Xander checks in with vocalist Alex Paul from New Zealand slamming brutal death metal outfit Organectomy during their tour stop in Atlanta GA as they traverse North America opening for Ingested! Excepts from the Organectomy track "The Third Mutation" (Nail Below Nail, 2022) used with permission from the artist. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/great-metal-debate-podcast/id1037874814 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:66031413/sounds.rss https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLC0ED1Ri2oNwBQW9All3Yw https://www.facebook.com/thegreatmetaldebate https://www.instagram/metaldebate http ..read more

In this interview Xander talks with metal upstarts Narthex during their recent performance at Springwater Supper Club in Nashville TN! Excepts from the Narthex track "Witch King" (Witch King EP, 2022) used with permission from the artist. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/great-metal-debate-podcast/id1037874814 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:66031413/sounds.rss https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLC0ED1Ri2oNwBQW9All3Yw https://www.facebook.com/thegreatmetaldebate https://www.instagram/metaldebate https://www.twitter.com/metaldebate ..read more

Welcome back metalheads to another episode of the great metal debate podcast. It's your man Xander again and today the Swedish thrash metal band Mezzrow has finally released their second album titled Summon Thy Demons. This long awaited release on Fireflash Records has much better production quality and it is instantly noticeable during the first song "King of the Infinite Void". Gone are the days of the drumming sounding like someone slapping their hands on a countertop and in with the crisp audio of Jon Skare pounding the skins. It is worth noting that this band has zero original members as ..read more

Welcome back metalheads to another episode of the great metal debate podcast. Today, I will be reviewing a new album from the one man dungeon synth project called Midnight Betrothed with his new album Death ... My Faithful Bride. This just might be the first album we have ever reviewed on this channel that most other metalheads probably wouldn't even consider to be metal. There is some guitar work but no heavy riffs or solos. There are some drums but blast beats are completely absent. It is mostly piano but with black metal vocals. The black metal style vocals just might be the most metal thin ..read more

Welcome back to another episode of The Great Metal Debate podcast. I'm Xander and today we are looking at the debut album from Haliphron titled Prey. This symphonic blackened death metal band from The Netherlands has given us a new modern art masterpiece. This band may have clearly been inspired by old school acts but I assure you that they have still managed to produce stellar content that doesn't sound like anything recycled with the exception of another pointless skipable intro track. The song structures are all completely original musical scores. Haliphron has keyboard work that gives off ..read more

In this interview Xander talks with Decrepit Birth frontman Bill Robinson at the band's tour stop in Atlanta opening for Vader. Excerpts from the Decrepit Birth track "Vortex of Infinity... Axis Mundi" (Axis Mundi, 2017) used with permission from the artist. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/great-metal-debate-podcast/id1037874814 http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:66031413/sounds.rss https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLC0ED1Ri2oNwBQW9All3Yw https://www.facebook.com/thegreatmetaldebate https://www.instagram/metaldebate https://www.twitter.com/metaldebate ..read more

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