Ian Christe's Blog, page 18
April 16, 2022
Roots of Deep-Rooted Worldwide Folk Metal | on SiriusXM
Roots of Deep-Rooted Worldwide Folk Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of April 16, 2022
Sat 4/16, 6PM ET
Sun 4/17, 1PM ET
Mon 4/18, 9AM ET
Tues 4/19, 4PM ET
Thurs 4/21, 9PM ET
Our metallic journey calls on the elder spirits this week, as deep-rooted folk metal bands channel the ancient traditions of England, Norway, Switzerland, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Brazil, Ireland, China, and the United States in service of powerful, moving folk traditions wedded to solid metal. Join us for incantations, hymns, and ...
April 9, 2022
ROOTS OF 1982 – The Golden Year of Classic Heavy Metal || on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
ROOTS OF 1982 – The Golden Year of Classic Heavy Metal || on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
Week of April 9, 2022
Sat 4/9, 6PM ET
Sun 4/10, 1PM ET
Mon 4/11, 9AM ET
Tues 4/12, 4PM ET
Thurs 4/14, 9PM ET
This week we fire engines back 40 years to the sacred year 1982, when Iron Maiden and Judas Priest crowned the new heavy metal invasion by releasing gold and platinum records and successfully touring America. Join us for a lesson in essential classic heavy metal as delivered by Saxon, Motörhead, Dio-era Bla...
April 2, 2022
ROOTS OF 1990s HARDCORE || on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
ROOTS OF 1990s HARDCORE || on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
Week of April 2, 2022
Sat 4/2, 6PM ET
Sun 4/3, 1PM ET
Mon 4/4, 9AM ET
Tues 4/5, 4PM ET
Thurs 4/7, 9PM ET
Plunge into the shaved-headed pit this week as we knock heads with the metal-saturated sounds of 1990s hardcore. Pasting together metal guitar riffs, pummeling drums, and heartfelt meaningful messages, we scour the globe for 1990s-era beatdowns from this polished era of DIY hardcore expression including Strife (pictured), Rorschach, Converge...
March 19, 2022
ROOTS of 1992: Alternative Metal’s Arrival // on SiriusXM
ROOTS of 1992: Alternative Metal’s Arrival // on SiriusXM
Week of March 19, 2022
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Sun 3/20, 1PM ET
Mon 3/21, 9AM ET
Tues 3/22, 4PM ET
Thurs 3/24, 9PM ET
Warp back thirty years this week to the chaotic year 1992, when metal branched out in myriad directions as alternative metal bands arrived in full force. Metal’s quest for innovation became ever weirder and wilder in the music of Faith No More, White Zombie, Helmet, Tool, Neurosis, Godflesh, Fear Factory, Kyuss, Type O Negative, ...
March 12, 2022
ROOTS of Ukrainian Metal || on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Ukrainian Metal || on SiriusXM
Week of March 12, 2022
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Sun 3/13, 1PM ET
Mon 3/14, 9AM ET
Tues 3/15, 4PM ET
Thurs 3/17, 9PM ET
This week we honor the rich and fearlessly epic metal of Ukraine. Rooted in the black metal and symphonic metal of the 1990s and honed in the nation’s high musical heritage, Ukrainian metal visions burst forth from Elderblood, Jinjer, Soom, Rise or Die, Ignea, Khors, 1914, Fleshgore, Space of Variations, and many more. Learn your heroic Ukrainian ...
March 5, 2022
ROOTS of Doom Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Doom Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of March 5, 2022
Sat 3/5, 6PM ET
Sun 3/6, 1PM ET
Mon 3/7, 9AM ET
Tues 3/8 4PM ET
Thurs 3/10, 9PM ET
In memory of the passing of singer Eric Wagner of Trouble and the Skull in late 2021, we turn this week to the fundamental power of doom metal for a day of reckoning with Black Sabbath, Cathedral, Candlemass, the Obsessed, Pentagram, Om, Reverend Bizarre, and more. Keep it slow, tune low, and know your Roots!
How did doom metal coalesce from the fringes of s...
February 26, 2022
ROOTS Celebrates Black History in Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS Celebrates Black History in Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of February 26, 2022
Sat 2/26, 6PM ET
Sun 2/27, 1PM ET
Mon 2/28, 9AM ET
Tues 3/1 4PM ET
Thurs 3/3, 9PM ET
Roots salutes Black History Month with a decades-deep account of Black musicians representing all metal styles. From early Metallica to thrashers Hirax and Znowhite, then into death metal with Suffocation, metalcore by God Forbid, and the groundbreaking originality of Candiria. Also featured: Mystifier, Sound Barrier, shredder Tony M...
February 19, 2022
ROOTS of Speed Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of SPEED METAL | on SiriusXM
Week of February 19, 2022
Sat 2/19, 6PM ET
Sun 2/20, 1PM ET
Mon 2/21, 9AM ET
Tues 2/22 4PM ET
Thurs 2/24, 9PM ET
If speed is not thrash metal, not fast heavy metal, not dirty power metal, than what is it??? Join us for a hectic fast-paced metal history session this week with Agent Steel, Armory, Enforcer, Gamma Ray, Judas Priest, Evil Invaders, Helstar, Speedtrap, Cranium, Vulture, Accept, and more!
How did speed metal rise from the glory of classic heavy meta...
February 5, 2022
ROOTS of First Baby Steps of Metal Titans | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
ROOTS OF THE FIRST BABY STEPS OF METAL GIANTS on SIRIUSXM LM40
Week of February 5, 2022
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Sun 2/6, 1PM ET
Mon 2/7, 9AM ET
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Thurs 2/10, 9PM ET
Every band must start somewhere, and this week we trace metal history through the first releases by future titans from the beginning of metal to today. Checking out how numerous legends began, we delve into the inspirational origins and goliath baby steps of Slayer (pictured), Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Sepultur...
January 29, 2022
ROOTS of 1980s Punk/Metal Crossover | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of 1980s Punk/Metal Crossover | on SiriusXM
Week of January 29, 2022
Sat 1/29, 6PM ET
Sun 1/30, 1PM ET
Mon 1/31, 9AM ET
Tues 2/1, 4PM ET
Thurs 2/3, 9PM ET
It’s a Roots wedding episode, as we revisit the mid-1980s marriage of hardcore punk and heavy metal in the form of crossover. Join us for over two dozen blazing cross-genre experiments from the likes of Discharge, D.R.I., C.O.C., the Accused, Attitude Adjustment, Hirax, Crumbsuckers, Cryptic Slaughter, Dr. Know, Ludichri$t, Excel, Raw Po...
