From the gloomy shadows emerges a spectral figure, walking ghostly to the sound of creaking strings, aching joints, and shredding riffs. He has clenched his phantasmal fist to worship the One who bestowed upon him the gifts of venomous velocity, and who has punished him with frequent and foul-smelling urination.

Don’t know who we’re talking about? Well, he’s a tough guy, likes it really rough guy, just can’t get enough guy, chest always so puffed guy.

Still don’t know? He’s that bad type, make your mama sad type, make your girlfriend mad type, might seduce your dad type.

Still don’t know? Well, our ghastly guest goes by many names, but whether he guises himself as Billie or Fuchtel, you shall know him as Greilich. Duh!

Or Chris. Chris is also fine.

Join us as we open our cellar doors for one of Saarland’s most prolific and talented musicians, our most humble and gentle guest: Chris of GEISTERFAUST, WALKING GHOSTPHASE, POISONED SPEED, and PESTILENT PISS – just to name a few of his projects.

After a deep dive into our guest’s globetrotting ventures, we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by Fit For A King – Lonely God (00:26:48), Blackbraid – Blackbraid III (00:39:44), Phosphorus – Frail Grasp of Broken Hands (00:52:25), Deftones – private music (01:02:05), and Malevich – Under A Gilded Sun (01:12:21).

As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we are looking for the “best heartache/lovesick album”. Grab yourselves some tissues and a bucketful of ice cream, as we unravel some big feelings to the soundtrack of Dornenreich – Bitter Ists Dem Tod Zu Dienen (01:24:53), Maybeshewill – Sing the Word Hope In Four Part Harmony (01:32:25), Team Me – Blind As Night (01:41:18), I Prevail – Heart Vs. Mind (01:49:45), and Biffy Clyro – A Celebration of Endings (02:03:37).

As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check it out⁠!

Big shout-out to our good friend Timon of SEPARATØR for two fantastic new tunes to spice up our conversation!

One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!

Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.

Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠

Covert Art: © ryu.dysmorphia

Music: © ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠ and © Timon

Guests: Chris

Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio.

Sharpen your knives and unbutton your third eye — we’re back in the kitchen of chaos, and tonight’s menu is anything but Michelin-approved. Returning to the EARBVDS table is none other than Sandro, aka Ryu Dysmorphia: visual artist extraordinaire, photographic alchemist, and certified stirrer of pots (both literal and conceptual).

In this special EXTRABVDS episode, we toss aesthetics into the blender, sauté some raw emotions, and garnish it all with a suspicious foam of meaning. Treat yourself to a healthy helping of soul-wrenching gut punches and cleanse your palate with some barely digestible comfort food. Because you’re worth it! Dig in!

For this special occasion, we renewed the formula: between some more or less profound conversation pieces, we review and discuss the recently released works by Helms Deep – Chasing the Dragon (00:22:57), Killing of a Sacred Deer – A Visage of a Mangled Body (00:52:18), The Prestige (Fr) – Amer (01:10:10), Lazer Throne – Tomb of the Lunar Oracle (01:20:21), Malevolence – Where Only the Truth is Spoken (01:34:36), and Heaven Shall Burn – Heimat (02:03:50).

No lost and found this time around. For that, make sure to stay tuned for our next episode, which we plan to release in September.

As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check it out⁠!

One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!

Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.

Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠

Covert Art: © ryu.dysmorphia

Music: © ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠

Guests: Ryu.Dysmorphia

Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio.

The forest floor stirs, and somewhere betwixt lichen and moss, a low drone rumbles like unholy cathedral bells in reverse. As we become one with the undergrowth, iridescent crimson dripping from the palm of our hands, we hear a voice, deeper than Earth itself ... is it a raven-haired Leprechaun, mourning the dissolution of its jolly rainbow? Is it a royal reptile, bemoaning the desecration of its magic kingdom? Or is it, simply, powerfully, Lucifer ... moaning ... in love? Whatever it was, hell was raised, as we return once more to usher in a new chapter of chaos and conversation.

Join us as we unearth the sacred mud from which trve heaviness is born and regurgitate the blood of sacred deer, slain in the name of the One who teaches us to live deliciously. This episode, we summon for a seance of supreme sermons and sardonic sonic rituals: Aaron of PHOSPHORUS, Trier’s own post-black metal/sludge unit, and the new goat in town. Light some incense, burn some feathers, and roll out your best Sunday bone dice: It’s high time for some hellish heaviness. Bvds be back, alright!

After a deep dive into our guest’s illustrious musical past and present endeavors, we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by Turnstile – Never Enough (00:37:55), Wolves at the Gate – Wasteland (00:57:35), Indifferent Engine – Speculative Fiction (01:18:44), King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Phantom Island (01:29:03), and Vildhjarta - + där Skogen sjunger under evighetens granar + (01:44:49).

As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we are looking for the best album that came out when we were 15yrs old. Needless to say, strap yourselves in for some good old-fashioned nostalgia and (many) questionable decisions, as we raid the tombs of long-forgotten temples and retrieve the following ancient artifacts: Edguy – Hellfire Club (02:01:03), Comeback Kid – Wake the Dead (02:16:33), Flogging Molly – Float (02:26:07), and Behemoth – The Satanist (02:35:30).

As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check it out⁠!

One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!

Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.

Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠

Covert Art: © ryu.dysmorphia

Music: © ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠

Guests: Phosphorus

Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio.

Yee haw and howdy, pardners! Been way too long, y’all. Mighty nice to be back in the saddle again with a new sharpshooting episode. Literal worlds collide as we buckle up and rustle two wild broncos from the Northern plains.

Join us as we face off in a cold-blooded shoot-out two outlaws from the outer realms; two Celtic Warriors from beyond the distant horizon locally know as the A8, where mighty metal maniacs stand defiantly against anything untrve, guarding their Gallic village against the marauding forces of the mainstream. Finally, Otzenhausen has descended upon the pod! Tune in as we welcome our sensationally insightful, passionate, and entertaining guests: Aaron and Chris from THE FALS.

After some inspiring campfire convo with our guests, we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by Deafheaven – Lonely People with Power (00:44:16), Hexecutor – ... Where Spirit Withers in Its Flesh Constraint (01:01:37), Messa – The Spin (01:12:23), The Callous Daoboys – I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven (01:24:08), and Dormant Ordeal – Tooth and Nail (01:38:06).

As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we are looking for the finest golden nuggets of yesteryear, as we go prospecting for the “best album of the 2010s”, which, of course, was impossible to mine, especially a wild bunch of greenhorns like us. Anyways, we tried our best and contended with Architects – All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (01:46:22), Quintessenz – To the Gallows (02:00:16), Polaris – The Mortal Coil (02:10:54), and Conjurer – Mire (02:19:22).

As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check it out⁠!

One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!

Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.

Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠

Covert Art: © ryu.dysmorphia

Music: © ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠

Guests: The Fals

Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio.

Buckle up, bvds! We have a new one already! The EARBVDS production engine has been firing on all cylinders to bring you the hottest gossip in town as quickly as possible - and much more: Metal, Memes, and Membranfläche ... but we’re getting ahead of ourselves ...

In this episode, we’re joined by a new set of fantastic guests: Dennis, Elias, and Pascal of the brand new melodic hardcore powerhouse TO A FRIEND. No strangers to the Saarland local scene though, this trio of “true feelings” combines members of THE END IS FANCY, STUBBI OBERWASSER TRIO, THEODOR W. ALFORNO, and, of course, unforgettable scene legends THE DAY WE FALL.

After some very light conversation with our homecoming heavyweights, we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by Spiritbox – Tsunami Sea (00:31:45), Whitechapel – Hymns in Dissonance (00:49:04), Architects – The Sky, the Earth & All Between (01:01:58), Team Scheisse – 20 Jahre Drehorgel (01:27:26), and Mantar – Post Apocalyptic Depression (01:40:15).

As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we don our finest bone crowns and embark on a quest to unearth the most face-melting, skull-sporting albums of all time, the contenders of which are Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (01:50:26), Misfits – American Psycho (02:03:07), As I Lay Dying – An Ocean Between Us (02:12:58), Ghost – Infestissumam (02:23:09), and In Flames – Battles (02:32:41).

As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check it out⁠!

Most importantly, if you want to see TO A FRIEND’s premier show (together with NEVERLAND and CYANT), get out yourcalendars and save this date: 10 May 2025, Studio 30, Saarbrücken. More info tba soon!

One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!

Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.

Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠

Covert Art: © ⁠⁠franzbrand⁠⁠

Music: © ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠

Guests: To A Friend

Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio!

The ink – and the tears! – have barely dried on the records of our EARBVM-of-the-year episode, and yet we’re already back in the saddle with a fresh one. Tune in, as we are joined by not one, not two, but three (!!!) guests (and a new-ish team member) for the first series of 2025 reviews, and our most ambitious recording session yet. Needless to say, some things went wrong with the audio, not least because the grand master of audio wizardry for the first time in recorded podcast history trusted his callow apprentice with post-production sorcery, and well, what can I say ... “Spirits that I’ve cited, my commands ignore” ... But be that as it may, we trust in your patience as well as your reflexes when it comes to adjusting the volume on your audio device, and, in turn, are confident that we have nevertheless prepared a tremendously exciting episode for you!

For this episode, three slithering serpents in black and white have come out of the woodwork to join our sacrilegious sssnakepit: the extremely committed, fantastically knowledgeable, monumentally monochrome, and wonderfully witty Jakob, Janick, and Nadja from Saarland’s trvest den of underground anguine facilitators: Corpsepaint Cobra!

After some conversation with our ophidian guests, we discuss another eclectic selection of heavy music, including the recent releases by Heisskalt – Vom Tun und Lassen (00:25:46), Jinjer – Duél (00:42:45), Crush Your Soul – Living Gracious (00:54:08), Zero Absolu – La Saignée (01:06:27), and Eidola – Mend (01:24:45). As introduced in our previous episode, the amended “lost & found” section of the show comes with another category! This episode, we put on our politeness-hats, douse ourselves in maple sirup, and embark on a quest to find the best albums by Canadian bands, the contenders of which are Kataklysm – Serenity in Fire (01:43:19), Into Eternity – The Scattering of Ashes (01:52:46), Cancer Bats – Hail Destroyer (02:02:25), Tomb Mold – Manor of Infinite Forms (02:10:35), and Red Handed Denial – Redeemer (02:21:01).

As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check it out⁠!

Most importantly, if you want to support Corpsepaint Cobra and get involved in the Saarland local underground music scene, make sure to check out their website and become a member!

One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!

Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.

Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠

Covert Art: © ⁠⁠franzbrand⁠⁠

Music: © ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠

Guests: Corpsepaint Cobra

Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio!

Here we go again! Its second outing, and already a fan favorite and a trve cvlt classic: The EARBVM of the Year returns!

In this special episode, we look back at what a fantastic year 2024 has been for heavy music. Join us in the monumentally tasking and agonizingly difficult quest to find the one trve album that might unite us all, as we move swiftly as ever through a total of 83 (!!!) albums, desperately hoping that one of them might turn out to be the undisputed EARBVM of the Year 2024.

Unexpected twists at every turn, ferociously wild wildcards, chaos, carnage, mayhem and debauchery, but also joy ... and a couple of bittersweet pills to swallow ...

No guest(s) in this episode (or are there...?), save for our very own audio wizard Stefan, who has descended from his high castle of sonic perfection to humor us with his impeccable taste, as well as our very own social media sorceress Jil, who, too, has emerged from the shadows of off-mic obscurity to grace us with her illuminating insights.

Also, no detailed show notes on the albums we cover this time, because, well, obviously, no spoilers, dah.

As always, there is a Spotify-playlist to complement your (extra long) listening delight (however, it’s randomized and in no particular order, because, again, no spoilers).

And one more thing: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!

Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.

Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠

Covert Art: © ⁠⁠franzbrand⁠⁠

Music: © ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠

Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio!

We have battled funky microphones, winter holidays and wisdom teeth, but eventually our group of intrepid influencers has prevailed and emerged stronger than ever from the cavernous depths of post-production, so that we can finally deliver you our twelfth episode! Multiple moons have passed since we actually sat together around our cauldron of many things music in our crowded little studio in December 2024. But as they say, good things take time! And we promise this will have been worth the wait!

This time, our bottle-throwing coven is blessed by the apparitions of our two spellbinding guests, the exceptionally talented and all-around amazing Max and Michael from Saarland’s finest pop-metal outfit Generation.F!

After some conversation with our enticing guests, we discuss another eclectic selection of heavy music, including the recent releases by Better Lovers – Highly Irresponsible (00:20:57), Fit For An Autopsy – The Nothing That Is (00:34:13), Counterparts – Heaven Let Them Die (00:42:55), Poppy – Negative Spaces (00:51:49), Black Curse – Burning in Celestial Poison (01:04:40), and Linkin Park – From Zero (01:17:37). As introduced in our previous episode, the amended “lost & found” section of the show comes with another category! This episode, we embark on a quest to find the best concept albums, the contenders of which are King Diamond – Abigail (01:35:23), Defeater – Empty Days & Sleepless Nights (01:51:56), Periphery – Juggernaut Alpha/Omega (02:05:30), Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (02:17:51), Northlane – Alien (02:29:00), and Unleash the Archers – Abyss (02:40:07).

As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check it out⁠!

And one more thing: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!

Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.

Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠

Covert Art: © ⁠⁠franzbrand⁠⁠

Music: © ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠

Guests: Generation.F

Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio!

Teaser: Stay tuned for our 2024 Album-of-the-Year episode! To be released very soon!

You wanted more content? We give you more content!

Last episode (Ep. 11: Skandal mit Rose w/Sandro), we originally included a bit we called the “rapid fire round”, where the five of us ploughed our way through +30 releases that came out these last couple of months.

However, in the deep dark dungeons wherein dwells our high priest of audio sorcery, it was prophesied that perhaps another 25min of content would be testing our listeners' patience a little too much. As a result, we decided to release this bit as extra material between our typically unpredictable recording schedule. Think of it as a little snack between meals.

Anyways, no extensive show notes for this, except the obligatory reference to the tailor-made Spotify-playlist for this first ever EXTRABVDS Bonus episode. ⁠Check

And, of course, a reminder: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the steadily growing Earbvds family and talk music with us!

Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠

Covert Art: © ⁠⁠franzbrand⁠⁠

Music: © ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠

Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio!

Special Thanks to Sandro (ryu.rose/ryu.dysmorphia) for being a wonderful guest!

In our eleventh episode, we don our rose-tinted glasses, and eagerly stare at the dark sun of metal. We stop to smell the roses as we explore some new releases, and even though discussing music isn't always a bed of roses, we battle on to find the common ground. If you haven't picked up on the subtle hints... We are joined by Sandro (ryu.rose / ryu.dysmorphia) this episode! Sandro's contribution made this one of our most entertaining and black-metal-ish episodes yet! Just don't ask us to define black metal...

After a deep dive into our guest’s roots and branches, we discuss another eclectic selection of heavy music, including the recent releases by Allt – From the New World (00:25:30), Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere (00:37:08), Fever333 – Darker White (00:50:30), Kanonenfieber – Die Urkatastrophe (01:08:10), and Heriot – Devoured by the Mouth of Hell (01:36:04).

Moreover, for the first time in EARBVDS-history, our “lost & found” section of the show comes with a category (randomly selected by our previous guest)! This episode, we celebrate releases from outside the "big 3" commercial hubs of modern metal: Europe, North America, and Australia. Our featured albums are Coldrain – Nothing Lasts Forever (01:48:25), Project Mishram – Meso (01:53:56), Bloodywood – Rakshak (02:01:47), Wormrot – Hiss (02:08:10), and Anima Tempo – Chaos Paradox (02:15:53).

As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check

And one more thing: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us!

Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions.

Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠

Covert Art: © ⁠⁠franzbrand⁠⁠

Music: © ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠

Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio!