Chapter 571 - "It Sparked The Rebirth Of The Genre" ...as read by rosecoloredworld

Today we welcome Rae and Addison from rosecoloredworld to the podcast! The band is currently signed to Velocity Records, with an album coming out later in 2025. The band talks about their experiences growing up, the emo scenes in Florida and New Jersey, connecting with each other in Los Angeles, touring, and more! 

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Chapter 571 Music:

rosecoloredworld - "All We Had"

rosecoloredworld - "Cold Day In Hell"

rosecoloredworld - "Broken Glass"
 

Chapter 570 - "Pay It Forward However I Can" ...as read by Matt Burns

Today we welcome Matt Burns from Smartpunk Records to the podcast! Matt talks about his history in the Florida music scene, Smartpunk’s transition from distribution to record label, navigating the rise of streaming, offering their in house manufacturing services to a wider audience, and more. 

https://www.smartpunk.com/

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Chapter 570 Music:

Reconciler - "Runaway"

Suffocate Faster - "Strength"

Suck Brick Kid - "I Wrote On The Wall! Take That Society!"
 

Chapter 569 - "It Makes Me Feel" ...as read by Melee Fairy

Today we welcome Moxii and Fox from Melee Fairy to the podcast! The band talks about how they met at Staples, dealing with opinionated people, the inspiration for their lyrical content, and more. 

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Chapter 569 Music:

Melee Fairy - "Stoner Boi"

Melee Fairy - "Undertow"

Chapter 568 - "We Can Do Whatever We Want, Whenever We Want" ...as read by Peter Espevoll

Today I’m stoked to finally share my chat with Peter Espevoll of Extol! Peter talks about discovering heavy music, how Extol got started and trying to find their place as a band, why the band’s sound shifted, creating new music without boundaries, and more. 

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https://extol.bandcamp.com/

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Chapter 568 Music:

Extol - "Inferno"

Extol - "Burial"

InTheosis - "Mysteria"

InTheosis - "Iconoclast"

Chapter 567 - "Get A Little More Creative" ...as read by Craig Mabbitt

Today we welcome Craig Mabbitt to the podcast. Craig is currently releasing music with Escape the Fate and Dead Rabbitts. Craig talks about his earliest music memories, how he accidentally ended up fronting Escape The Fate, the rise of metalcore, how releasing music has changed, and more.

https://www.escapethefate.com/

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Chapter 567 Music:

Dead Rabbitts - "Mistake"

Escape The Fate - "LOW"

Dead Rabbitts - "Oxygen"
 

Chapter 566 - "Always An Opportunity To Grow" ...as read by Jaali Cypher of Until i Wake

Today we Until I Wake frontman Jaali Cypher to the podcast! The new Until I Wake record, Renovate, is out this Friday on Fearless Records! Jaali talks about crazy lake effect snow totals in Buffalo, making music as a hip hop artist and metal frontman, the themes behind Renovate, touring in Europe, and more! 

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Chapter 566 Music:

Until I Wake - "Renovate"

Until I Wake - "Hole Hearted"

Until I Wake - "Messenger"

Chapter 565 - "The Journey I Was Going Through" ...as read by Cherry Duesbury

Today we welcome Defences vocalist Cherry Duesbury to the podcast. Defences released Shadowlight back on November 8th with Long Branch Records. Cherry talks about the impact of the Myspace emo scene, seeing more representation in underground music scenes, being the focal point of the art direction for Shadowlight, the themes on the album, and more.

https://www.defencesofficial.com/

https://defences.bandcamp.com/album/shadowlight

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Chapter 565 Music:

Defences - "The Curse"

Defences - "Gold In The Dark"

Defences - "Silence & The Sound"

Defences - "Shadowlight"

 

Chapter 564 - "Being Open To Whatever Came" ...as read by Adam Dubin

Today we welcome Adam Dubin to the podcast. Adam has directed legendary music videos for the Beastie Boys, Metallica, and more! Adam has a new band called Das Moöse and their new album, Moösehenge, is out now! Adam also has a horror movie coming out called Traction Park Massacre. Adam talks about having Rick Rubin has a roommate at NYU, being in the right place to direct music videos for the Beastie Boys, his transition into directing comedy specials, starting a band, and the inspiration for Traction Park Massacre.

https://www.tractionparkmassacre.com/

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Chapter 564 Music:

Das Moöse - "Death, Death, Death, and More Death"

Das Moöse - "Gasoline"

Das Moöse - "Traction Park Massacre"

 

Chapter 563 - "Getting The Artistic Expression Out There" ...as read by Brendan Frey of Hostile Array

Today we welcome Hostile Array frontman Brendan Frey to the podcast! Hostile Array released their latest ep, Underneath, back on September 20th. Brendan talks about the impactful a his small-town music scene, how changing beliefs led to Hostile Array’s formation, working with Andy Cizek, and more.

https://hostilearray.com/

https://hostilearray.bandcamp.com/

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Chapter 563 Music:

Hostile Array - "Underneath"

Hostile Array - "Survive"

Hostile Array - "Slow Decay"

Chapter 562 - "Polar's Got Under People's Skin" ...as read by Adam "Woody" Woodford

Today we welcome back to the podcast Polar frontman Adam "Woody" Woodford. Polar's new album, Five Arrows, is out today on Arising Empire Records. Woody talks about the musical landscape that the band's last album was released in to, losing all the members of the band, rebuilding, trying to recapture the band's creative spirit, and a lot more.

https://www.polaruk.co/

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Chapter 562 Music:

Polar - "Swimming With Sharks"

Polar - "Paranoia"

Chapter 561 - "Are You Going To Do This" ...as read by Evan Seidlitz of Thrown Into Exile

Today we welcome Thrown Into Exile vocalist Evan Seidlitz to the podcast. Thrown Into Exile just released their new ep, Passageways. Evan talks about the Cleveland metal and hardcore scene and his part in it, moving to LA to explore musical opportunities, joining, leaving, and then rejoining Thrown Into Exile, the band’s hope for the future, and more. 

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Chapter 561 Music:

Thrown Into Exile - "Last Breath"

Thrown Into Exile - "Killing The Only One"

Thrown Into Exile - "Desolation"

Thrown Into Exile - "The Forsaken"