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A bunch of news and content! I’m just going to list it. Kiss‘s Gene Simmons talking about his $2000 box set, Super Deluxe roasting Taylor Swift via Limp Bizkit, Machines of Man, Machine Head, Linkin Park‘s tribute show to Chester (and our picks for vocalist), Sutrah, the Sacred Son artwork controversy, and the new Winds of Plague single. Also how ridiculous this Friday’s releases have been. Then we do a deep segment on producer Jens Bogren, including his work on Ihsahn, Leprous, Vildhjarta, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Devin Townsend, VOLA and more. Finally, cool people time. The cool horror/sci-fi game Echo, Kingsman: The Gold Circle, mother!, Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Causal Angel, Sunless Skies and more.  Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 98 – That 2008 Shit https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep98.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.co

Finally the crew is back on track! This week we talk about… Stuff. The charges brought against Decapitated, Spotify removing Infant Annihilator songs, Womanowar getting copyright stricken, Phil Anselmo dragging his own racism back into the highlight, Samael‘s… incredibly tone deaf video, then new music or material from: Godspeed! You Black Emperor, August Burns Red, Coma Cluster Void, Good Tiger, Veil of Maya, Through The Eyes of the Dead, Gigan, Vulture Industries, and Shokran. Then, we talk about the new album of Eden’s band, Instar! And, per a fan request, we do a mini-interview of me regarding NYN. Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 97 – DMCA Us Right Now https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep97.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

Metalsucks’s Axl Rosenberg and Chris Kovatin (also of Revolver) have joined us this week to talk about their upcoming book that chronicles the history of metal, Hellraisers: A Visual History of Heavy Metal Mayhem! Of course, I steer the train hard off the rails, so we have a great time talking about a bunch of topics, including but not limited to: the book itself, Phil Labonte, Decapitated getting arrested, racism in metal, the business of running a metal blog, and much more! This was a hilarious time and I’m glad that I got to chat with Axl and Chris. Hellraisers is really cool and it comes out October 2nd, so go pre-order it here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 96 – Ft. Axl Rosenberg And Chris Krovatin https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep96.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’re back! Sorry. Not much going on, anyway. First, Matt Harvey of Exhumed‘s dumb statement about Nazis and Toilet ov Hell’s great response. Oli from Archspire wanting to fight Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying. Indie labels creating their own streaming services. The unfortunate news that Todd Honeycutt, the bassist for Enfold Darkness has committed suicide. Then, new stuff from Mastodon, Shokran, Soften the Glare (featuring Ryan Martinie from Mudvayne), Taylor Swift, Unleash the Archers, and Archspire. Also, Messengers by August Burns Red is 10! We also discuss me going back to Slipknot‘s latest and thinking it’s not bad. Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 95 – Taylor Swift https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep95.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 I was away, so Eden enlisted Simon as a Noyan replacement! Also, since I was away I have no idea what happened on the podcast beyond the beginning and ending (which I listen to for editing purposes) so I told Eden to do the podcast post. Hopefully he won’t forget and replace the text here with something meaningful. Or not. Enjoy anyway! Hello, it’s Eden! I have decided to keep intact the cultural artifact that is Noyan’s lovely introduction from above. This week, Simon and I cover lots of new music from bands like Of Modern Architecture, Clipping., An Autumn For Crippled Children, Open the Nile, Save Us from the Archon and The Hirsch Effekt! There’s also news in the form of Spotify “kinda” removing Nazi music from their platform, the new Perturbator song having disgusting lyrics about rape (seriously, it’s not OK), Mastodon maybe releasing a new and weirder album and a new Antigama album announced! Near the end, we talk about the recent wave of what we call “Dark Descent Death Metal” (containing ban

This week we cover a usual assortment of topics. Jeff Loomis not being allowed to write for Arch Enemy, Thom Yorke and Roger Waters going at it about Israel, Soundcloud being on the verge of death (kind of), the new Enslaved single, and this interesting op-ed from WSJ about how negative music reviews have disappeared. We also revisit the latest Shokran album, then talk about small things in songs that immediately sell us on them. Then some cool people time, with Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Quantum Thief, Brian Catling’s The Erstwhile, and more! Enjoy! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 93 – From The Horse’s Mouth https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep93.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

Wow, both Eden and I are together again! And it’s a long episode! It’s like back in the old days. This week we have some news, some new music, some old music, and some other random stuff. Spawn of Possession call it quits, Nolly leaves Periphery, Hip-hop/R&B has surpassed rock, Trent Reznor puts his foot in his mouth. Then we have stuff from Trivium, Dyscarnate, First Fragment, Primus, Caligula’s Horse, Adimiron, Ne Obliviscaris. We talk about Fractal Cypher, and Roadrunner United and Nuclear Blast All-Stars. Finally, cool people time regarding Pyre, PUBG, Total War, and more. Enjoy! By the way, the teaser for the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally here, so check it out! 92 – Trent-setter https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep92.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 Audiotree audibletrial.com/heavy -NT

This week, Eden is gone! I swear this isn’t some Fast and Furious 8 situation where Eden and I hate each other and don’t appear on screen at the same time (see Vin Diesel and The Rock), but just real life getting in the way. But Tidal is still alive, so we must go on. This week we have Simon Handmaker, fellow Heavy Blog editor and meme master. We discuss some news/new music, like The Faceless facing troubles, Spotify needing to change their business model, and new music from: Myrkur, Contrarian, Wolves in the Throne Room, Celeste, Humanity’s Last Breath, Cytotoxin, Rings of Saturn, Ne Obliviscaris, Tera Melos, Converge, Akercocke and August Burns Red. Then we do some cool people stuff talking about The Room and The Disaster Artist, some movies by A24 productions including The Lobster, then Pyre and PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS. Enjoy! By the way, the teaser for the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally here, so check it out! 91 – White Supremacist Math-Rock https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodishe

Noyan is gone! He’s probably finally collapsed into his natural, more salty form. In his stead, we have Austin Isaac Peters of Outrun the Sunlight, a fantastic, Chicago based post metal band. Speaking with Eden, Austin opens up about topics like music and mental health (following a discussion on the tragic death of Chester Bennington, of Linkin Park fame), the Chicago music scene, the amazing Audiotree (an amazing studio-space and much more which you should definitely check out a link to below), post metal and post rock, and much, much more! Tune in next week for your semi-regularly scheduled content as Noyan (for some reason) returns to the cast! By the way, the teaser for the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally here, so check it out! 90 – Yada Yada Yada Hawaii https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep90.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 Audiotree audibletrial.com/heavy -NT

You thought last week was salty? Try this week. Of course, we discuss the new Stray From The Path song and the reaction to it. Then Matt Skiba of Blink 182 and his witchcraft he inflicted upon Fyre Festival. Then Soundcloud’s imminent failure, and Chance the Rapper‘s attempt at stalling that. Then Pandora’s closing up shop in AU and NZ. Then the traffic accident that lead to the death of Adrenaline Mob bassist David Zablidowsky. Wintersun‘s Forest Seasons shenanigans never end. Fallujah vocalist Alex Hoffman left the band. Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach and his inane rant. Then some actual new music. New Cannabis Corpse track, and Sol Invicto going all members-club-only. Finally, we bring back the Rose FUNOral debacle. Also, we discuss Netflix’s Castlevania and Glow. Enjoy! By the way, the teaser for the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally here, so check it out! 89 – Wall Chicken https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep89.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check ou

Those of you who like controversial topics, we’ve got them this week! Jay-Z gaming the RIAA with Sprint to make his latest album go platinum, Spotify creating “fake music” to game their own algorithms for profit (read this article!), Soundcloud laying off 40% of their staff, and the all-female music festival in Sweden. These take up a good bit of our time. We also discuss metal though! The new Archspire song (we manage to make this controversial too), new music from Stargazer, Contaminated, and Blind Guardian‘s new live album. Speaking of live, Eden went to Be Prog! My Friend and somehow thinks we care about his adventures there, so let’s listen to him talk about Leprous, Mike Portnoy playing Dream Theater songs with Haken, Anathema, Jethro Tull (lol), Devin Townsend, Animals as Leaders, etc. We then reflect on how well Vildhjarta‘s Masstaden has aged. Finally we discuss something actually fun, a.k.a. Spider-Man: Homecoming! Also Ratchet & Clank, I guess. Enjoy! By the way, the teaser for the NYN album

Eden is away colonializing, so we have fellow writer and regular substitute-Eden Ahmed back on this week! We have some really interesting discussions. We discuss how Jay-Z’s new album has a poor business model with its Tidal exclusivity. Funny thing is, in the day between the recording and release of this podcast, he managed to put his foot in his mouth and decided to release the album for free for non-Tidal subscribers! The salt during the episode is still interesting. We then discuss a questionable Hatebreed shirt, and the Nevermore stand-in Dead Season and their awesome new album Prophecies. Then we continue the deep segment on Devin Townsend, discussing Ziltoid, Deconstruction, Z2 and Transcendence. Spoilers: Ahmed is a MASSIVE Devin fan. Finally, we go into an extended freeform discussion about tunings in tech death which goes off the rails in many ways. Along the road we talk about the upcoming Wintersun album, the recently released Igorrr album, Andy McKee and more. Enjoy! By the way, the teaser for

Fun times! This week we discuss a bunch of new music. Leprous, Tesseract, Archspire, The Haunted, Aborted, Cloakroom,  and Fox Territory. Then we have some live footage from Zeal & Ardor, Spotify suffering losses, and Rolling Stone’s top 100 metal albums. Then we discuss the Transformers movies, and what makes a good villain. Enjoy! By the way, the teaser for the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally here, so check it out! 86 – Avocado Toast And Dick https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep86.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

I’m back, and so is Eden, so we have a normal episode for once! And it’s a glorious trainwreck. We talk about new music, including Myrkur, The Arusha Accord, Akercocke, Leprous, Igorrr, Fractal Universe, ZETA, The Contortionist, The Faceless, and Queens of the Stone Age. Also, Gene Simmons of KISS trying to trademark the metal horns. We have an extended discussion on bands appropriating spiritualism and eastern philosophy and then do the first part of a deep segment on Devin Townsend. Specifically Strapping Young Lad and Devin Townsend Band. This one’s a wild ride, so enjoy! By the way, the teaser for the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally here, so check it out! 85 – Danish Bullshit https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep85.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 title doesn’t do our guest justice! Doug Moore is the vocalist of Pyrrhon, but he also writes the excellent Black Market column at Stereogum. Eden chats with Doug about those two things, and more. The creative process, writing for a metal site, and more. Enjoy! By the way, the teaser for the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally here, so check it out! 84 – Doug Moore Of Pyrrhon https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep84.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

In case the title wasn’t clue enough, this week we have Max Phelps of Exist, Defeated Sanity and Death to All (also ex-Cynic) as our guest! We discuss his creative process, touring with Gorguts, and of course, the upcoming Exist album So True, So Bound, which comes out this week! We also discuss new music from Origin, Bloodshot Dawn, Rings of Saturn, Vintersorg and more! We also discuss Fredrik Thordendal’s hiatus(?) from Meshuggah and Per Nilsson of Scar Symmetry replacing him. Finally, we talk about how Spotify artist payments have been decreasing despite their financial growth. Enjoy! 83 – Max Phelps Of Exist https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep83.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

Well, actually, the title is the opposite of the truth. Instead it’s Noyan-free and Scott-ful. AKA, I was away this week so Eden replaced me with fellow editor Scott, whose voice is much more ASMR-inducing. In my absence they talk about a range of topics, including Scott’s history with the blog, Eoront, Tau Cross (featuring a Voivod member), Sentient Ignition and much more. We also had to be a day late because of the holidays, but I’m sure you’ll understand. Enjoy! 82 – Scott Free https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep82.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

No, seriously, don’t. Anyway, I’m sick, Eden is tired, but we hold it together, maybe even more so than usual! We discuss some news. We have a discussion about mental health and how sad music affects us because of Chris Cornell’s passing. We discuss Textures breaking up, Morbid Angel refusing to play and David Vincent material, an awesome flamenco cover of Judas Priest‘s “Painkiller”, then some new music. Pyrrhon, Dying Fetus, Arcadea, Decrepit Birth and Interloper. We also discuss some of our favorite drummers and some other random tidbits. We discuss video games, namely Prey, Horizon: Zero Dawn, The Surge and Dead Cells. We also discuss the new American Gods TV adaptation. We had a fun time, so enjoy! 81 – Don’t Google Trypophobia https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep81.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 was a week of diversions. Eden is back in his land, and I’ve seen Metallica live and am super amazed by them. Also, new music by Exist, Origin, Steven Wilson, and Rings of Saturn. Then we talk about some happenings. The shitshow surrounding The Faceless missing their New Zealand tour, Chester of Linkin Park telling fans to stab themselves in the face, and the sexual assault allegations leveled against PWR BTTM and the implications of that. Then Eden recommends some music – Brutus, Subetroth, and Arcadea featuring Brann Dailor of Mastodon. We then go into a cool people section discussing Get Out, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, and Horizon: Zero Dawn. Then, just as we’re about to finish up, Eden mentions his Re:publica experience, and we go into an extended discussion about the ethical responsibilities of the tech industry to explain themselves. Enjoy! 80 – Stabbed Faceless By Silicon Valley https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep80.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out t

Now that’s a reference in the episode title that will appeal to a very niche audience. This week Eden’s away, so I get fellow writer Colin to help me out, and we just talk about stuff that Eden would never talk about. Mainly Japanese stuff – the Japanese music industry, voice acting, video games, and anime. Yeah, we mostly talk about anime. We discuss some of our favorites, whether subbed or dubbed is better, and how translations should work. Some listeners actually asked for this, so there you go! Next week, we’ll return to our regularly scheduled shitposting. 79 – Heavy Pod Is Not Crash https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep79.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