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 ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support the Putridity⬇️⬇️🤘 https://www.facebook.com/PUTRIDITY.OFFICIAL/🤘 https://putriditydeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/morbid-ataraxia🤘 https://www.instagram.com/putridity.official/?hl=en⬇️⬇️Follow / Support the podcast⬇️⬇️🤘 www.instagram....
Jun 30, 2025•48 min
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 ...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 22 min
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! ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Gruesome⬇️⬇️🤘 https://gruesomedeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/silent-echoes🤘 https://www.facebook.com/gruesomedeathmetal/🤘 https://www.instagram.com/gruesomebandofficial/?hl=en⬇️⬇️Follow / Support the podcast⬇️⬇️🤘 www.instagram.com/heavymetalhistory🤘 ...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 19 min
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" ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Graceless⬇️⬇️ https://www.facebook.com/Graceless.osdm/ https://www.instagram.com/graceless.deathmetal/?hl=en https://graceless-deathmetal.bandcamp.com/ ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support the podcast⬇️⬇️🤘 www.instagram.com/heavymetalhistory🤘 www.facebook.com/heavymetalhistorypodcast🤘 https://buymeacoffee.co...
May 19, 2025•45 min•Ep. 182
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! ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Cradle of Filth⬇️⬇️🤘 https://www.cradleoffilth.com/🤘 https://www.facebook.com/cradleoffilth/🤘 https://www.instagram.com/cradleoffilth/?hl=en⬇️⬇️...
Apr 21, 2025•49 min•Ep. 181
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. ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Kardashev⬇️⬇️ 🤘 https://kardashevband.com/ 🤘 https://kardashev.bandcamp.com/ 🤘 https://www.instagram.com/kardashevband/?hl=en 🤘 https://www.facebook.com/Kardashevband/ ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support the podcast⬇️⬇️ 🤘 www.instagram.com/heavymetalhistory �...
Apr 14, 2025•54 min•Ep. 180
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! ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Thoughtseize⬇️⬇️ 🤘 https://thoughtseizeband.bandcamp.com/ 🤘 https://www.instagram.com/thoughtseize_grind/ 🤘 https://www.facebook.com/peo...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 179
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! ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support the Band⬇️⬇️ https://www.facebook.com/fro...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 178
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. Follow Spiritworld https://spiritworldprophet.com/ https://www.instagram.com/spiritworldprophet/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/spiritworldprop...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 177
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. Follow / Support the band INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dawnofourobor...
Feb 28, 2025•40 min•Ep. 176
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/...
Jan 27, 2025•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 175
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!
Jan 13, 2025•57 min•Ep. 174
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 subscr...
Dec 15, 2024•1 hr 46 min
Welcome to this installment of the podcast My guest was Matt McGachy, Vocalist of Crytopsy and host of the Vox and Hops Podcast. In this episode Matt and I discuss his first album after joining Crytopsy and its controversies, the legacy of "None so Vile" and content creation burnout!
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 173
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History.This week we have 2 returning guests and one new guest.Drew Slavik (Guitar) and Jimmy Watson (Drums) of See You Next Tuesdayand Seb Alvarez (Vocals) of Meth, who makes his first appearance on the podcast.They all came on to discuss the absolutely monstrous collaborative EP between @cunexttuesdaygrind and Meth (who put out one of the best albums of the year with Shame) called "Asymmetrics" which was coined by Alvarez.Guest musicians also include ...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 172
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guests were Joe Sudrovic (Bass) and Sean Vandegrift (Vocals) of the band From a Second Story Window. From a Secons Story Window has mostly been silent since 2008, but this past year has seen the band release new material which coincided with the 20th anniversary of "Not One Word Has Been Omitted" Joe and Sean came on to talk about the history of that record, Sean coming back to the band ssince the EP and what the future holds for new materia...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 171
in this installment of the podcast we get into the history of May of 2004 and the records i discussed were: Xandria – Ravenheart May 24th Crisis - Like Sheep Led to the Slaughter May 25th Alabama Thunderpussy – Fulton Hill May 25th Ayreon – The Human Equation May 25th Slipknot – Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) May25th Meandhimcallitus - The (C:) of Love Stories May 25th I Will be catching up with the rest of the history episodes for 2004, its been a laborious process which i acknowledge in this ...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 170
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History,my guests were Joey Gonzalez (Guitarist) and Brian Barbaruolo (Bass)of the band Fórn.Joey and Brian came on to discuss the long "hiatus" and writing period for the bands new album "Repercussions of the Self" which releases this Friday October 18th on @persistentvisionrecords Follow / Support FornBANDCAMP: https://forn.bandcamp.com/album/repercussions-of-the-selfINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fornofficial/?hl=enFACEBOOK: https://www.faceboo...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 169
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Peter "Blue" Spinazola Guitarist in Slam / Death Metal band Dysentery and Bass player in Fit for An Autopsy. @FitForAnAutopsy "Blue" came on the podcast to give a long awaited updated about all things Dysentery, a band hes been in for over a decade that is releasing their first new material in almost ten years next year!We also talk about his guitar and bass collection and get into the new Fit for An Autopsy record "The Nothing Tha...
Sep 09, 2024•54 min•Ep. 168
My guest for this installment of the podcast is Rick Jimenez, Vocalist and Guitarist in the Hardcore / Thrash band Extinction A.D. ( @ExtinctionAD )Rick came on to discuss the recording of the bands new album "To the Detested" which is out now on @UniqueLeaderRecords Rick was very insightful and vulnerable for a lot of this albums themes and concepts, very rarely does a musician and guest bare all for their art and Rick was incredibly thorough with everything to do with the band and album.We bri...
Sep 02, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 167
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History, my guests this week were Matt Clarke (Bass)Dane Evans (Vocals)Jack Simioni (Guitar)Nic Webb (Guitarwho are members of the Australian Deathcore band To The Grave. @ToTheGraveau The band came on to talk everything about their upcoming album "Everyone's a Murderer" which releases August 30th on @UniqueLeaderRecords Catch the bands upcoming U.S. tour with Oceano9/5-10/04Follow/Support To The GraveINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/tothegraveau/FA...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 166
Welcome to this BONUS episode. This is something that was recorded almost a year ago for a podcast I was trying to do called The Horror Archives. I had on Writer and Director Jason Krawczyk. Jason came on the podcast to talk about the (almost) 10 year anniversary of his film He Never Died, starring Henry Rollins. I wanted to share this here as it was a good interview and we had a lot to talk about with the making of the film and because Jason took the time to do this for an unknown podcast. Jaso...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr 2 min
In this installment of Heavy Metal History i discuss records released in May of 2004. Demon Hunter – Summer of Darkness May 4th Killwhitneydead - Never Good Enough for You May 11th DragonForce – Sonic Firestorm May 11th Killswitch Engage – The End of Heartache May 11th Hirax – The New Age of Terror May 18th (Clip taken from Episode #160 of the podcast) Annihilator - All For You May 24th Therion – Lemuria May 24th Therion – Sirius B May 24th Subscribe to the YouTube Support the podcast / merch! P...
Aug 05, 2024•53 min•Ep. 165
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guests for this episode were Marios Iliopoulos (Guitarist) & Konstantinos Togas (Vocals) of the Greek/Swedish Melodic Death Metal band Night rage. Marios & Konstantinos came on the podcast to discuss the bands new album "Remains of a Dead World" which was released May 31st. Follow Nightrage FACEBOOK // WEBSITE // INSTAGRAM Subscribe to the YouTube channel HERE Support the podcast / merch on Patreon...
Jul 29, 2024•49 min•Ep. 164
In this installment of Heavy Metal History I discuss releases of April 2004. W.A.S.P - The Neon God Pt.1 -The Rise Apr 6th Vehemence - Helping the World to See Apr 6th (Clip taken from Episode #97 of the podcast) Orange Goblin – Thieving from the House of God Apr 6th Pro-Pain – Fistful of Hate Apr 6th Lordi – The Monsterican Dream Apr 14th Finntroll – Nattfödd Apr 19th 1349 - Beyond the Apocalypse Apr 19th Martyr AD - On Earth as it is in Hell Apr 19th Fear Factory – Archetype Apr 20th Drowning ...
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 163
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Dan Jacobs, guitarist for the band Atreyu. Dan came on the podcast to discuss the 20th anniversary and making of the bands 2nd album "The Curse". We also discussed how the band writes, Dan's Kiesel guitars and so much more! Subscribe to the YouTube Support the podcast / merch! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/heavymetalhistory...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 162
In this installment of Heavy Metal History I discuss the rest of March of 2004 and the records released. All That Remains – This Darkened Heart Mar 23rd After Forever – Invisible Circles Mar 25th Anvil – Back to Basics Mar 29th In Flames – Soundtrack to Your Escape Mar 29th Metalium – As One – Chapter Four Mar 29th U.D.O. – Thunderball Mar 29th Mayhem – Chimera Mar 29th Soulfly – Prophecy Mar 30th Subscribe to the YouTube channel HERE...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Welcome to this weeks installment of Heavy Metal history. My guest was Katon De Pena vocalist of long running thrash metal band Hirax. @HIRAXmetal Katon came on to discuss not only new material the band is working, an EP called "Faster than Death" on but an album that is celebrating a 20 year anniversary with "The New Age of Terror" Katon also takes us through a TON of thrash metal history with the early days of the scene. Follow/Support Hirax FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/HIRAXOfficial/ TW...
Jun 30, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Welcome to this weeks episode. My guest for this week is Twitch, the man behind the Death/Grind band Hubris Cannon. A project that he is the sole writer and performer of except when playing live shows. I found out about Hubris Cannon thanks to a magic the gathering player Ben Wheeler. We talk about the political messages of the album enshrouded in Magic the Gathering references. This was a great deep conversation that lasted almost 2 hours and we really get into all kinds of subject matter about...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 159
Welcome to this weeks episode of the podcast. My guests were Blake Connally (Guitar) and Aaron Wamack (Drums) formerly of the band Meandhimcallitus. Blake and Aaron came on the podcast to discuss the 20 year anniversary of their first album (C:) Drive of Love Stories. We also briefly discussed Blake's other music projects such as Dead in the Dirt and Infernal Coil Follow MAHCIU BANDCAMP - https://mahciu.bandcamp.com/ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/mahciu/ INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.c...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 158
