Say cheese, bvds – because this week, we’re back with another R-rated episode – R stands for r-chitect, obviously – full of refreshing opinions, rambunctious anecdotes, and ridiculous analogies. Once again, we’re joined by a fantastic guest, the amazingly talented and enigmatically handled Ronja (@whoiskatharina), Saarland’s stealthiest scene sharpshooter, capturing riffs, sweat, and occasional existential crises through her ever-watchful lens. R you ready to rumble? Hold still, as we pose for the ultimate metal centerfold.
After we give our guest’s flashing endeavors sufficient exposure, we turn negatives into positives, as we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by vianova – Hit it! (00:25:15), Greyhaven – Keep it Quiet (00:46:15), Thrice – Horizons/West (00:53:45), Agriculture – The Spiritual Sound (01:07:13), Igorrr – Amen (01:21:33), and Der Weg Einer Freiheit – Innern (01:34:05).
As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we are looking for our respective “least favorite album by one of our favorite bands”. Trick or treat yourselves to some preposterous polemics and surprising twists and turns, as we shake up feelings like freshly developed polaroids about In Flames – Siren Charms (01:47:15), Job For A Cowboy – Sun Eater (01:55:42), Protest the Hero – Pacific Myth (02:03:46), Hundredth – RARE (02:11:14), as well as While She Sleeps – SO WHAT? (02:20:37).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © ryu.dysmorphia
Music: © Thomas Kuhn and © Timon
Guests: @whoiskatharina
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio.
PS: If Simon sounds like he was speaking through a blanket, it's because he was. Infectious little bugger. Stay healthy, everyone <3
From the gloomy shadows emerges a spectral figure, walking ghostly to the sound of creaking strings, aching joints, and shredding riffs. He has clenched his phantasmal fist to worship the One who bestowed upon him the gifts of venomous velocity, and who has punished him with frequent and foul-smelling urination.
Don’t know who we’re talking about? Well, he’s a tough guy, likes it really rough guy, just can’t get enough guy, chest always so puffed guy.
Still don’t know? He’s that bad type, make your mama sad type, make your girlfriend mad type, might seduce your dad type.
Still don’t know? Well, our ghastly guest goes by many names, but whether he guises himself as Billie or Fuchtel, you shall know him as Greilich. Duh!
Or Chris. Chris is also fine.
Join us as we open our cellar doors for one of Saarland’s most prolific and talented musicians, our most humble and gentle guest: Chris of GEISTERFAUST, WALKING GHOSTPHASE, POISONED SPEED, and PESTILENT PISS – just to name a few of his projects.
After a deep dive into our guest’s globetrotting ventures, we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by Fit For A King – Lonely God (00:26:48), Blackbraid – Blackbraid III (00:39:44), Phosphorus – Frail Grasp of Broken Hands (00:52:25), Deftones – private music (01:02:05), and Malevich – Under A Gilded Sun (01:12:21).
As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we are looking for the “best heartache/lovesick album”. Grab yourselves some tissues and a bucketful of ice cream, as we unravel some big feelings to the soundtrack of Dornenreich – Bitter Ists Dem Tod Zu Dienen (01:24:53), Maybeshewill – Sing the Word Hope In Four Part Harmony (01:32:25), Team Me – Blind As Night (01:41:18), I Prevail – Heart Vs. Mind (01:49:45), and Biffy Clyro – A Celebration of Endings (02:03:37).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
Big shout-out to our good friend Timon of SEPARATØR for two fantastic new tunes to spice up our conversation!
One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © ryu.dysmorphia
Music: © Thomas Kuhn and © Timon
Guests: Chris
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio.
Sharpen your knives and unbutton your third eye — we’re back in the kitchen of chaos, and tonight’s menu is anything but Michelin-approved. Returning to the EARBVDS table is none other than Sandro, aka Ryu Dysmorphia: visual artist extraordinaire, photographic alchemist, and certified stirrer of pots (both literal and conceptual).
In this special EXTRABVDS episode, we toss aesthetics into the blender, sauté some raw emotions, and garnish it all with a suspicious foam of meaning. Treat yourself to a healthy helping of soul-wrenching gut punches and cleanse your palate with some barely digestible comfort food. Because you’re worth it! Dig in!
For this special occasion, we renewed the formula: between some more or less profound conversation pieces, we review and discuss the recently released works by Helms Deep – Chasing the Dragon (00:22:57), Killing of a Sacred Deer – A Visage of a Mangled Body (00:52:18), The Prestige (Fr) – Amer (01:10:10), Lazer Throne – Tomb of the Lunar Oracle (01:20:21), Malevolence – Where Only the Truth is Spoken (01:34:36), and Heaven Shall Burn – Heimat (02:03:50).
No lost and found this time around. For that, make sure to stay tuned for our next episode, which we plan to release in September.
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © ryu.dysmorphia
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Guests: Ryu.Dysmorphia
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio.
The forest floor stirs, and somewhere betwixt lichen and moss, a low drone rumbles like unholy cathedral bells in reverse. As we become one with the undergrowth, iridescent crimson dripping from the palm of our hands, we hear a voice, deeper than Earth itself ... is it a raven-haired Leprechaun, mourning the dissolution of its jolly rainbow? Is it a royal reptile, bemoaning the desecration of its magic kingdom? Or is it, simply, powerfully, Lucifer ... moaning ... in love? Whatever it was, hell was raised, as we return once more to usher in a new chapter of chaos and conversation.
Join us as we unearth the sacred mud from which trve heaviness is born and regurgitate the blood of sacred deer, slain in the name of the One who teaches us to live deliciously. This episode, we summon for a seance of supreme sermons and sardonic sonic rituals: Aaron of PHOSPHORUS, Trier’s own post-black metal/sludge unit, and the new goat in town. Light some incense, burn some feathers, and roll out your best Sunday bone dice: It’s high time for some hellish heaviness. Bvds be back, alright!
After a deep dive into our guest’s illustrious musical past and present endeavors, we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by Turnstile – Never Enough (00:37:55), Wolves at the Gate – Wasteland (00:57:35), Indifferent Engine – Speculative Fiction (01:18:44), King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Phantom Island (01:29:03), and Vildhjarta - + där Skogen sjunger under evighetens granar + (01:44:49).
As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we are looking for the best album that came out when we were 15yrs old. Needless to say, strap yourselves in for some good old-fashioned nostalgia and (many) questionable decisions, as we raid the tombs of long-forgotten temples and retrieve the following ancient artifacts: Edguy – Hellfire Club (02:01:03), Comeback Kid – Wake the Dead (02:16:33), Flogging Molly – Float (02:26:07), and Behemoth – The Satanist (02:35:30).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © ryu.dysmorphia
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Guests: Phosphorus
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio.
Yee haw and howdy, pardners! Been way too long, y’all. Mighty nice to be back in the saddle again with a new sharpshooting episode. Literal worlds collide as we buckle up and rustle two wild broncos from the Northern plains.
Join us as we face off in a cold-blooded shoot-out two outlaws from the outer realms; two Celtic Warriors from beyond the distant horizon locally know as the A8, where mighty metal maniacs stand defiantly against anything untrve, guarding their Gallic village against the marauding forces of the mainstream. Finally, Otzenhausen has descended upon the pod! Tune in as we welcome our sensationally insightful, passionate, and entertaining guests: Aaron and Chris from THE FALS.
After some inspiring campfire convo with our guests, we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by Deafheaven – Lonely People with Power (00:44:16), Hexecutor – ... Where Spirit Withers in Its Flesh Constraint (01:01:37), Messa – The Spin (01:12:23), The Callous Daoboys – I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven (01:24:08), and Dormant Ordeal – Tooth and Nail (01:38:06).
As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we are looking for the finest golden nuggets of yesteryear, as we go prospecting for the “best album of the 2010s”, which, of course, was impossible to mine, especially a wild bunch of greenhorns like us. Anyways, we tried our best and contended with Architects – All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (01:46:22), Quintessenz – To the Gallows (02:00:16), Polaris – The Mortal Coil (02:10:54), and Conjurer – Mire (02:19:22).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © ryu.dysmorphia
Guests: The Fals
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio.
Buckle up, bvds! We have a new one already! The EARBVDS production engine has been firing on all cylinders to bring you the hottest gossip in town as quickly as possible - and much more: Metal, Memes, and Membranfläche ... but we’re getting ahead of ourselves ...
In this episode, we’re joined by a new set of fantastic guests: Dennis, Elias, and Pascal of the brand new melodic hardcore powerhouse TO A FRIEND. No strangers to the Saarland local scene though, this trio of “true feelings” combines members of THE END IS FANCY, STUBBI OBERWASSER TRIO, THEODOR W. ALFORNO, and, of course, unforgettable scene legends THE DAY WE FALL.
After some very light conversation with our homecoming heavyweights, we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by Spiritbox – Tsunami Sea (00:31:45), Whitechapel – Hymns in Dissonance (00:49:04), Architects – The Sky, the Earth & All Between (01:01:58), Team Scheisse – 20 Jahre Drehorgel (01:27:26), and Mantar – Post Apocalyptic Depression (01:40:15).
As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we don our finest bone crowns and embark on a quest to unearth the most face-melting, skull-sporting albums of all time, the contenders of which are Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (01:50:26), Misfits – American Psycho (02:03:07), As I Lay Dying – An Ocean Between Us (02:12:58), Ghost – Infestissumam (02:23:09), and In Flames – Battles (02:32:41).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
Most importantly, if you want to see TO A FRIEND’s premier show (together with NEVERLAND and CYANT), get out yourcalendars and save this date: 10 May 2025, Studio 30, Saarbrücken. More info tba soon!
One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Guests: To A Friend
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
The ink – and the tears! – have barely dried on the records of our EARBVM-of-the-year episode, and yet we’re already back in the saddle with a fresh one. Tune in, as we are joined by not one, not two, but three (!!!) guests (and a new-ish team member) for the first series of 2025 reviews, and our most ambitious recording session yet. Needless to say, some things went wrong with the audio, not least because the grand master of audio wizardry for the first time in recorded podcast history trusted his callow apprentice with post-production sorcery, and well, what can I say ... “Spirits that I’ve cited, my commands ignore” ... But be that as it may, we trust in your patience as well as your reflexes when it comes to adjusting the volume on your audio device, and, in turn, are confident that we have nevertheless prepared a tremendously exciting episode for you!
For this episode, three slithering serpents in black and white have come out of the woodwork to join our sacrilegious sssnakepit: the extremely committed, fantastically knowledgeable, monumentally monochrome, and wonderfully witty Jakob, Janick, and Nadja from Saarland’s trvest den of underground anguine facilitators: Corpsepaint Cobra!
After some conversation with our ophidian guests, we discuss another eclectic selection of heavy music, including the recent releases by Heisskalt – Vom Tun und Lassen (00:25:46), Jinjer – Duél (00:42:45), Crush Your Soul – Living Gracious (00:54:08), Zero Absolu – La Saignée (01:06:27), and Eidola – Mend (01:24:45). As introduced in our previous episode, the amended “lost & found” section of the show comes with another category! This episode, we put on our politeness-hats, douse ourselves in maple sirup, and embark on a quest to find the best albums by Canadian bands, the contenders of which are Kataklysm – Serenity in Fire (01:43:19), Into Eternity – The Scattering of Ashes (01:52:46), Cancer Bats – Hail Destroyer (02:02:25), Tomb Mold – Manor of Infinite Forms (02:10:35), and Red Handed Denial – Redeemer (02:21:01).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
Most importantly, if you want to support Corpsepaint Cobra and get involved in the Saarland local underground music scene, make sure to check out their website and become a member!
One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Guests: Corpsepaint Cobra
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
Here we go again! Its second outing, and already a fan favorite and a trve cvlt classic: The EARBVM of the Year returns!
In this special episode, we look back at what a fantastic year 2024 has been for heavy music. Join us in the monumentally tasking and agonizingly difficult quest to find the one trve album that might unite us all, as we move swiftly as ever through a total of 83 (!!!) albums, desperately hoping that one of them might turn out to be the undisputed EARBVM of the Year 2024.
Unexpected twists at every turn, ferociously wild wildcards, chaos, carnage, mayhem and debauchery, but also joy ... and a couple of bittersweet pills to swallow ...
No guest(s) in this episode (or are there...?), save for our very own audio wizard Stefan, who has descended from his high castle of sonic perfection to humor us with his impeccable taste, as well as our very own social media sorceress Jil, who, too, has emerged from the shadows of off-mic obscurity to grace us with her illuminating insights.
Also, no detailed show notes on the albums we cover this time, because, well, obviously, no spoilers, dah.
As always, there is a Spotify-playlist to complement your (extra long) listening delight (however, it’s randomized and in no particular order, because, again, no spoilers).
And one more thing: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
We have battled funky microphones, winter holidays and wisdom teeth, but eventually our group of intrepid influencers has prevailed and emerged stronger than ever from the cavernous depths of post-production, so that we can finally deliver you our twelfth episode! Multiple moons have passed since we actually sat together around our cauldron of many things music in our crowded little studio in December 2024. But as they say, good things take time! And we promise this will have been worth the wait!
This time, our bottle-throwing coven is blessed by the apparitions of our two spellbinding guests, the exceptionally talented and all-around amazing Max and Michael from Saarland’s finest pop-metal outfit Generation.F!
After some conversation with our enticing guests, we discuss another eclectic selection of heavy music, including the recent releases by Better Lovers – Highly Irresponsible (00:20:57), Fit For An Autopsy – The Nothing That Is (00:34:13), Counterparts – Heaven Let Them Die (00:42:55), Poppy – Negative Spaces (00:51:49), Black Curse – Burning in Celestial Poison (01:04:40), and Linkin Park – From Zero (01:17:37). As introduced in our previous episode, the amended “lost & found” section of the show comes with another category! This episode, we embark on a quest to find the best concept albums, the contenders of which are King Diamond – Abigail (01:35:23), Defeater – Empty Days & Sleepless Nights (01:51:56), Periphery – Juggernaut Alpha/Omega (02:05:30), Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (02:17:51), Northlane – Alien (02:29:00), and Unleash the Archers – Abyss (02:40:07).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
And one more thing: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Guests: Generation.F
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
Teaser: Stay tuned for our 2024 Album-of-the-Year episode! To be released very soon!
You wanted more content? We give you more content!
Last episode (Ep. 11: Skandal mit Rose w/Sandro), we originally included a bit we called the “rapid fire round”, where the five of us ploughed our way through +30 releases that came out these last couple of months.
However, in the deep dark dungeons wherein dwells our high priest of audio sorcery, it was prophesied that perhaps another 25min of content would be testing our listeners' patience a little too much. As a result, we decided to release this bit as extra material between our typically unpredictable recording schedule. Think of it as a little snack between meals.
Anyways, no extensive show notes for this, except the obligatory reference to the tailor-made Spotify-playlist for this first ever EXTRABVDS Bonus episode. Check it out!
And, of course, a reminder: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the steadily growing Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
Special Thanks to Sandro (ryu.rose/ryu.dysmorphia) for being a wonderful guest!
In our eleventh episode, we don our rose-tinted glasses, and eagerly stare at the dark sun of metal. We stop to smell the roses as we explore some new releases, and even though discussing music isn't always a bed of roses, we battle on to find the common ground. If you haven't picked up on the subtle hints... We are joined by Sandro (ryu.rose / ryu.dysmorphia) this episode! Sandro's contribution made this one of our most entertaining and black-metal-ish episodes yet! Just don't ask us to define black metal...
After a deep dive into our guest’s roots and branches, we discuss another eclectic selection of heavy music, including the recent releases by Allt – From the New World (00:25:30), Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere (00:37:08), Fever333 – Darker White (00:50:30), Kanonenfieber – Die Urkatastrophe (01:08:10), and Heriot – Devoured by the Mouth of Hell (01:36:04).
Moreover, for the first time in EARBVDS-history, our “lost & found” section of the show comes with a category (randomly selected by our previous guest)! This episode, we celebrate releases from outside the "big 3" commercial hubs of modern metal: Europe, North America, and Australia. Our featured albums are Coldrain – Nothing Lasts Forever (01:48:25), Project Mishram – Meso (01:53:56), Bloodywood – Rakshak (02:01:47), Wormrot – Hiss (02:08:10), and Anima Tempo – Chaos Paradox (02:15:53).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
And one more thing: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
In our tenth episode, we go full-on punk for a change! Well, perhaps not quite full-on, but definitely maybe punk-ish, not least because of our wonderful guest for this episode, our very own melody therapist, the one and only Henrik of pop-punk party peopz INDECENT BEHAVIOR! But we promise you, there’s also some metal. Actually, there’s a lot of metal ...
After some celebrity talk, we go hook-hunting with Henrik as we discuss an eclectic selection of heavy music, including the recent releases by Bilmuri – American Motorsports (00:22:48), In Hearts Wake – Incarnation (00:35:43), Machukha – Mochari (00:46:50), and Soft Play – Heavy Jelly (01:01:29), as well as some more dated releases, namely Killswitch Engage – Alive or Just Breathing (01:17:33), Billy Talent – Billy Talent II (01:31:50), The Black Dahlia Murder – Nocturnal (01:40:30), Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No. (01:48:02), and finally, Protest the Hero – Palimpsest (01:57:07).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
And one more thing: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
In our ninth episode (which roughly marks our 1yr anniversary), we talk many things metal, as usual. Even though we were short one Jack in our deck of many bvds, we had an amazing time, in no small part because we were once again joined by a wonderful guest: activist, musician, fan, incipient show organizer Babsi (Mosh for Animal Rights).
After some convo with our guest about, among other things, all the things that go into organizing a charity metal show, we move on to discuss yet another eclectic selection of heavy music, including the recent releases by (the best band in the world, according to one hvmble bvd) Night Verses – Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night (00:24:58), Bring Me The Horizon – POST HUMAN:NeX GEn (00:42:04) Imminence – The Black (00:54:50), Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (01:06:46), and Glassing – From The Other Side of the Mirror (01:16:53). After a wild round of additional shout-outs to more releases that we just couldn’t quite cover with a full review, we naturally take a stroll down memory lane, as we also talk about Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger (01:39:46), System Of A Down – Mezmerize (01:49:36), Testament – The Formation Of Damnation (02:00:27), and Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast (Pt. 1: The Final Resistance) (02:09:10).
Unfortunately, we were too preoccupied with having the loveliest time and forgot about rating our albums. Oops. But that’s what show notes are for, eh?
If you do not care for spoilers, skip this bit (although it should come as no surprise to literally nobody that Night Verses are our album of the indeterminate amount of time that passes between episodes):
Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger 4/10
Bring Me The Horizon – POST HUMAN:NeX Gen 6/10
Imminence – The Black 6/10
Testament – The Formation of Damnation 6/10
Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go ... 7/10
Glassing – From The Other Side Of The Mirror 7/10
Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast 8/10
System Of A Down – Mezmerize (8/10)
Night Verses – Every Sound Has A Color ... (8/10)
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Special Thanks to Dock11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
In our eighth episode, we talk only a few things metal, some things food, but also many things music, of course. Once again, we are joined by a wonderful guest: the illustrious, the titillating, the mezmerizing, the one and only Malte from Deathcore powerhouse INHUMAN RAMPAGE as well as emerging Metalcore megatrons CYANT.
After some convo with our globetrotting guest, we move on to discuss another eclectic selection of heavy (and not so heavy) music, including the recent releases by Darkest Hour - Perpetual Terminal (00:30:49), Enterprise Earth - Death: An Anthology (46:52), Sperling - Menschen wie mir verzeiht man die Welt oder hasst sie (01:00:45), as well as some more dated releases, namely Dream Theater - Images and Words (01:16:24), Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance (01:30:55), Soilwork - Stabbing the Drama (01:39:58), Alexisonfire - Crisis (01:50:23), and (much to one podcaster's dismay) My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (02:02:18).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
Also, if you want to see Malte's prenatal premiere for yourself, check out ZA:boo - Clown.
And one more thing: Turns out, Heisskalt returned while we were off-air. Yay!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
In our seventh episode, we return to our usual schedule and talk many things metal. Once again, we are joined by a wonderful guest, the very special Moe from Melodic Metalcore outfits WAY TO PARADISE and FAILED STAR.
After some convo about our guest's musical endeavors past and present, including some red hot information on upcoming releases and shows, we move on to discuss another eclectic selection of heavy music. Spoilers, we all really tried to keep an open mind this time... did we succeed though? Well, you'll see. In any case, we cover the recent outpourings of Being as an Ocean - Death Can Wait (00:31:44), Knoll - As Spoken (00:51:03), and Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace (01:10:39), as well as some more dated releases, including Misery Signals - Of Malice and the Magnum Heart (01:28:21), Despised Icon - The Healing Process (01:39:35), Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (01:48:56), War From a Harlot's Mouth - Transmetropolitan (01:58:31), and Kardashev - The Baring of Shadows (02:12:26).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
Special shout-out to Failed Star for giving us access to (at the time of recording) unreleased material, which meanwhile has been made publicly available on Youtube. Make sure to check out their performances at Stagehouse. If this whets your appetite (as it should) and you want to see Failed Star live, here's your chance: 23 March Jazzkeller Hofheim!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
This is a special one! In our sixth episode we look back at what a fantastic year 2023 has been for heavy music. Join us for the official, authoritative, comprehensive, argumentative, and not at all unapologetically nerdy EARBVDS Album-of-the-year-round-up of 2023, as we move swiftly as ever through 29 albums spread across 16 positions in reverse order, all in the monumentally challenging, agonizing, bittersweet endeavor to discern the undisputed Earbvm of the Year 2023.
No guest in this episode, save for our very own audio wizard Stefan, who has emerged from the shadows of off-mic obscurity and graced us with his audible presence for this episode.
Also, no detailed show notes on the albums we cover this time, because, obviously, no spoilers.
However, as always, for your convenience we have prepared a Spotify-playlist for you to check out all the lovely music we talk about, which inevitably, contains all the spoilers. But if you go there prior to listening, that’s on you.
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
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Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Special thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
In our fifth episode, we talk many things metal, as usual. And even though Thomas couldn’t care to join us this time (kidding, he had good reasons and he’s still our bvd), we have another guest joining our nerdy outfit: the one and only Nicolas from groovy death metal steamrollers INHERIT THE ASHES.
Mandatory prescription: You should absolutely check them out, especially their latest single, In The Realms Of Fire!
After some conversation about our guest's past, present, and future endeavors (including his work as a top tier audio engineer (recommend!) as well as his exciting solo project, SATZ MIT X) we move on to discuss another eclectic selection of fairly recent and some not so recent releases, including Spiritbox - The Fear of Fear (00:27:56), Underdark - Managed Decline (00:42:30), Capra - Errors (00:58:49), Dying Wish - Symptoms of Survival (01:10:45), END - The Sin of Human Frailty (01:23:56), ToTheArk - ToTheArk (01:42:08), GWLT - Stein & Eisen (01:53:05), Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder (02:04:28), and Earth Crisis - Firestorm (02:14:40).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
In our fourth episode, we talk many things metal, as usual. Except this time, we have a guest joining our nerdy outfit: the very special Lars from Saarland-local prog-metalcore outfit UNDER FALSE COLORS.
Sidebar: You should absolutely check them out, especially their latest single, Wake up!
After some conversation on our guest's past, present, and future endeavors, we move on to (fiercely!) debate about an eclectic selection of fairly recent and some not so recent releases, including Cryptopsy - As Gomorrah Burns (00:23:25), Svalbard - The Weight of the Mask (00:40:28), The Hirsch Effekt - Urian (00:55:50), Beartooth - The Surface (01:13:48), Annisokay - Abyss Pt 1 (01:34:48), Hatebreed - Perseverance (01:54:20), Darkest Hour - Deliver Us (02:03:07), The Sorrow - Blessings from a Blackened Sky (02:07:37), Emil Bulls - Phoenix (02:14:28), and The Plot in You - Happiness in Self Destruction (02:22:16).
As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. Check it out!
Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions. Also, we've fixed our impossibly incompatible rating system. We live and learn.
Instagram: @earbvds666
Covert Art: © franzbrand
Music: © Thomas Kuhn
Special Thanks to Dock 11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!
Ladies and Djentelmen! In our third episode, we again talk about many things metal. And music. Is there a difference? Let's see. Come along for a wild (and long) ride, with stops at (Hipster-)Black Metal Boulevard, Sound Sausage Street, Apocalyptic Deathcore Avenue, Metalcore Mainstation, Space Grunge Garage, and even Popmetal Plaza. Inevitably though, we end with a whimsical trip down Memory Lane.
After a rapid fire round, where we give shout-outs to all the superb releases that weren't quite superb enough to make our roster, we review a selection of fairly recent and some not so recent releases, including Johnny Booth - Moments Elsewhere (00:18:54), Better Lovers - God Made Me an Animal (00:31:25), Calligram - Position | Momentum (00:42:18), Humanity’s Last Breath - Ashen (00:55:10), Celestial Sanctuary - Insatiable Thirst for Torment (01:07:12), Polaris - Fatalism (01:19:35), Holding Absence - The Noble Art of Self Destruction (01:33:58), Teenage Wrist - Still Love (01:44:22), Johnny Truant - In the Library of Horrific Events (01:53:45), The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine (02:03:02), Make them Suffer - Neverbloom (02:10:33), and finally Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal (02:17:44).
Another epic journey, then. We even have the audacity to rate all our album picks - with a completely incompatible rating system, naturally.
Disclaimer: We had some audio issues. We hope we could still make for an enjoyable listen. We will make sure we fix this for our next episode.
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Cover Art: @franzbrand (2023)
Music: @Thomas Kuhn (2023)
In our second episode, we again talk about many things metal. Come along for our favorite concert anecdotes, ranging from seriously cheesy to very spicy indeed.
We also review a selection of (fairly) recent releases, including Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden (00:24:23), Currents - The Death We Seek (00:42:10), Veil of Maya - [m]other (00:53:23), and Pupil Slicer - Blossom (01:13:12).
This time we also manage to talk about older records that we feel still deserve some attention. Our teary-eyed trip down memory lane takes us past Architects - Hollow Crown (01:16:04), to A Day to Remember - Homesick (01:23:50), to KORA WINTER - Bitter (01:32:12), and finally to Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces, Everyone (01:37:50).
Quite the journey, you see.
We also blaspheme the social media guru in the group. Shun the nonbelievers! Join the cult!
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Cover art © franzbrand (2023)
Music © Thomas Kuhn (2023)