Plague Rages Podcast

On this episode of the Plague Rages Podcast, Wolf Rambatz is joined by Avinash Mittur (bass) and Patrick Crawford (drums) of the band Nite to discuss (most of) the San Francisco quartet’s newest album, Cult of the Serpent Sun, out on March 14 via Season of Mist.

The three talk about a bunch of stuff, including:

0:53: Introductions

2:17: HISTORY LESSON. Everything you need to know to get you out of the dark on Nite.

25:14 TRACK BY TRACK BREAKDOWN. “Cult of the Serpent Sun.”

35:37: “Skull.”

41:01: “Crow (Fear the Night).”

47:20: “The Mystic.”

55:13: “The Last Blade.”

55:40: “Carry On.”

58:32: “Tarmut.”

65:19: “Winds of Sokar.”

68:57: MAILBAG.

Preorder Cult of the Serpent Sun:

US

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Music in this episode:

* Nite - “Crow (Fear the Night)”

Other media:

* Ween - Waving My Dick In The Wind (Karaoke)

* What is wrong with you people? (Community)

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In the second bonus episode of the Plague Rages Podcast, heavy metal writers Wolf Rambatz and Stephen David Stevenson-Davison talk to Ancient Enemy guitarist Dave Fonseca about the new Ancient Enemy EP, The Plague Ship. Steve Dave mixed the EP and helped with additional recording.

1:42: Step aboard the Plague Ship.

2:17: How Ancient Enemy got started.

15:08: ALBUM BREAKDOWN. “The Plague Ship”.

19:58: “Lights Out”.

27:24: “Leprous Apparition”.

36:28: “Rise and Die”.

44:06: “Flaming Sails”.

Music in this episode:

* Ancient Enemy - “The Plague Ship”

* Brain Famine - “Die in the Vortex”

* Old Grey Horror - “The Tower”

* Ancient Enemy - “The Plague Ship”

* Ancient Enemy - “Lights Out”

* Ancient Enemy - “Leprous Apparition”

* Ancient Enemy - “Rise and Die”

* Ancient Enemy - “Flaming Sails”

Other media:

* Tense music from game show - Sound Effect (HD)

* Record Scratch Sound Effect (Non Copyright)

* 📺 Family Feud Round Win Sound Effect 📺 Game Show Sound Effects ✅ FREE TO USE ✅

You can check out Wolf and Dave’s podcast, Runout Grooves, at https://anchor.fm/runoutgrooves or your podcatcher of choice.

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

1:17: SECRET CORRECTIONS. This is why we don’t do episodes with news hooks.

3:02: THE STREAM COURT. Reacting to streams from big upcoming metal releases.

3:48: Megadeth!

14:20: In Flames!

22:14: Queensrÿche!

28:31: Blind Guardian!

36:51: Bloodbath!

44:10: Sneaky Sumerlands recommendation.

44:36: Steve Dave and Wolf take a spin through the “artists with material in production” section in the “2022 in heavy metal music” Wikipedia page.

45:50: Quickie Jag Panzer discussion.

48:40: Uhhh, Broken Hope lyrics.

50:08: The ballad of Agent Steel.

Music in this episode:

* Megadeth - “We’ll Be Back”

* Megadeth - “Night Stalkers - Chapter II”

* Body Count - “Carnivore”

* In Flames - “State of Slow Decay”

* In Flames - “The Great Deceiver”

* The Halo Effect - “In Broken Trust”

* In Flames - “Clayman (Re-Recorded)”

* Queensrÿche - “In Extremis”

* Queensrÿche - “Forest”

* Queensrÿche - “Sign of the Times”

* Blind Guardian - “Deliver Us From Evil”

* Blind Guardian - “Secrets of the American Gods”

* Blind Guardian - “Violent Shadows”

* Blind Guardian - “Blood of the Elves”

* Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra - “War Feeds War”

* Blind Guardian - “Under the Ice”

* Blind Guardian - “The Throne”

* Bloodbath - “Zombie Inferno”

* Brutally Deceased - “Hostile Earth”

* Bloodbath - “Bathe in Blood”

* Sumerlands - “Edge of the Knife”

* Jag Panzer - “Jeffrey - Behind the Gate”

* Broken Hope - “The Necropants”

* Masters of Metal - “Chameleon”

* Black Sabbath - “When Death Calls”

Other media:

* 25 FREE Cinematic Transition Sound Effects

* courthouse crowds sound effect - a pack of 20 courthouse crowd sound

* Alan Tew - “The Big One”

* JUDGE HITTING GAVEL - Sound Effect & Video - Sound FX / Video FX

* GT EPK

* Agent Steel - autotune.mp4

Citations:

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

* “The Month In Metal – August 2021 - Stereogum” by Ian Chainey, published in Stereogum

* “The Month In Metal — June 2022 - Stereogum” by Ian Chainey, published in Stereogum

Our theme song was written and recorded by patrickstateman. Check out Patrick on Fiverr. The “corrections” tag is by Jenna Getty. Check out Jenna on Fiverr. Our logos and branding are by Mike Teal. You can check out Mike’s work at storylightmarketing.com and miketealdesign.com.

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

0:33: Steve Dave chats about Sumerlands in the summer time

1:33: CORRECTIONS. Uhhh, we’ve been gone for a long time. Ancient Enemy EP on the horizon. Midnight Chaser is dunzo. Hands of Goro has an EP in the can. Nite toured and got sick.

4:03: WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO. Steve Dave has been listening to Sumerlands, Skeleton, and Hammers of Misfortune. HAMMERS NEWS! Wolf has been listening to Scarcity, Vórtize, and Mulk.

11:23: ALBUM LISTENING CLUB. Celtic Frost - Cold Lake (1988)

11:50: Wolf runs the stats on Cold Lake

14:05: How did we get here? Warrior’s background

17:55: Hellhammer!

21:10: Celtic Frost time

25:05: Is Celtic Frost Van Halen?

28:20: The saga of Into the Pandemonium

41:10: Steve Dave talks about his experiences with Cold Lake

42:29: What is good about Cold Lake?

48:19: What is bad about Cold Lake?

69:12: Steve Dave and Wolf rate Cold Lake?

70:08: The aftermath

74:26: Steve Dave unveils the next ALC assignment, Dismember’s Like an Everflowing Stream

Music in this episode:

* Sumerlands - “Dreamkiller”

* Ancient Enemy - “The Plague Ship”

* Skeleton - “Skeleton”

* Hammers of Misfortune - “Flying Alone”

* Scarcity - “II”

* Vórtize - “Mundo Bipolar”

* Mulk - “M03W”

* Celtic Frost - “Cherry Orchards”

* Celtic Frost - “Mexican Radio (New Version)”

* Venom - “In League With Satan”

* Hellhammer - “Messiah”

* Celtic Frost - “Into the Crypt of Rays”

* Celtic Frost - “Circle of the Tyrants”

* Van Halen - “You Really Got Me”

* Nirvana - “Blew”

* Celtic Frost - “Mesmerized”

* Celtic Frost - “Inner Sanctum”

* Celtic Frost - “Dance Sleazy”

* Celtic Frost - “Petty Obsession”

* Celtic Frost - “Seduce Me Tonight”

* Celtic Frost - “Cherry Orchards”

* Celtic Frost - “Juices Like Wine”

* Fate - “I Won’t Stop”

* Fate - “Diamond in the Rough”

* Def Leppard - “Getcha Rocks Off”

* Celtic Frost - “Hip Hop Jugend”

* Celtic Frost - “Nemesis”

* Apollyon Sun - “God Leaves”

* Celtic Frost - “Progeny”

* Triptykon - “Aurorae”

* Dismember - “Override of the Overture”

Other media:

* 25 FREE Cinematic Transition Sound Effects

* Zelda’s Secret Sound

* Tom G Warrior "death grunt" appreciation society tribute video

* Seeburg background music record, 1950's instrumental (1B)

* Kevin MacLeod - “Bass Walker”*

* Coffee Shop - No Copyright Sound Effects - Audio Library

* RECORD SCRATCH - Sound Effect

* Applause Sound/Fx (Non- Copyright Sound effects) Free to use

* DRUM ROLL SOUND EFFECTS - FREE NO COPYRIGHT #YOUTUBE #VIDEOESSENTIALS

* The Ladies Man (2000)

* Airplane! (1980)

*"Bass Walker"

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Citations:

* “My Life Story: Tom G. Warrior Of Celtic Frost” by Dom Lawson, published in Metal Hammer

* “The Triumph of Tom G. Warrior” by Kory Grow, published in Rolling Stone

* “The Long Shadow Of Tom Warrior, Metal's Dark Innovator” by Adrien Begrand, published in NPR

* “Interview With Thomas Fisher (aka Thomas Gabriel Warrior)

of Celtic Frost and Apollyon Sun” by EvilG, published in Metal Rules

* “TALKIN’ TRIPTYKON WITH TOM G. (WARRIOR) FISCHER” by D.X. Ferris, published in Metal Sucks

* “'Into the Pandemonium': Inside "No Limits" Album That "Destroyed" Celtic Frost” by Jon Wiederhorn, published in Revolver

* “Former CELTIC FROST Guitarist Oliver Amberg Talks Cold Lake ‘Piece Of Shit’ - ‘Curt Victor Bryant’s Pants Being Unzipped Was An Accident’,” published in Brave Words

* “TOM GABRIEL FISCHER Says CELTIC FROST's 'Cold Lake' Was 'A Monumental Failure' And 'An Artistic Embarrassment',” published in Blabbermouth

* 80’s Glam Metalcast - Episode 39 - Oliver Amberg

* “Fun With SoundScan” by Wolf Rambatz, published in Plague Rages

* Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal by Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, published by It Books

* “Interrogating the Origin Myth of Celtic Frost” by Stephen Hudson, published in ISMMS

If you want to know more, I highly recommend Warrior's biography, Are You Morbid? If you want to know more about Noise Records, check out Damn the Machine - the Story of Noise Records by David E. Gehlke. I'll also add that Warrior's blog, in which he takes a lot of pictures of cats, is a delight.

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

1:48: Steve Dave talks about playing a show with Cradle of Filth and we ponder why Cradle of Filth is tolerable now

5:00: Steve Dave and Wolf roll logs for the new Nite album, Voices of the Kronian Moon, out 3/1 on Season of Mist

6:06: Steve Dave and Wolf get sidetracked again and talk about Keanu Reeves

8:17: An update on Hands of Goro

8:48: The show starts

9:12: CORRECTIONS. Wolf’s embarrassing vocabulary and how they got the email account banned

11:23: WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO. Steve Dave has been listening to Night Demon. The band has a podcast.

14:10: Steve Dave saw Metallica. We then get sidetracked talking about bad albums with good production

18:09: Wolf doesn’t want to listen to music because they made a top 50 for 2021

18:40: Shoutout to our new podcast friends on Twitter, the Butt Metal Blast Cast. Reliably, Wolf screws up the name

21:55: ALBUM LISTENING CLUB. Mayhem - Grand Declaration of War (2000)

23:37: Wolf runs the stats on Grand Declaration of War

28:17: How did we get here? Wolf needs to split this into two sections

29:20: Wolf tries to condense Mayhem’s backstory to a minute

32:22: Wolf gives Steve Dave a test on Mayhem

42:20: Wolf reveals the answers

50:45: Steve Dave and Wolf offer their brief assessments of Grand Declaration of War

57:30: What is good about Grand Declaration of War?

64:55: What is the worst part of Grand Declaration of War?

71:22: Steve Dave and Wolf rate Grand Declaration of War?

74:26: Wolf unveils the next ALC assignment, Celtic Frost’s Cold Lake

Music in this episode:

* Darkthrone - “Too Old Too Cold”

* Cradle of Filth - “Crawling King Chaos”

* Nite - “Kronian Moon”

* Night Demon - “Vysteria”

* Oscar Ortega Megamix (Cystectomy, Decortication, Engulfed in Repugnance, Septycemia, Servants of the Sword, Undeciphered)

* Mayhem - “A Bloodsword and a Colder Sun (Part II of II)”

* Spiral Architect - “Insect”

* Cadaver - “Bypassed”

* Lengsel - “Revival”

* Checker Patrol - “Jägermeister”

* Thorns - “Lovely Children”

* Mayhem - “Freezing Moon”

* Mayhem - “A Grand Declaration of War”

* Ulver - “Lost in Moments”

* Aborym - “Our Sentence”

* Mayhem - “Ancient Skin”

* Mayhem - “Crystalized Pain in Deconstruction”

* Aura Noir - “Grave Dwellers”

* Mayhem - “A Grand Declaration of War” (2018)

* Mayhem - “Psywar”

* Mayhem - “Completion in Science of Agony (Part I of II)”

* Mayhem - “In the Lies Where upon You Lay”

* Thorns - “Stellar Master Elite”

* Arcturus - “To Thou Who Dwellest in the Night”

* Enslaved - “Større enn tid - Tyngre enn natt”

* Emperor - “The Tongue of Fire”

* Thor - “Lightning Strikes Again”

* Celtic Frost - “Cherry Orchards”

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

Other media:

* Journey - “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”

* RECORD SCRATCH - Sound Effect

* The Matrix Resurrections - Official Trailer 2

* Mortal Kombat 1 Arcade - Test Your Might (1992)

* Flashback Sound Effect

* Sound Effect - Spin Back

* Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Special Stage

* Tense Quiz Music Ideal for a Quiz TV Show or Podcast Segment

* Correct Answer/Idea | Sound Effects

* Wrong Buzzer - Sound Effect

* Walk Hard (2007)

Citations:

* “The Legend of Keanu Reeves,” by Alex Pappademas, published in GQ

* Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground, by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind, published by Feral House

* Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult, by Dayal Patterson, published by Feral House

* Blood, Fire, and Death: The Swedish Metal Story, by Ika Johannsesson and Jon Klingberg, published by Feral House

* “Interview with Hellhammer,” by Dmitry Basik

* Letters from the Dead - In memory of Pelle Ohlin, by Per Yngve Ohlin, published by Deathlike SIlence Productions

* METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries, by Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen, published by Bazillion Points

* “Mayhem’s Long, Dark Road to Reviving a Black-Metal Classic” by Kory Grow, published in Rolling Stone

* “Mayhem’s Necrobutcher: I was on my way to kill Euronymous myself,” published in Consequence

* “Editorial: Regarding Euronymous’ Claim that ‘Almost ALL Norwegian Bands are More or Less Nazis’,” by Axl Rosenberg, published in Metal Sucks

* “Satan’s Cheerleaders,” by Darcey Steinke, published in Spin

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In the first bonus episode of the Plague Rages Podcast, heavy metal writer Wolf Rambatz explains how to play the Game of Metal. This episode is the audio version of the video we did for Stereogum’s The Black Market. It includes previews of a full live-play episode Steve Dave and I recorded with Pyrrhon, Weeping Sores, Seputus, and Glorious Depravity member Doug Moore.

0:00: Intro plus news and announcements.

* Follow me on Twitter @wrambatz for podcast/newsletter updates

* You can read my “Best Metal: 2021” list on RateYourMusic

* Listen to my interview on WUNH 91.3

4:14: The Game of Metal explainer.

* You can find the Game of Metal on Stereogum’s The Black Market

Music in this episode:

* Kevin MacLeod - “Space Jazz”

* Kevin MacLeod - “Late Night Radio”

* Kevin MacLeod - “Call to Adventure”

Other media:

* Ba Dum Tss!

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

1:17: Plague Rages in the year 2525

2:41: HOUSEKEEPING: We’re moving the Album Listening Club to even-numbered episodes. Mayhem’s Grand Declaration of War will go down in Episode #6

3:41: It’s our anniversary, sort of

4:45: CORRECTIONS: Transverse myelitis, Metal Church’s living singers, dumb songs that have almost made me cry, and more

9:25: WHAT WE’VE BEEN LISTENING TO: Steve Dave starts us off with an incredible revelation about metal and Mortal Kombat

12:40: Steve Dave teases Wolf-Rayet, a new band he’s working with

13:09: Wolf highlights the new Hooded Menace album, The Tritonus Bell

15:55: Wolf loses his mind over the new Concrete Winds album, Nerve Butcherer

17:13 Steve Dave talks about the new Unto Others album, Strength

18:47: ERIK WAGNER RETROSPECTIVE: Trouble’s Psalm 9 and The Skull

26:18: Trouble’s Manic Frustration and Probot’s “My Tortured Soul”

29:08: Trouble’s Def American years and Trouble (1990)

33:45: Trouble’s Plastic Green Head and Lid’s In the Mushroom

36:12: The tweener years and Simple Mind Condition

40:08: The Skull and Blackfinger

48:05: Steve Dave’s impromptu list of Eric Wagner songs for new listeners:

* Probot - “My Torture Soul”

* Trouble - “At the End of My Daze”

* Trouble - “Victim of the Insane”

* Trouble - “Misery Shows (Act 2)”

* Trouble - “The Wish”

51:00: Eric Wagner’s solo album

Music in this episode:

* Miles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal, Video Game and Film Covers - “Candlemass - Crystal Ball 8-Bit”

* Rogue Male - “Crazy Motorcycle”

* Slough Feg - “Uncanny”

* Hooded Menace - “Chime Diabolicus”

* Concrete Winds - “Noise Trepanation”

* Unto Others - “Heroin”

* Trouble - “The Tempter”

* Trouble - “Assassin”

* Trouble - “Bastards Will Pay”

* Trouble - “Come Touch the Sky”

* Probot - “My Tortured Soul”

* Trouble - “Psychotic Reaction”

* Trouble - “Mr. White”

* Trouble - “Plastic Green Head”

* Lid - “Lid”

* Trouble - “Pictures of Life”

* The Skull - “Trapped Inside My Mind”

* Blackfinger - “When Colors Fade Away”

* Trouble - “Mr. White” (Live in Los Angeles)

* Probot - “My Tortured Soul”

* Trouble - “At the End of My Daze”

* Trouble - “Victim of the Insane”

* Trouble - “Misery Shows (Act 2)”

* Trouble - “The Wish”

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

Other media:

* Free Dream Sound Effects - Harp & Piano HIGH QUALITY HD HQ

* Futuristic Computer Sound Effects

* Sound Effect - Spin Back

* Tony! Toni! Toné! - “Anniversary”

* Sealab 2021 - “Uh-oh”

* Wrong Buzzer - Sound Effect

* Ba Dum Tss!

* Mortal Kombat 11

* The Immortals - “Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat)”

* Mortal Kombat (1995)

* That Thing You Do! (1996)

* Walk Hard (2007)

Citations:

* “Interview Eric Wagner Trouble, The Skull” by Vlad Nowajczyk, published in Oldschool Metal Manic

* “In-depth Interview With The Skull/Former Trouble Vocalist Eric Wagner” by Avinash Mittur, published in Metal Assault

* “Exclusive Interview with THE SKULL Frontman Eric Wagner!” by Michael Juvinall, published in Horror Patch

Our theme song was written and recorded by patrickstateman. Check out Patrick on Fiverr. Our logos and branding are by Mike Teal. You can check out Mike’s work at storylightmarketing.com and miketealdesign.com.

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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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In the third episode of the Plague Rages Podcast, heavy metal writers Wolf Rambatz and Stephen David Stevenson-Davison talk to Stephen Schwegler and Doug Moore of Seputus and go deep on their new album, Phantom Indigo.

2:18: Stephen and Doug talk about the genesis of Man Does Not Give, Seputus’s 2016 debut released on PRC Music, They also provide some background on Seputus’s writing process.

11:08: Stephen and Doug break down “The Will to Live.” The four also talk about the misery of staying up all night. Finally, Stephen and Doug remember when Alan Douches told them, “You didn’t achieve that.”

26:09: Stephen and Doug break down “The Learned Response.” They also gush over Verellen Amplifiers.

38:31: Stephen and Doug break down “Tautology.” They also talk about recursion and when to sing and when not to sing. They then propose a heavy metal theory about cats and dogs sorting. Finally, they talk about Dylan DiLella’s guest solo.

55:46: Stephen and Doug break down “The Forgetting Curve.”

64:03: Stephen and Doug break down “Deuteragonist.”

68:39: Stephen and Doug break down “Phantom Indigo.” Doug talks about his vocal recording process. He then pisses off Bono.

Phantom Indigo is out now on Willowtip Records. It was produced, recorded, and engineered by Stephen Schwegler with additional drum recording and engineering by Joe Smiley at Red Planet Recordings and vocal tracking and editing by Doug Moore. The album was mastered by Colin Marston at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves. The art is by Alex Eckman Lawn. Photography by Caroline Harrison.

Seputus is:

Stephen Schwegler: drums, guitars, songwritingDoug Moore: vocals, lyricsErik Malave: bass

Phantom Indigo includes guest solos from Evan Void (“The Will to Live”), Dan Gargiulo (“The Learned Response”), Dylan DiLella (“Tautology”), and Pete Lloyd (“Phantom Indigo”).

Music in this episode:

Seputus - “Phantom Indigo”Seputus - “The Will to Live”Seputus - “The Learned Response”Seputus - “Tautology”Seputus - “The Forgetting Curve”Seputus - “Deuteragonist”Seputus - “Phantom Indigo”Seputus - “The Learned Response”

Other media:

Watson Text to Speech“Futuristic Computer Sound Effects All Sounds”

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

1:55: Wolf issues a correction

3:10: WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO. Steve Dave talks about the new Cannibal Corpse album Violence Unimagined

3:59: Steve Dave talks about AC/DC and Wolf tries to remember the Marcus Hook Roll Band because (a) he couldn’t help himself and (b) his brain doesn’t work

5:19: Steve Dave talks about the new Steel Bearing Hand album Slay in Hell and Carbonized Records

6:45: Wolf and Steve Dave talk about the passing of L-G Petrov and Entombed

11:20: Wolf talks about the new Seputus album Phantom Indigo and the new Monochromatic Residua EP Eternal Mountain

13:37: THE BIG 4 DRAFT. Wolf explains the rules. Steve Dave picks the band name Meowgadeth. Wolf picks Caught in a Squash

16:15: Steve Dave and Wolf start drafting albums from Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer, aka The Big 4 of Thrash

33:18: Steve Dave and Wolf break down Meowgadeth’s career

38:13: Wolf and Steve Dave break down Caught in a Squash’s career

42:34: ALBUM LISTENING CLUB. Steve Dave reminds us why we’re listening to Paradise Lost’s Obsidian

43:57: Wolf runs the stats on Obsidian

44:45: The boys take a break to talk about Bodom After Midnight, for reasons

46:04: Wolf asks Steve Dave to step into the time machine as he runs down Paradise Lost’s history

55:21: Steve Dave and Wolf review Obsidian

64:32: Wolf gives Steve Dave some clues about the next ALC assignment, Jorn’s The Duke

Music in this episode:

Cannibal Corpse - “Inhumane Harvest”AC/DC - “Let There Be Rock”Marcus Hook Roll Band - “Ape Man”Steel Bearing Hand - “Command of the Infernal Exarch”Carbonized - “Vlad Tepes”Entombed - “Left Hand Path”Entombed - “About to Die”Entombed A.D. - “Torment Remains”Seputus - “The Learned Response”Monochromatic Residua - “Realm of Lava”Ken Nelson & Jim Long - “Powersurge”Megadeth - “Symphony of Destruction” (Instrumental)Megadeth - “Hangar 18”Slayer - “Necrophobic”Anthrax - “Time”Metallica - “Fight Fire with Fire”Slayer - “Ghosts of War”Metallica - “The Four Horsemen”Metallica - “Battery”Slayer - “Praise of Death”Anthrax - “In the End”Metallica - “Mercyful Fate”James Hetfield and the News - “Hip to Be the Sandman” (Bill McClintock)Paradise Lost - “Ghosts”Bodom After Midnight - “Paint the Sky with Blood”Seeburg Background Music - “IND-105B”Paradise Lost - “Paradise Lost”Paradise Lost - “Forever Failure”Type O Negative - “Black No. 1”Paradise Lost - “I Am Nothing”Katatonia - “Lethean”Paradise Lost - “Fear of Silence”Paradise Lost - “Ravenghast”Paradise Lost - “Beneath Broken Earth”Bloodbath - “Bloodicide”Jorn - “Duke of Love”

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

Other media:

Flashback Sound EffectSound Effect - Spin BackBarenaked Ladies - “One Week”Ba Dum Tss!Yelling CatMegadeth - “Sweating Bullets”NFL Draft Sound *HD*Type O Negative Interview with Gregor Mackintosh (Paradise Lost)"Yngwie about Jorn Lande" - whooo ?

Citations:

“The Myth of the Peaceville Three” by Chris Dick, published in Decibel“Grim Northern Misery: How Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride took British gothic metal mainstream” by Dan Franklin, published in Knotfest“PARADISE LOST – An interview with Nick Holmes” by LordPist, published in Aristocrazia Webzine

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