Sam Vallen of Caligula’s Horse joins the podcast this week! We discuss the latest album Charcoal Grace coming out January 26 and how this is the end of the band's longest gap between albums. We also chatted about how they worked through writer’s block, how they stayed genuine to the thematic presence in the new album, and the excitement behind their upcoming North American tour. Well, that and a whole lot more.

Petar and Brandon discuss Cannibal Corpse going into the dog collar business, Kerry King stating his new band is an extension of Slayer in many ways, Mike Portnoy almost sharing the stage with Nickelback, and Code Orange canceling their upcoming North American tour.

Song: Caligula’s Horse “Golem”

Song: Caligula’s Horse “The Stormchaser”

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It's the first MetalSucks Podcast episode of 2024 and we've got the voice of the mighty Lucifer, Johanna Platow Andersson, back on the show! In this episode, we discuss the band's recent tour in the United States with Coven, the cost associated with touring internationally in the current world, and how things may change for US bands touring Europe. We also get down to talking about the writing formula that's worked for Lucifer, how it's been working together with the same lineup over the last few records, the attention to detail that has always been vital for Lucifer. We even learn which regional animal puts the fear of God in her.

Petar and Sylvia discuss a recent study showing fans of heavy music lie to their physicians, Corey Taylor choosing to take a mental health break and canceling his upcoming solo tour, and Rage Against The Machine calling it before completing the reunion tour commitments.

Song: Lucifer “At The Mortuary”

Song: Lucifer “Slow Dance In A Crypt”

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It's finally here. The final episode of 2023. As such, we share our top five albums of the year and chat with some of the artists that made them. Misha Manor of Periphery, James McBain of Hellripper, and Him from Sermon all join the podcast.

So come on and join us as we countdown what we feel are the five best albums of the year and play some of 2023's most memorable songs in heavy music.

Song: Periphery “Atropos”

Song: Periphery “Wildfire”

Song: Green Lung “Mountain Throne”

Song: Green Lung “One For Sorrow”

Song: Hellripper “Warlocks Grims and Withered Hags”

Song: Hellripper “The Nuckelavee”

Song: Dying Fetus  “Unbridled Fury”

Song: Dying Fetus “Compulsion For Cruelty”

Song: Sermon  “Royal”

Song: Sermon “Golden”

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This week we start our two part episode on our favorite 15 albums of 2023, a year that truly delivered the goods when it comes to our favorite genres of music. The episode features in depth interviews with the artists on the albums that moved us like no other, six artists join the podcast this week, and tracks off every record as we count down from number 15 all the way to our number one. Listen and find out what made the cut and maybe even find something amazing you may have missed this year!

Fuming Mouth - “I’ll Find You”

Rancid - “New American”

Domkraft - “SlowBurner”

Uada - Crepuscule Natura

Insominum - "Godforsaken" Featuring Johanna Kurkela

Enslaved - "Forest Dweller"

WillHaven - "Diablito"

Horrendous - “Cult of Shaad’oah”

Bell Witch - "The Clandestine Gate"

Baroness - "Last Word"

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Before we unleash our 15 favorite albums of the year in a two-part episode featuring interviews and music galore, we decided to reach out to the most important part of this show — its fans! Handpicked from email correspondence throughout 2023, our guests this week have a unique and great passion for the music of the year and the scene. 

First we have the reason that I decided to get the fan’s involved in the show and his name is Chad Pabianek. His email was asking me how I select my favorite albums of the year and I answered but also gave him the tall task this year to weave through the great albums to pick just one. Next we have J. Clark, a listener that's been with the show since its inception and a true lifer of the power of this music and scene. After him, James Murray gives us a truly intelligent breakdown of the year in heavy music and region he holds close to his heart by putting a focus and spotlight on the heavy music world in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Lastly, Amit Elisha, I am so sorry for mispronouncing your name again on the lead before the interview, co-owner of blastbeatvinyl.com joins us to discuss his favorite album of the year but also his favorite cover art of the year. As a small business owner that specializes in selling vinyl to our community. he gives passionate insight in what he feels is the subgenre of the year. 

Don’t miss this episode of listeners just like yourself, the community that we all live for and discover some of the bands that deserve the coverage just like the voices of these four fans.

Song: Dream Unending “So Many Chances”

Song: Queens of the Stone Age “Time and Place”

Song: Runemagick “Endless Night and Eternal End”

Song: Thantifaxath “Solar Witch”

Song: Exsang “Crown of The Dead”

Song: Moonlight Sorcery “In Coldness Embrace”

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Tool bassist Justin Chancellor and Peter Mohamed of Sweet Noise join our show this week to discuss the second album from their project MTVoid, we discuss returning to the project, the joy of creating music through file sharing, the conceptual team that create the music video for “MaBeLu,” all the collaborators that mad contributions to the songs on the album, the lyrical technique that was used on the record, and why a project like MTVoid is helps Chancellor grow as a bass player.

Petar and Jozalyn discuss The Black Dahlia Murder entering the studio to record their first record after the passing of Trevor Strand, Madi Watkins of Year Of The Knife back to creating music six months after the brutal van crash, and if there is any real interest in David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar sharing a stage to celebrate Van Halen.

Song: MTVoid “Drop-Out” Featuring. Isabel Munoz-Newsome (Pumarosa)

Song: MTVoid “Propagtor” Featuring Aric Improta (Night Verses, Ex- Fever 333)

Song: Tortuga “Lilith”

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Dying Wish vocalist Emma Foster is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast. In our chat, we discuss her band’s current North American tour and their second album Symptoms of Survival. Emma also lets us know how the new songs are going over in a live setting, the importance of booking the tour to land at home for Thanksgiving, the challenge of staying healthy while traveling through extreme weather, and some of the challenges of keeping healthy routines on the road. Aside from our music discussion, we also chat about her being a life long NBA fan, which players she's supporting, and Nikola Jokic’s reaction of winning the NBA title being relatable for a touring band.

Petar and Brandon discuss all the amazing new music the dropped this week, Bring Me The Horizon cancelling a performance mid show for the right reasons, Laura Jane Grace’s social media post on Jay Weinberg getting let go from Slipknot, the comic book created for the 30th anniversary of Type O Negative’s Bloody Kisses, and the musician who felt the need to attack that celebration.

Song: Dying Wish “Lost In The Fall”

Song: Dying Wish “Path To Your Grave”

Song: Hinayana “Triptych Visions”

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The great Devin Townsend returns to The MetalSucks Podcast this week, as he celebrates the 25th anniversary re-release of Infinity. In this episode, we discuss topics like how he feels looking back on his music catalog, the science behind releasing singles to the masses, how he defines compromise when it comes to his art, and the conversation he would have with himself 25 years ago. Naturally, the conversation also covers his thoughts and defense of the limits of AI, and some thoughts about how he may present his latest creation The Moth to the world.

Petar and Sylvia discuss her recently getting married, Jay Weinberg parting ways with Slipknot, if we feel there will be a lot more music from Slipknot in the future or they are going to be more like SOAD, Kerry King announcing his solo project, and our thoughts on if he should play Slayer songs live anymore.

Song: Devin Townsend “Christeen”

Song: Devin Townsend “Noisy Pink Bubbles”

Song: Unprocessed “Blackbone”

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Our guest for The MetalSucks Podcast is none other than Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation! During our chat, we discuss the band’s latest album Bleed Out, as well as their decision to release a majority of it in a single format, starting their own label, and some of the roles they’re taking on by releasing the album independently.

Sharon also shares details about the time she met Peter Steele of Type O Negative, what it was like releasing the NSFW video for the track “Ritual,” Iron Maiden legend Steve Harris watching the band nightly, why they release instrumental versions of their tracks, and the importance of investing culture in our society.

During the news section, Petar and Jozalyn discuss Sharon Osbourne blaming the end of Ozzfest on ‘greedy managers,’ Rage Against The Machine officially getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Metallica taking on bootleg merch vendors, and the tragedy that occurred during this year’s Headbangers Boat Cruise.

Song: Within Temptation “Shed my Skin” Featuring Annisokay

Song: Within Temptation “The Purge”

Song: Earthside “Pattern Of Rebirth Feat. AJ Channer (Fire From The Gods)

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This week, Doc Coyle is back on the show! During our chat, we discuss all his projects, including the latest opus from Bad Wolves Die About It. We also chat about the vinyl reissue of the classic God Forbid album IV: Constitution of Treason and his voice in the scene with The Ex-Man Podcast. Other topics of discussion include escapism through entertainment and how that can be detrimental if not checked on occasion, our thoughts on having to be more than human as an entertainer to get noticed, and where Constitution of Treason stands in his opinion regarding God Forbes’s catalog. Naturally, we also talk about Bad Wolves and the challenges thatband encountered during the Dear Monsters record cycle, and why Die About It is a very important record to the future of Bad Wolves.

Petar goes solo this week and answers a fan’s question on what is the best year of music in the 1990’s according to him, what tragic event changed everything for popular heavy music in that decade, and why that year will always stand above the rest.

Song: Bad Wolves “Bad Friend”

Song: Bad Wolves “Legends Never Die”

Song: God Forbid “Chains Of Humanity

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