Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Dan Jacobs, guitarist for the band Atreyu. Dan came on the podcast to discuss the 20th anniversary and making of the bands 2nd album "The Curse". We also discussed how the band writes, Dan's Kiesel guitars and so much more!   Subscribe to the YouTube Support the podcast / merch! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/heavymetalhistory   ..read more

In this installment of Heavy Metal History I discuss the rest of March of 2004 and the records released. All That Remains – This Darkened Heart Mar 23rd After Forever – Invisible Circles Mar 25th Anvil – Back to Basics Mar 29th In Flames – Soundtrack to Your Escape Mar 29th Metalium – As One – Chapter Four Mar 29th U.D.O. – Thunderball Mar 29th Mayhem – Chimera Mar 29th Soulfly – Prophecy Mar 30th   Subscribe to the YouTube channel HERE ..read more

Welcome to this weeks installment of Heavy Metal history. My guest was Katon De Pena vocalist of long running thrash metal band Hirax.  @HIRAXmetal  Katon came on to discuss not only new material the band is working, an EP called "Faster than Death" on but an album that is celebrating a 20 year anniversary with "The New Age of Terror" Katon also takes us through a TON of thrash metal history with the early days of the scene. Follow/Support Hirax FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/HIRAXOfficial/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/hiraxofficial?lang=en MERCH: https://hirax.bigcartel.com/ Fol ..read more

Welcome to this weeks episode. My guest for this week is Twitch, the man behind the Death/Grind band Hubris Cannon. A project that he is the sole writer and performer of except when playing live shows. I found out about Hubris Cannon thanks to a magic the gathering player Ben Wheeler. We talk about the political messages of the album enshrouded in Magic the Gathering references. This was a great deep conversation that lasted almost 2 hours and we really get into all kinds of subject matter about the bands ethos. We end it all up discussing our love and passion for Magic the Gathering. Follow H ..read more

Welcome to this weeks episode of the podcast. My guests were Blake Connally (Guitar) and Aaron Wamack (Drums) formerly of the band Meandhimcallitus. Blake and Aaron came on the podcast to discuss the 20 year anniversary of their first album (C:) Drive of Love Stories. We also briefly discussed Blake's other music projects such as Dead in the Dirt and Infernal Coil Follow MAHCIU BANDCAMP - https://mahciu.bandcamp.com/ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/mahciu/ INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/mahciu/   Follow the podcast for new episodes and updates YouTube https://www.youtube.com/ch ..read more

This weeks episode of the podcast is an interview with Bryan Funck (Vocalist), Andy Gibbs (Guitarist) and Mitch Wells (Bassist) of the band Thou. We discussed the bands new album "Umbilical" which is available now wherever you listen to music as well as directly from the band. After discussing the album we also got into a pretty deep discussion about polital ethos and the correlation with "problematic" metal bands in the scene and whether its the listeners discretion to directly support these bands or not.  We also just have a general good time and some laughs about the best song on the a ..read more

This weeks episode is the history of March of 2004. The records I discuss and breakdown in this episode are the following:   100 Demons - "Self Titled" Mar 8th Dismember - "Where Ironcrosses Grow" Mar 8th Raunchy – "Confusion Bay" Mar 9th Decapitated – "The Negation" Mar 9th Edguy – "Hellfire Club" Mar 15th 36 Crazyfists – "A Snow Capped Romance" Mar 16th Grip Inc. – "Incorporated" Mar 16th ..read more

Here's part two of the February 2004 episode.  Albums covered are: Hypocrisy – The Arrival Feb 16th Vintersorg – The Focusing Blur Feb 16th Deicide – Scars of the Crucifix Feb 23rd My Dying Bride – Songs of Darkness, Words of Light Feb 23rd Primal Fear – Devil's Ground Feb 23rd Scars of Tomorrow - Rope Tied to the Trigger Feb 23rd Anata - Under a Stone With no inscription Feb 24th God Forbid – Gone Forever Feb 24th Cannibal Corpse – The Wretched Spawn Feb 24th Thanks for listening and go subscribe to the YouTube for all ..read more

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is Zak Vargas from the now defunct band Elysia. Zak came on the podcat to talk the 18 year history of the bands debut album "Masochist" which is currently getting a remaster\reissue treatment on May the 10th. Zak took me through the entire history of the record track by track discussing each song as well as their timeline with demos and other songs and how the reissue came to be over the past few years. We also discuss a lot of the lyrical themes and even breifly touch on "Lion of Judas" and the bands break up. Masochist, is an alb ..read more

Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. This episode is split into 2 parts as there was just SO much information about all these records and bands. Over the two episodes these are the bands and records discussed that are celebrating a 20 year anniversary in 2004! Exodus – Tempo of the Damned Feb 2nd Glass Casket - We Are Gathered Here Today Feb 4th Scarlet - Cult Classic Feb 6th Probot – Probot Feb 10th Damageplan – New Found Power Feb 10th Hypocrisy – The Arrival Feb 16th Vintersorg – The Focusing Blur Feb 16th Deicide – Scars of the ..read more