Necropolis

Spurred on by the controversy surrounding Finland's Steelfest, this episode focuses on political expression in metal and the reactions thereof. Shelley from www.hatemeditations.com returns as his first time as the official cohost of Necropolis. Guests include David Burke (PhD student specializing in metal studies) and Tyler (former metal essayist). The episode is comprised of civil discussion rega...

Prozak/Brett Stevens joins to discuss him having the title of the oldest and longest running metal website on the internet, his influence on metal throughout the years, etc. Shelley from www.hatemeditations.com serves as cohost. Many 30+ year-olds in metal are acquainted with Brett's influential writings on metal. He's a legend in his own right, and his mark on metal is undeniable. 

Jesse Jolly (bassist/vocalist) and Jean-Philippe aka JP (guitarist) of BlightMass join Necropolis to talk about their new album, what being in an international band is like, as well as other aspects of their endeavors together. Their new album Harbinger of Lucidity will be out this September!

The last roundtable of Necropolis; Shelley (Hate Meditations), Joshua Armijo (YouTuber RunnerJMA), and Paul (Condemner) join to discuss Texas metal and how the internet has reshaped metal. Sinus infection be damned!

USBM legend Paul Ledney (Profanatica, Havohej) returns to Necropolis for a wild west of an episode. In addition to a further line of inquiry with Mr. Ledney, Daniel Lake (USBM book author, Decibel Magazine), Shelley ( www.hatemeditations.com ) and Diego ( www.elnegrometal.com ) join for a packed house full of unbridled excitement. The host might have been inebriated during this episode.

US Black Metal legend Paul Ledney (Profanatica, Havohej) joins Necropolis to discuss his music, motivations, ideology, thoughts on what metal music is nowadays, etc. Also on the episode is Shelley from www.hatemeditations.com. This is part one of two, where Ledney will return and answer more questions at a later date.

An impromptu episode after a nice vacation. Daniel Lake (Decibel Magazine, USBM book author), Nick (Hessian Firm), Raphael (Hessian Firm) join to discuses an array of topics. First we discuss Daniel Lake's travels across the US to see people in the metal scene, which then the conversation morphed into the edginess of some of the metal scene. We then discuses some newer releases, then USBM. The mus...

The writer/director of films such as Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, Dragged Across Concrete, as well as the entire creative mind behind the comic book The Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus, joins Necropolis to discuss his comic book, movies, music, and many elements that comprise his outlook and endeavors. Shelley from Hate Meditations serves as a cohost. This episode can't be...

A casual roundtable episode with Ivan (Black Metal Daily, Order ov the Black Arts) and Shelley (Hate Meditations). Topics discussed are politics in music, the spirit of metal, and black metal being tribal but also individualistic.

A curious episode which includes David Burke (metal academic PhD student) as the main subject. His work can be found here: bathspa.academia.edu/DavidBurke . Also featured in this episode is Shelley from the website Hate Meditations (hatemeditations.com) who serves as a cohost. Many topics are discussed relating to metal. David Burke's take on the essence of metal being inherently existential is th...

Duncan from The Order ov the Black Arts joins to discuss the community, YouTube channel, etc that The Order has a propagated. With around 5k members in the Facebook group and over 11k subscribers on YouTube, Duncan has been a very positive influence in the metal world by promoting black metal and black metal adjacent projects of all walks of life. Song featured at the end of the episode is by Cave...

Jerry from Scale It Back joins Necropolis to discuss his YouTube channel. Topics are broad in this episode, but we discuss his motivations behind what does and why. Also featured in this episode is Shelley from the website Hate Meditations.

Excuse The Blood (name taken from Dead's suicide note) joins Necropolis to talk about his exploits on www.excusetheblood.org and his YouTube channel. Further topics include interviewing subjects and cinema. Diego (El Negro Metal), Nick (Hessian Firm), and Rafael (Hessian Firm) join once again to add to the discussion.

Belial Koblak returns to discuss his involvement in metal beyond his work in Nocturnus AD. Lethal Prayer, Incantation, Acheron, etc are discussed, as well as delving into personal territory with what metal means to him, his thoughts on what Satanism means to him, etc.

Nick (Hessian Firm), Rafael (Hessian Firm), Shelley (Hate Meditations), Diego (El Negro Metal), and surprise guest Daniel Lake (USBM book, Decibel Magazine staff writer), join this roundtable royal rumble to discuss elitism, metal adjacent music, and art in metal.

In this episode of Necropolis, Hellpreacher Johnny (Merciless Onslaught internet radio program) and Metal Jaime (veteran of TX metal), join to scratch the surface of Texas metal. We will return to discuss Texas metal more in-depth later. One hour cannot do it justice.

Shelley (Hate Meditations website) returns for his third time on the podcast joined with new guest Diego (the Spanish website El Negro Metal) to discuss the occult and philosophical aspects of extreme metal, and a conversation about music criticism.

One of the internet's most prolific metal bloggers, Islander from the website No Clean Singing joins to discuss how he came into metal via his children, the inner workings of his website, his involvement with Northwest Terror Fest, etc. He's very personable and was great to speak with.

Shelley (Hate Meditations), Jesse Jolly (BlightMass, Amon, ect), and Deadite join to discuss the relationship of horror movies and metal, the reason why OSDM misses the mark, and how the music industry has changed by the internet and the current pandemic.

Mike Browning (Nocturnus, Morbid Angel, etc) and Belial Koblak (Nocturnus AD, Incantation, Lethal Prayer) join to discuss Nocturnus AD, some aspects about Morbid Angel that people don't know about, and other interesting things!

This episode features Charles Shelley from the site Hate Meditations as the main guest, but also included is Raphael Alecto (editor of Hessian Firm) as a kind of fly on the wall cohost. I had a lot of fun with this episode. This was also the first international Necroplis episode. We discussed some brainy aspects about metal, philosophy, metal, dungeon synth, metal, psychology, metal, classical mus...

In this episode of Necropolis, Mike Poggione from Monstrosity (+10,000,000 other bands) joins to discuss his life as a professional bassist. We discuss some of his bands, life in Eastern Europe, and some finer aspects about the Tampa metal scene. Also included at the end is an unreleased Eulogy song.

Sleepwalker from A Transylvanian Funeral, Temple of Abraxas, and Forbidden Records joins to discuss his music, mysticism, entrepreneurship, etc. A very delightful guest to have on Necropolis.

Arguably Texas’ best metal drummer, Dobber Beverly joins to discuss his bands (Oceans of Slumber, Nercrofier, Insect Warfare, etc), his background, general atmosphere in music today, classical music, as well as a lot of other things! A great chat was had with this fellow Texan!

Necropolis is my new podcast where I interview interesting people from all spectrums of extreme metal. Being that I am an outlier in the metal scene (I’m not in any metal bands), I feel that I present a musician’s perspective without being involved with the industry too much. The first episode was conducted with the immensely talented Jesse Jolly from BlightMass, Amon, After Death, Crimson Massacr...