ROOTS of 2023 Instrumental Metal | on Sirius XM
Week of December 23, 2023
Sat 12/23, 6PM ET
Sun 12/24, 1PM ET
Mon 12/25, 9AM ET
Tues 12/26, 4PM ET
Thurs 12/28, 9PM ET
This week we look back at the year behind us with an impressive array of 2023 metal instrumentals. Join us for brief entries by In Flames, Orbit Culture, Horrendous, and Blackbraid, plus epic majesty spanning metal genres by Lesotho, the Death Wheelers, Radiation Blackbody, Night Verses, Periphery, and Immortal. No vocals at all… know your Roots!
Finish 2023 and start 2024 right with essential metal and hardcore origins and history from BAZILLION POINTS Books.
PLAYLIST
LESOTHO – “Flicker” from THROUGH THE DYING LIGHT
BASSOON – “Cyclops” from SUCCUMBENT
THE DEATH WHEELERS – “Morbid Bails” from CHAOS AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MADNESS
IN FLAMES – “The Beginning Of All Things That Will End” from FOREGONE
MYTH OF I – “Tenshi” from BLOOD EP ***better one on Blood?
HORRENDOUS – “Aurora Neoterica” from ONTOLOGICAL MYSTERIUM
PAUL GILBERT – “Kill the King” from THE DIO ALBUM
RADIATION BLACKBODY – “Annihilatory Zero Night” from DEAD SEED PLANTED IN DEAD EARTH
PERIPHERY – “Zagreus” – INSTRUMENTAL
NIGHT VERSES – “8 Gates Of Pleasure” from EVERY SOUND HAS A COLOR IN THE VALLEY OF NIGHT
ORBIT CULTURE – “Descending” from DESCENT
TRANSGRESSOR – “Infiltration” from BEYOND OBLIVION EP
BLACKBRAID – “Autumnal Hearts Ablaze” from BLACKBRAID II
IMMORTAL – “Nordlandihr” from WAR AGAINST ALL
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.
