Ian Christe's Blog, page 27
December 6, 2019
Roots of Gothic Doom Metal | on Sirius XM
BLOODYROOTSof Gothic Doom Metal on Sirius XM
Week of December 7, 2019
Sat 12/7, 6PM ET
Sun 12/8, 1PM ET
Mon 12/9, 9AM ET
Tues 12/10, 4PM ET
Thurs 12/12, 9PM ET
This week’s heavy metal history lesson descends into the realm of somber, crushing Goth-influenced doom metal by My Dying Bride, Draconian, Paradise Lost, Lacuna Coil, Moonspell, Rotting Christ, Triptykon, Novembers Doom, Type O Negative and more. Mourn your Roots!
PLAYLIST:
ROTTING CHRIST – “The Four Horsemen” from RITUALS
TYPE O...
November 27, 2019
ROOTS Final Scream for SLAYERRR! | on SiriusXM
photo: Harald Oimoen, from MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW
ROOTS Final Scream for SLAYERRR! | on SiriusXM
Week of November 30, 2019
Thurs 11/28, 9PM ET
Fri 11/29, 11AM ET
Sat 11/30, 6PM ET
Sun 12/1, 1PM ET
Mon 12/2, 9AM ET
Tues 12/3, 4PM ET
Thurs 12/5, 9PM ET
They came for blood in 1981, and after this week, Slayer finally sleeps. Join Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) for a final scream for Slayer and the riffs, songs, and infamous butchery that has kept them reigning in metal for...
November 22, 2019
Roots of Androids and Replicants in Metal | on Sirius XM
ROOTS of ANDROIDS and REPLICANTS in METAL
Week of November 23, 2019
Sat 11/23, 6PM ET
Sun 11/24, 1PM ET
Mon 11/25, 9AM ET
Tues 11/26, 4PM ET
The future has arrived, and we are living in November 2019, the exact time frame of Ridley Scott’s science-fiction masterpiece, Blade Runner. This week’s history lesson does a systems check on how metal has anticipated the slick, high-tech future world of robots, intelligent software, and artificial life. Plug into prime examples of man-machine metal by...
November 15, 2019
Roots of Australian Atmospheric Black Metal | on Sirius XM
Roots of Australian Atmospheric Black Metal | on Sirius XM
Week of November 16, 2019
Sat 11/16, 6PM ET
Sun 11/17, 1PM ET
Mon 11/18, 9AM ET
Tues 11/19, 4PM ET
Thurs 11/20, 9PM ET
We check into the abyss of a faraway land down under and investigate the mysterious phenomenon of Australia’s wide-open atmospheric black metal scene. Check out early entries by Austere and Woods of Desolation, plus current offerings by the mournful and majestic Aquilus, Somnium Vox, Thrall, an...
November 9, 2019
ROOTS Metal Creator Series: Mercyful Fate & King Diamond
ROOTS Metal Creator Series: Mercyful Fate & King Diamond
Week of November 9, 2019
Sat 11/9, 6PM ET
Sun 11/10, 1PM ET
Mon 11/11, 9AM ET
Tues 11/12, 4PM ET
Thurs 11/14, 9PM ET
This week the circle was broken forever, when original Mercyful Fate and King Diamond bassist Timi “Grabber” Hansen passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer. At the same time, Mercyful Fate is planning a series of 2020 festival appearances playing timeless classics from their early albums Melissa an...
November 6, 2019
TEEN MUSIC HELL: Billy Squier from FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982) | The Official Teen Movie Hell Mixtape
Welcome to a way out, Walkman-melting, battery-draining hit parade of teen comedy soundtrack cuts assembled by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, author of TEEN MOVIE HELL: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Comedies from Animal House to Zapped! This is your Teen Movie Hell mixtape, crank and use extremely unwisely!
Hey man, is that jock rock? Crank it up! Billy Squier’s signature AOR funk rock is muscled up in Fast Times at Ridgemont High’s often overshadowed football sequence by marching band horns, creating an equally overlooked boomi...
HellNovember 1, 2019
Roots of Metal in 1979: The Dam Began to Burst | on SiriusXM
Roots of Metal in 1979: The Dam Began to Burst | on SiriusXM
Week of November 11, 2019
Sat 11/2, 6PM ET
Sun 11/3, 1PM ET
Mon 11/4, 9AM ET
Tues 11/5, 4PM ET
Thurs 11/7, 9PM ET
This week’s metal history dive takes us 40 years back to 1979, the lull between the hard rock 1970s and the heavy metal 1980s. With Black Sabbath derailed, Judas Priest and Scorpions rise to the forefront, and a new rash of bands including Saxon, Accept, and Iron Maiden emerge from the rubble of d...
October 26, 2019
ROOTS Summons 13 Metal Demons for Halloween | on SiriusXM
ROOTS Summons 13 Metal Demons for Halloween | on SiriusXM
Week of October 26, 2019
Sat 10/26, 6PM ET
Sun 10/27, 1PM ET
Mon 10/28, 9AM ET
Tues 10/29, 4PM ET
Thurs 10/31, 9PM ET
This week’s Halloween celebration enlists the help of Testament, Mayhem, Immortal, Napalm Death, Mercyful Fate, Entombed, Morbid Angel, Opeth, Pantera, and Candlemass to summon a pantheon of greater metal demons. From mythic beings to the all-too-real demons in our heads, these spirits animate th...
October 12, 2019
Roots of Jazz in Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS OF JAZZ IN METAL | on SiriusXM
Week of October 12, 2019
Sat 10/12, 6PM ET
Sun 10/13, 1PM ET
Mon 10/14, 9AM ET
Tues 10/15, 4PM ET
Thurs 10/17, 9PM ET
This week’s way-out session explores a schizophrenic collision of the best-trained echelons of jazz and metal, where swing and shred interact in a high-speed heavy freak scene. Flip your wig with sax-soaked madness from pioneers Painkiller, Flying Luttenbachers, Ephel Death, and Yakuza, plus modern masters Shining (NO), Ihsahn, Convulsif, a...
October 5, 2019
ROOTS of Central American Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS of Central American Thrash Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of October 5, 2019
Sat 10/5, 6PM ET
Sun 10/6, 1PM ET
Mon 10/7, 9AM ET
Tues 10/8, 4PM ET
Thurs 10/10, 9PM ET
This week’s metal history lesson taps the seven nations of Central America—Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, and El Salvador—for a frantic thrash metal free-for-all featuring newcomers Atrofia, Cannabica, G.O.D., Intoxicator, Witchgöat, Verge of Umbra, Apes of God, and…Morbid Angel? Prepare for fast jams...
