Ian Christe's Blog, page 22
January 3, 2021
ROOTS of Post-Black Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Post-Black Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of August 29, 2020
Sat 1/2, 6PM ET
Sun 1/3, 1PM ET
Mon 1/4, 9AM ET
Tues 1/5 4PM ET
Thurs 1/7, 9PM ET
The fires of black metal have tempered some of most thoughtful and passionate creators of metal today. An entire generation has laid down its torches and corpse paint, and begun to design intense new atmospheric waves of savage expression. Catch the post-black metal frequency this week with selections by Solstafir, Ihsahn, Alcest, Deafheaven, Innero, A...
December 19, 2020
ROOTS of 2020 Metal Instrumentals | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of 2020 Metal Instrumentals | on SiriusXM
Week of December 19, 2020
Sat 12/19, 6PM ET
Sun 12/20, 1PM ET
Mon 12/21, 9AM ET
Tues 12/22, 4PM ET
Thurs 12/24, 9PM ET
We lay 2020 to rest with a recap of earthshaking instrumentals from the past year. Ranging from the savage to the sublime to the ceremonial, join us and plunge into state-of-the-art metallic musicality at the end of metal’s fiftieth year by Mastodon, Kirk Windstein, Sweven, Dark Fortress, Dysrhythmia, Cirith Ungol, Metallica, Tript...
December 12, 2020
ROOTS of Classic 1980s Power Metal…and a Metal Mystery! | on SiriusXM
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ROOTS of Classic 1980s Power Metaland a Metal Mystery! | on SiriusXM
Week of December 12, 2020
Sat 12/12, 6PM ET
Sun 12/13, 1PM ET
Mon 12/14, 9AM ET
Tues 12/15, 4PM ET
Thurs 12/17, 9PM ET
This weeks show presents a thirty-year mystery who is this classic 1980s power metal band? We honestly dont know, and we need your help. Listen to the mystery song, and regale your ears with...
December 6, 2020
ROOTS of the Youngest Teen Metal Terrors | on SiriusXM
photo: Death Angel, by Harald Oimoen, from MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW
ROOTS of the Youngest Teen Metal Terrors | on SiriusXM
Week of December 5, 2020
Sat 12/5, 6PM ET
Sun 12/6, 1PM ET
Mon 12/7, 9AM ET
Tues 12/8, 4PM ET
Thurs 12/10, 9PM ET
The kids will have their say this week, with a fifty-year overview of some hugely influential young fifteen-, sixteen-, and seventeen-year-old metal musicians in the bands Sepultura, Possessed, Death, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Nihilist, Emperor, Enslaved,...
November 24, 2020
Metal Turns 50: ROOTS of 21st Century Metal Influencers | on SiriusXM
Metal Turns 50: ROOTS of 21st Century Metal Influencers | on SiriusXM
Week of November 24, 2020
Tues 11/24, 4PM ET
Thurs 11/26, 9PM ET
Sat 11/28, 6PM ET
Sun 11/29, 1PM ET
Our 2020 mini-series overview of fifty years of metal history continues, this week gathering some of the new titans who forged dynasties during the 21st Century. Join us for a recap of guitar heroes, reunions, thrash revivalists, pop metal saviors, and veteran visionaries who all entered the scene after 2000. State-of-the-art m...
November 21, 2020
ROOTS of Native American Metal | on Sirius XM
ROOTS of Native American Metal | on Sirius XM
Sat 11/21, 6PM ET
Sun 11/22, 1PM ET
Mon 11/23, 9AM ET
This Thanksgiving week, we bring to the table a heavy metal history lesson uniting fifty years of heavy metal roots with centuries of North American roots. Bands from Canada to Mexico and all across the U.S. bring Native American legends, history, and outlooks in bands including Nechochwen, Dying Tribe, Resistant Culture, Damage Overdose, Pan-Amerikan Native Front, Testament, and more. Know your R...
November 15, 2020
Roots of Slayer’s Evil 1985 Masterpiece HELL AWAITS | on SiriusXM
Photo: HELL AWAITS LP back cover, by Harald Oimoen from his book MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW.
Roots of Slayer’s Evil 1985 Masterpiece HELL AWAITS | on SiriusXM
Week of November 14, 2020
Sat 11/14, 6PM ET
Sun 11/15, 1PM ET
Mon 11/16, 9AM ET
Tues 11/17, 4PM ET
Thurs 11/19, 9PM ET
Thirty-five years ago, Slayer mapped the dimensions of hell with their second album, Hell Awaits. Spurred by ultra-fast hardcore and steeped in the Satanic glory of Mercyful Fate, the record’s unrelenting riffing earned Slay...
November 6, 2020
ROOTS Deals Forty Years of Motörhead’s Ace of Spades | on SiriusXM
ROOTS Deals Forty Years of Motörhead’s Ace of Spades | on SiriusXM
Week of November 7, 2020
Sat 11/7, 6PM ET
Sun 11/8, 1PM ET
Mon 11/9, 9AM ET
Tues 11/10, 4PM ET
Thurs 11/12, 9PM ET
November 8 marks the 40th anniversary of Motörhead’s Ace of Spades, one of the most raw, blazing, and significant records in heavy metal and rock ‘n’ roll history. Join us for a full track-by-track replay of the record, complete with alternate takes, B-sides, and tributes by Sodom, Destruction, Abbath, and Warbringer...
October 31, 2020
ROOTS of Italian Horror Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Italian Horror Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of October 31, 2020
Sat 10/31, 6PM ET
Sun 11/1, 1PM ET
Mon 11/2, 9AM ET
Tues 11/3, 4PM ET
Thurs 11/5, 9PM ET
Join us this Halloween week as we invoke the arcane and melodramatic aura of Italian horror metal bands Cadaveria, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Death SS, Paul Chain Violet Theatre, Aborym, Black Hole, Forgotten Tomb, and Gravesite, plus eerie soundtrack offerings by Goblin and maestro Fabio Frizzi. Conosci il magnifico orrore delle radici sanguinos...
October 24, 2020
Roots of Inspirational Power Metal | on SiriusXM
Roots of Inspirational Power Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of October 24, 2020
Sat 10/24, 6PM ET
Sun 10/25, 1PM ET
Mon 10/26, 9AM ET
Tues 10/27, 4PM ET
Thurs 10/29, 9PM ET
In the world’s dark hour, we hitch our carts to the winged steeds of majestic power metal heroes for a triumphant, uplifting hour of inspirational hymns new and classic by Demons & Wizards, Lost Horizon, Manowar, Hammerfall, Nocturnal Rites, Dragonforce, and more! Onward to battle—know your Roots!
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