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#139 Jean-Francois Dagenais (Kataklysm) Aug 21, 2020

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist Jean-Francois Dagenais of the band Kataklysm. He came on the podcast to talk about the bands debut album "Sorcery" celebrating a 25th anniversary and the bands upcoming album "Unconquered" which comes out September 25th on Nuclear Blast records.

#138 Jon Zazula (Megaforce Records) Aug 14, 2020

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is the legendary Jon Zazula aka Jonny Z founder of Megaforce records and the man that helped Metallica get off the ground. He shares some stories from his days as a promoter and label runner and heavy metal legend.

Buy Jon's book here:

https://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Tales-Metal-Music-Madness/dp/B085WB1L96/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GZ1CRHE7D4H6&dchild=1&keywords=jon+zazula+heavy+tales+the+metal.+the+music.+the+madness&qid=1597430743&sprefix=jon+zazula%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-1

#137 Frank Fanelli (For the Nomads / The World We Knew) Jul 28, 2020

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is Frank Fanelli, vocalist of the band The World We Knew. This episode we dont talk much about Frank’s history with the genre, but more about his For the Nomads fundraiser which is something near and dear to my heart. For the Nomads is set up to help road crew such as Merch people, Sound guys, guitar techs and all the people that work behind the scenes in the industry that are out of work for the foreseeable future due to the pandemic. Frank has raised over 100k for crew people over 3 separate auctions since March. We talk about this, tour stories and what the future holds for the metal scene in general. PLEASE donate to For the Nomads if you can and support the crews that help your favorite bands.

Please Donate HERE:

https://www.forthenomads.org/

#136 Ethan McCarthy (Primitive Man) Jul 21, 2020

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is Ethan McCarthy, vocalist and guitarist of the band Primitive Man. Ethan came on the podcast to discuss the bands insanely heavy new album "Immersion" Ethan also discussed how his ongoing battle with mental illness almost made the record not happen during writing/recording. We share some tour stories of worst shows/venues played and even get an update on the status of his other band Vermin Womb and their new material.

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#135 Tom Smith (The Acacia Strain) Jun 15, 2020

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was guitarist of The Acacia Strain, Tom Smith. Tom came on the podcast to discuss the bands recent out put of insane proportions with a surprise full length record at the end of 2019 and the current EP’s spelling out DECAY which are eventually a part of another full length called “Slow Decay”. Tom gave me the inside scoop of all the work the band has been doing working on these records between tours and how Vincent spearheaded a lot of the concept and designs of both records. We also spend some time discussing the pandemic, BLM. We round out the conversation with the genius of David Lynch and Twin Peaks!

#134 Corey Beaulieu (Trivium) Jun 04, 2020

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist Corey Beaulieu of the band Trivium.

Corey came on the podcast to delve into the writing and recording behind the bands 2nd album "Ascendancy" which is celebrating a 15 year anniversary. We also discuss the impact of the current viral outbreak and briefly discuss how the bands music has and imagery has ended up in some films!

#133 Hidden Gem Bands May 18, 2020

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. This episode we decided to do something a little different, I brought Matt back on the podcast for us to discuss bands that are considered "Hidden Gems" of heavy metal. Bands from the 00's that went under the radar or were big at one time and faded away for one reason or another. We curated a special Spotify and Youtube playlist for the bands discussed and we hope that you will check them out, both are linked below.

Bands we Discussed:
Scarlet
The Jonbenet
The Red Shore
Buried in Verona
Destroyer Destroyer
meandhimcallitus
The Heartland
A Black Rose Burial
Early Graves
Symphony In Peril
Rifles at Recess
Violent Soho
Resist the Thought
War From a Harlots Mouth
Structures
Genghis Tron
With Faith of Flames
Rune

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6yq4dEdeVpxziLCS6wUND4?si=3qMFSkBsQk2unietaFDtAA

YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWWf069r7dea1w6gokJeJ_4ET1rtvg5_S

#132 Jacob Bannon (Converge/Umbra Vitae) Apr 29, 2020

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Jacob Bannon, singer of the band Converge. Jacob came on the podcast to talk about his newest band Umbra Vitae, a Death Metal band consisting of past guest Mike McKenzie and Greg Weeks (The Red Chord), Sean Martin, (ex-Hatebreed) and Drummer Jon Rice (Job For a Cowboy). Jacob discussed the origins of the band, how the writing and recording process was birthed out of last years Wear Your Wounds album sessions. We also discussed his artwork process and spend the last 20 minutes getting all nerdy about MMA!

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https://www.facebook.com/umbravitaeofficial/

#131 Sean Hynes (Ingested) Apr 23, 2020

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Sean Hynes, guitarist for the Death Metal band Ingested. Sean came on the podcast to discuss the 10 year anniversary of the bands 1st album “Surpassing the Boundaries of Human Suffering” and the writing and recording process of that record. We also delve into Sean's Writing style and the impending release of their new record, that has been affected by the current world pandemic.

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https://www.facebook.com/ingesteduk/
https://www.instagram.com/ingested/
https://www.indiemerchstore.com/b/ingested

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https://www.instagram.com/sean_ingested
youtu.be/hkj6nnPboMs

#130 Colin Marston (Krallice, Behold...the Arctopus) Apr 05, 2020

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My guest for this episode of the podcast is Colin Marston, Bassist and Guitarist of bands such as Krallice, Behold…the Arctopus, Gorguts and Dysrhythmia. Colin also has a recording studio where he has recorded and engineered bands for over 15 years. We discuss some of Colin’s work on the music and recording side.

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