“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent,” once wrote Isaac Asimov.

Clearly, this glorified space poet had never fully appreciated the unending bloodthirst shared by such human monsters as Nattram of Silencer or Niklas Kvarforth of Shining. Speaking of violent incompetence, the bois from below return for a horrific special of guts, gore and mudsharks. In this episode, Matt and Tom retch and writhe about some of metal’s nastiest characters doing some particularly nasty things. From Led Zep to Stalaggh to Gorgoroth to Clown’s fermented birds, we got all your ghastly festishes for the macabre covered.

Also, bear with us on this one. We were disastrously hungover and could barely string together a single coherent thought. But that’s metal for you, baby