The Great Metal Debate Podcast

Welcome back metal heads to another episode of The Great Metal Debate podcast. I'm Xander and today we will be talking about the brand new album by the old school death metal band Autopsy titled Morbidity Triumphant. I've been a fan of this band for a good 11 years now ever since an old friend of mine showed me their first two classic albums Severed Survival and Mental Funeral. I have always enjoy...

Welcome to another episode of The Great Metal Debate podcast. Today we are talking about one of my favorite symphonic black metal bands - Abhor - with their newest album Sex Sex Sex (Ceremonia Daemonis Anticristi), released on September 23rd through Iron Bonehead Productions. This group has been around since 1995 but did not released their first album until 1998. Since then, Abhor has built a rath...

Welcome back metal heads to another episode of the great metal debate podcast - today we're looking at a solo atmospheric black metal band called Blackbraid. According to the metal-archives and bandcamp, the music is described as "Indigenous black metal from the solitude of the Adirondack wilderness." Personally I really enjoy Native American themed black metal bands. Last summer, I watched a very...

In this episode Gomthog reviews his experience at Heavy Hell III in Indianapolis IN! Intro/outro music by CONTRA; intro voice by Veronica Ortiz Rodriguez. The tracks “Dispossession” by Jesus Wept (Psychadelic Degeneracy, 2022), “Demon King” by Cursed Blade (demo, 2020), and “Hellfire & Steel” by Bastard (Rotten Blood, 2022) each used with permission from the artist. https://itunes.apple.com/us/pod...

Welcome back to The Great Metal Debate Podcast. Today we're looking at one of the most extreme bands - the Chinese slamming brutal death grind band The Dark Prison Massacre with their 3rd full-length studio record titled Triple Insanity. Let's just say that if you're a fan of bands like Torsofuck and Gutalax, you'll enjoy the sickness of this band. The vocals are among the nastiest I've ever heard...

Welcome back everybody to another episode of the great metal debate podcast. My name is Xander and I am a Die Hard fan of the Swedish melodic death metal band called Amon Amarth. I have been a super fan since the Year 2006 when I first discovered them on their album with Odin On Our Side. I remember the very first song I ever heard from these guys, it was "Runes To My Memory". I was pretty much so...

Today we are going to be talking a brand new Swedish melodic death metal band called The Halo Effect. This is their debut album titled Days of the Lost. For those who don't know, this band is made up of all the old members of In Flames and the vocalist of Dark Tranquility. I'm going to declare this as my favorite album of the year so far and give The Halo Effect - Days of the Lost a well-deserved...

In this interview recorded August 13, 2022, singer and frontman Kyle Shaw of Indianapolis death metallers Obscene joins the show following the band’s performance at Heavy Hell III at Black Circle. Excerpts from the Obscene track “I Shall Drink The Earth’s Blood” (…From Dead Horizon To Dead Horizon, 2022) used with permission from the artist. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/great-metal-debate-p...

Welcome back metal heads to another episode of The Great Metal Debate podcast. I'm Xander and today we are going to be talking about the brand new death metal band called Castrator from New York City. This is the band's debut album titled Defiled In Oblivion. Just like Introtyl from Mexico City, this is yet another all female band and they kick just as much ass! The bassist of this band – R.M. – i...

Welcome metalheads to another episode of The Great Metal Debate podcast. Today I am here to tell you about the brand new album from Austrian blackend death metal tyrants Belphegor. When I found out that the name of the new album was called "The Devils" I couldn't help but laugh because it sounds just so generic compared to what they usually do. Normally, Belphegor likes to make their album names s...

Today we have another glorious album review talking about the new release from German power metal group Victorius. Between the absolutely stellar lead singer David Bassin and their lead guitarist Dirk Scharsich, this band will keep you from skipping a single track on this record. Without further ado, let's talk pick this album apart track by track. As expected with 99% of all metal albums, there's...

In this interview recorded June 18, 2022, Xander talks with vocalist Fredrik Söderberg of Soreption prior to their performance in Louisville KY on the band’s tour of North America opening for Suffocation! Excerpts from the Sorpetion track “Död Jord” (Unique Leader Records, 2022) used with permission from the artist. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/great-metal-debate-podcast/id1037874814 http:/...

Sacramento symphonic power metal band Graveshadow emerged in 2014 with their debut, self-titled EP. Fast-forward to 2022, and we find Graveshadow releasing a new album – The Uncertain Hour – with a revamped lineup. Let’s take a peek at the new incarnation and tease out what changes and similarities are evident in the new music. The album opens with “Soldier of 34” – a song that starts subtly then...

The Greek gods of symphonic death metal Septicflesh have blessed us mortals with a triumphant new album titled Modern Primitive. The 11th studio album in the band's discography and they continue to perfect their sound with each release. For 32 years these guys have been crushing the metal scene! Two months ago, the band released their first single for the new CD called "Heirophant". It begins with...

Welcome back metalheads - it's your guy Xander dissecting another black metal corpse on the autopsy table. Ttoday we have a band called Tableau Mort with their newest album Visio In Somniis which was released on May 6th. Tableau Mort hails from the UK, and again prove when it comes down to any style of black metal the medieval countries always kick our Yankee asses. The album begins with the spook...

Xander interviews guitarist Mike Eisenhauer of Luna In Sanguinem at the band's show in Clarksville TN opening for Malevolent Creation. Excerpts from the Luna In Sanguinem track "Hunter Killer" (Global Bloodbath, 2020). https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/great-metal-debate-podcast/id1037874814 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:66031413/sounds.rss https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC...

Welcome metalheads to another Great Metal Debate Review. Its Xander again, and today I will be talking about the new album by Introtyl called Adfectus. Those of you not familiar, Introtyl is an all female brutal death metal band from Mexico City, Mexico. Their debut album titled Creation of Insanity came out in 2018. Now, the kick ass metal maidens are back with a sick new record which was release...

Welcome back metalheads to another episode of The Great Metal Debate podcast. I'm Xander and today we will be talking about the Finnish death metalers known as Corpsessed. This is their 3rd full-length studio album Succumb To Rot which was released on April 22nd through Dark Descent Records. Anyone who is fan of slow grinding or that sludgy style of death metal will most likely enjoy this band. As...

Welcome back metalheads to another episode of The Great Metal Debate podcast. I’m Xander, and today we’re gonna talk about the surprise new album from Abated Mass Of Flesh called The Existence Of Human Suffering. Abated Mass of Flesh is a slamming brutal death metal band with Christian lyrical content. This band hails from Murfreesboro Tennessee, which means their about two and a half hours from m...

Welcome Metalheads to The Great Metal Debate podcast. I'm Xander and today we will be reviewing the brand new album from the blackened heavy metal band called Nite. That is Nite spelled N-I-T-E. This is their sophomore release titled Voices of the Kronian Moon which was released on March 25th. Nite hails from right here in the United States, located in around the San Francisco Bay Area. Imagine if...

Greatings metalheads – welcome back to another episode of The Great Metal Debate Podcast - today we’re talking about Kvaen and their newest album The Great Below, which came out on March 25th. Let’s begin dissecting each new song track by track. The first song is called “Cauldron of Plagues.” I love how the first 1 second of this song is silent; then, 2 seconds in, we hear Jakob breath in through...

Welcome to another album review on The Great Metal Debate podcast. I’m Xander, and today I’ll be talking about the upcoming album from the Nashville-based black metal duo Obsidian Shrine. I’ve been a fan of Obsidian Shrine for nearly three years, since I discovered them in mid-2019. I never go the opportunity to see them live, but I have heard from many people that they always put on a good show f...

For those Generation Z kids out there, Dark Funeral is an old-school black metal band hailing from Stockholm Sweden. I first got into this band way back in 2009 with their album Angelus Exuro pro Eternus. Most hardcore elitists out there would verbally crucify me upside down for this blasphemy, but I honestly enjoy newer Dark Funeral albums more. I like my black metal to be clean and well mixed in...

Attention all metal fans - stick around for a bit because today we have a very different kind of band for you here on this episode of The Great Metal Debate pod cast. I’m Xander, and today we’re gonna take a look at some newcomers in the scene. Hailing all the way from the Netherlands, we have yet again another black metal duo called Walg. Despite only being around for two years - and releasing th...

Today we review the new album from Finland’s Battle Beast entitled Circus Of Doom. I both love and hate reviewing albums of bands I’ve been able to see perform as well as meet in person. I had the pleasure to interview their vocalist Noora Louihmo a few years back and she couldn’t have been a kinder, more gracious person to speak with. All their members are super nice folks. And live Battle Beast...