Bleeding Metal Podcast

After our special episodes about NIGHTWISH and LEAVES EYES, this time we talk about EPICA! Proud EPICA-fans Kiki and Steffi discuss the Dutch band's history and share memories and stories related to the band on our third Band Special of the Metal & High Heels Podcast.  Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

Pia, Kiki, and Steffi got together on the night before Halloween to record a brand new episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast live on Facebook. We talk about Party Metal and spooky Metal for a party like this special occasion. Armed with our Halloween makeup, we take on the task of discussing our joint playlist - which you can find below - and what we'd like to hear at our dream, spooky party. ...

On this episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast, Kiki and Pia welcome Steffi back to the show! She tells us stories from her University trip to Chile and we all catch up on the current events in each other's lives.  Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

Listen to Kiki and Pia talk about the band LEAVES' EYES on this episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast. After dedicating a whole episode to NIGHTWISH, we take on the next band that we have followed throughout the years and decided to discuss the band founded in 2003 by former singer Liv Kristine Espenæs and the members of ATROCITY. We go through the band's entire history and discography, discus...

Pia went to Tokyo and back and tells us everything about it on this episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast. Listen to Kiki and Pia talk aboutabout Pia's adventures in the City Of Lights that include Pokémon, karaoke, and an interesting interview with THE NUMBER ZERO-singer Inger Gossamer. Inger aka. Hoshifune told Pia about her experiences living in Japan, what the upcoming THE NUMBER ZERO-albu...

On this episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast, your hosts Kiki and Steffi are back with a special episode about Metal DJanes. After years of interviewing singers and frontwomen, we decided to start paying more attention to the Women in Metal, who are working behind the scenes. On this podcast episode, we had DJane Dani from Aachen and as a written interview guest we had Metal DJane Kris Walker...

On this episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast, Kiki and Steffi welcome VISIONS OF ATLANTIS- and DRAGONY-singer Siegfried Samer, who also works as a lawyer at AKM - Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger, the Austrian copyright collection society. Siegfried shares his vast knowledge of copyright and other laws related to music and clears up many misconceptions, as well as explains how licensing...

On a new episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast, Pia and Kiki talk to Sophia Aslanides and Zombie Sam from Electro-Metal band SEASON OF GHOSTS. We had a long and relaxed conversation about their upcoming second album "A Leap Of Faith", coming out in September 2018. Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

Pia and Kiki tell the story of their trip to Helsinki for Tuska Open Air Festival 2018 on this episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast. We had a lovely time doing some sightseeing on city bikes, attendig the panel discussion at Tuska, doing our usual interviews, and rocking out at the after-parties.  Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

Episode number 20 of the Metal & High Heels Podcast dealt with the subject of female voices in Metal, so this episode is its counterpart. Pia, Steffi, and Kiki talk about different vocal styles in Metal done by male singers and how varied they are. And while each of us listens to different kinds of Metal, we can all agree that the more variety of vocal styles in general, the better.  Jingle by MER...

While Pia enjoys her honeymoon, Steffi and Kiki talk about streaming services on a new episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast. We take a look at the business model of these services and to provide some perspective we include the opinions of some artists we've asked about the topic. We also talk about an alternative payout model that's getting more and more attention and that seems to be a bette...

25 (!) episodes of the Metal & High Heels Podcast in a year! So for the anniversary episode, Steffi, Pia, and Kiki streamed the recording live on our Facebook Page and talked about NIGHTWISH, a band all of us love - and apparently, know a lot about. Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

We talk about the different topics Metal bands talk about in their lyrics - next time someone gives you that "why do you even like metal?!"-look, tell them about all the philosophy and social critique that's in Metal lyrics.  Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

Kiki had a fun interview with Dutch guitarist Merel Bechtold, just before DELAIN left for their North American tour. Merel tells us about her musical upbringing, the Indiegogo campaign that helped release her band's album and the things she teaches her students besides guitar (see quote). Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

After visiting Ecuador for three weeks, Kiki returns with fun memories to talk about. Pia tells us about her plans to go to Tokio and both of them talk about their festival plans for the summer. Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

Steffi and Pia share their love for Death Metal. In 30 minutes, they discuss genre borders, expressed emotions, bands and situations in which they like to listen to Death Metal. Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

On this episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast, Pia, Steffi, and Kiki talk about different vocal styles in Metal and why operatic singing in Symphonic Metal is getting boring. Each of us listens to different music, but we all agree that the genre needs to change things up. Or are we just over exposed to it? Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

While Pia travels, Steffi and Kiki discuss several bands that have made their way into record labels and media that are better known for covering heavier Metal bands. Have they just jumped on the wagon of Women In Metal to promote this softer bands? Or is Blues Rock a legitimate Metal sub-genre? Listen to us talk about the subject and join the conversation through our social media channels.  Jingl...

Pia and Kiki welcome Marcela Bovio to a new episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast. We love talking to the Netherlands-based Mexican singer, so we were super happy to have a whole half hour to talk to her about her upcoming tour with MAYAN, her second solo album, and her Spotify-playlists. Listening to our conversation might also teach you a thing or two about marketing yourself or your music o...

On a new episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast, Pia and Kiki discuss their views on today's music industry, especially the Heavy Metal industry. After discussing the topic of streaming services on several of our interviews, we wanted to talk about the concept and about how musicians can still make money with their art. When Georg Neuhauser (of SERENITY-fame) told us how much a tour bus costs,...

Pia, Kiki and Steffi discuss their highlights of 2017 and what they're looking forward to in the new year. Prepare for more talk about how great CELLAR DARLING is and how Pia hasn't listened to them yet. Oh, and, of course, Kiki is still obsessed with TRIVIUM. Jingle by MERCY ISLE.

Kiki and Steffi welcome Angela Infernale to talk about our experiences with bands that are more pleasant than others behind the scenes, cool interviews she's done, and about the concept of very different Female Fronted bands put together for a tour line-up. Jingle by MERCY ISLE. www.metal-and-highheels.com Metal, Lifestyle & Entertainment

On this episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast, Pia and Kiki travel to Dublin and visit Nadja, a collaborator and long-time friend of the magazine. We sat together to drink some cider and chat about our two days together in Ireland's capital. Sláinte!

We find it very interesting to learn about how the music we listen to develops, not only by the musician but also by society in general. On this episode of the Metal & High Heels Podcast, Pia and Kiki talk about some interviews we've had with Metal researchers and with producers of Metal documentaries, such as "Soaring Highs And Brutal Lows: A Documentary About Women In Metal" by Mark Harwood and...

When Pia and Steffi came back from this year's Tuska, they were super excited about the cool conversation they had with Swedish band AVATARIUM - which resulted in a twenty-minute-long interview. It was indeed an interesting conversation with different topics from politics and feminism to Spotify and of course AVATARIUM's latest album "Hurricanes And Halos".