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In the novel 1984 there is a room called Room 101 wherein the "Ministry of Love" subjects prisoners to their worst fears, phobias and nightmares. Apparently George Orwell named it after a meeting room at the BBC where he would be subjected to tedious meetings. Episode 101 is far from tedious though, although there may still be nightmares, fears and phobias lurking within these files. If you're afraid of snails or slugs you might want to avoid Slugde's latest album Gastronomicon. Malignant Tumor might also conjure fears of disease, but that's more likely the sound of your head getting crushed. If you're afraid of spectral hounds (or of Welsh myth) then Cwn Annwn might be your trigger. Technophobia sufferers may wish to take Silicon War Sector's advice about Techno Ethics to heart, while those fearing the unseen may want to avoid Rorshack. Necrophobic and geometriphobic listeners won't find comfort in Triumphant Skull (or in Studying the Spheres), nor will they want Visio Mortis. Those who have an irrational fe

Open Metalcast celebrates our milestone episode release with the release of episode 100. I had a few ideas floating around for what I could do with this episode. I thought of doing a retrospective episode highlighting artists played on the show. Perhaps it could be over several episodes? Several ideas percolated through my mind but ultimately one idea won out: just release a damn episode and say "hey, it's episode 100" in the notes for the episode. So here we are, along with new music by VRADEMARGK, Paroxysm, The Machinery of Other Skeletons, Legions Ablaze, Soulless Child, Marasme, and Everybody Row. Finishing up the show is a 13 minute opus by the band Petrychor which is unlike anything I've heard in quite a while. Thank you all for listening and being a part of the past 100 shows. Here's to 100x100 more! Keep it metal and keep it open! (00:11) Anima Invictus by VRADEMARGK from The Black Chamber (BY-NC-SA) (05:24) Croyances Immaculées by Paroxysm from VORACITE (BY-SA) (09:21) Enervate by The Machinery of

There's a tradition in the United States of America that folks are called upon to serve as jury in court cases. Fortunately I wasn't called this time around so I have some extra time to bring you the best in Creative Commons License Metal Music. This episode features brand new music from Colosso and Muldjord as well as music by In My Shiver, Black Monolith, Epitimia, Treitim, Aathma, Skein and Macabre Demise. But unlike trials in the USA we'll let you judge for yourself which of these albums you'll be downloading later on (You can download them all and share them with your friends as well. Don't worry, it's legal!) (00:10) Circles Of Defeat by Colosso from Foregone Semblances (None) (02:52) Drain by In my Shiver from Delicate Poison (None) (09:43) Adhere by Black Monolith from Passenger (None) (18:36) Delusion II - Ataraxia by Epitimia from (Un)reality (None) (24:45) 1000 Km. by TREITUM from 1936 (None) (34:58) Valpur by AATHMA from Deadly Lake (None) (44:21) Parasitoid by Skein from Of Wings Unfolding (None

Dear Fans of Open Metalcast. I have a confession to make. It has been six long months since the last Instrumetalcast. Six months you've had to wait for arguably one of the more popular channels of Open Metalcast. I have failed you time and time again to bring you the best Creative Commons Licensed Instrumental Metal Music. No more. Your long wait is over, and as penance I have compiled almost an hour and thirty minute apology with such bands as Steamforged, Brunt, Alpha Male Tea Party, Town Portal, Dust Storm Warning, Cloudkicker, Black Market Serotonin, Another Destiny Project, Epitimia, T-Rex Quiet, Pervy Perkin, J.C.Vogt, SONNÖV, Cancer Killing Gemini, The L-Train, and Colosso. Hopefully this will tide you over until the next Instrumetalcast episode, which should hopefully arrive before the end of this year. Shownotes after the break. (00:43) Atlantis: Trenchbound Majesty by Steamforged from Atlantis - Trenchbound Majesty (BY-NC-ND) (05:49) Rabbit Of Cannabong by Brunt from Brunt (BY-NC-ND) (12:20) You Ea

Time was in the early days of the Internet there weren't many options for finding new music. However once better bandwidth came about the Internet became a wonderful and strange place indeed. Where else could one find a Symphonic Metal Opera album about My Little Pony (that's actually really good)? And where else could you find more a seemingly endless source of metal music from talented bands like Napalm Strike, Obsidian Throne, Wildernessking, Old Wainds, Lycanthia, Maniac Butcher, and the inimitable deafheaven? Fortunately you don't have to go searching for all of these bands on the Internet and can add a sampling of each to your collection with just a simple click or via your podcatcher. How times have changed indeed. (00:11) Riding Through The Darkest Woods... by Maniac Butcher from Masakr (BY-NC-ND) (04:30) Time Feeds this Wound by Lycanthia from Oligarchy (BY-NC) (10:58) Insane stellar race by Old Wainds from Nordraum (BY-NC-ND) (15:44) Sunbather by deafheaven from Sunbather (BY-NC-ND) (25:58) The Dev

Many years ago when I was heavily into Dream Theater I stumbled upon a band that sounded interesting but was unable to hear their music (this was before Youtube made it insanely easy to hear most of mankind's recorded output). The band was Spock's Beard and I bought several of their albums sight-unseen from the Thoughts mailing list admin (Thanks, Lisa!). Fortunately in this day and age with sites like Jamendo and Bandcamp you don't have to guess what an album sounds like and once I heard the band Anasazi's "Drop Dead Silence" I was immediately reminded of Spock's Beard and that moment when The Kindness of Strangers (and not just the album) set me on another musical rabbit-hole. Speaking of proggish rabbit holes, we also have a proggish track from Wall of the Eyeless, as well as crushing tracks from FLYING RENOS, Avolation, CABEZA DE CABALLO and Umor. And if you like your metal with a little King Crimson / Frank Zappa then the latest from Peculate will fit the bill quite nicely. And it thrills me no end when

Things are starting to return to normal at the Open Metalcast compound. We return to our usual show schedule with 8 tracks of awesome Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. Episode 95 features tracks from Pyrit, All Your Lies, Endtape, Cara Neir, The Conjuration, Thou, Zeugen der Leere, and the Hammond-Organ explosion of The Grave Dolls. Shownotes after the break: (00:10) Päste by Pyrit from Jazdec bez hlavy (BY-NC-SA) (03:28) Mindless by All Your Lies from Demo (BY-NC-ND) (07:11) Get Up by Endtape from Ready To Go (2013) (BY-SA) (11:53) Closing Doors by Cara Neir from Portals to a Better, Dead World (BY-NC-ND) (15:29) Profane by The Conjuration from Surreal (BY-ND) (19:34) Here I Stand Head in Hands by Thou from Ceremonies of Humiliation (BY) (27:31) Anomie by Zeugen der Leere from Seelenwanderer (BY-NC-ND) (36:11) The Mountains Of Beyond by The Grave Dolls from Calypso (BY-NC-SA) Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or send them fresh cut flowers. Whatever you can do t

Regular listeners of the show may notice this episode posting later than normal. That's because the normal posting date was during Pycon and I was hanging out in beautiful Montréal Canada enjoying the largest gathering of Python developers in the world. And I'm recovering from Easter weekend and a ham hangover. But lest this devolve into your typical blog post we've compiled 8 tracks of some amazing metal music, starting off with Sam Whitaker (feat. Jake Barnes of the Final Chapter), as well as brand-new music by EWÏG FROST. We also have the amazing new album by electronic black-metalers Psygnosis, and the jazz-influenced black metal of Schattenbrandung. There's also post-metal sludge from Wovka, the groove-djent stylings of Pursuance, and the groove metal of Azoah. Capping off the show is the catchy prog-metal of Pervy Perkin. So feel free to move about this episode freely, and be sure to make copies of the music for your friends. Just don't get too spooked at the gremlin ripping off the wings. I think I nee

It's been one of those weeks here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters where you have to wonder "what next?". It's enough to make you feel like a chicken with your head cut off. Though with the amazing Creative Commons metal music in this episode it's more like the chicken had its head ripped clean off; especially with the likes of power-metalers Noble Beast and Twilight Messenger leading the way. Not far behind though is a new track from Headwires, and the long-awaited new album from Galactic Pegasus. Then the darker tones of Fenris, the crushing heaviness of Victim of Depravity, and the brutal Cementerio wrap up the episode before a long-awaited and very overdue return of the prog-metal master Lascaille's Shroud with an opus that was successfully funded on Indiegogo (why didn't anyone tell us about this? Argh!) It's an episode more loaded with metal than last Thanksgiving's turkey. Shownotes after the break: (00:09) Master of Depravity by Noble Beast from Noble Beast (BY-NC) (05:07) Fireball by Twilight Mess

We're starting to see a thaw at the Open Metalcast headquarters and with it is the realization that maybe we'll make it through this winter after all. Fortunately the Internet connection has stayed strong (knock on fake-wood) so we've been able to scurry through the net to find the finest in Creative Commons Metal to help keep your ears nice and toasty warm. Joining us this episode are trakcs from Trocotombix, We Are Idols, Recursion, Skein, Larion, Oblivion's Garden, Oblivion, Cara Neir, Poison (thankfully not the hair-metal band) and a return by Captain Three Leg. Ten tracks of metal waiting for you to download and headbang (or more likely shovel) to while we wait patiently for spring to arrive. (00:11) Povero Palomo by TROCOTOMBIX from Psicopompos (BY-NC-ND) (03:52) 1961 by We Are Idols from No Apologies (BY-NC-SA) (06:57) Hue Manic by Recursion from Color Theory (BY-NC-ND) (13:36) Larva by Skein from Of Wings Unfolding (BY-NC-SA) (20:12) Dawn (Zarya) by LARION from Stones Of Past (BY-NC-SA) (23:20) Catch

My least favorite "holiday" of the year is when Daylight Savings Time happens. For no apparent reason most of the known world decides to arbitrarily shift their clocks one hour ahead. This results in me losing an hour of sleep which makes me rather angry. And when I get angry there's nothing I want more than a bunch of metal music blaring in my ears. Which, coincidentally this episode delivers with artists like Colosso, Carnivora, Muldjord, Allochiria, Iskra, and Sun Worship. It also welcomes the return of favorites Galactic Pegasus and PLATZDARM. But lest we stay angry there's Оргия Праведников to pull us back. And while I will reluctantly spring forward with the rest of the world don't expect me to be all happy about it. (00:11) Thou Shalt Not Be Benevolent by Colosso from Abrasive Peace (BY-NC-SA) (04:41) Human Decimator by Carnivora from Eternal (BY-NC-ND) (08:43) Armygeddon2009 by Muldjord from Hate Breeds Hate (BY-NC-ND) (12:56) Double Game by PLATZDARM from Double Game [single] (BY-SA) (19:47) Draw Th

A friend on IRC (Hi Greg) thought it might be neat to have an episode of post-rock / post-metal music. He might get his wish some day because apparently I can't leave well-enough alone without mixing things up with sludge, doom, desert, and black metal. So Greg, I'll get to that post-rock show sometime in the near future. But to make up for it this 90th episode is made up of 9 tracks around 9 minutes long weighing in at 90 minutes (seeing a pattern here?) Featuring music from HELA, Morgue of Saints, Anagnorisis, Allochiria, Show Me A Dinosaur, EVILHORSE, Bong Breaker, DOLMENN, and SONNÖV there's a little something for everyone in this episode. (00:47) Horizonte De Sucesos by SONNÖV from Hay Una Luz (BY-NC-ND) (10:35) Grim Reaper by DOLMENN from I (BY-NC-SA) (19:47) Mountain by Bong Breaker from MOUNTAIN (BY-NC-ND) (30:11) The Path Must Be Walked by EVILHORSE from Cabeza de Vaca (BY-NC-ND) (41:58) Bhopal by Show Me A Dinosaur from Dust (BY-NC-ND) (50:10) Archetypal Attraction To Circular Things by Allochiria

Call me an old fogey but I still get excited to tear open the shrink-wrap of a brand new album, especially when it's from a band that I enjoy like Deep Space Destructors album II. Part of the joy was listening to their bonus track Sykli which I believe is only available on CD. But I know some of you have eschewed the physical realm for the more tidy and sanitary digital realm so with Deep Space Destructors' kind permission I've included it in this episode. And lest you miss that new-music smell we also have new tracks from Chiral, Grey Heaven Gall, Nemost, Mahidevran, Azgard, Eschatos, and Hesus Attor. And rather than dispose of the wrapper when you're done you're encouraged by the artists to share with your friends. So until we can send new-music smell over the Internet this is the next best thing. Shownotes after the break: (00:10) Eternal Winter Day by Chiral from Winter Eternal (BY-NC-SA) (03:58) Последняя песнь твоей мечты by Grey Heaven Fall from Grey Heaven Fall - Серые небеса осени 2008 (Demo) (BY-SA

One of the ways that I try to get around writing one of these introductions to an episode (which is coincidentally the hardest part about putting together an episode) is to take a peek at Wikipedia to see if there's anything interesting related to the episode number. Apparently 88 is considered by the Chinese to be a number of fortune and good luck which is something that I wish for you as you listen to this episode. As luck would have it there's 8 tracks in this episode as well full of the best Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music the net has to offer including MUERTE POR MIL CORTES, The Conjuration, Sick Of Hailstone, Lothorian, Deep Space Destructors, Sarin, Mighty Zazuum, and Another Destiny Project. But lest you think this is "bye-bye" for Open Metalcast feat not: there's still plenty of music to explore. And as long as there's a Wikipedia there'll be something for you to read along with it. Shownotes after the break. (00:10) Ojos by MUERTE POR MIL CORTES from Muerte Por Mil Cortes (BY-NC-ND) (04:11) G

Well 2014 has started off rather cold and snowy at the Open Metalcast bunker. Fortunately the network connection has withstood the elements and we've been able to find some great music to start off the new year right. We've got music by At Daggers Drawn, Firestorm, Just Another, Coalest, NAJA, DSW, and a killer piece from Mean Messiah. And though we don't have any scientific proof I'm pretty sure headbanging can prevent frostbite. OK maybe not, but it does make the day go by quicker when you're stranded at home. And remember "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy". (00:10) Gaia (Thou Shalt Not Kill) by At Daggers Drawn from Ignition (BY-NC-ND) (04:51) Through The Fire by FIRESTORM from Sands Of Time (EP) (BY-NC-ND) (09:01) Where to by Just Another from Polarities (BY-NC-SA) (13:44) Monochrome by Coalest from Magnolian Root (BY-NC-SA) (17:29) Brain Detonation by NAJA from No Escape From Yourself (BY-NC-SA) (22:52) Space Cubeship by DSW from Dust Storm Warning (BY-NC-ND) (29:16) The Last Ride by Mean Mess

It's been way too long since the last Instrumetalcast so to make up for it here's an extra-long episode for your listening enjoyment. Hopefully it'll tide you over into the new year where these episodes will be more frequent. Shownotes and more after the break: (00:27) Continuum by CRYOGEN from Continuum (BY-NC-ND) (05:21) A Dæmon Hunted​/​The Flight of Perseus by Returning We Hear the Larks from Far-Stepper/Of Wide Sea [Instrumental] (BY-SA) (18:43) Movement 2 - Andante by Daniel Bautista from Symphony No. 2 in B minor, Op. 16 (BY-SA) (25:40) The Land Of Shadows - The L. O. S. Theme by The Land Of Shadows from Dark Romantika (BY-NC-SA) (29:32) To Break Is Divine by The Reptilians from The Breakers (BY-NC-ND) (32:20) The Existential Frame by Tony C from The Existential Frame (BY-NC-ND) (39:29) Faces by Concatenate from A New Start (BY-NC-SA) (46:06) Penumbra by Isaac Herrera from Return to the past (BY-NC-SA) (49:45) Departure (and Arrival) by Skyed Pillars from None (None) (59:03) Hurricane by Rob Johnson M

The term "Cult of the New" is a term used in the boardgame circles to (sometimes derogatorily) refer to people who are constantly in search of the latest releases at the expense of ignoring some of the older releases. This show is about putting on the brakes for a bit and slowing down to re-listen to some of the bands that we've featured on the podcast before such as Rase, Neverside, Panic.0, Inordem, Nuestros Derechos, Overlord, Les Chants de Nihil, Anthemon, Spawn from Deceit and Rezistor. And we welcome back Amity in Fame who recently released their stellar sophmore album "Through" under a Creative Commons License. So enjoy another spin of these amazing tracks and be sure to find a spot in your library for these albums. Because if you haven't heard them before they're still new to you. Shownotes follow: (00:09) Operation enduring freedom by Raze from Man vs machine (BY) (04:03) The Black and the Crude by Neverside from This Is Our Gun (BY-NC-SA) (07:55) Panic by Panic.0 from Panic (BY-NC-ND) (12:29) Intac

Welcome back to Open Metalcast, bringing you the best in Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. I am the host of the Club Metal portion of the podcast and today we have a special guest. We worked hard to set up this interview over space and time and I am delighted to be able to present to you an interview with none other than the band Patient Zero. You might not know them now but in the future. your future. this is a big deal. Let's just say that we're lucky to have this chance to speak with a classical artist such as them. I apologize in advance for the transmission quality but because of the extreme time delay, causality, and the price of using The Time Phone it is the best we can do. So without further delay here is our interview with Patient Zero. Enjoy! Track Listing: I Never Cared from Diabolus Ex Machina (BY-NC-SA) High Tech Low Life from the forthcoming album: Cyber Psychosis Eins from Curse and Regret (BY-NC-SA) We’d like to thank Patient Zero for taking the time to talk with us on Open Metalcast.

Rushing to get this episode out the door because the night I normally have to get the episode put together will be full of me catching the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who on the big screen. No spoilers, please. But what we do have is an episode chock full of some amazing artists starting with the anticipated release of the new Cryogen album "Continuum" (which is quickly becoming a favorite here). We've also got music from Desvirginizagore, Aborym, Rejekts, Soundcrafters, CEMENTERIO, One Paper Left, Digger, and Vampire Squid. You might say this episode is bigger on the inside, but you won't need to be the President of Galifrey to... OK, OK, I'll stop now. Shownotes after the break. (00:11) Synthetic Essence by CRYOGEN from Continuum (BY-NC-ND) (03:46) Eyaculador de Infeccion Putri by Desvirginizagore from Eyaculador de Infección Putri (BY-NC-ND) (09:22) III by Aborym from Psychogrotesque (BY-NC-SA) (14:06) Fango by Rejekts from Sirona Mixtape #7 (None) (16:17) Get Out by Soundcrafters from Catharsis In Chaos (

One of the items that the Voyager 1 Spacecraft sent along with it on its voyage outside of our solar system was a gold-plated. It's probably the only gold compilation album in existence trhat features Mozart, Chuck Berry, and indigenous music from across the globe. Plus it has a wicked B-side that shows aliens how to find us should they be able to figure out the code. Luckily your computer should be able to figure out the bits that make up the latest Open Metalcast show so you won't need to figure out some alien recording technology to make it work. And rather than indigenous music from across the globe you'll be able to hear music from Ceremonial Castings, KROM, Kain, Machina, Taste of Hell, Longed for FUsion, Gutteral Slug, Extincion, and Electric Frankenstein. Plus you'll be able to hear it long before any alien intelligence will be able to hear that record no matter how slow your modem is. Shownotes follow: (00:10) Reborn Through the Bestial Flame by Ceremonial Castings from Immortal Black Art (BY-NC-ND)