Ian Christe's Blog, page 36
June 2, 2018
Roots of Metal vs. 1980s New Wave on SiriusXM
Roots of Metal vs. 1980s New Wave on SiriusXM
Week of June 2, 2018
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This week’s metal history lesson collects an overflowing playlist of classic 1980s new wave hits as devoured and given a metal makeover by Demolition Hammer, Metallica, Deadhorse, Vader, Firewind, Fear Factory, Converge, Celtic Frost, Fu Manchu, and others. See what happens when headbangers reach across the aisle… and know your Roots!
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May 25, 2018
Roots Replanted: The Best of Recent Metal Comebacks on SiriusXM
ROOTS REPLANTED: THE BEST OF RECENT METAL COMEBACKS
Week of May 26, 2018
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This week’s metal history lesson feeds from the fast-growing garden of resurrected legends currently sprouting from down to the deepest metal roots. We harvest the best of the crop since 2010, presenting bands that returned after at least a ten-year gap in studio recordings, sometimes delivering their best music yet. Highlights includ...
May 19, 2018
Roots of the Original Misfits | on SiriusXM
Roots of the Early Misfits Family of Bands on SiriusXM
Week of May 19, 2018
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As the reunited original Misfits continue to storm concert arenas, Bloody Roots dives deep into the gory vaults of the DIY 1980s era of this legendary New Jersey horror hardcore gang. Prepare your spinal remains for hits from hell by the Misfits, plus subsequent bands Samhain and Danzig. Crushing Misfits covers by Marduk, Hatebreed...
May 14, 2018
Roots of 1988: The Year Metal Branched Out—on SiriusXM
ROOTS OF 1988: METAL BRANCHES OUT
Week of May 12, 2018
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Our thirty-year thrashback series turns toward the great unknown in 1988, when metal grew into new thematic and musical territory. Meanwhile, non-metal bands like Soundgarden and Ministry appear on the fringes, foreshadowing some big changes ahead in the 1990s. In 1988, Metallica earns its first platinum album, and new faces Coroner, Realm, Mekong Delt...
May 5, 2018
Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part I: The Early Years on SiriusXM
Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part I: The Early Years on SiriusXM
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This week’s metal history lesson begins to bid farewell to the almighty Slayer. As the band starts its final tour, we launch headfirst into a series of episodes examining each phase of Slayer’s 35-year reign. Part I covers the Show No Mercy, Haunting the Chapel, and Hell Awaits releases on Metal Blade Records, including album tracks; Jeff Hanneman’s...
April 28, 2018
Roots-ebus Eruptum! Fifty Years of Heavy Metal Pioneers Blue Cheer
Roots-ebus Eruptum! Fifty Years of Heavy Metal Pioneers Blue Cheer
Week of April 28, 2018
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In early 1968, San Francisco ultra-rebels Blue Cheer smashed open the Top 20 album and singles charts and cracked the seal on what would soon become heavy metal. Turning back the dial on metal history to even before the beginning, we blow apart the stars, shake the squares, kick out the jams with heavy originals plus ve...
April 21, 2018
Roots of Death/Thrash on Sirius XM
ROOTS OF DEATH-THRASH
Week of April 21, 2018
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Nobody’s safe on the bloody middle ground between thrash and death metal this week, as host Ian Christe plunges into the savage maelstrom of death/thrash. This forbidden zone between rhythmic, fast-paced thrash metal and dark, brutal death is owned by a handful of bands including Sadus, Slaughter (CA), Massacra, Demolition Hammer, early Sepultura, Hellwitch, Sol...
April 14, 2018
Roots Salutes Thirty Years of Iron Maiden’s Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
ROOTS SALUTES 30 YEARS OF IRON MAIDEN’S SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON
Week of April 14, 2018
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On April 11, 1988, Iron Maiden fully unfurled its progressive, imaginative beast with the release of the band’s influential and abstract seventh album, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Today we gaze into the impact zone of this loose concept album with a track-by-track reconstruction including B-sides, live material, a...
April 7, 2018
Roots of Motörhead Worship on Sirius XM
ROOTS OF MOTÖRHEAD WORSHIP
Week of April 7, 2018
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For the dirty purists worshiping entirely at the altar of Motörhead, this week’s metal history lesson rides hard and sweaty in bullet belts and black leather with Bulldozer, Sodom, Disfear, Midnight, Inepsy, Iron Bastards, Tank, Girlschool, Superchrist, Gehennah, and more. Know your Roots…and don’t let the bastards grind you down!
Grab a bottle of whiskey and...
March 31, 2018
Roots Remembers Death Metal Pioneer Frank “Killjoy” Pucci of Necrophagia on SiriusXM
ROOTS OF DEATH METAL PIONEER FRANK “KILLJOY” PUCCI
Week of March 31, 2018
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This week we mourn and mark a place in metal history for death metal pioneer Frank “Killjoy” Pucci of Necrophagia. Check out Necrophagia tracks spanning from the band’s deathly 1987 debut through the recent White Worm Cathedral; side projects Wurdulak, the Ravenous, and Viking Crown with members of Immortal, Pantera, Nuclear Assault, and...
