Heavy Metal History: The Podcast

Welcome to this weeks Bonus episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is Taylor Washington, lead guitarist/vocalist of Atlanta based Thrash/Power Metal band Paladin. Taylor came on the podcast to fill me in on his influences as a musician and what Power Metal and Thrash bands shaped his song writing and interests. We also discuss Paladin’s first full length “ Ascension ” which is out now through Pr...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week was an old friend/acquaintance from my touring days, Mike McKenzie, guitarist of The Red Chord and currently in Wear Your Wounds. Mike has a ton of other porjects and has stayed immensely busy with music since The Red Chord ended. Some of his projects include Stomach Earth, Nightkin, and Beyond the Sixth Seal. We discuss ALL...

Welcome to this weeks 100th episode of Heavy Metal History!! My illustrious and legendary guest this week almost needs no introduction, but none the less here it is! I got to speak at length with Dan Swanö, prolific sound engineer and owner of Unisound studios. Dan has worked with, recorded and played with some of the biggest bands that have come out of Sweden such as Dissection, Opeth, Dawn, Dark...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is vocalist Dylan Walker of the band Full of Hell . Dylan came on the podcast to talk about the bands upcoming album “ Weeping Choir ” which comes out on Relapse May 17th. We delved deep into the bands history as well as those moments in a bands career where things aren’t going the best and how to stay motivated and keep push...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. This week we delve into April of 1994, the month the world collectively mourned the loss of Kurt Cobain of the band Nirvana, one of the main contributors of the grunge era and genre, a genre that most in the scene at the time believe “killed” heavy metal. Heavy Metal was in fact not dead nor was it lying dormant, the genre was hastily evolving...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests this week were Bjorn Dannov and Natahn Gearhart, Vocalist and Guitarist of Arizona based Death Metal band Vehemence. 15 years ago the band released “Helping the World to See” a completely under rated gem in the world of melodic Death Metal. Bjorn and Nathan came on the podcast to talk about the writing and recording of that album as w...

Welcome to this weeks bonus episode of the podcast! My guest this week was Paul Ryan, guitar player that formed Kansas based Tech-Death band Origin. Paul came on the podcast to discuss the “Origins of Origin” (yes pun somewhat intended) He takes me through the early days of the band and the recordings that were Origin before it was even given that name. Currently Paul has re-recorded all the mater...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests this week were Adrian, Max and Jason, members of the Illinois based Death Metal band Warforged . The guys came on the podcast to talk about their beginnings as musicians, their first full length album “ I:Voice ” coming out May 10th through The Artisan Era. Adrian takes me through his extremely unique writing process of the bands reco...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is lead vocalist Mike Paparo of the band Inter Arma. Mike came on the podcast to discuss the new album “Sulphur English” to be released this April the 12th through Relapse records. Mike and I discussed the new direction of the album and how the band manages to defy what critics and fans alike expect from them, and with “Sulphur English...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests this week on the podcast were guitarist Nick Padovani and bassist Hugo Doyon-Karout (also of Montreal based Tech-Death band Beyond Creation ) Nick’s band Equipoise is almost like a “super group” of top tier musicians in the Tech Death scene. Comprised of members Stevie Boiser ( Inferi ), Jimmy Pitts ( Eternity’s End ), Chason Westmore...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. I take you through March of 1994, which is as eclectic as it is justifying groundbreaking. Pantera releases their highest selling album in their discography while GWAR fianlly makes their mark on the scene releasing a now legendary album in their discography. Meanwhile, the once glamorous kings of the L.A. hair metal scene, Motley Crue have bee...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. This week I welcome Matt back to the podcast as we discuss the 2019 Jonas Ackerlund film about the Norwegian Black Metal Scene "Lords of Chaos"

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is Devin Townsend, currently spearheading back into his solo work, but he is also known for his work in bands such as Strapping Young Lad, Ziltoid the Omniscient, and Devin Townsend Project . Devin was gracious enough to give me a short amount of his time to talk about his upcoming album “Empath” that will be released March 2...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History, my guest this week is my first female guest which is long over due in terms of having that representation on the podcast. I got to sit and chat with Larissa Stupar, vocalist of the England based Death Metal band Venom Prison. Larissa and I discuss a lot of deep topics about female representation in heavy metal, her roots in the metal scene, how...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest for this weeks episode is “Blothar” aka Mike Bishop Bass Player/Scumdog of the band GWAR! Mike came on to talk about the 25 year anniversary of GWARS 1994 album “This Toilet Earth” Mike gives so many details and insights to how the record was recorded including a harrowing story of how guitarist Pete Lee was tragically shot (and lived)...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History, my guest this week is lead singer Ryo Kinoshita, of the Japanese Metalcore band Crystal Lake. Ryo came on the podcast to discuss with me all things about the band, as well as his influences and how the band has managed to successfully crossover to “mainstream” success for being a Japanese band which is no small feat in itself. We also discuss t...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is Heri Joensen, lead guitarist of the Folk Metal band Týr! Heri and I discussed the importance of keeping his faroe island roots in the music, his cover songs, “By the Light of the Northern Star” celebrating a 10 year anniversary and the writing and recording of the bands new album “Hel” in which Heri explains how his health...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. On this weeks episode we we see the rise of the 2nd wave of Black Metal. February of 1994 less than 6 months after the murder of Mayhem guitarist Euronymous and almost a year after the Norwegian scene began it’s infamous assault into the mainstream with murder and arson leaving the music ancillary to the controversy itself. Some of the most pro...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is Josh Perrin, founding member/guitarist/vocalist of the Philadelphia based Death Metal band Basilysk. Josh came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording of their new album “Emergence” an album that's taken almost a decade of hard work and determination to get this album done. Josh talks about the years of kee...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is founding member and guitarist, David Gregor, of the legendary underground Milwaukee Wisconsin based Death Metal band Morta Skuld. Morta Skuld was conceived in the early 90’s during the Death Metal explosion in America. The band achieved moderate success between 1993 and 1997 but somewhere along the line got a bit lost and...

Welcome to this weeks BONUS Episode of Heavy Metal History, my guest this week was the legendary Marty Friedman! Former guitarist of Cacophony, Megadeth and Tourniquet. Marty has been building a massively successful solo career for the past 30+ years, his last studio album “Wall of Sound” came out in 2017 and in 2018 Marty unleashed his newest live album “One Bad M.F. Live!!” Marty was gracious en...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. Our first history episode of 2019! January 1994. 1994 is often derided as the “death” of Heavy Metal, and while it seems like a lot of bands struggled around this time to compete with the massive popularity of Grunge, a whole wave of new music was being birthed into the world, Black Metal makes its ominous and controversial mark on the world, t...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests this week on the podcast is the 3 piece band Wristmeetrazor, I got to talk with all the members of the band and this podcast is the ONLY place you’ll get to hear an interview with all of them. We talk about the history of the band and how all the members came together, their “throwback” influences with early screamo bands like City of...

Welcome to the first episode of Heavy Metal History in 2019! My guest this week is the most electrifying man in Corpse entertainment, the grim one himself, THE NECROSEXUAL. In this episode of the podcast we discuss all manner of dark and sexual interests, we rate the finest of Franzia wines and even talk about how to spot a poser amongst the herd. The Necrosexual talks to me about his old school b...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. On this episode i do a run down of all my favorite records of 2018. What were they??? Listen now and find out!! 2018 was a HUGE year for the podcast and I cant thank all of you who have checked us out and stuck with us enough. Here’s to a bigger 2019!