Dreams of Consciousness

Cachemira • Sonic Flower • Electric Mountain • Orbiter • Sweet Cobra • Warlung • The Doors • Dead Meadow • Captain Caravan • Brant Bjork • Sun Voyager • Freedom Hawk Music On This Mixtape: Cachemira: "Future's Sight" taken from the album "Ambos Mundos" Sonic Flower: "Quicksand Planet" taken from the album "Me And My Bell Bottom Blues" Electric Mountain: "Void" taken from the album "Valley Giant" O...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 255 features an interview with Mike Coniglio of Blood of the Wolf. Speed and aggression define Chicago's Blood Of The Wolf. The band delivers their mix of death/thrash and "assault black metal" with precision and at ludicrous tempos - a testament to how metal will always get faster. I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Mike Coniglio about not repeating his previo...

Grava • Griefbringer • Whimz • The Otolith • Estrangement • OTUS • Black Math Horseman • Constellatia • Mazzy Star Music On This Mixtape: Grava: "Crusher" taken from the album "Weight Of A God" Griefbringer: "A Warlock" taken from the album "The Horrible Wilting" Whimz: "PM1" taken from the album "PM226" The Otolith: "Andromeda's Wing" taken from the album "Folium Limina" Estrangement: "Detritivor...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 254 features an interview with Jules Kicka of Catalyst. The French band Catalyst combine an extremely high level of musicianship with a love for furious speed, resulting in music that's both extreme and extremely technical. Their songs revolve around a character named "The Catalyst", whose story is told across all their releases. I spoke with guitarist/vocal...

Savage Necromancy • Krisiun • Witchmaster • Blood Of The Wolf • ANTROPOFAGUS DEATHCRUSH • GOAT TORMENT • Affliction Vector • Imperial Savagery • Sons Of Famine Lightning Swords Of Death • Incarceration • Stheno • Daeva • Deathsiege Music On This Mixtape: Savage Necromancy: "Storming The Gates Of Heaven" taken from the album "Feathers Fall To Flames" Krisiun: "Aborticide (In the Crypts of Holiness)...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 253 features an interview with Sammy Duet of Goatwhore. Does Goatwhore need an introduction? Formed by members of Soilent Green and Acid Bath, they were an exponent of USBM before those letters really meant anything. The band soon became one of the biggest to emerge from the American black metal scene - even as their sound grew to encompass thrash, sludge, a...

Master • Entombed • Rogga Johansson • Omnifariam • Cinis • Defleshed Ingested • Fulci • Crypt Rot • Snipers Of Babel • Venomous Skeleton The Spawn of Satan • Possessed • Morbikon • Deeds Of Flesh

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 252 features an interview with Gustaf Jorde of Defleshed. Even in the crowded Swedish metal scene, there isn't another band quite like Defleshed. The band's alchemy of thrashy riffs and grindcore beats made them distinct from both the buzzsaw guitars of the Stockholm scene and the classical melodies of the one in Gothenberg. Quiet since Reclaim The Beat was...

Reverend Bizarre • Angmodnes • Sfeerverzieker Jupiterian • Mammoth Storm • Worm • Dead Witches Music In This Episode: Reverend Bizarre: "Goddess of Doom" taken from the album "Return to the Rectory" Angmodnes: "Under Darkened Vaults" taken from the album "The Weight of Eternity" Sfeerverzieker: "Lost" taken from the album "Death is the Desired Ending" Jupiterian: "Sol" taken from the album "Terraf...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 251 features an interview with Jon "Necromancer" Woodring of Bones. Describing Chicago trio Bones is a tricky task - so much so that the band themselves are loathe to do it. Their sound is shaped by their long history in the death metal underground, as well as classic rock and crusty hardcore. I spoke with bassist/vocalist Jon "Necromancer" Woodring about wh...

Joy Division • Nox Novacula • Killing Joke • Christian Death Savage Republic • False Figure • Tension Span • The NuNs • Depeche Mode ESSES • Echo & The Bunnymen • This Mortal Coil • The Cure • Billy Idol • Rush Music In This Episode: Joy Division: "She's Lost Control" taken from the album "Unknown Pleasures" Nox Novacula: "Victim" taken from the album " Ascension " Killing Joke: "Europe" taken fro...

In this special Halloween episode, I spoke with Mike Hochins about the latest giallo-themed VHS album, Deep Gashes and Long Lashes, and had a long discussion about classic Italian horror films and B-movies. Music In This Episode: "Filthy, Slimy, Pervert" (Featuring Alessio of Guineapig) "Solange" "Quack, Quack" (Featuring Fiore of Fulci) "Murder Witnessed Through Hallucinogens" (Featuring Il Becch...

The second part of the 10th Anniversary and 250th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness Podcast features an interview with Max Kolesne of Krisiun. I don't think it's a secret that I've always had a soft spot for Brazilian legends Krisiun. The band signified death metal's return to its fast, brutal roots, as well as the arrival of a new generation of heshers from far-flung corners of the globe who...

The first part of the 10th Anniversary and 250th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness Podcast features an interview with Michel "Away" Langevin of Voivod. Few bands have epitomized metal's forward thinking vanguard as much as Canadian legends Voivod. Even in their raw and speed-obsessed early recordings, their music was characterized by a unique quality that inspired like-minded heshers to take...

Amy Turk • Iron Maiden • Might • Grave • Bathory • Celestial Sword • Dead Space Chamber Music • The Angelic Process • Snogard • Ancestor (Cuba) • Darkthrone • Marduk • Entombed Music In This Episode: Amy Turk/J.S. Bach: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565" taken from the single "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565" Iron Maiden: "Transylvania" taken from the album "Iron Maiden" Might: "Vampire...

In this supplement to episode 249, I spoke with Carbonized Records founder Chad Gailey about why he founded the label, and how he chooses the bands he works with. Music In This Episode: Chthonic Deity: "Echoes Of Death" taken from the album Reassembled In Pain Isotope: "Godless Blade" taken from the EP Isotope Mortuous: "Funerealm" taken from the Deform / Mortuous Lamenting Reflections Split

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 249 features an interview with Chad Gailey of Mortuous. Beginning as guitarist/vocalist Colin Tarvin's solo project, Mortuous quickly expanded to a full lineup that now includes members of fellow Bay Area acts Exhumed and Necrot. The band's sound has likewise grown from classic death metal to include doomy passages with piano and violin accompaniment. I spok...

Liers in Wait • Martyred • Ensanguinate • Hissing EXHUMATION • Phantasmagore • Phobophilic • Writhing • Deformatory ANTROPOFAGUS • Catalyst • Hedonist • STRIGOI • Demonical Liers in Wait: "Maleficent Dreamvoid" taken from the album "Spiritually Uncontrolled Art" Martyred: "DIvine Pestilence" taken from the album "The Relegation" Ensanguinate: "4. Perdition's Crown" taken from the album "Eldritch A...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 248 features an interview with Daniel Butler of Acephalix. Sharing members with Mortuous, Necrot, and Vastum, Acephalix has been a key part of the surging Bay area death metal scene. The band has evolved from their crusty beginnings to embrace the style that emerged from Sweden, Finland, and the UK over 30 years ago. I spoke with vocalist Daniel Butler about...

SVARTTJERN • Blodhemn • Immortal • EVIL WARRIORS GAEREA • Allegaeon • Orm • Schattenfall SVARTTJERN: "Ta dets Drakt" taken from the album "Shame Is Just A Word" Blodhemn: "Vil Livet av Deg" taken from the album "Sverger Hemn" Immortal: "Unholy Forces Of Evil" taken from the album "Live In Wetlands, NYC (Bootleg)" EVIL WARRIORS: "Schattenbringer" taken from the album "Schattenbringer" GAEREA: "Ebb"...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 247 features an interview with Fabio Carretti of Hierophant. Hierophant have experienced a stylistic rebirth, and appear to be an all-new band as a result. Following an extensive line-up shuffle, the Italian band has allowed the chaotic death/black influences threaded through their earlier albums to subsume their sound and dictate their current direction. I...

Plague Patrol • Meatjack • Deadguy • Bloodlet • Breach • Entombed Leeched • HUSH. • Slimelord • VoidOath • Void Witch Plague Patrol: "Oort Cloud" taken from the album "Demo 2021" Meatjack: "Lost" taken from the album "AIM" Deadguy: "[Untitled Track]" taken from the EP "Screamin' with the Deadguy Quintet" Bloodlet: "Seven Hours of Angel Food" taken from the album "Seraphim Fall" Breach: "Centre" ta...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 246 features an interview with Kelly Schilling of Dreadnought. Trying to categorize Denver's Dreadnought within the modern metal landscape is a tricky task. Putting its members' varied musical backgrounds to good use, the band combines metal with Seventies prog, jazz, and classical music, eluding both genre and typical song structures. I spoke with guitarist...

Lock Up • Disfear • Murder Squad • Carnage • Carcass • Napalm Death Blood From The Soul • Converge • Old Man Gloom • GREYMACHINE Cathedral • Repulsion • Expulsion • Exhumed • Terrorizer Full track list at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 245 features an interview with Marc Bourgon of Greber. Ontario's Greber didn't let an errant guitarist stop them from rocking out; instead, they hulked up their bass to sound impossibly gnarly and opressive, and continued as a duo. Over a decade later, the two of them continue to find new ways to blend noise rock, grindcore and sludge - all without the input...