The Black Manifold Transmissions

This week on Black Manifold Transmissions: Interview Series, we're sitting down with Little Rock's own Pig Sticker, a band carving out a sound that's as nasty as it is difficult to pin down.

Pulling from hardcore, death metal, sludge, and everything in between, Pig Sticker takes familiar elements of heavy music and twists them into something distinctly their own. There's something unmistakably Central Arkansas about their sound, even if it's hard to point to another band in the scene that sounds quite like them.

We talk music, influences, the local scene, the creative process, and what happens when a group of musicians bring their individual tastes together to make something that couldn't have come from any one of them alone.

Get in here. Let's talk Pig Sticker.

Brake Savage and Ole Smog crack open Bathory by Bathory for a deep dive into the raw beginnings of black metal, vampire etiquette, Satanism, cosmic mysteries, and the family business of being an absolute menace. Along the way, we explore musical influences, the dark lord's relationship with heavy riffs, the headbanger's matrix, and some deeply questionable family traditions. Grandpa Alexander joins the transmission for a surreal conversation about metal, mythology, and the mysteries lurking beneath the surface.

Tune in for grimy riffs, bizarre tangents, and a whole lot of evil nonsense. Another transmission from the outlaw metal frontier.

Brake Savage and Ole Smog are en route to Grandpa’s when another transmission comes through the Zune of Runes. This time, it’s Elder – Through Zero. The signal must be decoded, the riffs must be dissected, and the road to Grandpa’s gets a little heavier. Tune in, spacers. The transmission never stops.

BMT sits down with Tempus Terra ahead of their new album dropping 10/02/2026 and their upcoming release show at Birdie’s Cabaret. We talk about the new record, the release show, and what the band has been cooking up, then let the conversation go wherever it takes us—metal, D&D, The Munsters, and plenty of laughs along the way.

Good people, good conversation, and a whole lot of love for heavy music, D&D, and classic monsters. Crank it up and transmit.

This week on Black Manifold Transmissions, Brake Savage and Ole Smog turn their receivers toward Unleash the Archers and their 2020 album Abyss. We dig into the riffs, the spectacle, the storytelling, and whether this thing actually lives up to its larger-than-life reputation.

Another album enters the manifold. Another transmission gets sent into the void.

Tune in. Turn it up. Stay tuned.

Rob and Matt sit down with Eric and DeFrance from Little Rock punk band Riot Dogs to talk punk rock, playing shows, making noise, and what it’s like being part of the local scene. A conversation with two guys keeping the spirit of punk alive right here in Arkansas.

Smog and Brake cruise the skies, drifting somewhere between the known and unknown, discussing life, love, loss, and whatever else floats through the void. Meanwhile, the Matrix provides the soundtrack: Twitching Tongues’ In Love There Is No Law.

This week on Black Manifold Transmissions, Faizon Love goes missing. After a brief search, the crew decides, "Well... let's enjoy just a little quiet." That peace doesn't last long, as Faizon is eventually discovered strapped to a rocket after one hell of a bender. Then it's off to the Matrix to review Direwolf's Winter Rituals, before Faizon makes a life-changing decision that could change the fate of the Manifold forever.

This week on Black Manifold Transmissions: Interview Series, we sit down with Arkansas metal band Tempus Terra to talk about the band's journey, songwriting, influences, the local metal scene, and what's next. We also dig into life as an independent band, playing live, and, of course, plenty of heavy riffs. Tune in for another conversation celebrating the underground.

A new traveler enters the Manifold.

This week we welcome Molina to the crew and put him through the initiation ritual: a review of Baroness' Purple. Riffs, riffs, and more riffs as we break down one of the band's most beloved records and see if Molina survives the journey.