The Roach Koach Podcast

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Matt and Lorin dive into the recent Complex.com list of the best Nu-Metal albums, talk Slipknot tour news and Jim Root’s quotes, listen to new P.O.D. and thrown, and say good bye to Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu-Core for Old Heads 2. Take a listen! Rate, review, and follow Roach Koach on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! We’d appreciate it!  Questions about the show? Ha...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt see what it is like to live life on a Triple Beam as they listen to Machine Head’s divisive return to nu-metal, 2018’s Catharsis. Topics this episode include: -Lorin’s 2018 Best of the year list -Phil Demmel vs Robb Flynn -Reacting to the 2016 election -The “Catharsis” music video -Was evolution good? -An updated Top 5 MCs list -Chess metaphors...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast Lorin and Matt cover all the big news in the world of Nu-Metal. Topics this week include: -That new Falling in Reverse song with Serj and Corey Taylor -Limp Bizkit is back opening for Metallica -Who’s Festing with Fight Fest -Who’s Emailing with a rec for Vespera -Feedback on Slipknot’s “Arsenal” -And Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu-Core For Old Heads 2 Take a listen! Rat...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt need an album that gets the job done! So they are listening to Afterlife’s debut album, 2019’s Breaking Point. Topics this episode include: -Nu-metalcore -Genius dot com, run by maniacs -Decisions made “behind closed doors” -Great bridges -“Got you by the THROAT” -Bopper? -Hybrid Theory, never forget -Is your karma in a good place -Top 5 MCs lis...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt stop everything to dive into the new Slipknot song, “Arsenal”. Is it good? Is it bad? What did Jim Root say about it? Also: Roachamendations for King 810 and Nathan James, P.O.D. teasing, and of course Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu-Core For Old Heads 2. Take a listen! Rate, review, and follow Roach Koach on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! We’d appreciate it!...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we got another 90s ripper on our hands! Lorin and Matt dive into the strange history of Pulkas and their lone album, 1998’s Greed. Topics this episode include: -Slap and wap -The origins of Pulkas -Meeting on the tube -Colin Richardson -MumCuss -The “Loaded” music video -A song called “Betrayal” -Lorin’s British accent -And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt deci...

This week on the Roach Koach podcast we say goodbye to some legends as Lorin and Matt discuss the passing of Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Katsis. Other topics this episode include: -Nu-Metal needs to be back in movies! -“Dope, when?” -Who’s got boots on the ground -Skrapegoat -This Linkin Park movie -Feedback on our Slipknot and Folder episodes -And Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu Core for Old Heads 2...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt catch up with the Italian boys of Folder and their 2005 album, Right Things. Topics discussed include: -Not following rules or laws -Roach Koach bump? -What it is like to jam in the studio -Shaking it with Kathy Bates -Anywhere in the world you’ll find Linkin Park -Lovinging them and leavinging them -A brand new Top 5 MCs list -And Canon Talk, w...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt welcome Patrick Bell, proprietor of the @Superfuzz.frontrow instagram, to discuss life on the barricade, camping out for shows, how he gets those great videos and photos, the craziest fans, and more live show stories. Also in this episode: -Boots on the ground at the Machine Shop -Nu-metal makes it to the prescription drug ad world -Limp Bizkit...

No neck is safe! This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt decide that now is the right time to listen to Slipknot’s 2019 album, We Are Not Your Kind. Topics this episode include: -Who is the most important member of Slipknot? -Mask talk part 1000 -Genre tags -Slipknot’s crown -Midtempo songs that kinda suck -The “Nero Forte” music video -Every song a masterpiece? -Every song underrated...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we welcome Matt back from vacation with insane Slipknot news! How many members do they have now? Matt counts them all. Lorin breaks down his thoughts on new Loathe and Motionless in White albums, discusses his thoughts on The Punisher in the new Spider-Man movie, and the guys also look into Who’s Emailing with a Devildriver rec. They close out the episode with...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt go deep into the long list and bring back Otep and their second album, 2004’s art-Nu-Metal opus, House of Secrets. Topics this episode include: -Matt’s 3D television  -The history of Greg Wells -Hands off record label -Recording a ghost -Spoken word poetry -Making the call to Slipknot Inc. -Songmeanings dot com invents a new word -“Up next,...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast Lorin reveals he went to a Muse concert! Also we dive into the comments and emails to answer questions, listen to new music from Watershipdown, check out Roachamendations, and of course listen to Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu-Core for Old Heads 2. Take a listen! Rate, review, and follow Roach Koach on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! We’d appreciate it!  Questions about...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we go deeper than ever into the Long List to find the major label debut from Munich’s own Emil Bulls. Topics this episode include: -All the AKAs -The Shocker -Ranking 9 out of 12 -The Big Bopper -The Misogyny But It Slaps Playlist -A Perfect Nu-Metal Music video -Sliding doors -“That is that good shit” -And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if Emil Bulls...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt dive deep into the Long List to retrieve the sole release by Five Pointe 0, their album Untitled. Topics this episode include: -This was album title? -Why’d they break up? -“Ch ka ka pow!” -The battle between the head and the heart -SausageKing69 on Songmeanings dot com -“We’re gonna jack this” -“Freedumb” -“Skill and beauty” -“I’m on MDMA” -Hea...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt bask in the afterglow of Roach Koach X, touch on some topics they missed at the live show, discuss the Eros leak, consider 60 dollar hoodies, read a crazy email, check on Ross Robinson, and listen to the latest entry from Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu Core for Old Heads.  Take a listen!  Rate, review, and follow Roach Koach on Apple Podcasts an...

It’s here! Roach Koach X! Recorded live at Go Comedy Improv Theater in Ferndale, MI on Saturday June 20th, 2026. Lorin, Matt, and Jenny (and some guests!) reminisce on a decade of the Roach Koach Podcast. They talk lists, they talk memories, they talk cum gutters. This episode has it all: Songmeanings dot com, chants, technical difficulties, Sweet Mitchell, and of course, Nu-Metal. Thanks for bein...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt celebrate the week of Roach Koach X by listening to some (fairly) new Nu with Of Mice & Men’s 2014 album, Restoring Force. Topics this episode include: -Final push for Roach Koach X tickets! -Metalcore band line up changes -The trials of unclean vocalists -Good reviews -Changing your screams -“This riff is hard” -Going to jail for a fan -“Yo...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Matt and Lorin continue to gear up for the arrival of Roach Koach X on Saturday June 20th, 9:30pm at Go Comedy Improv Theater in Ferndale, MI. Get your tickets at GoComedy.net ! Also in this episode: -Masters of the Universe, SEEN! -Nic Cage, MET! -Gideon, BACK! -Ross Robinson, FOLLOWING! -RockLansing, HAS PROTECTIVE TUBES! -Louisville Loves It Loud, SATURDAY!...

It’s 10 years of the Koach! This week Lorin and Matt welcome back the Indigo Angel Jennifer Socia as they celebrate 10 years of the Roach Koach podcast by discussing the 2020 Deftone’s classic, Ohms. Topics this episode include: -Can you believe it’s been ten years? -Don’t eat the sliders -The boys are back -The “ooooh” we’re living for -Secret room experiences -Eating cigarettes -The greatest son...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt (and a surprise guest) go over the latest in Nu-News, New Nu tracks, and so much more! Topics this episode include: -The bathroom situation at Roach Koach X -Who’s Emailing and The First Hundred and Eight -Matt is seeing He-Man -Papa Summer? -The Roadhog Rib Sandwich -Slop summer! -New Sevendust -The return of Un...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt decide it’s time to check in again on Sepultura, seeing as how the band is ending and all. The album this week is Sepultura’s final Roadrunner Records release, 2001’s Nation. Topics this episode include: -Where should you sit at Roach Koach X? -Matt with Boots on the Ground at the Token Lounge -“Sending love and light” -Sepultura/Van Halen compa...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, the guys finally get around to covering the second 40 Below Summer album, 2003’s The Mourning After. Topics this episode include: -9 years? -David Bendeth behind the boards -Absolutely forgetting about a band -“Thanks for following the sun” -Picture me inside the sun -What does “F.E.” mean? -A review of MORTAL KOMBAT 2 -And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt dec...

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast Lorin and Matt sit down with Brian and Clay of LLP Events to talk through all of the exciting shows coming up for the Louisville Loves team. What changes can audiences expect? What are Matt’s setlist ideas?  Also Lorin and Matt discuss Korn’s new music video, listen to a new entry from Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu Core for Old Heads 2, and make the big announcemen...

Episode 125 and what a classic. It’s White Pony by Deftones. Listen to us go all in on this classic. Here’s the original write up: It’s an episode of Sensual Chino and Thirsty Bitches as Roach Koach celebrates 125 episodes with Deftones and their landmark album, White Pony. During Who’s Tweeting (1:26), Jenny, Lorin and Matt go over feedback from the live show and consider a listener question on w...