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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. ⁠Checkit 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

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

In our tenth episode, we go full-on punk for a change! Well, perhaps not quite full-on, but definitely maybe punk-ish, not least because of our wonderful guest for this episode, our very own melody therapist, the one and only Henrik of pop-punk party peopz INDECENT BEHAVIOR! But we promise you, there’s also some metal. Actually, there’s a lot of metal ...

After some celebrity talk, we go hook-hunting with Henrik as we discuss an eclectic selection of heavy music, including the recent releases by Bilmuri – American Motorsports (00:22:48), In Hearts Wake – Incarnation (00:35:43), Machukha – Mochari (00:46:50), and Soft Play – Heavy Jelly (01:01:29), as well as some more dated releases, namely Killswitch Engage – Alive or Just Breathing (01:17:33), Billy Talent – Billy Talent II (01:31:50), The Black Dahlia Murder – Nocturnal (01:40:30), Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No. (01:48:02), and finally, Protest the Hero – Palimpsest (01:57:07).

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

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

In our ninth episode (which roughly marks our 1yr anniversary), we talk many things metal, as usual. Even though we were short one Jack in our deck of many bvds, we had an amazing time, in no small part because we were once again joined by a wonderful guest: activist,musician, fan, incipient show organizer Babsi (Mosh for Animal Rights).

After some convo with our guest about, among other things, all the things that go into organizing a charity metal show, we move on to discuss yet another eclectic selection of heavy music, including the recent releases by (the best band in the world, according to one hvmble bvd) Night Verses – Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night (00:24:58), Bring Me The Horizon – POST HUMAN:NeX GEn (00:42:04) Imminence – The Black (00:54:50), Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (01:06:46), and Glassing – From The Other Side of the Mirror (01:16:53). After a wild round ofadditional shout-outs to more releases that we just couldn’t quite cover with a full review, we naturally take a stroll down memory lane, as we also talk about Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger (01:39:46), System Of A Down – Mezmerize (01:49:36), Testament – The Formation Of Damnation (02:00:27), and Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast (Pt. 1: The Final Resistance) (02:09:10).

Unfortunately, we were too preoccupied with having the loveliest time and forgot about rating our albums. Oops. But that’s what show notes are for, eh?

If you do not care for spoilers, skip this bit (although it should come as no surprise to literally nobody that Night Verses are our album of the indeterminate amount of time that passes between episodes): 

Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger 4/10

Bring Me The Horizon – POST HUMAN:NeX Gen 6/10

Imminence – The Black 6/10

Testament – The Formation of Damnation 6/10

Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go ... 7/10

Glassing – From The Other Side Of The Mirror 7/10

Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast 8/10

System Of A Down – Mezmerize (8/10)

Night Verses – Every Sound Has A Color ... (8/10)

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

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 Dock11 for accommodating us in their lovely studio!

In our eighth episode, we talk only a few things metal, some things food, but also many things music, of course. Once again, we are joined by a wonderful guest: the illustrious, the titillating, the mezmerizing, the one and only Malte from Deathcore powerhouse INHUMAN RAMPAGE as well as emerging Metalcore megatrons CYANT.

After some convo with our globetrotting guest, we move on to discuss another eclectic selection of heavy (and not so heavy) music, including the recent releases by Darkest Hour - Perpetual Terminal (00:30:49), Enterprise Earth - Death: An Anthology (46:52), Sperling - Menschen wie mir verzeiht man die Welt oder hasst sie (01:00:45), as well as some more dated releases, namely Dream Theater - Images and Words (01:16:24), Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance (01:30:55), Soilwork - Stabbing the Drama (01:39:58), Alexisonfire - Crisis⁠ (01:50:23), and (much to one podcaster's dismay) My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (02:02:18).

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

Also, if you want to see Malte's prenatal premiere for yourself, check out ZA:boo - Clown.

And one more thing: Turns out, Heisskalt returned while we were off-air. Yay!

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!

In our seventh episode, we return to our usual schedule and talk many things metal. Once again, we are joined by a wonderful guest, the very special Moe from Melodic Metalcore outfits WAY TO PARADISE and FAILED STAR.

After some convo about our guest's musical endeavors past and present, including some red hot information on upcoming releases and shows, we move on to discuss another eclectic selection of heavy music. Spoilers, we all really tried to keep an open mind this time... did we succeed though? Well, you'll see. In any case, we cover the recent outpourings of Being as an Ocean - Death Can Wait (00:31:44), Knoll - As Spoken (00:51:03), and Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace (01:10:39), as well as some more dated releases, including Misery Signals - Of Malice and the Magnum Heart (01:28:21), Despised Icon - The Healing Process (01:39:35), Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (01:48:56), War From a Harlot's Mouth - Transmetropolitan (01:58:31), and Kardashev - The Baring of Shadows (02:12:26).

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

Special shout-out to Failed Star for giving us access to (at the time of recording) unreleased material, which meanwhile has been made publicly available on ⁠Youtube⁠. Make sure to check out their performances at ⁠Stagehouse⁠. If this whets your appetite (as it should) and you want to see Failed Star live, here's your chance: ⁠23 March Jazzkeller Hofheim⁠!

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!

This is a special one! In our sixth episode we look back at what a fantastic year 2023 has been for heavy music. Join us for the official, authoritative, comprehensive, argumentative, and not at all unapologetically nerdy EARBVDS Album-of-the-year-round-up of 2023, as we move swiftly as ever through 29 albums spread across 16 positions in reverse order, all in the monumentally challenging, agonizing, bittersweet endeavor to discern the undisputed Earbvm of the Year 2023.

No guest in this episode, save for our very own audio wizard Stefan, who has emerged from the shadows of off-mic obscurity and graced us with his audible presence for this episode.

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

However, as always, for your convenience we have prepared a

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!

In our fifth episode, we talk many things metal, as usual. And even though Thomas couldn’t care to join us this time (kidding, he had good reasons and he’s still our bvd), we have another guest joining our nerdy outfit: the one and only Nicolas from groovy death metal steamrollers INHERIT THE ASHES.

Mandatory prescription: You should absolutely check them out, especially their latest single, In The Realms Of Fire!

After some conversation about our guest's past, present, and future endeavors (including his work as a top tier audio engineer (recommend!) as well as his exciting solo project, SATZ MIT X) we move on to discuss another eclectic selection of fairly recent and some not so recent releases, including Spiritbox - The Fear of Fear (00:27:56), Underdark - Managed Decline (00:42:30), Capra - Errors (00:58:49), Dying Wish - Symptoms of Survival (01:10:45), END - The Sin of Human Frailty (01:23:56), ToTheArk - ToTheArk (01:42:08), GWLT - Stein & Eisen (01:53:05), Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder (02:04:28), and Earth Crisis - Firestorm (02:14:40).

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

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!

In our fourth episode, we talk many things metal, as usual. Except this time, we have a guest joining our nerdy outfit: the very special Lars from Saarland-local prog-metalcore outfit UNDER FALSE COLORS.

Sidebar: You should absolutely check them out, especially their latest single, Wake up!

After some conversation on our guest's past, present, and future endeavors, we move on to (fiercely!) debate about an eclectic selection of fairly recent and some not so recent releases, including Cryptopsy - As Gomorrah Burns (00:23:25), Svalbard - The Weight of the Mask (00:40:28), The Hirsch Effekt - Urian (00:55:50), Beartooth - The Surface (01:13:48), Annisokay - Abyss Pt 1 (01:34:48), Hatebreed - Perseverance (01:54:20), Darkest Hour - Deliver Us (02:03:07), The Sorrow - Blessings from a Blackened Sky (02:07:37), Emil Bulls - Phoenix (02:14:28), and The Plot in You - Happiness in Self Destruction (02:22:16).

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

Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions. Also, we've fixed our impossibly incompatible rating system. We live and learn.

Instagram: @earbvds666

Covert Art: © franzbrand

Music: © Thomas Kuhn

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

Ladies and Djentelmen! In our third episode, we again talk about many things metal. And music. Is there a difference? Let's see. Come along for a wild (and long) ride, with stops at (Hipster-)Black Metal Boulevard, Sound Sausage Street, Apocalyptic Deathcore Avenue, Metalcore Mainstation, Space Grunge Garage, and even Popmetal Plaza. Inevitably though, we end with a whimsical trip down Memory Lane.

After a rapid fire round, where we give shout-outs to all the superb releases that weren't quite superb enough to make our roster, we review a selection of fairly recent and some not so recent releases, including Johnny Booth - Moments Elsewhere (00:18:54), Better Lovers - God Made Me an Animal (00:31:25), Calligram - Position | Momentum (00:42:18), Humanity’s Last Breath - Ashen (00:55:10), Celestial Sanctuary - Insatiable Thirst for Torment (01:07:12), Polaris - Fatalism (01:19:35), Holding Absence - The Noble Art of Self Destruction (01:33:58), Teenage Wrist - Still Love (01:44:22), Johnny Truant - In the Library of Horrific Events (01:53:45), The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine (02:03:02), Make them Suffer - Neverbloom (02:10:33), and finally Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal (02:17:44).

Another epic journey, then. We even have the audacity to rate all our album picks - with a completely incompatible rating system, naturally.

Disclaimer: We had some audio issues. We hope we could still make for an enjoyable listen. We will make sure we fix this for our next episode.

Instagram: @earbvds666

Cover Art: @franzbrand (2023)

Music: @Thomas Kuhn (2023)