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We Need To Talk About Prog Metal
Season 3 Episode 9
Wherein Eric and John go to some truly dark places, exploring one of Eric's least favorite metal subgenres, progressive metal, but come out the other…
2 years, 5 months ago
Special Topics in Metalology: You Wanted the Best, You Got the 1980s Kisscography…
Season 3 Episode 8
Wherein Eric torments John relentlessly, deep diving into the life and work of Kiss, the single most favorite band of Eric's misspent youth, in the 1…
2 years, 7 months ago
A 20th Century Curmudgeon’s Guide to 21st Century Heavy Metal: AOTY 2023, Baby!
Season 3 Episode 7
Wherein Eric, flying solo, takes a bit of a chronological detour, examining the heavy metal of the 21st century. On this edition, Eric surveys the ve…
2 years, 7 months ago
Heroes of the Metal Underground: 1980s American Independent Metal Bands with author Alexandros Anesiadis
Season 3 Episode 6
Wherein Eric rings in the holiday season in the best way possible: By exploring the esoteric underworld of 1980s American independent heavy metal ban…
2 years, 7 months ago
Women Who Rock Pt. 2: The Heavy Metal Ladies of the 1980s!
Season 3 Episode 5
Wherein Eric and John conclude their epic diptych exploring the music and stories of women who rock, taking a look at an assortment of amazing female…
2 years, 7 months ago
Women Who Rock Pt. 1: A Prehistory of Women in Metal
Season 3 Episode 4
Wherein Eric and John embark on an epic diptych exploring the music and stories of women who rock, first by delving into the prehistory of women in h…
2 years, 10 months ago
The 3rd Annual Halloween Spooktacular: Long Live the King Pt. 2 (King Diamond in the 1980s)
Season 3 Episode 3
Wherein Eric and John take Heavy Metal 101 to the next level, combining elements of classic horror radio plays, telling the narratives of four macabr…
2 years, 10 months ago
Metal Gets HUGE (Three Pop Metal Masterpieces from 1986/7)
Season 3 Episode 2
Wherein Eric and John take a scenic tour through the cassette collection of a young Eric, and explore three of the biggest pop metal hit albums of th…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Thrash Metal Masterpieces of the "Big 4": 1986/7
Season 3 Episode 1
Wherein Eric and John return for season three with a bang, exploring the seminal works of the "Big 4" of American thrash in 1986/7, Metallica's Maste…
2 years, 11 months ago
Enter Metallica (1981-84) with special guest, author Ben Apatoff
Season 2 Episode 13
The season #2 finale, wherein Eric, John, and special guest Ben Apatoff (author of Metallica: The $24.95 Book) discuss the formative history of argua…
3 years, 3 months ago