YouTuber and all around metal music cool guy Nik Nocturnal joins me to talk about how his joke meme became an accidental radio hit, his own award show, and the future of his content.

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00:00 Intro

00:45 Moving from Canada to Florida

07:45 Changes in content

13:00 Challenges as a creator

16:00 "earning to say "no" 

19:00 Current schedule 

24:00 Authenticity with being live

26:45 Making his own Reddit hate thread 

28:00 Bands that take themselves too seriously 

36:00 The Nik Nocturnal Awards

40:00 Baddiecore 

42:00 Sub-genres and why fans complain about them

46:00 Octane

54:45 Universal Music Group shutdown

1:00:00 The success of on "Octane" 

1:05:00 Comparing music to the gaming world

1:09:00 Working with sponsors 

1:12:05 Mount Rushmore of metalcore