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January 18, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Features Fifteen Ferocious Metal Debuts From 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Features Fifteen Ferocious Metal Debuts From 2013
Week of January 18, 2014
Sat 1/18, 6PM ET
Sun 1/19, 2PM ET
Tues 1/21, 3PM ET
Thurs 1/23, 9PM ET
Sifting through the streams of 2013′s overflowing abundance of debut releases, host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”) retrieves the sounds of fifteen standout new bands, including Wormlust, Noisem, Witherscape, Malevolence, Mutoid Man, and more! Know your Roots…
PLAYLIST:
BONE SICKNESS – “Death and Dismemberment” from ALONE IN THE GR...
January 14, 2014
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Icy Frozen Winter Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF ICY FROZEN WINTER METAL
Week of Jan. 11, 2014
Sat 1/11, 6pm ET
Sun 1/2, 2pm ET
Tues 1/4, 3pm ET
Thurs 1/6, 9pm ET
In this week’s metal history lesson, host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”) battles sub-zero temperatures and extreme ice and freezing winds with a storm of cold winter metal tracks by Mayhem, Voivod, Samael, Dissection, Witchcraft, Shining, and many more. Thaw your frostbitten fists, and know your roots!
PLAYLIST:
IMMORTAL – “Blizzard Beasts” from BLIZZARD BEASTS
VOIVOD –...
December 31, 2013
Ten Tracks That Shook Apart 2013 (And Held It Together)
So 2013 ended up being a downer year with health scares involving metal titans, and the dark early loss of Jeff Hanneman. Summing up some tracks that lit up the year, and held things together, there are impressive explosions of extremity via Bölzer and Inquisition, crafty comebacks by Voivod and Carcass, spooky witch doom rock by Mansion and Purson, pop purulence by Ghost, and A BAND CALLED SLEAFORD MODS THAT I HAD TO CHECK UP AFTER SEEING MICK HARRIS TOUT THEM IN 101 CONSECUTIVE MORNING FACE...
December 22, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots 2013 Instrumental Metal Holiday Festival
Sirius XM Bloody Roots 2013 Instrumental Metal Holiday Festival
Week of December 21, 2013
Sat 12/21, 6PM ET
Sun 12/22, 2PM ET
Tues 12/24, 3PM ET
Thurs 12/26, 9PM ET
Following in Bloody Roots tradition, this annual holiday show recaps the year’s most epic metal instrumentals. Light the fires, warm the grog, and escape into the multilayered mastery of music by the Devil’s Blood, Ghost, Metallica, the Ocean, Scale the Summit, Holy Grail, Watain, Pelican, and more. Know your Roots.
PLAYLIST:
CARCASS –...
December 17, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Grunge and Metal
BLOODY ROOTS OF GRUNGE AND METAL
Week of December 14, 2013
Sat 12/14, 6PM ET
Sun 12/16, 2PM ET
Tues 12/18, 3PM ET
Thurs 12/20, 9PM ET
Though Seattle-area long-haired punk music and heavy metal once were uneasy bedfellows, the lasting impact of mostly Sub Pop Records grunge acts like Tad, Nirvana, Earth, Mudhoney, and Soundgarden merits a look at the thick sound of distortion and flannel. Inspired by the new book Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Bruce Pavitt, host Ian Christe (“Sound...
December 7, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Honors 30 Years of SLAYER’s Show No Mercy
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Honors 30 Years of SLAYER’s Show No Mercy
Week of December 7, 2013
Sat 12/7, 6PM ET
Sun 12/8, 2PM ET
Tues 12/10, 3PM ET
Thurs 12/12, 9PM ET
As December 3 brought the thirty-year anniversary of SLAYER’s landmark debut album Show No Mercy, Bloody Roots host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) rings the birthday bells with a recap of the first 14 songs recorded by Slayer, including the entire first album and Haunting the Chapel EP assembled from rare versions, li...
November 30, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Southeast Asian Metal
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Southeast Asian Metal
Week of November 30, 2013
Sat 11/30, 6PM ET
Sun 12/1, 2PM ET
Tues 12/3, 3PM ET
Thurs 12/5, 9PM ET
This week’s metal history lesson examines the exploding metal scenes of Southeast Asia, where historic leaps are happening in metal and hardcore scenes in Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand. With the help of Swedish photographers John and Lena Resborn, host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points Books) peers into the hotpot of bands including...
November 23, 2013
Bloody Roots Feasts on “Hellbent for Cooking” w/Morbid Chef Annick Giroux
Bloody Roots Feasts on “Hellbent for Cooking” w/Morbid Chef Annick Giroux
Week of Nov. 23, 2013
Saturday, Nov 23 @ 6pm ET
Sunday, Nov 24 @ 2pm ET
Tuesday, Nov 26 @ 3pm ET
Thursday, Nov 28 @ 9pm ET
“Death to false meals” is the battle cry this Thanksgiving week, as host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”) welcomes guest Annick Giroux, author of the classic book HELLBENT FOR COOKING: The Heavy Metal Cookbook. A dedicated headbanger, Annick will explain how she collected over 100 favorite recipes from...
November 19, 2013
EXPERIENCING NIRVANA Book Excerpt in Guitar World, Dec 2013
The latest issue of Guitar World (Dec. 2013) features a key group of sample photos and diary entries from Sub Pop cofounder Bruce Pavitt’s upcoming book EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989. The photos include live shots of Bleach-era Nirvana, plus a candid photo of a distraught Kurt Cobain talking with Tad Doyle, of the legendarily heavy band Tad.
The written portion picks up at the beginning of the book’s story, as Pavitt arrives in Rome to find his Sub Pop bands Tad and Nirvana exha...
November 17, 2013
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Honors Morbid Angel’s Covenant After 20 Years
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Honors Morbid Angel’s Covenant After 20 Years
Week of November 16, 2013
Sat 11/16, 6PM ET
Sun 11/17, 2PM ET
Tues 11/19, 3PM ET
Thurs 11/21, 6PM ET
As our weekly campaign to chronicle the history of heavy metal continues, host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points Books) examines the twenty-year legacy of Morbid Angel’s breakthrough Covenant album, the pioneering first-ever major label death metal record. Along with similarly extreme 1993 major label music by Napa...
