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The Metal Head episodes

  • Twenty One: Metallica Setting A New Record, Katatonia's New Tour, And URNE's New Album

    Welcome back to some chill vibes and heavy music. On today's episode Grace and Michael/Michelle dive into Metallica's new record setting concert, with special celebrity guests in attendance. We also chat about the new Katatonia North American Tour, and the surprise Megadeth guest of Marty Friedman.


    Michael/Michelle get's a bit personal with some comments made by Alice Cooper, but knows karma is a thing when Mr. Cooper is dropped by a makeup company.


    The team give praise for the new URNE album and get confused over the pronunciation of the band's name.


    Finally, a discussion around supergroups and if the term should be retired finishes off the episode.

    33 min
  • Twenty: Highest Recorded Concert Attendance, Radarfest, & Metallica's US Tour

    On today's episode, we cover a lot of announcements of tours for Metallica, Periphery, and Cattle Decapitation. Michael/Michelle laments about not getting Taylor Swift tickets, and Grace recounts her time at Radarfest and breaking her leg.


    We also cover the largest recorded concert attendance and chat about the validity of these things, especially when they're free.

    40 min
  • Nineteen: Sleep Token at Radar Fest, TesseracT's new track, and The Anchoret's new album

    We have a stacked episode this week! We're looking at the a bunch of news such as the new track and album announcement from Tesseract, Alice Cooper teaming up with Tom Morello from RAM for the new single off of the new album "Roads", and the Tour announcement with Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie.


    We also chat about a metal album that really surprised us with The Anchoret and their debut album It All Starts With Loneliness.


    We end the episode with the Sleep Token effect for the upcoming Radar Fest and what Grace is looking forward to as a press access pass.


    We also chat about the passing of Sinéad O'Connor, a beautiful voice and politically active woman who left us far too soon.

    48 min
  • Eighteen: New Baroness, Scar Symmetry, and Best albums of 2023 so far

    On today's episode, Grace and Michael/Michelle chat about new Baroness track and their upcoming album 'Stone'. Michael/Michelle shares a heart warming story about a wall of hugs at a show after a metal head proposed. We then chat about new music from Scar Symmetry and King Gizzard, and end off the episode chatting about our favourite metal releases of the year thus far.

    44 min
  • Seventeen: A7X's new album, Tool's Outrageous Ticket Prices, and Download Fest

    We have a lot on the docket today folks. First, Michael/Michelle and Grace continue their chat about Spotify's AI DJ X, and how the shine has worn off. We then chat about some news painting metalheads in positive lights from a recent Ph.D study. Grace is shocked by the price of North American tickets prices for the up coming Tool show that Michael/Michelle tried to buy tickets for, and we touch on new releases from Slipknot and Foo Fighters.

    We dive deep into the new Avenged Sevenfold record "Live Is But A Dream..." and talk about how our minds have changed with multiple listens. Finally, we end the episode off with Grace giving a detailed account of her time at this year's Download Fest, and getting to crowd surf to Metallica.

    We hope you enjoy!

    56 min
  • Sixteen: Sleep Token's new album, Foo's new Drummer, and Trent Reznor's new Score

    We cover a lot on this episode, starting with a discussion on Spotify's new AI DJ X. We then dive deep into some news talking about the new permanent drummer of the Foo Fighters and Trent Reznor's new score for the up coming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In the new albums, we chat about the new Sleep Token and The Ocean album. Finally, we end on a fun recap of some of the shows Grace has been too. We hope you enjoy.

    40 min
  • Fifteen: Dolly Parton going Rock, Bell Witch's new album, & Excitement for Ghost's new EP

    On this week's episode, Grace and Michel/Michelle chat about Dolly going rock and not being able to do any wrong. We also discuss the latest single from Ghost's EP Pantomime, and get excited for all the new releases coming out today. Two festivals are discussed on our Festival Watch segment. We also have a discussion on the new Bell Witch release, where there's a bit of a disagreement. Finally, we end with those shows that we've seen in the past two weeks. We hope you enjoy!

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    36 min
  • Fourteen: Foo Fighters, Dødheimsgard, & BAMBOOZLE is Baboozled!

    Join us this week as we provide some chill vibes with some heavy music. We talk about the potential drummer for the new Foo Fighters album, how metal heads have some of the best self image (according to science!), and how BAMBOOZLE which should have started today is canceled. We also look at a fun death metal from Dødheimsgard, in which both Michael/Michelle and Grace have a fun time trying to pronounce. The episode also features a show and tell of new gets from Grace from the Prognosis festival.


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    40 min
  • Thirteen: Metallica, Dethklok, & Power Trip Festival

    On this week's episode, we talk about the most anticipated metal release of the year: 72 Seasons by Metallica.


    We also talk about some up coming concerts and festivals with the newly announced tour with BABYMETAL and Dethklok, Dream Theater's DreamSonic with Devin Townsend and Animals as Leaders, and the sold out Sweden Rock Festival. We revisit the Power Trip Festival and discuss how ludicrous the pricing options are.


    Finally, we talk about the surprise announcements from Ghost, and their new covers EP, and the new album from Bell Witch.

    49 min
  • Twelve: BABYMETAL, Metallica, and Liturgy

    On this week's episode, we chat all things BABYMETAL, looking at their new album THE OTHER ONE, and their new member Momometal. We also look at new EPs from Scar Symmetry and Metallica, getting very excited for the upcoming albums. In our Festival Watch, Grace is tempted to head out to LA for the Power Trip Festival. We also review the new album from Liturgy and give it a glowing review. Finally, we end things off with a discussion about genre and if djent is in fact one of them.

    46 min

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A meditative podcast about metal music. Updates every other Friday. We hope you enjoy!