ATX Metal Podcast

The Mystical Hot Chocolate Endeavors started off as a passion project by Hate Storm Annihilation founder Craig Schmuhl, who had been interested in pursuing musical endeavors outside the sonic boundaries of the Death Metal genre for quite some time. With the intention of delivering a more diverse musical experience, he began writing in the summer of 2015. No real purpose or goals, just writing with...

Nick Haas is a homie of the podcast and continues to deliver amazing music for the masses.  The solo artist from the Cisco, Tx area has released some really powerful music as of late.  His latest album "Variants" delivers a wild ride of emotions from front to back and Nick himself advises to listen to it with a good set of headphones and get lost in sound. Ryan and Nick just kick it and have a goo...

Welcome to the first episode of Kick It With Kittie for 2022!  For those that are new here, this new series is something we tried out last year and had to keep it going.  The host of this show is one of Austin's own, Kittie Farmer who also happens to be a vocalist for a local band "Flooded Tomb".  While Ryan and the guys are busy over on the main channel, Kittie has been given free reign to find s...

I, The Breather are back!  After a long hiatus from 2015, the guys are back on the road doing their 10 year tour with support from Sleep Waker, Curses and Execution Day and are coming through Austin, Tx.  We got to catch up with Shawn Spann, a founding member and vocalist of the band. From formation in 2009 to disbanding in 2015, I, The Breather was a common name in the metal scene.  But after som...

Welcome to the first episode on the year!  We kick off this year with Arborenna.  Founded 2017 in Austin, TX Arborenna is a metal trio based in Austin, TX. While delivering a "brick wall" of sound that's as powerful as it is groovy, Arborenna aims to bridge the gap of accessibility and to make progressive metal more digestible for a wider audience.  Arborenna went from flying under the radar to yo...

Rounding out the year, Ryan has a chat with Jerecho Berrera, the vocalist of Mourning Sun to get a few more details on the band.  After some technical difficulties with the internet, the guys were finally able to link up and knock out a sesh. Formed in 2017 hailing from San Antonio, TX, Mourning Sun has been slowly creeping into listeners ears and playlists.  They have been dropping new music this...

It's always a good time when there's a Craigslist story involved when it comes to forming a band.  From meeting folks at a bar that no longer exists to random texts at 4am, Release The Captive have story that is similar to those we've heard before but it's always nice to learn a new origin story. Still a relatively young band, formed in 2018 in Austin TX, Release The Captive will be a band to watc...

Aduanten is a dark-textured death metal collaboration featuring contributions from members of VEX, OBSEQUIAE, and HORRENDOUS. For their debut EP “Sullen Cadence,” the band enlisted the talents of VEX bassist Joel Miller, with lead vocals provided by Eoghan’s collaborator and long-time friend of the band Tanner from OBSEQUIAE. Additional vocals were provided by Damian Herring of HORRENDOUS, who als...

Josh and "The Young One" Jared have a chat with the guitarist Nick Lee and Drummer Ray Marte of Moon Tooth to see what's been going on with the band and to nerd out a little because, that's what they do.  They talk about the best laid plans, playing and not playing shows, how their writing and recording process has differed across releases and while working with different producers such as Weird A...

Welcome back to another episode of Kick It With Kittie!  In this episode, Kittie has a chat with a close homie of the podcast, Mr. Jake Wayman.  Last time Jake was on the podcast was when he was in a band named "Avarice" which there is news on the horizon with them as well.  This go around he is now the front man of Nahaya.  Kittie and Jake chat about his personal journey through the bands he has...

Astrixion is an American heavy metal band out of Killeen, TX. Formed in 2011, our founder Ron Flores, Guitarist Lj Whaley, and Bassist Kurt Savage have crafted the Astrixion tone from various genre styles. The guys have been busy to say the least.  Now working with members of Austin, TX hometown favorites Fire From The Gods, Astrixion have been in the studio with some amazing results and can't wai...

Welcome to our newest series "Kick It With Kittie".  We have brought on one of our local musicians to join the podcast team to get even more involved with our Texas metal bands.  This is the pilot episode where she talks to Phil and James of Whore of Bethlehem straight out of Austin, Tx.   Whore of Bethlehem is an extreme metal band that hails from Austin, TX. Originally formed in 2009 by Ryan Syl...

This episode features our very own Taylor Anderson and his band mate Andy McErlean of Pala (ATX).  This one is close to the chest as Pala and the podcast have been close since they performed down in San Antonio for the podcasts first out of town showcase and the bands first time down there as well.  Pala was founded in late 2016 by front man Andy McErlean (vocals/guitar). He recorded his initial d...

Death Of A Dream are one of those bands that can be considered the "glue" that helps hold this metal scene together here in Austin, Tx.  The guys have been around the local metal scene for decades.  As a band though, they have been jamming since 2015.  If you have ever been to a metal show here, you have probably bumped into one or all of the members. With only one EP to their name, they took the...

In this episode, Ryan has a chat with Jody Linnel (formerly of Smile Empty Soul / 12 Stones) to see what all the fuss is about with his newly formed band Transient that was formed in 2020. Jody says he is ready to take the band all over the map and ready to throw down with some heavier riffs.  Linking up with Sam McIntosh of The Diamond Noise Agency, and with a recent tour under their belt with Pi...

You may recognize some of the band members from Spineless as they have many projects they are a part of but this episode is all about Spineless.  The roughly, newly-formed 4 piece from Dallas/Ft. Worth is making moves by jumping on plenty of shows this year and getting their name out there. The last show they threw down at was with Spite, Varials and Dealer (2019) and are hitting the stage again i...

In this special episode, the podcast crew sits down with members of In The Trench, John and Steven, to discuss their newest single "The Cycle" and what the band has been up to since their hiatus years ago.  On top of getting to know more about In The Trench, we had a special call in guest, Matt Noveskey (Blue October/Orb Studios), who helped produce the bands track.  Listening to these guys just v...

 Formed in 2015 in Wichita, Kansas, Parallax are instantly identifiable as a breed apart.  With a sound that hurls all manner of disparate elements into the sonic blender, and the intensity and conviction to make the resultant hybrid count, this shape-shifting quartet have steadily forged a reputation as modern metal mavericks, releasing a series of acclaimed EPs and playing countless shows with e...

Decayer is a 5-piece deathcore outfit from Tucson, Arizona that brings the heavy.   After gathering their members in 2016, they got right to work.  Their first Ep dropped in 2017 and shortly after signed We Are Triumphant (now with Seek & Strike).  Just before the process of getting on the label, Sean departed the band due to a change of pace but has since returned to his place as vocalist.  ...

If you are not familiar with Otis Archer, fear not, this episode is for you.  In this episode, Ryan sits down with Otis and Jordan to get the details on the project and what is to come soon. The episode started off with the guys just shooting the shit and talking about past and present vacations, along with Otis’s announcement that he is newly engaged!  Once the guys get all caught up, Otis explai...

Previously recorded in April 2021, Marked;Life is a 5 piece Progressive Nu-Metal band from Phoenix, AZ that pushes the limits of normal song structure and music with weird time signature and tempo changes.  From musicians hair care to Taco Bell "feed the beat", this episode was fun. Marked;Life has been around in concept for a long time.  Thanks to an Architect's show where Sam (vocals) and Caleb...

From SoundCloud rapper to tasty metal tracks, Notions front man Kalan Beal has plotted his path and is staking his claim on what he considers a new way forward with his band mates and also his solo performances. Notions has been around for a few years now, grinding it out here in central Texas.  The guys talk about how Notions came to be and how they are continuing to push their music to the next...

The Worst Case Scenario is a 5-piece death-metal/deathcore band from Lubbock, Texas.  They released their last album fall of 2020 and are venturing out on their first tour in summer 2021.  Ryan had a chance to catch them before they hit the road.   TWCS is a new find for the podcast but may not be to you.  If you’re into blast beats, then you have found the right band.  Formed in 2016, they went t...

This episode features the Tale of Two Jared's. The young one, our Jared, talks to the one-man band Jared Smith that is, Heliocentric. The young one discusses Jared’s sophomore album “Ishmael,” which provides a look into the sometimes-tumultuous relationship between the three Abrahamic religions.   The episode opens with Jared (not ours) on how he submitted his proposal to a bunch of old, Christian...

Basilica is a 4 piece “hair-slam” band out of Boone, North Carolina.  The term “hair-slam” hails from the draw of the earlier days of hair metal but with an updated twist.  They like to blend multiple flavors of metal to help create their sound. The band had their self-titled album “Basilica” ready to go in the early days of 2020 but had to press pause on the release due to COVID.  They all took t...