Endless Metal Podcast - We're constantly listening to metal in all its glorious forms !

Endless Metal Podcast - We're constantly listening to metal in all its glorious forms !

By Ben, Jeff, and MarkisanMusic
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  • Don't Call Me Dude!

    Jeff and Ben were riffing on Voivod's recent show at Underground Arts in Philly--yep a little Voivod to start the show (and replay)--but a discussion of the metal punk band Ludachrist leads to Ben's story of seeing, um, Scatterbrain: Don't call me dude!!!!!

    12 min
  • Cave(d) In

    Ben opens the show with a few reflections about the phrase "endless metal" and the original inspiration for this show--namely, the upcoming Yob and Cave In concert in Philly! But Ben hears the new Dozer "stoner metal" and, um, "grunge" record, Drifting in the Endless Void. In a series of pre-show text messages, Ben and Jeff agree to riff of the now infamous and cliche statement: "grunge killed heavy metal!"   All dots point them to the mighty Cave In! Buckle up and enjoy the ensuing dialogue and listening immersions.

    Show notes:

    Listen to the album Heavy Pendulum by Cave In on Spotify

    Listen to the self-titled album by Rage Against the Machine on Spotify

    Listen to album Magnified by Failure on Spotify

    Listen to the album Drifting in The Endless Void by Dozer on Spotify

    Read Steve Chick's review of Heavy Pendulum in the Guardian

    1 hr 39 min
  • Endless Riffs and the Gift of Steve Von Till

    Jeff and Ben riff briefly on great heavy riffs.  But the real riffing is in the expansive dialogue that takes them from Slayer to the great jazz imprint ECM records and beyond.  In the second half, they deep dive into the great Steve Von Till's most recent records No Wilderness Deep Enough and its ambient companion A Deep and Endless Wilderness.  Both Jeff and Ben hold Steve's music in great esteem. Indeed, it is a true gift in their respective lives.

    Show notes on bands discussed and played in this episode:

    Steve Von Till - No Wilderness Deep Enough [Full] (2020) - experimental

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nREf_c9xW9Y

    Steve Von Till - A Deep Voiceless Wilderness [Full] (2021) experimental

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWTppxmFggk&t=1812s

    Laraaji - Ambient 3-Day of Radiance

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMBNKmZgs_Y

    "In the Absence of Matter" by UADA 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X2WqrAEkRU

    Opening Riff to "Fight Fire with Fire" by Metallica

    ICE-T interview clips from

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiitaegUUbo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67v0YfLyywE

    Other artists mentioned: Formicide, Meliah Rage, All Out War, Brian Eno, King Crimson (and many others)


    1 hr 3 min
  • Metal Origin Stories Part 1 of ?????

    *The audio quality of this show was poor.  However, we will improve it significantly on future episodes.

    To kick off the reboot of the Endless Metal Podcast, Ben and Jeff--although Ben totally hogs the mic-- present riffs on how they met, bonded over metal, made music together, and Ben shares an origin story that starts with one of his favorite early metal bands Anthrax--who he just saw in February of 2023 on their 40th Anniversary Tour. 

    It's clear that such "origin stories" will be a reoccurring theme/topic of entire shows.

    What's one of your most memorable "metal origin stories"?  

    Opening music is an excerpt from the song "Lungs turn to stone" from Ben & Jeff's ultra-obscure blackened industrial doom project BLACK ROLLER CROP ROTATION album "Prayers from the Rotten Soil" released by Crucial Blast records in 2012  

    https://crucialblast.bandcamp.com/album/prayers-from-the-rotten-soil

    Some relevant links to labels and bands discussed in this episode:

    Crucial Blast Records: https://www.crucialblast.net/

    Light of Shipwreck: https://crucialblast.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-idle-cylinders

    Nadja: https://nadja.bandcamp.com



    24 min
  • Fathoming Heavy Part 1
    Andrew’s Fathoming Heavy podcast inspired me to cast myself. Listening to this interview conducted in June of 2018 inspires me to continue season 2! Here is the first 60 of 90 minutes. The audio isn’t great but I’m really proud of this dialogue. I hope you enjoy!
    1 hr
  • The Black Death Part 2
    "Atra Mors" the monumental extreme funeral doom record by the seminal band EVOKEN provides the title of the first of several episides exploring a brand outsider music thst could not sound more fresh in 2018. The bands explored here will begin in the late 1980s with bands like Winter, Thergothon, and of course Evoken. It will, indeed, become evident here how much Ben worships the New Jersey legends. Going as far to claim Evoken's "Atra Mors" as the greatest extreme funeral doom record of all time. Other blackened conjurings here include readings from the enormously influential H.P. Lovecraft and other atmospheric surprises to evoke the dark side of the doom! Enjoy both 18 1a-1b as they do flow together (unlike in past technical blunders)...As the great Fister says "If it's too slow, you're too old!"
    1 hr 17 min
  • The Black Death Part 1
    "Atra Mors" the monumental extreme funeral doom record by the seminal band EVOKEN provides the title of the first of several episides exploring a brand outsider music thst could not sound more fresh in 2018. The bands explored here will begin in the late 1980s with bands like Winter, Thergothon, and of course Evoken. It will, indeed, become evident here how much Ben worships the New Jersey legends. Going as far to claim Evoken's "Atra Mors" as the greatest extreme funeral doom record of all time. Other blackened conjurings here include readings from the enormously influential H.P. Lovecraft and other atmospheric surprises to evoke the dark side of the doom! Enjoy both 18 1a-1b as they do flow together (unlike in past technical blunders)...As the great Fister says "If it's too slow, you're too old!"
    28 min

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Heavy metal music is the greatest music on earth! Join your passionate co-hosts Ben, Jeff, & Markisan (also co-host of the classic Metalheads podcast) to go deep into metal in all its forms and…