Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. Ethan McCarthy, vocalist and guitarist of @PrimitiveMan returns to the podcast to discuss what hima and the band have been up to over the past 5 years since he was last on.We talk about the new album "Observance" out now on @relapserecords mental health, AI, live sound, politics and so much more.
0:40 5 Years since being on the podcast
3:48 Working on other musical projects
7:00 Spiritual Poison Live show
10:00 Mental Health, Mortality and Social Media
20:00 Writing longer songs and attention spans
27:53 Ai bands, AI art and Anti-AI sentiments
40:56 Writing the new album
49:11 Backing tracks vs Live sound
56:00 Live Sound and using a sound person
58:34 Political themes of the record and the state of the country
1:14:00 End
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Mike Hill from Tombs returns to the podcast for his 3rd appearance. Mike has been a long time supporter of the podcast and his band has a new record coming out after 5 years called "Feral Darkness"
Mike and I discuss this time frame of writing and recording and the collaborative nature of this record. We also talk a little about horror films and Halloween.
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Johnny Ciardullo vocalist of Carcosa (Also writes guitar for Carcosa and plays in Angelmaker)Johnny came on the podcast where we had an in depth conversation about the themes of the bands new album and a lengthy conversation about trauma and the importance of mental health.
0:20 Johnny’s Heavy Metal History
5:35 Playing different live vs on a record
7:00 Backing track discourse
16:00 Starting the band during Covid
24:20 Recording albums to perfection vs more “raw”
26:27 Writing for “The Axe forgets the tree remembers” and the concept of the album
32:58 Societal pressures of trauma and being more open
37:08 Trying new stuff on the new album
38:44 The album title and its meaning and the cover art
43:12 Andor and Star Wars talk
48:26 The writing process for Carcosa
51:26 Writing in Angelmaker
54:33 Guitar talk
56:35 Funny social media interactions
1:03:40 Supporting Carcosa and buying the new album
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Joining me on this installment of Heavy Metal History is Evan Husney and Jason Eisener, Writer's and Executive Producer's of the new Hulu show about the history of the metal genre "Into the Void" the show delves into 8 stories of various metal moments and shows the raw humanity and emotion derived in each of them.
Evan and Jason have also worked together on the long running docu series Dark Side of the Ring. Jason has also written and directing classic's cult films such as Hobo with a Shotgun a segment on V/H/S 2 and Kids vs Aliens.
0:00 Intro
1:06 Jason and Evan’s Heavy Metal History
7:30 Into the Void
13:44 Telling emotional stories and Documentaries
17:56 Pantera
28:27 Chuck Schuldiner / Death
36:34 Plasmatics
40:28 Choosing the 8 stories for the show
44:40 Hellion and NME
53:24 Importance of Mental Health
56:02 Black Metal
57:26 End
Welcome to this weeks episode of the podcast. My guest was Sergio Soto, guitarist and vocalist for Californian Black Metal band Imperialist.
Sergio was on the podcast before but it is one of the rare "lost" episodes of the podcast. We stayed in touch over the years and with the release of their upcoming album "Prime" I had Sergio back on to talk about the album and its Sci-Fi setting.
Prime is out in September on Transcending Obscurity records.
Welcome to this installment of the podcast, my guest was Johnny Hedlund, vocalist and bassist of the legendary swedish death metal band Unleashed. I met and toured with Johnny's band back in 2008 and we had a nice conversation about the bands 30+ year history, and their FIFTEENTH album "Fire Upon Your Lands" out on Napalm Records August 15th.
Welcome to this installment of the Podcast. My guest was M.S.W of the Doom Metal band Hell. He came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording of his new album "Submersus" , collaborating with A.L.N of Mizmor to make "Alluvion" and his audio engineering endeavors.
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was "Ciccio" guitarist and main song writer for Italian Brutal Death Metal band Putridity. We discuss the bands 10 year "hiatus" and the new album "Morbid Ataraxia" out on @WillowtipRecords
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Welcome to this edition of the podcast. My guests were Corey Ray (Guitarist) and Noah Taylor (Drums) who are both original members of the band Destroyer Destroyer. The band was active in the mid 2000's era, as a part of the Tech Death / Tech Deathcore genre that released 2 EP's and a Full length "Littered with Arrows" Soon after the band stopped performing and writing and seemingly went on a "hiatus". This episode we go into the bands history and discuss the NEW material being released with the bands new EP "Void" out now wherever you stream or buy music.
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast.
My guest was Matt Harvey, guitarist and vocalist of Exhumed and Gruesome. This is Matt's return to the podcast!
We discuss Gruesome's new record "Silent Echoes" and much much more!
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was guitarist and vocalist of the death metal band Graceless, Remco Kreft, who are about to drop their 4th album "Icons of Ruins"
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was "Ashok" guitarist of @cradleoffilth . The bands new album "Screaming of the Valkyries" is available everywhere now on @napalmrecords
Ashok came on the podcast to discuss the bands new album, growing up in the Czech Republic, getting bootleg records, movies and so much more!
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast, my guest was Alex Rieth, Bass player of @KardashevBand and Holy Fawn. Alex came on the podcast to discuss the bands new album "Alunea" which comes out April 21st on Metal Blade records.
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was Simon, guitarist and vocalist of the Cornwall UK based, Magic The Gathering themed, Death/Grind band Thoughtseize.Simon came on the podcast to discuss his band and their debut album which is self titled. We also discuss a ton of our favorite hobby and past time Magic the Gathering!
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guests were Pedram Valiani, and Chad Kapper, guitarist and vocalist of the band Frontierer.
They came on the podcast to discuss the bands most recent EP "The Skull Burned Wearing Hell Like A Life Vest As The Night Wept" we also discuss a myriad of other topics like Chad's inspiration from authors in his approach to writing as well as film, we talk about Pedram's guitars and so much more!
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was Stu Folsom, guitarist and vocalist of the band Spiritworld.
Stu came on the podcast to talk about the upcoming album "Helldorado" which comes out March 21st.
We discussed the narrative of the record, dealing with grief while writing as well as other topics like AI in music and art as well as films.
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guests were Chelsea Murphy (Vocals) and Tony Thomas (Guitar) from the black metal infused band Dawn of Ouroboros. ( @DawnofOuroboros )They came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording of the bands new album "Bioluminescence" which comes out March 7th on @ProstheticRecords If you like these interviews please consider leaving a like and subscribing to the channel.
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Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal HistoryMy guest was Josh Elmore, guitarist of the band Cattle Decapitation.Josh came on the podcast to discuss the 20th anniversary of "Humanure" (At the time of recording)and along the way gives so much detail about his gear through almost every iteration of albums!Josh was a wealth of knowledge we get super into his guitars and set ups along with the history of the album.Follow / Support the podcast.www.instagram.com/heavymetalhistorywww.facebook.com/heavymetalhistorypodcast
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History.
My guest was Ernie C., guitarist of the legendary band Body Count.
Ernie came on the podcast to talk about the bands long history in the metal scene, their new album "Merciless" and had so many stories to share about touring and the new album!
Welcome to the final Heavy Metal History of 2024, I want to thank everyone that came back to the podcast or gave it a chance after the hiatus! This all wouldnt exist without you and the musicians who gave their time to share their stories.
6 months ago guitarist Jeremy Harlan from Sunmancer and I did a "Best of 2024 so far" episode discussing what records we enjoyed during the year so far and this is the year end follow up to that. (The previous episode is ONLY available on youtube, so go subscribe!)
So, what records did we love?
What records changed?
Who doesn't like Blood Incantation?!?!
Also joining in on this episode is a special guest with Fred Calderon of Carnifex, he shares some stories about bands and what records he enjoyed this year as well!
Thanks so much for an awesome 2024 and there's so much more to come in 2025!