Heavy Metal History: The Podcast

Welcome to this weeks (2nd) episode of Heavy Metal History! April of 1998 part two, we pick up right where we left off with 6 more devastating albums to discuss, this is the month of Death Metal! Incantation release a seminal Death Metal record with “Diabolical Conquest” really pushing the genre into a whole new direction and sound all during the same time when the band Nile uses the influence of...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History! This week we discuss and get into April of 1998 where we finally have an excellent cohesion of quality AND quantity of records released. The Chasm put forth their brand of Mexican Death Metal and Skinless refine the Brutal Death Metal genre. One of the most legendary Hardcore bands ever, Converge release one of their finest albums and would go...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History! March of 1998 saw a plethora of releases from legacy bands as well as birthing new genres into the world. Deeds of Flesh brings Brutal Death Metal into the world, Training for Utopia bring the early days of the Christian Metalcore/Deathcore movement, Tristania try to perfect and refine their sound on “Widows Weeds”. Rob Halford, after leaving J...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests this week are Ged Cartwright and Theo Le Derf, members of the band A Cunning Man. They are a Two man Scottish Metal project blending a variety of melodic styles.  A Cunning Man began life as a one-man metal project created by composer and vocalist Ged Cartwright. Guitarist Theo Le Derf joined the project in early 2017 and brought with...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. This week my guest is Aggressor (Carl-Michael Eide) of the black/thrash metal band Aura Noir. Aggressor and I talked about the bands early days of really expanding on the sound created by bands like Venom and running with it to forge an entirely new cross over genre. We spoke about their 1998 album "Deep Tracts of Hell" (which will be...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. This week we move forward to February of 1998. '98 is shaping up to be quite a year for metal releases, February alone has 2 of my favorite bands and records being released. The band Primal Fear continue the trend of Power Metal, Amon Amarth storm onto the scene with their epic and unique sound of Scandinavian “Viking” Metal. And one of the...

EDITORS NOTE: At the time of recording i was not aware of the allegations that would later plague this band and member. I still stand behind the episode and its importance to the podcast. Welcome to this weeks special episode of Heavy Metal History, holy hell we made it to 50 episodes!! And with this one, I had to make sure it was a special one and man did we score a hell of an interview. My guest...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was lead guitar player, Argyris, of the American Black Metal Band Sicarius. " Serenade of Slitting Throats " was high on Dustin's 2017 end of year list, so getting to sit down to talk with Argyris about the writing and recording process was really exciting. Argyris also delved into what makes "American Black Metal&qu...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. Joining me this week is Malcolm Pugh, lead guitar player and master mind behind bands such as Inferi and A Loathing Requiem. Malcolm's many talents as a musician don't stop there, as he has done guest spots on a plethora of bands records such as, First Fragment, Serpents and Enfold Darkness. Malcolm and i discuss his Nu Metal roots, the...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History! This years content of the podcast see’s Dustin and Matt dissecting the year 1998. A year where you get a full scope of almost every genre that's been invented, Power Metal dominated the releases, Nu Metal is just on the horizon, while Death and Black Metal take a little bit of a back seat to how many bands/releases were put out. January of...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History! My guest this week is Brody Uttley, lead guitar player for the tech-death metal band Rivers of Nihil. Formed in 2009 by guitarist Brody Uttley, bassist/lyricist Adam Biggs, and vocalist Jake Dieffenbach, Rivers of Nihil quickly made a name for themselves in the death metal scene, attracting the attention of legendary Death Metal titan Erik Ruta...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is multi instrumentalist Matthias Sollak of the band Harakiri for the Sky . Harakiri for the Sky is an Austrian band formed in Salzburg and Vienna in 2011 by vocalist JJ (Michael V. Wahntraum) and multi-instrumentalist Matthias Sollak, formerly of black metal band Bifröst. They have released three studio albums – Harakiri for...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. Holy shit! we finally finished a full year of coverage (a little behind schedule) with this being our final 1987 episode! We delve into the roots and beginnings of Black Metal with Venom’s “Calm Before the Storm” two epic yet different forms of Doom Metal emerge with Candlemass “Nightfall” and The Melvins “Gluey Porch Treatments” and German thr...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. October of 1987. A month that saw a monumental release from a band from Brazil, the legendary Sepultura, a band that defied geographical odds to get recognized in an American dominated genre up to this point. Exodus falls in line with other legendary Bay Area thrash bands and released “Pleasures of the Flesh” an album and band that often gets o...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. Me and Matt welcomed back a previous guest with Stavros Giannopoulos, guitar player and vocalist for The Atlas Moth. Since Stavros had been on before we took the first hour of the podcast to NOT talk about music and instead talk about all things comic books and Comic book films. But we don't spend the whole episode doing so, the final hour...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History: The Podcast. My guest this week is guitar player/vocalist for the Washington D.C. based Death Metal Band Genocide Pact, Tim Mullaney. Tim came on to talk about their new record "Order of Torment" which is out today on Relapse records! You can buy it HERE Follow the band on Facebook at GENOCIDE PACT

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. This week my guest was Jon Hunt, lead singer of the legendary Hardcore/Metalcore band Dead To Fall. Jon came on to talk about Are You Serious? turning 10 years old and gives us endless insight into how the record was made and the meanings behind each song on the album. Jon also gives us a really good history of the band as a whole and what they...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. Joining me this week on the podcast is Jamie Hanks, singer of the band I Declare War. Jamie came on to talk about a few records that started his metal journey, but the conversation quickly became a more deep, insightful thoughtful look into metal music as a whole. We discuss the harsh rigors of touring as well as recording when a band is basica...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. In our first episode of 2018 I talked with Jon Leon, Bass player of the band White Wizzard. Jon came on to talk about their new record "Infernal Overdrive" which drops January 12th. Jon also spoke at length about what the band was up to during the 5 year "hiatus" between records and what prompted bringing back original membe...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. Dustin and Matt have spent the past two days in New York seeing 2 out of 3 final shows for Dillinger Escape Plan. In this episode we talk about the shows, all the craziness and epic moments that we witnessed and everything that happened. After that we delve into our personal history of finding the band and talking a little bit about each of the...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. In this episode Dustin and Matt talk about their favorite records of 2017.

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. Joining me this week is Christian Mansfield, guitar player of California based Tech-Death outfit Transcend the Realm. Christian came on to talk about the bands EP "Perennial Discoveries" they released over the summer as well as an upcoming west coast tour they are embarking on with two other bands Scalafrea and Fields Of Elysium.   Ch...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. September 1987 which was a jam packed month full of metal releases, but the question is was it quantity over quality or the other way around? We examine and discuss 6 albums this week and most of the albums released during this time fall in the more “generic” category unfortunately. Savatage, Grim Reaper and Armored Saint all put out albums tha...

Welcome to this weeks spooky and horror filled episode of The Heavy Metal History Podcast. This week my friend Blaine fills in for a busy Matt, we discuss to essential Halloween/Autumn albums with Kind Diamonds "Fatal Portrait" And Type O Negative's classic and essential "October Rust" We also discuss two new releases that have similar themes with Veil of Maya's "F...

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History the Podcast! This week our guest is Brendan Sloan of the one man death metal project Convulsing and also guitar player in the post rock band Dumbsaint. Brendan sat down with us to talk about his musical history and how the project of Convulsing was created, Brendan shares his personal and touching story of what motivated him to make this music a...