The Grumpy Metalheads Podcast/ The Heavy Metal Strength Coach Podcast

Welcome to Part 2 of our interview with Volniir. We loved having S.V on the show. Who would you like us to interview next?

Topics

The album writing process (0.59)

How near to completion is the new album? (2.54)

Do they want to sound like the studio album when they play live? (4.18)

Remaining shows before their live hiatus (5.58)

Most exciting recent shows (7.00)

Reaper Fest and the crowd response to live material (8.00)

Their approach to live shows (9.34)

His thoughts on the current UK black metal scene (11.29)

How should people listen to Volniir? (19.00)

Links

Funeral Fest

Aklash

Aklash on the podcast

Tableau Mort

Sidious

Reaper Fest

Fortress Fest

Winterfylleth

Episodes with Sidious Part 1 Part 2

Shrubs' Tour Bus Bangers

Judas Priest

Iron Maiden

Unto Others

Alice In Chains

Men At Work- Down Under

Carpenter Brut

Kiss

Band Links

Facebook

Bandcamp

Spotify

Church of Eradication

Our Links

Coaching

Welcome to part 1 of our episode with Volniir. This episode has been in the works for a long time. We finally got S.V. to sit down with us and discuss their mighty 2021 release All Hope Abandon. The conversation turns to future projects and the inspiration behind the band. I think you're going to enjoy it. Volniir is one of the most exciting UK black metal bands around at the moment. I hope this is just the beginning for them.

Show Notes

Azrael

Releases

The Enigma

All Hope Abandon

Topics

Origin of their stage names (1.00)

Other members of Volniir (1.52)

Origin of the Volniir name (2.08)

Crowley (3.09)

Death is the crown of all, rebirth and ascension (3.45)

The opposite of sex is death (4.05)

The Great Enigma (5.35)

Is it still a one-man project with other people involved? (7.08)

Did you choose to make black metal? (11.20)

The origins of 'All Hope Abandon' (12.47)

The easiest song and the toughest song to get right on All Hope Abandon (14.42)

The story behind the album artwork (16.30)

Did it surprise S.V. how easily the album came together? (17.30)

Links

Tubal-Quayin

S.V

The Order of the Golden Dawn

Aleister Crowley

Thelema

Other Bands

Andracca

Episode 93 with Andracca

1349

Relevant Links

Volniir Bandcamp

Volniir Spotify

For Strength Coaching: heavymetalstrengthcoaching.com

Welcome to The Grumpy Metalheads podcast as we embark on the 7th and final part of our Bal-Sagoth story with The Heavy Metal Strength Coach and Shrubs666. Today we explore their final album, The Chthonic Chronicles.

Tracklist

2. Invocations Beyond the Outer-World Night 05:26 

3.Six Score and Ten Oblations to a Malefic Avatar 06:08  

4. The Obsidian Crown Unbound 05:58

5.The Fallen Kingdoms of the Abyssal Plain 04:38  

6. Shackled to the Trilithon of Kutulu 04:02 

7.The Hammer of the Emperor 06:58  

8. Unfettering the Hoary Sentinels of Karnak 04:22 

9.To Storm the Cyclopean Gates of Byzantium 04:57

10.Arcana Antediluvia 05:07 

11. Beneath the Crimson Vaults of Cydonia 05:15  

12.Return to Hatheg-Kla 03:28

Topics

Influence of HP Lovecraft

Peri Reis Map

Great Fire of London

Year of the 5 Emperors

Byzantium library

The face on Mars

Kul

Bal-Sagoth website

Key Figures

Nuclear Blast

Dan 'Storm' Mullins

Academy Music Studios

Indiscreet audio

Characters

Zurra

Lord Angsaar

Zuranthus

Caleb Blackthorne

Balthus Vane

Publius Helvius Pertinax- real person

The Full Bal Sagoth episode saga:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Welcome to The Heavy Metal Strength Coach podcast as change is afoot. Joe Hoy joins the team and we talk to him today. We talk online coaching, concussion and our plans for world domination.

New website: www.heavymetalstrengthcoaching.com

Joe Hoy (@apollo_physiqueTHMSC)

Apollo Physique

Sports Therapy

Connah Scholes

Therapy Plus

Episode Chapters

Why online coaching over 1-1 coaching? (3.20)

Isn't the industry too saturated to succeed? (4.39)

His experiences in the industry so far (6.20)

Can online coaching be as effective as 1-1? (8.15)

The online client journey (11.20)

What can be done if a client isn't achieving their goals? (15.30)

How can an online coach prevent their clients from skipping out on their program? (17.30)

What makes a good online coach? (21.00)

Why should p[eople keep a coach long-term? (23.30)

Concussions & rugby (26.49)

Future plans (37.25)

Mentors (39.36)

Further reading

Fancy gumshield concussion research

Sleeping after a concussion

Mentors

Mikey Brouwer

Andy Edwards

Graft Haus

Heavy Metal Strength Coach Instagram:

@theheavymetalstrengthcoach

Welcome to the second part of the Sidious interview. Here is when the lads really get warmed up into the interview and I give the opportunity to Shrubs to get a question in.

Before you delve into this episode, you might want to check out part 1.

Here are some of the topics we delve into:

All our Bal Sagoth episodes

1

2

3

4

5

6

Useful Links & Further Listening

Clobber Records

Hecate Enthroned

Azaghal

Liber Null

Corpus Christi

Volniir

Andracca

Episode with Andracca

Abduction

Bolzer

Ninkharsarg

Trivax

The Infernal Sea

Old Corpse Road

Winterfylleth

Nemorous

Wodensthrone

Gaerea

Dissection

Vehement

Reaper agency

Shrubs' Van Bangers

Night Flight Orchestra

Toto

Heart- If Looks Could Kill

Rock The Night- Europe

Ghost

Manowar

Unto Others

Upcoming Live Gigs

Stormkeep

Winterfylleth/Saor

Incineration Fest

Harakiri For The Sky

Alcest

Sidious

Bandcamp

Merch

Live

Facebook

Instagram

Welcome to The Grumpy Metalheads Podcast for part 1 of our interview with UK black metal band Sidious. We are joined by Baalrath and Valdr, who, despite their repeated attempts at giving their proper names will be referred to by their stage names for the duration of the episode.

We hope you have fun listening. See you for part 2.

Let us know who you think we should have on next by dropping us a message via the Instagram page @grumpymetalheads

Show notes:

Sidious essential listening...

First EP (Bandcamp)

Seed of Detest Demo

Temporal

Blackest Insurrection

Topics

The sound of Sidious evolving.

The many iterations of Sidious and what made it stick this time.

The missing link.

The writing process of Blackest Insurrection

Luciferianism

Russ Russell

Links

Bandcamp

Spotify

Instagram

Facebook

93. Andracca & UK Black Metal

Welcome to another edition of The Grumpy Metalheads Podcast. Today, we talk to K.DWS from the mighty Andracca who are about to unleash their new album on the world. In a varied, open discussion we delve into the transformative journey of the album's creation.

Talking Points

The history of Andracca (0.58)

The importance of Tolkien to the inception of the band (4.00)

Origin of the Andracca name (6.46)

Moving on from the Tolkien universe (9.00)

Devoted to suffering (10.45)

Could anything stop him from making music through Andracca? (13.30)

The new album (14.41)

Appreciation for life (21.15)

The cathartic writing process (23.00)

Does Kieran prefer being the frontman or blending into the background? (24.30)

Favorite tours & shows (27.15)

Thoughts on the current UK black metal scene (32.38)

Cradle Of Filth (35.30)

How does he want people to feel after experiencing Andracca? (40.15)

Shrubs' Tour Bus Bangers (43.18)

Useful Links

Blackwood Productions

Vendetta Records

Ruin Of Jorvik

Gary from Reaper Agency

Band Mentions

Emperor

Volniir

Sidious

Ante-Inferno

Ninkharsag

Afsky

Insurgency

Sargeist

Winterfylleth

Saor

Hecate Enthroned

Abduction

Wode

Fen

Trivax

Blood Countess

The Infernal Sea

Bal-Sagoth

Mastodon

Judas Priest

Key People

Steve Blackwood

Gary from Reaper Agency

Books

The Silmarillion

Andracca

Facebook

Instagram

Bandcamp

Vendetta Records

Live

Merch

What is Sports Therapy?

Today I'm joined by my head therapist, Connah Scholes. In this introduction episode, we take a big-picture view of sports therapy and explore some of its facets and how sports therapy can help a wide spectrum of people.

Talking Points

What is Sports Therapy? (1.02)

Why did he choose Sports Therapy? (2.00)

Getting injured as a therapist (4.00)

Connah's injuries (5.36)

Blowout fracture of his eye (9.21)

Connah's experience with therapists (11.00)

When do you learn to become a therapist? (12.00)

Do people choose the right time to see a sports therapist? (14.00)

Fostering dependency or autonomy? (16.20)

Will every injury get a diagnosis? (19.06)

Continued professional development (23.05)

Upcoming education (24.35)

How new clients tend to feel at the end of a therapy session. (25.40)

Love Island (29.30)

How resilient is the human body? (30.35)

Useful Links:

The Heavy Metal Strength Coach Instagram

Therapy Plus Website

Connah's Instagram