Cast Iron

Cast Iron

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Cast Iron episodes

  • Kvelertak – Kvelertak

    Lewis and Alan enjoy the musical mjød refreshment of the band that's pronounced exactly like it's spelled – Kvelertak.

    1 hr 17 min
  • King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: PetroDragonic Apocalypse

    or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. Lewis and Alan are growing immensely and vastly in size, summoned from the wicca to their demise. Join us as we journey into the Gizzverse.

    Further Listening

    Alan
    • Ozric Tentacles – Lotus Unfolding
    • King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Omnium Gatherum
      • Lewis
      • Amulet – The First
      • Clutch – Earth Rocker

        • 1 hr 9 min
      • 35: Black Sabbath – Master of Reality

        All right now! Lewis and Alan explore the doomy, sludgy goodness of Black Sabbath’s 1971 album ‘Master of Reality’.

        Further Listening
        Lewis
        • Kyuss – Blues for the Red Sun
        • Iron Witch – A Harrowed Dawn
          • Alan
          • The Sword – Warp Riders
          • Ghost – Opus Eponymous

            • 1 hr 16 min
          • Notes on Spotify

            Hello skillets, Alan here. We’re planning to get back in the studio soon, but in the meantime here’s an update on some issues with Spotify behind the scenes. If you’re not interested in a rant about digital platforms and copyright law, here’s the short version: if you listen to Cast Iron on Spotify, you should move to another app, because we won’t be able to publish there in future.

            If you want to hear the long version, there’s a little music recommendation at the end to make it worth your while. Take care and we’ll be back with you soon.

            Podcasting stats mentioned in the video: https://transistor.fm/global-stats/

            6 min
          • 34: Trivium – In the Court of the Dragon

            Lewis and Alan are here to destroy you, they’re here to avenge – in the court of the dragon they descend.

            Further Listening
            Alan
            • Machine Head – Unto the Locust
            • Unearth – The Wretched; The Ruinous
              • Lewis
              • Slipknot – Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
              • Soulfly – Enslaved
                • 1 hr 12 min
              • 33: Roadrunner United – The All-Star Sessions

                Lewis and Alan are the dagger, the enemy, the voice of the voiceless and much more. Which team captain is top of the Roadrunner league?

                Further Listening
                Lewis
                • The Black Dahlia Murder – Miasma
                • American Head Charge – The War of Art
                  • Alan
                  • Trivium – Ascendancy
                  • Opeth – Ghost Reveries
                  • Bonus mention: ‘White Walls‘ from Still Remains – Of Love and Lunacy
                    • 1 hr 52 min
                  • 32: Soilwork – The Living Infinite

                    Lewis and Alan experience more than a momentary bliss with possibly the only melodic death metal double album, The Living Infinite by Soilwork.

                    Further Listening
                    Alan
                    • Omnium Gatherum – The Burning Cold
                    • The Night Flight Orchestra – Amber Galactic
                      • Lewis
                      • Killswitch Engage – Disarm the Descent
                      • In Flames – Come Clarity
                        • 1 hr 18 min
                      • 31: Dio – Holy Diver

                        Lewis and Alan have been down too long in the midnight sea – oh, what’s becoming of us?

                        Further Listening
                        Lewis and Alan
                        • Rainbow – Rising
                          • Alan
                          • Ghost – Meliora
                            • Lewis
                            • Heaven and Hell – The Devil You Know
                              • 1 hr 6 min
                            • 30: Killswitch Engage – Disarm the Descent

                              All in due time. Lewis and Alan take on Killswitch Engage’s ultimate metalcore comeback album, Disarm the Descent.

                              Further Listening
                              Lewis
                              • Bullet For My Valentine – Scream Aim Fire
                              • The Defiled – Grave Times
                              Alan
                              • Any Given Day – Everlasting
                              • Malevolence – Reign of Suffering
                              1 hr 25 min
                            • 29: Mastodon – Crack the Skye

                              Lewis and Alan are spiralling up through the crack in the sky, leaving the material world behind. It’s sludgy! It’s proggy! It’s Mastodon!

                              Further Listening
                              Lewis
                              • Boss Keloid – Melted on the Inch
                              • Astro Henge – II
                              Alan
                              • Intronaut – Fluid Existential Inversions
                              • Moon Tooth – Crux
                              1 hr 7 min

                            About Cast Iron

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                            Join Lewis (the English one) and Alan (the Irish one) on a musical journey through rock and metal, as they disagree with each other on whether the albums are actually any good.