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Lovecraft and Metal

Posted by :cGt2099 On : February 24, 2016

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Episode 48:

We turn to the works of H.P. Lovecraft and his Cthulhu Mythos. We review how the depth of his intense horror fiction influenced music, especially in the world of Heavy Metal. From the Call of Cthulhu, to Nameless Shapes and Things That Should Not Be, we fall into the depths of Lovecraft and Heavy Metal.

Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.

Metal News Links

ACE FREHLEY Announces New LP, ‘White Room’ Cover, PAUL STANLEY Reunion

CAULDRON Member Injured In Serious Crash

Did ANSELMO Just Quit DOWN? In 2nd Apology, Tells Bandmates “Move On Without Him”

DOWN’s Appearance At FORTAROCK Canceled By Organizers

FILTER Announce ‘Make America Hate Again’ Tour

Former PANTERA vocalist PHILIP ANSELMO Denies Being Racist After White Power Shoutout

GHOST Wins ‘Best Metal Performance’ GRAMMY Award

Members of Iranian Band Jailed, Could Be Executed for Playing Metal

METALLICA To Reissue ‘Kill ‘Em All’ And ‘Ride The Lightning’ Albums In April

MÖTLEY CRÜE’s VINCE NEIL Is Working On New Solo Record

PAUL KANTNER of JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Dies at 74

PHIL ANSELMO of PANTERA Apologizes For DIMEBASH Incident (Video Included)

V’ BEL release Rage The Storm

Video: MACHINE HEAD’s ROBB FLYNN Responds to PHIL ANSELMO Racism Accusations

Clips and Sources

Evil Dead 2 Groovy

Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn (1987)

Fear of The Unknown: Lovecraft Documentary

From Beyond (1986) – Trailer

Re-Animator (1985) – Trailer [HQ]

The Banshee Chapter (2013) Trailer

The Eldritch Influence (2003) (H.P. Lovecraft) Part 1/8

The Eldritch Influence (2003) (H.P. Lovecraft) Part 3/8

The Eldritch Influence (2003) (H.P. Lovecraft) Part 4/8

The Eldritch Influence (2003) (H.P. Lovecraft) Part 6/8

The Haunted Palace (1963) Trailer

The Mist (2007) – HD Trailer

The Thing (1982) Trailer

Recommended Listening:

“The Nameless Shape” by Abyssal Ascendant from Enlightenment from Beyond
“The Thing That Should Not Be” by Metallica from Master of Puppets
“Dunwich” by Electric Wizard from Witchcult Today
“Shadow Out of Time” by Rage from Black in Mind
“Reanimator” by Rigor Mortis from Rigor Mortis
“From Beyond” by Massacre from From Beyond
“Raped in Hatred by Vines of Thorn” by The Black Dahlia Murder from Everblack
“The Host of Seraphim” by Dead Can Dance from The Serpent’s Egg
“E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Oyster Cult from Agents of Fortune
“The Call of Ktulu” by Metallica from Ride the Lightning
“Necronomicon” by Sacrifice from Torment in Fire
“Reanimator” by Fields of the Nephilim from Dawnrazor
“Lord of All Fevers and Plagues” by Morbid Angel from Altars of Madness
“White Ship” by Solitude Aeturnus from Into the Depths of Sorrow
“Stranger Aeons” by Entombed from Clandestine
“Some Things…” by Darkest of the Hillside Thickets from Shadow Out of Tim
“Kutulu (The Mad Arab, Part 2)” by Mercyful Fate from Into the Unknown
“Kilter” by Portal from Vexovoid
“Cthulhu Dawn” by Cradle of Filth from Midian
“Virtues of the Beast” by SepticFlesh from Sumerian Daemons
“The Silver Key” by Dark Moor from Beyond the Sea
“Cthulhu” by The Acacia Strain from Continent
“Abominations of the Nebulah Mortiis” by Yogth Sothoth from Abominations…
“Antarctica” by The Great Old Ones from Tekeli-Li
“Cthulhu” by Iced Earth from Plagues of Babylon
“My Brother’s Keeper” by Skyler Alexandre from Whispers in the Dark
“Eradication” by Temple of Demigod from Profane Doctrine
“Cthulhu” by Abysmal Growls of Despair from Lovecraftian Drone
“Cthulhu” by Ape X & the Neanderthal Death Squad from Grooves from the Grave
“The White Ship” by H. P. Lovecraft from H. P. Lovecraft I
“Blazar” by Bong of Cthulhu from Bong of Cthulhu

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More Chronicles of Death Metal

Posted by :cGt2099 On : January 29, 2016

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Episode 47:

We take our fourth and final look into the style, and look at a few more bands that didn’t get a mention in our investigation of the Origins, Rise, and Future of Death Metal. From the initial days of the subgenre, and into the appearance of many varied offshoots, we examine More Chronicles of Death Metal.

Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.

Metal News Links

AMON AMARTH To Release ‘Jomsviking’ Album In March; Watch ‘First Kill’ Video Right Now

Australia’s NE OBLIVISCARIS Gearing Up For First Ever North American Tour

BLACK SABBATH To Offer Unreleased Songs On Upcoming Concert Tour Album

Check Out The New Guitar For GARY HOLT of SLAYER and EXODUS – Painted in His Own Blood!

DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT To Begin Recording New Album In March

Former PANTERA vocalist PHILIP ANSELMO Denies Being Racist After White Power Shoutout

Former RAINBOW/DIO Bassist JIMMY BAIN Dead At 68

How STEVEN TYLER Helped Reunite GUNS N’ ROSES

MINISTRY’s AL JOURGENSEN Announces ‘Ministry Bootcamp’

RAGE: ‘My Way’ Video Released

Recommended Listening:

“Spore Ensemble” by SLUGDGE from Dim and Slimeridden Kingdoms
“The Stench of Burning Death” by Repulsion from Horrified
“Onslaught” by Slaughter Lord from Thrash ’til Death 86-87
“Into the Grave” by Grave from Into the Grave
“World Eater” by Bolt Thrower from Realm of Chaos
“Dehydrated” by Pestilence from Consuming Impulse
“Scrolls of the Megilloth” by Mortification from Scrolls of the Megilloth
“Transform All Suffering Into Plagues” by Rotting Christ from The Mighty Contract
“Eve of the Apocalypse” by Malevolent Creation from Retribution
“Liege of Inveracity” by Suffocation from Effigy of the Forgotten
“Defenstration” by Cryptopsy from Blasphemy Made Flesh
“Skin Her Alive” by Dismember from Like an Everflowing Stream
“Disincarnated” by Gorguts from Considered Dead
“Devoured Death” by Incantation from Onward to Golgotha
“Since Forgotten” by James Murphy from Convergence
“Roswell 47” by Hypocrisy from Abducted
“Artifacts of the Black Rain” by In Flames from The Jester Race
“The Castaway” by Amorphis from Tales from the Thousand Lakes
“The Awakener” by Kataklysm from Temple of Knowledge
“Kill Your Mother / Rape Your Dog” by Dying Fetus from Killing on Adrenaline
“Caged and Disgraced” by Six Feet Under from Warpath
“Deadnight Warrior” by Children of Bodom from Something Wild
“Glumurphonel” by Portal from Seepia
“Hades” by Kalmah from Swamplord
“Elegy” by Becoming the Archetype from Terminate Damnation
“Bitter Endings” by Against 72 from Against Seventy-Two
“And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope” by Ne Obliviscaris from Portal of I
“Cold Ethyl” by Alice Cooper from Welcome to My Nightmare
“Brindle Brickheads” by Caninus from Now the Animals Have a Voice
“Moment of Torment” by Insect Grinder from Infected
“Hellbent for Feathers” by HATEBEAK from The Number of the Beak

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The Future of Death Metal

Posted by :cGt2099 On : January 21, 2016

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Episode 46:

We start to close our exploration of Death Metal, in which we examine the subgenre’s entrance into the 21st century. As it branched out into other forms of Extreme Metal, it additionally had an impact on subgenres like Metalcore. We also turn to tomorrow, and explore what we can expect in The Future of Death Metal…

Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.

Metal News Links

CHRISTIAN BALE Talks About Learning To Play Double-Bass Drums By Listening To PANTERA

DISTURBED And ROB ZOMBIE Announce U.S. Co-Headlining Tour

Former MORBID ANGEL Frontman DAVID VINCENT Is Back With Country Song ‘Buyer Beware’

IRON MAIDEN release mobile RPG for iOS and Android

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Announce U.S Tour, Reveal ‘Incarnate’ Cover Art

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE doing 5-night NYC residency

MÖTLEY CRÜE’s MICK MARS Back In The Studio With Ex-CRÜE Singer JOHN CORABI

MOTT THE HOOPLE Drummer DALE GRIFFIN Dead At 67

PEARL JAM announces 2016 North American tour dates

Return of the Vikings: AMON AMARTH announce new album “First Kill”

Reunited GUNS N’ ROSES Plan Pre-Coachella Gigs in Las Vegas

SLIPKNOT, JUDAS PRIEST Members React To Passing Of EAGLES Legend GLENN FREY

WAYNE STATIC’s Widow TERA WRAY STATIC Found Dead

Recommended Listening:

“God of Thunder” by Death from Human
“Evisceration Plague” by Cannibal Corpse from Evisceration Plague
“At War With Reality” by At the Gates from At the Gates
“Punish My Heaven” by Dark Tranquility from The Gallery
“Morphogenesis” by Scar Symmetry from Holographic Universe
“Shitstorm” by Strapping Young Lad from Alien
“Ethica Odini” by Enslaved from Axioma Ethica Odini
“Ghost of Perdition” by Opeth from Ghost Reveries
“Oroborus” by Gojira from The Way of All Flesh
“Omerta” by Lamb of God from Ashes of the Wake
“The Pursuit of Vikings” by Amon Amarth from Fate of Norns
“Confined” by As I Lay Dying from Shadows are Security
“You Only Live Once” by Suicide Silence from The Black Crown
“Ghostqueen” by Dethklok from Dethalbum III
“Murmaider” by Dethklok from The Dethalbum
“I am the Wargod (Ode to the Battle Slain)” by Destroyer 666 from Phoenix Rising
“Assimilate” by Infected from Crawlspace
“My Dick Just Died, Can I Bury it in Your Arse?” by Cuntscrape from Papsmear Campaign
“Venator” by Be’lakor from Stone’s Reach
“We Will Rise” by Arch Enemy from Anthems of Rebellion
“What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse” by The Black Dahlia Murder from Nocturnal
“The Anticosmic Overload” by Obscura from Cosmogenesis
“Only Ashes Remain” by Dead Congregation from Promulgation of the Fall
“Bedlam Attack” by Entombed A.D. from Back to the Front
“Visions in My Head” by Obituary from Inked in Blood
“Captive Bolt Pistol” by Carcass from Surgical Steel
“Voafal” by Dysphorian Breed from Voafal
“Garden of Dead Trees” by Unholy Triumphant from Circulus Vitiosus
“The Nameless Shape” by Abyssal Ascendant from Enlightenment from Beyond
“Darkness Transcend” by Setentia from 2016 Album Promo
“Behind the Wall of Sleep” by Black Sabbath from Black Sabbath
“Spore Ensemble” by SLUGDGE from Dim and Slimeridden Kingdoms

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The Rise of Death Metal

Posted by :cGt2099 On : January 15, 2016

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Episode 45:

We resume our journey into the phenomenon of Death Metal. After the formative years of the subgenre, the advance of the style featured many bands from Cannibal Corpse to Deicide, bringing new rudiments to the table. From Original Death Metal to Technical Death Metal, and beyond, we investigate the Rise of Death Metal…

Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.

Metal News Links

Before he passed away, LEMMY of MOTORHEAD made an ad for milk in Finland

DAVE GROHL, ROB HALFORD, LARS ULRICH, and more Salute LEMMY KILMISTER at Memorial Service

Dude Booted From TRUMP Rally for “TRUMP Likes NICKELBACK” Sign

GHOST Announces Spring U.S. Headlining Tour

IRON MAIDEN To Play China For First Time

Jack and Coke officially renamed “The Lemmy”

METAL CHURCH XI Album Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Rock and Metal Musicians React to the news of DAVID BOWIE’s Death

ROB ZOMBIE, DISTURBED, SCORPIONS, MEGADETH Set For ROCKLAHOMA Festival

ROBERT PLANT Announces 2016 US Tour Dates

SEBASTIAN BACH ‘Would Love The Chance’ To Bury The Hatchet With SKID ROW And Reunite

Some Fans Are Not Happy With MUNICIPAL WASTE’s DONALD TRUMP-Inspired Shirt

Recommended Listening:

“Charred Remains” by Autopsy from Introducing Autopsy
“Evil Dead” by Death from Scream Bloody Gore
“Pull the Plug” by Death from Leprosy
“Crystal Mountain” by Death from Symbolic
“God of Emptiness” by Morbid Angel from Covenant
“Once Upon the Cross” by Deicide from Once Upon the Cross
“Entrails Ripped from a Virgin’s Cunt” by Cannibal Corpse from Tomb of the Mutilated
“Decency Defied” by Cannibal Corpse from The Wretched Spawn
“High Velocity Impact Spatter” by Cannibal Corpse from A Skeletal Domain
“Shrunken and Mummified Bitch” by Pungent Stench from Been Caught Buttering
“I Feel Nothing” by Immolation from Here in After
“Incarnation” by Vader from XXV
“Hung, Drawn, and Quartered” by Cancer from Death Shall Rise
“Arise” by Sepultura from Arise
“The World Keeps Turning” by Napalm Death from Utopia Banished
“I Became A Counselor So I Could Tell…” by Anal Cunt from It Just Gets Worse
“Heartwork” by Carcass from Heartwork
“Blinded by Fear” by At the Gates from Slaughter of the Soul
“Howling of the Jinn” by Nile from Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
“Turn Loose the Swans” by My Dying Bride from Turn Loose the Swans
“Living Breathing Piece…” by Cattle Decapitation from Monolith of Inhumanity
“Wolverine Blues” by Entombed from Wolverine Blues
“Decade of Therion” by Behemoth from Satanica
“Unquestionable Presence” by Atheist from Unquestionable Presence
“Veil of Maya” by Cynic from Focus
“Prototype” by SepticFlesh from Titan
“Clone” by Gojira from Terra Incognita
“Tubular Bells” by Mike Oldfield from Tubular Bells
“God of Thunder” by Death from Human

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The Origins of Death Metal

Posted by :cGt2099 On : January 7, 2016

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Episode 44:

We move in to examining the emergence of one of the most notable subgenres of Heavy Metal. Following in the footsteps of Thrash, Death Metal would become a new, integral, and critical part of the evolution of the genre. But before it could arise, the seeds for the style needed to be planted: we investigate the Origins of Death Metal.

Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.

Metal News Links

DIAMOND HEAD To Release New, Self-Titled Album In March

Ex-IMMORTAL Frontman ABBATH: New Song ‘Ashes Of The Damned’ Streaming

Ex-W.A.S.P. Guitarist CHRIS HOLMES: Why LEMMY Didn’t Want Me To Join MOTÖRHEAD

It’s Official: Reunited GUNS N’ ROSES To Play This Year’s COACHELLA

LACUNA COIL Is Reintroducing ‘A Lot’ Of Growling Vocals On Upcoming Album

Man Throws Bottle At Bartender For Changing Music From BLACK SABBATH To Xmas Song

RIP LEMMY – Ian Fraser Kilmister of MOTORHEAD has died at age 70

Singer TONY HARNELL Quits SKID ROW

THE CULT: Video For New Song ‘Hinterland’

WOLFMOTHER: New Song ‘Gypsy Caravan’ Available For Streaming

Recommended Listening:

“And Only Hunger Remains” by Pungent Stench from Been Caught Buttering
“Black Magic” by Slayer from Show No Mercy
“Stagger Lee” by Nick Cave from Murder Ballads
“Guardians of Asgard” by Amon Amarth from Twilight of the Thunder God
“Ordo Virtutum” by Hildegard von Bingen from Ordo Virtutum
“Sympathy for the Devil” by The Rolling Stones from Beggars Banquet
“Children of the Grave” by Black Sabbath from Master of Reality
“God of Thunder” by KISS from KISS Alive II
“Not for the Innocent” by KISS from Lick it Up
“Dead by Dawn” by Deicide from Deicide
“Meticulous Invagination” by Aborted from Aborted
“Dead Men Tell No Tales” by Motorhead from Bomber
“Hallowed Be Thy Name” by Iron Maiden from The Number of the Beast
“No Sense” by D.R.I. from The Dirty Rotten CD
“The Third of the Storms” by Hellhammer from Apocalyptic Raids
“Battery” by Metallica from Master of Puppets
“Piece by Piece” by Slayer from Reign in Blood
“The Exorcist” by Possessed from Seven Churches
“Infernal Death” by Death from Scream Bloody Gore
“Charred Remains” by Autopsy from Introducing Autopsy
“Stigmatized” by Napalm Death from Scum
“She Put the Whammee on Me” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins from The Singles Collection
“Ace of Spades” by Motorhead from Motorhead
“Overkill” by Motorhead from Overkill

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Controversies and Scapegoats

Posted by :cGt2099 On : October 23, 2015

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Episode 43:

Since its origin, metal has been plagued by misinterpretations from critics of the genre who claim the style corrupts its fans and listeners. From claims of devil worship, to the rise of the PMRC, and from the notorious Judas Priest trial, to cases such as the West Memphis Three, and more, we examine the Scapegoats and Controversies of metal.

Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.

Metal News Links

Are Classic GUNS N’ ROSES Lineup Tour Dates Being Offered To European Festival Promoters?

CANNIBAL CORPSE-Branded Beer ‘Amber Smashed Face’ Coming Soon

DEVIN TOWNSEND: Trailer For ‘Ziltoid Live At The Royal Albert Hall’ DVD, Blu-Ray

Former OBITUARY Bassist FRANK WATKINS Dies At 47

METALLICA Is ‘Recording Right Now,’ Says JAMES HETFIELD

PROTEST THE HERO Announces Unique Distribution Model For Upcoming EP

SAXON: ‘Battering Ram’ Electronic Press Kit Available

This T-Shirt of Bernie Sanders in Corpse Paint is Amazing

WIDOWS WALK renamed to WOMB OF NATIONS, new music available

ZAKK WYLDE Is Still Working On ‘Book Of Shadows’ Follow-Up For 2016 Release

Recommended Listening:

“Strange Ways” by KISS from Hotter Than Hell
“Am I Evil?” by Diamond Head from Am I Evil
“Let’s Spend the Night Together” by The Rolling Stones from Between the Buttons
“I Love the Dead” by Alice Cooper from Billion Dollar Babies
“God of Thunder” by KISS from Destroyer
“Unholy” by KISS from Revenge
“The Number of the Beast” by Iron Maiden from The Number of the Beast
“At War With Satan” by Venom from At War With Satan
“We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister from Stay Hungry
“Night Prowler” by AC/DC from Highway to Hell
“Better by You, Better than Me” by Judas Priest from Stained Class
“Postmortem” by Slayer from Reign in Blood
“Chainsaw Gutsfuck” by MayheM from Deathcrush
“Dunkelheit” by Burzum from Filosofem
“And Only Hunger Remains” by Pungent Stench from Been Caught Buttering
“Body Count’s in the House” by Body Count from Body Count
“Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” by Metallica from Master of Puppets
“Harvester of Sorrow” by Metallica from …and Justice for All
“The Love Song” by Marilyn Manson from Holy Wood
“Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley from Milton Berle Show, June 05, 1956
“Trick or Treat” by Fastway from Trick or Treat
“Mouth for War” by Pantera from Vulgar Display of Power

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The Future of Doom Metal

Posted by :cGt2099 On : August 7, 2015

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Episode 42:

As the 2000’s began, Doom Metal continued to endure and evolve, and reached new and unexpected heights in the 2010’s. From the emergence of bands like Swallow the Sun, Ahab, and Pallbearer, we examine where Doom Metal is in the 21st century. And we see what is ahead for tomorrow. We take a look into The Future of Doom Metal.

Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.

Metal News Links

AC/DC Drummer PHIL RUDD Arrested Again

AVENGED SEVENFOLD Parting with Drummer ARIN ILEJAY

Boston Metal Musician Arrested for Wearing Bullet Belt

COAL CHAMBER Debut Video For “Rivals”, Prepare to Kick Off Tour With FEAR FACTORY

DEVIN TOWNSEND Has Written Another DTP Record, Finished Outline for Symphony

LITA FORD Accused of Abuse by Son: “Thankfully We Never Have to See Our Mother Again”

RIP Mayhem Fest, 2008 – 2015

SLIPKNOT Bassist Rushed To Hospital During Concert; Band Completes Set As 8 Piece

Video: Hand-Fart Version Of SLAYER’s ‘Raining Blood’ Performed Live At WACKEN OPEN AIR

VINNIE PAUL: Confederate Flag Controversy Is ‘A Big Knee-Jerk Reaction’

Recommended Listening:

“Psycho Man” by Black Sabbath from Reunion
“They Come Back (Harvest of Souls)” by Orange Goblin from Healing Through Fire
“Slave the Hive” by High on Fire from Luminiferous
“Under the Waves” by Swallow the Sun from The Morning Never Came
“Dead Dripping City” by Catacombs from In the Depths of R’lyeh
“Onirica” by Mar de Grises from The Tatterdemalion Express
“Last Hit” by Place of Skulls from With Vision
“Deconstruction” by Witchcraft from Legend
“Funeral Hymn” by Ataraxie from Slow Transcending Agony
“Coma” by Bloody Panda from Pheromone
“High Country” by The Sword from High Country
“Fathoms Deep Below” by Ahab from The Giant
“In the Sleep of Death” by Triptykon from Melana Chasmata
“White Coffins” by Doom:VS from Earthless
“The Legend” by Pallbearer from Sorrow and Extinction
“Cirice” by Ghost from Meliora
“Your Corrupt Ways (Sour the Hymn)” by Witch Mountain from Mobile of Angels
“Incense for the Damned” by Electric Wizard from Time to Die
“God is Dead?” by Black Sabbath from 13
“Elegiac Pyre” by Avant Soliloque from Reveries
“Calling” by Unjustly Labeled from Ahriman
“Look Upon the Light” by Ethereal Shroud from They Became the Falling Ash
“Sol Mane” by Hiding Sun from Sol Mane
“Black Sabbath” by Black Sabbath from Black Sabbath
“Inhale” by Dolven from Navigating the Labyrinth

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The Rise of Doom Metal

Posted by :cGt2099 On : July 16, 2015

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Episode 41:

After exploring the roots and ancestry behind Doom Metal, we start on examining the spread of the genre. Progressing through the 1980’s and into the 1990’s, and from the likes of Candlemass, Cathedral, Electric Wizard and beyond, we uncover the Rise of Doom Metal.

Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.

Metal News Links

AC/DC Drummer PHIL RUDD Sentenced To Eight Months Of Home Detention

Brazilian Female Thrashers NERVOSA: ‘Into Mosh Pit’ Video Released

COHEED AND CAMBRIA To Release First Non-Conceptual Album ‘The Color Before The Sun’

DESTROYER 666 Signs With Season Of Mist

Great White Sharks Love Extreme Metal, Documentary Crew Finds

NAPALM DEATH: Previously Unreleased Song ‘Earthwire’ Made Available As Charity Download

NILE: ‘What Should Not Be Unearthed’ Track Listing Unveiled

RITCHIE BLACKMORE’s BLACKMORE’S NIGHT To Release ‘All Our Yesterdays’ In September

Trial Date Set For JOURNEY Drummer DEEN CASTRONOVO

THE RUNAWAYS’ JACKIE FUCHS Reveals Rape By Manager KIM FOWLEY

Recommended Listening:

“The Tempter” by Trouble from Psalm 9
“Day of Reckoning” by Pentagram from Day of Reckoning
“The War Starter” by Saint Vitus from Born Too Late
“At the End of My Daze” by Trouble from Trouble
“Council of Ten” by Reverend Bizarre from II: Crush the Insects
“Crystal Ball” by Candlemass from Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
“Haunting the Obscure” by Solitude Aeturnus from Through the Darkest Hour
“Serpent Eve” by Cathedral from Forest of Equilibrium
“Dragonaut” by Sleep from Holy Mountain
“Dopethrone” by Electric Wizard from Dopethrone
“All I Had (I Gave)” by Crowbar from Crowbar
“Sign of a Storm” by Skepticism from Stormcrowfleet
“Abandonment” by Esoteric from Paragon of Dissonance
“Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine” by Earth from Earth 2
“Eternal” by Paradise Lost from Gothic
“The Crown of Sympathy” by My Dying Bride from Turn Loose the Swans
“Far Away” by Anathema from Eternal
“The Amaranth” by Draconian from Where Lovers Mourn
“Past Nightmares” by Rapture from Silent Stage
“You were but a Ghost in My Arms” by Agalloch from The Mantle
“Bombers (Can Open Bomb Bays)” by Bill Ward from Ward One: Along the Way
“Evil Eye” by Black Sabbath from Cross Purposes
“Psycho Man” by Black Sabbath from Reunion
“Dazed and Confused” by Jake Holmes from The Above Ground Sound
“Black Sabbath Medley” by Candlemass from Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

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The Origins of Doom Metal

Posted by :cGt2099 On : July 2, 2015

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Episode 40:

From the beginnings of Black Sabbath in the early 1970’s spawned a subgenre of metal that still goes strong to this day. Later works by groups like Lucifer’s Friend and Witchfinder General would also help develop the style. From the beginnings of metal through to the effect of the NWOBHM and beyond, we take a look into the Origins of Doom Metal

Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.

Metal News Links

Broken leg be damned: FOO FIGHTERS’ North American tour will take place as scheduled

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Recommended Listening:

“Witchfinder General” by Witchfinder General from Death Penalty
“Mars: The Bringer of War” by Gustav Holst from The Planets
“Lyke-Wake Dirge” by Pentangle from Basket of Light
“I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” by The Beatles from Abbey Road
“Electric Funeral” by Black Sabbath from Paranoid
“Into the Void” by Black Sabbath from Master of Reality
“Doctor Please” by Blue Cheer from Vincebus Eruptum
“Guts” by Budgie from Budgie
“Master Heartache” by Sir Lord Baltimore from Kingdom Come
“Clawstrophobia” by Iron Claw from Iron Claw
“Freelance Fiend” by Leaf Hound from Growers of Mushroom
“Keep Goin’” by Lucifer’s Friend from Lucifer’s Friend
“Nightjar” by Necromandus from Orexis of Death
“The Queen” by Bang from Bang
“Dead Babies” by Alice Cooper from Killer
“Strange Ways” by KISS from Hotter Than Hell
“Momma” by Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs from Live at Sunbury
“Long Legged Lovely” by Blackfeather from At the Mountains of Madness
“Dead Forever” by Buffalo from Dead Forever
“Pagan Altar” by Pagan Altar from Volume 1
“Quietus Reprise” by Witchfinder General from Friends of Hell
“Death Row” by Pentagram from Relentless
“Saint Vitus” by Saint Vitus from Saint Vitus
“The Tempter” by Trouble from Psalm 9
“Funeral March” by Frederic Chopin from 20 Best Classical Music Collection
“Hand of Doom” by Black Sabbath from Montreux (1970-08-31)

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Witches and Metal

Posted by :cGt2099 On : June 26, 2015

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Episode 39:

We turn to the folklore and fantasy surrounding Witches and Witchcraft, its emergence into horror, and subsequent inclusion in heavy metal. From one side of the coin being the fictional wickedness of fairy tales and epics, to the other side being the peaceful influence of the modern Wiccan beliefs, we look into Witches and Heavy Metal.

Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.

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Recommended Listening:

“Witching Hour” by Angel Witch from As Above, So Below
“Iron Maiden” by Iron Maiden from Iron Maiden
“The Lords of Salem” by Rob Zombie from Educated Horses
“Witches Promise” by Jethro Tull from Benefit
“Witchfinder General” by Witchfinder General from Death Penalty
“Am I Evil?” by Metallica from Live Shit: Binge and Purge
“Into the Coven” by Mercyful Fate from Melissa
“Burning Times” by Iced Earth from Something Wicked This Way Comes
“Burning the Witches” by Warlock from Burning the Witches
“Season of the Witch” by Grave Digger from Return of the Reaper
“Wytches” by Inkubus Sukkubus from Wytches
“Fire in the Head” by The Tea Party from The Edges of Twilight
“Spellbound Atmosphere of Fiendish Calm” by Abhor from Vocat Spiritum Morti
“This Wicked Realm” by The Reverend of Despair from This Wicked Realm
“Inquisition” by Antioch from Antioch
“Kom I Min Kittel” by Svartby from Kom I Min Kittel 2007
“Season of the Witch” by Donovan from Sunshine Superman
“Cobwebs” by Possessor from Stay Dead

Music used in the Heavy Metal Historian Intro Theme was performed and written by AGAINST 72 – used with permission

[Music and clips are copyright to respective owners, and are used under Fair Use]

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