More Than Metal

Adam Neal, co-founder and guitarist of Savage Master, joins to talk about stage theatrics, growing up with horror and heavy metal, and how do you prepare to tour with GWAR?

Savage Master: https://savagemasterofficial.bandcamp.com/

Trevor William Church of Haunt joins Bill in discussing growing up with parents in the rock and roll business. Trevor and Bill also find they have a closer connection that they thought, all due to rock music!

Haunt: https://hauntthenation.bandcamp.com/

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John Bultena: https://linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards

Bill Crowe: https://www.instagram.com/billjcrowevo/

John and Bill catch up with Tucker Thomasson, guitarist and vocalist for the dungeon delving heavy metal band Throne of Iron. We hear about his efforts in recording and mixing, while sharing insights into rural living.

Tucker Thomasson: https://linktr.ee/TuckOfIron

Throne of Iron: https://linktr.ee/throneofironmetal

Mega Dungeon Recording: https://www.instagram.com/megadungeonrecording/'

Bill and I listen to Blackbraid III, the latest black metal offering from Sgah’gahsowáh. Where do we place it in releases this year. Join us as we break down this album, track by track.

More Than Metal: https://linktr.ee/morethanmetal

John Bultena: https://linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards

Bill Crowe: https://www.instagram.com/billjcrowevo/

The Swap is where Bill and John give each other an album they've never heard to listen to. They then share a conversation about their thoughts on the respective music composition.

Today's episode has Bill listening to Emperor the Black Runes from 2004 by Italian power metalers Domine. John gets a flash back to his EBM days with Health Vol. 4: Slaves of Fear.

More Than Metal: https://linktr.ee/morethanmetal

John Bultena: https://linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards

Bill Crowe: https://www.instagram.com/billjcrowevo/

Over the half way point of 2025, so Bill and John want to share what has really been musical highlights for the year. 2025 may be a rough year, but a fantastic one for music.

John Bultena: https://linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards

Bill Crowe: https://www.instagram.com/billjcrowevo/

The Swap is where Bill and John give each other an album they've never heard to listen to. They then share a conversation about their thoughts on the respective music composition.

Bill has John listen to the 2016 album All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us by seminal metalcore band, Architects. John prescribes Bill a health dose of Motherblood from 2017 by Grave Pleasures. What thoughts and insight might be elicited from these listenings.

More Than Metal: https://linktr.ee/morethanmetal

John Bultena: https://linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards

Bill Crowe: https://www.instagram.com/billjcrowevo/

What an artist wears can sometimes say as much as their music. We talk with Sam Franco, seamstress, and musician about her project, Bara Hari, along with discussing what costuming can do for promo, album covers, and performances. Sam offers some great insights behind her process for her own project and working with other artists.

Sam Franco: https://www.instagram.com/samfranco__/

Bara Hari: https://barahari.bandcamp.com/

More Than Metal: https://linktr.ee/morethanmetal

John Bultena: https://linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards

Bill Crowe: https://www.instagram.com/billjcrowevo/

Justin Gautreau is an author and instructor at the University of California, Merced. He is the author of The Last Word: The Hollywood Novel and the Studio and contributes to The Los Angeles Review of Books. We chat his approach to writing about music and studio culture in Los Angeles.

Justin Gautreau: https://www.instagram.com/justingotro/

More Than Metal: https://linktr.ee/morethanmetal

John Bultena: https://linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards

Bill Crowe: https://www.instagram.com/billjcrowevo/

The Swap is where Bill and John give each other an album they've never heard to listen to. They then share a conversation about their thoughts on the respective music composition.

This week Bill listens to Shark Move's 1973 album Ghede Chokra's while John is assigned Sleep Token's 2025 album, Even In Arcadia.

More Than Metal: https://linktr.ee/morethanmetal

John Bultena: https://linktr.ee/onlyplaywizards

Bill Crowe: https://www.instagram.com/billjcrowevo/