(S2E54) – Insomniac

The episode is dedicated to the memory of Mike Morris

On this episode of the Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour (S2E54), the boys talk to Amos Rifkin from the new Blues Funeral Recordings band Insomniac! Insomniac have their amazing debut record, Om Moksha Ritam, dropping on Sept. 5, 2025, and it is a heavy head trip journey that really sounds like nothing else out there. It is an album that you can just close your eyes and let the record take you over, but is still heavy as hell in its own way. The band lost a member just a few weeks ago, as founding guitarist Mike Morris passed away, but the band is soldiering on in his honor, as hard as that may be. Amos discusses all of the emotions that go along with this gigantic loss while putting out this record as well as a ton of other topics about the new record and the band, including the tour they are doing, opening for Kal-El. I really appreciate Amos spending the time with us during such a difficult and busy period for the band.  Please check it out.

(S2E53) – Patriarchs In Black

Fanboy alert! For this episode of the Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour, Rich speaks with Patriarchs In Black!!! Both Dan Lorenzo (Hades/Non-Fiction/Cassius King) and Johnny Kelly (you know…) joined the show to talk about the new PiB record, Home, that dropped on August 15th. As with the other three records, this one has some more killer guest vocalists, including Karl Agell, Kyle Thomas, Mark Sunshine, and the return of DMC! The PiB records are always a fun ride, and this one is no exception. The buried lead here is that Rich got to talk to Johnny Kelly, from one of his top three favorite bands of all time (that would be Type O Negative) and he somehow managed to behave himself. Both guys were so cool and spent almost an hour talking about Home, what other projects they are up to, including Johnny’s new band with Kenny from Type O and Kirk and Todd from Crowbar that somehow Rich has the vinyl for before johnny does, Johnny’s time with Danzig, his current gig with Quiet Riot, Dan’s work with Jason McMaster in Cassius King, what’s up for the guys in the future, and so much more. Please check this out, it was so much fun.

(S2E52) – HÖG

Friday, August 22nd has a ton of killer new releases dropping, so we are loading up on the episodes! We listen to a ton of new music, but it is rare that an album stops me in my tracks and proceeds to blow me away. That is just what the debut record from Portland, Oregon’s HÖG did to me, so I knew I just had to have them on the show for the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E52).  Daniel and Adam from the band joined the show to talk about their debut record, Blackhole, that drops on this very busy 22nd of August, via RidingEasy Records. We discuss the new record and how incredible it is with Rich going full on fanboy. We chatted about some other cool stuff too. Be prepared to be blown away by HÖG’s album of the year candidate. Check it!

(S2E51) – Black Sunrise

We are in a time where there are so many excellent “new” bands dropping amazing records, and we got to talk to another one on this episode of Rich & Turbo's Heavy Half Hour (S2E51), as Adam from Highland, Indiana’s Black Sunrise joins the show. Black Sunrise has their debut full length record dropping tomorrow, August 22nd, titled Drowning, and it is absolutely killer. We discuss the new record, how it came to be, the music that inspires the band, we nerd out on 90s alt rock (someone mentions The Cardigans…someone else mentions The Crash Test Dummies…), the local scene, including Adam’s role in the Midwest Doom Coalition, and so much more. This Friday is stacked with new releases, so don’t let Drowning pass you by. Please check out the record and then this episode!!!

(S2E50) – The Judge

One of the show’s favorite bands is back after a long hiatus, and we got to speak to them for this episode of Rich & Turbo's Heavy Half Hour (S2E50). We have three of the four members of St. Louis band The Judge join the show!!! The guys were nice enough to join us from their Milwaukee hotel room as they were gearing up for their next show of their mini tour, where they will be featuring new music for the first time since Tell It To The Judge that dropped from Ripple Music back in 2017. We got some breaking news on their new stuff, including a killer split the band is doing with another amazing Ripple band, and we chatted about so much more.  If you want a peak at the new stuff, go check out the video for the new track The Rat (WATCH HERE)… it is killer. We had some occasional audio issues but nothing stops the rock!!! Please check it out!!!

(S2E49) – Liquid Pennies

(S2E48) – Supernaughty

(S2E47) – Lorquin's Admiral

On this episode of Rich & Turbo's Heavy Half Hour (S2E47), we talk to Dandy and Dawn Brown and Nick Hannon from Lorquin's Admiral, who just released their self-titled album of the year candidate debut record via Argonauta Records a few short weeks ago. The trio gave us more than an hour to discuss the new and amazing record, the genesis of some of our favorite tracks, what it was like recording in a world-renowned studio, how the record came together with the members spread out across the world, the sound the band was going for, updates on their other projects (considering everyone is in other amazing bands), and so much more. We had such a great time talking to the band and could have kept it going for hours. Please check it out and if you have not heard the record, make sure you do ASAP.

(S2E47) – Acid Magus