ROOTS of Japanese Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of July 31, 2021
Sat 7/31, 6PM ET
Sun 8/1, 1PM ET
Mon 8/2, 9AM ET
Tues 8/3 4PM ET
Thurs 8/5, 9PM ET
This week’s metal history lesson travels across the world for a decades-long overview of heavy happenings in Japan. Tracks from across the metal and hardcore spectrum by unique Japanese champions Flower Travellin’ Band, Sigh, Dir En Grey, Loudness, S.O.B., Defiled, Babymetal, Doom, and more. Domo arigato —know your Roots!
How did Japan react and transform metal’s fifty-year history? Read  SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, by Ian Christe.
PLAYLIST:
FLOWER TRAVELLIN’ BAND – “Satori Pt. 1” from SATORI
LOUDNESS – “Esper” from DISILLUSION
GAUZE – “Distort Japan” from EQUALIZING DISTORT EP
OUTO – “Distortion Faith” from A FAREWELL TO ARMS
S.O.B. – “Raging in Hell” from DON’T BE SWINDLE
CASBAH – “Death Metal” from RUSSIAN ROULETTE
DOOM – “Complicated Mind” from COMPLICATED MIND
X-JAPAN – “Kurenai” from VANISHING VISION
SABBAT – “Satan Bless You” from ENVENOM
DEFILED – “Tragedy” from INFINITE REGRESS
DIR EN GREY – “Zan” from DUM SPIRO SPERO
BABYMETAL – “Distortion” from 10 BABYMETAL YEARS
CHURCH OF MISERY – “Brother Bishop” from THY KINGDOM SCUM
SIGH – “Homo Homini Lupus” from HEIR TO DESPAIR
Roots is Sound of the Beast author Ian Christe’s heavy metal history show on Sirius XM Liquid Metal channel 40. Since June 2004, each weekly show has examined another subgenre, band, movement, country, or theme. The show is available on-demand online from SiriusXM.com.
