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It’s been four years, almost to the day, since starting this podcast, and we have tried to record a headlining In This Moment show as an episode probably that same number of times. For one reason or another we decided not to post them though. Most likely because we thought they sucked. Not the concert itself, but our conversation of the concert. Well as you will see in this episode we dont have hi...

After moving to Chicago we heard all the time from people how amazing summer in Chicago is. Of course it is. It's summer in the midwest. We know all about that growing up in Iowa. But they were right. For some reason summers in Chicago just hit differently. The cold bitter winter fades and we all come out to have fun. We go to the beaches, the parks, and our favorite the street fests. For years no...

When it comes to what bands are on the bill our thoughts bounce back and forth. Sometimes we love when all the bands are basically the same genera or subgenera. Other times it's fun when all the bands are different. The Igorrr show we attended was definitely the latter. Opening we got a melding of metal and EDM with Violent Magic Orchestra (VMO). Followed by Secret Chiefs 3. An experimental instru...

All of our mail boxes are a little full of junk. Somehow after going to a show you are all of a sudden signed up for that venue's mailing list. Sure it might be easy to unsubscribe but who was the time for that? Mostly, Brian just deletes them without even looking inside. But on this one occasion something caused him to open a mail from Subterranean. There was an ad for an upcoming show, Crown Mag...

How do you celebrate a 30 year career anniversary? Well for Chad Grey he threw a little party. Or tour but that too can be a party. Taking to the road to showcasing 30 years of madness. The tour had the perfect combination of openers with Butcher Babies and Devils Cut to complement Chad’s music from Mudvayne and Hellyeah.

Even though it's in Chicago, and somewhat easy to get to, it’s been 5 years since our last Riot Fest. The big draw for us this year was without question Tool. We knew going in there would not be a lot of metal, but we expected a full day of good fun music. The weather though had other plans for us. Join us while we share our thoughts on this abridged one day experience.

It’s Labor Day weekend. Summer is officially over. But not without one last party. Our options were Kanye West at Soldier Field or Babymetal at Northerly Island. Yeah… the correct answer is easy to see. And hey, while we have technically seen Halestorm live, that wasn't a proper set. So getting to see them open for Babymetal was exciting. After all they are a big band that has been around for a lo...

Khemmis is back in Chicago. And they're playing our favorite venue, Thalia Hall! OK OK. It wasn't their headlining show. It was Monolord's show, technically. Going in knowing Monolord is a stoner doom metal band from Sweden we were definitely excited to see them for the first time, but it's our first time seeing Khemmis in a few years. This alone meant it was going to be a great show. The first op...

Just because summer is starting to wind down and the festivals are starting to end, it does not mean the live music will. No, things are starting to pick back up. For us, August is often a slower month but at the end we kick off two shows in one week with DevilDriver and their Strike And Kill North America tour. The packed lineup included Upon A Burning Body, Ov Sulfur, and Cultus Black. This was...

More than 20 years later Brian tries to relive his youth by seeing his first band again, Mötley Crüe. This time however he managed to drag Karen along for the ride. Unlike Brian’s only Mötley Crüe show, The Return Of The Carnival Of Sins had supporting acts. Starting off the festivities we got Extreme and Tesla. Join the ride too and see if our first concert in over a month at one of our least fav...

Following the unbelievable journey to their first gig we find Impaled Rektum in prison. Not for long though. With the hopes of another amazing gig at Wacken and the need to save the slaughterhouse they had only one option. Break out! In the follow up to Heavy Trip, Heavier Trip follows the world's greatest symphonic post-apocalyptic reindeer-grinding Christ-abusing extreme war pagan Fennoscandian...

In this movie night episode we recap Heavy Trip. We go on an epic journey with the world's greatest symphonic post-apocalyptic reindeer-grinding Christ-abusing extreme war pagan Fennoscandian metal band of all time, Impaled Rektum. We see their humble beginnings and their meteoric rise and fall as they make their way to their first gig in Norway. Breaking a few laws and almost starting a war on th...

It was late 2025 when we first learned about Fire In The Mountains. After it was only a matter of minutes before we knew this was a festival we had to go to. We got our tickets to this metal festival before a line up was announced or before we knew just how we were getting there. The journey was long, but well worth it. To get to sleep under the stars surrounded by mountains with killer music thro...

Movies have always shared themes. There were the twin asteroid disaster movies Deep Impact and Armageddon. Or the two volcano movies, Volcano and Dante's Peak. So why should Woodstock ‘99 not have two documentaries? In the last episode we reviewed the Netflix doc. In this we take a look at HBO’s offering - Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage.

Woodstock is one of those words where by simply hearing it conjures so many images in our heads. For most we think of the festival, not the place. After all, there were three festivals. However the images we see when hearing Woodstock are that of the peace, love, and happiness of ‘69. Or rage, greed, and destruction of ‘99. How could they be so different? This question is attempted to be answered...

It was the fourth Karen’s pick 666 when we listened to A Feral Spirit by Blood Of The Black Owl. It introduced us to a genre of music we were unaware of. It was spiritual and tribal. As we explored this genre further we discovered more bands like Heilung and Eluveitie. Then while doom scrolling we saw an ad for Skald. Their music was unique yet familiar. With the show being not far from us at Regg...

We take a short journey to Michigan for Midwest Brewtal Fest. A festival at North America’s largest beer garden promised to be a killer day of music from a wide range of genres and plenty of brew to be had. Join us as we share our thoughts on this unique festival and see if it delivered on the MASSIVE experience it promised to be

From time to time we do like to experience genres other than metal music. This time it’s dark country. Or is it gothic americana? Or how about murder folk? We don’t honestly know. We are not always the best at genres. But it was a show featuring The Dead South and Amigo The Devil. Definitely not our go to style that's for sure. Regardless, it was still a fun show.

Can you replicate the feeling of finding a band for the first time? We aren’t quite sure of the answer. However, we did visit the Rock Club at Reggies to try and replicate the first time we saw Dusk at Milwaukee Metal Fest a week before.. They were one of the openers along with Fer De Lance and the headliner Worm. Join us as we discuss our thoughts on seeing them again. 

This week we wrap up our time at Milwaukee Metal Fest 2026 covering day 2 and 3. Of course we cap off the episode with a short chat about our pros and cons of this year's fest and how we think it could possibly be improved next year.

It’s time to kick off summer with a bang as we return to MKE for Milwaukee Metal Fest! For this year's headliners we got Acid Bath, Killswitch Engage, and Ministry with nonstop music all day from some killer bands. Join us in this episode while we chat about the pre-party and day one of this festival that we look forward to each year.

Sometimes more than one show you want to see gets announced on the same day. Other times, you have to juggle several other commitments around a show. You may or may not be able to attend because of this. That was the dilemma we had when both Sepultura and Cradle Of Filth were announced in Chicago. We had to determine what, if any, show we were going to see. Then we saw that these tours  were being...

After years, we finally made it our first Dark Lord Day! This unique event celebrates the release of 3 Floyds Dark Lord. A limited Imperial Stout and barrel-aged variant release with a metal show. This year Crypt Sermon opened the stage with killer performances by Deadguy, Midnight, Gatecreeper and Municipal Waste before the headliner - Napalm Death closed out the day. Join us as we share our expe...

For some time Lorna Shore has been one of Karen’s top bands. Whenever they would come to or around Chicago, she would drag Brian along. Brian would often say they are a fine band, but he never had the same love for them that Karen had. That was until this show at the Hard Rock in Gary Indiana. It was a killer lineup with support from Paleface Swiss and another of Karen’s favorite bands, Signs Of T...

When you are depressed and in an emotional funk, music can be the shining light that helps bring back some joy and happiness to your life. At least that was our hope at the end of a very shitty week. Would Electric Callboy, with their unique sound blending Pop/EDM/Metal, be able to break the depression? How about an Aussie Metal Core band Polaris or Scene Queen with some Bimbocore? Join us in this...