Heavy Metal History: The Podcast

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist/vocalist Leila Abdul-Rauf of the Death Metal band Vastum. Leila came on the podcast today to discuss the writing and recording of the bands new album "Orificial Purge" we also talk about how they found the album art and all of Leila's other musical and artistic endeavors. Buy the album: https://vastum.bandcamp.com/ Follow...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist Jeff Tuttle formerly of The Dillinger Escape Plan and now currently in the band Shock Narcotic with former members of Black Dahlia Murder, Battlecross and Child Bite. Jeff came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording process of this album, how he stays motivated to write and his love of Horror films! Shock Narc...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is a return guest! After 2 long years Jamie Hanks returns to the podcast, BUT unbeknownst to a lot of listeners, we actually recorded an episode a year ago that never saw the light of day due to a computer failure. Jamie is back though and we talk about his bands upcoming EP “Downcast“ which is ENTIRELY DIY by Jamie and the b...

Interview with Theo Spence and Matt Oein (Rank and Vile) Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests were guitarist and vocalist of the band Rank and Vile, Theo Spence and Matt Oein. Theo and Matt came on the podcast to discuss their histories of how they got into the genre as well as the political nature of the band and trying to utilize the lyrical content for a prescient mes...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests this week are Cory Smarsh and Jacob Toy, guitarists in Deathcore/Death Metal band Signs of the Swarm. Cory and Jacob take me through their roots of heavy metal and the records and bands that got them into the genre, we even have a similar band that got us into the genre, which was Hatebreed. The two tell me about the writing process f...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was guitarist of the band Singularity, Jack Fliegler. Jack and i discussed not only his band Singularity, but also his youtube and Twitch channel where he does Heavy Metal guitar covers of video game and anime music. Jack tells me about his week’s worth of work that goes into making each cover possible and how much Twitch has helped ke...

Welcome to this weeks Bonus Episode of the podcast. My guest is Joe Nunez, former drummer for Soulfly, now with his new band Return Fire. Joe came on the podcast to discuss with me his history as a drummer, playing in Soulfly and the years it took to get Return Fire written and recorded due to a previous engineer holding their recordings and not giving them access to them for years. Return Fire’s...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey of Exhumed. Matt came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording process of the bands new record "Horror" which comes out Oct. 4th on Relapse Records.

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitar player Greg Kubacki of the band Car Bomb. Greg came on the podcast to talk all things involving the writing and recording process of the bands new record “Mordial” We get into his roots which are surprisingly aren't metal and more in the electronic scene, which if youve listened to the band those influences are very apparent....

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is Bass player Ross Sewage of Bay Area bands Exhumed and Impaled. Ross is also an extremely talented artist and is currently working on a comic book that is being funded through Kickstarter about the band Ghoul and their exploits through Creepsylvania. Ross gives me the details about working on this comic for almost 4 years in differen...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week Hal Microutsicos, he is the brains behind the one man Death Metal band, Engulf. Hal writes all aspects of the music and plays and recorded the Guitar and Bass for his upcoming Third and last chapter/EP in a series of 3 for ENGULF! A new chapter of dark and brutal death metal. Based in New Jersey, Engulf is Hal Microutsicos' o...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests on this episode were Jesse Korman and Alexis Pareja, vocalist and guitarist of the band The No. XII Looks Like You. Jesse and Alexis came on the podcast to talk about the 10 year anniversary of “Worse Than Alone” an album that saw the band go out on a creative high note before an almost 10 year hiatus. Jesse and Alexis tell me what th...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest for this episode is “A.L.N.” the multi instrumentalist behind the project Mizmor. “A.L.N.” was kind enough to give me some of his time to discuss the writing and recording process for his new album “Cairn” This is the FIRST podcast he has ever done and his insightfulness into his process was extremely eye opening. He discussed how he e...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is vocalist Jyrki “69” of Goth Rock band The 69 Eyes. Jyrki came on the podcast to discuss with me how the band is going on its 30th year as a group and how theyve managed to stay current with in the Rock/Metal scene, cultivating a rabid and devout fan base that has kept the band selling records. We delve a little bit into th...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History, indeed, it is a very special episode for me personally and I hope my listeners also enjoy this episode. My guests were Ryan Morgan and Jesse Zaraska, Guitarist and Vocalist of Melodic Hardcore band Misery Signals. Ryan and Jesse were grateful enough to give me some of their time to discuss the 15 year anniversary of one of the most prolific alb...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is drummer Brad Fincher of legendary Death Metal band Devourment. Brad came on the podcast to discuss with me the bands 20 year history, as well as him being a founding member and all the member changes and challenges the band has faced during that time. Come to 2019 where the band has released their newest and most brutal album “Obsce...

Welcome to this episode of Heavy Metal History, my guest for this episode is guitarist Matt Fox of Shai Hulud and currently in Zombie Apocalypse. Matt came on the podcast to talk about Zombie Apocalypse’s new album called “Life Without Pain is a Fucking Fantasy” their first in over 15 years and what the writing process was like working on the album with Ronen Kauffman and Eric Dellon over a period...

Welcome to part 3 of "Carnifex Week" on the Heavy Metal History Podcast. As most of the listeners may know, I spent 5 years touring with Carnifex during their career and now in 2019 the band is about to release their 7th studio album "World War X"  I wanted to be able to capture as much of the information from as many perspectives of the band members about how this album was recorded, so over the...

Welcome to part 2 of "Carnifex Week" on the Heavy Metal History Podcast. As most of the listeners may know, I spent 5 years touring with Carnifex during their career and now in 2019 the band is about to release their 7th studio album "World War X"  I wanted to be able to capture as much of the information from as many perspectives of the band members about how this album was recorded, so over the...

Welcome to part 1 of "Carnifex Week" on the Heavy Metal History Podcast. As most of the listeners may know, I spent 5 years touring with Carnifex during their career and now in 2019 the band is about to release their 7th studio album "World War X"  I wanted to be able to capture as much of the information from as many perspectives of the band members about how this album was recorded, so over the...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest for this weeks episode is lead guitarist for He Is Legend, Adam Tanbouz. Adam came on the podcast to discuss not only the bands new album “White Bat” which comes out June 28th, but also the 15 year anniversary of “I Am Hollywood” and the bands EP “91025” he tells me all about the writing and recording for those records, about shopping...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. I delve into May of 1994 where we see one of the last albums to be released from the 2nd wave of Norwegian black metal, an album that took over 7 years to be written, recorded and released. All beset within the mayhem of a suicide, a murder a litany of burned churches and all while fostering a new genre into the zeitgeist of heavy metal. Elsewh...

Welcome to this weeks bonus episode of the podcast. My guest is Davide Tiso, guitarist formerly of the band Ephel Duath and now currently spearheading Howling Sycamore. Davide came on to give me a bit on insight to this current musical project along with its deeper intrinsic meaning behind the concept of the bands albums. We talk about the members in the band that he works with that have come from...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest for this episode was Cameron Porras, guitar player for tech-death band Inanimate Existence. Cameron came on the podcast to talk about the bands recent album “Clockwork” which was released May the 10th. We also discuss the early 2000’s era of finding music as well as illegal downloading and file sharing, which Cameron shares a fairly re...