As The Story Grows

Chapter 736 - "Warped Tour Is A Genre" ...as read by Derrick Ryan of Minute After Midnight Today we welcome Derrick Ryan from Minute After Midnight to the podcast. Minute After Midnight is a new artist on Fearless Records that’s slowly been releasing singles, including their latest, Unleash The Beast. Derrick talks about discovering metalcore and the life changing impact it had on him, the history...

Chapter 735 - "My Band Is My Favorite Band" ...as read by A Static Lullaby Today we welcome Joe, Kyler, and Nick from A Static Lullaby to the podcast! A Static Lullaby recently released a new live re-recording of And Don’t Forget To Breathe on Smart Punk Records. We discuss the band reuniting and how Kyler and Nick joined the band, the reason behind re-recording And Don’t Forget To Breathe, and th...

Chapter 734 - "It's Not Who I Was" ...as read by Nick Vicario of Smirk Today we welcome Smirk frontman Nick Vicario to the podcast. The new Smirk record, Speculative Fiction, is out today on Smoking Room Records. Nick talks about getting national coverage at the age of 12, his lifelong pursuit of creating music, moving across the country, wanting to create a more mature Smirks record, and more. ht...

Chapter 733 - "Disguise It In A Zombie Way"... as read by Felix Heldt from Dominum Today we welcome Felix Heldt aka Dr Dead from Dominum to the podcast! Dominum’s new album, Night Is Calling, is out this Friday on Napalm Records! Felix talks about falling in love with Slipknot and the appeal and downsides of being a masked band, letting their influences drive their sound more than any specific gen...

Today I have clips from every interview that aired in the month of June, including conversations with Jakob Hemstrom of Oh Hiroshima, Rikard Zander of Evergrey, Yegor Savonin of Fires In The Distance, Travis Shettel of Piebald, Danny Stillman of Drop Dead Gorgeous, Dimitri and JC of Lost In Kyiv, Ryan Begley of There Were Wires, Nicole Willerton of Amberian Dawn, Lynsey Ward and Matt Harrison from...

Chapter 732 - "We Became More Of A Band" ...as read by Mirza Radonjica of Siamese Today we welcome Siamese frontman Mirza Radonjica to the podcast. The new Siamese album, dissolution, is out today on Long Branch Records! Mirza talks about his singing background and the journey he took getting into heavy music, Siamese making a musical and name shift at the same time, the lyrical direction of disso...

Chapter 731 - "That Feels Right" ...as read by Exploring Birdsong Today we welcome Lynsey Ward and Matt Harrison from Exploring Birdsong to the podcast! Exploring Birdsong’s debut full-length, Every House We Built, is out this Friday on Long Branch Records! We discuss the band meeting at school and the musical moments that sent them towards music as a profession, the themes and metaphors contained...

Chapter 730 - "A Complete Rebirth" ...as read by Nicole Willerton of Amberian Dawn Today we welcome new Amberian Dawn front woman Nicole Willerton to the podcast! The new Amberian Dawn record, Temptation's Gates, is out this Friday on Napalm Records. Nicole talks about her love for all genres of metal, how cover songs led her to Amberian Dawn, bringing harsh vocals to the band’s sound, the lyrical...

Chapter 729 - "Almost Like A Children's Book" ...as read by Ryan Begley of There Were Wires To we welcome There Were Wires drummer Ryan Begley to the podcast! The new There Were Wires record, Vessel, will be out next Friday, June 26th, on Iodine Recordings. Ryan talks about getting started in his career as a tattoo artist, discovering hardcore and the impact it had on him, the band’s relationship...

Chapter 728 - "Warped Tour DC 2026" ...as read by Bryan Patton Today I have a recap of my time at Warped Tour in DC, including interviews with Cory Brandan of Norma Jean and Kelly Ogden and Luis Cabezas of The Dollyrots! Discord Patreon Substack Email: asthestorygrows@gmail.com Chapter 728 Music: Thrice - "Gnash" Norma Jean - "I The Planet" The Dollyrots - "Hot Mom With The Skinny Pants On" Initia...

Chapter 727 - "Something We Always Wanted To Do" ...as read by Dimitri and JC of Lost In Kyiv Today we welcome Dimitri Denat and JC Condette from Lost In Kyiv to the podcast! Lost In Kyiv will release their new album, We’re All Going To Be Fine, this Friday on Pelagic Records!. The guys discuss the post rock scene in France, the prophetic nature of Persona and the rise of AI, creating a heavier al...

Chapter 726 - "Adapt And Pivot" ...as read by Danny Stillman of Drop Dead Gorgeous Today we welcome Drop Dead Gorgeous frontman Danny Stillman to the podcast! Drop Dead Gorgeous signed with The Artery Foundation not that long ago and have released 3 new singles, all of which you’ll hear clips from in this episode. Danny talks about getting into heavy music later in life and finding his place in th...

Chapter 725 - "Doing Something With Our Anger" ...as read by Travis Shettel of Piebald Today we welcome Piebald frontman Travis Shettel to the podcast. Piebald will release their first new album in almost 20 years, Tales For the Rages, this Friday on Iodine Recordings! Travis talks about the band reuniting and what led to them writing new music, how he’s evolved as a lyricist, the band’s relations...

Chapter 724 - "It's Reflective Of Where I'm At" ...as read by Yegor Savonin of Fires In The Distance Today we welcome Fires In The Distance guitarist Yegor Savonin to the podcast! Fires In The Distance will release Circadian Promise this Friday on Prosthetic Records! Yeogor talks about moving to the US from Russia as a child, the influence Children of Bodom had on him, how Fires In The Distance go...

Chapter 723 - "Try To Find Different Ways Of Creating Music" ...as read by Rikard Zander of Evergrey Today we welcome Evergrey keyboardist Rikard Zander to the podcast! The new Evergrey record, Architects Of A New Weave, is out today on Napalm Records! Rikard talks about playing piano and getting into metal, joining Evergrey, how the band is able to bounce between metal genres and connect with fan...

Chapter 722 - "It's Easy To Get Stuck In Apathy" ...as read by Jakob Hemstrom of Oh Hiroshima Today we welcome Jakob Hemstrom from Oh Hiroshima to the podcast. Oh Hiroshima will release And The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter this Friday on Pelagic Records! Jakob talks about learning to play post rock and use effect pedals, signing with Napalm Records and trying to find their place on the label, the th...

Today we have clips from every interview that aired in the month of May, including conversations with Sofia DeMasi of Torn Open, Ernie Fabian and Justin Jones from idle threat, Anders Jacobsson and Daniel Johansson from Draconian, Frida Ohlin and Jonas Gustavsson from Rexoria, Andreas Clark of Self Deception, Jeremy Walker from Fire In The Mountains, Ben Koehler of Archers, Shane Prickett of Slow...

Chapter 721 - "That's My Driving Force" ...as read by Narnia Today we welcome Christian Liljegren, CJ Grimmark, and Jonatan Samuelsson from Narnia to the podcast. Marina’s tenth record, X, is out today on Sound Pollution Records. We discuss being a band with a christian message in Sweden and their experience navigating the scene, what led to the band’s reunion, how their faith drives the lyrics an...

Chapter 720 - "We Learned From That" ...as read by Hanry Today we welcome Marc Mifune and Jean-Anael Abaux from Hanry to the podcast! Hanry will release What Came From Silence, this Friday on Pelagic Records. The guys discuss the origins on Hanry, creating a more ambient post rock, signing with Pelagic Records, how they theme their songs and albums, and more.  https://hanry.bandcamp.com/album/what...

Chapter 719 - "I Wanted It To Be Streamlined" ...as read by Joe Stamps of Hecate Enthroned Today we welcome Hecate Enthroned frontman Joe Stamps to the podcast! The new Hecate Enthroned record, The Corpse Of A Titan, A Lament Long Buried, will be out this Friday on M-Theory Audio. Joe talks about his musical theater background, being a tentative frontman, the disconnected nature of the songs on Em...

Chapter 718 - "Push and Pull" ...as read by John Dillon of Code:Words Today we welcome Code:Words frontman John Dillon to the podcast! Code:Words is a new hard rock band signed to The Artery Foundation. John talks about moving from Arizona to LA in pursuit of music, trying his hand at pop music, making the type of music the band wants to without genre boundaries, trusting the label as they kick of...

Chapter 717 - "Taking Time To Build It" ...as read by Shane Prickett of Slow Degrade Today we welcome Slow Degrade frontman Shane Prickett to the podcast! Slow Degrade is a new heavy shoegaze band and they recently dropped their new single Lead Me Down! Shane talks about his musical journey with his brother, discovering shoegaze and the band finding their sound, his hopes for the future of the ban...

Chapter 716 - "Very Specific To Us" ...as read by Ben Koehler of Archers Today we welcome to the podcast  Ben Koehler, guitarist for Fearless Records band Archers! Ben talks about the origins of Archers, how the band defines their sound and style, signing with Fearless Records, releasing singles vs an album, and more.  https://www.archersband.com/ Discord Patreon Substack Email: asthestorygrows@gm...

Chapter 715 - "Committing My Life To This" ...as read by Jeremy Walker from Fire In The Mountains Today we welcome Fire In The Mountains founder Jeremy Walker to the podcast! Fire In The Mountains Festival will take place July 23 through the 26th at the Red Eagle Campground on the Blackfeet Nation Reservation in Montana. Jeremy talks about his musical background in Vermont, the initial inspiration...

Chapter 714 - "I Ask Questions In Every Song" ...as read by Andreas Clark of Self Deception Today we welcome Self Deception frontman Andreas Clark to the podcast!. Self Deception will release their Napalm Records debut, One Of Us, this Friday! Andreas talks about trying to make your living as a creative person in Sweden, the push to keep trying to make music and entertaining work as a career, the...