This is a very special edition of our metal-meets-wrestling podcast, Squared Circle Pit, where I welcome my Metal Injection Livecast co-hosts 3D and Noa to recap the biggest wrestling event of the year, WWE WrestleMania. We all watched the show together at Darren's house, and after every match, we paused the show to give our thoughts on what happened. If you dig what you hear, let us know if you'd like us to do this more often. Check out previous Squared Circle Pit interviews about wrestling wit...
Apr 03, 2017•56 min
I'm trying something different on the new edition of the Squared Circle Pit. With WrestleMania this weekend, I wanted to invite two of my favorite all-time guests back on the show to talk predictions. First up, I catch up with Killswitch Engage's Mike D., who just got on the road with Anthrax, to talk his predictions. Then, I talked to Andy Williams of Every Time I Die about everything going on this weekend, including Andy's match tonight at Joey Janela's Spring Break and all the matches this we...
Mar 30, 2017•1 hr 23 min
On this edition of the show, we had a very special edition of Thrash It or Trash It, with guest judge Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder. Trevor is also the author of our monthly death metal recommendations column, The Obituarist. On this edition, we critiqued Untrop , Brain Dead , The Hereafter , Taberah , Nailblack , dotgif from God and Josh Nolan . We also discussed pro wrestling, Noa's pop guilty pleasure and played some amazing audio from Mike Francesa. As always, we'd love to hear yo...
Mar 29, 2017•2 hr 2 min
We kicked off this week's show with a discussion about the recent sex tape leaks of WWE superstars, which leads to some intimate details about Livecast hosts' personal pleasure habits. We talk about Dave Mustaine's recent revelation about "A Tout Le Monde," and the Power Rangers movie. We hear some political opinions from Shlomo, and learn about his failed internship and we get a calls from Lovely and a new caller in the UK. Rob concludes the episode talking about his upcoming interview with Ice...
Mar 22, 2017•2 hr 3 min
This week, we briefly spoke to founding Darkest Hour guitarist Mike Schleibaum about the band's new album, Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora, today's political climate and how he enjoys his grass. We also talked about marijuana suppositories, Alex Jones, trucking, arm wrestling contests, road rage, trans athletes, we played user submissions and Noa showed off her trucking knowledge. As always, we'd love to hear your feedback on the episode, whether by leaving a comment below, on our Faceb...
Mar 15, 2017•2 hr 4 min
On this edition, I interview 19-year pro wrestling veteran Frankie Kazarian – Frankie has been in WWE, TNA and now is a member of the Bullet Club in Ring of Honor. Frankie talks about training with Killer Kowalski, the controversy with his hair in WWE, the downfall of TNA, teaming with Christopher Daniels and ROH's 15th anniversary PPV this Friday. Frankie also talks about his favorite metal bands, going to metal shows with other wrestlers and his band VexTemper , whose new album, Doom Engine is...
Mar 10, 2017•55 min
We kicked off the episode recapping our monumental 400th video episode . We played some covers of "The Sound of Silence," one from orthodox Jews and one from a David D. Rainman fan. El Duderino called in from Thailand to talk about his vacation experience. We played some new audio from Mike Francesa, we learned what a Brojob is. A fan submitted some fun new drops, we listened to some voicemails, and played some more Alex Jones clips. As always, we'd love to hear your feedback on the episode, whe...
Mar 08, 2017•1 hr 58 min
This was our monumental 400th episode. Thank you to all of you who made it happen. To celebrate, we recorded our first ever video Livecast, which you can view below. Sean joined us, and we kicked off the show catching up about Noa's food adventures, Sean's job, gave some podcasting advice, and talked about Suicide Silence. In hour two, we welcomed the return of Sexual Jeopardy and played some voicemails from fans wishing us a happy 400th. Thank you for all your support. Listen to RIP a Livecast ...
Mar 01, 2017•1 hr 56 min
I'm really excited to get 3TEETH frontman Alexis Mincolla on the show this week. Alexis talks about getting back into wrestling after going on tour with TOOL, and broing down with Adam Jones about it. He talks about going to recent PWG shows and the recent RAW in LA where he got to meet the Rock. Alexis also shares stories of trying to bring pro wrestling attitude to his high school wrestling matches, meeting Triple H and Stephanie McMahon and everybody's favorite tag team, The Young Bucks. Chec...
Feb 25, 2017•52 min
This was an eventful show, for sure. We kicked things off talking about the Marduk controversy from over the weekend. Mario called in to talk about his latest conquest. We also heard from Shlomo and a big fan of the iO Digital Cable song. We discussed Dave Mustaine's reaction to the Grammys some more, KISS air guitar strings, circumcisions, smegma and the earth being flat. Listen to RIP a Livecast on Stitcher , Google Play or on iTunes (please leave a rating/review as well). Also, make sure to f...
Feb 22, 2017•1 hr 57 min
Our good friend Loni sat in on this Valentine's Day edition of RIP a Livecast. We started the podcast talking about hats and deep dish pizza. We discussed all the metal happenings at the GRAMMYs this week, including Megadeth winning the Best Metal Performance GRAMMY, and Metallica's performance with Lady Gaga. In hour two, we discuss Slayer's recent political statements and read some amazing reviews from Yelp!. Listen to RIP a Livecast on Stitcher , Google Play or on iTunes (please leave a ratin...
Feb 15, 2017•1 hr 52 min
I'm back after a short hiatus of traveling with an all new Squared Circle Pit. This week I talk to Metal Hammer editor Merl Alderslade, who was one of the early pioneers of the WrestleMetal connection, an inspiration for this very podcast. We talk about Metal Hammer's past dealing with wrestlers, how he got Dave Mustaine to award Triple H the Metal Hammer "Spirit of Lemmy" award, and we get deep into predictions and fantasy booking for the upcoming three WWE PPVs, Elimination Chamber, Fastlane a...
Feb 10, 2017•57 min
Rob is coming to the Livecast straight from the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise and he's got a bunch of stories. We talk about Rob's experience and we hop on the line with Testament's Chuck Billy, who was also on the cruise and shares his perspective on the awesome trip. We also talk to Chuck about Testament's new album, The Brotherhood of the Snake, and their upcoming tour with Sepultura and Prong. Dates here . In the second hour, Rob shares more cruise stories, we talk a bit of absurd politics and...
Feb 08, 2017•2 hr 3 min
This week is a very special edition of RIP a Livecast: we're doing another documentary commentary episode, much like with Metallica's Some Kind of Monster and The Anvil doc . On this edition, we're watching Penelope Spheeris' excellent documentary The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years. We are joined on this episode by our good friend, Axl Rosenberg, and we have some good fun. This episode is best enjoyed watching the video along with the audio. We found this stream of the video...
Jan 31, 2017•1 hr 41 min
This week, our special guest is legendary Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne. Buzz talks about his new project , Crystal Fairy, which features drummer Dale Crover, Le Butcherettes vocalist and guitarist Teri Gender Bender, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At The Drive-In. Also, Rob shares some NAMM stories. Noa's roommate Cristina shares a story of stitches. We discuss this afternoon's Phil Labonte story and whether or not it's okay to punch a nazi. Listen to RIP a Livecast on Stitcher , Google Play or on...
Jan 24, 2017•1 hr 53 min
He's from Winnipeg, you idiot! We have KEN Mode frontman Jesse Matthewson on the Squared Circle Pit this week. We spend a lot of time talking about the Monday Night Wars, what Raw and Nitro did well, and what they failed at. We talk about keeping up with the frenetic pace of wrestling nowadays, and some of Jesse's favorite matches. Check out previous Squared Circle Pit interviews about wrestling with Slipknot's Corey Taylor , Cannibal Corpse's George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher , Jamey Jasta , Every ...
Jan 18, 2017•44 min
Thor Shredsteen returned on this edition of the show to explain his long absence and how some weekend plans got ruined. We also discussed Steve Harvey's controversial week, all the Martin Luther King Day drama, Sturgill Simpson, Darren's Vegas trip, masturbating at work, and Jimmy Snuka. Listen to RIP a Livecast on Stitcher , Google Play or on iTunes (please leave a rating/review as well). Also, make sure to follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Youtube . Join us live on our new day, next Tuesday,...
Jan 18, 2017•1 hr 50 min
We kick things off getting a bit political, talking about the recent Donald Trump & Meryl Streep comments, and analyze exactly what was said, including discussing if MMA is art. We played a new user-submitted user submission from DJ Randy Blyat and get a surprise visit from Sir Christopher Lee beyond the grave. In hour two, we play Thrash It or Trash It where we listened to music from Villains Company , Hot Iron Skillet , Primordial Constant , The 27s , RU36 , From The Embrace , LevRage , Vi...
Jan 11, 2017•2 hr 1 min
What a way to kick in 2017. The last 10 minutes of this episode had us rolling in our seats. We kicked off the show talking about our New Year's, the Mariah Carey incident, Alex Jones' death metal band, and a silly James Hetfield video. Rob takes us back to a party 12 years ago where something interesting happened with Noa. We all discuss our levels of attractiveness and we talk about female MMA competitors. We end the show discussing Phil Anselmo. Listen to RIP a Livecast on Stitcher , Google P...
Jan 04, 2017•2 hr 4 min
We spent a good portion of this episode talking about our favorite moments of 2016 on RIP a Livecast. We also analyze a recent interview on Fox News that Kennedy conducted with Dave Mustaine, and played some acoustic Megadeth. We followed up on last week's Phil Anselmo story. We discuss the recent Nazi situation in Montana, ball stretching, controversial comments on our website, and we gush about our audience. Listen to RIP a Livecast on Stitcher , Google Play or on iTunes (please leave a rating...
Dec 28, 2016•2 hr 1 min
Jami from Code Orange has been watching wrestling since birth. Jami shares his knowledge of WWE, NXT, New Japan and more. We talk about Jami's favorite wrestlers, why John Cena doesn't suck, his thoughts on how MMA is doing "sports entertainment" better than WWE and more. A great convo about rasslin! Check out previous Squared Circle Pit interviews about wrestling with Slipknot's Corey Taylor , Cannibal Corpse's George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher , Jamey Jasta , Every Time I Die's Andy Williams , Zak...
Dec 24, 2016•35 min
We kicked off the show discussing Alex Skolnick's response to Kanye West wearing a Testament shirt. We also analyzed a recent Phil Anselmo interview where he discussed the controversial footage from earlier this year of him shouting "white power." Rob shares another sauna story and we learn about gifts Livecast fans would give us. Listen to RIP a Livecast on Stitcher , Google Play or on iTunes (please leave a rating/review as well). Also, make sure to follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Youtube ...
Dec 21, 2016•2 hr 4 min
It's our 8th anniversary show. Rob talked about his experience at the Revolver Music Awards last night. Rob shared a ton of great stories and many laughs were had. We briefly discussed the upcoming Black Metal History Month, Alex Jones, cakes, the Grammys and pubes. Listen to RIP a Livecast on Stitcher , Google Play or on iTunes (please leave a rating/review as well). Also, make sure to follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Youtube . Join us live on our new day, next Tuesday, starting at 7pm Easte...
Dec 15, 2016•1 hr 54 min
My special guest on the latest edition of Squared Circle Pit is Oscar Dronjak, guitarist of Swedish heavy metal band Hammerfall. Oscar has been a wrestling fan most of his life and discusses how he got into pro wrestling, with limited availability in his home country of Sweden. Oscar talks about some of his favorite wrestlers, what he enjoys about wrestling and he shares some great tales from getting to attend WrestleMania 21 as a special guest of Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee, including great st...
Dec 09, 2016•50 min
We kicked off the show with some very tough trivia for Noa to handle. Then we talk about Dave Mustaine's review of the new Metallica album and recent comments from Kirk Hammett about Dave. We talked to Bryan and Dave of Red Fang about their press day, farts and truck stop food. In hour two, we talk pube trimming, sharting, and spent a lot of time dissecting Alex Jones' latest rant. Listen to RIP a Livecast on Stitcher , Google Play or on iTunes (please leave a rating/review as well). Also, make ...
Dec 07, 2016•2 hr 12 min
We kicked things off talking some politics and Rocky Mountain oysters. We were then joined by Trivium frontman Matt Heafy to talk about the re-release of the band's first record, Ember to Inferno, out December 2nd, jui jitsu and the new Metallica album. In hour two, we talk Dave Mustaine's new beer, Five Finger Death Punch drama, and neo-nazis. Please help support the show and pick up a brand new t-shirt. Click below for all the choices: Listen to RIP a Livecast on Stitcher , Google Play or on i...
Nov 29, 2016•2 hr 4 min
After a long (too long) hiatus, we're back with a fun episode that shifts from the tradition of interviewing metal musicians. I interviewed a leading pro wrestling journalist, Jason Powell of ProWrestling.NET . We talked about the Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar match at Survivor Series and the fallout, WWE's storytelling, the state of wrestling journalism. Check out previous Squared Circle Pit interviews about wrestling with Slipknot's Corey Taylor , Cannibal Corpse's George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher , ...
Nov 23, 2016•46 min
This week, our friend Dan Ozzi sat in on the show with us again. We talked about the recent rise of nazis in mainstream culture, Axl Rose's words for Donald Trump, Vince Neil being "uninvited" from the inauguration ceremony. We talked a bunch about Trump, we got a great call from a black trans-woman from Wisconsin, which was followed up by some amazing political analysis from Shlomo. We ended the show playing some Mike Francesa clips to lighten the mood. Dan also got a call about his new book th...
Nov 23, 2016•2 hr 5 min
We kicked things off talking about the fallout from last week's Presidential election, and then spoke to Oni vocalist Jake Oni for a bit. Noa recommended a fun Russian tune to kick off hour two. Rob played some Disturbed clips. We got into a conversation about anal preferences, metal leaves, and Anal Trump. Listen to RIP a Livecast on Stitcher , Google Play or on iTunes (please leave a rating/review as well). Also, make sure to follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Youtube . Join us live on our ne...
Nov 16, 2016•1 hr 51 min
We recorded this episode as the polls were closing, so we talked about our experiences voting and that led to stories of experiences with the cops an discussion about Califorina's proposition for condom requirements in porn. We also got on the phone with former God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle about his new band Vagus Nerve, as well as how difficult it is for a band to make a name for themselves, and some great behind the scenes conversations. In our two, we mocked Mike Francesa, paid tribute to O...
Nov 09, 2016•2 hr 1 min
