Epitome Of Stupidity: Allegedly A Metal Music Podcast

Joining me on today's show is one Jadd Shickler, a dude who is no stranger to good tuneage and wears a lot of hats in the music biz. One of which is for his band Blue Heron who is the main point of our conversation, we talk all things from the bands inception to the newest album Everything Fades with plenty of things mixed in, including...Mexican polka? Or something like that anyways. PUSH PLAY! ...

Special guest particularly for me on this weeks show, Billy & Josh of one of my personal favorite bands, Generation of Vipers, join me for a conversation about their fuggin awesome new album Guilt Shrine as well as all things related to the band. And of course because it's this show there's certainly some goofiness mixed in. The guys have plenty of interesting things to say about all these thi...

Joining me today is the ever awesome, Nick of Delving, and yes, Elder too. We touch base about Elder and related news there but todays conversation is more about his instrumental Delving project, recently having released the new album All Paths Diverge we talk about all the things related to the making of the album and relating to the band. It's a really stellar album and listening to him talk thr...

Joining me this week is Joe of the excellent band, Pijn, and he himself is pretty damn excellent as you'll find out via this conversation. We cover all things from how to properly pronounce the bands name, their amazing new album, From Low Beams of Hope, along with the accompanying EP, Desperately Held, all the things, themes, and feelings held within the songs and, honestly, if you hear him talk...

Top 5 most interesting dude that's been on the show right here. Sam of Lo! not only had wonderfully elaborate and combination thought and laughter provoking answers but he also dealt with me being a little flustered as I had multiple technical issues. We got it worked out though and man am I glad we did. From responses with sentences like "an album doesn't need a passport" to the bands excitement...

This week I am delighted to bring you a conversation between Jesper of the post metal/prog metal band Burst! We mainly talk about their run in the 00's up till now and it's a helluva conversation. Talk through all the things like why go on hiatus (and why it's a chickenshit thing to do), why eventually come back from it, things he'd do differently if given the chance, playing in basements with Goj...

We're going Columbus centric today (back to "normal" for the next show), and to do so we've got one Joel Chastain, this guy, from putting together a large scale bash to awesome art, being an excellent drummer and just all around good damn dude he does it all. He's in the office with me and we shoot the shit about plenty of things, no small amount of which are related to his Blockout Bash and all t...

Allllrighty back from a little summer break with one Scott Lee who is not only the founder of the New England Metal And Hardcore Festival, but a worldwide known promoter and band manager of some awesome bands that you're likely a fan of. Think this translates to some interesting info and some G-R-double-8 GREAT stories? You're damn right it does. PUSH PLAY!  Show Links:  https://linktr.ee/epitome_...

Joining me for this weeks show is the dudes in Horseburner! We crammed in a hot damn van and had a great conversation that elaborated on all things Horseburner including, and maybe most notably, their excellent new album Voice of Storms! There is plenty of goofy as well including hot dog conversations and interjections from random passerby's. Sound weird? You bet your ass it's weird. PUSH PLAY!  S...

Hope you're sitting down cause this one's gonna be even more fun than usual. Joining me on this weeks show is Chiaran of Hippotraktor and holy shit is it a great and fun conversation. We talk everything from the album theme's and writing stuff that you know is going to piss your bandmates off, to meeting new assholes daily and of course the name (and the reasoning/story behind it does not disappoi...

Joining me for todays conversation is Marc of Huntsmen, who are set to release a phenomenal new album, The Dry Land. Marc's a smart dude with wide ranging influences and we have a great conversation covering these, some bass talk, bottle rocket fights, and of course all things Huntsmen and the new album. PUSH PLAY!  Show Links:  https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast   Huntsmen Links: http...

Joining me today is Zach of the band Abrams whom once you listen to (if you haven't already) you will wonder what why and how they have been a long standing part of your listening rotation. Their new album Blue City is awesome and we talk plenty about it along with things like working with Kurt Ballou & Blues Funeral, Zach & I have hot takes on Mastodon that we randomly are in sync with, s...

Joining me on today's show are Matty & Graham of Return to Dust and it doesn't take long to realize these dudes have known each other forever. We have a great conversation, from talking about playing basement bars one day to giant festivals the next, Clint of Sevendust's interest in them, great advice given like "grow your fucking hair out", how maybe some people in the music industry do keep...

Joining me today is Mr. Jean Paul Gaster of the overwhelmingly awesome Clutch! If you know anything about me you know I'm a huge fan so this is a big deal in a lot of ways. We talk about lots of things relating to live shows, be it setlists, upcoming tours, practicing and plenty more as well as the bands plans for 2025 and his recurring nightmare just to name a few things. PUSH PLAY!  Show Links: ...

Joining me for this weeks show is Chris "Scary" Adams of the mighty Black Tusk, who have just put out an awesome and purely Black Tusk album. We obviously talk plenty about the album, The Way Forward, as well as being delayed by T Swizzle, getting opinions on what to change from unexpected places, which band member should be played by which famous person for a video (one of which gets stuck with K...

Joining me for this show, all the way from Germany, is Chris from the band Half Me! They have a particular brand of maybe more authentic "metalcore" that we talk about, as well as things like how to describe their band to grandma, making music that is like a sonic punching bag, the breakdown running man meme/gif, learning that you can't shit in a Nightliner, the benefits of being a good person and...

Joining me for this weeks show is the ever interesting Christian of one of my personal favorites, Whores. We have a fun and intelligent (on his part) conversation about everything from their new album War, how he ended up into and playing music, influences, high standards and how to avoid causing tension because of them, movies and a TON of other things. PUSH PLAY!  Show Links:  https://linktr.ee/...

Joining me today is one Damien Sayell of The St Pierre Snake Invasion & Mclusky and man oh man what a conversation. You'll notice this show is a bit longer and for good damn reason. PUSH PLAY! Show Links:  https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast TSPSI Links Linktree linktr.ee/tspsi   Twitter https://twitter.com/tspsi?lang=en   Bandcamp https://tspsi.bandcamp.com/music   YouTube https://...

Some bands sound like this band or that band, some bands clearly fit a genre or even define one, then there are some bands that clearly don't have boundaries and do whatever they want and are themselves without sounding like they're trying extra hard to be different. This is where we find Phoxjaw. Danny of the band provides an EXCELLENT conversation about a ton of things but of course mainly Phoxj...

You like Slayer, I like Slayer, they like Slayer, everyone likes Slayer. Well what if we took some Slayer songs and played them way Slower?! Joining me on this show is one Esben Williams (Monolord) of the doom supergroup Slower who does just that, PUSH PLAY!  Show Links:  https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast Slower Links: https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/slower-slower h...

Joining me this week is one Steve Chanks and we talk all things art, monsters, pinups and metal related! And that ain't all! Turn it on for a helluva conversation, not to mention details for the first of 3 Sonic Temple weekend passes giveaways! PUSH PLAY!  Show Links:  https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast Steve links:  https://www.stevechanks.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/BabesAndMonste...

Nick Lee joins the illustrious 3 time EOS guest list! However, not quite as goofy an episode as usual here as I talk with Nick about the struggles of the past few years for him as well as the road forward that is filled with all kinds of awesome new stuff. Lend an ear and let's have an interesting conversation about all things Nick Lee.  Show Links:  https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast...

Joining me on this weeks show is one Stephen Barton of Modern Witchcraft! We talk about how the band came to be from the end of his old band, how weird it is to have Revolver talk about his marriage, the DARE Taurus and one members expected....umm...recovery... from some light hazing. Sound goofy? It's cause it is. But interspersed is also an excellent conversation about all things Modern Witchcra...

Hi. Very few people wanted it so we brought the podcast back! To make it worthwhile I talk with Bob of Oktas, who, as you'll find out, have a bit of a unique thing going. Plus they're ridiculously heavy. Come, get a little day drunk and have some fun with Bob and I as we talk our way through all things Oktas!  Show Links:  https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast Oktas links: www.facebook.co...

Welcome to episode 87 where we talk to David of the band Sarin. If you like your metal like you like your milkshakes, THICK!, then jump in. We go over all the usual stuff but the highlight is a lesson in headbanging! Who couldn't use some headbanging tips? Enjoy. Find them here: https://linktr.ee/sarintheband Show Links:  https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast