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- Maik Weinhardt of Messticator
Chapter 698 - "Suddenly People Had Us On The Map" ...as read by Maik Weinhardt of Messticator
Today we welcome Maik Weinhardt, drummer for German death metal band Messticator to the podcast! Messticator released Total Mastery back on March 13th with Testimony Records. Maik talks about the influence of his father and uncle, convincing his family to let him play drums, how Wacken helped Messticator gain some notoriety, the theme of Total Mastery, and more.
https://messticator.bandcamp.com/album/total-mastery
https://en.testimonyrecords.de/en/Artists/Messticator/Messticator-Total-Mastery.html
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SubstackChapter 698 Music:Messticator - "The Pit Awaits"Messticator - "The Pitslayer"Messticator - "Bloodsport"Messticator - "Skeletal Thorns"21 min - Marton Kertesz of Rivers Ablaze
Chapter 697 - "A Strong Metal Scene" ...as read by Marton Kertesz of Rivers Ablaze
Today we welcome Marton Kertesz, guitarist for Hungarian blackened death metal band Rivers Ablaze to the podcast! Rivers Ablaze released Inexternal Dread last Friday on Inertial Music. Marton talks about getting into metal and the scene in Budapest, how playing jazz guitar influenced his playing and writing, starting Rivers Ablaze and the band’s evolution, the rough idea behind Inexternal Dread, and a lot more.
https://riversablaze.bandcamp.com/
https://www.riversablaze.com/
https://www.inertial-music.com/
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SubstackChapter 697 Music:Rivers Ablaze - "Silent Orbit"Rivers Ablaze - "Enemy Within"Rivers Ablaze - "A Mass Grave Of Trauma"Rivers Ablaze - "Death On Impact"Rivers Ablaze - "Born From Flame"45 min - March 2026 Recap
Today we have clips from all the interviews that aired in the month of March, including chats with Jake Murphy of Final Gasp, Bryan Manning of Bosse-de-Nage, Eric Peterson of Testament, Ryan Patterson of Coliseum/Fotocrime, David Häusermann and Mauro Gugerli from Vicious Rain, Amon Garrasi of Lost In Hollywood, Nick and Alex from The Silver, Nate Johnivan and Justin Suarez from Red Arrow High, Jay Valentine of Guilt Trip, Ian Schneider and Aaron Conti from Resistor, and S8nt Elektric!
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SubstackMusic:Final Gasp - "Look Away"Bosse-de-Nage - "Mementos"Testament - "For The Love Of Pain"Fotocrime - "Unthinkable"Vicious Rain - "Gods Of Glass & Wire"Lost In Hollywood - "The Art Of Being Torn Out"The Silver - "Two Candles"Red Arrow Highway - "Stop Worrying"Guilt Trip - "Angel Eyes"Resistor - "Petty Fuck"S8nt Elektric - "Catacombs"43 min - S8nt Elektric
Chapter 696 - "Inspire People To Live More Meaningful Lives" ...as read by S8nt Elektric
Today we welcome S8nt Elektric to the podcast! The new S8nt Elektric record, Off The Edge, came out last Friday on Long Branch Records. The band talks about their varied musical backgrounds, Bri’s desire to start a band that led to S8nt Elektric, what being Off The Edge means to the band, the struggles that come with being genre fluid, and more.
https://s8ntelektric.band/
https://s8ntelektric.bandcamp.com/album/off-the-edge
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SubstackChapter 696 Music:S8nt Elektric - "Catacombs"S8nt Elektric - "HOW2FEEL"S8nt Elektric - "XTC"S8nt Elektric - "Seasons Of Yesterday"32 min - Resistor
Chapter 695 - "Staying True To What We Want To Do" ...as read by Resistor
Today we welcome Ian Schneider and Aaron Conti from Resistor to the podcast! Resistor will release their new album, Bite This, this Friday on Fly South Music. The guys talk about their varied experiences in the Long Island music scene, the evolution from deathcore to a rapcore inspired sound, the inspiration behind Bite This, being true to their creative identity and vision, and more.
https://weareresistor.com/
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SubstackChapter 695 Music:Resistor - "Dead Soul"Resistor - "Petty Fuck"35 min - Jay Valentine of Guilt Trip
Chapter 694 - "We Can Do Things That We Couldn't Have Done Before" ...as read by Jay Valentine of Guilt Trip
Today we welcome Guilt Trip frontman Jay Valentine to the podcast. Guilt Trip surprised dropped their new ep, God Forgives, last month on Roadrunner Records. The conversation focuses on the new ep as Jay talks about the decision to release these three tracks as an ep, how his religious background informs his lyrical ideas, how being signed to Roadrunner opens up the bands ability to create more freely, their experience touring in the States for the first time, and more.
https://www.guilttripmhc.com/
https://mlvltd.com/collections/guilt-trip
https://guilttripmhc.bandcamp.com/
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SubstackChapter 694 Music:Guilt Trip - "Dirt"Guilt Trip - "Angel Eyes"Guilt Trip - "Burn"18 min - Red Arrow Highway
Chapter 693 - "A Big Milestone" ...as read by Red Arrow Highway
Today we welcome Nate Johnivan and Justin Suarez from Red Arrow High to the podcast. Red Arrow Highway’s new record, Be Someone Better, is out today on Self Aware Records. The guys talk about discovering punk rock, how covid lockdowns and a change in approach to songwriting led to Red Arrow Highway, the challenge to themselves that is Be Someone Better, why being in a band is meaningful, and more.
https://selfawarerecords.bandcamp.com/album/be-someone-better-2
https://www.storenvy.com/products/36993927-red-arrow-highway-be-someone-better-12-lp
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SubstackChapter 693 Music:Red Arrow Highway - "Not The End"Red Arrow Highway - "Parallel"Red Arrow Highway - "Stop Worrying"Red Arrow Highway - "Never Too Much"Red Arrow Highway - "Better Things"45 min - The Silver
Chapter 692 - "The Spirit Of Heavy Metal Lives In This Band" ...as read by The Silver
Today we welcome Nick and Alex from The Silver to the podcast. The Silver will release Looking Glass Hymnal Blue, this Friday with Gilead Media. The guys talk about being one of the last releases on Gilead and releasing music with the knowledge that the label is going away, how traditional heavy metal informs their sound and creative process, working with Paul Romano on the album artwork, the multiple layers to the album’s title, and more.
https://thesilver.bandcamp.com/album/looking-glass-hymnal-blue
https://gileadmedia.net/products/the-silver-looking-glass-hymnal-blue-lp
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SubstackChapter 692 Music:The Silver - "Looking Glass Hymnal Blue"The Silver - "Two Candles"The Silver - "Twilight Of Love"41 min - Amon Garrasi of Lost In Hollywood
Chapter 691 - "For Us, It's A Statement" ...as read by Amon Garrasi of Lost In Hollywood
Today we welcome Lost In Hollywood frontman Amon Garrasi to the podcast! Lost In Hollywood will release their self-titled Arising Empire debut LP this Friday, March 20th. Amon talks about the rising popularity of the German metal scene, becoming a vocalist, the reason behind choosing to self-title their album, being open to blending genres into their metalcore sound, and more.
https://lostinhollywood.de/en
https://arisingempire-us.shop/collections/lost-in-hollywood
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SubstackChapter 691 Music:Lost In Hollywood - "Pretty Skin"Lost In Hollywood - "I Should Have Known Better"Lost In Hollywood - "The Art Of Being Torn Out"22 min - Vicious Rain
Chapter 690 - "There Is Still Something That Could Be Good" ...as read by Vicious Rain
Today we welcome back David Häusermann and Mauro Gugerli from Vicious Rain to the podcast. The new Vicious Rain record, The Anatomy Of Surviving, is out today on Arising Empire Records! The guys talk about the writing process and connecting The Beauty Of Letting Go to the new record, the continuing evolution of writing lyrics as a duo, the intention behind the artwork, being a band on Arising Empire as the label’s popularity grows, and more.
https://viciousrain.com/
https://arisingempire-us.shop/collections/vicous-rain
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SubstackChapter 690 Music:Vicious Rain - "IKIGAI"Vicious Rain - "Spitting Blood Again"Vicious Rain - "Hysteria"Vicious Rain - "A Spotless Mind"23 min
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