Skulls Of Wrath: A Heavy Metal Podcast

NEWS Download Festival is returning for 2019 and added a date in Sydney, in addition to the previously established Melbourne show.https://downloadfestival.com.auSoundproofing company test their mettle against Heavy Metal at Heavy Montreal.https://vimeo.com/284724233 As I lay Dying Euro tour selling like hot cakes.Front man, Tim Lambesis might be highly disliked in the US for his crime / failed attempt to hire a hit man but European audiences disagree.Sepultura still working on securing releases for their official band documentary, 'Endurance". MUSIC: Fresh new Audio / Visuals. Downpour- Truth in Suffering from self titled album, due 7th September 2018.Wolfheart- Breakheart from "Constellation of the Black Light", due 28th September 2018.Terrorizer- Invasion from "Caustic Attack", due 12th October 2018.Hate Eternal- What Lies Beyond from "Upon Desolate Sands", due 26th October 2018Omnium Gatherum- Refining Fire from "The Burning Cold", due 31st August 2018.Soulfly- Evil Empowered from "Ritual", due 19th October 2018.Deicide- Seal the Tomb from "Overtures of Blasphemy", due 14th September 2018.Imperialist- The Singularity from "Cipher", possibly out now.The Unity- No Hero from "Rise", due 14th September 2018.Vreid- Black Rites in the Black Nights from "Lifehunger", due 28th September 2018. TOURS: TUNE INTO THE PODCAST TO CATCH MY RUNDOWN OF INTERNATIONAL METAL BANDS THAT HAVE UPCOMING SHOWS IN NEW ZEALAND.

NEWS A 'viral' news story reported wrong. News regarding a pair of elderly gentlemen escaping their care facility to apparently rock out with the crowds at Wacken Open Air till 3am, turns out to have been a 58 & 59 year old escaping their Metal Healthcare Facility to party in the town near the festival. Aid was rendered to the men before being returning to their care facility.https://www.apnews.com/b626be4b1bd249e4978fc5c33fad5710Hellyeah seems to be indicating, on social media, that they are moving forward with the album they were recording at the time of drummer, Vinnie Paul's passing. Do to the nature of the post-humus completing production, it seems like they're in a some what unique position. I wonder how their approach will balance the earnest desire to tribute Vinnie Paul & the fans desire to hear the last recorded songs and the marketing. MUSIC Side A: Fresh New Audio / VisualsBehemoth- God = Dog from 'I Loved You at Your Darkest" due 5th October 2018.Korpiklaani- Henkselipoika from "Kulkija" due 7th September 2018.Aborted- TerrorVision from "TerrorVision" due 21st September 2018.Beyond Creation- The Inversion from "Algorythm" due 12th October 2018.Machinehead- Volatile (Live) from Catharsis out now.KEN Mode- Not Soulmates from "Loved" due August 31st.Pyrexia- Unholy Requiem from "Unholy Requiem" due 14th September.The Skull- Ravenswood from "The Endless Roads Turns Dark" due 7th September.Thy Antichrist- The Great Beast from "Wrath of the Beast" out now.Horrendous- The Idolater from "Idol" due 28th September.High on Fire- Electric Messiah from "Electric Messiah" due 5th October.Siege of Power- Mushroom Cloud Altar from "Warning Blast" due 7th September.Side B: Metal HomeworkAbhorrent Deformity- Slaughter MonolithSoreption- Monument Of The EndVoid Ritual- Death Is PeaceLord Of The Lost- ThornstarTUNE INTO THE PODCAST TO CATCH MY RUNDOWN OF LAST WEEKS METAL HOMEWORK, FEATURING NEW ALBUMS FROM DEE SNIDER, DECLINE OF THE I & ULTRA-VIOLENCE. TOURS Sinsaenum announce NZ tour dates in November with tour support from Bulletbelt.https://www.facebook.com/events/297636544330811/Smashfest VII in Gisbourne, January 2019https://www.facebook.com/events/275662843196177/Symbiotic Metalfest, Wellington October 19-21st.https://www.facebook.com/events/172747823414547/Amenra announce Auckland & Wellington shows in November.https://www.facebook.com/events/901276920059257/ TUNE INTO THE PODCAST TO CATCH MY RUNDOWN OF INTERNATIONAL METAL BANDS THAT HAVE UPCOMING SHOWS IN NEW ZEALAND.

NEWS Dimmu Borgir announce NZ/OZ show supportsSpoiler- it's one band for all the shows.Fozzy announce an Auckland show for November 2018.Thy Art is Murder announce an NZ tour (Weli, Akld, Chch) for October- with tour support Xile and including local show supports.Extinction Campaign announce the release of a two track E.P / demo, "Scripted to Agitate" https://extinctioncampaign.bandcamp.com/album/scripted-to-agitate MUSIC Side A: Fresh New Audio / VisualsConan- VexxagonDoro- If I can't Have You, No One WillPhilip H. Anselmo & The Illegals-  Choosing Mental Illness.Parasite Inc.- Once and For All. Side B: Metal HomeworkDee Snider- For the Love of MetalDecline of the I- EscapeUltra Violence- Operation MisdirectionTUNE INTO THE PODCAST TO CATCH MY RUNDOWN OF LAST WEEKS METAL HOMEWORK, FEATURING NEW ALBUMS FROM THE AGONY SCENE, EXISTEM, SKELETONWITCH & POWERWOLF. TOURS TUNE INTO THE PODCAST TO CATCH MY RUNDOWN OF INTERNATIONAL METAL BANDS THAT HAVE UPCOMING SHOWS IN NEW ZEALAND.

NEWS Impressive Sign Language Interpreter at Lamb of God show in Austin, TexasABC News story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2oZ6hSkswMAuckland band, 'Silent Torture' announce new E.Phttp://www.deadboyrecords.com/news/2018/7/19/silent-torture-phallic-self-mastication-in-stores-and-online-3-augustUK Venue releases apparent study saying going to gigs at venues is good for you- says the venue owners.Link to press release- note the lack of reference to a standard type scientific paper. https://news.o2.co.uk/press-release/science-says-gig-going-can-help-you-live-longer-and-increases-wellbeing/RIP Jon Schnepp. https://www.gofundme.com/getwelljonschneppfundraiserMUSIC Side A: Fresh new Audio/Visuals.Bulletbelt- Faster then Death Krisiun- Demonic IIIJungle Rot- Send Forth OblivionCast the Stone- The Burning HorizonSide B: Metal HomeworkThe Agony Scene- "Tormentor" (Outerloop Records)Existem- "Mantle" Skeletonwitch- Devouring Radiant Light (Prosthetic Records)Powerwolf- The Sacrament of Sin (Napalm Records) TUNE INTO THE PODCAST TO CATCH MY RUNDOWN OF LAST WEEKS METAL HOMEWORK, FEATURING NEW ALBUMS FROM BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, OBSCURA, OBLIETTE & BLACK FAST. TOURSScorn of Creation announce NZ tourAborted (Belgium) announce local supports.Deathcall, Christless & more at Embankment (Dunedin) August 3rd.Depraved, Carnal & more at Club Tavern (Christchurct) August 4th.TUNE INTO THE PODCAST TO CATCH MY RUNDOWN OF INTERNATIONAL METAL BANDS THAT HAVE UPCOMING SHOWS IN NEW ZEALAND.

News: Bruce Dickinson Spoken Word Tour (Aussie dates announced)https://www.facebook.com/tours/638435169847162/Christchurch's Blindfolded and Led to the Woods announce Australia shows.Sydney show: https://www.facebook.com/events/910047229179141/Melbourne show: https://www.facebook.com/events/1602638663171131/Writer, Director, Producer Jon Schnepp in critical condition in a L.A HospitalWorked on Metalocalypse- directing many of the music videosAlso worked on The Venture Bros & Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and much more.https://www.gofundme.com/getwelljonschneppfundraiserMusic: Taking a look a small handful of newly released songs coming out of albums not yet released. Official music video or other Lyric type video likely. Dee Snider: Become the Storm. Album, "For the Love of Metal" due out 27th July 2018. Deicide: Excommunicated. Album, "Overtures of Blasphemy" due out 14th September 2018. Pig destroyer: Army of Cops. Album, "Head Cage" due out 7th September 2018. The Agony Scene: Serpents Tongue. Album, "Tormentor" due out 20th July. Metal Homework: Newly released albums that, as compiled into a handy dandy playlist, I'll be having a good listen to over the next week, and come the next Skulls of Wrath Weekly show Between the Buried and Me: Automata IIObscura: DiluviumOubliette: The PassageBlack Fast: Spectre of Ruin

Welcome to Skulls of Wrath. Today I feature my interview with Rob Cavestany, founding member and guitar player for the Thrash metal band 'Death Angel'. www.facebook.com/deathangel The band got their start in the early 1980's in the Bay Area, coming up alongside, or rather apart of the emerging thrash metal scene.  Death Angel, alongside Sepultura are set to play three shows in New Zealand in May 2018. Tickets: https://metropolistouring.com/sepultura-death-angel-nz/ D: How’s it going with yourself and death angel, I assume you’re keeping yourselves busy these days?  R: Oh god yes- beyond. Keeping busy is an understatement with Death Angel that’s for sure. We keep busy, my man. I’m over here, actually, writing our next album right now- as we are in beween tours, before we come down there, and so this is the time to get creative and write. So, I’m in the writing mode, right now, and just getting a little exciting boost, thinking about our upcoming tour down there, as I’m doing press today. So, That’s actually coming in kind of a nice little break out of the studio to talk about our live shows and get all pumped up. D: How does that all work these days- the writing process and everything like that?  R: If kind of comes in different ways, and I like to allow it to happen that way, so it doesn’t get sterile and get stuck in the, like, some kind of step pattern. I just like to keep the organic feeling in the writing process, so I really just try to trust in the Gods of Music to give me some love and let it happen. So, generally in the early stages, I’m just going to go into my studio and pick up my guitar and just play and just see what’s happening that day. What kind of things are coming out, without trying hard or even thinking what so ever. If I’ll get lucky, then something will spark right there and I’ll just keep flowing with it. Like, if I get an idea, I’ll record it, I mean, when I’m doing this I’m recording everything I’m playing. I have my Pro Tools rig set up in my studio, so I realise that something might happen and I won’t remember what I just did or anything so definitely I don’t mess around and let something slip by without it getting recorded so that’s definitely a big part of the strategy. And then, I’ll listen back and see if anything sticks. If so, I’ll just start building off that. Then, next level, if nothing’s coming out in that way step out, take a breather, then come back in and playing with beats, so I’ll have like various ways to create beats in my Pro Tools and then I’ll start playing with different beats and jamming to drum beats, and maybe that sparks something. Usually something will get going after some point in time so then at that point I just start building- putting things together and seeing what might come next, rearranging things- that’s kind of the cool thing with Pro Tools now, is that you can easily / digitally rearrange things and listen back to how structures sound without having to keep on recording it over and over again. So, I’m putting things in different orders and checking it out. At that point it starts taking off, and I just roll with it. Unless, nothing’s stoking me, in which case that session was, oh well. But the way I see it, I just gotta keep going to the well and seeing what happens. Pretty much [that’s] how I get started. Then from that point on, when I’ll get a full on blue print of an entire song- basically a skeleton of the entire thing, then now I’ll try to mass a few songs- which that’s the part I’m at right now, where the next thing I’ll do is go down to our actual rehearsal studio- where our gear is set up and met up with Will [Carroll] our Drummer and play him the stuff and hopefully we’ll get all excited about what we’re listening to and come up with some ideas and stuff. He’ll get behind the kit, I’ll turn on my Amp and we’ll just start jamming on the stuff so we can see what kind of feel we get as human beings reacting to each other and try to reco

Welcome to Skulls of Wrath. Today we have our interview with Ross from Wellington band Bulletbelt. Bulletbelt have released their brand new, third, studio album, "Nine Centuries" to critical acclaim, and Dale from Skulls of Wrath attempts to wrap his head around the new album in this interview with guitar player, Ross. The interview was recorded at the end of 2017, ahead of both the release of the album & the addition of new band members Scott and Josh (current as of early 2018) https://www.facebook.com/Bulletbelt

Welcome to The Skulls of Wrath Show. We're back doing the online radio show thing. Makes more sense, dunnit? I mean, I came from radio after all. Below you'll find a playlist & copy of my notes I used for the show- generally not for public consumption Motorhead- The Hammer.  (A: Ace of Spades. 1980.) Fast Eddie Clarke, the last surviving member of the classic Motorhead lineup, passed 10th January 2018. R.I.P. Corrosion of Conformity- The Luddite. New album- “No Cross No Crown” out now & the band seem to be on tour with Black Label Society across America. I mean, around since the early 80’s, 10 studio albums now, at least, you know- everyone knows these guys, no brainer. # YoutubeRant  Headroller – God of Torment (NZ) Self titled, debut album, out now!  Dark Divinity – Season of Dark (NZ) Newly formed melodic death metal band, a super group – i.e. Into Orbit, Cripple Mr Onion, Destructatron, Team Kill. Based in wellington nz, according to their fb page…Debut single (seasons of dark.) Upcoming gigs- early Feb @ Scorn of Creation album release show. End of May @ Libidinous Metalfest 2. Dutch, darkened death metal, also black metal and thrash influenced band, have an album, their 2nd, Dodekathlon, a concept album based on the labours of Hercules, is out now. At the end of last year, I had the opportunity to speak with guitar player and founder, Ramon Ploeg. Please note that at this time, the single released at that point was “From Feast to Beast.” >>INTERVIEW WITH RAMON PLOEG OF BLEEDING GOD<< Bleeding Gods – Tripled Anger  Lyric video for this song out now. Hellbringer – Awakened from the Abyss.  Playing at Strike of the Beast 4. Final line up. Bulletbelt are unable to play this now. Hellbringer are headliners with local support from DeathCall, Neutralizer, Vargafrost, and Silent Torture. Feb 17th  Viscera Trail – Remains of Disploded Humans  Tasmanian death metallers, Psycroptic are heading back to NZ for a tour of chch, Akld & Weli, and are bringing with them Viscera Trail from Isreal.   - Friday 2nd of March – The Club Tavern Christchurch. - Saturday 3rd of March – Whammy Bar Backroom (Limited tickets) - Sunday 4th of March – Valhalla Organectomy – Domain of the Wretched Title track from the bands new album. The Chch band is accompanying americans, One of the most brutal, relentless and vital forces in extreme music, Cattle Decapitation will lay waste to NZ for the very first time in February! - Thurs 8th Feb - The Kings Arms Tavern – Akld. (w/ Organectomy, Perditionist, Scorn of Creation.) - Fri 9th Feb - The Club Tavern Christchurch – Chch (w/ Organectomy, Blindfolded and Led to the Woods, Silent Torture.) - Sat 10th Feb - Valhalla – Wgtn (w/ Organectomy, Carnal, Depraved.) Sepultura – I am the Enemy From Machine Messiah. Andreas Kisser (Jan 2017) about the album, now the band are hitting up NZ on a tour with Death Angel, May 11th, Akld (The Studio), May 12th Weli (San Fran), May 13th (The Foundry) also, according to facebook apparently it’s vocalist derrick greens birthday, depending on time zone differences... Ektomorf – The Prophet of Doom From upcoming album Fury, due 16th Feb.  Mammoth Grinder- Servants of the Most High From promo email:  Underground extreme metal trio MAMMOTH GRINDER return after five long years with their fourth full-length Cosmic Crypt, a non-stop, meteoric force of aggression and mayhem. Self-recorded by the band at Trax East in South River, NJ, mixed by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Sepultura, Inquisition) and mastered by Toxic Holocaust’s Joel Grind, Cosmic Crypt is an 11 track slab of primitive, punk-inflected death metal. Frontman Chris Ulsh (Power Trip, Impalers) recruited Mark Bronzino (Iron Reagan) and Ryan Parrish (Iron Reagan, ex-Darkest Hour) to take MAMMOTH GRINDER to new heights of misanthropic rage and blazing songcraft! 

 Welcome to Skulls of Wrath Podcast #3. In this podcast- the first from us in 2018, we wrap up 2017 with a run down on all (or certainly most) of the interviews I've done in the past year. (NOTE- The majority of these interviews were conducted under the banner of "HEAVY METAL WANAKA", our old name/brand; The Skulls of Wrath Podcast #3 featuring interview with Anton Kabanen, guitarist and mastermind behind Finish Power Metal band, Beast In Black. In NEWS: It's a short news segment this time around, being the 1st show back in 2018 etc, but I touch on developments coming out of Wellington (NZ) band Scorn of Creation https://www.facebook.com/scornofcreation http://deadboyrecords.bigcartel.com/ AND I also mention something about a new E.P from Canadian band, The Order of Chaos. https://www.facebook.com/TheOrderOfChaos/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aBOVN7_LII

Welcome to Skulls of Wrath. In todays Audio Segment I have my interview with Dean, from Dunedin Death Metal band Deathcall. It was a bit of a odd situation, as when I initially called Dean for an interview it was over a month ago- prior to the new album -or even details- being released, and even before their performance at Satanfest 2017 in Christchurch. STAY TUNED throughout the interview as we address this issue.... https://www.facebook.com/DeathCallMetal/ http://deathcall.bandcamp.com/ Deathcall recently released a brand new full length album "Eternal Darkness", available on all good music services. The album is somewhat of an Old-School-Death-Metal-inspired gem. The recording quality is top notch and really lets the band show off their chops. It's definitely a record to check out if you're a death metal / old school death metal or even NZ metal fan! As of early to mid December 2017, the band will be appearing at Short Blast to Oblivion at the end of December 2017 in Christchurch; https://www.facebook.com/events/737554553110686/As well as at Strike of the Beast 4 during February 2018 in Wellington;https://www.facebook.com/events/166223933962223 Transcript:(coming soon)