Metal Swap Talk

Brian, Israel, and Juan announce the headlining band for Metal Swap Meet 2025! Also discussed is the location of the event as well as the date. Spoiler, it's on October 11, 2025, in San Diego.

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Brian, Eric, Israel, and Juan talk about their top metal albums of 2024.

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Eric's top metal albums of 2024 (in order of release date)

Ihsahn - Ihsahn

Stygian Crown - Funeral for a King

Necrophobic - In The Twilight Grey

Attic - Return of the Witchfinder

Morgul Blade - Heavy Metal Wraiths

Warlord - Free Spirit Soar

Obscene - Agony and Wounds

Arkona - Stella Pandora

Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere (his album of the year)

Yoth Ira - Blazing Inferno

Brian's top metal albums of 2024 (ranking by most liked)

1. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

2. Borknagar - Fall

3. Bütcher – On Fowl of Tyrant Wing Review

4. Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition

5. Traveler - Prequel to Madness

6. Deceased... - Children of the Morgue

7. Massacre - Necrolution

8. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God

9. Wintersun - Time II

10. Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

Israel's top metal albums of 2024 (in no particular order)

Vltimas - Epic

Bewitcher - Spell Shock

Witherfall - Sounds of the Forgotten

Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God

Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera

Kanonenfiber - Die Urkatastrophe

Borknagar - Fall

Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

Grand Magus - Sunraven

Ensiferum - Winter Storm

Juan's top metal albums of 2024 (ranking by most liked)

1.Blood Incantation- Absolute Elsewhere

2.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of GodSpectral Voice - Sparagmos

3.Mitochondrion - Vitriseptome

4.Concrete Winds - Concrete Winds

5.Drowned - Procul His

6.Horna - Nyx - Hymnejä Yölle

7.Adversarial - Solitude with the eternal

8.Intranced - Muerte y Metal

9.Invocation - The Archaic Sanctuary

10.Tribulation - Sub Rosa In Æternum (SWE)

Related:

Ensiferum interview

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

Deceased... interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKjrz7XPGAs

David Vincent of Vltimas/Morbid Angel interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxed7UzPeJw

Massacre interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRzwfVK2cEo

Stygian Crown - Funeral for a King review

https://www.sdmetal.org/msm/stygian-crown-a-funeral-for-a-king/

Brian and Israel chat with Sami Hinkka from the Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum! He talks making a concept album, recording an album during the pandemic, and future tour plans.

Brian and Eric chat with Kam Lee, legendary death metal vocalist from Massacre, as well as Bone Gnawer, The Skeletal, and an original member of Mantas (pre-Death). Kam chats with us about his upcoming album Necrolution, out on November 8, 2024 on Agonia Records. He also talks about what it was like jamming with Chuck Schuldiner in the early days, if he though death metal would ever be this big, and what he listens to now. It was a real honor to interview Kam Lee, who is considered the godfather of growl.

Brian, Juan, and half of Israel chat with Troy and Steve from the death metal band Cave Bastard. We have known these guys for a long time, and it was hilarious to catch up with them. Cave Bastard are celebrating 10 years of death metal!

Troy chats about his past being in Cattle Decapitation, Dead Ghosts, as well as playing in death metal band Parasitic.

Steve chats about his years with Cave Bastard, as well as playing in death metal bands Gutrot, and Ritual Torture.

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Brian and Juan chat with Rene from Pythoness Fox Creations, and organizer of the Rebel Noise Market at Black Plague Brewing. She organizes a punk, metal, emo market at Black Plague Brewing. Rene talks about the event that also includes the bands Acidia and Tina Fake. Big thanks to @blackplaguebrewing Full Metal Burgers, and Rene.

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Our man Israel took a family trip to Europe including Scotland, England, and Wacken Open Air 2024! He talks about his experience being a Wacken Metal Battle juror, his favorite bands, and how he had to say sober for 12 hours.

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Brian, Israel, and Juan chat with Joe Bursey about his monthly Metal Monday at The Tower Bar. He discusses the next one on Monday, August 12, 2024 with Shadowland, Ancient Rage and Kauterized. $10 at The Tower Bar.

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Brian and Juan discuss their top metal releases of 2024 so far. We are a bit late for the first half, so this will have to do. Help us throw a party at Iron Maiden in San Diego and subscribe to this channel!

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Brian's top 10 metal albums of 2024 so far

1. Traveler - Prequel to Madness

2. Evildead - Toxic Grace

3. Borknagar - Fall

4. Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition

5. Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God

6. Attic - Return of the Witchfinder

7. Stygian Crown - Funeral for a King

8. Wraith - Fueled by Fear

9. Morgul Blade - Heavy Metal Wraiths

10. Wormwitch - Wormwitch

Juan's top 10

1. Spectral Voice - Sparagmos

2. Dool - The Shape of Fluidity

3. Adversarial - Solitude with the eternal

4. Drowned - Procul His

5. Coffins - Sinister Oath

6. Hacavitz - Muerte

7. Goat Semen - Fuck Christ

8. Posthumous Regurgitation - The Corners Guide to Cadaver Cuisine

9. Brodequin - -Harbinger of Woe

10. Attic - Return of the Witchfinder