Ian Christe's Blog, page 35
September 5, 2018
Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part III: Reaping in the 1990s on SiriusXM
ROOTS FAREWELL TO SLAYER, PART III: REAPING IN THE 1990s
Week of Sept. 1, 2018
Sat 9/1, 6PM ET
Sun 9/2, 1PM ET
Mon 9/3, 9AM ET
Tues 9/4, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/6, 9PM ET
Our farewell to Slayer series continues, entering the gold-album era of the 1990s. From the Ice T collaboration on the Judgment Night soundtrack through the slower and groovier albums Divine Intervention, Diabolus in Musica, and God Hates Us All, Roots presents a decade of successful aggression from the revamped Slayer lineup featuri...
August 25, 2018
Roots of Proto-Thrash Metal — on Sirius XM
ROOTS OF PROTO-THRASH METAL on SiriusXM
Week of August 25, 2018
Sat 8/25, 6PM ET
Sun 8/26, 1PM ET
Mon 8/27, 9AM ET
Tues 8/28, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/30, 9PM ET
Join host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) for a molten metal outburst of early 1980s tracks that took heavy metal to the brink just moments before the birth of thrash metal. Tracks by Riot, Accept, Acid, Venom, Exciter, the Rods, Mercyful Fate, Jag Panzer, Satan, Raven, Anvil, Savatage, Manowar and more. Know your Roots!
H...
August 18, 2018
Bloody Roots of Classic Norwegian Black Metal // on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF CLASSIC NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL
Week of August 18, 2018
Sat 8/18, 6PM ET
Sun 8/19, 1PM ET
Mon 8/20, 9AM ET
Tues 8/21, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/23, 9PM ET
Host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”, Bazillion Points Books) freezes this summer with a shower of cold early black metal releases from Norway, including blistering assaults by Mayhem, Darkthrone, Emperor, Thorns, Burzum, Satyricon, Immortal, and more. Know your Roots!
Hail the origins of Norwegian black metal in detail with the massi...
August 11, 2018
Roots of Heavy Noise Rock, on SiriusXM
Roots of Heavy Noise Rock, on SiriusXM
Sat 8/11, 6PM ET
Sun 8/12, 1PM ET
Mon 8/13, 9AM ET
Tues 8/14, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/16, 9PM ET
This week’s metal history show braves the poisonous air of heavy noise rock, a breed of rotten fruit fallen near the metal tree. Check out dissonant, angry originators Swans, Killdozer, and Melvins, plus aggressive offerings by Helmet, early Prong, Unsane, Today Is the Day, and Converge, leading up to current practitioners Ghold and Microwaves. Know your Roots!
Catch...
August 9, 2018
Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part II: The Killing Years, on SiriusXM
ROOTS FAREWELL TO SLAYER, PART II: THE KILLING YEARS 1986-1991
Week of Aug. 4, 2018
Sat 8/4, 6PM ET
Sun 8/5, 1PM ET
Mon 8/6, 9AM ET
Tues 8/7, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/9, 9PM ET
Our farewell to Slayer series continues, leaving the early Metal Blade years behind for a look at the classic Def Jam era and three classic albums Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, and Seasons in the Abyss. Timeless Slayer tracks, live versions, covers, and Slayer samples illustrate the rise and reign of Slayer’s evil dominion ov...
July 13, 2018
Roots of Funk Metal This Week on SiriusXM
Roots of Funk Metal This Week on SiriusXM
Week of July 14, 2018
Sat 7/14, 6PM ET
Sun 7/15, 1PM ET
Mon 7/16, 9AM ET
Tues 7/17, 4PM ET
Thurs 7/19, 9PM ET
Yes, the bouncing bass bass is back, as Roots examines the funk metal explosion that bridged 1980s thrash metal with the alternative metal and nu metal of the 1990s. Prepare for a lively, unbrutal hour of freaky, kinetic funk and metal conjured by Infectious Grooves, Funkadelic, Primus, Ignorance, Scatterbrain, Mr. Bungle, 24-7 Spyz, Sweaty Ni...
July 7, 2018
ROOTS Salutes Death by Metal, the Chuck Schuldiner Documentary, on SiriusXM
ROOTS Salutes Death by Metal—the Chuck Schuldiner Documentary—on SiriusXM
w/special guest Felipe Belalcazar
week of July 7, 2018
Sat 7/7, 6PM ET
Sun 7/8, 1PM ET
Mon 7/9, 9AM ET
Tues 7/10, 4PM ET
Thurs 7/12, 9PM ET
This week, host Ian Christe welcomes Felipe Belalcazar, director of the new documentary DEATH BY METAL, a loving look at the life and times of death metal icon Chuck Schuldiner and his bands Mantas, Death, and Control Denied. Belalcazar discusses the years he spent producing the fil...
June 23, 2018
Roots of the Dark Occult World of Heavy Rock Today on SiriusXM
Roots of the Dark Occult World of Heavy Rock Today on SiriusXM
Week of June 23, 2018
Sat 6/23, 6PM ET
Sun 6/24, 1PM ET
Mon 6/25, 9AM ET
Tues 6/26, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/28, 9PM ET
This week we break out a rash of newer bands measuring extreme metal sounds with more accessible hard rock music. Check out the use of black metal, doom, occultism, and thrash in the heavy rock of Khemmis, Cloak, Tribulation, Ghost, Death Alley, Pallbearer, Chelsea Wolfe, Satyricon, and more. See a new movement take shape...
June 15, 2018
Roots of the Exhumed Family of U.S. Metal Freaks on SiriusXM
ROOTS OF THE EXHUMED FAMILY OF U.S. METAL FREAKS on SiriusXM
Week of June 16, 2018
Sat 6/15, 6PM ET
Sun 6/16, 1PM ET
Mon 6/17, 9AM ET
Tues 6/18, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/20, 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 o...
June 13, 2018
Roots of Technical German Death Metal on SiriusXM
ROOTS OF TECHNICAL GERMAN DEATH METAL
Week of June 8, 2018
Sat 6/8, 6PM ET
Sun 6/9, 1PM ET
Mon 6/10, 9AM ET
Tues 6/11, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/13, 9PM ET
Harness yourself into the crash cage for a jarring assault by the highly trained death metal technicians of modern Germany. Gore and guts meet the precision craftsmanship and spiraling imaginations of the German bands Necrophagist, Defeated Sanity, Obscura, Profanity, Hannes Grossmann, and many others. Know your Roots!
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