When It Was Cool Dark

Join NoFriender for several classic episodes of the Thrash Metal Show never before released on iTunes. Almost four hours of the origins and evolution of one of thrash heavy metal musics originals - Megadeth. Get well soon Dave Mustaine!

This week on DragonKing Dark Podcast we continue our journey across the United States to find strange, odd, and bizarre oddities, places, and roadside attractions. We stop this week in Kentucky, this nice mid-south state is well known for horse racing but also offers up many strange and unusual attractions including one of the most well known and controversial tourist attractions in America - the Creationist museum built inside a full size replica of Noah's ark.

Welcome to the middle of America- Kansas. Home to Dorothy of the Wizard of Oz. What oddities can we find here? As it turns out, quite a few. Kansas likes it's stuff big as there are a lot of the largest things in the world on display throughout the state. There is also even a museum of the smallest version of the largest things! Kansas has a lot of interesting oddities and DragonKing Dark Podcast with Karl Stern is here to tell you about them.

The latest edition of DragonKing Dark with Karl Stern continues our tour across the U.S. looking at strange, weird, and odd places. This episode we make a stop in Iowa and what could Iowa possibly have to offer? You'll be surprised! Iowa, as it turns out, is packed with lots oddities including the fictional birthplace in the future of Captain Kirk and is home to several of the largest objects in the world! Come join us for a trip into the unusual that Iowa has to offer.

What happens when the host of the Thrash Metal Show (NoFriender) attends one of the last concerts of iconic thrash metal band Slayer and metal pioneers Vio-Lence? Well, that's exactly what happened and he is here with his report. Avoid the mosh-pit yourself and get an on the scene report of not one but TWO thrash metal music concerts - Slayer and Vio-Lence on this new Thrash Metal Show Podcast special.

This week Karl Stern and DragonKing Dark continue our series on weird, odd, and strange places in each state with a stop in Indiana. What bizarre stops and attractions would Indiana possibly have to offer? Come with us as we check out ruins, lot's of giant stuff, murders, and mysteries with oddities of Indiana!

This collected edition of NoFriender Thrash Metal Shows features 3 shows. The first is one of his earliest shows with an overview on Slayer and their place in the origins and evolution of thrash metal music. Then is episode 11 looking at the album Show No Mercy. Next is episode 12 - Slayer looking at at the Slayer albums Haunting the Chapel and Hell Awaits. We celebrate Slayer all month as they wind up their farewell tour.

I never thought much about oddities in Illinois until doing this series. Then, as we will all discover, Illinois actually prides itself on the strange and unusual! From giant rocketmen to giant rockmen and all sorts of weird stuff in between, join DragonKingKarl as he explores the land of Lincoln to find the strangest stuff there!

Recently we've been digging through Newspapers.com doing some history research. Reading newspapers from the 1800s through the 1940s over and over again makes you realize that we aren't so special here in 2019. In fact, the more that things change, the more they stay the same. You can add radio, television, go to the moon, have multiple wars, the internet, and every political argument you can think of but in the end human nature seems consistent.

Ok, ok, I know Venom is a deep cut but stick with me here. We are celebrating Halloween all month and while Venom may not be a household name they were instrumental in the Satanic dark music and black metal scene. So basically, if you've ever wondered about those really... REALLY dark heavy metal bands and were curious what that was all about, well, listen to this show.