DFT'S DUNGEON

Daniel Weyandt of Zao joins me this week as we explore a handful of my favorite songs from 2016’s The Well-Intentioned Virus. Dan tells a spooky story about fever dreams, we dig into how people’s good intentions can cause more harm than good, and so much more. This is the final episode of Season 2 of DFT’S Dungeon. I will return with new episodes in August 2023. Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https...

Sometimes its easy to get caught up on our own ambition. To put so much pride and time into something that ultimately will just end up breaking down and decaying in the end. No album has illustrated that concept to me more times than Wrongdoers by Norma Jean. An album that highlights the flaws in humanity that leads to our lack of perspective and can ultimately lead us to live unsatisfying lives....

Sometimes you will hear a record that stops you dead in your tracks. The kind of record that seems to be calling you out for all of your faults but has the decency to inspire you to do better. Circle Back’s Terminus is a record that not only provided value to me during the first listen, but continued to bring new understanding and new value 4 years after hearing it for the first time. Follow DFT’S...

After taking a relaxing tropical vacation I came back home to the midwest with an unexpected craving for Norwegian Death Metal, and when it comes to death metal there’s always one band that always satisfies that hunger, the band that got me into death metal in the first place and that is the mighty Extol with their second album Undeceived. I talk about how hard it was to find extreme Christian mus...

This week I'm throwing a curveball as I decided to invite my brother on the podcast for a long overdue conversation about the role music played in our lives growing up and we discuss how much we musically diverge from the same origin point. Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https://bit.ly/3UlV4pu Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LnPleQ Twitter: https://bit.ly/3DDa50f Instagram: https://bit.ly/3UioAwo Youtube...

This week David Bunton of The Showdown and Hope Deferred breaks into the Dungeon to dive deep into Twothirtyeight’s melancholy masterpiece Regulate the Chemicals. We talk about how an album can make you feel uneasy about being in the hospital, as well as feel like you have nowhere to be on a Saturday afternoon. If you’ve ever wanted to hear two metal guys get all up in their feelings about an emo...

This week Im diving head first into The Chariot’s debut album Everything is Alive, Everything is Breathing, Nothing is dead, and Nothing is bleeding. In the spirit of the way that album was recorded and mixed, I decided to perform the episode in one single take, mess ups and all, let me know how I did as I dig into the history of my fandom of The Chariot and what I think of Josh Scogins abstract s...

My friend Joshua King joins me this week to talk about, balance, fulfillment, radioactive eye treatments, the reformation of Symphony In Peril, and the current states of Narcissus and Not Beneath. Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https://bit.ly/3UlV4pu Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LnPleQ Twitter: https://bit.ly/3DDa50f Instagram: https://bit.ly/3UioAwo Youtube: https://bit.ly/3LmRqYm Spotify: https://sp...

This week on the podcast, I am jumping head on into A Plea For Purging’s 2009 masterpiece Depravity. I talk about Scream the Prayer Tour in 2009, Plea’s transition from a shred band to a breakdown band, and then break the album itself down by looking at the lyrics, themes, and stories found within. If you enjoyed this episode please consider sharing it with your friends and family! Follow DFT’S Du...

This week on the podcast we go to some dark places. With a new Acacia Strain album on the horizon, I thought I would take this time to talk about my favorite album by the band and dig into how this album of harsh truths was instrumental in my understanding of how the world truly works. Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https://bit.ly/3UlV4pu Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LnPleQ Twitter: https://bit.ly/3DD...

Bryan Patton of the As the Story Grows podcast joins me this week as we dig into Ten Stories by Mewithoutyou. We give our personal histories of being aspiring music journalists and how those stories intersect with Mewithoutyou. I have a revelation about how the sound of this album heavily influenced the direction of Season 2 of the podcast going forward. Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https://bit.l...

Jon Beatty of the BREWtally Speaking Podcast joins me this week as we dig into Antenna by Cave In, we talk about the first time hearing the album, we talk about being introduced to the album during transition periods in our lives and how it lined up with Cave In's musical transition as well as everything this album makes us feel.   Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https://bit.ly/3UlV4pu Facebook...

This week I dig deep into Project 86’s Omni Pt 1, a futuristic Science Fiction themed concept record full of devilish AI, social control, and human depravity. I give a personal history of my relationship with technology, a track by track lyrical analysis, a track by track music analysis, and my overall thoughts. If you are at all curious about this album this is not an analysis to miss! Warning Sp...

This week on the show I dig into an all time classic, an album I have been listening to for over 16 years. While I have no problem explaining to you musically why this album is incredible, I have a bit more trouble describing its emotional impact. In this episode I attempt to experience Jane Doe from a variety of different angles to try and explain what this album makes me feel. Follow DFT’S Dunge...

This week I dig deep into Korn’s self titled debut album. Sometimes I forget just how hard these songs hit me emotionally and the unsettling memories that it can stir up to the surface. Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https://bit.ly/3UlV4pu Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LnPleQ Twitter: https://bit.ly/3DDa50f Instagram: https://bit.ly/3UioAwo Youtube: https://bit.ly/3LmRqYm Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RVb...

On this episode I jump back to the past to talk about how Danza IIII The Alpha The Omega was absolutely essential to my growth and development in my personal life and career, and may have even helped me escape a life or death situation. This is one you will want to listen to till the end! Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https://bit.ly/3UlV4pu Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LnPleQ Twitter: https://bit.ly/...

Brandon Kellum of American Standards joins me this week as we Rediscover Poison The We’lls debut albumThe Opposite of December A Season of Separation. We talk about our favorite songs, being in the friend zone, overly dramatic lyrics, gut wrenching vocals, and epic pick scrapes. Check out American Standard’s Dopamine Dealer here https://americanstndrds.bandcamp.com/album/dopamine-dealer Follow DFT...

On this episode of DFT’S Dungeon I sit down with Joshua Ashworth of Society’s Finest to talk all about the history of the band, how stressful touring and maintaining a band can be while trying to self medicate, mental health, substance abuse, and of course how music plays a part in all of it. Not an episode to miss. Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https://bit.ly/3UlV4pu Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LnP...

Buddy is back on this episode to talk about a record that he and I both describe as SOLID GOLD. There are not alot of records that I am still as pumped about 20 years later as the first time I ever heard it. Strap in as Buddy and I deliver a solid hour packed with music discussion and crazy life stories in reference to this album. Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https://bit.ly/3UlV4pu Facebook: http...

Welcome to the first episode of Season 2 of the podcast! Join me as I discuss an unfortunate series of events that took place in my life in 2018 that coincided with the release of one of the most important albums of my life. Hopesfall’s Arbiter! Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https://bit.ly/3UlV4pu Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LnPleQ Twitter: https://bit.ly/3DDa50f Instagram: https://bit.ly/3UioAwo Yo...

I know I’m on a break, but its the holidays and I felt like you guys might enjoy a holiday episode. On this bonus episode I dig into one of my favorite movies The Nightmare Before Christmas. This movie has an amazing soundtrack and an amazing story. Enjoy and happy holidays! Follow DFT’S Dungeon Patreon: https://bit.ly/3UlV4pu Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LnPleQ Twitter: https://bit.ly/3DDa50f Instag...

As a bonus for the Season Finale of the podcast this is the FULL conversation I had with Scott Mellinger of Zao that I only used clips from in episode 20. We talk about the recording of Liberate, Scotts feelings about how it stacks up to Zao’s current material, the feelings and emotions that went into Liberate, and lots of cool behind the scenes info about the album. I thought you might enjoy hear...

At some point in your life you’ve probably felt like you are “running from something”. For most people that feeling can be fleeting but no less frightening. However for some people that feeling of “flight” is a constant everyday struggle, one that feels like no place is safe and that there is never a place that you can rest. On this episode I describe what it is that I am “running from” and how a...

On this episode I decided to divert from the normal formula of talking about music to talk about something else that greatly impacted me growing up, and that was the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and in particular the character of Tommy Oliver the Green Power Ranger.  In light of the tragic news of Jason David Frank passing away I wanted to do an episode reflecting back on how much his work me...

Satisfaction is the one thing that we all chase after. Every day we are bombarded with advertisements of cheap forms of satisfaction be it food, clothing, social status, music, movies etc etc. For just a small fee you too can be filled, and satisfied. This episode is about what happens when you try to mix something deeply personal and eternal with the same tactics as cheap fulfillment and satisfac...