Ian Christe's Blog, page 12
October 14, 2023
ROOTS of Italian Horror Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Italian Horror Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of October 14, 2023
Sat 10/14, 6PM ET
Sun 10/15, 1PM ET
Mon 10/16, 9AM ET
Tues 10/17, 4PM ET
Thurs 10/19, 9PM ET
Roots and chill your flesh this week as we invoke the arcane and melodramatic aura and drama of Italian horror metal bands Cadaveria, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Death SS, Paul Chain Violet Theatre, Aborym, Black Hole, Forgotten Tomb, and Gravesite. Also on cue: eerie soundtrack offerings by Goblin and maestro Fabio Frizzi. Conosci il magnific...
October 7, 2023
ROOTS Explores Metal’s Most Cursed Haunted Houses | on SiriusXM
ROOTS Explores Metal’s Most Cursed Haunted Houses | on SiriusXM
Week of October 7, 2023
Sat 10/7, 6PM ET
Sun 10/8, 1PM ET
Mon 10/9, 9AM ET
Tues 10/10 4PM ET
Thurs 10/12, 9PM ET
art: The Abbey in the Oakwood, by Caspar David Friedrich
Halloween season 2023 begins with an expedition through the landmarks of horror and evil. Join our tour of the most cursed haunted locations in metal songs by King Diamond, Hallows Eve, Slayer, Acid Witch, Candlemass, Testament, Mortician, Dimmu Borgir, Gutted, Hood...
September 30, 2023
ROOTS of Crossover’s Crushing 21st Century Comeback | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Crossover’s Crushing 21st Century Comeback | on SiriusXM
Week of September 30, 2023
Sat 9/30, 6PM ET
Sun 10/1, 1PM ET
Mon 10/2, 9AM ET
Tues 10/3 4PM ET
Thurs 10/5, 9PM ET
photo: Plague Years publicity photo
Roots admires the current-day explosion of crossover hardcore/metal bands from around the globe with a packed blast of dive bombs, mosh parts, and roars from Power Trip, Iron Reagan, Plague Years, Fugitive, Judiciary, High Command, Enforced, Red Death, and more. Know your Roots!
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September 23, 2023
ROOTS of Aliens and UFO Sightings in Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Aliens and UFO Sightings in Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of September 23, 2023
Sat 9/23, 6PM ET
Sun 9/24, 1PM ET
Mon 9/25, 9AM ET
Tues 9/26, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/28, 9PM ET
From high in orbit, our satellite beams down evidence this week of aliens and UFO sightings in metal. Transmissions arrive from Hypocrisy, Agent Steel, Voivod, Atheist, Dream Theater, Nocturnus, Emmure, the Contortionist, and more… Know your Roots!
Turn the unknown into the known by learning from the books Swedish Death Metal...
September 16, 2023
Bloody Roots of NYDM: New York Death Metal | on SiriusXM
Bloody Roots of NYDM: New York Death Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of September 16, 2023
Sat 9/16, 6PM ET
Sun 9/17, 1PM ET
Mon 9/18, 9AM ET
Tues 9/19, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/21, 9PM ET
Walk the streets with NYDM / New York Death Metal greats this week and take a tour of the neck-snapping, real-life brutality and expertise of Suffocation, Immolation, Incantation, Mortician, plus Pyrexia, Malignancy, Demolition Hammer, Internal Bleeding, newcomers Hypoxia, and more. Yo! Know Your Roots!
Charge into death meta...
September 9, 2023
Bloody Roots of Brazil’s 1980s Raw Metal Attack | on SiriusXM
Bloody Roots of Brazil’s 1980s Raw Metal Attack | on SiriusXM
Week of September 9, 2023
Sat 9/9, 6PM ET
Sun 9/10, 1PM ET
Mon 9/11, 9AM ET
Tues 9/12, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/13, 9PM ET
Hail Brazil! This week’s ferocious metal history lesson revives the passion and fury of Brazil’s over-the-top frenzied headbanger invasion during the second half of the 1980s. Tracks by early Sepultura, Mutilator, Sarcophago, Dorsal Atlantica, Holocausto, Overdose, Vulcano, and more! Know your Roots!
Discover Brazil’s ramp...
September 2, 2023
ROOTS of Post-2010 Death Metal Rising | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Post-2020 Death Metal Rising | on SiriusXM
Week of September 2, 2023
Sat 9/2, 6PM ET
Sun 9/3, 1PM ET
Mon 9/4, 9AM ET
Tues 9/5, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/7, 9PM ET
Death metal has proven to be one of metal’s most durable variants, and we ravage some fresh graves this week with a survey of newcomers that have made their marks during the past decade. Join us for a joyously rotten hour of brutality and outrage from the likes of Tomb Mold, Horrendous, Gruesome, Gatecreeper (pictured), Undeath, Blood In...
August 26, 2023
ROOTS Goes Back to School for Math in Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS Goes Back to School for Math in Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of August 26, 2023
Sat 8/26, 6PM ET
Sun 8/27, 1PM ET
Mon 8/28, 9AM ET
Tues 8/29, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/31, 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, Sliang Laos, Breadwinner, Botch, Necrophagist, and other metal mathematicians.
Study the ...
August 19, 2023
ROOTS of the Best Metal Debuts of 2022 | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of the Best Metal Debuts of 2022 | on SiriusXM
Week of August 19, 2023
Sat 8/19, 6PM ET
Sun 8/20, 1PM ET
Mon 8/21, 9AM ET
Tues 8/22, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/24, 9PM ET
Join us for a year-end wrap-up of new bands making debuts releases in 2022. This year’s catch includes a horde of new bands featuring members of Autopsy, Municipal Waste, In Flames, Trivium, High on Fire, Power Trip, Xibalba, Metallica, Absu, Triviium, Midnight, and more. These seasoned veterans branch out and discover an explosion o...
August 5, 2023
ROOTS of Rare Collectible Metal Vinyl | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Rare Collectible Metal Vinyl | on SiriusXM
Week of August 5, 2023
Sat 8/5, 6PM ET
Sun 8/6, 1PM ET
Mon 8/7, 9AM ET
Tues 8/8, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/10, 9PM ET
This week we drill into the metal record collector rabbit hole to flip through $100,000 worth of the most 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 Your Roots!
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