The Rehearsal Room

Well, look at this! The big 2-0! That's right folks, our 20th episode and what better way to celebrate them to dive deep into one of the albums that both the fellas rank 10/10, that being the 2005 self titled album by Lurker Of Chalice! This album was put out by one person, Jef Whitehead a.k.a. Wrest, which some might know from his other band Leviathan or his participation in the super group Twili...

That's right, this one's about Ryan Coogler's latest offering, "Sinners". Aside from the obvious, that being that the fellas really enjoyed this movie, there's gonna be spoilers and there's gonna be a whole lot of them. You know why? This movie is jam-packed with references to moments in real life, and it's presented in such a way that even trying to write about i...

In the mid-80s, American moral panic numero dos would make things a bit interesting. The Parental Music Resource Center, aka Tipper Gore and her stooges, raised such a clamor that musicians everywhere needed a savior by the looks of it. Three heroes from parts unknown came to our defense. Frank Zappa, Dee Snyder, and John Denver… WTF? Come and check in to see if the fellas can make sense of this o...

If you found yourself around during the 1980s, specifically in North America, you might have experienced something collectively called the satanic panic. This was a wild wave of fear and concern, the fear irrational, the concern rational, that took over a lot of people's mindsets and, unfortunately, resulted in a lot of people incarcerated to this day. But where did it start? While the fellas...

When Bill Haley and the Comets seemingly created rock 'n' roll, little did they know that just 40 years later, the question of whether rock is dead would also come up, and that question has been asked, apparently, since the 90s all the way up until now. Well, in this episode, the fellas shoulder the amazing task of tackling this question head-on. Is this a topic with some merit, or is this...

They aren't the biggest secret in the doom world, but many people are still unaware of this band. Certainly a case of 'if you know, then you certainly goddamn know'! On this latest album deep dive, the fellas glaze up none other than the Bay Area's doom metal masters, Asunder! Focusing their praise on the equal parts of beautiful, equal parts crushingly heavy; 'A Clarion Call&#...

On this episode, the fellas welcome Pete Majors! You might know him from his bands, some of which have been Harassor, Hater of Man, Actuary, Dargar and Qaalm to name a few, or you might know him from his all to memorable beard either recommending or buying some choice cuts when it came to vinyl at perhaps the biggest record shop in Los Angeles. Or you just might actually know him from some of the...

To be or not to be! No, wait… That's not it. Oh yeah, as the title says, let's talk about it! Check in to see where the fellas land with their thoughts on this often asked, many times debated topic!

Well, would you look at that? A listener recommendation! So for this episode, the fellas jump into trying to decipher what the A24 movie "Heretic" might be trying to get across. Tons of spoilers and tons of opinions abound, but if you wanna know what we ended up thinking about this movie, tune in and check it out! And, keep sending those recommendations!

Listen in as the fellas use their limited intelligence to discuss artificial intelligence! We are pretty sure it's used in many other fields aside from what we mentioned, but because the creative fields are what affect us first and foremost, those are some of the areas we consider with regard to the use and misuse of AI. How do y'all feel about it? Knowing about its real-world ramification...

Hey, check it out! It's our first interview! We decided to jump into this with one of our favorite Southern California musicians, Daniel Kaufman! You might know him from one of his many bands listed here: ex-Mindrot/ex-Dystopia/ex-Eyes of Fire/Destroy Judas/Masters Ashes/Destroyer of Judas. Dan was nice enough to come into the studio and talk about how it started and basically, how it's go...

In this next foray of many to come, the fellas dive deep into one of the most well-known Floridian death metal bands! Morbid Angel, everybody knows them, everybody loves them! Their first album, "Altars Of Madness," is for sure a landmark, and in this episode, we get to fanboy about how we came to this album, but also the band, as we praise everything we like and love about the music con...

In this go-around, the fellas discuss one of the age-old questions about what they enjoy: is it the lyrics? Or is it the music? Or maybe it's both? They share some personal anecdotes about what hits them the most when they listen to music they enjoy. We'll most likely revisit this conversation at a later date, but join in their jumping-off point in this latest episode, and check it out!

We are all fans of something or other out there, right? To what degree totally depends on everybody out there, but recently, somebody in the music world had a pretty negative experience with some of their fans. Specifically, Chino Moreno of the Deftones had one of these types of interactions that may have left a sour taste in his mouth. Since there are no guidelines for being a fan, the fellas dis...

Early on, when Aaron and Nick met each other, one of the things they bonded over, as many others have done, was their love of music, but also their love of many of the same bands. When talking about specific groups, they would constantly ask each other, "Did we just become best friends?" And the answer was, yes, they did. One of the thousands of bands that they love happens to be High On...

Ever wonder what older musicians and rockers do when they decide to hang it up and call it a day? Well, some of them don't go out so gracefully, some instead opting to go out like the stubborn brats they are, and thanks to the wild, wild West known as the Internet, we recently heard of a couple of our favorites doing either one or the other. We discussed this like the amateur professionals tha...

We had the bright idea of starting a series of episodes where we list off our top 10 favorite directors in any given genre. This time around, it's action movies. This was actually a lot tougher than we anticipated, but was also ultimately incredibly fun to go back and revisit some of the works from some of our selections. No surprise there were more than one repeat on each other's lists, a...

We yelled at the sky about the 2025 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame nominations, how we feel about the entire thing, and if we absolutely had to, how our rankings would go. Plus, as usual, what are you watching/what are you listening to as we try to get a handle on recording this stuff.

In this episode, we muse over the slimy antics of a certain master of business administration and exactly how that made us feel. Plus some more of what we've been listening to and watching!

As we stumble into the new year, we go over our thoughts on a most glorious vampiric remake as well as some of the most recent bands we've been listening to and rounding it out with our tributes to a damn fine director.