Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! A bunch of good stuff this week! And some not so good stuff. So pretty usual. New Haken, Irreversible Mechanism, Beyond Creation, Warrel Dane, Immortal Guardian. Sleepmakeswaves covering Metallica. Metalsucks asking who the biggest metal band of the future will be . Devin Townsend “covering” Dream Theater, and a jazz cover of Babymetal. Matt Heafy of Trivium covering Cannibal Corpse as a sad ballad. Eden goes off on black metal and capitalism, inspired by this article on vaporwave (??!). Then, cool people time with The Messenger, Bad North, and Hunt: Showdown. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 138 – Capitalist Black Metal https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/e

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we are back on track! Bringing that beat back! We had a good time discussing the not-so-real nu-metal revival (thanks to a new Bring Me The Horizon song), the controversy about Michael Jackson‘s posthumous music, Hellenic black metal, Rivers of Nihil‘s Apple Music exclusive video (and how Crispin Wah did it better), a supposed Hammer Smashed Face “cover” from Between the Buried and Me, a teaser from Gorod, and new music from Revocation and Benighted. Then, cool people time with Cobra Kai, Final Space and Prey. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 137 – Spank Bank https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep137.mp3 Right click here to download audio file.

So we had some technical issues, and it sucks. But we still salvaged the rest of the cast! We discuss Exocrine, and NPR’s audio quality hearing test. Then we do cool people time, with a lot of discussion on Star Trek: Discovery, Blackkklansman, Sorry to Bother You, and Matt Ruff’s Lovecraft Country. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 136 – Feel-bad https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep136.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed Show notes: Intro/Outro – NYN audibletrial.com/heavy -NT

This week, regular co-host Cody joins us for a whole lot of news. And of course I immediately derail it by trolling him. But then, we discuss: Revolver’s 20 essential nu-metal albums list, new music from Dol Ammad, Within the Ruins, Skyharbor, Monuments, Metal Allegiance, Doug Moore of Pyrrhon performing with an orchestra, Neckbeard Deathcamp, Science of Disorder, Voivod, Beyond Creation, Geist of Trinity, and Behemoth. Also Testament‘s new cryptocurrency. Then we do a cool people section about some games, movies, and Cody’s vegetarian diet. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 135 – Dog Of Raw https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep135.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Chec

I promise this episode title isn’t about the podcast itself. I think this is one of the better episodes in a while, in fact! We discuss a bunch of new music, including Krisiun, Epica, Born of Osiris, Anaal Nathrakh, Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway, and Erra. Then some happenings, like Kvelertak getting a new vocalist, Matt Tuck of Bullet For My Valentine and his terrible hot take, The Ocean (not to be confused with Oceano, Eden) working on a double album, Eden’s Alkaloid prognotes, and me meeting a fellow metal musician and discovering his awesome band Cartilage. Along the ride, we discuss how modern production is ruining death metal (I promise it’s not “old man yells at clouds”), the DC cinematic universe, and more. Also, we do cool people time with Enter the Gungeon and Middle Earth: Shadow of War DLC, and me waxing poetic about puzzle games, including The Spectrum Retreat, (The) Portal 1/2, The Talos Principle, The Witness, The Swapper and more. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy B

Another week, another #content. This week we talk about some news, some releases, and some other random stuff. Serj talking about why they’re not working on a new System of a Down album, Mikael Akerfeldt talking about the upcoming Opeth album, Eden talking about his band Instar‘s new single, the new Pig Destroyer song, and new albums by Obscura and Between the Buried and Me. Oh, and also the new Horrendous track, and last year’s Ne Obliviscaris album. Finally, cool people stuff with some classic sci-fi, some modern sci-fi, and some horror. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 133 – The Sausage Factory https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep133.mp3 Right click here to download audio file

This week we bring you “the content”s in our regular fashion. Shocking. We talk about Apple Music surpassing Spotify in the US, Dol Ammad‘s new album, new Aborted, new Soulfly, new Black Fast, and a few other random topics. Then we spend some time discussing the notion of newer things in music being better due to being able to build up on older works, and a lot of alternative explanations, implications, and counterarguments to this idea. Then, cool people time with The First Purge, Ryan Brown’s Curse Words, Ant-Man & The Wasp, and more. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 132 – The Magical Warhammer Omni-school-bus https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep132.mp3 Right click here to

This week we’re super enthusiastic to bring you the contents! All of it. Specifically, Akon’s cryptocurrency haven, Tidal’s lawsuit, Michael Keene’s and The Faceless‘s troubles, Cavalera Conspiracy doing a Sepultura throwback tour, Lamb of God in sign language, the new Obscura album, Periphery‘s new label, Mike Shinoda‘s new video, Antisoph, Shylmagoghnar, and Ghostbound. Then, cool people time with Westworld and a bunch of roguelikes. Enjoy? Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 131 – Can’t Go Downhill If You’re Already At Rock Bottom https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep131.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed Show notes:

You may be shocked to learn that this episode being late isn’t actually my fault. Anyway, regular co-host Cody joins me this week to discuss literally nothing. Memes are real: Weezer covered Toto‘s “Africa”. New stuff from Chthe’ilist, Defeated Sanity, Obscura and Hoth. Then we do a cool people section on Cody starting to play bass (plus some useless tips for me about learning bass), Hereditary, Hollow Knight, God of War (extended spoilery discussion) and Ocean’s 8. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 130 – No Acoustic Drums Allowed https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep130.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed Show notes:

This week we have little new news, so we talk about the year so far. The few news items we have are the new Mask of Judas album, the new First Fragment drummer, and upcoming Black Fast material. Then we talk about a bunch of albums from this year, and play “Will you forget this in 6 month or 6 years”? Finally, cool people time with Vampyr, Brooklyn Nine Nine, and Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 129 – Always Be Content-ing https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep129.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed Show notes: Intro/Outro – NYN audibletrial.com/heavy -NT

Yay, this week there’s stuff! Some good, some bad! New As I Lay Dying (ugh), Babymetal, Dol Ammad, this cool Russian band Sunless Rise, the Perturbator school shooting shitshow, The Lion’s Daughter, Contrarian, Bridge Burner, Leprous, Uada, Suotana. Then, cool people stuff with Hereditary, Beacon 23, Sisyphean, Yoku’s Island Express. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 128 – Music Is Whatever https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep128.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed Show notes: Intro/Outro – NYN audibletrial.com/heavy -NT

This week there’s literally no news, so we just wing it. Comic books, TV shows, video games, and all kinds of other cool stuff (mostly those, honestly)! It’s a stream of consciousness cool people time episode. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 127 – Disruptive https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep127.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed Show notes: Intro/Outro – NYN audibletrial.com/heavy -NT

Maybe it’s time to cancel the podcast? If the allegations of Tidal committing fraud are true, then our days may be numbered. Well, if they’re not, in the meantime, we have stuff to discuss. New material from Babymetal, Obscura, Aegaeon, and live Animals as Leaders. Then we discuss the titular story, and Spotify’s attempts at curation by “hateful content or conduct”. Finally, we talk about the amazing Extreme Meme Music Megamashup. Yes. Then cool people time with Arrested Development, Santa Clarita Diet, and more Infinity War, and Frostpunk. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 126 – Fraudal https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep126.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out

Me and regular co-host Cody get together and discuss stuff. Cattle Decapitation being nice to students who were discriminated against, Limp Bizkit signing to Napalm Records, The Ghost Inside deciding to continue after their tragic accident, Metallica having some fun live despite Kirk, and Elliot Coleman doing a song for Dragonball Super. Then some recent music, like Alkaloid, Dimmu Borgir, Ihsahn, and Childish Gambino. Then we do a cool people section with God of War, and extended spoiler discussions of Westworld and Infinity War. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 125 – Bands That ICS Vortex Isn’t In https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep125.mp3 Right click here to download audio file

This week we have Eden and Nick, and some stuff to discuss. Not a lot though! Of course, we can’t not mention a certain former Tidal artist having a very public meltdown on twitter. But also some actual metal news! Stuff like Zeal & Ardor, Unreqvited, Ingested, Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway, Power Trip demos, oh and also Janelle Monae. Then we discuss some cool people stuff like, Avengers: Infinity War, Atlanta, Sleeping Giants. Then I do a quick review of the Marvel movies so far. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 124 – Dragon Energy https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep124.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS fe

Me and my regular co-host Cody get together this week to discuss a bunch of things. Periphery leaving Sumerian Records, new material from Deafheaven, Hoth, Bleeding Through, Wolvhammer and Homewrecker. Then we quickly let go of that boring “metal” stuff and start talking about horror movies. Some of our favorites, some interesting modern classics, some not so great ones, and the whole gamut. We just love horror. Finally, a few other cool things like Westworld and God of War. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 123 – Oh, The Horror https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep123.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed Show notes: I

So due to technical difficulties, my voice on this episode is pretty messed up. I tried to recover it the best I could, and Anthony helped, but it is what it is. Well, at least Eden is audible this time, and he’s around! We discuss the new Nekrogoblikon album, the Behemoth live album, and the new Ghost single. Finally, the Metalsucks article discussing the difference between bands who make stupid jokes and those who believe in violent ideologies. Then, we do the deep segment on Metallica. Enjoy! (or at least try to) Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 122 – Cursed Podcast https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep122.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to i

This week me and my regular co-host Cody are tired of all the garbage in metal. Marduk, Cirith Gorgor (and not Ungol, like Noyan says accidentally), Meshuggah, Decapitated, just throw it all in the trash fire. Then, more positivity. Cody is really excited about Psycho Las Vegas, which leads to him checking out Wolves In The Throne Room. There’s a new Ihsahn song, and I got into Krosis, and tried to get into the new Panopticon album. Then we talk about Death, Gruesome and Cist. Finally, we go over this video comparing Mike Portnoy and Mike Mangini, and what the loss of Portnoy means for Dream Theater. Then, cool people time with A Quiet Place, The Knick, Unsane, The Exorcist (TV show) and more. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt

Eden is away doing [thing] this week, so we have Cody instead. Of course, I proceed to troll Cody by making the podcast awkward. But hey, we discuss stuff too! We spend a good amount of time discussing Ihsahn‘s disappointing take on the recent happenings in metal and his complicity (including Emperor drummer Faust’s actions). Then how lukewarm we are about the new Dimmu Borgir song. Then the new Alkaloid song, which we both love. Then I try to convince Cody to get into Augury (he messaged me after the episode saying it clicked). We comment on the unfortunate passing of the Cave In bassist Caleb Scofield (crowdfunder here). Finally, we talk about the excellent Toilet ov Hell article on reactionaries in metal and how the scene has become such a mess of edgelords. Then, cool people time. We discuss Cody’s favorite movies and then some other random ones, like The Godfather, A Scanner Darkly, Synecdoche New York, Adaptation, Stranger Than Fiction, Premium Rush, The Raid, City of Violence, and more. Looking for m

Noyan is away, so Eden hosts fellow blog editor, Nick Cusworth! This gives the two opportunity to talk about stuff that usually doesn’t come up on the cast which they use to shine a light on Jim Grey from Caligula’s Horse releasing a video for the A Capela segment on their latest album, Plini releasing a new track, and a deep dive on the changes undergoing the post rock scene, recommended bands that make post rock or metal and the close knit networks that make these scenes happen! Along the way, they mention bands like Man Mountain, This Patch of Sky, Town Portal, VASA, Rumour Cubes, The Physics House Band, Alpha Male Tea Party, Mountain, Below a Silent Sky, Flora, Soldat Hans and more! Then, it’s time for the bad news. They start off with surprising opinions revolving around gun control, first from Run the Jewels‘ Killer Mike and then from Taylor Swift. They then move on to the click-bait article published on The Washington Post which claims that physical sales exceeded digital ones in 2017. While that’s tec