Heavy Metal History: The Podcast

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History, where, yes, we are FINALLY getting to the history episodes. The year I've chosen to cover is 2004 and all the insanely incredible albums celebrating a 20 year anniversary. The albums and bands covered on this episode are: Drawn and Quartered - Return of the Black Death Released Jan 1st WarCry  – Alea Jacta Est Released Jan 1st Circle Takes the...

Welcome to the 150th episode! This weeks guest is a part two from last weeks episode with the rest of the members of See You Next Tuesday, Drew Slavik the guitarist wasnt able to make the first episode so we set up a time to have him on and continue the discussion about how everything from the past year came to fruition with "Distractions" and how it all culminated from his sobriety and to the rem...

Welcome to this weeks episode of the podcast. This week I had 3 out of the 4 members of the band See You Next Tuesday (  @cunexttuesdaygrind  ) , long time listeners will know that Chris Fox the vocalist came on in the early days of the podcast to talk about "Parasite" celebrating a 10 year anniversary. Drew was also supposed to be on this episode, but was unable to make it, we ended up recording...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests were Jeremy Harlan and the brothers Justin and Kyle Mazlik of the band Sunmancer. They all came on the podcast after we met through mutual friends at a show back in October of 2023! We all hit it off and they were integral in me bringing the podcast back from hiatus. They all came on to talk about their band and new EP that was releas...

WELCOME BACK! The podcast is officially back from hiatus!   My first guest back is guitarist Taylor Danley from the death metal band Sacrificer. Taylor is the guitar player in the band and it also includes past guest Jamie Hanks from I Declare War. Taylor came on to talk about Sacrificer (who just put out an EP) as well as his guitar playing and what the goal and plans are for his musical output....

Welcome to this episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was guitarist/vocalist Matt Brown of the band Demon King. Matt came on the podcast to talk about his days in Enfold Darkness, leaving the music scene for a short time and how he wrote and recorded the new EP from his new band Demon King. Subscribe to the YouTube channel  ⁠HERE⁠ Support the podcast / merch! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/he...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is a LONG time coming, my best friend Eric Weatherford. Weatherford used to be the guitarist in metalcore/thrash/shred band With Faith or Flames. He is now back with a new musical project infusing shred guitar/heavy metal with synthwave music. Weatherford and I discuss the days of touring in 2008, what it was like as an up and coming b...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Derek Engemann, guitarist in the band Scour, formerly Bassist of Cattle Decapitation. Derek came on the podcast to discuss the bands new “Black” EP as well as not being a pure black metal band but with death and grind influences as well. Also the concept of doing 3 EP’s and when a full length can be expected in the future. Buy The...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was David Isen, guitarist of HORSE The Band. Nathan came of the podcast to discuss the 15 year anniversary of “The Mechanical Hand” and the bands new EP “Your Fault” which came out November 27th. We also talked about the bands incredible 10 hour documentary Earth Tour. Please go support the band by saving their EP on Spotify or buying...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Nathan Winneke, vocalist of HORSE The Band. Nathan came of the podcast to discuss the 15 year anniversary of “The Mechanical Hand” and the bands new EP “Your Fault” which came out November 27th. Please go support the band by saving their EP on Spotify or buying digital and merch any way you can. The band has been very DIY for years...

Welcome to this episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Lindsay Schoolcraft, she is a Juno Nominated Singer and Harpist who mainly composes Ethereal Gothic Metal music. Classical Composer for Chamber Black Metal band Antiqva. Lindsay is also a former member of Cradle of Filth. Lindsay came on the podcast to discuss her newest solo record "Worlds Away" which was recorded during the pandemic as...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. No history or guest this episode! Just me talking about Bill and Ted Face the Music, everyone knows how much of an influence the original film was for this podcast and for me personally so it only felt right to do a short episode with my thoughts on the film. Thanks for listening!  

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist Jean-Francois Dagenais of the band Kataklysm. He came on the podcast to talk about the bands debut album "Sorcery" celebrating a 25th anniversary and the bands upcoming album "Unconquered" which comes out September 25th on Nuclear Blast records.

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is the legendary Jon Zazula aka Jonny Z founder of Megaforce records and the man that helped Metallica get off the ground. He shares some stories from his days as a promoter and label runner and heavy metal legend. Buy Jon's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Tales-Metal-Music-Madness/dp/B085WB1L96/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GZ1CRHE7D4H6&dc...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is Frank Fanelli, vocalist of the band The World We Knew. This episode we dont talk much about Frank’s history with the genre, but more about his For the Nomads fundraiser which is something near and dear to my heart. For the Nomads is set up to help road crew such as Merch people, Sound guys, guitar techs and all the people that work...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is Ethan McCarthy, vocalist and guitarist of the band Primitive Man. Ethan came on the podcast to discuss the bands insanely heavy new album "Immersion" Ethan also discussed how his ongoing battle with mental illness almost made the record not happen during writing/recording. We share some tour stories of worst shows/venues played and...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was guitarist of The Acacia Strain, Tom Smith. Tom came on the podcast to discuss the bands recent out put of insane proportions with a surprise full length record at the end of 2019 and the current EP’s spelling out DECAY which are eventually a part of another full length called “Slow Decay”. Tom gave me the inside scoop of all the wo...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist Corey Beaulieu of the band Trivium. Corey came on the podcast to delve into the writing and recording behind the bands 2nd album "Ascendancy" which is celebrating a 15 year anniversary. We also discuss the impact of the current viral outbreak and briefly discuss how the bands music has and imagery has ended up in some film...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. This episode we decided to do something a little different, I brought Matt back on the podcast for us to discuss bands that are considered "Hidden Gems" of heavy metal. Bands from the 00's that went under the radar or were big at one time and faded away for one reason or another. We curated a special Spotify and Youtube playlist for the bands d...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Jacob Bannon, singer of the band Converge. Jacob came on the podcast to talk about his newest band Umbra Vitae, a Death Metal band consisting of past guest Mike McKenzie and Greg Weeks (The Red Chord), Sean Martin, (ex-Hatebreed) and Drummer Jon Rice (Job For a Cowboy). Jacob discussed the origins of the band, how the writing and r...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Sean Hynes, guitarist for the Death Metal band Ingested. Sean came on the podcast to discuss the 10 year anniversary of the bands 1st album “ Surpassing the Boundaries of Human Suffering ” and the writing and recording process of that record. We also delve into Sean's Writing style and the impending release of their new record, tha...

My guest for this episode of the podcast is Colin Marston, Bassist and Guitarist of bands such as Krallice, Behold…the Arctopus, Gorguts and Dysrhythmia. Colin also has a recording studio where he has recorded and engineered bands for over 15 years. We discuss some of Colin’s work on the music and recording side.  

Welcome to this episode of the podcast. My guest was Mark Jansen, guitarist of Epica. We discuss the 10 year anniversary of the bands record “Design Your Universe”

Welcome to this episode of the podcast. My guest was vocalist Cory Brandan of the band Norma Jean. 

Welcome to this weeks episode of the podcast. My guest was guitarist Andy Gillion of Mors Principium Est. Andy came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording of his new solo album “Neverafter” This has been a labor of love for Andy for many years and all his hard work has finally come to fruition with this album and it is easily one of the best records of the year. Please go buy this alb...