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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 South American Progressive Metal | on SiriusXM

ROOTS of South American Progressive Metal | on SiriusXM Week of November 22, 2025 Sat 11/22, 6PM ET Sun 11/23, 1PM ET Mon 11/24, 9AM ET Tues 11/25, 4PM ET Thurs 11/27, 9PM ET + On Command in the SiriusXM app As beauty contestant Ignacia Fernandez uses her Miss World Chile crown as a platform for her progressive death metal band Decessus, we heed the call and explore the mountains…

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	Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal 3.96 avg rating — 2,992 ratings — published 2003 — 23 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 — 721 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 3.74 avg rating — 72 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
	VAN HALEN Everybody Wants Some really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 2 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
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	Born Human: The Life and Music of Death's Chuck Schuldiner by David E. Gehlke, Ian Christe (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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