Clint Wells

METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

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Clint Wells is a Nashville-based musician, producer, and songwriter who has worked with and toured alongside artists across the rock and metal world. From the road or his Nashville studios, Clint hosts weekly episodes exploring all things Metallica—from deep dives and history to musicianship, culture, and the wider heavy music landscape.

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Clint Wells

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metalupyourpodcast.com

Latest episode

Jun 29, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 463 - Unboxing Reload! 29.06.2026

Clint and his wife unbox the deluxe Reload Boxset on a YouTube live stream and talk all things Reload. Enjoy! If you get value from Metal Up Your Podcast , the best way to support the show is to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metal-up-your-podcast-all-things-metallica/id1187775077 Want more MUYP? You can support the show directly by becoming a...

Episode 462 - Bridge School Benefit (1997) 22.06.2026

Clint talks his new re-edit of Beyond Magnetic, his cover of "FIXXXER" for the "GettheReloadOut series, answers listener e-mails and watches the 1997 Bridge School Benefit for the first time. Enjoy! If you get value from Metal Up Your Podcast , the best way to support the show is to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metal-up-your-podcast-all-thin...

Episode 461 - A Year in the Life of Metallica (1997) 15.06.2026

With the release of the long awaited Reload boxset upon us, Clint walks through all things Metallica in 1997. From wrapping up Poor Re-Touring Me to winning AMA and Billboard awards, finishing recording at The Plant, heading to Europe for festivals and promo, shooting music videos all the way to the one live performance that would ensure a hit song wouldn't be played for 18 years. Clint also discu...

Episode 460 - The Outlaw of Torn? 08.06.2026

On this episode we finally get the definitive answer on the age-old question: Is it The Outlaw Torn or The Outlaw of Torn? Clint also listens to more MachineHead songs, discusses how we need to get better at being offended, Metallica's record breaking European tour, Dave Mustaine vs. The God That Failed and and takes the TEMP on Hot Summer Nights. Enjoy, nerds! If you get value from Metal Up Your...

Episode 459 - Live at the Masonic 01.06.2026

This week Clint is back talking all things Metallica and watching the All Within My Hands benefit show from November 3rd, 2018 with a setlist featuring the re-imagined Disposable Heroes, The Unforgiven, Turn the Page, covers from Deep Purple and Nazareth and Bleeding Me. Clint also reads listener e-mails and discusses Metallica's newly built intros and segues live, the origins of Jason Brantley, t...

Episode 458 - Metallica TV (pt. 1) 18.05.2026

Hey, folks! This week I read some listener e-mails and stream some Metallica TV. Between three recording projects, trips to NYC to promote a TV show and picking up a fly date this week I'm afraid my time is limited! In this episode I talk about my favorite NYC bar, why Reload is my favorite era of Metallica, more discussion about whether or not Metallica got lazy in the 90s, the value of collectin...

Episode 457 - Ride the Lightning Live (Orion 2012) 11.05.2026

Clint burns down the one and only full album live performance of Ride the Lightning from the 2012 Orion festival in Atlantic City. He also discusses Jason Newstead's shocking revelation about quitting Metallica, the new M72 shows happening in Europe, the announcement of the Reload boxset and watches Jason's unboxing video. Enjoy, nerds! If you get value from Metal Up Your Podcast , the best way to...

Episode 456 - Tangent City with Tom Kwei 27.04.2026

Clint and longtime friend of MUYP Tom Kwei discuss everything from Metallica to Emily Dickinson. The Geese controversy, Ozzy and Sabbath, the best British guitar players, Getdown Services, the Oasis reunion, the Oscars, Paul Thomas Anderson, Metallica at The Sphere, Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan, David Gilmour, landfill indie music, The Strokes, Witch Fever, Wolf Alice and a bunch of other stuff I c...

Episode 455 - A Year in the Life of Metallica (2012) 20.04.2026

Clint re-vamps the "a year in the life of Metallica" series picking up with 2012 which, although wasn't a heavy touring year with no new album saw the release of the Beyond Magnetic EP,  the 20th anniversary Black Album tour of European festivals, a record breaking eight night residency in Mexico City preparing for the Through the Never taping, the launch of the very cool but ultimately ill-fated...

Episode 454 - Hardwired To Self-Destruct (CW Edit) 13.04.2026

On this episode Clint plays his entire edit of Hardwired To Self-Destruct. He also reads listener e-mails and discusses the re-evaluation of Limp Bizkit, recycling old podcast content, the merits of Nickleback, getting started in a cover band, why Lars Ulrich is his favorite member of Metallica and why rock music being dead should matter to all of us. Enjoy! Support Nick's GoFund me HERE. Subscrib...

Episode 453 - Poor Swedish Me, Pt. 2 (Load Boxset) 06.04.2026

This week we finish watching the Poor Swedish Me DVD from the Load Deluxe Boxset. Clint also reads listener e-mails and talks new Metallica material for the Sphere, why bands are less incentivized than ever to make new music, the current landscape of NBA playoff basketball, the Garage Barrage gigs, Metallica's nutty medleys and more edits of HTSD, St. Anger and more. Enjoy! Subscribe on YouTube HE...

Episode 452 - Poor Swedish Me, Pt. 1 (Load Boxset) 30.03.2026

Clint watches the final DVD of the Load Boxset, a pre-Cunning Stunts badass Load-heavy set from Sweden in '96. Watch along with Clint on YouTube if you can. Clint also reads listener e-mails and talks about Metallica's different eras of concert openers, more Sphere debacle talk, awareness about gambling addiction why Mama Said was so hard to find on MTV in America. Enjoy! Subscribe to the YOUTUBE...

Episode 451 - Load Music Videos (Load Boxset) 23.03.2026

Clint watches the Load music videos included in the Load Deluxe Boxset for Until It Sleeps, King Nothing, Mama Said and the different versions of Hero of the Day. He also reads listening e-mails and discusses the Live Nation texting scandal, why you should calm down about Kid Rock fans, the Oscars and the surprising connection between Sinners and Metallica. Enjoy! If you get value from Metal Up Yo...

Episode 450 - Bleeding Me (Load Boxset) 16.03.2026

This week Clint's back to the Load Boxset deep dives with Bleeding Me. He talks through the composition of the slow burn masterpiece from the riff tapes through the demos and production rehearsals all the way to the final version and the fascinating radio edits. He also talks through the guitar parts and why the textures of this song are so emblematic of the Load-era sound. He also breaks down one...

Episode 449 - Sphere Fiasco Update 13.03.2026

Clint talks about the difficult week he and thousands of Metallica fans had trying to secure tickets to the now 24 Sphere shows between October 2026 and March of 2027. He read listener e-mails and talks the special bond between the Big Four, Kerry King praising Kirk Hammett, growing MUYP on YouTube and how to put together an affordable recording rig. Enjoy! If you get value from Metal Up Your Podc...

Episode 447 - AMA With Clint's Wife! 23.02.2026

On this episode Clint and his wife sit down to answer questions from Patrons covering everything from how they met, the secrets to a long and happy marriage, parenting in a digital age, who apologizes first, our top records, movies and books and things that annoy them about each other.   Clint also hops in the e-mail portal and talks Metallica's industrial EDM covers, who will play Paul?! in the u...

Episode 446 - Hero of the Day (Load Boxset) 16.02.2026

On this episode Clint talks Metallica at the Super Bowl and what his fantasy setlist medley would be, why S&M1 has aged better than S&M2, talks about all the cool shit happening on Patreon and does the deep dive into Hero of the Day, an underrated banger from the Load era. Enjoy! If you get value from Metal Up Your Podcast , the best way to support the show is to subscribe and leave a review on Ap...

Episode 445 - Megadeth Album Review 09.02.2026

Clint listens to the new Megadeth album with track-by-track commentary. He also breaks down the timeline of the Rick Rubin produced follow up to Death Magnetic that never happened and discusses general criticism of Rick Rubin as a producer. There's also a rant section about AI and its impact on the music industry. Enjoy! If you get value from Metal Up Your Podcast , the best way to support the sho...

Episode 444 - Thorn Within (Load Boxset) 02.02.2026

Clint continues the deep dive into the Load Deluxe Boxset with a deep cut banger and discusses Metallica's new collaboration with Doc Marten, why Dave Mustaine is wrong about his Metallica royalties, the Deftones selling their catalogue and reads listener e-mails. Enjoy! If you get value from Metal Up Your Podcast , the best way to support the show is to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podca...

Episode 443 - Wasting My Hate (Load Boxset) 26.01.2026

All the way from Nashville's Snowmageddon! Clint straps on his Gibson SG and talks through every detail of Wasting My Hate via the Load Deluxe Boxset. He also listens to and critique's Megadeth's ill-advised cover of Ride the Lightning and talks about why nothing that comes from the Pet Semetery will ever replace the real thing.   Patrons receive all stems and decide on the next Load deep dive. St...

Episode 442 - King Nothing (Load Boxset) 19.01.2026

Clint takes the deep dive into all things King Nothing via the Load boxset and Overload extras. Enjoy! If you get value from Metal Up Your Podcast , the best way to support the show is to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metal-up-your-podcast-all-things-metallica/id1187775077 Want more MUYP? You can support the show directly by becoming a Patron...

Episode 441 - A Week and a Half in the Life of Metallica: Monsters of Rock (Load Boxset) 12.01.2026

This week Clint explores the Monsters of Rock segment of A Week and a Half in the Life of Metallica from DVD disc 1 of the Load Boxset. He also reads emails and discusses the annoyance of phones at concerts, the editing process of St. Anger, why the next Metallica record should be made with Bob Rock, the NBA expanding to Seattle, a follow up Rick Rubin album to Death Magnetic in 2011 and why Load...

Episode 440 - Best of 2025 05.01.2026

Clint plays his ten favorite songs of 2025 and answers listener questions about writing and producing, touring, legacy bands, the impact of the 90’s, top horror films of the year, the future of Lunar Satan and Cover Our World Blackened, hopes for the future, plans for Metal Up Your Podcast, Load and Reload, free will, Billy Corgan, sequencing records, love of record collections, bucket list bands...

Episode 439 - A Week and a Half in the Life of Metallica: London (Load Boxset) 29.12.2025

Clint dives into part 1 of A Week and a Half in the Life of Metallica from the Load boxset covering the Escape From the Studio Tour in '95. The boys play a warmup show in London, debut Load (and Reload) songs and drunkenly hang out together for what was probably one of the last times of those kinds of shenanigans. Clint also talks St. Anger as catharsis, what to say when you meet members of Metall...

Episode 438 - TV Appearances '96-'97 (Load Boxset) 15.12.2025

Merry Christmas! This week Clint takes a look at the TV Appearances from '96-'97 from Disc 4 of the Load Boxset which include one of the best live versions of Until It Sleeps, a bizarre lip sync of Hero of the Day, two rare performances of Mama Said, Wasting My Hate from Jools Holland and the infamous performance of Last Caress/So What that got the boys banned from European MTV.  Clint also reads...

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