Twin Terrors Macabre Manor of Mead Metal and Mayhem

We're finally finishing up Led Zeppelin's LZ II era with information, background, trivia, and our takes on the songs.  Is there much more to be said here?  Probably, but we'll let the audio do the talking.  Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabremanormeadmetalmayhe/ Or on twitter: @Terrors_Ma...

Back at the dawn of time, specifically last fall as we were starting the podcast, we recorded a very long episode on our favorite beers and beer styles.  It ended up being long enough to break down into four episodes!  Between that and then recording what we thought were more worthy episodes, it's just taken a while to produce these.  We now have them all ready to go, but are leaking them out a bi...

James took a trip to Nova Scotia a few months ago and loved it so much that he wanted to talk about it.  Jody was definitely good with the idea, considering the number of listeners we have in this wonderful province.  If you've ever thought about taking a trip, maybe James will convince you to go to New Scotland, Canada! Questions, comments, scathing remarks?  Get in touch with us at Podbean:  htt...

Welcome to another holiday special from the Terrors!  We talk about what we do on Burns Night, which is January 25th of every year (this year it's a Saturday!) to celebrate Scotland's wonderful poet Robert Burns.  We know, we could've released this the day before, but we wanted to give you a week's notice so you could do your own planning.  Aren't we swell? Recorded live together, so there may be...

Welcome back to the Manor!  We left the old year with a Maiden beer review and we're welcoming the new with a Maiden beer review (almost).  Beer and metal, what a great way to leave and enter.  This time, you should all be able to easily join us in a pint, as we get into Iron Maiden's beer series with Sun and Steel.  We talk about the beer inspired by the song, the song itself, and who inspired th...

Welcome back to the Led Zeppelin fanboy podcast! We're still on the Brown Bomber album (II) and we're actually talking about the album: production, engineering, locations, and more!  (We'll get into the actual songs next time.) A special wish for John Paul Jones to have a happy birthday!  He turns 74 today (January 3rd, 1946). Also, Jimmy Page will be 76 in less than a week (January 9th, 1944).  H...

Welcome back to the Manor and our continuation of that awesome congruence of metal and beer!  This time we talk about Iron Maiden's Red 'N' Black porter and the song from which the name is taken.  What a great way to end the year!  Hopefully you've all found a bottle to enjoy while you listen. Image courtesy of James' beer collection.

Welcome to the first of probably many Wild Hunt episodes!  The Hunt is especially active this time of year, as we discussed in one of last year's Yule time episodes.  Here, we regale you with true stories of the Hunt from recent folk tales, to keep in the spirit of ghost stories around Christmas time.  Plus, our usual jocularity. Episode Image: "The Wild Hunt" by IrenHorrors (Deviant Art) -- used...

Continuing our annual Christmas ghost story theme!  We hope you enjoy M.R. James (it's the 100th anniversary of his story "The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance) and Neil Gaiman (it's the 30th anniversary of "Nicholas Was..." We certainly did.  Plus, you get some context.  Context!  Context of the era in which M.R. James was writing.  Plus some more expounding on Jerome K Jerome's work th...

Welcome to the Led Zeppelin fan boy podcast!  Now on episode 482 (it feels like according to some of our listeners evidently -- too bad -- suck it!).  Here we talk about those wonderful women who kept the boys in the band semi-sane.  In this episode, it's a lot of Jimmy and Miss Pamela (pictured), but there is more than that.  

Welcome to the Terrors' first album review episode.  We discuss Lacuna Coil's latest album "Black Anima" (released October 11th, 2019), Helloween's latest, their live album "United Alive in Madrid" (released October 4th, 2019 -- we know, James is obsessed with them), and Nita Strauss' solo album "Controlled Chaos" (released last year, November 16th, 2018 -- this one is pretty much Jody, speaking o...

Just a bit of thanksgiving fun where we talk about sharing alcohol (and when we don't) and give a few shout-outs to our listener locations around the world (recorded a bit ago, so we'll have to update this soon!), as well as other little tidbits of jocular fun. Yes, we know Thanksgiving is almost a week away.  Better 666... sorry, I meant 6... days early than 1 day late. (This came from a longer r...

Welcome to the Manor!  Join us as we discuss the final months of the Deep Purple Mark II era, with album things and song things and all sorts of things you never knew you were missing (probably because you weren't, but we were).

Welcome back to more Led Zeppelin!  We know you've been clamoring for this (clamor, clamor, clamor).  The first of four parts on the Brown Bomber era, with this episode focusing on touring and what the critics were saying (and what the band thought of that), as well as a few miscellaneous bits.   Next episode... groupies! Picture is a promotional still from 1969 (which both Jody and James happen t...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Sadly October Country is on the far side of our fields, but we do get to at least discuss things of interest.  Beer and metal!  We get into Iron Maiden's beer series with Hallowed and talk about the beer (this particular one and the general style), the song, and the Catholic holy day of obligation, the Solemnity of All Saints, better known as All Hallows Day, the day fr...

Welcome back to the Manor as we finish up our Octoberblitzkreig!  In the last episode of our Halloween season, we (mostly Jody) regale you with poems about vampires... and vampyres... and vampire brides... and whats nots.  Also, James gives his version of Echtra Nerai, an old Irish tale of Halloween/Samhain spooky goodness, filled with the talking corpses, death, and battles with the sidhe.  This...

Welcome to the metal part of the manor!  We talk about our favorite song that's Halloween themed and why, as well as throwing out an album suggestion.  Yes, there are song snippets.  By the way: since recording, the Pumpkins United album from Helloween has come out and the live version of Halloween is fantastic!

Yes, James went to see the show.  He was hoping it would be a bit more spooky, but for a young adult movie based on a young adult book series, it wasn't half bad.  We talk about the movie and the books and other horror themed young adult series we enjoyed when we were younger.   Image credit:  from James' library

We promised our horrible 24 hour contest entry and here it is!  We obviously had no idea what we were doing. If nothing else, it's a wee bit more spookiness to enjoy this Halloween season.  Enjoy!

It's the Great Pumpkin, Brutes!  Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the first mention of this Halloween figure in the funny pages.  We talk a bit about the grand figure himself, but then also discuss his semblance to other Halloween notable figure "Sam Hane," who of course we know there isn't an actual Samhain deity named Samhain, but the background of the figure is great fun to discuss!  

Coven!  That most magnificent and much maligned occult rock band.  Their debut album inspired some and frightened many, mostly through a massive misunderstanding of what Jinx, Oz, and Steve, as well as their myriad band mates, were trying to do.  Join us as we get into the wonderful evilness that lurks within this classic piece of music and it's context.  Context!   We talk about magick, musick, s...

Sit by the fire and enjoy some more vampiric goodness!  We continue our exploration into the blood suckers, moving from folklore (last week) to literature!  We focus mostly on the older writings, but touch on the more recent, knowing that we'll have more to say on those later.   Image courtesy of Jody's library and the book he's referenced a few times over these two episodes.

Wow!  We almost missed this in the hubbub of our annual Halloween October Spooktacular Evilfest.  Merry 50th, Python Players!   Image: James' wall paper and sound CD he purchased years ago and is no longer any good except for the few images he saved as JPGs.  

Welcome to October Country in the Manor!  We've already started the season with last week's Trooper 666 (which is okay, as we start our Halloween celebrations in September anyway), but now we're all in for the rest of the month.  These first two weeks are going to focus on vampires, with this week looking at the folklore of our fanged brethren.  What causes, harms, cures, and hampers them?  Listen...

Welcome back to the Manor!  This time, with October Country just around the corner, we discuss Iron Maiden's Trooper 666!  A fantastic beer with fantastic numerology for the number of the beast.  Now come join us "Woe to you, oh Earth and sea, for the Devil sends the Beast with wrath Because he knows the time is short Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the Beast For it is a human...