Ian Christe's Blog, page 15
November 6, 2022
ROOTS of San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of November 5, 2022
Sat 11/5, 6PM ET
Sun 11/6, 1PM ET
Mon 11/7, 9AM ET
Tues 11/8, 4PM ET
Thurs 11/10, 9PM ET
The earth rumbles and cracks apart this week as we summon the a relentless lesson on San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal. Join Ian Christe for a Bay Area tour featuring the good friendly violent fun of Exodus, Death Angel, Possessed, Legacy, Testament, Blind Illusion, early Metallica, Heathen, Forbidden, VioLence and more. Kn...
October 22, 2022
ROOTS of Horror Movie-Inspired Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Horror Movie-Inspired Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of October 22, 2022
Sat 10/22, 6PM ET
Sun 10/23, 1PM ET
Mon 10/24, 9AM ET
Tues 10/25, 4PM ET
Thurs 10/27, 9PM ET
It’s an hour of metal history pulled from the cauldron specifically for the Halloween season. Prepare for blood-curdling screams, movie samples, and shocking themes, as we delve into the dark underworld of horror movie-inspired metal by Entombed, Ghost, Testament, Mortician, Possessed, Cathedral, Ghoul, Necrophagia, Hooded Menace...
October 15, 2022
Roots of H.P. Lovecraft-inspired Horror Metal | on SiriusXM
Roots of H.P. Lovecraft-inspired Horror Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of October 15, 2022
Sat 10/15, 6PM ET
Sun 10/16, 1PM ET
Mon 10/17, 9AM ET
Tues 10/18, 4PM ET
Thurs 10/20, 9PM ET
We embark on a journey into mystery with horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, whose stories from 100 years ago opened the cosmic gateway to terror and have inspired throngs of metal bands including Black Sabbath, Vader, Celtic Frost, Metallica, Morbid Angel, the Black Dahlia Murder, Dagon, Dream Death, Massacre, Electric Wizard...
September 17, 2022
Roots of Neo-Thrash Metal: The 21st Century Thrashback | on SiriusXM
Roots of Neo-Thrash Metal: The 21st Century Thrashback | on SiriusXM
Week of September 17, 2022
Sat 9/17, 6PM ET
Sun 9/18, 1PM ET
Mon 9/19, 9AM ET
Tues 9/20, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/22, 9PM ET
Tackle the unfinished business of thrash metal in the 21st Century with neo-thrash revivalists Municipal Waste, Havoc, Ghoul, Power Trip, Gama Bomb, Violator, Lich King, Warbringer, Vektor, and more…
Stagedive into the story of thrash metal in SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal.
PL...
September 10, 2022
Roots of OSDM: Old-School Death Metal Newcomers | on SiriusXM
Roots of OSDM: Old-School Death Metal Newcomers | on SiriusXM
Week of April 23, 2022
Sat 9/10, 6PM ET
Sun 9/11, 1PM ET
Mon 9/12, 9AM ET
Tues 9/13, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/15, 9PM ET
Dig the fresh graves of new OSDM traditionalists, including Skelethal, Bastard Priest, Apparition, Necrot, Faceless Burial, Tomb Mold, Gatecreeper, and many others. Know your Roots!
Batter your brain with books steeped in the rise and evolution of heavy metal, including SWEDISH DEATH METAL, METALION, CHOOSING DEATH, and SOUN...
September 6, 2022
ROOTS Labor Day Special: Tools of the Metal Trade | on SiriusXM
ROOTS Labor Day Special: Tools of the Metal Trade | on SiriusXM
Week of September 3, 2022
Sat 9/3, 6PM ET
Sun 9/4, 1PM ET
Mon 9/5, 9AM ET
Tues 9/6, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/8, 9PM ET
Head to the shed and survey a selection of axes, chainsaws, hammers, flamethrowers, and battering rams as put to work in sinister songs by Gatecreeper, Sodom, Possessed, Power Trip, Carcass, Guillotine A.D., Motörhead, Iron Savior, and more. Know your Roots!
Pick up the most valuable tool, metal knowledge, in SOUND OF THE B...
August 27, 2022
ROOTS of Metal’s Nuclear Warning | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Metal’s Nuclear Warning | on SiriusXM
Week of August 27, 2022
Sat 8/27, 6PM ET
Sun 8/28, 1PM ET
Mon 8/29, 9AM ET
Tues 8/30, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/1, 9PM ET
As the world’s nuclear and radiation threat levels rise, we turn to metal’s rich history of nuclear themes for reassurance. Put on your yellow contamination suit and join us for an atomic inspection across metal styles, featuring radioactive material by Sodom, Repulsion, Terrorizer, Exodus, Cavalera Conspiracy, Watain, 1349, Wormrot, Discha...
August 21, 2022
ROOTS of San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of September 21, 2022
Sun 8/21, 1PM ET
Mon 8/22, 9AM ET
Tues 8/23, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/25, 9PM ET
The earth rumbles and cracks apart this week as we summon the a relentless lesson on San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal. Join Ian Christe for a Bay Area tour featuring the good friendly violent fun of Exodus, Death Angel, Possessed, Legacy, Testament, Blind Illusion, early Metallica, Heathen, Forbidden, VioLence and more. Know your Roots!
...August 13, 2022
ROOTS of 1992: Alternative Metal’s Arrival | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of 1992: The Alternative Metal Arrival | on SiriusXM
Week of August 13, 2022
Sat 8/13, 6PM ET
Sun 8/14, 1PM ET
Mon 8/15, 9AM ET
Tues 8/16, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/18, 9PM ET
Metal branched out in myriad directions during the chaotic year 1992 as alternative metal bands arrived in full force. Check out the creative explosion of ever weirder and wilder in the music of Faith No More, White Zombie, Helmet, Tool, Neurosis, Godflesh, Fear Factory, Kyuss, Type O Negative, and others. Know your Roots!
Wra...
August 6, 2022
ROOTS of French-Canadian Quebec Tech Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of French-Canadian Quebec Tech Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of August 6, 2022
Sat 8/6, 6PM ET
Sun 8/7, 1PM ET
Mon 8/8, 9AM ET
Tues 8/9, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/11, 9PM ET
Grab a winter parka and head north with Roots this week for a French-Canadian hyperblast from the most technical metal scene ever known. Reaching back decades to Voivod’s thrash metal, we enter warp drive with Martyr and Obliveon, then knuckle down with tech-death originators Cryptopsy and Gorguts, finally following the pathways as Qu...
