Ian Christe's Blog, page 55
June 4, 2016
Bloody Roots of Gothic Doom Metal on Sirius XM
BLOODYROOTSof Gothic Doom Metal on Sirius XM
Week of June 4, 2016
Sat 6/4, 6PM ET
Sun 6/5, 1PM ET
Mon 6/6, 9AM ET
Tues 6/7, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/9, 9PM ET
On this week’s heavy metal metal history lesson, we revisit the somber, crushing tones of massive Goth-influence 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 NEGA...
June 2, 2016
WE GOT POWER!: Joe Carducci’s Four-Hour 1980s DIY Immersion on WFMU
Above: “Carducci: The Man, The Shirt” SST Records ad from WE GOT POWER! #3, May 1982
WE GOT POWER! essayist (and Rock and the Pop Narcotic/Stone Male author) Joe Carducci recently seized the control’s of John Allen’s amazing and long-running WFMU show for a full immersion course on 1980s DIY music. For a full four hours, Carducci retells the story of how he helped construct the American music underground through his jobs at Systematic Distribution and later SST Records. Bands on queue include...
May 30, 2016
METALION: Nifelheim’s Post-Nuke, Total Spikes, Skulled, Thrash ‘Til Death Video for “Devil’s Wrath”
Sweden’s notorious and blasphemous Nifelheim has distilled its all-out blackened thrash into a totally destructive new music video for “Devil’s Wrath.” Originally written nearly twenty-five years ago, the song was only recently recorded and appears on the Critical Mass, Vol. 3, compilation alongside contributions by Entrench, Bombs of Hades, Daniel Ekeroth’s Usurpress, Martyrdöd, and others.
The saturated red and black clip is loaded to the max with skulls, dive-bombs, nuclear explosions, sp...
May 28, 2016
Bloody Roots Intro to NYHC: New York Hardcore on Sirius XM
BLOODYROOTSINTRO TONYHC: NEW YORK HARDCORE on Sirius XM
Week of May 28, 2016
Sat 5/28, 6PM ET
Sun 5/29, 1PM ET
Mon 5/30, 9AM ET
Tues 5/31, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/1, 9PM ET
In the aftermath of New York’s 1970s punk scene came a wilder, tougher breed of 1980s hardcore punk in the city. Spearheaded by D.C. transplants Bad Brains, centered around Manhattan’s crumbling Lower East Side, and more influenced by heavy metal than earlier hardcore scenes in L.A. and the Midwest, NYHC bands like Agnostic Front,...
May 21, 2016
Bloody Roots Salutes Forty Years of Twisted Fucking Sister on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS SALUTES FORTY YEARS OFTWISTED FUCKING SISTER on SIRIUS XM
Week of May 21, 2016
Sat 5/21, 6PM ET
Sun 5/22, 1PM ET
Mon 5/23, 9AM ET
Tues 5/24, 4PM ET
Thurs 5/26, 9PM ET
Before striking multi-platinum as monstrous MTV metal video stars in 1984, New York’s raucousTwisted Sistermastered its sound, image, and live show as hungry regional club superstars. On early albums, the band absorbed the lessons of Motörhead, Saxon, and Iron Maiden, and delivered a counterpunch to British metal’s...
May 17, 2016
WE GOT POWER!: Fred Armisen’s Tribute to Jordan Schwartz & Herb Lienau
Comedian Fred Armisen has ventured back into Bazillion Points territory, this time posting a portrait of WE GOT POWER! author Jordan Schwartz and mainstay Herb Lienau from backstage at a Bob Mould show in Los Angeles. “They have such friendly faces!”
Of course, Jordan’s book is filled with early ’80s photos combining members of Circle Jerks, Black Flag, and Minutemen—or Descendents, Black Flag, and Saccharine Trust. Armisen’s right, they were having fun. Party or go home!
May 14, 2016
Bloody Roots of Arizona Dry Hate on Sirius XM: AZ Thrash Metal Demos 1985-1992
BLOODY ROOTS OF ARIZONA DRY HATE: AZ THRASH METAL DEMOS 1985-1992
Week of May 14, 2016
Sat 5/14, 6PM ET
Sun 5/15, 1PM ET
Mon 5/16, 9AM ET
Tues 5/17, 4PM ET
Thurs 5/19, 9PM ET
This week’s heavy metal history lesson highlights tracks from the Arizona Dry Hate project, an archive of Arizona thrash metal demo tapes from 1985-1992 compiled by scene veterans Elvis Hogjaw and Nikos Mixas. Check out overlooked treasures in the blazing sand by Ripchord, Atrophy, Execration, Nuclear Death, Reactor, Psy...
May 7, 2016
Bloody Roots of Crushing Psychedelic Doom Metal on Sirius XM
Bloody Roots of Crushing Psychedelic Doom Metal on Sirius XM
Week of May 7, 2016
Sat 5/7, 6PM ET
Sun 5/8, 1PM ET
Mon 5/9, 9AM ET
Tues 5/10, 4PM ET
Thurs 5/12, 9PM ET
Prepare for a horizon-bending history lesson as satellite-shaking specimens of psychedelic doom metal like Yob, Ufomammut, Conan, supergroup Shrinebuilder, Toner Low, and more rattle reality into a low-frequency fantasia on Bloody Roots. PLAY IT LOUD!
For more hallowed heritage of heavy metal and hardcore, check out a book from:...
May 2, 2016
Bloody Roots of Death’s Scream Bloody Gore on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF DEATH’s SCREAM BLOODY GORE on Sirius XM
Week of April 30, 2016
Sat 4/30, 6PM ET
Sun 5/1, 1PM ET
Mon 5/2, 9AM ET
Tues 5/3, 4PM ET
Thurs 5/5, 9PM ET
Chuck Schuldiner’s long road to creating Death’s 1987 debut Scream Bloody Gore, with gristly demo-era tracks by Death, Mantas, Genocide, Repulsion, Massacre, Slaughter (CA), D.R.I., Autopsy, and others. Know your Bloody Gore!
For more history of the demo tape trading and early death metal years, check out www.bazillionpoints.com
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April 23, 2016
Bloody Roots of Traditional Metal Today on Sirius XM
BLOODY ROOTS OF TRADITIONAL METAL TODAY on Sirius XM
Week of April 23, 2016
Sat 4/23, 6PM ET
Sun 4/24, 1PM ET
Mon 4/25, 9AM ET
Tues 4/26, 4PM ET
Thurs 4/28, 9PM ET
Thirty years beyond the first golden era of classic 1980s heavy metal, a crop of twenty-something young bands like Enforcer, Skull Fist, Cauldron, and Holy Grail are resurrecting the lost arts of clean singing, flashy guitar solos, and fist-pounding HM melody. At the same time, originators like Judas Priest, Sanctuary, Diamond Head...
