It's Halloween, so Chris and J talk their favorite Halloween songs. 

Our picks of the week: ; J - Solace in Murder - Homicide; Chris - Icarus Witch - Goodbye Cruel World

Some of our favorite Halloween songs - Helloween - Halloween; Mercyful Fate - the Bell Witch; King Diamond - Halloween; Misfits - Halloween, The Monster Mash; Type O Negative - Halloween in Heaven, All Hallow's Eve, The Creepy Green Light, Black No. 1; Evile - All Hallows Eve, Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark; Ozzy - Diary of a Madman; Fastway - Trick or Treat

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This isn't a costume, it's a way of life!

Our picks of the week: ; J - Necronomicon -Unleashed Bastards; Chris - Impellitteri - Nature of the Beast

Some of our favorite costume wearing metal bands- Kiss, Gwar, Alice Cooper, King Diamond, Judas Priest, Slipknot, Ghoul, AC-DC, Misfits, Ghost, Rhapsody, Hammerfall, Twisted Sister, Rob Zombie. 

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Sometimes heavy metal means something. This time? It's just scary. This episode, Chris and J talk about when heavy metal is all about horror. 

Our picks of the week: ; J - Fullgore - Followers of the Black Euphoria; Chris - Seventh Wonder - Tiara

Some of our favorite horrific metal songs-  King Diamond - Abigail, Them, Conspiracy; Six Feet Under - Lycanthropy; Alice Cooper - Steven, Ballad of Dwight Fry, This Maniac's in Love with You, I love the Dead; Judas Priest - The Ripper; Anthrax - Madhouse; Cradle of Filth - Her Ghost in the Fog; My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours; Macabre- Vampire of Dusseldorf; Misfits - Dig Up Her Bones, Zombie Girl; Cannibal Corpse. - The Coffinfeeder, Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast;  Metallica - Call of Ktulu

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Most fans of heavy metal also love horror movies. Sometimes metal and horror movies crossover.  

Our picks of the week: ; J - Human Decay - Mefitico; Chris - High on Fire - Electic Messiah

Some of our favorite metal songs about horror movies: Alice Cooper - He's Back (The man behind the mask); Dokken - Dream Warriors; Iced Earth - Wolf, Phantom Opera Ghost, Damien; Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera, Wicker Man; Anthrax - Among the Living; Deicide - Dead by Dawn; Death - Evil Dead; Evildead - FCI/The Awakening; Lizzy Borden - Redrum; S.O.D. - Freddy Kreuger, Chimaira - The Pictures in the Gold Room; Create a Kill - The Sow is Mine; Possessed - the Exorcist

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What happens when some of metal's elite go solo? Chris and J talk about some of their favorite solo bands and albums. 

Our picks of the week: ; J - Revocation - The Outer Ones; Chris - Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny of Souls

Some of our favorite metal solo bands are: Dio, Ozzy, Alice Cooper, Bruce Dickinson, Belladonna, Danzig, DLR, Lynch Mob, Doro, Black Label Society, Halford, Yngwie J Malmsteen, King Diamond, Sebastian Bach, Derrick Sherinian. 

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Sometimes metal actually has a meaning, whether it be social commentary or politics. This episode we talk about metal with a meaning. 

Our picks of the week: ; J - Create a Kill - Summoned to Rise; Chris - Dragonlord - Dominion

Some of our favorite metal guitarists are: Metallica - Master of Puppets & One, Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction, Testament - Native Blood, Pantera - Suicide Note part 1 and 2, Pantera - Rise, Alice in Chains - Down in a Hole, Black Sabbath - War Pigs, Sepultura - Refuse/Resist, Anthrax - Indians, Ozzy - Killer of Giants & Revelation (Mother Earth), Sacred Reich - the American Way, Judas Priest - Bloodstone, Havok - FPC & Give me Liberty or Give me Death, Grip Inc - Ostracized, Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills, Kreator - Side by Side, Rush - The Trees

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This episode we talk about some of our favorite heavy metal guitarists. 

Our picks of the week: ; J - Septek - Pilgrim; Chris - Ozzy - No Rest for the Wicked

Some of our favorite metal guitarists are: Dave Mustaine, James Hetfield, Jon Schaffer, Jeff Waters, Scott Ian, Jeff Loomis, Trevor Peres, George Lynch, Adrian Smith/Dave Murray/Janick Gers, Randy Rhoads, Dimebag Darrell, Jeff Hanneman, Steve Vai, K.K. Downing/Glenn Tipton, Mick Thompson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Wolf Hoffmann, Jim Matheos, Chris DeGarmo, Michael Romeo, John Petrucci. 

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Chris and J rank the sophomore albums by the Big 4 of Thrash: Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer, and talk about these 4 albums in detail. 

Our picks of the week: ; J - Omnium Gatherum - The Burning Cold; Chris - Satan - Cruel Magic

The Sophomore Albums by the Big 4:

Metallica: Ride the Lightning (1984)

Slayer: Hell Awaits (1985)

Anthrax: Spreading the Disease (1985)

Megadeth - Peace sells, but who's buying? (1986)

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Chris and J rank the debut albums by the Big 4 of Thrash: Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer, and talk about the birth of thrash metal. 

Our picks of the week: ; J - Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies; Chris - Mob Rules - Beast Reborn

The Debut Albums by the Big 4:

Metallica: Kill 'Em All (1983)

Slayer: Show No Mercy (1983)

Anthrax: Fistful of Metal (1984)

Megadeth - Killing is My Business... and Business is Good! (1985)

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This episode focuses on bands, both old and new, that we discovered this year. 

Our picks of the week: ; J - Sinaya - Maze of Madness; Chris - Burning Witches - Burning Witches

Some of the bands we discovered this year are: Ghoul, Skeletal Remains, Bloodletter, Khemmis, Paganizer, Pagan's Mind, Necrot, Kataklysm, Nervosa, Distillator, Angelus Apatrida, Arch/Matheos, Nuke 'Em, Godslave, Null 'O' Zero. 

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