Open Metalcast

A dozen tracks, picked mostly at random by the caretaker of the Open Metalcast Library. The only criteria was they couldn’t have been played in a previous epsiode. We have tracks from Demimonde, Wasting The Genesis, Traboute, TOAD, offense, CEMENTERIO, … Continue reading →

It's in the middle of April, just before tax time in the United States. The weather doesn't want to cooperate here at Open Metalcast headquarters, moving from sunshine and warmer temperatures to wintery-mix and chilly temperatures. But what you can rely on is some amazing Creative Commons metal music to help make life more bearable. And as Peculate to accurately points out: "April is the cruelest month". Indeed. We have an amazing assortment of metal music in this episode, featuring music from Spiritual Deception, Cyranoi, SLAVE ZERO, Lamorte, Gmork, Drone Throne, Arkham Witch, and Peculate. It's an audible assault you won't want to miss. (00:11) In Memory of Me by Spiritual Deception from Etemenanki (BY-NC-ND) (05:25) Coalesce (ft. Ville Tikkanen) by Cyranoi from None (BY-NC-ND) (09:46) I Defy by SLAVE ZERO from SLAVE ZERO - THE DEFIANT STAND (2002) (BY-NC-ND) (13:37) Air by Lamorte from Vie (BY-NC-ND) (15:55) VII by Gmork from Silentium! (BY-NC) (20:31) Astro Binge by Drone Throne from DRONE THRONE / TOAD

Putting together an episode of Open Metalcast can sometimes be a challenge in focus for me. Sometimes I get distracted by the music that I'm looking for (woe be the rabbit holes that occur when I'm looking for the perfect tracks). Other times I can get distracted when I'm waiting for something to finish downloading or for an episode to finish encoding. It can get frustrating having all of those distractions competing for my attention. But when a show comes together and I'm previewing the tracks it can really energize me to completet he episode. And when you have bands like OVERRULED, EntröpiaH, Richard III, DANTALION, Discommand, Gods & Punks, Lojohh, and Kekal filling your ears you suddenly get laser focused on ensuring that folks like yourself can hear this episode as soon as possible. So sit back with your favorite podcast listening apparatus and give the music the focus it deserves. (00:11) Evil Minds by OVERRULED from 2013 EP (BY-NC-ND) (04:27) Hydra by EntröpiaH from Bestiarum Split w/ Test (BY-NC-

The atomic number 189 denotes a hypothetical eka-superactinide called "Unoctennium", which sounds very similar to the fictional material called "Unobtanium". Unoctennium has not been observed in the wild yet, but should it exist it's already been named. What does this have to do with metal music? Not a damn thing, save for I'm writing up show notes for episode 189 and that was the most interesting thing that happened with the number 189 (other than some emperors and a pope dying) so this is tangentially related to metal. Plus it's kinda cool to think about metals that we think might exist but don't yet. Who knows, maybe we'll observe it in our lifetime. But what we can observe are tangible artifacts of amazing Creative Commons Metal Music. We have tracks from Dead Empires, Chaos in Paradise, Under Vultures, Zeugen der Leere, Eave, TRAIDOR, VSTRS, and Beastmaker to give your ear drums the Creative Commons metal music punishing they deserve. And you won't have to wait for science to catch up in order to discove

Nothing Special Nothing Funny Just some Creative Commons Licensed metal music to blow your eardrums out. We've got an amazing show lined up with an array of no-nonsense metal from Obskkvlt, Violblast, Homicidal Raptus, Debilitator, Absolute Zero, Kill Them With A Toaster, Vitne, and Abstract Void. Enjoy! (00:10) Demons by Obskkvlt from Blackarhats (BY-NC-ND) (04:34) Painless by Violblast from Theater of Despair (BY-NC-ND) (06:55) The Pride Sanitarium by Homicidal Raptus from Erotomanic Hallucinosis (BY-ND) (10:45) Bloodsucking Freaks by Debilitator from Bloodsucking Freaks (BY-NC-SA) (15:21) Left Becomes Right by Absolute Zero from Sign Us, You Bastards (BY-ND) (20:05) Where's The Fucking Money by Kill Them With A Toaster from Brutal Family Presents: A Spanish Compilation 4 (BY-NC-SA) (23:07) Destroyer by Vitne from Destroyer (BY-NC-SA) (27:00) As I Watch the Sunset Fade by Abstract Void from Back to Reality (BY-NC-ND) Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows.

If seems the Marie Kondo bug has hit the Open Metalcast studios. We took all of the tracks in the Open Metalcast Archives and saw which ones still sparked joy. Or rather, which ones could stop vibrating long enough to put into the episode. We have some great Creative Commons-Licensed Metal for you, including tracks from Grey Heaven Fall, Violblast, Kekal, Amiensus & Oak Pantheon, Black Market Serotonin, 114 Kassandra, Sound of Ground, Katu Veo, and Seajeff. These tracks are ready to vibrate into your ear drums, and if you like them be sure to pass them along to a friend. They would be most grateful if you did. (00:10) Swansong Of Your Dream by Grey Heaven Fall from ...grey heaven fall (BY-NC-SA) (05:09) Wielders of fear by Violblast from Conflict (BY-NC-ND) (08:55) Artifacts Of Modern Insanity by Kekal from 1000 Thoughts Of Violence (BY-NC-ND) (14:44) Tanequil by Amiensus & Oak Pantheon from Gathering II (BY-NC) (19:13) DeadByFiveOClock by Black Market Serotonin from Something From Nothing (BY-NC-SA)

Things have been rather erratic here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters. We've been rather lax in releasing the metal to you in a timely fashion. One could blame the holidays, but part of it was I was getting behind myself in a lot of things. But my hope in the coming year is that we'll have more metal to share with you and that metal will be prompt and piping hot when delivered directly to your earbuds. Kind of like pizza delivery, but without that awkward moment when you're tipping the driver. We have a great selection of metal from Grott, Mind Holocaust, NEPHRIDIUM, Morgana vs Morgana, Mirloblanco, Harbinger of Storms, Luca Deriu, and Robot(A) to tantalize your tastebuds. Here's to a new year and many more moments of Creative Commons Metal Music. (00:11) Kalt_Heiß by Grott from Schattenjahre (BY-NC-SA) (02:22) Slay Them by Mind Holocaust from Full Eye Horror Reflect (BY-NC-ND) (05:28) Sorrow Of The Heavens by NEPHRIDIUM from NEPHRIDIUM - THE GREAT WAVE (2008) (BY-NC-ND) (10:02) Empezar, Cada Vez by Morgan

As the last minutes of 2018 pass into history (or have already passed into history, depending on your location) I'm going to ensure that at least one Instrumetalcast episode releases this year (grin. Hope you enjoy! (00:11) Pipeline by Nick Miller from Parallel Universe (BY-SA) (04:04) No Leaf Clover by Tony Morales from None (BY) (12:33) VII - Stille vernietiging by Omgeving from wijde wijdte (BY-NC) (19:44) The Empire Never Ended by TRIUMPHS from Computer Man (BY-NC-ND) (26:08) Not to Scale or Painted by Cloudkicker from None (BY) (31:15) Battleships And Firm Handshakes by Gunfight Fever from Gunfight Fever (BY-ND) (36:49) Muerto Sentado by LODO from LODO (BY-NC-ND) (43:20) Brass Monkey by Mr Crispy from None (BY-NC-SA) (46:23) Hybrid Mind by Culminated from Ajna (BY) (50:14) 21st Century by Sons Of Apache from III (BY-NC-ND) Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it! If you have any sug

This episode was going to be completely different. I'd selected a few tracks here and there, but upon hearing the latest Oak Pantheon / Amiensus split the show pretty much demanded a different course. What came together for the show surprised me and I hope it surprises you too. Never let it be said that sometimes things have a way of their own and the best we can do is get out of the way and let them take their final form. We have a great selection of music from Oak Pantheon, NONE, Blank Faces, Kosmogyr, The Loom of Time, and Kraken to bring your ears along for the ride. (00:11) A Demonstration by Oak Pantheon from Gathering II (BY-NC) (07:18) Where Life Should Be by NONE from None (BY-NC) (16:04) Exit: Me by Blank Faces from A Course Of Infinite Escape (BY) (24:04) The Wane by Kosmogyr from Eviternity (BY-NC-SA) (30:10) The Peons of the Cosmos by The Loom of Time from NihilReich (BY-NC-SA) (36:49) 02-Reign of Chaos by Kraken from Book 1-Vengeance (BY-ND) Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt

Part of the fun in recording a podcast is trying to get everything done in one take without making mistakes. Sometimes that just happens, where I start to say a name of a band and then sound like I have marbles in my mouth. Other times there will be "technical difficulties" like having a cat decide that she needs to be up on the desk at the same time. But we never let these issues stand between you and the amazing Creative Commons Metal Music that awaits your ears. We have music from Hedphelym, EntröpiaH, Six is the God's Number, COMMUNION, Gmork, Recuerda Que Puedes Morir, Insidious Process, and Skankshot. Now if you'll excuse me there's a cat that is not letting me get these show notes typed up. I mean, it's only been an hour since she was last fed, and yet she's recording vocal parts for an amazing metal album. Roaaaawr indeed. (00:11) Artificial Selection by Hedphelym from Infandous (BY-NC-ND) (05:20) Ojos Vacíos by EntröpiaH from Cuantas Vidas (BY-NC-SA) (08:18) Mammoth by Six is the God's Number from T

Here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters we're watching the final vestiges of summer come to a close as the chill of fall settles in. The crunch of leaves under foot greet us before the icy cold of winter stretches its fingers out to embrace us. And as anyone in wintery climates can tell you it's best to dress in layers for the cold. And what better way to layer up than with layers of Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music to warm your ears. We have an amazing show featuring Dark Devotion, Absolute Zero, Norilsk, Forge of Clouds, Wet Cactus, Opus of a Machine, The Capaces, and Kval. About the only thing that could make this show any better would be warm beverages, but until we figure out how to deliver those over the Internet we'll have to settle with what we have. (00:10) Loss by Dark Devotion from Loss (BY-NC-ND) (05:37) Mr. System by Absolute Zero from Torn (BY-ND) (10:27) No Sacred Ground by Norilsk from Weepers of the Land (BY-NC) (18:48) Mahakala by Forge of Clouds from Ordinary Death (BY-NC-SA) (24:56)

Here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters we mourn one of the great broadcasters in the Detroit-are. Chris Felcyn was a broadcaster on WRCJ FM (a classical and jazz radio station) and hosted a show called "The Well Tempered Wireless". He was very knowledgeable about classical music and was an excellent storyteller. His shows were part listening room, part conversation, and part storytelling. We honor Chris Felcyn by dedicating this episode to him. He likely never heard a second of this podcast (his idea of heavy metal was Verdi's "Requiem"), but he help inspire this show. He will be missed. This episode features music by Skyglow, Colosso, Signals From Saturn, Potmos Hetoimos, Chamber of Torture, SCALD, The Neptune Power Federation, and Neurotech. (00:12) Limitless Fog of Anguish by Skyglow from Thousand Years of Terror (BY) (06:14) Acid Rain by Colosso from None (BY-NC-ND) (11:03) Long / Division by Signals From Saturn from Continuance (BY-NC-ND) (16:32) III. The Silicon Mirror by Potmos Hetoimos from Vox Medu

Here at Open Metalcast Headquarters we're nearing the end of summer and heading headlong into the most metal of seasons: Fall. Now you may say that Winter is the most metal of seasons, but I'd beg to differ with you. And because I'm doing the writing I get to say that it's Fall and there's very little you can do to dissuade me from this notion. What makes this season so metal? Other than leaves falling from trees, Halloween, and darkness falling ever sooner over the land I really can't think of much else. :) And we have an amazing collection of metal to lead you into fall. We have tracks from Muldjord, Petroglyphs, Colosso, Khayman, Angus Black, R.O.L.F., Maeth, and Oak Pantheon. So sit back, brew your favorite warm beverage and let the darkness fall over you. (00:11) My Heart and Soul at the Summit of the World by Muldjord from A Cascade of Eventualities (BY-SA) (04:20) Paralyzed by Petroglyphs from Ascension (BY-NC-ND) (07:16) Perennial by Colosso from Rebirth (BY-NC-SA) (10:45) Sunday Blues by Khayman fro

One of the things that I really like about metal music is the variety of music in the genre. Sure there are purists out there who imprint on one record and expect everything else to sound like that one record, but there's a whole wide world of metal out there waiting to be explored. From the chromatic scales of the Middle-East to saxophones, keyboards, and folk instruments there's a broad range of things that metal will mix with (and mix well). This episode celebrates the wide world of metal with Creative Commons metal music from The Rinn, Avercage, Nuclear, Al-Namrood, Galaktik Cancer Squad, Hatalom, CABESTRO, and Woodscream. It's a veritable for the eclectic metal palette. (00:11) Forgotten Dream by The Rinn from Stories Of The Green Fairy (BY-NC-ND) (04:18) Bitter Dance by Avercage from Intense EP (BY-NC-SA) (07:52) F.P.S.C. (Filthy Politicians Sluts Corporation) by Nuclear from Ten Broken Codes (BY-ND) (11:17) Hayat Al Khlood by Al-Namrood from Ten Years of Resistance (BY-NC-ND) (18:01) Ethanol Nebula by

At Open Metalcast Headquarters we take pride in putting together the finest Creative Commons Metal Music available. But sometimes an episode takes on a life of its own. What started off as a pretty straightforward episode suddenly took a few unexpected turns. Not only does this show feature new metal from the comfy realm of 2018 but it also features metal that was released between 1988 - 1990. That's like a century ago! We didn't even know they had the Creative Commons license back then (or even the Internet) but they managed to get it into our hot little hands by way of the Irish Metal Archive. How clever! In fact several of the releases range across the years. This episode features metal music from First Fragment, Vendetta Fucking Metal, Necrovile, Hitwood, tod., Human Pollution, Kekal, and MORAL CRUSADE. And rather than wait another 30 years for this music to arrive all you'll need to do is spend 40 minutes to enjoy it all. Cheaper than a road-trip and twice as fun. Hope you enjoy! (00:07) Obsolete Ascend

Here at the Open Metalcast headquarters were'coming up on the July 4th holiday. That can only mean one thing: a constant barrage of folks taking their hard-earned money and transforming it into displays of sound and color. That's all good for them but we prefer to celebrate freedom by taking our hard-earned cash and transforming it into displays of the most amazing Creative Commons metal music the net has to offer. Gathered in this episode are the likes of Beastmaker, Goddess Of Fate, Blot, Antisoph, VOR, filferro, BLACKWYCH, and GENTEMAYOR. And unlike a fireworks display you can re-play this again and again and even share it with your friends. Its 100% better to share than mosquito repellent and unlike that potato salad that's been out all afternoon it's only guaranteed to give you sick riffs, not sick... well, you get the idea. (00:10) Colors Of The Dark by Beastmaker from EP. 1 (BY-NC) (03:10) Demolition by Goddess Of Fate from A Reversal Civilization EP (BY-NC-ND) (04:35) Hate by Blot from Blot EP (BY-NC

Sometimes I like taking the whole Open Metalcast headquarters music library and put it on shuffle mode. This morning I decided to record an episode completely made up of these tracks. The only rule was that it couldn't be something that I already played on the show (funnily enough one track didn't make the cut because of that reason). This episode features tracks from Lords of the Trident, Thicket, Raging Steel, Mindwarp, Vanagloria, Gangrel, Colossal Figures, Digger, Mental Waste, tao te kin, and Dr. Zilog. I'm a little worried that the forces of chaos are going to put me out of a job making these playlists. Perhaps the computers really are taking over. (00:35) Winds of the Storm by Lords of the Trident from Frostburn (BY-NC) (05:00) Colombian Necktie by Thicket from Origin (Single) (BY) (10:09) Altered Reality by Raging Steel from ST (BY-ND) (14:33) Adrenochrome by Mindwarp from Mindwarp EP (BY-NC-ND) (20:59) Resurgir by Vanagloria from Involución (BY-ND) (25:01) Terrorizer by Gangrel from Gangrel Strike E

Here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters we’re always acquiring Creative Commons metal music for the show. We carefully select the finest CC-licensed metal music and run it through a scientific process to ensure the best listening experience possible. And this … Continue reading →

Here at the Open Metalcast headquarters we're celebrating Memorial Day Weekend. It's a time of remembrance for those who fought for the freedoms that we in the USA enjoy. And one of those freedoms that I enjoy is sharing Creative Commons Metal Music with you. And this show is no different, with artists like Galactic Pegasus, Fountainhead, Necro-Cannibal Machinery, Terminal Man, Nolens, Crows, AgainstYouAll, and Die Leere im Kern deiner Hoffnung to bring the freedom of CC-Licensed music to your ears. And remember to support the bands in this show so they have the freedom to bring you more amazing music. (00:11) Volenti Non Fit Injuria by Galactic Pegasus from Dysphoria (BY-NC-SA) (03:47) 1. All Hail To Decay by Fountainhead from Fountainhead plays Despotic (BY-NC-ND) (06:16) Sacrament by Necro-Cannibal Machinery from Fractures (BY-SA) (12:46) El salto by Mosh from El filo (BY-NC-SA) (17:17) Diamonds by Terminal Man from Body of Crisis (BY-NC-ND) (20:50) #2 by Nolens from REJECT . SOMETHING (BY-NC-ND) (22:09)

I've made it no secret that the hardest part of putting together these shows is coming up with new and interesting things to put at the top of the episode. I mean, with metal like Godless Truth, Spawn of Annihilation, Throne of Botis, Catalytic, NONE, Antimelodix, Demiurgo, and Illuminus it's hard to come up with the right words to describe such amazing metal. It's like these blurbs almost fade away into the background radiation of such amazing talent. But ramble on I must until I get to a point where I feel like stopping. Hey, here looks like a good spot. (00:10) Look Inside Your Pain by Godless Truth from Too Late to Stop My Hate (BY-NC-ND) (06:36) Power and Glory to the Reason by SPAWN OF ANNIHILATION from Inquisitor of Lies (BY-NC-ND) (13:27) Dismantled And Dissolved by Throne Of Botis from Hymns Of Homicide (BY-NC-SA) (16:53) God Complex by Catalytic from The Fall (Full Digital Album) (BY-NC-ND) (21:35) Bed the cold earth by NONE from Life has gone on long enough (BY-ND) (29:19) Пропаганда (Propaganda)