Metal Life Crisis

Matt and Jeff talk about how we consume metal and then about some of the rules of metal fandom. Matt pisses off Jeff causing him to have a fit Bluesky: Matt, the Asshole - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Sweary Jeff -@mozsab.bsky.social

A mainly political discussion about the recent events in Utah and the repurcussions. We do then have a chat about Tomas Lindberg Bluesky: Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt talks about licensing bands from overseas for releases in the US. Matt also jerks us off onto quite a few tangents. Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff look at 1988. For Matt, it was a year of discovery and diving deeper into heavy metal. Jeff is MUCH younger than Matt so he just talks about albums that still resonate with him. Bluesky: Matt - ‪@americanheadbanger.bsky.social‬ Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt somehow talked Mark Briody of Jag Panzer into coming onto the pod. Mark and Matt swap stories about life on the road as well as record company crap. Jeffs favorite Jag Panzer album is Dissident Alliance which amuses Mark. Twitter: Jeff: @mozsab Matt: @mattalica73 Mark: @jag_panzer

We bring on a guest, Bryan Mayhem, from Twitter. We talk about our favorite albums from the year so far. You can see the different tastes each one of us has. Mine being the best of course. Thank you, Bryan!!!! bluesky: Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social Twitter: Bryan: @ExtremeMetalDad Jeff: @mozsab Matt: @mattallica73

Jeff reviews the Acid Bath and Rwake concert he went to. Then he and Matt talk about the prolific and extraordinary career of Dan Swano Bluesky: Matt @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff talk about 3 recent releases they are excited about I apologize for the technical glitches, I salvaged as much as I could Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

We start by talking metal and a recent concert Matt went to. Then we take a left turn into more personal stuff and it gets weird. Enjoy! Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger@bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social Check out Lions led by Donkeys pod on the Armenian genocide: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0cv5mDAEZcAGnLIAabS8QT?si=TfWNO8SYQ1WoKn-hEY6wcA

We start off with a bit more concert talk and Jeff misses the joke. Then we dive into some bands that have a small discography but are worth checking out. Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

In the final (for now) show about live music, we delve into some Bluesky responses. We also talk more about who we have seen and who we want to see Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.soc Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.soc

Matt and Jeff continue the exploration of live music they've seen. This is a quick one and more is on the way Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbnager.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff go over some amazing concerts they've been too and include some that were sent to them by social media friends Bluesky: Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Last time we covered awful lyrics. Today we talk about great lyrics with a lot of help from our social media friends BlueSky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.socialJeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff talk bad lyrics BlueSky Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Todays episode gets stories from Matt being A&R, some recent releases we are exited about and verge on another rant Bluesky Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.socialJeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Today we dive into 2 overlooked bands from the early 90's. Then we have a political rant for the second half. Bluesky links: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff get together and talk about our respective lists of top 10 albums. Who had the better list? Matt also goes on an old man rant about technology Bluesky: Matt: @americanheadbanger Jeff: @mozsab

Matt and Jeff talk to Kevin Stewart Panko, author of "Into Everlasting Fire: The Official History of Immolation" https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2024/08/16/pre-order-into-everlasting-fire-the-official-history-of-immolation-from-decibel-books-read-an-exclusive-excerpt-now/ Matt talks to him about 90's death metal and Jeff asks questions about writing Bluesky Matt: @americanheadbanger Jeff: @mozsab

Matt and Jeff talk about Matt seeing Yngvie and how that went and then talk about 90's metal again Bluesky: Matt: @americanheadbanger Jeff: @mozsab

We talk some record label shenanigans and then answer some questions from Twitter I think we may upset a lot of people on this one

Matt and Jeff talk about the 90's. After the 80's heyday, what changed? Is metal better now than before?

Matt and Jeff talk about metal Matt - @mattalica73 on Twitter Jeff - @mozsab on Twitter