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The last time I didn’t put links to news stories in the description was over a year ago, let’s see if people will still leave passionate comments asking for the links back again. No, this is totally not an attempt to bait people into increasing our facebook engagement. Anyway, this week we talk about Spotify’s legal woes as outlined by The Verge, their upcoming IPO, and their launch in Israel, which Eden is not very happy with. Also Sigur Ros‘s tax-evasion-but-not-actually story. Then when we start talking about Misha of Periphery‘s recent comments about how Periphery alone doesn’t make enough money to be sustainable and Ultimate Guitar’s clickbait headline about it, it turns into a full on discussion about music as business. Then we talk about Fallujah‘s teaser, the new Rings of Nihil album, and the upcoming Alkaloid album, and the passing of Wormed‘s drummer. Then cool people time with Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Star Trek: Discovery, and Netflix’s Disney’s Marvel’s The Punisher. Enjoy! Looking for more cont

This week Eden’s gone so I got Simon instead. We talk extensively about his editorial regarding the Taake incident, trangressions and more. We talk about how black metal’s problematic web of influences is way too wide, and how frustrating that is. Then we cleanse our palates with some new music by Alkaloid, Rivers of Nihil (my review here) and Augury. Finally, we talk about the new Between the Buried and Me album (Jimmy’s review here). Then we do cool people time. Simon talks about the new game from FTL creators, Into the Breach (I bought it right after and have been playing it for hours instead of editing this podcast) and I talk about Derren Brown’s new Netflix special The Push, where he tries to manipulate a person into committing murder. 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! B

This week on Heavy Pod Is Heavy Castm we bring even more extra salt. The news is ripe for it! Well, we also talk about new music and stuff. More of Matt (Trivium) streaming, Trivium’s new live video, and Paolo beefing with Phil Labonte of All That Remains. Then, Chris Barnes of Six Feet Under peddling right wing conspiracy theories. Within the Ruins changing vocalists. But also new music from Dimmu Borgir, Ihsahn, Barren Earth, Rivers of Nihil (love the album!), and Sectioned. Afterwards, we do an extensive segment on the movie adaptation of the Jeff Vandermeer noverl Annihilation, and Eden goes deep. 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! 116 – Rivers of Annihilation https://s3.amazonaws.com/hea

This week we bring some extra salt. We talk about Gibson guitars being on the verge of bankruptcy, peoples’ musical tastes getting calcified in their teen years, me being nominated for an innovative guitarist contest (and other amazing musicians, so go vote and check them out!), and discussing new or upcoming material from Ihsahn, Between the Buried and Me, and Huggsja. Then we shine a light on Crescent and Aliases. In cool people time we discuss Black Panther (spoiler warning). 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! 115 – Millennials Are Ruining Guitar Music https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep115.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on

I’m sick this week, so excuse the voice and rambling. But hey, rambling makes for a fun podcast! Specifically, we ramble about promos that get sent out way too early, bands that lose their spark over time, and those weren’t even really topics we intended to discuss! But we also talk about new music, like Tesseract, Augury, Augury, Barren Earth, Howling Sycamore, and Glorior Belli. We also speculate about The Safety Fire and Psyopus making comebacks. Finally, Apple Music surpassing Spotify in the US. In cool people time we talk mostly Altered Carbon, light spoilers included. 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! 114 – Deep Down, Every Genre Is Melodeath https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycas

Unfortunately I don’t have a fun or a dab-inducing dank reference for the episode title this time. Just a regular old episode. We discuss new music. Mike Shinoda‘s EP, Justin Timberlake‘s album, Cyclamen‘s new album, Misery Index‘s single, Judas Priest‘s new song, yndi halda‘s EP, and August Burns Red‘s Messengers Remixed. We also talk about Matt Heavy from Trivium streaming his practice and gaming sessions, and how Best Buy and Target are trying to get rid of CDs. Devin Townsend is quitting DTP, and we discovered this Metallica show that was filmed in Antarctica. Finally, cool people time. The new Netflix cyberpunk show Altered Carbon is amazing. Also Celeste and Subnautica are cool games. 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 fin

This week we do the promised Deep Segment on After the Burial! They’re one of my favorite bands and I have a lot to say about them, so it takes quite a while. We dig into their career and talk about it all. We barely have time for news, but we do discuss a few items. Namely Avenged Sevenfold protesting the Grammys, Converge politely trolling a fan who disrupts their show, and Pestilence kinda accidentally releasing their album, maybe? Also cool people stuff – Eden finishes All the Birds in the Sky, I talk about the new J.K. Simmons series Counterpart, and Eden plays Subnautica. 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! 112 – Digging Deep For That Rare Form https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast

Ok, I’m back for real and we’re back on track! We have a bunch of new music and album announcements! Between the Buried and Me, Cynic, Obscura, Machine Head, Arkona, Zeal & Ardor, and Aviations. Also, we discuss the upcoming Lords of Chaos movie based on the book chronicling the rise of black metal, and reminisce as Century Media turns 30. Then, cool people time with Furi, All the Birds in the Sky, and Devilman Crybaby. 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! 111 – Fidget Spinner ASMR https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep111.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

The first episode of 2018 has to be a shitshow right? Noyan is away moving coasts (like, literally moving several coasts, not changing apartments), so we have Simon instead. Eden’s power cuts out several times during recording, both of them have terrible opinions and hilarity ensues. They did get around to talking about stuff like new music from Justin Timberlake, Mammoth Grinder, Judas Priest, Vessel of Iniquity and Nightmarer. They then speak about Soundcloud kinda maybe going to 64kbps and Spotify getting hit with a huge lawsuit, which leads to an in depth discussion on the tools we use to listen to music. Then, they turn to the sucky treatment by the community of the rape and kidnapping charges against Decapitated being dropped, our newsletter (sign up below!), Simon’s 2017 and personal AOTY list and albums they’re looking forward to in 2018. Cool people time includes Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy and Master of None! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for

This week we continue our album of the year deliberations by whittling the list of releases we cared about this year down to an ordered 10 and look back on the year! It was challenging but entertaining, so enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 109- AOTY 2017 Part III: Top 10 https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep109.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 we continue our album of the year deliberations by whittling the list of releases we cared about this year down to a lean 20. Next week, we’ll finally decide on our list of ordered 10 and maybe look back on the year. Your homework is to listen to these albums and let us know what you feel. Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 108 – AOTY 2017 Part II: Top 20 https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep108.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

  It’s the time of the year! We’re discussing our favorite albums of the year, or more specifically, the albums that are most worthy of discussion. Before we jump into the meat, we talk about two news items – Hark calling it quits and this very cool neural network paper that talks about generating The Dillinger Escape Plan and Krallice music using AI. Then we go into the AOTY deliberations! This week, we outline some categories, and choose our picks for them. Next week we’ll work on a ranked list! The category listing is after the jump. Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 107 – AOTY 2017 Part I: Categories https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep107.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 Categories: Best old album of 2017 Best album no one listened to Most ridiculously technical “Who asked for this?” Best long-awaited album Best

  End of the year, so there’s not a lot of news! Shokran covering Linkin Park, Arkona teasing a new album, a new Portal track, Gene Simmons getting banned from Fox News. Decibel’s weird top 40 of the year. Then we discuss why I didn’t enjoy the new Xanthochroid releases and what merit they may have regardless. We introduce a new segment: “Game Changer”, then we discuss Between the Buried and Me‘s Colors and how it, well, changed the game. Finally Eden plugs his love letter to Iron Maiden‘s Powerslave. Cool people time, including the Korean Netflix show Stranger, then five movies Eden saw at a sci-fi festival, and the superhero simulator Megaton Rainfall. Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 106 – Colors Me Surprised https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep106.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

  Strap in for another ugly one. Malcolm Young of AC/DC has passed away. Eddie Hermida of Suicide Silence/All Shall Perish has been accused of sexual misconduct and responded. The Faceless brought forward even worse allegations to Inanimate Existence and dropped them from their tour, which lead to an absolutely embarrassing shitshow from the fans of the latter. At least the former has a good album coming out. There’s a new Machine Head song, it sounds a lot like a Strapping Young Lad song, and Devin Townsend is cool with it. Soulfly and Nile are co-headlining a tour, and there’s a new Cavalera Conspiracy album. Also, Billboard had a great article celebrating Metallica‘s Master of Puppets. Also new material from Deadspace and Ulver. Also, Timewaves are an awesome band who know how to do PR. Then we do some cool people stuff, namely Stranger Things 2, The Punisher and Star Trek: Voyager. Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 105 – Losing Face https://s

  Yay normal episode! This week we have a bunch of weird/grim news to talk about. Jay-Z suing journalists, Taylor Swift suing journalists, Marilyn Manson pointing a fake gun at an audience after a shooting, Jesse of Brand New being accused of sexual assault. Then some new music, like Impureza and Bloodshot Dawn. Then we talk about what we’ve been listening to lately, and have an extended discussion about Eden’s recent editorial on the aesthetics of abrasive vocals in metal. Then cool people time on The Evil Within 2, Wolfenstein 2 (spoilers!) and Endless Space 2. Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 104 – Ayreon Brotherhood https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep104.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

Eden is back! And this week we’re extra salty due to  being tired and overworked. We discuss some new music, new stuff involving music, and cool people stuff. Namely: Lev Weinstein (Krallice)’s birthday concert The new Kartikeya album Noble – Eighty One Aviations – Facewaves The Faceless – Digging The Grave Dumbsaint – Another Scene Brooklyn Vegan’s 5 great metal albums from 2017 The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s Ire Works being 10 years old Stranger Things 2, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, Super Mario Odyssey, Total Warhammer Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 103 – Bringing The Salt https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep103.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

We don’t have Eden this week, so Kellan and I discuss Every Time I Die‘s Jordan Buckley getting sued for stage diving into a fan, causing her to have a concussion and a fractured neck. As a result, he’s being sued, and of course the metal community reacts very poorly to this. We then discuss the Linkin Park show held in memory of Chester, featuring members of bands such as Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, System of a Down, Blink 182, Bring Me The Horizon and more. Finally, we discuss the new Trivium and August Burns Red albums. Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 102 – I’m Just A Meme https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep102.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 we’re doing something different as well. Instead of covering the news (there wasn’t a lot) we’re just going to do a “starter kit” on progressive power metal (despite my objections)! Basically, why anyone would want to listen to the genre (no idea) and if so, what bands should they start with (none of them)? Eden and I both discuss some classics. Names mentioned include Blind Guardian, Angra, Therion, Pagan’s Mind, Kamelot, Teramaze and Fractal Cypher. Then, we do an in-depth spoiler discussion on the excellent Blade Runner 2049. Enjoy!   By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 101 – Why Would Anyone Listen to Prog-Power? https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep101.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

Our 100th episode! We get to do something special this week. Eden and I discuss our top 5 graphic novels (manga),  movies, books, video games and honorable mentions. It was fun to do, so I hope you enjoyed it! Spoilers, but I’ll put our lists in the show notes in case you want to check them out later. Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 100 – Top 5 Anime Betrayals https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep100.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   Top Five Movies Eden: Dark City, I Heart Huckabees, Seven Psychopaths, Ghost Dog, The Fall Noyan: I Saw The Devil, Blade Runner, Inglourious Basterds, Mulholland Drive, Primer Top Five Books Noyan: The Cosmere – Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher – Dresden Files, Dan Simmons – Hyperion, House of Leaves – Mark Z. Danielewski, Peter Watts – Blindsight Eden: A Canticle for Leibowitz – Walter M.

So, we mentioned the Sacred Son artwork controversy before. The chill artwork for the very real black metal album drew some ire, so we got the man behind the curtain to join us and tell it all. And it was a good time! We talk about the artwork (of course), but also the project itself, Dane’s views on the black metal scene and more. Eden and I then discuss new material from Augury, First Fragment, Cavalera Conspiracy (check out my retrospective), Leander Kills and The Kindred. We also discuss Metalsucks’s legal assessment of the Decapitated case, Marilyn Manson‘s onstage accident, and Between the Buried and Me reacquiring the rights to their older material. Then we have a cool people section about some stuff, including the Netflix documentary Long Shot, Total War: Warhammer II, Annihilation (the movie), Blade Runner 2049 and the upcoming Dune movie. By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 99 – Sacred Son ft. Dane Cross https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavy