell to Slayer series continues, entering the gold-album era of the 1990s. From the Ice T collaboration on the Judgment Night soundtrack through the slower and groovier albums Divine Intervention, Diabolus in Musica, and God Hates Us All, Roots presents a decade of successful aggression from the revamped Slayer lineup featu...
November 30, 2018
Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part II: The Killing Years | on SiriusXM
ROOTS FAREWELL TO SLAYER, PART II: THE KILLING YEARS 1986-1991
Week of Dec. 1, 2018
Sat 12/1, 6PM ET
Sun 12/2, 1PM ET
Mon 12/3, 9AM ET
Tues 12/4, 4PM ET
Thurs 12/6, 9PM ET
Our farewell to Slayer series continues, leaving the early Metal Blade years behind for a look at the Def Jam era and three classic albums Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, and Seasons in the Abyss. Timeless Slayer tracks, live versions, covers, and Slayer samples illustrate the rise and reign of Slayer’s evil dominion over...
November 27, 2018
Sun, Dec. 2, L.A.: Tom Gabriel Fischer, Albert Mudrian, Brian Lew, Ian Christe at Decibel Metal + Beer Fest
BAZILLION POINTS Book Signing and Q&A
Sunday, Dec. 2, 6 P.M., Decibel Metal + Beer Fest L.A.
Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
Bazillion Points and Decibel are righteously stoked to announce a Sunday signing and Q&A session at the Decibel Metal + Beer Fest in Los Angeles. Four authors of the heaviest books known to humanity will celebrate ten years of Bazillion Points and several hundred combined years of metal history.
* Tom Gabriel Fischer, author of ONLY DEATH IS REAL: An I...
November 24, 2018
Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part I: The Early Years | on SiriusXM
Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part I: The Early Years on SiriusXM
Sat 11/24, 6PM ET
Sun 11/25, 1PM ET
Mon 11/26, 9AM ET
Tues 11/27, 4PM ET
Thurs 11/29, 9PM ET
We begin to wrap up 2018’s metal milestones with a farewell to the almighty Slayer through a series of episodes examining each phase of the band’s 35-year reign. Part I covers the Show No Mercy, Haunting the Chapel, and Hell Awaits releases on Metal Blade Records, including album tracks; Jeff Hanneman’s hardcore side project; influential so...
