Bleeding Metal Podcast

Summer festivals are back this year and we welcome a familiar voice to talk about our experience at High 5ive Summer Fest 2022. Our former co-host Steffi joins us for this bonus episode to talk about the trip Kiki and she made to Stockholm for this Metalcore festival and the travels they each planned around it. Tune in to find out about the performances of bands such as ELECTRIC CALLBOY, WE CAME A...

The practice of yoga while listening to heavy music, called Metal Yoga, is not a new concept. More and more yoga studios, as well as festivals, offer it nowadays. It shouldn't surprise anybody anymore, since it seems yoga can be combined with anything and everything - there's even such a thing as beer yoga! Berlin-based yoga instructor and metalhead Charlotte joined us to talk about how she c...

Do metalheads listen only to Metal? Even when they want to party? Spoiler alert: the answer is no.  To lighten up the mood and prepare for the summer, Pia and Kiki reminisce about their very first party experiences and what kinds of music they listen to nowadays when they want to get in a celebratory mood. In these scary times especially, it's good to appreciate what we have and celebrate wha...

Sebastian aka. sarcastic_fingers (he/him) is a singer, musician, music teacher, and Twitch streamer, who joined Kiki to talk about the lack of inclusivity in music throughout history. We talk about our experiences with (higher) musical education and teaching, and how it could be better. We also discuss the historical development of the piano and how a lot of humans can have trouble with its size....

On a new episode of Bleeding Metal , Kiki and Pia are joined by German vocalist Jenny ( @cthulhus13 ) to talk about wether we can separate the art we love from a problematic, controversial or even criminal artist. We talk through some cases of allegations of abuse, what we find can be forgiven as a fan, and how we have personally gone through the decision process of separating or not. We also have...

On a new episode of Bleeding Metal , Kiki and Pia open up about their feelings on the invasion of Russia in the Ukraine. It's one of the most emotional episodes we've ever recorded and it means in no way to take away the attention of the people, who are directly affected by this war. Nevertheless, we think it is important to talk about the topics that affect our Mental Health, while also cont...

On a new episode of Bleeding Metal , Kiki and Pia talk to German gamer, Twitch streamer and tea expert OddNina . We talked about representation in Gaming, how some video games can bring up important topics to the table, and we of course compared the Metal and the Gaming communities.  Recorded on February 10th, 2022. 00:11:42 Gaming 01:01:39 gaming and the metal scene Shownotes: Oddnina On Twi...

Will we ever grow tired of talking about Feminism and how it relates to the Metal scene? The answer is nope! On a new episode of Bleeding Metal , Kiki and Pia are joined by Dr. Anna S. Rogers , sociologist and lecturer at the University of Georgia, who just released a book about Heavy Metal Feminism. Listen in to learn about concepts like "defensive othering", the male gaze in Metal, and tokenism....

Kiki and Pia connect through the timezones to chat about what music they've been listening to this year. We discuss our favourite albums, favourite songs, music videos but also the video games we have played throughout the second year of the pandemic - yes, someone had to say it. Recorded on October 14th, 2021. 00:00:00 Greetings and personal news 00:05:30 About Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's investment...

What is "mental load"? And how does it affect the romantic, creative, and other types of partnerships? And how can we share it so that the tasks are in fact shared equally? Kiki and Pia discuss their experiences with unequal mental loads and how we can all try to be better.   Recorded on October 21st, 2021. 00:00:00 Definition of "mental load" and thank you! 00:04:24 Mental load in partnershi...

What is intersectionality and how does it relate to white feminism? And what are our experiences as intersectional feminists in the Metal scene? Kiki and Pia welcome HORIZIS-singer Martha to the podcast to talk about their experiences and views around the topic of feminism and the intersections each of them fall into, including being metalheads.   Recorded on October 5th, 2021. 00:06:52 Diffe...

Our podcast has a new name with which we begin a new chapter of the podcast and our lives. With Bleeding Metal , we want to approach the more  important topics, such as politics, mental health, feminism, LGBTQIA+ rights, among many others and be more vocal with our opinions around them. In this episode we talk about ourselves and how we came to be who we are, so that all you listeners out there ca...

We all miss festivals, but have you ever thought about how we experience them as women? Should all festivals have women-only camping areas? And are there even enough female musicians good enough to be on festival billings? In this episode, Kiki, Pia, and Steffi discuss their experiences at festivals, how important it is to have more and more women on festival stages, and how we can make female mus...

Many games have included metal music in their soundtrack and their concept. Of Bird & Cage started the other way around. Composer Arnold Nesis tells Kiki and Pia about how he and his metal band wrote an album and decided to turn it into a story-driven video game. After discussing the game and the music, we discuss important subjects from the overlap between music and gaming, like financing, licens...

Leoni is Head of Media Relations and Tiffany is Head of Marketing in one of the biggest record labels in heavy music, Nuclear Blast. We had the pleasure of talking to them about their work, sexism in Metal, and marketing strategies for newcomer bands. The fact that women have always been a part of the heavy music scene and belong in Metal is apparently still not anchored in the brain of many metal...

It had been too long since the last time we had Marcela Bovio on the podcast, so there was A LOT to catch up on. So many things have happened in her life and with her music and although not all of them have been positive, Marcela is stronger than ever and back with a new band and their first release! Tune in for a very personal and intimate chat, where we talk about Marcela's musical work, a dark...

On our 6th minisode, Kiki, Pia, and Steffi talk about their favorite releases of the first three months of 2021. We mention PHANTOM ELITE, EPICA, SIRENIA, ARCHITECTS, TO KILL ACHILLES, LANDMVRKS, AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS, ANNISOKAY, ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN, DREAMSHADE, and SOEN. Guest sound editor: Savvier Nelson Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS impressed us with the singles they released until now. Pia already listened to the album "Within Each Lies The Other" - which will be out on March 26th, 2021 - and asked a lot of questions! Kiki asked about the musical background, feminism in metal, and marketing strategies. Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

Kiki and Steffi join forces to analyze "Omega", the 8th studio album of one of their favorite bands, Dutch Symphonic Prog Metal band EPICA. Listen to them agree and disagree and tell us what you think about it! Later in the episode, singer Simone Simons talks to Kiki and shares a lot of insight into the production of the album, what was happening in the five years in-between releases, and how the...

We've known Sophia Aslanides since 2013 and have happily watched her band SEASON OF GHOSTS grow throughout these years. Our latest talk with her and her partner in music and life, Zombie Sam, was entertaining and informative as we discussed different aspects of live streaming: from community building to business. Tune in to learn how SEASON OF GHOSTS streams live on YouTube and how the two digital...

Kiki, Pia, and Steffi put their heads together to figure out if what they are doing with Metal & High Heels is still necessary in today's world. This episode is not an existential crisis - or is it? - but it certainly gave us a new appreciation for what we do and refreshed our motivation to keep doing it. Listen in as we go through the different categories of Music Journalism, our perspectives as...

In a new episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast, Pia and Steffi welcome GENUS ORDINIS DEI-bassist Steven F. Olda to talk about the Symphonic Death Metal band's latest album. "Glare Of Deliverance" was released worldwide on December 4, 2020, via Eclipse Records and produced by Tommaso Monticelli. It is a series of ten individual songs, each with its own music video. These "episodes" combine in s...

The three of us talk about our highlights from 2020, whether we attended concerts, and what we are looking forward to in the new year - more details in the show notes! The more we talk, the more we consider changing the name of our magazine - and adding the core to the metal. Because our taste in music has changed over the years. What do you think? ;)

We've known PERSONA for a while, at least vocalist Jelena Dobric and guitar player Melik Khalifa. The couple moved from Tunisia to Germany two years ago and reformed their band there. They're currently writing music and recording songs for their third, still-untitled album. Therefore, they started a crowdfunding campaign with a lot of cool perks. For those of you who want to know how PERSONA sound...

It's never too late to promote the impressive work of incredible women like Kristine Kruta. The cellist is also the musical director of LITTLE KRUTA, the women's orchestra that released the METALLICA-cover album "Justice" in 2019. In this episode, Kristine tells us all about her musical upbringing, how Chesky Records contacted her to make "Justice" happen, and how is lifting other women up everywh...