Metal Life Crisis

Jeffs been gone so we havent recorded in a month. We go over some new releases and catch up on concerts. Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff talk about Metallica's post black album career. What is worth listening to and what is not. Bluesky Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff are joined by the amazingly talented Devin Reiche from the band Anubis. We start off talking new releases before Devin arrives and we get into the new album from Anubis and incorporating an incredible new co-vocalist. Devin is a ton of fun and has some really interesting thoughts about metal and the music industry. https://anubis10.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/anubismetalo...

Matt and Jeff talk 2026 in metal... so far. We had planned for a first quarter review but this was closer to a first 1/3 of the year Let us know who we missed and what you're looking forward to Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

We are joined by King Night (Nathan) of Nox Sinister to talk about the band and the recent singles theyve released, the struggles of being a small band and how they came up with their unique sound. A really fun interview as Nathan tells a story really well. Nox Sinister on Bandcamp https://noxsinister.bandcamp.com/track/the-plague-nocturnal Instagram https://www.instagram.com/noxsinister/

We have a guest, Helm of the Anti-Lemon!!!! We talk about how awesome 1990 is and then go into gear talk and end with Helm doing some very funny innuendos Helm of the Anti-Lemon on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/helmoftheantilemon

Matt and Jeff talk to Tim, who used to intern for Matt at Century Media. Matt pulls his usual tricks and tries to upset Jeff Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff are joined by author, musician and metal fan; Chris Fly. We talk about his musical journey and get into a deep deiscussion about Nevermore Chris: twitter @christopherafly His book https://www.amazon.com/Godss-Ears-Chanson-Guerre-Book-ebook/dp/B08VGK1NHT?ref_=ast_author_dp⁠ Matt @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff @mozsab.bsky.social

There was no overarching theme to this weeks episode, we just talk about stuff. We do mention Lions Led By Donkeys, so heres the link to that pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Vw8AeyqBCI6R94FK3GBw9?si=939c3da19dd14a7a Bluesky: Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

An anti censorship rant and a discussion about the new Nevermore singer Bluesky Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Another ICE killing We do discuss Megadeths new (and last?) album Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Jeff and Matt review Kreator and talk about some other stuff Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff talk about the recent murder of Renee Good and the state of the US right now Matt: @americanmetalhead.bsky.social or mattalica73@gmail.com Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Welcome to season 2 and Happy New Year! Jeff had question and asked a bunch of people for their feedback. Matt and Jeff go over that feedback in todays epidode. Bluesky: Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff go over their top 10 albums of 2025. SInce neither one of can count, we choose 11 albums each Bluesky: Matt - @allamericanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff cover some more bands. Is thier most famous album their best? We talk more Kiss than Jeff wants Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff are joined by David (DB Bond on Twitter) to talk about bands best known vs their best albums. Matt infuriates Jeff again and David behaves by not bringing up spiders and snakes constantly. Davids Twitter - https://x.com/007DBindaBC Bluesky - @ametricanheadbanger.bsky.social @mozsab.bsky.social

We were lucky enough to have the wonderful Melissa from the Metal Chat podcast on! Matt and I briefly bitch about current events and then we bring Melissa on and have a really cool talk about gatekeeping and genre-fication Find Melissa on Twitter @metalchatpod and listen to her wonderful podcast here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metal-chat-with-melissa/id1548017605 Bluesky: @americanheadb...

We wrap up our discussion regaring replacement singers doing better than the original. Let us know who we missed. @americanheadbanger.bsky.social @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff go over some replacements that took an older song and nailed it. Matt has to gloat about his Dodgers first though. Congrats Matt. Bluesky: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff return for an episode talking about bands and genres and being factually correct Bluesky @americanheadbanger.bsky.social @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff take a look at some more of the rules of metal. Jeff was still suffering from trauma to the brain so we do repeat ourselves a little bit. For once, it wasnt Matts fault. Bluesky @americanheadbanger.bsky.social @mozsab.bsky.social

We cover some more of the rules of metal. Jeff has a concussion so he was barely coherent. Matt is old so he was just his normal amount of coherent. Bluesky: Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff talk about the influence of British bands in metal and associated genres. We put out a post on social media and gave ourselves some homework for the next epsiode where we will talk more about some of the bands given to us that we had no familiarity with. Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff get into whether or not some common metal rules are valid or not. Jeff doesnt get too heated at Matt this time. Bluesky: Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social