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HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Today the Texas Chain Saw Massacre Turns 50

Fifty years of skin masks and chain oil later, today is a BIG anniversary from Mike “McBeardo” McPadden’s mighty HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Guitar Barbarians, Mutant Bimbos, & Cult Zombies Amok in the 666 Most Ear- and Eye-Ripping Big-Scream Films Ever!. Tobe Hooper’s original unrelenting, taboo-busting masterpiece premiered exactly fifty years ago today, on October 1, 1974. Rooted in pitch-black…

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ROOTS of METAL SONGS of PEACE | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of METAL SONGS of PEACE | on SiriusXM Week of September 28, 2024 Sat 9/28, 6PM ET Sun 9/29, 1PM ET Mon 9/30, 9AM ET Tues 10/1, 4PM ET Thurs 10/3, 9PM ET This week, metal bands from Black Sabbath to Jinjer take a hard, disapproving look at humanity’s propensity to wage war. Join us for an unlikely chorus of calls for peace from Sodom, Bolt Thrower, Prong, Metallica, Slayer, Sepultura…

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ROOTS of MATH METAL | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of MATH METAL | on SiriusXM Week of September 21, 2024 Sat 9/21, 6PM ET Sun 9/22, 1PM ET Mon 9/23, 9AM ET Tues 9/24, 4PM ET Thurs 9/26, 9PM ET We all go back to school this week for an intensive session of math in metal. Count to 5, 7, 13, and crack the codes of time signatures and arrangements of trigonometric tracks by Candiria, Dillinger Escape Plan, Blotted Science, Mastodon…

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ROOTS of California Death Metal | on SiriusXM

Above: Jeff Becerra of Possessed in Pinole, CA. Photo by Harald Oimoen, from MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter. ROOTS of California Death Metal | on SiriusXM Week of September 14, 2024 Sat 9/14, 6PM ET Sun 9/15, 1PM ET Mon 9/16, 9AM ET Tues 9/17, 4PM ET Thurs 9/19, 9PM ET …or on demand in the SiriusXM app Unlike Sweden, Florida, or New York…

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ROOTS of Iron Maiden’s Powerslave | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of Iron Maiden’s Powerslave | on SiriusXM Week of September 7, 2024 Sat 9/7, 6PM ET Sun 9/8, 1PM ET Mon 9/9, 9AM ET Tues 9/10, 4PM ET Thurs 9/12, 9PM ET …or on demand in the SiriusXM app This week ROOTS hails 40 years of Iron Maiden’s huge Powerslave album, going track by track with rarities, live material, and tributes by Arch Enemy, Rhapsody of Fire, Testament, and Anaal Nathrakh.

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ROOTS Back-to-School Book Club Reads Stephen King | on SiriusXM

ROOTS Back-to-School Book Club Reads Stephen King | on SiriusXM Week of August 31, 2024 Sat 8/31, 6PM ET Sun 9/1, 1PM ET Mon 9/2, 9AM ET Tues 9/3, 4PM ET Thurs 9/5, 9PM ET As Labor Day marks the return to school, we hit the books of horror maestro Stephen King. In books like Cujo, Carrie, The Stand, It, Pet Sematary, Tommyknockers, and the Dark Tower series, we find inspiration for a…

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ROOTS: SLAYER’s Show No Mercy Turns 40 | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of SLAYER’s Show No Mercy at 40 | on SiriusXM Week of August 24, 2024 Sat 8/24, 6PM ET Sun 8/25, 1PM ET Mon 8/26, 9AM ET Tues 8/27, 4PM ET Thurs 8/29, 9PM ET As SLAYER prepares its return to the stage in September 2024, we refresh your memories regarding the origins of America’s most evil thrash metal band. A little over 40 years ago, SLAYER blasted their way through the boundaries…

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ROOTS Metal Creator Series: Midnight & Cirith Ungol | on SiriusXM

ROOTS Metal Creator Series: Midnight & Cirith Ungol Week of August 17, 2024 Sat 8/17, 6PM ET Sun 8/18, 1PM ET Mon 8/19, 9AM ET Tues 8/20, 4PM ET Thurs 8/22, 9PM ET + On-command in SiriusXM app Midnight photo by Hannah Verbeuren, from MIDNIGHT: A Thousand Nights in Sodom As raw metal animals MIDNIGHT perform at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, this week…

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ROOTS Intro to BATHORY | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal

ROOTS Intro to BATHORY | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal Week of August 10, 2024 Sat 8/10, 6PM ET Sun 8/11, 1PM ET Mon 8/12, 9AM ET Tues 8/14, 4PM ET Thurs 8/16, 9PM ET + On Demand in the SiriusXM app What is your favorite Bathory era? Comments open below! Discover the roots of black metal and death in the 750-page “greatest heavy metal story ever told,” METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries…

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Cleveland Scene: “Stunning” MIDNIGHT Book Captures Mystique

Midnight’s hometown paper Cleveland Scene has just published a lengthy interview with Hannah Verbeuren, the photographer behind MIDNIGHT: A Thousand Nights in Sodom. The article praises the book as a “stunning” work that “captures the Cleveland metal band’s mystique.” On capturing the personality of an enigmatic band, Hannah is quoted: “”It’s quite hard when you’re dealing with people in…

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