Ian Christe's Blog, page 32
April 13, 2019
Roots of Metal and Orchestral Collaborations | on SiriusXM
Roots of Metal and Orchestral Collaborations | on SiriusXM
Week of April 13, 2019
Sat 4/13, 6PM ET
Sun 4/14, 1PM ET
Mon 4/15, 9AM ET
Tues 4/16, 4PM ET
Thurs 4/18, 9PM ET
Are orchestral collaborations overindulgent, or the ultimate expression of metal majesty? Join host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) for a refined selection of symphonic collaborations by a range of metal bands including Celtic Frost, Emperor, Satyricon, Yngwie Malmsteen, Entombed, Nightwish, and Metallica....
April 6, 2019
Roots of Grunge Rock and Metal | on Sirius XM
Roots of Grunge Rock and Metal | on Sirius XM
Week of April 6, 2019
Sat 4/6, 6PM ET
Sun 4/7, 1PM ET
Mon 4/8, 9AM ET
Tues 4/9, 4PM ET
Thurs 4/11, 9PM ET
To honor twenty-five years this week since the untimely passing of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, Roots digs the distortion and flannel of punk- and metal-infested Pacific Northwest hard rock bands like Tad, Nirvana, Earth, Mudhoney, and Soundgarden. Host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) pushes through the Puget Sound fog and extra...
March 30, 2019
Roots Celebrates 40 Years of Motörhead’s Overkill | on SiriusXM
Roots Celebrates 40 Years of Motörhead’s Overkill | on SiriusXM
Week of March 30, 2019
Sat 3/30, 6PM ET
Sun 3/31, 1PM ET
Mon 4/1, 9AM ET
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Thurs 4/4, 9PM ET
Carrying the torch for forty years of Motörhead’s blazing first fully-realized album, Overkill, this week’s metal history lesson lights some candles on the cake and then bulldozers a nation of skulls with a track-by-track playback of the record using rare, live, and alternate takes by Motörhead, plus tributes by the Plasmat...
March 23, 2019
Roots of the Exhumed Family of U.S. Metal Freaks | on Sirius XM
ROOTS OF THE EXHUMED FAMILY OF U.S. METAL FREAKS on SiriusXM
Week of March 23, 2019
Sat 3/23, 6PM ET
Sun 3/24, 1PM ET
Mon 3/25, 9AM ET
Tues 3/26, 4PM ET
Thurs 3/28, 9PM ET
Twenty years after their sickening Gore Metal debut, we extract the bloody root of San Jose’s long-running Exhumed, and yank out the vast infectious network of related bands including Impaled, Ghoul, Dekapitator, Gruesome, Pounder, Intronaut, Cretin, Mortuous, Expulsion, Gravehill, and more. Prepare for a sickening session...
March 9, 2019
Roots of Jazz in Metal | on SiriusXM
ROOTS OF JAZZ IN METAL | on SiriusXM
Week of March 9, 2019
Sat 3/9, 6PM ET
Sun 3/10, 1PM ET
Mon 3/11, 9AM ET
Tues 3/12, 4PM ET
Thurs 3/14, 9PM ET
Hey headbanging hepcats, this week’s way-out session explores the intertwined upper echelons of jazz and metal, where swing and shred interact in a high-speed freak scene of heaviness. Sax-soaked madness from pioneers Painkiller, Flying Luttenbachers, Ephel Death, and Yakuza, plus modern masters Shining (NO), Ihsahn, Convulsif, and Leftyfish. Get re...
March 2, 2019
Roots of Death/Thrash Metal | on Sirius XM
ROOTS OF DEATH-THRASH
Week of February 2, 2019
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Sun 2/3, 1PM ET
Mon 2/4, 9AM ET
Tues 2/5, 4PM ET
Thurs 2/7, 9PM ET
Explore the forbidden zone between thrash and death metal this week as host Ian Christe plunges into the tornado of death/thrash. Hectic thrash and dark, brutal death collide in tracks by Sadus, Slaughter (CA), Massacra, Demolition Hammer, early Sepultura, Hellwitch, Solstice, Pestilence, Carcinogen and others. Join us and feel no remorse as we thrash towards death...
February 23, 2019
Roots Honors 25 Years of Emperor’s In the Nightside Eclipse | on SiriusXM
ROOTS HONORS 25 YEARS OF EMPEROR’S IN THE NIGHTSIDE ECLIPSE | on SiriusXM
Week of February 23, 2019
Sat 2/23, 6PM ET
Sun 2/24, 1PM ET
Mon 2/25, 9AM ET
Tues 2/26, 4PM ET
Thurs 2/28, 9PM ET
Twenty-five years ago this week, a group of Norwegian teenagers called Emperor released their triumphant In the Nightside Eclipse album. Engulfed in swirling confusion and controversy over a series of violent crimes happening around them, Emperor’s majestic vision of massively vicious and almost orchestral b...
February 16, 2019
Roots of African Metal | on SiriusXM
Roots of African Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of February 16, 2019
Sat 2/16, 6PM ET
Sun 2/17, 1PM ET
Mon 2/18, 9AM ET
Tues 2/19, 4PM ET
Thurs 2/21, 9PM ET
As Botswana’s Skinflint prepares to join Soulfly’s North American tour, we continue a series started in 2007 presenting metal bands from the African continent. This week we look to Botswana, Algeria, Tunisia, Kenya, Angola, Uganda, Madagascar, and South Africa and find a massive uprising happening in all styles of metal through bands like Wrust...
February 9, 2019
Roots of Heavy Love: Valentine’s Day Metal Sweethearts | on SiriusXM
Roots of Heavy Love: Valentine’s Day Metal Sweethearts | on SiriusXM
Week of Feb 9, 2019
Sat 2/9, 6PM ET
Sun 2/10, 1PM ET
Mon 2/11, 9AM ET
Tues 2/12, 4PM ET
Thurs 2/14, 9PM ET
Valentine, bloody Valentine! This week’s metal history lesson sends black-hearted metallic love letters to women with names like Martha, Isa, Elisabeth Bathory, Abigail, Lucifera, Martha Splatterhead, and more! Open your heavy heart, and know your roots!
Express your love of metal history by sharing SOUND OF THE BEAST:...
February 2, 2019
Roots Metal Anthems for a Polar Vortex | on Sirius XM
Sat 2/2, 6PM ET
Sun 2/3, 1PM ET
Mon 2/4, 9AM ET
Tues 2/5, 4PM ET
Thurs 2/7, 9PM ET
Confronting the historic polar vortex head-on, this week’s blizzard blast turns your ears to blue ice with frost-worshipping plunges into cold oblivion by Exhumed, Vader, Immortal, At the Gates, Voivod, Unleashed, Usurper, Satyricon, Gojira, Paradise Lost, Accept, and more. Fight ice with ice!—and snow your Roots…
Fall into the snowy history of Sw...
