Ian Christe – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com The blog is faster than the books... Sat, 08 Feb 2020 18:08:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-BAZILLION_POINTS_B_GREEN_144.png.jpeg Ian Christe – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com 32 32 ROOTS of Black Sabbath’s Debut | 50 Years of Metal II on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/02/08/roots-of-black-sabbaths-debut-50-years-of-metal-ii-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/02/08/roots-of-black-sabbaths-debut-50-years-of-metal-ii-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 08 Feb 2020 17:59:43 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11370 ROOTS of Black Sabbath’s Debut | 50 Years of Metal II on SiriusXM Week of February 8, 2020 Sat 2/8, 6PM ET Sun 2/9, 1PM ET Mon 2/10, 9AM ET Tues 2/11, 4PM ET Thurs 2/13, 9PM ET We light the torches to celebrate fifty years since February 13, 1970, and the release of the debut Black Sabbath LP. Join us for an hour featuring every track from every international version of the record…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/02/08/roots-of-black-sabbaths-debut-50-years-of-metal-ii-on-siriusxm/feed/ 2 Roots Celebrates 40 Years of Motörhead’s Overkill | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/03/30/roots-celebrates-40-years-of-motorheads-overkill-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/03/30/roots-celebrates-40-years-of-motorheads-overkill-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2019 23:16:42 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10945 Roots Celebrates 40 Years of Motörhead’s Overkill | on SiriusXM Week of March 30, 2019 Sat 3/30, 6PM ET Sun 3/31, 1PM ET Mon 4/1, 9AM ET Tues 4/2, 4PM ET Thurs 4/4, 9PM ET Carrying the torch for forty years of Motörhead’s blazing first fully-realized album, Overkill, this week’s metal history lesson lights some candles on the cake and then bulldozers a nation of skulls with a track-by…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/03/30/roots-celebrates-40-years-of-motorheads-overkill-on-siriusxm/feed/ 1 Roots Honors 25 Years of Emperor’s In the Nightside Eclipse | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/02/23/roots-honors-25-years-of-emperors-in-the-nightside-eclipse-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/02/23/roots-honors-25-years-of-emperors-in-the-nightside-eclipse-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:39:35 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10920 ROOTS HONORS 25 YEARS OF EMPEROR’S IN THE NIGHTSIDE ECLIPSE | on SiriusXM Week of February 23, 2019 Sat 2/23, 6PM ET Sun 2/24, 1PM ET Mon 2/25, 9AM ET Tues 2/26, 4PM ET Thurs 2/28, 9PM ET Twenty-five years ago this week, a group of Norwegian teenagers called Emperor released their triumphant In the Nightside Eclipse album. Engulfed in swirling confusion and controversy over a series of…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/02/23/roots-honors-25-years-of-emperors-in-the-nightside-eclipse-on-siriusxm/feed/ 1 Roots of Horror Film-Inspired Metal Songs | Halloween on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/20/roots-of-horror-film-inspired-metal-songs-halloween-on-sirius-xm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/20/roots-of-horror-film-inspired-metal-songs-halloween-on-sirius-xm/#respond Sat, 20 Oct 2018 16:20:07 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10786 Roots of Horror Film-Inspired Metal Songs | Halloween on Sirius XM Week of Oct. 20, 2018 Sat 10/20, 6PM ET Sun 10/21, 1PM ET Mon 10/22, 9AM ET Tues 10/23, 4PM ET Thurs 10/25, 9PM ET As the spirit of the Halloween season thickens, join host Ian Christe for an hourlong heavy metal homage to great horror films including Evil Dead, Maniac, Friday the 13th, The Asphyx, The Slayer…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/10/20/roots-of-horror-film-inspired-metal-songs-halloween-on-sirius-xm/feed/ 0 Roots Salutes the Heavy Metal Heroes of Frost and Fire Fest | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/09/13/roots-salutes-the-heavy-metal-heroes-of-frost-and-fire-fest-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/09/13/roots-salutes-the-heavy-metal-heroes-of-frost-and-fire-fest-on-siriusxm/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:56:08 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10728 Roots Features the Heavy Metal Heroes of Frost and Fire Fest | on SiriusXM w/guest Jarvis Leatherby of Night Demon Week of September 15, 2018 Sat 9/15, 6PM ET Sun 9/16, 1PM ET Mon 9/17, 9AM ET Tues 9/18, 4PM ET Thurs 9/20, 9PM ET Host Ian Christe welcomes Jarvis Leatherby of Night Demon (and the newly revamped Cirith Ungol) for a look inside the thriving world of traditional heavy metal…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/09/13/roots-salutes-the-heavy-metal-heroes-of-frost-and-fire-fest-on-siriusxm/feed/ 5 Roots Eruptum! Fifty Years of Heavy Metal Pioneers Blue Cheer, on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/09/08/roots-eruptum-fifty-years-of-heavy-metal-pioneers-blue-cheer-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/09/08/roots-eruptum-fifty-years-of-heavy-metal-pioneers-blue-cheer-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2018 15:50:09 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10723 Roots-ebus Eruptum! Fifty Years of Heavy Metal Pioneers Blue Cheer Week of September 8, 2018 Sat 9/8, 6PM ET Sun 9/9, 1PM ET Mon 9/10, 9AM ET Tues 9/11, 4PM ET Thurs 9/13, 9PM ET In early 1968, San Francisco ultra-rebels Blue Cheer smashed open the Top 20 album and singles charts and cracked the seal on what would soon become heavy metal. Turning back the dial on metal history to even…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/09/08/roots-eruptum-fifty-years-of-heavy-metal-pioneers-blue-cheer-on-siriusxm/feed/ 4 Roots Farewell to Slayer, Part III: Reaping in the 1990s on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/09/05/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-iii-reaping-in-the-1990s-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/09/05/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-iii-reaping-in-the-1990s-on-siriusxm/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2018 21:45:53 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10713 ROOTS FAREWELL TO SLAYER, PART III: REAPING IN THE 1990s Week of Sept. 1, 2018 Sat 9/1, 6PM ET Sun 9/2, 1PM ET Mon 9/3, 9AM ET Tues 9/4, 4PM ET Thurs 9/6, 9PM ET Our farewell to Slayer series continues, entering the gold-album era of the 1990s. From the Ice T collaboration on the Judgment Night soundtrack through the slower and groovier albums Divine Intervention, Diabolus in Musica…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/09/05/roots-farewell-to-slayer-part-iii-reaping-in-the-1990s-on-siriusxm/feed/ 7 Roots of Proto-Thrash Metal — on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/08/25/roots-of-proto-thrash-metal-on-sirius-xm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/08/25/roots-of-proto-thrash-metal-on-sirius-xm/#comments Sat, 25 Aug 2018 21:32:41 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10707 ROOTS OF PROTO-THRASH METAL on SiriusXM Week of August 25, 2018 Sat 8/25, 6PM ET Sun 8/26, 1PM ET Mon 8/27, 9AM ET Tues 8/28, 4PM ET Thurs 8/30, 9PM ET Join host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) for a molten metal outburst of early 1980s tracks that took heavy metal to the brink just moments before the birth of thrash metal. Tracks by Riot, Accept, Acid, Venom, Exciter…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/08/25/roots-of-proto-thrash-metal-on-sirius-xm/feed/ 9 ROOTS Salutes Death by Metal, the Chuck Schuldiner Documentary, on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/07/07/roots-salutes-death-by-metal-the-chuck-schuldiner-documentary-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/07/07/roots-salutes-death-by-metal-the-chuck-schuldiner-documentary-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2018 22:30:23 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10654 ROOTS Salutes Death by Metal—the Chuck Schuldiner Documentary—on SiriusXM w/special guest Felipe Belalcazar week of July 7, 2018 Sat 7/7, 6PM ET Sun 7/8, 1PM ET Mon 7/9, 9AM ET Tues 7/10, 4PM ET Thurs 7/12, 9PM ET This week, host Ian Christe welcomes Felipe Belalcazar, director of the new documentary DEATH BY METAL, a loving look at the life and times of death metal icon Chuck Schuldiner…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/07/07/roots-salutes-death-by-metal-the-chuck-schuldiner-documentary-on-siriusxm/feed/ 5 Roots of Motörhead Worship on Sirius XM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/04/07/roots-of-motorhead-worship-on-sirius-xm-2/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/04/07/roots-of-motorhead-worship-on-sirius-xm-2/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2018 20:30:30 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10527 ROOTS OF MOTÖRHEAD WORSHIP Week of April 7, 2018 Sat 4/7, 6PM ET Sun 4/8, 1PM ET Mon 4/9, 9AM ET Tues 4/10, 4PM ET Thurs 4/12, 9PM ET For the dirty purists worshiping entirely at the altar of Motörhead, this week’s metal history lesson rides hard and sweaty in bullet belts and black leather with Bulldozer, Sodom, Disfear, Midnight, Inepsy, Iron Bastards, Tank, Girlschool, Superchrist…

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