Dreams of Consciousness

Music In This Episode: Cannibal Corpse: "Ritual Annihilation" taken from the album Violence Unimagined Drawn and Quartered: "Proliferation Of Disease" taken from the album Congregation Pestilence Ruin: "At One With the Earth and Worms" taken from the album Spread Plague Death FOSSILIZATION: "Blight Cathedral" taken from the album HE WHOSE NAME WAS LONG FORGOTTEN Churchburn: "Scarred" taken from th...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 208 features an interview with Adam Korchok of Ischemic. Regular listeners of the podcast may have heard me mention Toronto's Ischemic during my interview with Mors Verum's Mrudul Kamble - Kamble is also the drummer for Ischemic; and despite one project being classified as "death metal" and the other as "doom", the two share a certain atmospheric sensibility...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 207 features an interview with Erol Ulug of Teeth. Dreams of Consciousness has been on the Teeth hype train since their Unremittance debut and their subsequent split EP with Fister. The California band represent the evolution of "dissonant death metal", taking the influence of Gorguts and Immolation, while giving it their own unorthodox, convention-defying s...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 206 features an interview with Maciek Nieścioruk of Dormant Ordeal. If you're looking for an example of how Polish death metal continues to evolve, I submit Krakow's Dormant Ordeal. The long-running trio don't scrimp on the speed or blastbeats that their scene is known for, but include plenty of discordance and eerie riffing that plants their sound in the ne...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 205 features an interview with Malik Camlica of Hyperdontia. With some notable and extremely prolific contributors to Europe's death metal underground (including members of Diabolizer, Sulpherous, Taphos, and Decaying Purity), Hyperdontia could almost be counted as a supergroup. The Copenhagen-based quartet's thrashy, riff-driven style finds a balance betwee...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 204 features an interview with Ray McCaffrey and Dave Suzuki of Churchburn. On the surface, Churchburn is the unlikeliest of collaborations: Born from a long friendship between sludge/doom drummer Ray McCaffrey and Vital Remains guitarist Dave Suzuki, the project eschews the speed and technicality that Suzuki was previous known for, preferring instead to pun...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 203 features an interview with Sunless. It's been a productive four years for Sunless since the last time they were on this blog. The Minnesota trio have just released their second album - part two of a trilogy, and their first for Willowtip Records. I spoke with the band (bassist Mitch Schooler, guitarist/vocalist Lucas Scott, and drummer Taylor Hamel) abou...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 202 features an interview with Mrudul Kamble of Mors Verum. Where would Dreams of Consciousness be without Canadian metal? Mors Verum possess all the technical skills that Canadian death metal is known for, but package that technique in dissonance and psychedelia. I spoke with multi-instrumentalist Mrudul Kamble about what led him to form Mors Verum with voc...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 201 features an interview with Anders Ugmod Bakke of She Said Destroy. We're seeing the tail end of an era in metal when most new bands were virtually indistinguishable from tribute acts; Norway's She Said Destroy may signal that originality is about to come back into style. The quartet's fearless mash-ups of seemingly incongruous forms of heavy music are a...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 200 features an interview with Michael Korchonnoff of Alda. Alda has made appearances on Dreams of Consciousness for years. The Tahoma band's folky, atmospheric style of black metal has been regularly featured in my Bandcamp Picks, as well as a 2015 Q+A. When it was announced that their long-gestating fourth album was finally coming out, the time was nigh to...

In this bonus episode, Mike Hochins from DoC friends VHS discusses the upcoming VHS album, I Heard They Suck...Blood, and his favourite vampire films. MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE: "Horror of Dracula" (Feat. Trevor Strnad) "Undead Casanova" taken from the upcoming album I Heard They Suck...Blood Tim Cappello - "I Still Believe" taken from The Lost Boys OST

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 199 features an interview with Derek Webster of Succumb. San Francisco's Succumb integrates noise elements and chaotic hardcore into a speedy black/death/grind mix to create a frantic style all of their own. I spoke with Succumb guitarist Derek Webster about the band's evolution from their previous incarnation, Cloak, and how living in the Bay Area affects S...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 198 features an interview with Ivan Cepanec of Dickless Tracy. Slovenian trio Dickless Tracy have been nestled in the underground since the late Nineties. Now, as the band gets ready to celebrate 25 years as a band, they're primed to break through to a largeer audience with their most accomplished material to date. I spoke with Dickless Tracy drummer Ivan Ce...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 197 features an interview with Brenna Leath and Tradd Yancey of Crystal Spiders. I spoke with bassist/vocalist Brenna Leath and drummer Tradd Yancey about the early days of Crystal Spiders, and how Brenna achieves her unique bass sound. We also talked about how writing songs is like making cupcakes, and working with Corrosion of Conformity's Mike Dean on the...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 196 features an interview with Harri Kuokkanen of Hooded Menace. Hooded Menace combine the distinctive Finnish doom/death style with large dollops of the "Peaceville Three". Over the course of six albums and multiple EPs, the band has become one of the most popular representatives of the slower side of underground metal. I spoke with vocalist Harri Kuokkanen...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 195 features an interview with Patrik Lindgren of Thyrfing. Emerging from the Nineties' black metal explosion, Sweden's Thyrfing has spent more than 20 years expanding their vision of folk-influenced black metal. Though they may have mixed feelings about being labeled "viking metal", the band has created one of the most successful marriages between Scandinav...

In this crossover with Comic Stans Podcast Episode 3, I spoke with comics writer/artist Ed Luce (Wuvable Oaf, Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever, Decibel Magazine) about his experiences as a metal fan. Comic Stans is a new podcast I launched, where I speak to comics creators about their work, process, and experiences in the industry. You can find out more at patreon.com/comicstans. Music In This Episode...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 194 features an interview with Aaron Weaver of Wolves In The Throne Room. If there's one band that epitomizes the intensity, atmosphere, and iconoclasm of USBM, it's Wolves In The Throne Room. Their influence can be heard throughout the current generation of American black metal bands, who all take some part of the sound that WITTR pioneered. I spoke with WI...

In this supplement to Episode 193, Charlie Leduc of Deformatory and I discuss the long relationship between his band and Dreams of Consciousness. Music In This Episode: "Masticated By An Infinite Shadow" taken from the album Inversion of the Unseen Horizon "The Antibody" taken from the album In The Wake of Pestilence Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness....

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 193 features an interview with Charlie Leduc of Deformatory. Deformatory and Dreams of Consciousness have a history that goes back to the earliest years of this blog. For almost a decade, the band have catered to my love of frantic, blastbeat-driven Canadian death metal, while also patiently indulging my references to maple syrup and The Kids In The Hall. I...

Comic Stans is a new podcast I launched, wherein I interview comics creators about their work, process, and experiences in the comics industry. This is the first episode, featuring an interview with Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man, God Is Disappointed In You). You can find out more at patreon.com/comicstans

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 192 features an interview with Lord Kaiju of Oxygen Destroyer. DoC friends Oxygen Destroyer got my attention the old fashioned way: By playing thrashing death metal with the fewest frills possible. Their kaiju-inspired lyrics perfectly complement their bestial sound, which recalls the seminal early albums of Kreator and Vader. I spoke with singer/guitarist L...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 191 features an interview with Mike "Abominator" Nelson of Ruin. By reducing death metal to its most basic elements, Ruin approach the genre much like Motörhead or AC/DC. But don't let their simplicity fool you; as guitarist/vocalist/founder Mike "Abombinator" Nelson says, "For a bunch of stupid assholes playing fucking simplistic, barbaric death metal, we a...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 190 features an interview with Andrew Lund and Tyler Cox of Thought Leaders. My thanks to Andy and Tyler for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening. Music In This Episode: "Gold Soldiers" taken from the EP Wires Crossed "Radiator" taken from the split single with The Tunnel "Burning Glass" "Desire Reserve" taken from the album In Wastelands Thanks...

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 189 features an interview with Yianna Bekris of Vouna. Vouna is a solo project from Eigenlicht guitarist Yianna Bekris. Aided by icy synths and folk melodies, the project creates funeral doom with the occasional shoegazing USBM interlude. I spoke with Yianna Bekris about what led her to form Vouna, and why she chose to maintain the band as a solo project. We...