KFAI's The Root Of All Evil Show

09/13/2025

Hey sexy people! If you need more Metal action, catch the replay from Sunday's 'Root' at KFAI org or Soundcloud!

Check the playlist in the comments with the links!

09/07/2025

Getting close to show time! Special 'covers' episode with Prefect Mortificator! (Get it - COVERS special?!)

Anyhow, tune in at 90.3 FM in the Twin Cities - kfai.org everywhere else!

09/01/2025

Happy Labor Day!

...and then....

08/31/2025

Sail away with us tonight on the
Root of All Evil on KFAI 90.3 FM
or stream us anytime at kfai.org

link here -- https://kfai.org/player/?episode_id=148666

-- https://www.mixcloud.com/kfaiFMradio/root-of-all-evil-31-aug-2025/

playlist here --

Tantrum "New World Order" from Melted Down on Independent
Cain's Offering Official "Stormcrow" from Stormcrow on Frontiers Music srl
Majestica "A Story In The Night" from Power Train on Nuclear Blast Records
Crimson Fire (Official) "Judas" from Another Dimension on No Remorse Records
Helloween "Giants On The Run" from Giants & Monsters on Victor
Couch Slut "Laughing and Crying" from You Could Do It Tonight on Brutal Panda Records
Lastwarn "Burning Out" from Lastwarn EP on Independent
Stereo Nasty "Reflections of Madness" from Twisting the Blade on Independent
White Hornet "Goin' Straight to Hell" from White Hornet EP on High Roller Records
Dark Angel Official "We Have Arrived" from We Have Arrived on Azra Records
Factotum "Our Time Will Come" from Blood of This World on Independent
Einmyria "Einmyria" from Einmyria EP on Independent
Necrobeast "The Awakening of the Necrobeast" from Sacrilege split on Independent
Fondlecorpse "Ghoulish Tales" from Creaturegore on Razorback Recordings (official)
Hypocrisy "Legions Descend" from Into the Abyss on Nuclear Blast Records
Unwilling Flesh "Fathoms Unfound" from Between the Living and the Dead on Eihwaz Recordings
Disadaptive "Long Dead and Disdained" from To Walk the Path of the Damned EP on Independent
Evulsion "Decimation" from Spiritual Putrefaction on Independent
Fleshgrind "Sordid Degradation" from Destined For Defilement on Pulverizer Records
Viogression "As You Die" from Expound and Exhort on Tombstone Records
Decrepid "Dahmer" from Suffered Existence on Brutal Records
Constant Torment "Shrouded in Deception" from Suspended In Desolate Permanence on Independent
Begravement "Jeffrey" from The Anaphylaxis Demo on Graven Death Records
Disburial "Dismal Descent" from Undying Dead Exhumations on Independent
Plasmatics "Country Fairs" from Coup d'Etat on Capitol Records
The Oracle House "Black Waters" from Golden Path EP on Independent
Socavon "Hijo de la Violencia" from Pasos en Sangre on Martirio Records
SheepF**ker "Drug Induced Homicide" from Paradise Massacre EP on Independent
F***l Veal Serum "Satanic S***s Swallow Hot S***m" from Super Love Songs EP on Independent
Horrific Sexual Atrocity "S**t Wh**es III: Revenge of the Syph" from Bunch of C***s split on The NUTZz RECORDZz
C**k Pit / Memegore "Schwanzwalze" from World Goregrind Federation III - Gore Royale on Gore Cannibal Records
Holy Cost "Parmesean P***y" from Jurrasick Ass on Independent
MORBID DEFECATION "Carnival of Vomits" from Best & Outtakes compilation on Independent
Endless Mutation "Cemetery Noose" from Demo I on Independent
Goatthroat "Drowned in Black Vomit of the Goat Throat" from Rites of Blasphemy on Tribulación Productions
Venus Star "Extrance" from Nigredo Expulsion on Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions
Sorrow Enthroned "Gnawed and Torn" from The Grave of Endless Writhing EP on Independent
Khaotus "Here Where They Now Stand" from Menhiric Judgement demo on Independent
Black Sanctum "Holocaust Horns" from Inner Death EP on Independent
Domedag "Nu Nalkas Ragnarök" from Nu Nalkas Domedagen on Independent
Epic Death "Hide" from Witchcraft on Bast Records
Carnival of Flesh "Angst" from Anthems of Extinction on Independent
Mantra Anguis "Inexorable Fate" from Hermetico Ritual en un Putrefacto Funeral on Tribulación Productions
The Abyss "Marutukku" from The Other Side on Nuclear Blast Records
Order of the Ebon Hand "To Alloces" from XV : The Devil on Season of Mist
Rotten Moon "Marred Earth" from Marred Earth EP on Independent
Rib Muncher "Feast Now" from Death Falls From the Light on Independent
Sepulchre "The Blood Moon Above the Frozen Lands" from Psalms Unto Caesar on Independent
ILLUM ADORA "Dominions Of Spheres Beyond" from ...of Serpentine Forces on Folter Records Germany
Fealty "Their Blood Feeds the Forest" from Fealty on Independent
Haborym official "Immortality" from The Sun Has Fallen on Black Saw Records
Nel Buio "Nel Buio" from Nel Buio EP on Avantgarde Music
Glamsdring "Insufficience" from 2023 Demo on Independent
W.A.I.L. "Reawakening Through Anguish into Gestalt of Absolute" from Wisdom Through Agony into Illumination and Lunacy Vol. II on Triumphant Transgressions
Moonskin "Altering the Entity" from Lunar Ascendance EP on Independent
Forwyrd "Steelmaster" from Forwyrd on Independent

08/30/2025

Late post for the 8/24 Show. Guests aplenty for this rendition of the Root! Local greats Trigger Armada and Outlaw Saint joined us as well as Scott Heddle from Animosity! Author Keith Carlson joined us and unveiled his fantastic new book about the history of the MN metal scene We Rocked The Twin Cities! Give a listen at the links below!

https://www.mixcloud.com/kfaiFMradio/root-of-all-evil-24-aug-2025/

https://kfai.org/player?episode_id=148389

*******************~~Playlist for 8/24/25~~*************************

Artist / Song / Release / Released / Label
ACCEPT / Balls to the Wall / Balls to the Wall / 1983 / Portrait/Epic/Legacy
AC/DC / Who Made Who / Who Made Who / 1986 / Columbia
Krokus / Long Stick Goes Boom / One Vice At a Time / 1981 / Arista
Kick Axe /🪦RIP Larry Gillstrom🪦/ Heavy Metal Shuffle / Vices / 1983 / Legacy Recordings
Junkyard / 🪦RIP David Roach🪦/ W.F.L.W.F. / High Water / 2017 / Acetate Records
Metall Fort / Cabró / Universalitat / 2025 / Independent
No Raza / Sail in Rot (feat. Tony Dolan) / Transcending Material Sins / 2020 / Noble Demon
Coroner / Die By My Hand / No More Color / 1988 / Century Media
Coroner / Renewal / Dissonance Theory / 2025 / Century Media
Trigger Armada / Hel Bent / Vices / 2022 / Trigger Armada
Outlaw Saint / Charisma and the Charm / Charisma and the Charm - Single / 2025 / Outlaw Saint
Trigger Armada / Secrets / Secrets - Single / 2024 / Trigger Armada
Trigger Armada / Bleed Like Me / Bleed Like Me - Single / 2025 / Trigger Armada
Outlaw Saint / Rock Does the Talkin' / Rock Does the Talkin' - Single / 2025 / Outlaw Saint
S***m / The Saw Is the Law / Better Off Dead / 1990 / SPV
Venom / Teacher's Pet / Black Metal / 1982 / Noise Records
Atomic Witch / Skelecidal / Death Etiquette / 2025 / Redefining Darkness Records
Anthrax / Among the Living / Among the Living / 1986 / Island Records
Tomorrow Brings New Blood / Beast / Tomorrow Brings New Blood / 2012 / Tomorrow Brings New Blood
Torn The F**k Apart / Digested Genitalia / Sexually Transmitted Torture / 2014 / Ossuary Industires
Trog / The Void / Horrors Beyond / 2024 / Independent
Carrionthrone / Descending Firmament (Promo 2022) / The Feast of Human Vices - EP / 2024 / Lacerated Enemy Records
Ominous Ruin / Seeds of Entropy / Requiem / 2025 / WILLOWTIP INC. (WTP)
Animals Killing People / Shame On the Human Race / Kentucky Fried Killing / 2008 / Metalhit.com
Juggernaut / I.Q. / Black Pagoda / 1993 / Pandemonium
The Royal Dumpsters / Drunken Similes / Hazelton Rd - EP / 2019 / Dumpster Records
Night Of Joy - mpls / Devils With Anvils Got My Keys / Devils EP / 2020 / Night of Joy
D.V.C. / Remanent Ashes of Mortal Man / Molecular Shadow / 1992 / Manufacture Sound Output Co.
Pizza Death / Avoid the Noid / Reign of the Anticrust / 2023 / 2092945 Records DK
Porenut / Chapter IV / Výstup k svätej Kunde / 2025 / Independent
Luctus / Song for the enemy / Ad Arma / 2004 / Independent
Morbid / My Dark Subconscious ("December Moon" Demo 1986) / Year of the Goat / 2011 / Century Media
Trita / The Isolationist / Tunguskan - EP / 2019 / TRITA
PLOUGHSHARE / So Reverend and Dreadful / Second Wound / 2024 / I, Voidhanger Records
Demoncy / Black Star Gnosis / Black Star Gnosis / 2023 / Dark Descent Records
Conjureth / The Unworshipped II / The Parasitic Chambers / 2023 / Rotted Life
Conjureth / The Unworshipped / Majestic Dissolve / 2022 / Rotted Life
An Tóramh / Sea of Sorrow / Echoes Of Eternal Night / 2025 / Black Lion Records
Mastodon / Just Got Paid / Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Music from and Inspired By the Film) [Deluxe Version] / 2011 / Reprise
Mastodon / A Spoonful Weighs a Ton / Medium Rarities / 2020 / Reprise
Mastodon / A Commotion / Medium Rarities / 2020 / Reprise
Zoroaster / White Dwarf / Voice Of Saturn / /
Pike vs The Automaton / Land (feat. Brent Hinds) / Pike Vs the Automaton (Deluxe Version) / 2022 / MNRK Music
Mouth of the Architect / Harboring An Apparition / The Ties That Blind (Reissue) / 2006 / Translation Loss

08/30/2025

08/12/2025

Remember - take your acid baths regularly and don't forget you can listen to 'The Root' playbacks from Sunday at KFAI🌐org.

Playlist from Sunday's show is in the comments! Remember - you never miss out when there's a replay!

08/09/2025

Oh boy - 12 hours from now will be another Root of All Evil! Come hang with me - Prefect Mortificator (a.k.a. 'Sexy Chewbacca' - at least for tonight) and let's party!

Tune in at 90.3 FM in the Twin Cities - kfai.org everywhere else!

08/03/2025

"We're gonna need some more insect repellent",
said the baby as he kept rocking and rolling
with the giant moth that escaped the outside
and is now jamming the tunes on the inside!

View our fine Metal selections in the list below -

link here -- https://kfai.org/player/?episode_id=135841

-- https://www.mixcloud.com/kfaiFMradio/root-of-all-evil-03-aug-2025/

playlist here --

OSTROGOTH "Shoot Back" from Too Hot on Mausoleum Records
Lethal "Land of the Free" from The Arrival demo on Arrival Music
Iron Head "Do Walki Stań" from Dzień Za Dniem on Iron Head
Amalgama - Melodic Rock "Dream" from Dream on Life Music
Street Fighter - The Band "Deadend City" from Secondhand Hero on Target Records
Mercenary "Embrace the Nothing" from Architect of Lies on Century Media Records
LÖANSHARK "Backstabber" from No Sins to Confess on Rpm-Roar
Valkyrie Zero "Sakura Sakura" from Attack of Valkyrie on Slumber Records
Speedrush "Ride With Death" from Division Mortality on Jawbreaker Records
Chopper "Más Maquiavélico" from Hechos Consumados on Bizarro Records
Hypnosia "Circle of the Flesh" from Extreme Hatred on Hammerheart Records
Dunwich Ritual "A Red Dawn (Genesis)... Hyperborean Rites" from The Weird Tapes Vol. I demo on Independent
Speedkiller "Awakened by the Moon" from single on Independent
Horricane "Demon-Strate" from The Lynch Lawyers' Death Squad demo on Independent
Pr*****ed "Wretches of the World" from The Condemned on Bizarre Leprous Production
Sputum "Death Ritual" from single on Independent
Cryptify "Invocation of The Wicked Gods" from Invocation of The Wicked Gods EP on Independent
Consumption "Suffering Divine" from Necrotic Lust on Hammerheart Records
Perishing "Tenebrous Resurrection" from Lutum demo on Caligari Records
Connatural Terror "Psycho Path" from Lunacy Frenzy EP on Psycho Lunacy Sounds
Dementor "The Lost Humanity" from Kill The Thought On Christ on Immortal Souls Productions
Isolation "Sinister Vision" from Visions '92 demo on Independent
Death "Misanthrope" from Symbolic on Roadrunner Records
Eyeball F**ker "Eyeball F**ker" from single on Independent
Cartilage "Cannot Stop the Clot" from It's Necrotic demo on Transylvanian Recordings
Metal Church "Watch the Children Pray" from The Dark on Elektra Records
Caustic Phlegm "Soft Bones" from Purulent Apocalypse on Hells Headbangers Records
Thorns of hate "Doom Annihilation" from Heretical Dawn of Apocalypse EP on Blood Harvest
Ragály "Elkárhozott" from Elkárhozott on H-Music (Hangfelvételkiadó Kft.)
Miseri Silentium "Bukit Si Guntang" from Kill Orchestra on Goatlordth Records
Invultation "Severed Umbilical Chaos" from Feral Legion on Sentient Ruin Laboratories
Turbulent Pigonaut "Not That Coat" from A Pig Fail on FireStorm Production
Slice! "Raise the Steaks" from Demo 2021 on Independent
Jiangshi "Larvafeast Necrophilia" from Disgusted Insertion demo on Independent
Gorecunt "Corned Human Hash" from single on Independent
Sempiternal Opprobrium "III" from Intertwining Scornful Entities demo on Independent
Pervertum "Creature of Ungod" from Creature of Ungod on Lethal Records
Inoculation "Poesía De La Hecatombe" from Dark Desires on Independent
Isolated Antagonist "Grind" from single on Machine Man Records
MINORITY SOUND "Toxin" from Toxin on MetalGate
Martwa Aura "Noc Kiedy Zniknęła Cała Ludzkość" from Credo In Mortem split on Putrid Cult
Odour of Death "Diabeł w Moim Sercu" from Credo in Mortem split on Putrid Cult
Odium Humani Generis "Samozatopienie" from Przeddzień on Cult Of Parthenope
Azaab "The Passing" from Trite Esse split on Independent
Kuupyr "Under the Pale Moonlight" from Taikuus on Independent
Neftaraka "S.T.V.R.M" from Eternal Harsh on Apocalypse Venomous Records
Darkenhöld "Strongholds Eternal Rivalry" from Castellum on Those Opposed Records
Nebelfaust "In Den Armen Der Finsternis" from Das Kalte Eisen Des Mondes on Independent
Eminentia Tenebris "Call of the Cold" from Whirlwind of Dark Times on Independent
Deinonychus "This, a Murder of Crows" from Deinonychus on Ars Metalli
ANZV "Shamash" from single on Edged Circle Productions
Meschera - Epic Dark Folk\Atmospheric Black Metal "Harvest" from Harvest on Independent
Njörda "Aegir's Feast" from Way To Asgard on Independent
Imperial Age "The Legacy of Atlantis" from The Legacy of Atlantis on Adulruna
Lyriel (Official) "Odyssey of Dreams" from single on Independent
Touch Of Eternity "Lay Me Down" from single on Independent
As Autumn Calls "Resignation" from Emotionless EP on Naturmacht Productions
Verbluten "Thrihyrne" from Belagerung EP on Independent

07/28/2025

Screams broke the silence as we lurked through the dead of night! Ozzy was the greatest, so we shared much of his musical magic, along with some other great doses of Metal. Rare cuts, live cuts, cover tunes - a better tribute than your mainstream outlets have provided. Dig in, it's even better than a bat's head!

Listen here - https://kfai.org/player/?episode_id=135527

Artist / Song / Release / Released / Label
Ozzy Osbourne / Shot In the Dark / The Ultimate Sin / 1986 / Epic
Black Sabbath / Never Say Die / Never Say Die! / 1978 / Rhino/Warner Records
Ozzy Osbourne / Mr. Tinkertrain / No More Tears (Bonus Track Version) / 1991 / Epic
Castle Rat / WIZARD / The Bestiary / 2025 / King Volume Records
Ozzy Osbourne / Hellraiser / No More Tears (Bonus Track Version) / 1991 / Epic
Motörhead & Ozzy Osbourne / I Ain't No Nice Guy / March or Die / 1992 / WTG
Solitude Aeturnus / No More Tears / Legend of a Madman / 1998 /
Cavalera Conspiracycy / Electric Funeral (Bonus Track) / Blunt Force Trauma (Special Edition) / 2011 / Roadrunner Records
Serj Tankian / Crazy Train / Immortal Randy Rhoads - The Ultimate Tribute / 2017 / Silver Lining Music
Ozzy Osbourne / Demon Alcohol / No Rest for the Wicked (Bonus Track Version) / 1988 / Epic
Ozzy Osbourne / Iron Man / Prince of Darkness / 2005 / Epic/Legacy
Black Sabbath / You Won't Change Me / Technical Ecstasy / 1976 / Rhino/Warner Records
Ozzy Osbourne / A.V.H. / No More Tears (Bonus Track Version) / 1991 / Epic
Goatsnake / Who Are You / 1+Dog Days / 2000 / Southern Lord Recordings
LOVE/HATE@ / Eye for an Eye / Punk Rock Fiesta! / 2025 / Kenyon Records
GAMA BOMB / Necronomicon Automaton / Necronomicon Automaton - EP / 2025 / Prosthetic Records
Onslaught official / Thermo Nuclear Devastation of the Planet Earth [re-recorded] / Origins of Aggression / 2025 / Reigning Phoenix Music
Venefixion / Adversarial Triumph / Anointed in Nazarean Blood / 2025 / Iron Bonehead Productions
Malformed / Within the Flesh / Confinement of Flesh / 2025 / Dark Descent Records
Morbific / Womb of Deathless Deterioration (Trapped in the Essence of Putrescence) / Bloom of the Abnormal Flesh / 2025 / Morbific
Inhuman Scourge / A Conspiracy of Silence / Charnel Winds / 2025 / Alpha Tango Whiskey Records
Red Vinter / Lumbering Menace / Lumbering Menace - Single / 2025 / Runemaster Records
Ruin Dweller / Fire Desert / Apocalyptic Ruin / 2024 / Ruined Records
Krisiun / Electric Funeral / Forged in Fury / 2015 / Century Media Records
Ancient / Sweet Leaf / Det Glemte Riket / 1999 / Hammerheart
Necrodeath / Paranoid / Old Skull / 2010 / Midnight Management
Cradle of Filth / Mr. Crowley / Nymphetamine (Special Edition) / 2004 / Roadrunner Records
Burning Witchess / Shot In The Dark / The Dark Tower / 2023 / Na**lm Records Handels GmbH
Ozzy Osbourne / Breakin' All the Rules / No Rest for the Wicked (Bonus Track Version) / 1988 / Epic
Brad Gillis & Mark Slaughter / Over the Mountain / Flying High Again: The World's Greatest Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne / 2006 / Magick Records
Ozzy Osbourne / Perry Mason / Ozzmosis / 1995 / Epic
Stryper / After Forever / Fallen / 2015 / Fifty Three Five Records
Ozzy Osbourne / N.I.B. / Prince of Darkness / 2005 / Epic/Legacy
Black Sabbath / Psycho Man / Reunion (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) / 2023 / Epic
Ozzy Osbourne / Diary of a Madman / Diary of a Madman / 1980 / Epic
Tony Iommi / Who's Fooling Who / Iommi / 2000 / Divine Recordings
Ozzy Osbourne / Bark At the Moon (Live) / The Ultimate Ozzy Live '86 / /
Ozzy Osbourne / Children of the Grave (Live) / Tribute (Live) / 1987 / Epic
Ozzy Osbourne / Paranoid (Live) / Bark At The Moon Live / /
Type O Negative / Paranoid / The Origin of the F***s / 1991 / Roadrunner Records
Candlemass / Black Star / Black Star - EP / 2025 / Na**lm Records Handels GmbH
Novembers Doom / Revelation (Mother Earth) / A Salute To Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath / 2010 / Deadline Music
Black Sabbath / The Writ / Sabotage / 1975 / Rhino/Warner Records
Ozzy Osbourne / Centre of Eternity / Bark At the Moon / 1982 / Epic
Ozzy Osbourne / Symptom of the Universe / Speak of the Devil / 1982 /
Ozzy Osbourne / Denial / Ozzmosis / 1995 / Epic
Ozzy Osbourne / Stayin' Alive / Prince of Darkness / 2005 / Epic/Legacy
Miss Piggy and Ozzy Osbourne / Born To Be Wild / Kermit Unpigged /
Godflesh / Zero the Hero / Masters of Misery: The Black Sabbath Tribute / 1997 / Earache Records Ltd