Diary of Doom

There are few artists who are capable of rendering an image that channels both the weight of heavy metal and the beauty of religious mysticism and nature. If there were one to be defined by this gift, it would be David D'Andrea. Alongside fellow artists Brian Mercer, Santos, and Arik Roper, he has helped define the iconography of Sleep and OM through his studio, Samaritan Press, and also lent his talents to countless other bands, including Dinosaur Jr., The Jesus Lizard, Arthur Brown, Queens of the Stone Age, Windhand, and Triptykon. In this chapter, David speaks about his early days in punk and skate zine culture and his artistic process from pen and ink to digital and print, as well as knowing exactly what works for a band stylistically, Vedanta symbols, 80's photocopiers, the difficulty of fonts, navigating festival commissions, and his third-entity creation with Jondix: The Astral Mind.

You can find David's work at his website, Samaritan Press.

*Note: There is some unfortunate static through most of the first 30 or so minutes. Apologies for that!

Cowards & Thieves dial in from the literal road for a chat with Dylan in anticipation of their album release on Friday the 13th (ch ch ch, ah ah ah...). Chip and Stefan manage to power through some questionable venue Wi-Fi to talk about the band and turning their debut EP into a short film as well as the bird sound at the end of "Layla", if you're an old head if you went to Ozzfest, pop punk cover sets, legal wedding parties, and why "Desperado" is the saddest song ever.

You can preorder Cowards & Thieve's LP, Dedicated to Dead People, on their Big Cartel and also check out their Bandcamp.

Track featured is "Desirous" off of Dedicated to Dead People out May 13th.

Brandishing perhaps the greatest handle in photography history, Dylan sits down with The Tinfoil Biter to delve into their history as a concert photographer. A chance opportunity to photograph Down opened the gate and their dynamic shots have highlighted the already heavy presence of such artists as Crowbar, High on Fire, Child Bite, Weedeater, and Osees. We go through some select sets of their photos while also touching on the highs and lows of living in Michigan in the 90s, how drawing lead them to photography, the dreaded purple light, knowing when to put the camera down, and randomly becoming acquainted with Henry Wilson from Floor*.

You can check out more of The Tinfoil Biter's photography over at her website.

*NOTE: There was a slip of the tongue and we meant to say Henry WILSON of Floor. Mr. Vasquez is correctly from Saint Vitus, not Floor. Our bad!

We're taking a trip to the bog for this week's chapter. After a quick chat with our weed field correspondent, August West, about heading out to Colorado to see Sleep after their hibernation period, we jump right into our chat with Harlen Linke from Bog Wizard. When he's not pounding the drums, Harlen is crushing it as a video game designer for games like Team Fortress 2. More importantly, Bog Wizard and UK doom eccentric Froglord have a new split out. Dylan and Harlen get into how they managed to produce that split and their earlier one with previous guest Dust Lord as well as abandoned high school bands, committing to mispronunciations, the Satanic Panic over DnD, video game artist collabs, and the most metal tabletop game ever, MÖRK BORG. 

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Track featured is "Reptilian Death Squad" off of Bog Wizard vs. Froglord: A Frog in the Bog

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DOD takes its first trip across the pond to the UK for the first time to feature the band with the greatest name ever queried from the internet: Steak. For anyone who has been following the stoner and desert rock scene for a while, you're probably familiar with fellow member Reece's little pet project, DesertFest. Kip and Cam phone in to talk about not just their recently released album, but also the coinciding short film, Mad Lord. And the comic book. And the action figures (just kidding, none of those YET). All that plus snowboarding to Queens of the Stone Age, preferred cuts of the cow, working titles for songs about custard, boozer rock, drinking Elephant Tree under the table, and US culture shock.

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Track featured is "Mono" from Acute Mania, which is available now!

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Dylan and August are back for their annual 4/20 album commentary bonus chapter and this year they are tackling the OG kush monster, Bongzilla, and their hallmark stoner metal album, Gateway. While navigating their way through a mire of murky riffs, they talk about opening up for .38 Special, Relapse's Contamination Festival, top tier Newark gangster bud, Dylan's dad greening out at Roger Waters, toking up with Bernard the House Elf, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

The commentary kicks in at 00:08:14 for you to line it up with the album. Unless you're a weirdo who wants to listen to it without the tunes.

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We are speaking with the dude of Nuclear Dudes as we welcome Sandrider's Jon Weisnewski back to the podcast to talk about the marriage of synths and blast beats in his new solo project. Jon sheds light on whether he has the grit to take it live and what a real dude of the nuclear variety would look like as well as getting inspired by NJ shark attacks (and subsequently ruined by Snooki), Scary Numan, what it was like to be a tester for Nintendo back in the day, Elden Ring, and a truly insane cops and cannabis story.

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Track featured is "Bad at Sleep" off the album of the same name, available now!

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If you tried to articulate an acid trip sprinkled with a few other substances into a song, it might sound like BÜZÊM. A one-man noise outfit headed up by mad scientist Finn, BÜZÊM taps into the loose flow of bass distortion and control of reverb to create music from a dream state. As Finn delves into his experimentations, we also touch on pawning his first bass, why he went with a potentially troublesome name, growing up in a Harmony Korine landscape, bolstering the Portland, ME local scene, wooks blowing balloons outside Billy Strings, if concert streaming will continue to be a thing, and Dylan's stupid concert superstitions.

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You can check out their live Spore Music performance here.

Track featured is "The Angelic Number" off of SRUIN.

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We are pleased to welcome Eight Bells to the doom cave. Melynda Jackson, Matt Solis, and Brian Burke are all present to talk about surviving the past two years against Portland, OR's apocalyptic backdrop, and putting out a killer new record with the help of the tireless Billy Anderson. During our chat, we also babble on about nu-metal JNCOs, getting kicked out of high school band, Blockbuster music, Meta-Licka, nautical themes, getting busted at the border, and why sad songs make for good company.

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Track featured is "Nadir" off Legacy of Ruin, available now!

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This week, we are reclaiming the troll! Moe from Troll Teeth is dialing in straight from the New Jersey Pine Barrens and on this year's Pi Day no less. Once determined where they fall on the pie vs. cake debate, Moe gets into how the troll's teeth started growing into a band and up to their latest released, Hanged, Drawn, & Quartered. During this joint Jersey venture, they also follow the Star Trek holistic calendar, figure out the statistical chances of the bass player showing up for practice, bag on The Boss, overthink music way too hard, necropolitics, and offering up their studio to other bands.

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