Episode Details

In episode 279 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas sits down with Gus Rios of Gruesome, Left To Die, and Cold Slither fame to talk about how Hasbro hired him to remake the 1986 Transformers Movie Soundtrack for the film's 40th Anniversary. Gus was joined by Matt Harvey and Ross Sewage from Exhumed on the project along with some of the master minds of the original soundtrack like Stan Bush and Vince DiCola. We're talking heavy metal, death metal, and childhood dreams come true here, join us!

Preorder the Transformers movie soundtrack here:
https://shopus.reigningphoenixmusic.com/collections/transformers

Catch the band at Comic Con info here:
https://sdccblog.com/2026/06/rock-and-roll-out-for-transformers-the-movie-40th-anniversary-live-concert-at-san-diego-comic-con-2026/

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