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Ian Christe is the author of Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal and Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga. He is the publisher of Bazillion Points Books, home to Swedish Death Metal, Murder in the Front Row, Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries, Touch and Go, Experiencing Nirvana, Heavy Metal Movies and other authoritative books about powerful movements and moments in overlooked history. Since 2004, he has hosted a weekly metal history show on Sirius XM in North America. He enjoys exploring.

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ROOTS of Melodic Death Metal | on SiriusXM Week of April 25, 2026 Sat 4/25, 6PM ET Sun 4/26, 1PM ET Mon 4/27, 9AM ET Tues 4/28, 4PM ET Thurs 4/30, 9PM ET This week ROOTS folds together the origins, influence, and lasting legacy of melodic death metal with the hellish harmonies of At the Gates, Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, Hypocrisy, Carcass, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Halo Effect…

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	Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal 3.96 avg rating — 3,026 ratings — published 2003 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga 3.77 avg rating — 732 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iron Maiden: The Ultimate Unauthorized History of the Beast by Neil Daniels (Goodreads Author), Gavin Baddeley, Daniel Bukszpan 3.73 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Born Human: The Life and Music of Death's Chuck Schuldiner by David E. Gehlke, Ian Christe (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“That's certainly the roots of heavy metal. That whole sense of revolution and wanting to be powerful is definetly a puberty thing. Fans don't have to be offended by that. Everybody goes through it. That's why heavy metal is so powerful.”
― Ian Christe, Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal

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“Soon after the June 1982 release of Metal Massacre, Lars Ulrich reported losing his virginity at a party at Dave Mustaine’s house.”
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“Those bands, in their style and approach, that’s what I call tits-and-ass metal,” comments Rob Halford of Judas”
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