Shred Shack Podcast

Ep. 064: In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros take a look at  the latest albums from Ash Borer and Krullur. General, recording,  touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists before Chris  gives an update on the YouCaring campaign for Mike Williams of  EyeHateGod. Pat and Reece offer up their list of Top Ten Univerally  Panned Albums That Weren't That Bad. Chris reviews Napoleon for this  week's Social Media Highlight segment before we close out the show with a  response to our discussion last week, reviewing the things for which we  are NOT thankful in heavy metal.

Ep. 063: In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros take a look at  the latest albums from Oni, Sister and Martyrdod. General, recording,  touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists. Chris gives  the final word on Gwar's crowdfunding campaign for their comic book  series and an update on the YouCaring campaign for Mike Williams of  EyeHateGod. Chris and I discuss our experience seeing Queensryche,  Armored Saint and Midnight Eternal at Alamo City Music Hall the previous  week. Chris triples down on the Social Media Highlight segment to  compensate for his lack of preparedness in the last few weeks, educating  us on Blackwater Drowning, A Broken Frame and She Pulled the Trigger.  We close out the show with a festive discussion about the things for  which we are thankful in heavy metal.

Ep. 062: In this brief installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros take a  look at the latest albums from Devilment, Diabulus in Musica, Protest  the Hero and Ion Dissonance. General, recording, touring and charting  news is reviewed for several artists. Chris gives an update on Gwar's  crowdfunding campaign for their comic book series and brings up the  YouCaring page for Mike Williams of EyeHateGod who is in need of a liver  transplant. Pat and Reece on the New York side of things offers up a  list of the top ten metal songs about dangly parts (seriously... don't  judge).

Ep. 061: In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros take a look at  the latest albums from Arkona, Cognition, Deathspell Omega, Sirenia,  Superjoint and Animals as Leaders. General, recording, touring and  charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Metallica,  Rhapsody of Fire, Soilwork, Motley Crue, Babymetal, Armored Saint, Arch  Enemy, System of a Down, Overkill, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn and more. In  the midst of the news, Chris gives an update on Gwar's crowdfunding  campaign for a comic book series. Pat and Reece on the New York side of  things offers up a list of the Top Ten Funny Heavy Metal Songs. The show  closes out with two I Saw a Show segments wherein Pete reviews Ho99o9,  Health and Deafheaven at the Paper Tiger and Rival Sons and Black  Sabbath at the AT&T Center.

Ep. 060: In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros  take a look at the latest albums from White Swan, Hammerfall, Civil War,  Burial in the Sky and Attila. General, recording, touring and charting  news is reviewed for several artists, including Anvil, Rush, Eagles of  Death Metal, Monster Magnet, Mastodon, Mayhem, Metallica, SepticFlesh,  Rex Brown, Judas Priest, Six Feet Under, Alcest, Alter Bridge, Sabaton  and more. In the midst of the news, Chris gives updates on Gwar's  crowdfunding campaign for a comic book series and Jason Becker's  forthcoming music project. An I Saw a Show segment has us discussing  Target 7 (this week's Social Media Highlight), Raven Outlaw and the  always entertaining Forever Town before we close out the show with a  look at numbers 25 through 1 of Loudwire's Top 50 Live Rock and Metal  Acts of All Time.

Ep. 059: In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros  discuss some old business regarding Avenged Sevenfold before taking a  look at the latest albums from Serpentine Dominion, Avenged Sevenfold,  Testament, Theocracy, Crowbar, Helmet, Ulcerate, Anaal Nathrakh, Tower,  The Answer, Paint in Exile, Car Bomb and Beyond Threshold. General,  recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists,  including Steve Vai, Five Finger Death Punch, Metallica, Adrenaline Mob,  Iron Maiden, Six Feet Under, Sepultura and more. In the midst of the  news, Chris gives the details on Gwar's crowdfunding campaign for a  comic book series before updates are given on previously mentioned  campaigns by Jason Becker, Silent Civilian and A Sound of Thunder. Pat,  Reece and Joe on the NY side of things offer up a new Top Ten list in  the form of Top Ten Heavy Metal Halloween songs. Chris gives a brief  update on Apothica before discussing Upon a Burning Body as this week's  Social Media Highlight.  The show closes out with a look at numbers 50  through 26 of Loudwire's Top 50 Live Rock and Metal Acts of All Time.

Ep. 058: In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss some  old business regarding Vince Neil before taking a look at the latest  albums from  Dillinger Escape Plan, Iron Mask, Red Fang, Theatres Des  Vampires, Goes Cube and Korn. General, recording, touring and charting  news is reviewed for several artists, including Lord Mantis, Fozzy,  Avenged Sevenfold, Omnium Gatherum, Trap Them, Cradle of Filth, Nails,  Demon Hunter, Skeletonwitch, Kreator, Trivium, Life of Agony, Alice  Cooper, Lamb of God, Katatonia, Accept, Flotsam & Jetsam, Twisted  Sister, System of a Down, Pop Evil, Opeth and more. In the midst of the  news, Chris and I gives updates on the crowdfunding campaigns for  forthcoming projects from Jason Becker and A Sound of Thunder before  discussing the potential future crowdfunding for the band Silent  Civilian. Pat and Reece on the NY side of things offer up an interview  with Jason Rockman of Slaves on Dope as well as an accompanying list of  the Top Ten Heavvy Metal Comeback Albums. We carry on with an I Saw a  Show segment covering FOUR concerts, starting with Shotgun Vendetta,  Byfist, Killstorm and Grim Reaper at the Rock Box (SATX) on October  15th, The Sword and Opeth at Emo's on October 14th (ATX), Dissona,  Binary Code, Earthside and Leprous at the Rock Box (SATX) on October  19th and Raspa Recall, Requiem Rust and Monkeysoop at Zombies Bar (SATX)  on October 21st. Chris and Pete close out the show with a discussion of  their Top 3 Heavy Metal Albums of September 2016.

Ep. 057: In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros  review the latest albums from Gabriel and the Apocalypse, The Devil  Wears Prada, Thy Catafalque, Gatecreeper, Anciients, Meshuggah and Alter  Bridge. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for  several artists, including Primus, Sylosis, Quiet Riot, Slipknot,  Mastodon, The Devil You Know, Conquering Dystopia, Abbath, Deicide,  Protest the Hero, Darkest Hour, Amorphis, Korn, Trivium, The Black  Dahlia Murder and more. In the midst of the news, Chris discusses the  crowdfunding campaign for Jason Becker's forthcoming project before Dan  gives an update on the ongoing crowdfunding campaign for A Sound of  Thunder's forthcoming covers album and relays some recent struggles of  and fundraising attempts by Bill Manspeaker of Green Jelly. Pat and  Reece on the NY side of things offer up an interview with Gareth Murdock  of Alestorm as well as an accompanying I Saw a Show segment of their  performance that same evening. We close out the show with a discussion  about the importance of pacing when it comes to laying down the  tracklist for an album.

Ep. 056: In this installment, a returning Pete gives his opinion on the Baroness  concert discussed during the last podcast. Chris and Pete review the  latest albums from The Agonist, Skálmöld, Brant Bjork, Winterfylleth, Evil Invaders (OFFICIAL), Epica, Oathbreaker, Alcest, Decivilize and Opeth.  General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several  artists, including Disturbed, Iced Earth, Kings of Chaos, Korn, Cellar  Darling, Rhapsody of Fire, Revamp, Amon Amarth, Suicide Silence, Motley  Crue, Grave Digger, Hammerfall, Delain and more. In the midst of the  news, Dan gives an update on the ongoing crowdfunding campaign for A  Sound of Thunder's forthcoming covers album. Pat and Reece on the NY  side of things offers up a new Top 10 list in the form of the Top 10  Political Heavy Metal Songs. Invoking the Abstract and ADE are discussed during this week's Social Media Highlight before we close  out the show with a little game of trivia for Chris and Pete.

Ep. 055: In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros  discuss some old business regarding Vince Neil before reviewing the  latest releases from Source, Operation: Mindcrime and Every Time I Die.  General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several  artists, including Metallica, Slipknot, Jimmy Page, L.A. Guns, Death,  Extreme, Overkill, Hellyeah, Xandria, Cattle Decapitation, Superjoint,  Iron Maiden, Eyehategod and more. In the midst of the news, we introduce  a new segment where we follow and give updates on ongoing crowdfunding  campaigns, starting with A Sound of Thunder's campaign to fund a  forthcoming album of cover songs. Turma and Denihilist are discussed  during this week's Social Media Highlight before we close out the show  with a reairing of the I Saw a Show segment from Pat and Reece regarding  catching Blind Guardian and Grave Digger on one night and Devin  Townsend on another followed by Chris' thoughts on the Baroness show at  the Paper Tiger on Saturday.