The Department of Metal Antiquities

Robert Plant's solo career was always a bit different from Led Zeppelin, but his 1985 album was far different from anything he had ever done. This week Nik and Duncan go deep on this forgotten album, Shaken and Stirred. Come experience it with us. DMA Podcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dmapodcast/ Get to know the hosts! Duncan Evans (Duncan Evans Music and Moonlow) https://duncan-evans.band...

In 1988, guitar ace, Vinnie Vincent, assembled the band that would later become Slaughter and they recorded his last solo album that featured songs. Check it on out with us and decide if we should Spin it or Bin it! DMA Podcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dmapodcast/ Get to know the hosts! Duncan Evans (Duncan Evans Music and Moonlow) https://duncan-evans.bandcamp.com/ http://moonlow.bandcam...

In 1974, Judas Priest was signed to a major label. They'd recently recruited a tall, handsome, felt kimono adorned singer, and Glen Tipton. Probably no one thought that this band was going to change the face of the world with a single show, but they did, but what did they sound like when they were still feeling their oats. Come join us as we're joined by Judas Priest Superfan, Ritchie Randall of J...

In 1996 as the Grunge Movement was burning out instead of fading away, Def Leppard decided to take a page out of the notebook of famed fan, the late Kurt Cobain, and make a modern rock album. In this episode Nik and Duncan both had never heard the song before. The former is a bit of a Def Leppard fan but the latter is not. They both get a taste of some new music from a classic band on the vanguard...

In 1994, just one month before the Landmark "reunion" album of Unledded by Page and Plant was about to drop, John Paul Jones, the man whose phone number they couldn't quite remember, beat them to the punch. Release in September, John Paul Jones and Diamanda Galas released The Sporting Life, an album of all new tunes instead of live versions of classics. It's not the kind of thing that many would e...

Fresh off of their success behind their debut album, Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers head back into the studio to record another record from The Firm. Never heard of them? Don't worry, most other folks haven't either. Page and Rodgers (later claimed to have) started this band with the intent of just doing a two albums and tours, but does it seem like there's a lot more to have milked from this old cow...

In the waning days of 1995, Kiss entered the studio with the current line up in order to record their magnum opus: Carnival Of Souls. What makes this odd is at the same time, Kiss was in negotiations for a reunion. So, how did this album even get recorded? Released? And subsequently forgotten? Nik and Duncan go deep on Carnival of Souls, one of the most divisive albums in the Kiss catalog. DMA Pod...

In the year of our lord 1995, Ritchie Blackmore reformed what would later be termed Rainbow and released Strangers In Us All which turned out to be the final album under the Rainbow moniker. It features and entirely new lineup. Duncan and Nik take this album on track by track and ask if you should spin it or bin it?  This features the first album on The DMA Podcast that neither of us had ever...

Nik and Duncan create their own gift of the Magi, without the whole not being able to use everything bit, by exchanging gifts across the pond.  Find out what LPs they chose to send each other and why! There's sure to be some forgotten history in those crates. DMA Podcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dmapodcast/ Get to know the hosts! Duncan Evans (Duncan Evans Music and Moonlow) https://...

After coming off of the Meat Loaf Tour, the Kulick Brothers had a chance to do a couple shows with Michael Bolton, then Bolotin. This ended up becoming an idea to form a band. Bob Kulick decided to pass, but Bruce Kulick said yes. A rhythm section was put together and before they knew it, they were signed to a label and their first album was released. Here it is in all its glory. The eponymous deb...

In January 1986, Warner Brothers Records released what was to be the first solo album by Heavy Metal God, Tony Iommi, but just like when "Born Again" was dropped, Don Arden and the label insisted this record be called Black Sabbath. This was the fourth album released by Iommi and friends since 1980 featuring their third vocalist and second alumni of Deep Purple. Backing up Iommi's riffs and songs...

In 1984 Meat Loaf late of Bat Out of Hell Fame, released his first album without the benefit of his writing partner, Jim Steinman, for the most part. The album was buttressed by the fiery guitarwork of Bob Kulick along with cameo appearances by Roger Daltrey and Clare Torry. This album is definitely a mixed bag of rock anthems, but is it something you should take the 45 minutes of your life to lis...

Join us as we dissect the forgotten Black Sabbath Album The Headless Cross . In 1988, Tony Iommi's Black Sabbath had been dropped from two record labels following The Eternal Idol , but I.R.S. Records came calling to have Iommi record a new Black Sabbath album without any intrusion. As it had been with the previous four records, Black Sabbath again underwent significant lineup changes. Gone were E...

Duncan and Nik take a swipe at Kiss's attempted Magnum Opus, Music From The Elder , and they go straight down a rabbit hole of cocaine and poor choices. Picture this, you're Gene Simmons in 1981 and KISS looks like they're falling into obscurity after only 5 short years at the top. So, they choose to do what any worried rock star would do, they give themselves over to a wizened mentor. Enter Bob E...

Years ago, while at my friend's house, I saw his cassette copy of Black Sabbath Born Again and even though I considered myself quite the fan of Black Sabbath, I'd never heard of or anything off of this record, or so I thought. Zero The Hero was on a death metal Black Sabbath Tribute by Cannibal Corpse. But that was as close as I ever got to this album. Today, we go in deep on this album, the event...

In the days of his youth, Kevin told Randy what it means to be a man. Did you know that about 18 months before you ever heard The Blizzard of Ozzy, Randy Rhoads was releasing his second LP with the, later, Hair Metal band, Quiet Riot? Join your hosts Nik and Duncan as they look back at those heady days before Quiet Riot had found their way.

Today we take a trip down memory lane and listen to Ozzy Osbourne's "Speak of the Devil" which was released in November 1982. It fits into our world because this album features members of Black Sabbath, Quiet Riot, Night Ranger, and Black Oak Arkansas coming together to regroove a set of Black Sabbath classics. Listen in and you can find out if this is something you should remember or forget.

In our first full episode, Duncan and I jump right into a wholly forgotten moment in the world of Heavy Metal and Hard Rock. In late 1992 while Black Sabbath was touring behind their latest LP, Dehumanizer, they were offered a chance to open for Ozzy Osbourne on his No More Tours Tour, aka the first farewell tour. The God, Ronnie James Dio, said he'd never open for a clown. So when there's a war i...

Thank you for joining us!  Meet Nik Cameron and Duncan Evans, a journo and a musician respectively, who both work in the field of heavy metal. One day we were talking and it occurred to us how much cool stuff has happened in the world of heavy metal that people have forgotten about.  Join us as we listen to these moments and reflect on them with modern eyes.