Heavy Metal History

"Blothar" (GWAR) Mar 08, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History.

My guest for this weeks episode is “Blothar” aka Mike Bishop Bass Player/Scumdog of the band GWAR!

Mike came on to talk about the 25 year anniversary of GWARS 1994 album “This Toilet Earth” Mike gives so many details and insights to how the record was recorded including a harrowing story of how guitarist Pete Lee was tragically shot (and lived) during the recording sessions for the record.

Mike and I also discuss the bands legacy and moving forward after the loss of Dave Brockie as well as Cory Smoot.

The band has somehow managed to keep forging ahead despite all the diversity and tragedy in their 30+ year long sonic invasion of our smelly and putrid planet called Earth.

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Ryo Kinoshita (Crystal Lake) Mar 04, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History, my guest this week is lead singer Ryo Kinoshita, of the Japanese Metalcore band Crystal Lake.

Ryo came on the podcast to discuss with me all things about the band, as well as his influences and how the band has managed to successfully crossover to “mainstream” success for being a Japanese band which is no small feat in itself. We also discuss the how hard it was to write this record while touring almost full time, the bands expectations vs reality with touring the states and the American crowds vs Japanese crowds.

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Heri Joensen (TÝR) Mar 01, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks installment of Heavy Metal History.

My guest this week is Heri Joensen, lead guitarist of the Folk Metal band Týr!

Heri and I discussed the importance of keeping his faroe island roots in the music, his cover songs, “By the Light of the Northern Star” celebrating a 10 year anniversary and the writing and recording of the bands new album “Hel” in which Heri explains how his health was on the line from his insane work ethic with writing and playing music and why this album was important for him to take his time writing/recording and releasing.

"Hel" is out March 8th on Metal Blade Records!

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February 1994 Feb 22, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. On this weeks episode we we see the rise of the 2nd wave of Black Metal.

February of 1994 less than 6 months after the murder of Mayhem guitarist Euronymous and almost a year after the Norwegian scene began it’s infamous assault into the mainstream with murder and arson leaving the music ancillary to the controversy itself. S

ome of the most prolific albums would be released in this month. Darkthrone would keep the “spirit” of Black Metal with their lo-fi intensity while also stoking the fires of controversy with anti Semitic alliances.

Emperor would push the genre forward with their technicality and proficiency as song writers. Enslaved bring to to the genre their own unique blend of Black Metal song writing pushing song times to new lengths. Meanwhile in England, far removed from the Norwegian scene, Cradle of Filth forges their own unique style of Black Metal built upon gothic influences. This was truly the time of Black Metal, only to still be enshrouded by the allure of death and fire, the music becoming another victim in it’s history.

Albums covered in this episode:

Stratovarius – “Dreamspace”
Darkthrone - “Transilvanian Hunger”
Samael - “Ceremony of Opposites”
Emperor - “In the Nightside Eclipse”
Cradle of Filth - “Principles of Evil Made Flesh”
Enslaved - “Vikingligr Veldi”
Morta Skuld - “As Humanity Fades”
The Black - “The Priest of Satan”

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Josh Perrin (Basilysk) Feb 14, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is Josh Perrin, founding member/guitarist/vocalist of the Philadelphia based Death Metal band Basilysk. Josh came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording of their new album “Emergence” an album that's taken almost a decade of hard work and determination to get this album done.

Josh talks about the years of keeping the band alive through line up changes, the decline of the music scene and what its like to make an album for a band thats on a self produced budget. We also discuss a ton of records and bands and even talk about the Lords of Chaos film to close out this episode. “Emergence” comes out February 22nd, go check it out if you love old school Death Metal!

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Dave Gregor (Morta Skuld) Feb 08, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is founding member and guitarist, David Gregor, of the legendary underground Milwaukee Wisconsin based Death Metal band Morta Skuld.

Morta Skuld was conceived in the early 90’s during the Death Metal explosion in America. The band achieved moderate success between 1993 and 1997 but somewhere along the line got a bit lost and relegated to a more obscure band amongst history in the flood of other releases and bands over the years. In 1994, less than a year after releasing their first record “Dying Remains” Morta Skuld released their 2nd record “As Humanity Fades” a record that is inherently heavy as it is devastating.

For a release that came out in 1994 it showed that Death Metal was far from dead. In this episode David joins me on the podcast to discuss the making of “As Humanity Fades” and its 25 year legacy as and album and as a band. This conversation about the album was to go into the February 1994 episode, but I felt like giving David his own full episode here because of all the behind the scenes making of the album and the bands history he shared.

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Marty Friedman (Cacophony, Megadeth) Jan 30, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks BONUS Episode of Heavy Metal History, my guest this week was the legendary Marty Friedman! Former guitarist of Cacophony, Megadeth and Tourniquet. Marty has been building a massively successful solo career for the past 30+ years, his last studio album “Wall of Sound” came out in 2017 and in 2018 Marty unleashed his newest live album “One Bad M.F. Live!!”

Marty was gracious enough to give me a short amount of his time to discuss a few aspects of his unique playing style, the live album and current tour. Thanks for listening!

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