Heavy Metal History: The Podcast

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Ernie C., guitarist of the legendary band Body Count. Ernie came on the podcast to talk about the bands long history in the metal scene, their new album "Merciless" and had so many stories to share about touring and the new album!

Welcome to the final Heavy Metal History of 2024, I want to thank everyone that came back to the podcast or gave it a chance after the hiatus! This all wouldnt exist without you and the musicians who gave their time to share their stories. 6 months ago guitarist Jeremy Harlan from Sunmancer and I did a "Best of 2024 so far" episode discussing what records we enjoyed during the year so far and this...

Welcome to this installment of the podcast My guest was Matt McGachy, Vocalist of Crytopsy and host of the Vox and Hops Podcast. In this episode Matt and I discuss his first album after joining Crytopsy and its controversies, the legacy of "None so Vile" and content creation burnout!

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. This week we have 2 returning guests and one new guest. Drew Slavik (Guitar) and Jimmy Watson (Drums) of See You Next Tuesdayand Seb Alvarez (Vocals) of Meth, who makes his first appearance on the podcast. They all came on to discuss the absolutely monstrous collaborative EP between  @cunexttuesdaygrind  and Meth (who put out one of the best albu...

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guests were Joe Sudrovic (Bass) and Sean Vandegrift (Vocals) of the band From a Second Story Window. From a Secons Story Window has mostly been silent since 2008, but this past year has seen the band release new material which coincided with the 20th anniversary of "Not One Word Has Been Omitted" Joe and Sean came on to talk about the history...

in this installment of the podcast we get into the history of May of 2004 and the records i discussed were: Xandria – Ravenheart May 24th Crisis - Like Sheep Led to the Slaughter May 25th Alabama Thunderpussy – Fulton Hill May 25th Ayreon – The Human Equation May 25th Slipknot – Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) May25th Meandhimcallitus - The (C:) of Love Stories May 25th I Will be catching up with...

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History,my guests were Joey Gonzalez (Guitarist) and Brian Barbaruolo (Bass)of the band Fórn. Joey and Brian came on to discuss the long "hiatus" and writing period for the bands new album "Repercussions of the Self" which releases this Friday October 18th on  @persistentvisionrecords  Follow / Support FornBANDCAMP: https://forn.bandcamp.com/album/repercu...

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Peter "Blue" Spinazola Guitarist in Slam / Death Metal band Dysentery and Bass player in Fit for An Autopsy. "Blue" came on the podcast to give a long awaited updated about all things Dysentery, a band hes been in for over a decade that is releasing their first new material in almost ten years next year! We also t...

My guest for this installment of the podcast is Rick Jimenez, Vocalist and Guitarist in the Hardcore / Thrash band Extinction A.D. Rick came on to discuss the recording of the bands new album "To the Detested" which is out now on Unique Leader Records. Rick was very insightful and vulnerable for a lot of this albums themes and concepts, very rarely does a musician and guest bare all for...

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History, my guests this week were Matt Clarke (Bass)Dane Evans (Vocals)Jack Simioni (Guitar)Nic Webb (Guitarwho are members of the Australian Deathcore band To The Grave. The band came on to talk everything about their upcoming album "Everyone's a Murderer" which releases August 30th on Unique Leader Records.   Catch the bands upcoming U.S....

Welcome to this BONUS episode. This is something that was recorded almost a year ago for a podcast I was trying to do called The Horror Archives. I had on Writer and Director Jason Krawczyk. Jason came on the podcast to talk about the (almost) 10 year anniversary of his film He Never Died, starring Henry Rollins. I wanted to share this here as it was a good interview and we had a lot to talk about...

In this installment of Heavy Metal History i discuss records released in May of 2004. Demon Hunter – Summer of Darkness May 4th Killwhitneydead - Never Good Enough for You May 11th DragonForce – Sonic Firestorm May 11th Killswitch Engage – The End of Heartache May 11th Hirax – The New Age of Terror May 18th (Clip taken from Episode #160 of the podcast) Annihilator - All For You May 24th Therion –...

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guests for this episode were Marios Iliopoulos (Guitarist) & Konstantinos Togas (Vocals) of the Greek/Swedish Melodic Death Metal band Night rage. Marios & Konstantinos came on the podcast to discuss the bands new album "Remains of a Dead World" which was released May 31st. Follow Nightrage FACEBOOK // WEBSITE // INSTAGRAM Subscribe to...

In this installment of Heavy Metal History I discuss releases of April 2004.   W.A.S.P - The Neon God Pt.1 -The Rise Apr 6th Vehemence - Helping the World to See Apr 6th (Clip taken from Episode #97 of the podcast) Orange Goblin – Thieving from the House of God Apr 6th Pro-Pain – Fistful of Hate Apr 6th Lordi – The Monsterican Dream Apr 14th Finntroll – Nattfödd Apr 19th 1349 - Beyond the Apocalyp...

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Dan Jacobs, guitarist for the band Atreyu. Dan came on the podcast to discuss the 20th anniversary and making of the bands 2nd album "The Curse". We also discussed how the band writes, Dan's Kiesel guitars and so much more!   Subscribe to the YouTube Support the podcast / merch! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/heavymetalhistory  

In this installment of Heavy Metal History I discuss the rest of March of 2004 and the records released. All That Remains   – This Darkened Heart  Mar 23rd After Forever   – Invisible Circles Mar 25th Anvil   – Back to Basics  Mar 29th In Flames   – Soundtrack to Your Escape Mar 29th Metalium   – As One – Chapter Four  Mar 29th U.D.O.   – Thunderball Mar 29th Mayhem   – Chimera Mar 29th Soulfly  ...

Welcome to this weeks installment of Heavy Metal history. My guest was Katon De Pena vocalist of long running thrash metal band Hirax.  @HIRAXmetal  Katon came on to discuss not only new material the band is working, an EP called "Faster than Death" on but an album that is celebrating a 20 year anniversary with "The New Age of Terror" Katon also takes us through a TON of thrash metal history with...

Welcome to this weeks episode. My guest for this week is Twitch, the man behind the Death/Grind band Hubris Cannon. A project that he is the sole writer and performer of except when playing live shows. I found out about Hubris Cannon thanks to a magic the gathering player Ben Wheeler. We talk about the political messages of the album enshrouded in Magic the Gathering references. This was a great d...

Welcome to this weeks episode of the podcast. My guests were Blake Connally (Guitar) and Aaron Wamack (Drums) formerly of the band Meandhimcallitus. Blake and Aaron came on the podcast to discuss the 20 year anniversary of their first album (C:) Drive of Love Stories. We also briefly discussed Blake's other music projects such as Dead in the Dirt and Infernal Coil Follow MAHCIU BANDCAMP - https://...

This weeks episode of the podcast is an interview with Bryan Funck (Vocalist), Andy Gibbs (Guitarist) and Mitch Wells (Bassist) of the band Thou. We discussed the bands new album "Umbilical" which is available now wherever you listen to music as well as directly from the band. After discussing the album we also got into a pretty deep discussion about polital ethos and the correlation with "problem...

This weeks episode is the history of March of 2004. The records I discuss and breakdown in this episode are the following:   100 Demons - "Self Titled" Mar 8th Dismember - "Where Ironcrosses Grow" Mar 8th Raunchy   – " Confusion Bay" Mar 9th Decapitated   – " The Negation" Mar 9th Edguy   – " Hellfire Club" Mar 15th 36 Crazyfists   – " A Snow Capped Romance" Mar 16th Grip Inc.   – " Incorporated"...

Here's part two of the February 2004 episode.  Albums covered are: Hypocrisy   – The Arrival  Feb 16 th Vintersorg   – The Focusing Blur  Feb 16th Deicide   – Scars of the Crucifix  Feb 23rd My Dying Bride   – Songs of Darkness, Words of Light  Feb 23 rd Primal Fear   – Devil's Ground  Feb 23 rd Scars of Tom orrow - Rope Tied to the Trigger Feb 23 rd Anata - Under a Stone With no inscription Feb 2...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is Zak Vargas from the now defunct band Elysia. Zak came on the podcat to talk the 18 year history of the bands debut album "Masochist" which is currently getting a remaster\reissue treatment on May the 10th. Zak took me through the entire history of the record track by track discussing each song as well as their timeline with demos an...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. This episode is split into 2 parts as there was just SO much information about all these records and bands. Over the two episodes these are the bands and records discussed that are celebrating a 20 year anniversary in 2004! Exodus – Tempo of the Damned Feb 2nd Glass Casket - We Are Gathered Here Today Feb 4th Scarlet - Cult Classic Feb 6th Prob...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest were Pete Lloyd and Mike Goncalves of the New Jersey based band Replicant. Pete and Mike came onto the podcast to talk about their crushing new album "Infinite Mortality" which will release soon on  @TranscendingObscurity  records. Replicant Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/replicantnj Replicant Instagram - https://www.ins...