On this episode, Alice and Josh briefly discuss the impact of quarantine on the metal scene,  and review a few local bands that should be on your playlist (6:18). Alice explains the difference between Heavy Metal vs. other genres (13:37) and how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s had such a huge impact on metal music. Josh talks about how Grunge and Nu Metal paved the way for metal today (49:33), as well as the rise and fall of Christian Core (1:15:11). 

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