[3] In 1990, the band released the single 7 černých jezdců / 666, with artwork done by Master's Hammer vocalist František Štorm.
[4] In 2011, they released the album Heritage of Satan, featuring Aura Noir and Ava Inferi guitarist Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen, Behemoth vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski and Watain vocalist Erik Danielsson, who also created the album cover, as guest musicians.
Although Big Boss is the only remaining founding member, the band's core now consists of him, bass player Golem and guitarist Ashok.
[6] According to Legacy journalist Christian Wachter, Root have, since their beginning, a very own style (although ostensibly Venom- and Bathory-oriented) with an occult aura and are one of the few bands deserving the term "cult".
[11] For Decibel journalist Chris D., Heritage of Satan "feels less complete than, say, The Book, which is, for me at least, the best Root album to date".
[12] Although Root are therefore close to LaVeyan Satanism, Watain (whose vocalist Erik Danielsson contributed to Heritage of Satan), who are Devil worshippers,[13] called them and Törr "the legendary kings of Czech Black/Death Metal" and "defenders of the faith" when they announced they would play on the Open Hell festival in 2004.
[4] According to Big Boss, "the difference between us and Scandinavian groups is that I sing about Satanic magic and myths I create personally, whereas Swedes, Norwegians etc.