Sam sits down with Matt and Jordan of Iapetus. We discuss the origin of the band, their debut album, influences, favorite movies, female guest vocals in metal and go on many brief side tangents, including: Ne Obliviscaris' new album, The Punisher trailer, and why Matt wants to punch Jordan when they're near a keyboard. Thanks and enjoy!

0:00 - Intro

0:27 - Iapetus Interview

1:10:23 - "My Father, My God" by Iapetus, from their new album "The Long Road Home"

Sam sits down with Drew Keedy, lyricist and vocalist for Dream Void. We talk about Dream Void's latest release, "Sanctimonious", as well as Diablo 2, Shadow of Intent, tattoos and mama's home cookin'. Thanks, and enjoy!

0:00 - Intro

0:34 – Sam’s spiel

4:00 – Drew Keedy Interview

42:45 – Outro: “Tor’Baalos”, the closing track of Dream Void’s Sanctimonious

Sam and Keif sit down with practicing Satanist and host of the Deferred Gnosis Podcast, Shea Bile, to tackle some controversial questions: Why are Satanic imagery & lyrics so common within the metal scene? What is the role that this provocative figure has within heavy metal? And how (in the Hell) and why did metal get to this point? So, join us as we head down a fascinating and thought provoking Left-Hand Path.

0:00 – Cold (and creepy) open

1:25 – Intro

2:40 – Introducing practicing Satanist Shea Bile

14:15 – The Bornless One/Behemoth’s “O Father O Satan O Sun”

23:38 - What is Satan?

40:28 - How Satan is viewed and revered in the modern world

49:27 - How Satan got his start in metal

54:51 - the 4 types of Satanism in Metal

57:07 - Satan for shock value and imagery in metal

1:03:52 - Anti-Christian metal

1:26:42 - Satan as a metaphor in metal

1:40:04 - Satan in metal to be worshiped

1:51:47 - Closing arguments

2:08:05 - Picks of the month

2:15:20 - Outro

Sam and Keif sit down with Stevie Boiser, front man of three awesome bands: Ashen Horde Equipoise and Tethys! We also review Atoll’s album, “”The Gathering Horde”, with audience member Mason Timosko and finish out the episode with a killer track from Missouri’s own Gravehuffer! From prog-death, to black metal, to tech-death, to slam and crust/sludge we cover the gamut this episode. Thanks, and enjoy!

0:00 - Intro

1:05 – Album review with guest Mason Timosko

13:23 – Stevie Boiser interview

1:08:14 – Gravehuffer

1:10:34 – Outro: “Chains Around You” by Gravehuffer

Sam and Keif sit down with John Kevill, vocalist for the all mighty Warbringer. Everything is on the table, music, history and other existential thoughts.

Sam and Keif sit down to talk with Erik Collier, Darryl Dewitt and Daniel McCoy from Undrask! We discuss their awesome debut album, Battle Through Time, as well as the Melodeath scene, BBQ, Beer…and somehow end up on the topic of porno-music-videos. Thanks and enjoy!

0:00 - Introduction

1:06 - Equipoise’s EP, Birthing Homunculi, and Jason Becker

6:37 - Interview with Undrask

1:06 - Outro

Sam and Keif sit down with friends Brandon and Dave for Episode 4 to discuss, debate and break each other’s balls over the endless list of Heavy Metal subgenres! From the early days of Sabbath, to Thrash, Death, Tech, Prog, Black, Nu, Babymetal and everything in between. Thanks, and enjoy!

0:00 – Introduction

2:00 – Introducing Brandon and Dave

6:00 – Metal sub-genre breakdown, the beginning of metal

20:02 – New Wave of British Heavy Metal

25:26 – Glam Metal

31:59 – Thrash Metal

40:42 – Groove Metal

45:55 – Death Metal

52:22 – Melodic Death

55:29 – Technical Death Metal

59:41 – Black Metal

1:08:35 – Blackgaze/post-black

1:15:11 – Grindcore

1:21:12 – Deathgrind/Goregrind

1:24:15 – Symphonic Metal

1:27:50 – Folk Metal

1:31:18 – Viking Metal

1:33:40 – Progressive Metal

1:38:56 – Djent

1:40:36 – Doom Metal

1:45:15 – Drone and Funeral Doom

1:47:20 – Sludge Metal

1:48:12 – Alternative Metal

1:50:10 – Nu Metal

1:56:17 – Rap Metal

2:00:40 – Metalcore/Mathcore/Deathcore

2:06:58 – Neoclassical Metal

2:10:12 – Power Metal

2:14:58 – Babymetal

2:18:05 – Picks of the Month

2:22:28 – Signing off

Sam and Keif interview Erik Molnar and Anders Peterson from Sweden's Hyperion for Episode 3! Topics include the writing process behind their debut album, the importance of lyrics (especially when using gingerbread dough and rum as lyric-writing fuel) and a debate about the albums that defined the Gothenburg scene. Thanks and enjoy!

Join Sam and Keif yet again for Episode 2! The guys go over some new releases, spotlight a couple of small bands and get sidetracked discussing getting dragged to non-metal concerts by the ladies in their lives. Then, Sam rants about metal at the Grammy’s as he and Keif debate the value of exposing metal to the masses vs. keeping it out of the mainstream. Thanks and enjoy!

0:00 - Introduction

3:40 - Keifer and a Ben Folds’ concert

12:33 - New album reviews

30:15 - Small band spotlight

36:18 - Sam’s rant

53:59 - Pick of the month

59:50 - Outro

Join Sam and Keif for our premiere, mammoth of an episode! We’ll review our Top 10 albums of the year, discuss other great ones that didn’t quite make this list and pick our Track of the Year. After that we sit down with Greg Burgess from Allegaeon for an in-depth interview. Thanks and Enjoy!

0:00 - Introduction

9:21 - Best of the Rest from 2016

21:43 - Top 10 of 2016

1:16:10 - Track of the Year

1:21:06 - Interview with Greg Burgess of Allegaeon

2:44:42 - Signing off