A new metal specialty show for KEXP called “Seek and Destroy” launches on Halloween night and will be on the air every Saturday from midnight till 2 a.m. following the launch.  Quality, metal broadcasts that embraces both the old and new-school swath of metal sub-genres has been MIA from Seattle airwaves, and this show hopes to change that.  Hannah Levin and Tanner Ellison will host.

Hannah at Seattle Weekly has been counting down her top 10 favorite metal records of all time.  Her opening salvo was Girlschool, a female-fronted metal band that absolutely shredded in the early 1980s.  This English band of royal marauders was conceived in 1975, and underwent some changes prior to their explosion onto the scene in the early 80s.  Girlschool most likely flourished from Motörhead leader Lemmy Kilmister’s mentoring, whose management team got involved on the Overkill tour in 1979.  Unlike other megalomanics during his time, Kilmister provided direction but didn’t dictate.  Girlschool released their first single, “Take It All Away” in 1978 and their first album, Demolition, materialized in the spring of 1980.  The rest, as they say, is history.

Levin’s countdown is already on Day 8 and launch day is on Halloween, right around the corner.