The Metal List

What. A. Year. Thanks to 2020, 2021 had a ridiculous amount of releases and so many of them were flat out awesome. Huge year for Deathcore and OSDM, as well as damn near every subgenre of Metal you can imagine...there's never been a better time for underground music, and the mainstream seems to just keep pushing forward at a supersonic rate. It's a great time to be a fan of music, especially Metal...

We're kicking off our Metalcore Essentials with one of the most underrated, yet critically acclaimed albums of the 2000's...The War Within by Shadows Fall. From Bittner's power packed drumming, to a trip to Riff City with Bachand & Donais, to Romanko's space filling Bass treks, and let's not forget the tasty solos and Fair's unhinged, lion-esque roar. The proficiency displayed in this album is fla...

We're following up our Black Metal Deep Dive, with an episode on the mighty...Emperor! They only had 4 albums in 7 years, but the impact was massive! Having one foot in the TRV KVLT sound, while also pushing boundaries with that other foot, almost single-handedly laying the blueprint for Symphonic Black Metal. - We also get into the difference between something that looks (or sounds) evil, and som...

Oh man...we finally did it! We're taking a deep dive, a grim & frostbitten dive into Black Metal. So if you love corpse paint, blast beats, dissonance, treble & ice, this one's for you. - We're leaning a little more into the earlier days, but we do cover a lot in this one. - Let us know how you feel about Black Metal at: https://linktr.ee/MetalListPodcast or Email us at: metallistpodcast@gmail.com...

Spiritbox, Gatecreeper, Frozen Soul, Gojira, Fear Factory, Unique Leader Records, The Rock, Palmeiri & Fronzilla, Stormruler, God's Hate, Twitch, Tesseract, SION, Darko...we're recapping the first half of 2021 and it's already so much stuff! LFG! - What are some of your favorites from this year so far? Join in on the discussion at: https://linktr.ee/MetalListPodcast - Theme Song: Godhammered - htt...

We're kicking off our Death Metal Essentials episodes with possibly the biggest selling Death Metal album...Covenant by Morbid Angel. Man, it was a fun revisit on this one. So much double kick, so much sinister, so much groove and so much heaviness! - We're doing this commentary style, so follow along on a separate device, visualize it in your head, or simply push pause and listen to each song...h...

We're back with New Jersey's own...Bon Jovi! Is it Metal enough? Eh, who cares...distorted guitars are on-hand. - We get into a lot in this episode, including a secret movie Jason wants made (Hint: it follows Gina & Tommy). Let it rock, let it go, and enjoy! - Tell us some of your fave Bon Jovi songs at: https://linktr.ee/MetalListPodcast - Theme Song: Godhammered

RIP LG! - We finally met up for our first in-person recording in over year, and we're talking all things Entombed. Total bummer for the Metal community, with the passing of L.G. Petrov. We heard the news and like we did with EVH and Laiho...we HAD to do an immediate episode. - Now, we know a lot of time has passed since that day, but we've been very busy. Now with Jason's wedding being over, we ca...

No, no, no...no April Fool's Day trick here. We actually did do an entire episode on Smashing Pumpkins. - We have a lot of questions in this one...are they Metal, Grunge, other? What even is Alternative? Who likes their career post-90's? Why on Earth do they have such an alarming amount of stuff to put out? - We get into it, and a whole lot more on this one. Kick your feet up and enjoy...and as al...

We're diving back into the Florida Death Metal scene this episode, with one of the most consistent bands ever...Obituary. - "The AC/DC of Death Metal" is something we both joke around with, but these guys found their lane early on, and haven't swerved out yet, and it's definitely a compliment and not a diss. - We jump into the discography and members, and get a little into a "Big 4 Of Death Metal"...

Welcome to the inaugural edition of our "Genre Essentials" episodes. Once again, we're kicking it off with the biggest band in all the land...Metallica. We're also starting it off with their self-titled mammoth of an album, commonly referred to as "The Black Album". - We're doing this commentary style, so follow along on a separate device, visualize it in your head, or simply push pause and listen...

RIP LAIHO - He was one of the "New" Guitar Gods, and was taken way too early. We're counting down our Top 5 Children Of Bodom tracks in this episode. - What are some of your favorite COB jams? Let us know on all the Socials, or at: metallistpodcast@gmail.com - Theme Song: Godhammered - https://www.instagram.com/godhammered_sd/?hl=en

Ahhhh...that was a nice little break. - Join us as we count down our Top 10 albums of 2020. So much stuff was released last year. What were some of your favorites from one of the craziest years of all-time? - Theme Song: Godhammered - https://www.instagram.com/godhammered_sd/

"You never forget your first.", that's the saying, right? Well, we're going there and counting down our Top 5 Debut Albums. This list was very eye opening. Every band, and there's so many of them, has a debut...and what is so surprising, is how many of them really aren't full on amazing. A lot of bands don't really hit until later, which made this list more difficult than originally imagined. - We...

The greatest band from Liverpool...Carcass! You heard that correct. The band that helped invent/define Grindcore AND Melodic Death Metal, is our topic this week. - Join us as we break down each album, discuss each member and make wild claims like "Mike Amott is the King of Melodic Death Metal!". We also find out how much DLo loves Swansong and just how many songs from Heartwork make Jason's list!...

We're celebrating our 50th episode with an epic episode on The Prince of Darkness himself...Ozzy Osbourne! - We're joined by Jimmy Bohardt of Fear The Lions & Bohardt, and we get into all things solo Ozzy. We're diving deep into the 80's, 90,s 00's, Randy, Jake, Zakk, all the albums, all the controversy and we do ask the question...is Ozzy the "King Of Metal"? - So much more in this 3 hour Ozztrav...

SPECIAL GUEST: Mitch Harris of Napalm Death & Brave The Cold. - That's right, Mitch joins us to talk about Celtic Frost and To Mega Therion, one of the most influential albums in heavy music. Our good friend Lindsay O. joins us once again, as well. We all weigh in on the seminal album...but we also take a huge ride on The Tangent Train (why wouldn't we!?), but there's way too much to list here. -...

Huge RIPD going out to EVH. Such a massive loss for so many people. We dive into all things Eddie, all things Van Halen, and we try and have a little fun with it just to lighten the load. - What are your favorite Van Halen songs? What's your favorite Eddie Van Halen memory? - Please Like, Subscribe, Rate, Review, Follow & Share wherever you can and help us reach out to more Metalheads. - Theme Son...

We're wrapping up our Unofficial Canadian Metal Month with our good friend, Alex Ralston aka The Maharaja Of Metalcore. Technical wizards, Protest The Hero are in the spotlight this week! - There's a lot to unpack with this band, so we dive into song meanings, lyrics, why Jason doesn't like the guitar sound, how they became a favorite for Alex, fill-in singers, is the term "whatnot" a Canadian thi...

The Unofficial Canadian Metal Month continues as we head west to Vancouver. That's right, fronted by everybody's favorite madman, The Skullet himself...Strapping Young Lad! - Find out why Jason isn't a huge fan, and why DLo totally is. Also, we discuss Kylevolver Magazine, Devin and Newsted in IR8, Spastci Young Lad, Subs and Doms...wtf is going on over at Twitch!?, Racist A&W manager, Fear Factor...

We hit our 3rd installment in our Unofficial Canadian Metal Month with our most brutal episode yet...Cryptopsy! - We're joined by our long-time friend, Lindsay O of Eyes Of Perdition, Coma Cluster Void, Catenation and Natalia. She's a maniac on the mic, and a lot of that has to do with her love for brutal music. - Speaking of brutal music, we dive into what it is that we love about it. We also tal...

Welcome to our unofficial Canadian Metal Month. That's right...by some freak accident, we managed to start off a HUGE appreciation to our Metalheads up north! - We're kicking it off with Obey The Brave, also known as Alex Erian's (Despised Icon) "other band", and what a band it is. Alex really gets to shift gears here and delve into different vocal stylings that he might not get a chance to get in...

MOSH IT UP! This week, we're talking about the nerds that brought you East Coast Thrash Metal...Anthrax! - Joining in on the fun, is Jeff Smith of SoL-Mates: Love and MST3K. He's a huge Anthrax fan, a booze enthusiast, and Jason's best friend in the whole world! - SoL-Mates: Love and MST3K: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sol-mates-love-and-mst3k/id1215977330 - Obviously, we go deep into som...

Now it's time for the list! After that huge 3 hour session haha, let's jump right back into it. Don't forget to let us know what some of your favorite Fear Factory songs are. Let us know if you enjoyed the lineup without Dino, or how you felt when Dino came back. - Hit us up at metallistpodcast@gmail.com - Theme Song: Godhammered

Where is your savior now!? Man...we can just really run our mouths, huh? Our good friend Aaron Street is back so strap in, everybody. We have a super Deep Dive on one of our favorite bands of all time...Fear Factory. Our good friend Aaron Street is back to talk all things Fear Factory. Mix in some Godflesh, a little New Order and a good dose of Napalm Death, and you have damn near a perfect recipe...