Epitome Of Stupidity: Allegedly A Metal Music Podcast

This week I am delighted to bring you a conversation between Jesper of the post metal/prog metal band Burst! We mainly talk about their run in the 00's up till now and it's a helluva conversation. Talk through all the things like why go on hiatus (and why it's a chickenshit thing to do), why eventually come back from it, things he'd do differently if given the chance, playing in basements with Gojira, mundane super powers and an explanation of sausage patties. There's no way you don't want to hear this. PUSH PLAY!

Show Links: https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast

Burst Links: 

Burstsweden

https://www.facebook.com/BurstSweden/ 

burstband.bandcamp.com

pelagic-records.com

Blockout Bash

https://www.instagram.com/blockout_bash/

Tickets

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blockout-bash-tickets-914647123167?aff=oddtdtcreator

Brimming Horn 

https://www.brimminghornmeadery.com/

We're going Columbus centric today (back to "normal" for the next show), and to do so we've got one Joel Chastain, this guy, from putting together a large scale bash to awesome art, being an excellent drummer and just all around good damn dude he does it all. He's in the office with me and we shoot the shit about plenty of things, no small amount of which are related to his Blockout Bash and all the cool things involved with it, how it came to be, music from it, the whole 9 yards plus TONS more. We have a lot of fun along the way with more left turns than your uncles favorite race track, so sit back and have a laugh with us. PUSH PLAY! 

Show Links: https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast

Blockout Bash

https://www.instagram.com/blockout_bash?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== 

Tickets

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blockout-bash-tickets-914647123167?aff=oddtdtcreator

Joel’s Art

https://www.instagram.com/sickicarusart/

Kali Dreamer

https://www.kalidreamer.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1cn7EJLT3uvus-CQkIbS2U2UCrnn4vz63YAJ2GCAYyXjkzTxlBOJfpBs8_aem_4W2xXT7gmXL6N7IbpkSP2Q 

Brimming Horn 

https://www.brimminghornmeadery.com/

Allllrighty back from a little summer break with one Scott Lee who is not only the founder of the New England Metal And Hardcore Festival, but a worldwide known promoter and band manager of some awesome bands that you're likely a fan of. Think this translates to some interesting info and some G-R-double-8 GREAT stories? You're damn right it does. PUSH PLAY! 

Show Links: https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast

New England Metal and Hardcore Festival

https://mailchi.mp/atomsplitterpr/www.metalandhardcorefest.com 

https://www.instagram.com/nemhfofficial/ 

Blockout Bash

https://www.instagram.com/blockout_bash/

Brimming Horn 

https://www.brimminghornmeadery.com/

Joining me for this weeks show is the dudes in Horseburner! We crammed in a hot damn van and had a great conversation that elaborated on all things Horseburner including, and maybe most notably, their excellent new album Voice of Storms! There is plenty of goofy as well including hot dog conversations and interjections from random passerby's. Sound weird? You bet your ass it's weird. PUSH PLAY! 

Show Links: https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast

HORSEBURNER links

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6yQwlVvYdvOdzTkFGJCtzf?si=4fCmVfX2Q9C8_f65s7E9IA

https://horseburner.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Horseburner/

http://twitter.com/Horseburner

https://www.instagram.com/horseburner/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBcixLVPsELia-NKanC8SFA

Blockout Bash

https://www.instagram.com/blockout_bash/#

Brimming Horn 

https://www.brimminghornmeadery.com/

Hope you're sitting down cause this one's gonna be even more fun than usual. Joining me on this weeks show is Chiaran of Hippotraktor and holy shit is it a great and fun conversation. We talk everything from the album theme's and writing stuff that you know is going to piss your bandmates off, to meeting new assholes daily and of course the name (and the reasoning/story behind it does not disappoint). Stop reading this right now and PUSH PLAY!

Show Links: https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast

Hippotraktor

https://www.facebook.com/hippotraktorband

https://www.instagram.com/hippotraktor

https://www.pelagic-records.com

https://www.facebook.com/pelagicrecords

https://www.instagram.com/pelagic_records

Blockout Bash

https://www.instagram.com/blockout_bash/ 

Brimming Horn 

https://www.brimminghornmeadery.com/

Joining me for todays conversation is Marc of Huntsmen, who are set to release a phenomenal new album, The Dry Land. Marc's a smart dude with wide ranging influences and we have a great conversation covering these, some bass talk, bottle rocket fights, and of course all things Huntsmen and the new album. PUSH PLAY! 

Show Links: https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast

Huntsmen Links:

https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/huntsmen/909716432

https://huntsmen.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HuntsmenBand

https://www.instagram.com/huntsmen.doom/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1SCShrlrPEQfoQernUskjL?si=7gHlzdcuRw2EB5CEITMgag

https://twitter.com/huntsmen_doom

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS0q46Mv9JmKKP4v2FpwMXg

Brimming Horn 

https://www.brimminghornmeadery.com/

Joining me today is Zach of the band Abrams whom once you listen to (if you haven't already) you will wonder what why and how they have been a long standing part of your listening rotation. Their new album Blue City is awesome and we talk plenty about it along with things like working with Kurt Ballou & Blues Funeral, Zach & I have hot takes on Mastodon that we randomly are in sync with, stories about leaving bass players behind and tons more, PUSH PLAY! 

Show Links: https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast

Abrams links 

https://www.abramsrocks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/abramsrock

https://abramsrock.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/abramstheband/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3fABaDSFO3HNDno3EGIIip

Brimming Horn 

https://www.brimminghornmeadery.com/

Joining me on today's show are Matty & Graham of Return to Dust and it doesn't take long to realize these dudes have known each other forever. We have a great conversation, from talking about playing basement bars one day to giant festivals the next, Clint of Sevendust's interest in them, great advice given like "grow your fucking hair out", how maybe some people in the music industry do keep their promises and something about running with shit pants....PUSH PLAY! 

Show Links: https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast

Return to Dust Links

https://www.instagram.com/returntodustband/

https://www.tiktok.com/@returntodustband

https://twitter.com/Returntodustbnd

https://www.youtube.com/@returntodustband

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/return-to-dust/1631598530

https://open.spotify.com/artist/53Hm23U3dtaHeB5Oy6GbaS

Brimming Horn 

https://www.brimminghornmeadery.com/

Joining me today is Mr. Jean Paul Gaster of the overwhelmingly awesome Clutch! If you know anything about me you know I'm a huge fan so this is a big deal in a lot of ways. We talk about lots of things relating to live shows, be it setlists, upcoming tours, practicing and plenty more as well as the bands plans for 2025 and his recurring nightmare just to name a few things. PUSH PLAY! 

Show Links: https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast

You Matter event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/432206449313187/

Clutch Links:

https://www.facebook.com/Clutchband

https://twitter.com/clutchofficial

https://www.instagram.com/clutchofficial

https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialClutch

Joining me for this weeks show is Chris "Scary" Adams of the mighty Black Tusk, who have just put out an awesome and purely Black Tusk album. We obviously talk plenty about the album, The Way Forward, as well as being delayed by T Swizzle, getting opinions on what to change from unexpected places, which band member should be played by which famous person for a video (one of which gets stuck with Kid Rock), anxiety about just getting to a show and tons more both useful and funny stuff along the way. PUSH PLAY! 

Show Links: https://linktr.ee/epitome_of_stupidity_podcast

You Matter event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/432206449313187/

Black Tusk links: 

http://www.blacktuskterror.com/

http://www.facebook.com/BlackTusk

https://twitter.com/blacktusk

http://www.instagram.com/tcbt