The Department of Metal Antiquities

Here's where things get a little bit strange. Back in the late 90's, there apparently was a meeting that very nearly created a revival, not reunion, of what was once considered to be Public Image Ltd, but Johnny Lydon wouldn't do it. So, instead we got The Damage Manual featuring Martin Atkins of PIL, Chris Connelly of Ministry on vocals, Geordie Walker of Killing Joke on guitar, and J...

It was 1989 Anno Doimini and the merger of some of Black Oak Arkansas and Pantera was joining and perhaps ganing steam. Terry Glaze, the voice of Pantera on their first three independent albums meets with Chris Craig and Barney Wolfe, both formerly of Black Oak Arkansas, and they along with guitarist, Jimmy Rusidoff, they create a brand new hair metal band that's equal parts Rolling Stones, Exodus...

In the greatest heavy metal cartoon of all time, Murderface referred to himself as the Lead Songwriter for Dethklok. Honestly, how often is that kind of thing really true? Well, today's album is what happens when the bassist of a band fully takes on a Lead Songwriting role. Now, as this is truly on brand, this might be the most forgotten album we have ever covered, because it was only released...

After leaving the sanitarium, Alice started a brand new journey. It took a weird turn to New Wave to find out where we're going. Join us!

Anyone listening to this kind of music who's around my age has got to remember "Joe Elliott" coming up to "Phil Collen" in the VH1 made for TV movie about Def Leppard. Right? Well anyway. That was the scene where Collen is recruited to replace Pete Willis. So, what was Mr. Collen doing before joining? He was in a band called Girl and he was bandmates with future LA Guns sin...

What happens when Joe Bonamassa can't tour for Black Country Communion? Welp, our man Glenn Hughes just starts another band and what happens when one of the members of that band can't tour? Well, get with us and check out the Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, and Andrew Watt vehicle, California Breed! https://duncan-evans.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/dmapodcast/

It's always nice when we're joined by a good friend. This week, Keefy Chackes of Ghost Cult Mag was kind enough to lend us his time. In doing so, we decided to take a swing at the second solo album released by Roger Waters, Radio KAOS . Check out Keefy's work here: https://www.ghostcultmag.com Duncan's music: https://duncan-evans.bandcamp.com/ DMA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com...

Before the reformation of Carcass, there was a project that brought together many different metal musicians. Jeff Walker seemed to call his entire roladex of metallers. Including members of Napalm Death, Him, other members of Carcass, Cradle of Filth, Anathema, and Faith No More! So, when you have this esteemed group of players from legendary metal bands, he did exactly what everybody would have w...

What if you had this band that went on to fame and fortune in the metal industry? A band that was so cool and unique that it inspired two separate musical genres? Now, what if you were the record label that had this band and decided it wasn't worth releasing the debut record of theirs you paid for? Well, that's what happened to our good friends in Motörhead. How insane is that? Later, once...

After the demise of Deep Purple, and before the reformation of Whitesnake, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, and Bernie Marsden join with future Black Sabbath bassist, Neil Murray, and little known lead singer, Tony Ashton, and form a super group of proto metal pioneers. What they came back with was a bit different than what any one was expecting. Join Nik and Duncan as they get their music nerd on and do a de...

This is a weird episode frankly. We're talking about Punk Rock Royalty, Johnny Lydon, teaming up with world's greatest stunt guitarist, Steve Vai, who's played with Zappa, David Lee Roth, etc, a recluse drum god, Ginger Baker, and the efforts of a stalwart producer and bassist, Bill Laswell. The idea of Johnny Rotten working with confirmed virtuosos and allowing them to do their funky...

After the demise of the seminal groove metal band, Pantera, the brothers Abbott decided to start a new band. Get with Nik and Duncan as they dig deep into the only release of a band cut short by tragedy. https://www.facebook.com/dmapodcast

Do you remember The Jimi Hendrix Experience? What about Thin Lizzy? Well, good news for you, we have two members of that band today doing some business in the funky, 70's Elton John sort of way. Enjoy!

Big shout out to the DMA's favorite listener, Danny Nichols for suggesting this one. You wanna be a cool suggester too? Email me at battra13@gmail.com and let'er rip! In the mean time, let's talk about what's going on here. After Ratt is no longer a going concern and Cinderella is on the way down, Stephen Pearcy (Ratt) and Fred Coury (Cinderella) get together and decide to make the...

In 1999, the world had changed. Rage Against the Machine had become passe and Slipknot had become the dominant force. Metal had become NU. Join Nik and Duncan as they dig deeply into the numetal trap rap rock whatever record made by Tommy Lee's Methods of Mayhem. https://www.facebook.com/dmapodcast

The 90's, the man from Tad, THE Tad Doyle's band, Tad, broke up. In a few years, together with his wife, Peggy Doyle, he formed Brothers of the Sonic Cloth. Join us as we are joined by Nina Saeidi of Lowen, as we dig into this lost doom record from one of the founders. Check out Lowen: https://www.instagram.com/lowen_band https://www.facebook.com/lowenband https://www.youtube.com/@serpentt...

Ian Gillan started a post Deep Purple band called Gillan. Their sixth record featured a very young Janick Gers. Join Nik and Duncan as they get into the venn diagram where Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Deep Purple all touch. www.facebook.com/dmapodcast

In the year of our lord 1969, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Noel Redding, and more convened in London to record what was perhaps supposed to have been some demos for Screaming Lord Such, or perhaps in his mind it was an album. Much to the chagrin of the heavy friends, it was released and you can hear it now. Join Nik and Duncan as they dig deep on this one!

This week, Nik and Duncan are joined by the man, the myth, the legend, the oft name dropped, the never duplicated, the one, the god danged only, Danny MF Nichols of Torchlight Parade, and loads of others. If you're joined by Danny, you bring the Kiss content. This week, Danny, Duncan, and Nik listened to Peter Criss's final solo record, One For All. Get with it! https://www.facebook.com/dmapodcast

Get with us as we check in on one of the wilder genre swaps we've ever really come across. Discharge goes glam. Well...let's do it!

In 1992, after the No More Tours Tour, we all believed that Ozzy Osbourne was retiring. Even Zakk Wylde. Fortunately, for the rest of us, that wasn't the case and we got another 30 years of Ozzy and Sabbath "greatness." But, Zakk still needed to play some guitar and get on the road. He formed a new southern rock inspired band and gave us this record. https://www.facebook.com/dmapodca...

This week we check out previous podcast subject, John Corabi ( Union and Motley Crue ) joins up with 3/5's of Racer X to work on the debut release of The Scream, the band that caught Nikki Sixx's attention after Vince Neil left Motley Crue. We are glad to be joined by Matt Pay of Hubris. Check out his bandcamp here: https://hubrismusic.bandcamp.com/ Follow us on Facebook! https://www.faceb...

There was a time, and I know it's hard to believe that Glenn Hughes was an unknown quantity in a band called The Finders Keepers. Get with Nik and Duncan as they dig into the first Long Playing record recording by this abject legend. Like us on FACEBOOOOOK! https://www.facebook.com/dmapodcast

Back in the late aughts, a few unknown gents from some minor bands like Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Foo Fighters got together to create a supergroup. Now, we'll tell you the story of what John Paul Jones, Josh Homme, and Dave Grohl came up with. https://www.facebook.com/dmapodcast

Little known in the middle of the teens decade, an album by Jon Regan (RIP) and Tod Howarth was released under the name of Four By Fate. Come check it out with us!