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!

Hail the origins of metal with the massive SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, by Ian Christe.

PLAYLIST:

RIOT – “Fire Down Under” from FIRE DOWN UNDER
ACCEPT – “Fast as a Shark” from RESTLESS & WILD
ACID – “Max Overload” from MANIAC
VENOM – “Leave Me In Hell” from BLACK METAL
THE RODS – Hurricane” from IN THE RAW
EXCITER – “Rising of the Dead” from HEAVY METAL MANIAC
MERCYFUL FATE – “Evil” from MELISSA
SATAN – “Blades of Steel” from COURT IN THE ACT
JAG PANZER – “Licensed to Kill” from AMPLE DESTRUCTION
LOUDNESS – “Esper” from DISILLUSION
RAVEN – “Hung Drawn & Quartered” from ALL FOR ONE
ANVIL- “666” from METAL ON METAL
SAVATAGE – “Rage” from SIRENS
MANOWAR – “Kill With Power” from HAIL TO ENGLAND

Roots is Sound of the Beast author and Bazillion Points publisher Ian Christe’s heavy metal history show on Sirius XM Liquid Metal channel 40. Launched in June 2004, each weekly show has examined another subgenre, band, movement, country, or theme in metal, punk, and heavy rock. Past episodes are available on-demand online from SiriusXM.com.

9 COMMENTS

  1. great show Ian. However, I would not call this ‘proto thrash’ at all. I think power metal / speed metal fits. I consider ‘proto’ thrash to be stuff like , well that blue cheer episode. Or most Cream is a good example of proto thrash riffing, or a lot of CCR is a good example of proto thrash style singing (think Fortunate Son or Born on the Bayou). Great show though very fun.

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