BLOODY ROOTS OF BLACK MEN AND WOMEN IN METAL
Week of Feb. 16, 2013
Sat, 2/16 6PM ET
Sun, 2/17 2PM ET
Tues, 2/19 3PM ET
Thurs, 2/21 9PM ET
This week’s heavy metal history lesson honors black men and women that have expanded the scope and advanced the cause of loud, aggressive metal. Join host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”) for an hour of tracks by Candiria, Suffocation, Hirax, Sepultura, early Metallica, Wrust, and others, including a block of female-fronted bands inspired by the eye-opening book What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal. Know your Roots!
PLAYLIST:
Candiria – “Blood” from What Doesn’t Kill You
Suffocation – “Abomination Reborn” from Suffocation
Znowhite – “Sledgehammer” from All Hail to Thee
Zoetrope – “Indecent Obsessions” from Amnesty
Death – “Politicians in My Eyes” from So All the World Can See
Metallica – “Hit the Lights” from Metal Massacre
Hirax – “Broken Neck” from El Rostro de la Muerte
Tony Iommi (feat. Skin) – “Meat” from Iommi
Straight Line Stitch “Black Veil” from When Skies Wash Ashore
Wicked Wisdom “Something Inside of Me” from Promo
Wrust – “Soulless Machine” from Soulless Machine
Sepultura – “Roots Bloody Roots” from Live at Wacken 2011
God Forbid – “Anti Hero” from Gone Forever
