Heavy Metal History: The Podcast

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Blake Judd, guitarist and vocalist of Nachtmystium. Blake came on the podcast to discuss the history, writing and recording for the 20th anniversary of "Instinct Decay" Nachtmystium is playing an anniversary set for "Instinct Decay" at this years Milwaukee Metal Fest. Follow the Podcast! ⁠Facebook ⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Y...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guests returning once again were Drew and Fox from See You Next Tuesday and new guest Chop from Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop aka Chopx7. The two groups made a collab 7" based on the Magic the Gathering story "The Brothers War" called "Brothers" we basically nerd out about magic and everything about the collaboration. Lin...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guests were Cayle Hunter and Nate Burman of Armed for Apocalypse. We discuss the bands crushing new album "The Earth is Breathing Beneath Me" out on Church Road Records on April 24th! 0:00 intro 0:16 Start 0:51 Nate’s Heavy Metal History 6:37 Cayle’s Heavy Metal History 10:28 Discovering new music in the modern era vs growing up 19:07 Nate J...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. In honor of the 10th anniversary of the podcast i wanted to revisit what started everything, the history of the genre and what better way than to go back to the first episode and update it. Expect more of these episodes over the year. Next up will be the story of "Paranoid"

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. In this episode my guest was Ben Mason, vocalist of Bound in Fear, Ben is also in 2 other bands, one being Pintglass and the other Hounds of War. Ben came on to talk about Bound in Fear's new album "A mind too sick to heal" but during the conversation, the revelations about real life illness definitely took a forefront of the conversation w...

Welcome to this episode of the podcast, my guest was Kenny Hickey, formerly of Type O Negative, back with a new band collaborating with Kirk Windstein called Sun Dont Shine. We discuss the band, its melodic elements and get into the 30th anniversary of "October Rust" 0:00 Intro 0:36 Start 0:58 Kenny’s Heavy Metal History 5:52 Musician Talent in the early days 7:53 Bands playing to backin...

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Steven Blush, Author and filmmaker most known for the book and documentary American Hardcore. Steven came on the podcast to discuss his new book "When Rock Met Hip-Hop" and to talk all about the history of those influences on the genre. ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Steven Blush⬇️⬇️🤘 https://stevenblush.com/⬇️⬇️Follow / Support the podcast⬇️...

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. Ethan McCarthy, vocalist and guitarist of  @PrimitiveMan  returns to the podcast to discuss what hima and the band have been up to over the past 5 years since he was last on. We talk about the new album "Observance" out now on  @relapserecords  mental health, AI, live sound, politics and so much more. 0:40 5 Years since being on the podcast 3:48...

Mike Hill from Tombs returns to the podcast for his 3rd appearance. Mike has been a long time supporter of the podcast and his band has a new record coming out after 5 years called "Feral Darkness" Mike and I discuss this time frame of writing and recording and the collaborative nature of this record. We also talk a little about horror films and Halloween.

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Johnny Ciardullo vocalist of Carcosa (Also writes guitar for Carcosa and plays in Angelmaker)Johnny came on the podcast where we had an in depth conversation about the themes of the bands new album and a lengthy conversation about trauma and the importance of mental health. 0:20 Johnny’s Heavy Metal History 5:35 Playing different liv...

Joining me on this installment of Heavy Metal History is Evan Husney and Jason Eisener, Writer's and Executive Producer's of the new Hulu show about the history of the metal genre "Into the Void" the show delves into 8 stories of various metal moments and shows the raw humanity and emotion derived in each of them. Evan and Jason have also worked together on the long running docu series Dark Side o...

Welcome to this weeks episode of the podcast. My guest was Sergio Soto, guitarist and vocalist for Californian Black Metal band Imperialist. Sergio was on the podcast before but it is one of the rare "lost" episodes of the podcast. We stayed in touch over the years and with the release of their upcoming album "Prime" I had Sergio back on to talk about the album and its Sci-Fi setting. Prime is out...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast, my guest was Johnny Hedlund, vocalist and bassist of the legendary swedish death metal band Unleashed. I met and toured with Johnny's band back in 2008 and we had a nice conversation about the bands 30+ year history, and their FIFTEENTH album "Fire Upon Your Lands" out on Napalm Records August 15th.

Welcome to this installment of the Podcast. My guest was M.S.W of the Doom Metal band Hell. He came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording of his new album "Submersus" , collaborating with A.L.N of Mizmor to make "Alluvion" and his audio engineering endeavors. ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support the band⬇️⬇️ 🤘 https://loweryourhead.bandcamp.com/album/hell-self-titled-full-length 🤘 https://www.face...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was "Ciccio" guitarist and main song writer for Italian Brutal Death Metal band Putridity. We discuss the bands 10 year "hiatus" and the new album "Morbid Ataraxia" out on  @WillowtipRecords  ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support the Putridity⬇️⬇️ 🤘 https://www.facebook.com/PUTRIDITY.OFFICIAL/ 🤘 https://putriditydeathmetal.bandcam...

Welcome to this edition of the podcast. My guests were Corey Ray (Guitarist) and Noah Taylor (Drums) who are both original members of the band Destroyer Destroyer. The band was active in the mid 2000's era, as a part of the Tech Death / Tech Deathcore genre that released 2 EP's and a Full length "Littered with Arrows" Soon after the band stopped performing and writing and seeming...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was Matt Harvey, guitarist and vocalist of Exhumed and Gruesome. This is Matt's return to the podcast! We discuss Gruesome's new record "Silent Echoes" and much much more! ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Gruesome⬇️⬇️ 🤘 https://gruesomedeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/silent-echoes 🤘 https://www.facebook.com/gruesomedeathmetal/ 🤘 https://w...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was guitarist and vocalist of the death metal band Graceless, Remco Kreft, who are about to drop their 4th album "Icons of Ruin" ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Graceless⬇️⬇️ https://www.facebook.com/Graceless.osdm/ https://www.instagram.com/graceless.deathmetal/?hl=en https://graceless-deathmetal.bandcamp.com/ ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support the podcast⬇️⬇...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was "Ashok" guitarist of  @cradleoffilth  . The bands new album "Screaming of the Valkyries" is available everywhere now on  @napalmrecords  Ashok came on the podcast to discuss the bands new album, growing up in the Czech Republic, getting bootleg records, movies and so much more! ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Cradle of Filth⬇️⬇️ 🤘...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast, my guest was Alex Rieth, Bass player of  @KardashevBand  and Holy Fawn. Alex came on the podcast to discuss the bands new album "Alunea" which comes out April 21st on Metal Blade records. ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Kardashev⬇️⬇️ 🤘 https://kardashevband.com/ 🤘 https://kardashev.bandcamp.com/ 🤘 https://www.instagram.com/kardashevband/?hl=en 🤘 https://www.fac...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was Simon, guitarist and vocalist of the Cornwall UK based, Magic The Gathering themed, Death/Grind band Thoughtseize. Simon came on the podcast to discuss his band and their debut album which is self titled. We also discuss a ton of our favorite hobby and past time Magic the Gathering! ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Thoughtseize⬇️⬇️ 🤘 https://thoughtsei...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guests were Pedram Valiani, and Chad Kapper, guitarist and vocalist of the band Frontierer. They came on the podcast to discuss the bands most recent EP "The Skull Burned Wearing Hell Like A Life Vest As The Night Wept" we also discuss a myriad of other topics like Chad's inspiration from authors in his approach to writing as well as film, we talk abo...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was Stu Folsom, guitarist and vocalist of the band Spiritworld. Stu came on the podcast to talk about the upcoming album "Helldorado" which comes out March 21st. We discussed the narrative of the record, dealing with grief while writing as well as other topics like AI in music and art as well as films. Follow Spiritworld https://spiritworldproph...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guests were Chelsea Murphy (Vocals) and Tony Thomas (Guitar) from the black metal infused band Dawn of Ouroboros. (  @DawnofOuroboros  )They came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording of the bands new album "Bioluminescence" which comes out March 7th on  @ProstheticRecords  If you like these interviews please consider leaving a like and...

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal HistoryMy guest was Josh Elmore, guitarist of the band Cattle Decapitation. Josh came on the podcast to discuss the 20th anniversary of "Humanure" (At the time of recording)and along the way gives so much detail about his gear through almost every iteration of albums! Josh was a wealth of knowledge we get super into his guitars and set ups along...