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The Roots of Heavy Metal #3: The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll!
Season 4 Episode 7
Wherein Eric and John once again examine some of the gnarled roots underneath the heavy metal family tree, exploring the development and formative in…
1 year, 6 months ago
An HM101 Holiday Special Twofer: 1) Warrior Soul in the '90s! 2) Chrismukkah Metal Corner w/Eric and John!
Season 4 Episode 6
Wherein Eric and John celebrate the holiday season first via a nostalgic deep dive into the 90s catalog of arguably the greatest heavy metal "should …
1 year, 8 months ago
Everything Old is New Again: Early '90s Edition (Judas Priest, Megadeth, and Black Sabbath)
Season 4 Episode 5
Wherein Eric and John rhapsodize over three of the greatest heavy metal albums ever made, Judas Priest's Painkiller, Megadeth's Rust in Peace, and Bl…
1 year, 9 months ago
To the Extreme Pt. 1- The Early History of Death Metal and Grindcore
Season 4 Episode 4
Wherein Eric and John deep dive into the moldering early history of American death metal and British grindcore, exploring the fetid formative tales o…
1 year, 9 months ago
The 4th Annual Halloween Spooktacular Bonus Episode: Deathgasm and the Heavy Metal Horror Movie!
Season 4 Episode 3
Wherein Eric and very special guest Patrick, of the Rewind of the Living Dead Podcast, celebrate the spooky season by exploring the intersection of h…
1 year, 10 months ago
What’s the Alternative? (The Rise of Alt Metal)
Season 4 Episode 2
Wherein Eric and John sip hot, black coffee and burn nag champa incense while exploring the diverse and wonderous "alt" branch of the metal family tr…
1 year, 11 months ago
Iron Maiden, in the First Time of the Bruce Bruce (1981-93)
Season 4 Episode 1
Wherein Eric and John return to the fray, exploring the extraordinary music making of Iron Maiden in their first Bruce Dickinson fronted period, 1981…
1 year, 11 months ago
A Very Heavy Metal 101 Listener's Guide to the Heavy Metal of the 1980s
Season 3 Episode 12
Wherein Eric and John create the most complex, elaborate, and delightful list possible of the most essential, awesome metal albums released during th…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ronnie. James. Dio.
Season 3 Episode 11
Wherein Eric and John explore the magnificent oeuvre of perhaps the most metal man who ever lived, the late, great Ronnie James Dio, from his career …
2 years, 4 months ago
The 2nd Wave of American Glam Metal (Or, The One Where We Talk About Gn’F’nR!)
Season 3 Episode 10
Wherein Eric and John return to some of Eric's most favorite historical stomping grounds, the epic history of that most maligned of heavy metal subge…
2 years, 5 months ago