Dreams of Consciousness

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 289 features an interview with Tom Hazelmyer. It would be impossible to overstate the impact that Tom Hazelmyer has had on heavy music. As the head of Amphetamine Reptile Records, he coined the term "noise rock" and provided a launchpad for artists like Helmet, Unsane, and Today Is The Day - bands who went on to shape underground punk and metal. I spoke with...

Swans • Neurosis • Faith No More • Godflesh • Harvey Milk • Unsane • Today Is The Day • Meatjack • Bloodlet • Breach • Kiss It Goodbye • Will Haven Music On This Mixtape: Swans: "Power for Power" taken from the album "Filth" Neurosis: "Takeahnase" taken from the album "Souls at Zero" Faith No More: "Smaller and Smaller" taken from the album "Angel Dust" Godflesh: "Mantra" taken from the album "Sel...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 288 features an interview with Scott "Wino" Weinrich. If any recording artist can be forgiven for resting on his laurels, it's Scott "Wino" Weinrich; between his pioneering work with The Obsessed and the albums he recorded with Saint Vitus, he's an unimpeachable member of the doom metal pantheon. But the man has remained prolific over the last four decades;...

Giöbia • Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow • REZN & Vinnum Sabbathi • radiant. • Saint Omen • East Of The Wall • Cinema Cinema • Nuzzle • Yawning Balch • Lanayah Music On This Mixtape: Giöbia: "The Sweetest Nightmare" taken from the album "Acid Disorder" Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow: "Out At Large" taken from the album "Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow" REZN & Vinnum Sabbathi: "Hypersur...

Nocturnal Breed • Vio-Lence • Adversor • Sinnery • Necropanther • Ratos de Porão • All Out War • Colony Drop • Black Pestilence • Fugitive • PHANTOM CORPORATION • Dead Heat • All Hell • Doomsday • Vanishment • R.A.M.B.O. • Tyrannus • Maniak Music On This Mixtape: Nocturnal Breed: "Thrash Metal Hate Saw (The Last Act of Terror)" taken from the album "Carry the Beast" Vio-Lence: "Gato Negro" taken f...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 287 features an interview with Christian Bakka Larson of Necrofier. Necrofier mix the dark melodies of early Swedish black metal with the fist-pumping fervour of classic heavy metal. As a result, their songs are both grandiose and raucous, distinguishing these Texans from the rest of the USBM scene. I spoke with vocalist/guitarist Christian Bakka Larson abou...

Pyrexia • Godslut • Thra • Liquid Flesh • Necronomicon Ex Mortis • Lunar Chamber • Kruelty • Ethereal Void • Ascended Dead • Sludge Keeper • Mutual Hostility • Torture Rack • To Descend • Olkoth • Defiled • Cognitive • Cattle Decapitation Music On This Mixtape: Pyrexia: "Unscathed" taken from the album "System of the Animal 25" Godslut: "War, Pestilence, Death, Hunger" taken from the album "Procre...

In this supplement to episode 286, Gutslit vocalist Aditya Barve gives an overview of the history of the Indian death metal scene. MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE: Gutslit: "Matriarch" taken from the album "Carnal" Demonstealer: "Screams of Those Dying" taken from the album "The Propaganda Machine" Godless: "Cormorant" taken from the album "States Of Chaos" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and mor...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 286 features an interview with Gurdip Singh Narang and Aditya Barve of Gutslit. Gutslit are the spearhead of a vibrant Indian death metal scene that’s finally getting recognition from the wider metal world. The Mumbai-based band may have formed to emulate their favourite brutal death and grindcore bands, but those influences have become peers as Gutslit shar...

Iron Buddha • Viral Tyrant • Fudge Tunnel • Will Haven • Formalist • Pylar • Thunder Horse Music On This Mixtape: Iron Buddha: "Samsara::Repose" taken from the album "Raze//Repose" Viral Tyrant: "Vosturan" taken from the album "Vultures Like You" Fudge Tunnel: "Find Your Fortune" taken from the album "Complicated Futility of Ignorance" Will Haven: "Paloma's Blessing" taken from the album "VII" For...

In this supplement to Episode 285, I spoke with Jeff Irwin about how Will Haven's debut "El Diablo" pre-saged "post-metal" and "doomgaze", and how he feels about the bands that adopted that sound years later. Music In This Episode: "Climbing Out This Bottle" "Mason" "I've Seen My Fate" taken from the album "El Diablo" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 285 features an interview with Jeff Irwin of Will Haven. Will Haven were always ahead of their time. Their Nineties output mixed slow, ominous metal with extensive atmospheric sections, anticipating the "post-metal" and "doomgaze" movements that took shape in the following decade. Waves of metal sub-subgenres have peaked and subsided since then, but Will Hav...

Wizard Master • Gozu • Black Rainbows • Auralayer • King Howl • Oreyeon • Dead Quiet • Bog Monkey • Lord Elephant • Bongzilla Music On This Mixtape: Wizard Master: "Ablanathanalba" taken from the album "Wizard Master" Gozu: "Pillow Talk" taken from the album "Remedy" Black Rainbows: "Desert Sun" taken from the album "Superskull" Auralayer: "Faith To Reason" taken from the album "Thousand Petals" K...

Nebula • TankZilla • Margarita Witch Cult • The Golden Grass • Wolfnaut • Loose Sutures • Auralayer • The Far Outs • Lucifer Star Machine • Blue Heron • Dozer • High Desert Queen • PERSEKUTOR • DEMONICAL • All Hell • Motörhead • Karma Vulture Music On This Mixtape: Nebula: "Nebula" taken from the album "Charged" TankZilla: "Wolfpack" taken from the album "TankZilla" Margarita Witch Cult: "Death Lu...

In this bonus episode, Melissa Crema of Giöbia speaks about the band's new album, "Acid Disorder". Music In This Episode: "Consciousness Equals Energy" "Circo Galattico" taken from the album "Acid Disorder" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com

Nocturnal Breed • NECROFIER • Inferion • Maniak • svrm • Rana • Silver Knife • CLOAK • Vortex • TSJUDER Music On This Mixtape: Nocturnal Breed: "Salt the Wounds" taken from the album "Carry The Beast" NECROFIER: "Whispers That Burn in the Dark" taken from the album "Burning Shadows in the Southern Night" Inferion: "Empty Heavens" taken from the album "Inequity" Maniak: "Nocturnal hellfire" taken f...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 284 features an interview with Kate Davies of Pupil Slicer. London's Pupil Slicer have made big leaps from their origins as a Carcass-influenced grindcore band. Their amorphous sound utilizes blastbeats and electronic beats, stretching from shoegazing guitars and ambient elements to furious shredding. I spoke with vocalist/guitarist Kate Davies about how Pup...

Voidhaven • JOHNNY THE BOY • TAKH • Maud the moth & trajedesaliva • Wooden Veins • Mars Red Sky • CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX • Mournful Congregation Music On This Mixtape: Voidhaven: "To Walk Among Ghosts" taken from the album "Lithic" JOHNNY THE BOY: "ENDLESSLY SENSELESS" taken from the album "You" TAKH: "Drôme" taken from the album "TAKH" Maud the moth & trajedesaliva: "Fruta alrededor de una vela"...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 283 features an interview with Benjamin Widerøe, Fredrik Widerøe, and Stian Økland of Seven Impale. Bergen's Seven Impale hail from the unofficial capital of Norwegian black metal, but their music is a far cry from the grim and frostbitten scene that sprung up around them. Organs and saxophones weave through the sextet's compositions, leading to a singular k...

Drifting In Silence • Erik Wøllo • Steve Roach • 1st Base Runner • The Slightest • Tangerine Dream • Edley ODowd • Clang Quartet • Mouth Wound • Object As Subject • The Mon • Aarktica Music On This Mixtape: Drifting In Silence: "I Wish You Were Here" taken from the album "Timeless" Erik Wøllo: "Serenity" taken from the single "The Le Paysage" Steve Roach: "Future Informing" taken from the album "R...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 282 features an interview with Dylan Carlson of Earth. When Earth founder/guitarist Dylan Carlson was on the Dreams of Consciousness podcast back in 2019, he mentioned that he was the subject of a documentary. That film, Even Hell has its Heroes, is now complete, and premiering around the world in various film festivals. As a companion episode to my intervie...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 281 features an interview with Clyde Petersen, director of Even Hell Has Its Heroes. For over 30 years, there has been much rumour and mythmaking surrounding doom/drone metal pioneers Earth. That won't be put to rest by the recently completed film Even Hell has its Heroes, which eschews the usual assemblage of talking heads, instead opting to create an audio...

Earth Crisis • Entombed • Samael • Morbid Angel • Behemoth • Deicide • Jimmy Page • Pentagram • Iron Maiden • Savage Necromancy • Naglfar • Mayhem • The Crown • Crucifyre • Brujeria • Slayer Music On This Mixtape: Earth Crisis: "Hell Awaits Intro" taken from the album "Last Of The Sane" Entombed: "Like This With the Devil" taken from the album "To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth" Samael:...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 280 features an interview with Paul "Putrid Bruce" Brousse and Luc "Gastric Luke" Messina of Liquid Flesh. Originally inspired by the brutal simplicity of bands like Autopsy and Pungent Stench, as well as cult body horror films, Grenoble's Liquid Flesh have evolved to include more complex song structures and psychedelic influences. As is common with French d...

Cani Dei Portici • King Crimson • High Castle Teleorkestra Spirit Of Hamlet • Louise • Tina Fey • Terms • Odd Circus PYLAR • Seven Impale • Palace Of Worms • The Abbey Music On This Mixtape: Cani Dei Portici: "Disappointment Waltz" taken from the album "Hype For Nothing" King Crimson: "Cat Food" taken from the album "In The Wake Of Poseidon" High Castle Teleorkestra: "The Aramchek Accusation" take...