TONIGHT  We have members of the Ty Steele Band in the house (Ty Steele founder/drums, Dustin Fennell Bass) about their upcoming progressive instrumental fusion-rock album M'AlgoRhythms coming out and what it took to get to this point PLUS put them  through the GAUNTLET OF FIRE: our top 10 Fun, Weird, & Unexpected Interview Questions to shake a quarantine stick at. We'll rewind the music with Julie Tew as our REWIND segment co-host who will take you through all the historically significant events and iconic album Anniversaries for this week in music history. It'll be time to Pause the music for stories you may have missed this week From Getting Back to the Music: A New Poll Gives us some idea on when we think concerts will return in full swing by, Its time reunite rockers and Pwr Up with AC/DC’s new album, another Live Album announced from metal heavyweights Iron Maiden, more in the ongoing Fear Factory drama with a departure from Bell, some new footwear to be excited about and finally keep you updated on further tour cancellations for 2021. FInally we'll Fast-Forward and give you all the important info you need to know as a livestreaming musician, band and artist about the new Update to FaceBook’s “listening experiences” that just rolled out on Oct 1st.

TY STEELE BAND - The Ty Steele Band produces and performs high energy Fusion-Metal and progressive instrumental rock.
Sounds like: porcupine tree, Zappa, Rush, other fusion
Website - http://tysteeleband.com/
FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/tysteeleband
Band Camp - http://tysteeleband.bandcamp.com/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUZkoVztsCnKdn_dcwo2_0w/playlists
Twitter - drumatlanta

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Welcome to SonicSphere Podcast Episode 26 Beach Party: Surfer Girls Rock! recorded for Sun Sept 6th, 2020.

TONIGHT In The Beach We ROCK! I am your Host the Platinum Viking and No guest this time as we’re LIVE on vacation from Tybee’s North Beach. This week its all about the Surfer Girls and Surf Rock as we trace the roots of this unique genre through time and space starting with The Ventures through Dick Dale and the Beach Boys. We'll Pause the music for stories you may have missed this week: Ozzy wins two certified awards this week, Metallica and Blue Oyster Cult hit us with new music for the fall, Six Feet Under with Ex-Cannibal Corpse Guitarist are making music together again, What does Black Dahlia Murder and Bill & Ted have in common and another one bites the dust with one final COVID tour cancellation. Then let's Fast-Forward to the future with the next new wave of ‘indie surf’ is here, we’re going to explore the soundtrack to your summer days and nights from the west coast to the Carolinas and across the pond...all this and more on this Surf Rock Edition of the SonicSphere Podcast!

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TONIGHT We ROCK with our most Explosive Guest Ever, welcome back Thom Mathews for a Rock-Off!🔥😎🤟

Welcome to SonicSphere Podcast Episode 25 - It's a Rock-Off! recorded for Sun Aug 23, 2020🎙 💋TONIGHT Now that everyone's gotten their weekend live music fix I hope, its time for this week's edition of the SonicSphere Podcast,  let's do what we love and do a lot of it! Special guest this week is our Fan Favorite - Most entertaining and Explosive Guest yet, bringing back heavy weight shredder Thom Mathews as we get into classic horror flicks, whats new going on with local heavy metalers R.M.S., cats, more cats, what he really wants to tell the world and more for this in your face episode re-do Rock-Off! Also we've got a lot going on at Julie Tew's Old School of Rock N Roll PLUS we'll Pause the music for stories you may have missed this week as Germany experiments with live indoor concerts, how many will get sick? The cat’s out of the bag with Deftones new ‘Ohms” album, what band broke the Billboard Chart Record For Most No. 1 Rock Songs?, what’s Smashing Pumpkin’s Jimmy Chamberlain been up to and remembering Quiet Riot’s Drummer Frankie Banali. We'll end the night with some futuristic music shoes....All this and more with your hostess that razes the mostess The Platinum Viking!

R.M.S. (Band)
FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/rmstrio/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrVhQ1w7xXrDiUKMsY9imSA

Thom Mathews (Artist)
FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/Thom-Mathews-Guitarist-109040005855382/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/thommathewsshred

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TONIGHT its a little of love, a little of hate but a lot of face melting with this week's SonicSphere Podcast Livestream Episode w/ Eddie Smith of Mad Margritt🔥😎🤟

Welcome to SonicSphere Podcast Episode 24 - Love, Hate and Everything Inbetween recorded for Sun Aug 16th, 2020🎙 💋TONIGHT we have Eddie Smith of the explosive, high energy rock band Mad Margritt based out of Atlanta, Georgia in the hot seat tonight. We’re going to get into all the musics PLUS out him through the GAUNTLET OF FIRE: our top 10 Fun, Weird, & Unexpected Final Round Questions to shake a quarantine stick at. We're bringing Julie Tew back for our REWIND segment co-host who will take you through all the exciting events that happened and major albums drops this week in music history. We'll continue to pause as COVID continues to disrupt the industry: A virtual NAMM and are we seeing the concert norm with a look at the U.K.'s First Social Distanced Outdoor Concert photos and videos? The Smashing Pumpkins never do anything small so what does the recent 5 coutndowns on their website mean? Deftones tease us with a new album, all is right with the world as Tool goes gold and KISS announce tour dates, and the time has finally come, we’ll get a look at the official motion picture soundtrack for Bill & Ted Face the Music for all my geeks out there. We'll wrap it up tonight with a look at the 20 Best Selling Hard Rock + Metal Albums of All Time- there’s some of the usual heavy hitters but a few that may surprise you....all this and more with your host The Platinum Viking!

MAD MARGRITT (Band)
FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/madmargritt/
Website - www.madmargritt.com

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Welcome to SonicSphere Podcast Episode 23 – Its a Surprise Rock N Roll Episode recorded for Sun Aug 9th, 2020.

TONIGHT Its a surprise episode as we welcome Julie Tew as our new segment co-host who will take you back to school for some This Week In Music History 101, join us as we dig deep into the biggest news to hit airwaves all the way back to Edison.  We'll Pause the Music with stories from the Foo Fighters The Van Tour, Black Sabbath promises a yummy array of swag on the 50th anniversary of Paranoid, LiveNation’s much more bottom bottom line, female musicians who are challenging all the rules and do you know who was the first metal act to grace Day 1 of MTV’s revolutionary historic launch? And finally its time to Fast-Forward now that we are more than halfway through an undoubtedly slow and unprecedented 2020 as the pandemic rages on, will we most likely have to wait till next year onward to really see how the industry changes or are there some music trends already taking root? How should we categorize music in a genre-less future? Should you be on the livestreaming bandwagon? Will you sink or swim this new world order?... So many questions and more on this surprise pop up episode with your host The Platinum Viking!

Welcome to SonicSphere Podcast Episode 22 - Its A Science Fiction Rock N Roll Feature recorded for Sun July 26th, 2020. 

TONIGHT  We have special guest Max Gilstrap along with us today with our first ever long distancing social distant Artist Talk and with our first ever Science-Fiction Rock band "Control, I" where we will get into a weird space of conceptual sci-fi and progressive core and everything in between. Since the Summer School of Rock is open and in session with your hostess that razes the mostess, We’re offering something a little different with our new this week in music history class called Behind the REWIND – an in-depth look of how some of America’s most influential (and sometimes most successful) rock + metal albums of all time came together and the intriguing and often gripping stories behind them…AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Metallica and more. As we PAUSE to celebrate all the new music coming out from Steel Panther to previously unreleased tracks from Rolling Stones ft  Jimmy Page we also look at the State of Music Address with the first Herd Immunity Fest really happened and as the $600 A Week Unemployment Benefits End Today, is there financial relief for independent music venues on the horizon? We also have you totally covered with sunscreen and camel packs as festivals looks towards and focus on 2021, we have some good news coming from Aftershock and Rebel RockFest plus more....we're coming at you with your host The Platinum Viking!

MAX GILSTRAP (Artist)
Instagram: @ctrl_i or @ctrl_i_ga
Twitter: (personal) @haff_lyfe or (band) @ctrl_i_ga

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Welcome to SonicSphere Podcast Episode 21 - The Boys Are Back recorded for Sun July 5th, 2020. Happy Independence Day!

TONIGHT our special guests are Atlanta's favorite Hard Rockers VOLTAGEHEAD! They have their debut album Unbroken coming out soon with a recent release of "one More Reason" to give us a little taste of whats in store when its unleashed on the world. We'll talk about the story behind the music and the inspiration behind it all along with putting them through our gauntlet of fun quarantine questions. Stick around for the second half as class is in session and we'll take a ride back to our favorite most unspeakable, untalented and vulgar young entertainer to some of music's most iconic last performances, significant album history makers and of course we have more of Rockstars Gone Bad. We'll pause to ask the tough questions of how, when and if we can and should be returning to big live concerts as we used to know them and on our local corner we'll talk about the state of Atlanta's Live Music scene and some recent prominent live music venue closings. We'll give you all the newest news on the tour/festival track reschedules and lastly The Boys Are Back, its time to get stupid again maybe....all this and more along with your host The Platinum Viking! PLEASE NOTE - This episode contains strong language and F-bombs and is not made for kids, listen at your discretion

VOLTAGEHEAD (Band)
FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/voltagehead/
Website - www.voltagehead.com
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC654T6zv3VPmmuJTxbTtGBQ
Instagram - www.instagram.com/voltageheadofficial

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Welcome to SonicSphere Podcast Episode 20 - Our New Masters of Reality recorded for Sun June 21st, 2020. Happy Father's Day!

TONIGHT Grab your life raft, its a trip into the rift for our new reality, what can we expect to see and where we'll be on the other side of it. We have special guest, good friend and long time fellow metalhead brother Sean Morrissey (Soniq Armada/Broken Trinity) in the hot seat as we talk about all things music and metal (and probably a little bit of geekiness)! For our second half, pull up your desk chair as we'll be kicking off with a journey back in time to from the birth of the 33 RPM long player, more iconic albums releases and even though today is for all the Fathers out there, this was a big week for women making music history.  As we PAUSE to take a look at the world around us, we'll take a look at the monumental new concert policy roll out for 2021 by one of the biggest national concert promoters and the state of our venues, will this been the end of live rock+metal concerts as we know it? As always, we will keep you up to date on your music festivals and tour re-schedules and look at who's not been lounging around on the couch all year with some new music drop news and whose been saving up for those record breaking rock memorabilia purchases ...and finally its time for a little more madness & mayhem in the Game of Zoos, all this and more along with your host The Platinum Viking!

SONIQ ARMADA (Band)
Streaming and Downloads - soniqarmada.bandcamp.com
FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/soniqarmada
Instagram - instagram.com/soniqarmada/
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2T9hrIHym3lF1fDmCcYvEg
Email [email protected]

BROKEN TRINITY (Band)
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/BrokenTrinity
YouTube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJDo...

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Welcome to SonicSphere Podcast Episode 19 - We Can't Get No Justice For All recorded for Sun June 7th 2020.

TONIGHT We're rocking and rolling with more of what we do best in supporting local music w/ special guest Marcus David (Guitarist at Big Murder) about their new album No Small Plans coming out on June 12th and be ready to Click! Rewind, Pause and Fast-Forward! School’s Not Out...Music History Class 101 Is IN for our second half starting with the birth of Capital Records to a big week for many noteworthy album releases to where's the money?  We’ll Pause to take a look at what’s going on right now in music in the continued battle against injustice and what the Metal + Rock community doing about it and well as our new music downloads and keeping you informed with the updated concert/festival track. Finally we'll Fast-Forward and bring in our guest as we take a look at the future of music beyond the traditional boundaries. All this and for all my Tiger King fans, there's some new shocking developments to get into...we're going to have a little more madness & mayhem in the Game of Zoos for this one along with your host The Platinum Viking!

BIG MURDER (Band)
Website - https://www.bigmurder.com/
FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/bigmurdr/
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1GTEeUAGzcDlK85Cen3Yp2

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Welcome to SonicSphere Podcast Episode 18 - That'll Be The Day We Rock N Roll recorded for Sun May 31st 2020.

TONIGHT We’ve got special guest local musician hero & open mic guru Paul Douglas Sanner about Music and of course Open Mics - how to put on, organize, promote, the Dos & Don'ts, how has technology changed, how has the COVID-19 shutdown affected them and when and if we can safely resume them and tonight Paul has a huge announcement to make you'll hear it here first! Second half be ready to Click! Rewind, Pause and Fast-Forward! School’s Not Out...Music History Class 101 Is IN starting in 1942 and spanning more than 60 years of big moments in music this week. We’ll Pause to take a look at what’s going on right now in music from recent public outrage over George Flyod and how the Metal + Rock community is speaking out to how we’re still finding ways to show public support amid COVID-19 as well as of course the new music download (lots of really exciting news there) and keeping you informed with the updated concert/festival track both virtually and on the ground. Finally we'll Fast-Foward and bring in our guest as we take a look at the future of music. This and a lot more with your host The Platinum Viking!