

SKYCLAD – “If I Die Laughing, It’ll Be An Act of God” from OUI AVANT GARDE A CHANCE TENGGER CAVALRY – “Cavalry in Thousands” from CAVALRY IN THOUSANDS


Join us for incantations, hymns, and headbanging madness from Tengger Cavalry, Skyclad, Mezarkabul, Cemican, Yomi, Eluveitie, Hardingrock, Heilung, Primordial, Chthonic, Zeal & Ardor, and more.Ĭheck the fifty-year growth of heavy metal, including the first emergence of folk influences, in SOUND OF THE BEAST: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal.

Our metallic journey calls on the elder spirits this week, as deep-rooted folk metal bands channel the ancient traditions of England, Norway, Switzerland, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Brazil, Ireland, China, and the United States in service of powerful, moving folk traditions wedded to solid metal. The show is available on-demand online from of Deep-Rooted Worldwide Folk Metal | on SiriusXM Since June 2004, each weekly show has examined another subgenre, band, movement, country, or theme. Roots is Sound of the Beast author Ian Christe’s heavy metal history show on Sirius XM Liquid Metal channel 40. ROTTING CHRIST – “666” from KATA TON DAIMONA EAYTOY ON THORNS I LAY – “The Song of Sirens” from THRENOSĭOMINATION INC. YOTH IRIA – “Sid Ed Djinn” from UNDER HIS SWAYįORAY BETWEEN OCEAN – “World of Flesh and Teeth” from AS SERENITY DROWNEDĭEAD CONGREGATION – “Subjugation” from GRAVES OF ARCHANGELS NECROMANTIA – “And the Shadows Wept” from TO THE DEPTHS WE DESCEND…ĭEVISER – “Of Magick” from EVIL SUMMONS EVIL VARATHRON – “Into the Absurd” from PATRIARCHS OF EVIL See how Greek metal fits into black metal history in METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries, by Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen. ROOTS journeys to the island nation of Greece this week to explore the rich, dark metal of Varathron, Rotting Christ, Nightfall, Septicflesh, Necromantia, Dead Congregation, Domination Inc., Yoth Iria, and others.
