Metal Quest

This week we pick pairs of albums based on the theme of their cover. Jonathan's theme: Spooky Purple Black Metal Castles Emperor - Into The Infinity Of Thoughts Stormkeep - Tales Of Othertime Daniel's theme: Grim Reapers Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane Grim Reaper - See You In Hell Contact Us with your album recommendations, comments, feelings, riffs, blasts, most metal moments,...

Daniel and Jonathan go over their top and bottom five albums that were picked by The Ritual in 2022 and look back at the first full year of Metal Quest. 

Jonathan and Daniel are back with a new episode from an old recording after a long hiatus.  MQ Staff Reviews: Daniel's pick: Tenderizor - Touch the Sword  Jonathan's pick: Mountain Witch - Burning Village New releases picked by The Ritual: ANZV - Gallas Hetroertzen - Phosphorus Vol I Arsena - Blood Rusted Mother Earth Contact Us with your album recommendations, comments, feelings, riffs,...

Daniel and Jonathan discover Conan, a well-known band, by listening to their new album.  Daniel hears his favorite song thus far (from the music picked by The Ritual) and Jonathan listens to what is considered to be one of the greatest metal albums of all time.  MQ Staff Reviews: Daniel's pick: Megadeth - Rust in Peace Jonathan's pick: Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether New releases pic...

Daniel and Jonathan air out some listener mail and continue the quest to explore new heavy metal albums.  This week they recommend: Jonathan's Pick: Mare Cognitum -  Luminiferous Aether Daniel's Pick:  Megadeth - Rust in Peace Next, they review the albums picked by last episode’s The Ritual: Morbid Evils - Supernaturals Becoming the Archaetype - Children of the Great Extinction Aronious - Irkalla...

Daniel and Jonathan take a "Which Heavy Metal Genre Are You" quiz and discuss the picks from last week's The Ritual.  This week they recommend: Jonathan's Pick: Perverted Dexterity - Spiritual Awakening Daniel's Pick: Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race Albums picked by last episode’s The Ritual: Atramentum - Through Fire, Everything Is Renewed DeathFuckingCunt - Decadent Perversi...

Daniel and Jonathan get to experience a bunch of great new traditional Heavy Metal. Daniel has Jonathan do a little shameless self-promotion for the first single "Birth of the Crystal Armor" from his current project Lazer Throne https://lazerthrone.bandcamp.com. And they talk about some sweet book series featuring tales written by heavy metal musicians. This week they recommend: Jonathan's Pick: F...

Daniel and Jonathan explore some of the extreme reaches of metal and they explore some more mellow Avante Garde Black Metal. This week they recommend: Jonathan's Pick: Orange Goblin - Time Travelling Blues (Let's keep those motorcycle albums coming!) Daniel's Pick (he's getting thrown in metal jail for this one): Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner Next, they review the albums picked by last episod...

Jonathan joins Daniel once again at Metal Quest Studio North where they turn it up to 11 for a live Episode. They have a scream-off and listen to a recommended lofi heavy metal album, Victory by Hercules, featuring no shortage of epic wails from Greece!  This week they recommend some old deep cuts  Jonathan's Pick:  Isis - Oceanic Daniel's Pick (he's getting thrown in metal jail for...

Jonathan joins Daniel at Metal Quest Studio North for a live Episode. They read some listener mail and review some shameless self-promo submitted via the contact form.   This week the recommendation is from a listener mail:  Hercules - Victory  Next, they review the albums picked by last episode’s The Ritual: The Scum - The Hunger Truchlo Strzgi - Gwiezdny Demon Swazond - Cursed Inh...

In this Episode Daniel and Jonathan stack up their top and bottom 5 albums picked by The Ritual thus far. Daniel's prediction of Jonathan and him getting abducted by aliens before they receive their first listener mail did not come true as they read their first listener mail.  Jonathan and Daniel's recommendations: Daniel’s Pick: Tribulation - Where the Gloom Becomes Sound Jonathan’s Pick: Kr...

Last Episode The Ritual selected a Dungeon Synth and Glam Rock album which results in some close calls with the Metal Police. Their quest happens across a rare gem of a Heavy Metal album and they face off in an impersonation battle. Jonathan and Daniel's recommendations: Daniel’s Pick: Vektor - Black Future  Jonathan’s Pick: Mare Cognitum / Aureole - Resonance Crimson Void (split) Next, they...

In this raw and (mostly) uncut Episode, Daniel and Jonathan record live in Jonathan's garage. Unbeknownst to them, last episode's The Ritual selected an album named "seven" for them to review on their seventh episode. They discuss the release of Elden Ring, alien encounters, The Dark Angle, and last week's selected albums.    Jonathan and Daniel's recommendations: Daniel’s Pick: Pure Wra...

In this episode, Jonathan quizzes Daniel to see if he can tell the difference between real or fake gore-themed band names. Jonathan and Daniel then recommend some obscure and metal-adjacent albums: Daniel’s Pick: Bal-Sagoth - Atlantis Ascendant Jonathan’s Pick: Dance With The Dead - B Sides: Vol 1 Next, they review the albums picked by last episode’s The Ritual: Band - Album Necrophagous - In Chao...

In this episode Daniel and Jonathan listen to three more albums picked by last show’s The Ritual from a best-of 2021 list. They explore some new-to-them sub-genres, Daniel talks Heavy Metallurgy, and Jonathan shares and demonstrates a spell to turn your body into stone! Jonathan and Daniel then recommend some of their favorites: Daniel’s Pick: Gorement - The Ending Quest  Jonathan’s Pick: Sor...

In this episode, Daniel quizzes Jonathan on his knowledge of different Heavy Metal genres, and they soon realize Jonathan doesn’t know anything! Daniel reveals his favorite Heavy Metal band and Jonathan struggles to produce one band on the spot, but is eager to continue the quest. Jonathan and Daniel then recommend some of their favorites: Daniel’s Pick: Angel Sword – Neon City Jonathan’s Pick: La...

Daniel has Jonathan put some Christmas characters through a battle to the death to find the ultimate Christmas warrior to calibrate for Jonathan’s tastes. Jonathan and Daniel then swap some albums they’ve been listening to and suggest a shared deep cut: Jonathan’s Pick: Band: Knife Album: Knife Daniel’s Pick: Band: Rapid Fire Album: Brace Yourself  – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuYPjtGQRK...

Jonathan quizzes Daniel to find out his favorite genres and Schwarzenegger movies to calibrate for his tastes. Jonathan and Daniel then swap some albums they listen to: Jonathan’s Pick: Band: Pure Wrath -- https://purewrath.bandcamp.com/ Album: Ascetic Eventide Daniel’s Pick: Band: Ensiferum -- https://ensiferum.com Album: From Afar Reviews of the albums picked from last week’s The Ritual: Sagrado...

Daniel shares his Heavy Metal journey and Jonathan scratches the surface of over three decades of listening to and playing all kinds of music. They discuss their plan to listen to and review brand-new metal albums. They run the first pass of The Ritual and randomly pick three albums to listen to. You can find all things with the show and contact us at: http://metalquestpod.com Talk all things meta...