ROOTS OF JAZZ IN METAL | on SiriusXM
Week of March 9, 2019
Sat 3/9, 6PM ET
Sun 3/10, 1PM ET
Mon 3/11, 9AM ET
Tues 3/12, 4PM ET
Thurs 3/14, 9PM ET
Hey headbanging hepcats, this week’s way-out session explores the intertwined upper echelons of jazz and metal, where swing and shred interact in a high-speed freak scene of heaviness. Sax-soaked madness from pioneers Painkiller, Flying Luttenbachers, Ephel Death, and Yakuza, plus modern masters Shining (NO), Ihsahn, Convulsif, and Leftyfish. Get real gone—and know your Roots!
Read more about metal’s myriad offshoots in SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, by Ian Christe.
PLAYLIST:
SHINING (NO) – “Healter Skelter” from LIVE BLACKJAZZ
PAINKILLER – “Portent” from GUTS OF A VIRGIN
FLYING LUTTENBACHERS – “Goosesteppin'” from SHATTERED EXISTENCE
CANDIRIA – “Constant Velocity Is as Natural as Being at Rest” from 300 PERCENT DENSITY
EPHEL DUATH – “The Passage” from THE PAINTER’S PALETTE
OCTOPUS – “Ethereal Mind” from INTO THE VOID OF FEAR
IHSAHN – “A Grave Inversed” from AFTER
CONVULSIF – “Reason of Sleep” from IV
CONFLUX – “Stomping Grounds” from SPARK
TREPALIUM – Sick Boogie Murder” from ALCHEMIK CLOCKWORK OF DISORDER
LEFTYFISH – “Meat vs. Ginger” from MEAT VS. GINGER
YAKUZA – “Vergasso” from THE WAY OF THE DEAD
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.
The drums of the final Usurpress album was all about that jazz!
Thanks for this program! My musical “roots” started with Jazz, but I got hooked on Metal in my early teens, so this was a fantastic show from my perspective. One other band to consider if you ever modify this show for the future: The Swedish progmetal band Pain of Salvation integrates a lot of Jazz chords, singing, and stylistic elements into there songs, especially from their earlier albums such as The Perfect Element. Much respect for Bloody Roots! One of the best on SiriusXM
Was really hoping for some Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
I just listen to this episode it was cool the music reminded me of the the Locust but with a sax player