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ROOTS Honors 30 Years of Emperor’s In the Nightside Eclipse | on SiriusXM

ROOTS Honors 30 Years of Emperor’s In the Nightside Eclipse | on SiriusXM
Week of February 17, 2024

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Thirty years ago in February 1994, Emperor released In the Nightside Eclipse. Since recording the album in July 1993, everything had already gone to hell. We celebrate 30 years of this Norwegian black metal masterpiece, going track by track including classic album recordings, live v...

ROOTS Metal Superbowl 2024: San Francisco vs. Kansas City

ROOTS Metal Superbowl 2024: San Francisco vs. Kansas City| on SiriusXM 40
Week of February 10, 2024

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ROOTS opens the field for a full-contact battle this week between the eclectic forces of Kansas City metal and hardcore and their genre-defining San Francisco counterparts. Watch the line as Midwestern heroes Order from Chaos, Anacrusis, Coalesce, Origin, Hammerhedd, Troglodyte, and...

ROOTS of Metal and Hardcore’s Rarest Records | on SiriusXM 40

ROOTS of Metal and Hardcore’s Rarest Records | on SiriusXM 40
Week of February 3, 2024

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You struck gold! This week we jump into the metal record collector rabbit hole to flip through $100,000 worth of valuable metal and hardcore vinyl. Early tracks by legends Bathory, Iron Maiden, Judge, and Mayhem, plus total obscurities Flames of Hell, Militia, Leather Nunn, Paradoxx, and Peter Steele’s first band Fallout. Know Y...

ROOTS of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS IN METAL | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal

ROOTS of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS IN METAL | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
Week of January 27, 2024

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Fifty years ago in January 1974, Gary Gygax boxed up the first Dungeons & Dragons sets for mail order from his basement in Lake Geneva, WI. In honor of the legendary role-playing game system, this week we map out a heavy sword-waving and spell-casting campaign of D&D-inspired metal by Visigo...

ROOTS of Heavy Straight Edge | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal

ROOTS of Heavy Straight Edge | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
Week of January 20, 2024

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This week we support your dry January and beyond with a heavy straight edge playlist that proves sober metal and hardcore punk can still pack a punch. Join us for a straight edge primer that starts with Minor Threat, SSD, Slapshot, Uniform Choice, Youth of Today, and Judge, and carries forward to t...

ROOTS Metal Debuts of 2023 | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal

ROOTS Metal Debuts of 2023 | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
Week of January 13, 2024

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Now that 2023 is safely in the ground, we survey some of the year’s rich bounty in new metal bands of all genres from around the world. Join us for a healthy tour of Finland, England, Japan, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Massachusetts and more, with contributions by newcomers High Priest, Better Lov...

ROOTS Praises Metal Gods JUDAS PRIEST | on SiriusXM

ROOTS Praises Metal Gods JUDAS PRIEST | on SiriusXM
Week of January 6, 2024

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In anticipation of Judas Priest’s Invincible Shield LP and upcoming U.S. tour this spring, we shake the walls this week with a celebration of the metal masters that includes tributes from Slayer, Metallica, Kreator, Overkill, Mercyful Fate, Abbath, Death, Fates Warning, Motörhead, and more. Hear how Pries...

ROOTS Full-Contact Metal Dance Party | on SiriusXM

ROOTS Full-Contact Metal Dance Party | on SiriusXM
Week of December 30, 2023

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Break out the balloons and the combat boots, we are knocking the new year into shape with a set of metal and hardcore tracks designed for moshing, slamming, skanking, and stage dives. Violator, Lich King, S.O.D., Pro-Pain, Municipal Waste, Anthrax, Whiplash, Motörhead, Suicidal Tendencies, Obituary and others deliver the metal dance a...

ROOTS of 2023 Instrumental Metal | on Sirius XM

ROOTS of 2023 Instrumental Metal | on Sirius XM
Week of December 23, 2023

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This week we look back at the year behind us with an impressive array of 2023 metal instrumentals. Join us for brief entries by In Flames, Orbit Culture, Horrendous, and Blackbraid, plus epic majesty spanning metal genres by Lesotho, the Death Wheelers, Radiation Blackbody, Night Verses, Periphery, and Immortal. No vocals at all… k...

ROOTS Intro to Japanese Metal Idols | on Sirius XM

ROOTS Intro to Japanese Metal Idols | on Sirius XM
Week of December 16, 2023

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Ten years after Babymetal first landed on U.S. shores, dozens of Japanese “idol” groups continue to push the boundaries of J-pop by incorporating melodic death metal, power metal, grindcore, black metal, and more. Join Ian Christe for an introduction to idol and idol-related bands including Fruitpochette, Passcode, Necronomidol,...