Heavy Metal History

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#127 Mark Jansen (Epica) Nov 16, 2019

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Welcome to this episode of the podcast. My guest was Mark Jansen, guitarist of Epica. We discuss the 10 year anniversary of the bands record “Design Your Universe”

#126 Cory Brandan (Norma Jean) Nov 16, 2019

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Welcome to this episode of the podcast. My guest was vocalist Cory Brandan of the band Norma Jean.

#129 Andy Gillion (Mors Principium Est) Nov 16, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks episode of the podcast. My guest was guitarist Andy Gillion of Mors Principium Est. Andy came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording of his new solo album “Neverafter” This has been a labor of love for Andy for many years and all his hard work has finally come to fruition with this album and it is easily one of the best records of the year. Please go buy this album as this is a 100% self financed independent release done entirely by Andy himself.

Buy Neverafter: https://andygillion.com/shop/

#125 Leila Abdul-Rauf (Vastum) Oct 24, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist/vocalist Leila Abdul-Rauf of the Death Metal band Vastum. Leila came on the podcast today to discuss the writing and recording of the bands new album "Orificial Purge" we also talk about how they found the album art and all of Leila's other musical and artistic endeavors.

Buy the album:https://vastum.bandcamp.com/

Follow Vastum: https://www.facebook.com/Vastum-440192535391/

#124 Jeff Tuttle (Shock Narcotic / ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan) Oct 24, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist Jeff Tuttle formerly of The Dillinger Escape Plan and now currently in the band Shock Narcotic with former members of Black Dahlia Murder, Battlecross and Child Bite.

Jeff came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording process of this album, how he stays motivated to write and his love of Horror films!

Shock Narcotic: https://www.facebook.com/shocknarcotic/

Buy the record here: https://thehousecorestore-com.3dcartstores.com/Shock-Narcotic_c_47.html

#123 Jamie Hanks Returns! (I Declare War) Oct 19, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is a return guest! After 2 long years Jamie Hanks returns to the podcast, BUT unbeknownst to a lot of listeners, we actually recorded an episode a year ago that never saw the light of day due to a computer failure. Jamie is back though and we talk about his bands upcoming EP “Downcast“ which is ENTIRELY DIY by Jamie and the band. This is an important episode for a number of reasons, mainly due to Jamie giving me a solid day to day of the ins and outs of how a band managed to juggle all the things that need to go into recording/writing and getting a record made on their personal budgets. It’s insightful and revelatory. Jamie and I also discuss a plethora of horror films and which are some of his favorites and the correlation between horror and heavy metal.

Buy the EP: https://ideclarewar.merchnow.com/

#122 Theo Spence and Matt Oein (Rank and Vile) Oct 19, 2019

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Interview with Theo Spence and Matt Oein (Rank and Vile)

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests were guitarist and vocalist of the band Rank and Vile, Theo Spence and Matt Oein. Theo and Matt came on the podcast to discuss their histories of how they got into the genre as well as the political nature of the band and trying to utilize the lyrical content for a prescient message. We talk a little bit about politics and horror film influences on the band as well as on their album “Redistribution of Flesh” which is a Death-Grind bludgeoning to your ears. Since this is the bands new full length, of course we talked all about how they wrote and recorded the record and even talked about how insanely stacked the PNW (Pacific North West) Metal scene truly is. “Redistribution of Flesh” comes out October 18th

https://rankandvile.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/rankandvile/

#121 Cory Smarsh & Jacob Toy (Signs of the Swarm) Oct 10, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests this week are Cory Smarsh and Jacob Toy, guitarists in Deathcore/Death Metal band Signs of the Swarm. Cory and Jacob take me through their roots of heavy metal and the records and bands that got them into the genre, we even have a similar band that got us into the genre, which was Hatebreed. The two tell me about the writing process for this record and how there is no shortage of inspiration or riffs between the two guitarists and how they're always writing. This album really see’s the band step more into the Death Metal realm and Cory and Jacob told me how they wanted to really just “Write this album for ourselves” the two are fairly young and the band is only on their 3rd record so the sky is the limit with where these guys can go in the future.

The band is about to embark on the “Bloodletting North America” Tour with Disentomb, Visceral Disgorge, Organectomy, Continuum and Mental Cruelty. The tour starts September the 13th and runs through October the 13th.

The bands album “Vital Deprivation” comes out October 11th on Unique Leader records.

#120 Jack Fliegler (Singularity) Oct 07, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was guitarist of the band Singularity, Jack Fliegler. Jack and i discussed not only his band Singularity, but also his youtube and Twitch channel where he does Heavy Metal guitar covers of video game and anime music. Jack tells me about his week’s worth of work that goes into making each cover possible and how much Twitch has helped keep him inspired and never bored! We also talk about the writing and recording process for the bands new album “Place of Chains” which comes out October 11th on The Artisan Era!

Pre-Order: https://singularityaz.bandcamp.com/

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/toxicxeternity

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmHw0Q6fBS4c_uzgaBH4obQ

Bonus Episode: Joe Nunez (Return Fire / ex-Soulfly) Oct 04, 2019

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Welcome to this weeks Bonus Episode of the podcast. My guest is Joe Nunez, former drummer for Soulfly, now with his new band Return Fire. Joe came on the podcast to discuss with me his history as a drummer, playing in Soulfly and the years it took to get Return Fire written and recorded due to a previous engineer holding their recordings and not giving them access to them for years. Return Fire’s album is out NOW!

Bandcamp: https://returnfire.bandcamp.com/releases

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