ROOTS of Songs About Metal History | on SiriusXM
Week of August 9, 2025
Sat 8/9, 6PM ET
Sun 8/10, 1PM ET
Mon 8/11, 9AM ET
Tues 8/12, 4PM ET
Thurs 8/14, 9PM ET
Is this confusing? A metal history lesson ABOUT songs that tell the story of metal? Hopefully not, because for this show Sound of the Beast author Ian Christe turns to his own sources, bands like Anthrax, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Darkthrone, Entombed, Saxon, Kreator, Pantera, Sabaton, and Ill Bill, each of whom has written songs telling the story of their band, their scene, or even of metal itself. Know your Roots!
Metal history screams on the pages of SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal , by Ian Christe.
PLAYLIST:
ANTHRAX – “Strap It On” from WE’VE COME FOR YOU ALL
HEAVEN – “In the Beginning” from BENT
HARD-ONS AND HENRY ROLLINS – “Let There Be Rock” from ROLLINS BAND SPLIT
OVERKILL – “Old School” from RELIXIV
MEGADETH – “Back in the Day” from THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED
JUDAS PRIEST – “Deal With the Devil” from ANGEL OF RETRIBUTION
THE LONE RAGER – “Metal Rap” from METAL RAP
SAXON – “Denim and Leather” from DENIM AND LEATHER
DARKTHRONE – “Canadian Metal” from F.O.A.D.
SODOM – “1982” from 1982
KREATOR – “Become Immortal” from HATE UBER ALLES
THE RODS – “1982” from BROTHERHOOD OF METAL
ZIMMERS HOLE – “When You Were Shouting at the Devil…” from …WE WERE IN LEAGUE WITH SATAN\
PANTERA – “Goddam Electric (Terry Date Mix)” from REINVENTING THE STEEL
SABATON – “Metal Crüe” from ATTERO DOMINATUS
ENTOMBED – “Masters of Death” from SERPENT SAINTS
ILL BILL – “U.B.S. Unauthorized Biography of Slayer” from THE HOUR OF REPRISAL
SAXON – “They Played Rock ‘n’ Roll” from THUNDERBOLT
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.
