Sleepwalker from A Transylvanian Funeral/Temple of Abraxas returns to talk about his next video game soundtrack, the one for Project Warlock II. We further discuss his music and idealogy beyond mere formalities; to get to the gist of why he happens to be one of the best USBM artists. Shelley from hatemeditations.com and Metalegion Magazine returns as cohost. 

Sleepwalker's former magazine's omnibus can be bought here: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/forbiddenrecords

His RPG games: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/18363/Chaotic-Evil-Games

Project Warlock II: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1640300/Project_Warlock_II/

Project Warlock II trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLk7EMOzceY

The time is now to speak more about Anton Bruckner! More specifically, the Bruckner Red Book by William Carragan. In addition to covering the Red Book, we delve into some other subjects such as Wagner's influence on Bruckner, which composers Bruckner influenced, tempo approaches to the symphonies, etc. Joining the program today is esteemed musicologist William Carragan and composer Sébastien Letocart, both of whom are Bruckner experts of the highest caliber.

William Carragan information:

Carragan website: https://carragan.com/

Buy the Bruckner Red Book here: https://brucknerredbook.com/

Bruckner Society of America (Carragan is Vice President): https://www.brucknersocietyamerica.org/

Sébastien Letocart information:

Letocart website: https://sites.google.com/site/letocartsebastien

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Tracotel

Music in this episode:

Bruckner’s 8th Symphony, Finale, conducted by Benjamin Zander with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra – full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEcZpfF_g-I

Additional resources were supplied to this episode via John Berky at https://www.abruckner.com/

An easy-going episode after a hiatus. The topics of today are how we discovered and got into metal, what metal means to us, and some personal thoughts on metal. Cohost Shelley (www.hatemeditations.com and Metalegion Magazine) returns with liver intact with guests Brett Clarin (Journey into Darkness, Sorrow), Daniel Valdez (Gored and visual arts illustrator), and Metal Jaime (former street rep for Relapse, Century Media, Nuclear Blast, etc).

This episode mainly focuses on the profound music of Anton Bruckner. Guests include professor, conductor, and timpanist John Godoy (Lux Musicae), and composer and organist Sébastien Letocart who is one of the few to have “completed” the finale to Bruckner’s 9th symphony.

Sébastien Letocart information:

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/letocartsebastien/

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Tracotel

Information about John Godoy can be found on his Lux Musicae chamber music ensemble website www.luxmusicae.org

Bruckner music excerpts included in this episode recommended by Letocart:

16:29: Introduction of Bruckner's 4th Symphony conducted by Georges Prêtre (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d80Ml3she0o)

28:24: Adagio of Bruckner's 7th symphony, transition to the second thematic group conducted by Claudio Abbado (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_IbwlSXHpQ)

41:08: Excerpt from the finale of Bruckner’s 5th Symphony conducted by Claudio Abbado (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjbdT8Zho5M) 

1:09:58: The coda from Sébastien Letocart’s completion of the finale of Bruckner’s 9th Symphony

Further recommendations for those wanting to explore the music of Anton Bruckner:

3rd Symphony (Haitink): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMAFwLvnsKo

4th Symphony (Kabasta): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIrWYqQ5bPI 

7th Symphony (Wand): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUEoSGKWYGI 

8th Symphony (Haitink): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbjsVQfso9U 

9th Symphony (Kabasta): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG7FR01tEU0 

Paul Ledney returns for more conversation. We chat about why Profanatica dropped from Steel Fest in Finland, his views on Satanism, compositional aspects of Profanatica's sound, his view on Morbid Angel, etc. Shelley returns after recovering from the 'rona, 

Much conjecture but more informed than the running sparse opinions on this subject. Shelley from Hate Meditations and Metalegion Magazine joins with Raphael from Hessian Firm, who is a current student of psychology. We delve beyond the catharsis of metal, which is what most outsiders of metal think the positive attribute of metal music is on the brain. Hopefully this is the starting point to a greater conversation.

Jim from Khand joins. Beyond being a central figure in the current Dungeon Synth scene (he should be the main leader of DS, in my humble opinion), he has been heavily involved with metal and other forms of music. Shelley returns as the cohost as we delve into some of the nerdy aspects of Khand’s exploits.

Sam Biles from Hideous Mangleus and Goblin (US) joins Necropolis to talk about his exploits, the old days of death metal in the US, the PA scene, some elements about Gary from Goblin being someone truly unique, some of his philosophy about why new “old school” death metal misses the mark, why Marie from Derketa has aged so well, etc. The music at the end is by Goblin (US). Also thanks to Shelley from www.hatemeditations.com and Metalegion Magazine for continuing to be the cohost of this podcast.

Shelley (hatemeditations.com) takes the lead today for an outside of the box episode focusing on goth culture. Tim, aka The Blogging Goth, runs a popular goth blog https://theblogginggoth.com/ which focuses on news, commentary, and upcoming events in the UK goth scene. Whenever a major media outlet does a feature on goth culture, Tim will usually be the first to march out and fact check it. He is also one half The Scarlet Hour (https://thescarlethour.bandcamp.com/). Also joining is Joel from Goth City Promotions (https://www.facebook.com/gothcityleeds/) and from Byronic Sex and Exile (https://gothcityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/unrepentant-thunder). Today the discussion focuses on entry-level what is and isn't goth.