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Plague Rages Podcast #4: At the Gates, Iron Maiden, ALC: Jorn's 'The Duke'


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In the fourth episode of the Plague Rages Podcast, heavy metal writers Wolf Rambatz and Stephen David Stevenson-Davison talk about a bunch of junk including:

2:09: Wolf talks about the passing of Mike Howe (Metal Church), Dusty Hill (ZZ Top), and Joey Jordison (Slipknot)

2:45: Steve Dave and Wolf talk about Mike Howe’s era of Metal Church

6:04: Steve Dave and Wolf talk about Joey Jordison’s drumming

7:43: WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO. Steve Dave talks about the upcoming Nite and Midnight Chaser records

9:53: Steve Dave talks about how John Bush is good in Armored Saint but not in Anthrax

11:09: Steve Dave talks about Hammers of Misfortune and, in particular, the new repress of The Bastard

13:20: Wolf acknowledges that the Middle of the Year podcast is coming. Maybe. It’s August. Wolf screwed up

13:48: Steve Dave and Wolf talk about the new At the Gates album, The Nightmare of Being

15:45: Wolf asks if Steve Dave gets excited about event releases anymore, such as the forthcoming Carcass album, Torn Arteries

20:12: Wolf and Steve Dave talk about the new Labored Breath album, Dyspnea

25:10: IRON MAIDEN. Wolf and Steve Dave talk about the new Iron Maiden song “The Writing on the Wall” and the last Maiden songs they liked

29:48: Wolf asks if new Iron Maiden even needs to be good

36:14: Wolf and Steve Dave talk about the differing stakes for Iron Maiden and Judas Priest

39:48: ALBUM LISTENING CLUB. Wolf introduces and then runs the stats on Jorn’s 2006 album, The Duke

41:19: Wolf runs down Jorn’s pre-Duke history

43:26: Wolf introduces the Jorn Lande drinking game

47:25: Wolf and Steve Dave take a break to talk about Powermad, for reasons

52:33: Wolf and Steve Dave talk about Masterplan

55:56: Steve Dave shares an incredible Allen - Lande story

57:35: Wolf and Steve Dave review The Duke

61:23: Steve Dave has another incredible story about a bartender in Berlin

64:45: Wolf takes a deep dive into The Duke’s lyrics and runs down his Top 5 WTF list

70:48: Wolf’s insane list of dumb songs that make him (almost) cry

72:37: Wolf complains about The Duke’s pacing and re-sequences the tracklisting

76:12: Wolf runs down the aftermath, a snapshot of Jorn’s career after The Duke

79:34: Steve Dave unveils the next ALC assignment, Mayhem’s Grand Declaration of War

Music in this episode:

* Metal Church - “Fake Healer

* Metal Church - “Badlands” (Live at Wacken 2016)

* ZZ Top - “Cheap Sunglasses

* Metallica - “Creeping Death” (Download Festival 2004, drum cam)

* Midnight Chaser - “Down For Whatever

* Compressorhead - “Ace of Spaces” (early version)

* Anthrax - “Safe Home

* Armored Saint - “Raising Fear

* Hammers of Misfortune - “The Bastard Sapling

* At the Gates - “Spectre of Extinction

* Carcass - “Kelly’s Meat Emporium

* Diskord - “Dirigiste Radio Hit

* Helloween - “Skyfall

* Labored Breath - “Pathogenesis

* Iron Maiden - “The Writing on the Wall

* Iron Maiden - “Rainmaker

* Iron Maiden - “The Talisman

* Raphael Mendes - “The Writing on the Wall

* Judas Priest - “Firepower

* Jorn - “Duke of Love

* John Farnham - “You’re the Voice

* Vagabond - “Key to the Rainbow

* Drillos - “Alt For Norge

* The Snakes - “What Love Can Do

* Mundanus Imperium - “Distant Conglomeration

* Powermad - “Nice Dreams

* Ark - “Heal the Water

* Millennium - “Power to Love

* Jorn - “Starfire” (Starfire)

* Jorn - “Worldchanger

* Beyond Twilight - “Hellfire

* Masterplan - “Spirit Never Die

* Allen - Lande - “Wish For a Miracle

* Jorn - “Blacksong

* Jorn - “Duke of Love

* Jorn - “Young Forever

* Jorn - “We Brought the Angels Down

* Jorn - “End of Time

* The Time - “Chili Sauce

* Jorn - “Stormcrow

* Jorn - “Running Up that Hill

* Pentakill - “Lightbringer

* Holter - “Walking on Water

* Jorn - “Faith Bloody Faith

* Mayhem - “In the Lies Where Upon You Lay

You can listen to a full Spotify playlist of nearly every song mentioned here.

Other media:

* Return to Zork - Want Some Rye? Course Ya Do! (FULL MOTION SCENE)

* "Yngwie about Jorn Lande" - whooo ?

* Eric Cantona gives a bizarre yet brilliant speech after picking up UEFA President's Award!

* why you always lying

* Young Frankenstein (1974)

Citations:

* “Interview with JORN ‘Lande’” by Amber Mendes, published in Rock and Blog

* “Jorn Lande” by Sjak, published in Lords of Metal

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