This week Nick picks Protest the Hero's 2005 (Canada)/2006 (US) debut album Kezia!  Nick and Chelsea explore the four part story behind the album of a woman sentence to death, diving deep into how much the distressing subject matter is still relevant today.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina

For Chelsea's pick this week she chooses another one of her favorite bands, Swedish metal band, Avatar's 2014 album Hail the Apocalypse!  Chelsea and Nick discuss Avatar's non sub genred metal sound, the horrors of World War II, and realize the English translation of "Tsar Bomba" sounds way darker than in it's original German.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina

For Nick's pick this week he chooses, his favorite band, Coheed and Cambria's 2018 return to concept album Vaxis Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures!  Nick does his best to fill Chelsea in on the Amory Wars storyline up to this point, while the lyrics repeatedly call her out, and reveals how this album is both connected, and helped him through a dark time in his life. 

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique. 

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly 

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine 

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

For Chelsea's pick this week she chooses her favorite album from one of her absolute favorite bands, Motionless in White's 2017 album Graveyard Shift.  Chelsea and Nick dive deep into Chris Motionless's under-appreciated, lyrical skills, Nick counts how many signature "BLEGHs" there are on the album, while Chelsea works through her Burn Brain. 

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique. 

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly 

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine 

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

For Nick's second pick he chooses metalcore pioneers Killswitch Engage's seminole 2002 album Alive or Just Breathing!  Nick and Chelsea once again take a stroll down memory lane back to the beginnings of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal era.  Chelsea remembers how much she misses the chugs of early metalcore, and Nick goes into how this album got him into metal, and realizes how much this album really means to him.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique. 

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

 Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

 Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

For Chelsea's second pick she chooses Green Day's 2004 mega hit, American Idiot!  Chelsea and Nick go down memory lane with the state of the world at the time of the album's release, how little has changed, and how the album has become a classic in the last two decades. 

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique. 

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine 

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

For Nick's first album he chooses the 2021 sophomore release from UK post metal collective Sleep Token, This Place Will Become Your Tomb.  Nick goes into the lore behind the band, what an amazing lyricist Vessel is, and Chelsea falls in love upon her first time experiencing Sleep Token. 

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique. 

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly 

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: 

“All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine 

Album art by: @glitterghoulart 

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina 

Producer: Nick Kizina

Welcome to Season 1 Episode 1 of the Goth & Nerd Music Podcast!  For Chelsea's first album she picks the album which got her into heavy music, Avenged Sevenfold's 2003 sophomore album, Waking the Fallen!  Chelsea goes into the how much meaning she found in the lyrics of the album, what was going on in her life which made the lyrics hit so hard, while Nick does his best to put his opinions of Avenged Sevenfold aside to appreciate the album.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina

Join friends Chelsea Andrews (Goth) and Nick Kizina (Nerd), as they welcome you to their new podcast, The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast!  In this introduction Chelsea and Nick let you know the origins of the podcast, why they started it, and what to expect!

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina