- 56 minutes 54 secondsThe ENTIRE History of Dissection Part 1: The Somberlain & Storm of the Lights Bane [1989-1995]
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Welcome to this Heavy Metal History mini documentary about the band Dissection. In this episode we cover Jon's early life, the formation of Dissection, the writing and recording of "The Somberlain" and "Storm of the Light's Bane" which all lead up to a horrific moment leading to Jon's incarceration for 7 years.
Stay tuned for Part 2 coming August 13th covering the senseless murder of Ben Meddour, Jon's Incarceration, the writing and recording of "Reinkaos" and Jon's final days.
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27 July 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 22 minutesBlake Judd (Nachtmystium)
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History.
My guest was Blake Judd, guitarist and vocalist of Nachtmystium. Blake came on the podcast to discuss the history, writing and recording for the 20th anniversary of "Instinct Decay"
Nachtmystium is playing an anniversary set for "Instinct Decay" at this years Milwaukee Metal Fest.
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31 May 2026, 4:00 am - 59 minutes 3 secondsDrew, Fox and Chop (See You Next Tuesday and Chopx7)
Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guests returning once again were Drew and Fox from See You Next Tuesday and new guest Chop from Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop aka Chopx7.
The two groups made a collab 7" based on the Magic the Gathering story "The Brothers War" called "Brothers" we basically nerd out about magic and everything about the collaboration. Links to support the bands and the podcast in the show notes below.
0:00 Intro
0:16 Start / Magic the Gathering Playing History
2:23 Brothers Split idea
7:09 Fox’s Urza Card
10:34 Brother’s War Story Recap
18:41 Drew Writing with Chopx7
21:12 Chops Formula for writing
22:31 Writing with 3 bass guitars
27:01 Choosing to do a split EP
31:12 The lyrics subject matter matching the mechanical sound of the music
34:08 Fox’s Vocal and Lyrical patterns
37:23 Writing on a bass and the challenges of that
42:32 Drew’s Passion for production
43:10 The Music Video for Old Thoughts and Regrets
46:03 Getting into Chopx7
55:38 Listen to / Buy “Brothers”
58:32 Links
59:03 END
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4 May 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 5 minutesCayle Hunter & Nate Burman (Armed for Apocalypse)
Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guests were Cayle Hunter and Nate Burman of Armed for Apocalypse. We discuss the bands crushing new album "The Earth is Breathing Beneath Me" out on Church Road Records on April 24th!
0:00 intro
0:16 Start
0:51 Nate’s Heavy Metal History
6:37 Cayle’s Heavy Metal History
10:28 Discovering new music in the modern era vs growing up
19:07 Nate Joining the band and the “hiatus”
27:36 Armed for apocalypse drummer discussion
30:26 Recording with Kurt Ballou
33:08 Writing for the new record “The Earth is Breathing Beneath Me”
35:40 Working in the studio
41:25 Cayles Guitars
48:11 The final 2 songs on the album
52:05 Lyrical Content
57:38 Album art
1:05:42 End
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20 April 2026, 7:22 pm - 27 minutes 32 secondsThe History of Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath" (2026 Version)
Welcome to this installment of the podcast. In honor of the 10th anniversary of the podcast i wanted to revisit what started everything, the history of the genre and what better way than to go back to the first episode and update it. Expect more of these episodes over the year. Next up will be the story of "Paranoid"
6 April 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 6 minutesBen Mason (Bound in Fear / Pintglass)
Welcome to this installment of the podcast.
In this episode my guest was Ben Mason, vocalist of Bound in Fear, Ben is also in 2 other bands, one being Pintglass and the other Hounds of War.
Ben came on to talk about Bound in Fear's new album "A mind too sick to heal" but during the conversation, the revelations about real life illness definitely took a forefront of the conversation with insight into the strife the band has been through the past 5 years since their last album.
We talk about all of that that and the fun of Pintglass.
0:00 Intro
:36 Editors Note about the audio/video sync
:41 Stella for tha geeza’s
1:52 Ben’s Heavy Metal History / Streaming Music
11:31 Ben’s other band Pintglass
18:41 Vocal Ranges
22:06 UK Metal Scene
23:53 Covid Affecting the bands trajectory
26:01 The 5 years since the last album and Ben’s Brain infection
31:49 Bens mental and psychical health after his near death experience
39:05 Writing for Bound in Fear
43:18 Pintglass recording / production
47:09 English slang words
52:20 Remembering Ozzy
57:00 Bound in Fear 2026/2027
1:00:00 Favorite part of the Music process
1:06:27 End of Interview
1:06:30 Follow Bound in Fear / Pintglass
1:06:59 End
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27 March 2026, 1:23 am - 50 minutes 14 secondsKenny Hickey (Ex-Type O Negative)
Welcome to this episode of the podcast, my guest was Kenny Hickey, formerly of Type O Negative, back with a new band collaborating with Kirk Windstein called Sun Dont Shine.
We discuss the band, its melodic elements and get into the 30th anniversary of "October Rust"
0:00 Intro
0:36 Start
0:58 Kenny’s Heavy Metal History
5:52 Musician Talent in the early days
7:53 Bands playing to backing tracks
8:57 Sun Don’t Shine Origins
15:22 Working with Kirk Windstein from Crowbar
17:38 Subverting Expectations
21:14 Guitar Tunings / Guitar Writing
24:41 Lyrical Content and Kenny’s Writing Style
26:41 Grieving Process, Mortality, Sobriety and Personal Growth
31:54 Record Release
37:04 30th Anniversary of October Rust and Type O Negative Talk
44:21 Kenny’s Favorite Horror Films
48:20 Closing Conversation about Sun Don’t Shine
49:38 End
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16 March 2026, 4:51 am - 1 hour 11 secondsSteven Blush (Author / Filmmaker of American Hardcore)
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Steven Blush, Author and filmmaker most known for the book and documentary American Hardcore. Steven came on the podcast to discuss his new book "When Rock Met Hip-Hop" and to talk all about the history of those influences on the genre.
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9 February 2026, 5:00 am - 1 hour 14 minutesEthan McCarthy Returns! (Primitive Man)
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. Ethan McCarthy, vocalist and guitarist of @PrimitiveMan returns to the podcast to discuss what hima and the band have been up to over the past 5 years since he was last on.We talk about the new album "Observance" out now on @relapserecords mental health, AI, live sound, politics and so much more.
0:40 5 Years since being on the podcast
3:48 Working on other musical projects
7:00 Spiritual Poison Live show
10:00 Mental Health, Mortality and Social Media
20:00 Writing longer songs and attention spans
27:53 Ai bands, AI art and Anti-AI sentiments
40:56 Writing the new album
49:11 Backing tracks vs Live sound
56:00 Live Sound and using a sound person
58:34 Political themes of the record and the state of the country
1:14:00 End
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3 November 2025, 8:20 pm - 56 minutes 50 secondsMike Hill (Tombs)
Mike Hill from Tombs returns to the podcast for his 3rd appearance. Mike has been a long time supporter of the podcast and his band has a new record coming out after 5 years called "Feral Darkness"
Mike and I discuss this time frame of writing and recording and the collaborative nature of this record. We also talk a little about horror films and Halloween.
13 October 2025, 4:00 am - 1 hour 5 minutesJohnny Ciardullo (Carcosa)
Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Johnny Ciardullo vocalist of Carcosa (Also writes guitar for Carcosa and plays in Angelmaker)Johnny came on the podcast where we had an in depth conversation about the themes of the bands new album and a lengthy conversation about trauma and the importance of mental health.
0:20 Johnny’s Heavy Metal History
5:35 Playing different live vs on a record
7:00 Backing track discourse
16:00 Starting the band during Covid
24:20 Recording albums to perfection vs more “raw”
26:27 Writing for “The Axe forgets the tree remembers” and the concept of the album
32:58 Societal pressures of trauma and being more open
37:08 Trying new stuff on the new album
38:44 The album title and its meaning and the cover art
43:12 Andor and Star Wars talk
48:26 The writing process for Carcosa
51:26 Writing in Angelmaker
54:33 Guitar talk
56:35 Funny social media interactions
1:03:40 Supporting Carcosa and buying the new album
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