Ian Christe's Blog, page 19
October 2, 2021
ROOTS of Women in 1980s Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Women in 1980s Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of October 2, 2021
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Mon 10/4, 9AM ET
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From the NWOBHM to classic heavy metal to thrash and death metal, women were part of every major metal development of the 1980s. This week we honor trailblazers including Lita Ford, Girlschool, Hellion, Warlock, Detente, Holy Moses, Sacrilege UK, Nuclear Death, and the Plasmatics. Know Your Roots!
How heavy metal twist and turn through the 1...
September 25, 2021
ROOTS of Speed Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Speed Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of September 25, 2021
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Mon 9/27, 9AM ET
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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 met...
August 28, 2021
ROOTS of Doom Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Doom Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of August 28, 2021
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Mon 8/30, 9AM ET
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Thurs 9/2, 9PM ET
In memory of the passing of singer Eric Wagner of Trouble and the Skull, 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. R.I.P. to a true metal titan…know your Roots!
How did doom metal coalesce from the fringes of several ...
August 21, 2021
ROOTS of the Metallica Black Album Impact and Legacy | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of the Metallica Black Album Impact and Legacy | on SiriusXM
Week of August 14, 2021
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This week we crown thirty years of METALLICA’s Black Album, the overall best-selling album of any kind in the U.S. since its release in August 1991. With rehearsal and live Metallica recordings, we trace the raw thrash metal band behind the record, then we follow the truly universal impact of the record going track-by-tr...
August 14, 2021
ROOTS Checks out the NWOBHM Class of 1981 | on SiriusXM
ROOTS Checks out the NWOBHM Class of 1981 | on SiriusXM
Week of August 14, 2021
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Mon 8/16, 9AM ET
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Thurs 8/19, 9PM ET
This week we flash back forty years to the peak of the crucial New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement, and the arrival of essential and genre-defining heavy metal records by Saxon, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Holocaust, Tygers of Pan Tang, Venom, Raven, Motörhead, Girlschool, Tank, and more. Where were you in 2021? Know yo...
August 7, 2021
ROOTS Celebrates the Life of Joey Jordison | on SiriusXM
ROOTS Celebrates the Life of Joey Jordison | on SiriusXM
Week of August 7, 2021
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This week we celebrate the life of modern metal drummer and pathfinder Joey Jordison, aka #1 of Slipknot, who passed away July 26 at the age of 46. We center on live Slipknot performances; plus recordings by his early bands Modifidious, the Rejects, and Murderdolls; his fill-in spots with Metallica and Korn; and recent bands Vimic, S...
July 31, 2021
ROOTS of Japanese Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Japanese Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of July 31, 2021
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This week’s metal history lesson travels across the world for a decades-long overview of heavy happenings in Japan. Tracks from across the metal and hardcore spectrum by unique Japanese champions Flower Travellin’ Band, Sigh, Dir En Grey, Loudness, S.O.B., Defiled, Babymetal, Doom, and more. Domo arigato —know your Roots!
How did Japan react and transform...
July 24, 2021
ROOTS Bows to Black Sabbath’s Master of Reality at 50 | on SiriusXM
ROOTS Bows to Black Sabbath’s Master of Reality at 50 | on SiriusXM
Week of July 24, 2021
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Fifty years ago this week, Black Sabbath released its classic third LP, Master of Reality. The record casts off the jazzy, blues influences of the first two albums and plunged deeper into the dark, doomy depths of Sabbath’s heavy metal experiment. Join us for a track-by-track replay, featuring rehearsal and live material,...
July 18, 2021
ROOTS of 2020 Metal Debuts, Part Two | on Sirius XM
ROOTS of 2020 Metal Debuts, Part Two | on Sirius XM
Week of July 17, 2021
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Thurs 7/22, 9PM ET
Our recap of stellar 2020 metal debuts continues, featuring Savage Blood, Brave the Cold, I the Intruder, Make Them Die Slowly, Scolopendra, Godthrym, Hypernaut, Sacred Outcry, and others. Come hear new bands featuring veterans Jacob Bannon of Converge, Mitch Harris of Napalm Death, and Mick Kenney of Anaal Nathrakh, representing Germany...
July 10, 2021
ROOTS of 2020 Metal Debuts, Pt. I | on Sirius XM
ROOTS of 2020 Metal Debuts | on Sirius XM
Week of July 10, 2021
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Sun 7/11, 1PM ET
Mon 7/12, 9AM ET
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This week we deliver an extended welcome to bands that launched debut records during the ill-fated year 2020. Show up and support for a global array of recent metal arrivals by Schizophrenia, Symbolik, Glacier, Meurtrieres, Cult of Lilith, Possessed Steel, Faidra, Sweven, Konvent, and others. Know your newcomers, and know your Roots!
How did met...
