ROOTS of Metal Without | on SiriusXM Liquid Metal
Week of June 7, 2025
Sat 6/7, 6PM ET
Sun 6/8, 1PM ET
Mon 6/9, 9AM ET
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This week, we dare take up the unthinkable challenge of metal without guitars! Join us for a crushing hour of machines, cello, accordion, banjo, hammered dulcimer, lawnmowers and human voice on tracks by Young Gods, Author & Punisher (pictured), Bad Livers, Apocalyptica, The Hu, Van Canto, Botanist, Ministry, and the USC Trojan Marching Band. Know your ROOTS!
METAL BOOK OF THE WEEK: Explore the inner and outer realms of metal with SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, by ROOTS host Ian Christe.
PLAYLIST:
APOCALYPTICA – “South of Heaven Mandatory Suicide” from HOPE VOL. 2
DAMAGE – “Censorship” from JUBILEE OF KINDNESS
VAN CANTO – “Raise Your Horns” from TO THE POWER OF EIGHT
THE HU – “Yuve Yuve Yu” from THE GEREG
MARTIN KUTNAR – “Through the Fire And Flames” from DRAGONFORCE ACCORDION COVER
PLAYACCORDION – “Dimmu Borgir Mourning Palace” DIMMU BORGIR ACCORDION
BAD LIVERS – “Fight Fire With Fire” at THE SAXON PUB 1991
YOUNG GODS – “Rue des Tempetes” from L’EAU ROUGE
MINISTRY – “Stigmata” from THE LAND OF RAPE AND HONEY
AUTHOR & PUNISHER – “Nihil Strength” from BEASTLAND
MICK GORDON – “Cultist Base” from DOOM ETERNAL OST
BOTANIST – “Stargazer” from VI: FLORA
USC TROJAN MARCHING BAND – “Toxicity” – SYSTEM OF A DOWN COVER 2004
CHOIR! CHOIR! CHOIR! – “Nothing Else Matters” from SINGS METALLICA
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.
