ROOTS of Opera Singers in Metal | on SiriusXM
Week of June 1, 2024
Sat 6/1, 6PM ET
Sun 6/2, 1PM ET
Mon 6/3, 9AM ET
Tues 6/4, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/6, 9PM ET
This week we herald the unusual and powerful crossover of metal and opera, ranging from early experiments by Celtic Frost and Therion, to specific power metal and symphonic metal uses by Nightwish and Epica. Then comes the darkness: death metal and avant garde fusion by Septicflesh, Igorrr, Skalmold, and Fleshgod Apocalypse (pictured above). It ain’t over ’til the headbangers sing — Know your Roots!
Read the six-octave saga of metal history in SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, by ROOTS host Ian Christe.
PLAYLIST:
MOLLLUST – “Saturn – Human Clockwork” from MOTHER UNIVERSE
CELTIC FROST – “Rex Irae (Requiem)” from INTO THE PANDEMONIUM
THERION – “The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah” from THE MISKOLC EXPERIENCE
NIGHTWISH – “Slaying the Dreamer” from CENTURY CHILD
EPICA – “The Phantom Agony” from THE PHANTOM AGONY
IMPERIAL AGE – “Anthem of Valour” from NEW WORLD
AUGURY – “Beatus” from CONCEALED
SEPTICFLESH – “The Eldest Cosmonaut” from A FALLEN TEMPLE
DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA – “A Rancid Romance” from SING ALONG SONGS FOR THE DAMNED AND DELIRIOUS
IGORRR – “Tout Petit Moineau” from HALLELUJAH
FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE – “Pendulum” from PENDULUM
SKALMOLD w/the ICELAND SYMPHONY – “HEL” from Skálmöld & Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands
Roots is Sound of the Beast author Ian Christe’s heavy metal history show on Sirius XM Liquid Metal channel 40. Each week we rip open another subgenre, band, movement, country, or theme. The show is available on-demand online from SiriusXM.com.
Caught part of this yesterday, anxious to hear the rest. I hope the live version of Slaying the Dreamer was used with Floor singing, so much better. Don’t ever hear Nightwish with Floor on Liquid Metal but hear lots of other Females, missing out on the best one.