There are three bands with the name Root.

1) Root is a Czech black metal legend from city of Brno founded in 1987 by Big Boss and Blackie. Root was one of the original pre-second-wave black metal bands, following in the footsteps of Bathory and Venom, while taking the genre in a more refined, less savage direction. Their style has since progressed towards a more epic, dark heavy metal sound with a clean-sung vocal approach, but their music can still be recognized as black metal at its core due to the unchanged ideology of the band. After the album Madness of the Graves (2003), Blackie left Root to concentrate on his band Cales. Blackie also played in side-project Entrails, an old school black-thrash metal band.

Discography:

Reap of Hell Demo, 1988

War of Rats Demo, 1988

Death Metal Session II. Video/VHS, 1988

Messengers From Darkness Demo, 1989

The Trial Demo, 1989

7 Černých Jezdců / 666 Single, 1990

Zjevení (Cz)/ The Revelation (English) Full-length, 1990

Hell Symphony Full-length, 1991

The Temple In the Underworld Full-length, 1992

Kärgeräs Full-length, 1996

The Book Full-length, 1999

Black Seal Full-length, 2001

Dema Best of/Compilation, 2003

Atomizer/Root Split Split, 2003

Madness of the Graves Full-length, 2003

The Devil’s Diary Video/VHS, 2004

Live in Falkenberg Live album, 2005

Dema Box Set Boxed set, 2006

Casilda EP, 2006

Daemon Viam Invenient Full-length, 2007

The Heritage of Satan Full-length, 2011

2) Root was also the name of a Polish grunge band to which you can find more info here: www.rootband.band.pl

3) Root is also the name of an Australian country rock band.

4) Czech condoms band.

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