Heavy Metal History

July 1987 Jul 10, 2017

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Welcome to this weeks episode of The Heavy Metal History Podcast!

Moving into July of 1987 we witness the birth of Grindcore with Napalm Death’s groundbreaking and terrifyingly fast album “Scum.” While Guns N’ Roses explodes the hair metal scene releasing “Appetite for Destruction” into the world. Also the legendary Ronnie James Dio puts out Dream Evil, and album that according to Dio was made during a very unhappy time in his life, and maybe in some aspects it shows on the records and in some it doesn't, because the album itself holds up even 30 years later.

Albums we discussed this week were:

Napalm Death - "Scum"
Dio - "Dream Evil"
Guns N' Roses - "Appetite for Destruction"

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Mike Schleibaum (Darkest Hour) Jun 05, 2017

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Welcome to this weeks episode of The Heavy Metal History Podcast. Our guest this week was Mike Schleibaum, guitar player of Darkest Hour. Mike came on to talk with us about "Deliver Us" turning 10 and the new record "Godless Prophets and the Migrant Flora"

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Matt Solis (Cormorant) May 29, 2017

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History! Joining us this week is past guest Matt Solis, Matt came on to talk about his band Cormorant and their new album coming out August 11th called "Diaspora" as well as the bands and albums that influenced him as a guitar player and got him into metal. We also talk about the bands DYI ethic and the wants/needs of crowd funding.

You can download all of Cormorant's music right now and look for pre-orders soon!

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Stavros Giannopoulos (The Atlas Moth) May 23, 2017

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Welcome to this weeks episode of the Heavy Metal History Podcast. Joining me this week is Stavros Giannopoulos (Guitar Player/Vocalist) of The Atlas Moth.

Stavros came on this week to talk about his influences as a musician/guitar player and then we get into the work that has begun on the new record which goes into a myriad of topics that you absolutely cant miss!

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Chris Fox (See You Next Tuesday) May 16, 2017

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Welcome to this weeks episode of the heavy metal history podcast.

Joining us this week is Chris Fox, the singer of the band See You Next Tuesday. Fox came on to talk about some of the recording for Parasite and what the band has been up to since the Hiatus and the struggles that led to the Hiatus. Fox also recounted what the scene was like during 07/08 and they managed to carve a path for them selves in the wake of over saturation.

Fox currently is still currently in See You Next Tuesday as well as a couple other projects which you should check out.

BOHR: https://bohrtheband.bandcamp.com/

DEAD CHURCH: https://deadchurch.bandcamp.com/

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Jeremy Wagner (Broken Hope) May 10, 2017

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Welcome to this weeks episode of The Heavy Metal History Podcast.

This week we sat down with Jeremy Wagner, founding member and guitar player of the band Broken Hope. Jeremy takes us through his history of what music influenced him as a guitar player and how that led to forming Broken Hope. He then talks about recording the new album "Mutilated and Assimilated" and all the meticulous work and effort that went into writing and recording this album. We hope you enjoy and that you pre-order the album before it comes out in June!

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May 1987 Part Two May 03, 2017

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Welcome to this weeks episode of The Heavy Metal History Podcast.

This week we continue where we left off in May of 1987.

A classic and somewhat unknown Thrash Metal band Heathen released their album in a time when Thrash is dominating the scene and yet somehow never managed to take off like their peers around them.

Bathory puts out one of the most game changing records that would eventually evolve and influence the Black Metal genre.

Meanwhile the war of Thrash and Glam Metal rings out with Motley Crue continuing to put out another massive album with so many hits. During this time the band is on the verge of a level of success that many bands wouldn't reach and even then we regale the listener with so many storied of their antics in the L.A. scene.

Albums discussed this week:

Heathen - "Breaking the Silence"
Bathory - "Under the Sign of the Black Mark"
Motley Crue - "Girls! Girls! Girls!"

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May 1987 Part One Apr 26, 2017

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Welcome to this weeks episode of The Heavy Metal History Podcast.

May of 1987 saw such a plethora of legendary releases that we had to split this episode into two parts in order to cover everything properly. We talk about Anvil, a band that was largely forgotten and mostly considered a “generic” band up until the release of their 2008 documentary “Anvil: The Story of Anvil” saw the band receive a 2nd wind in their career, but nearly 20 years prior to that documentary the band put out their 4th album “Strength of Steel”, their only charting album in their entire discography. Helloween released their 2nd album which begins a 2 part concept album and even showcases the beginnings of what would become Power Metal. And the almighty birth of Death Metal with Chuck Shuldiner’s band Death putting out an album that would be far ahead of its time with “Scream Bloody Gore”, the album epitomized everything that would become so prevalent in the formation of the Death Metal genre, which even the bands name rooted in the genre itself.

The albums we discussed this week were:

Anvil - "Strength of Steel"
Helloween - " Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt.1"
Death - "Scream Bloody Gore"

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Mark Denkewalter (Blood of our Enemies) Apr 20, 2017

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Welcome to this weeks episode of The Heavy Metal History Podcast. This week I sit down with my old friend Mark and we talk about the behind the scenes of the metal industry. We also delve into the touring life style, what its like for bands on the road and the over all business that most people never hear or think about, its very introspective and informative. Look for Mark to be on again soon to talk about bands that influenced him as a musician.

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