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And even after 250 episodes, we still are pleased to present you with new bands and new songs, be them from known European places, or American, or Asian, or wherever. Though there might be countries we haven’t played anything Metal from. In any case, tune in to hear about Pensées Nocturnes, Sigh (which you should […]

Back in February one of our listeners, Nathan Magus, suggested a Dragon Themed Special, since 2012 is said to be the Year Of The Dragon. We looked into our collections for songs about dragons. Of course the choices are legion, massive and more. There are many bands out there with songs that have the word […]

A new week, a new regular. We’ve got new stuff from Dragonforce, Jeff Loomis, Plutonian Shore and Brimwylf, a completely new band having just put out their first release. In addition, a few bands asked us to be played and so we are happy to present you with new tunes by Archenterum (which were featured […]

A new week, a new episode. Yes, a little later, but we all lead busy lives and circumstances aren’t always favourable. But what’s a day in a human life? So, get set for another round of metallic variety. The more melodic side of things is represented by Dragon Guardian (Power Metal from Japan), H.E.A.T. (Hard […]

When other genres get metallized… here’s our third Cover Special. In any case, it’s usually interesting to see how Metal bands take on Pop, Rock and other kinds of songs. Metal bands covering other Metal bands occurs very often. In this newest episode we have stuff originally by King Crimson, Limahl, Tom Waits, Mecano, Louis […]

Metal bands write long songs, short songs, middlelong songs, epic songs, dramatic songs, and so on. We had a first episode with long songs (mininum 15 minutes per song) last year in episode 212. This time we present you the second Long Songs Special. Due to the length of the episode, we again limited the […]

More Specials are planned, but as we don’t want to throw all our cards on the table, let’s play another regular. Next to the Thrash of Toxic Holocaust, the Black Metal of Himinbjørg, the Power Metal of Kaledon (a previously unreleased track, by the way) and Freedom Call, the Traditional Metal of Christian Mistress, the […]

A rather extreme episode this time, though there’s a nice balance between heavy riffs, thundering drums, happy melodies and bombastic operaticness. On the extreme side we have the Black Metal band Azaghal from Finland, the Death Metal formation Baht from Turkey and the Doom groupings XII Boar from the UK, The 11th Hour from The […]

Alrighty, people, take your history books. We’re starting way back in time, ten, maybe hundreds of years before the year of our Lord. The Lord Of Time will however NOT be your guide in this musical journey through ages past, as he’s taking the liberty to go skiing, now that everyone or most are back […]

Last January one of our listeners, Brandon Archer, indirectly suggested we make another Doom Special, Volume 3 then. Each year, like in other genres, new Doom releases come out, be them Death/Doom, Funeral Doom, Black/Doom, Stoner, Traditional, or otherwise. One band being more obscure than the other. But like always, we try to keep the […]

Obsessed With Metal, pt. 2. The first was done in July last year. See here. As you can imagine, there are countless songs about Metal, hailing the music, the community, and more. And since there are also countless Metalbands, the choices remain legio. This time we selected Saxon, Gamma Ray, Destruction, Venom, Thunderbolt, Tankard, Metalucifer, […]

Back from Israel. We hope you enjoyed our little episode on that country’s scene. Time now again for another regular episode, featuring bands from various countries. Like Alcest from France, the Viking Metallers Enherjer from Norway, the Canadian Black Metal formation Urheimat, the Stoner band Orange Goblin from Si’s UK. Also from the cold north […]

Time to travel again. Destination: Israel. This was suggested back in December by Shimi Youngester. And who better than our beloved Marcus and Si to compile the playlist? Tune in for an eclectic episode featuring Arafel, Winterhorde, Prey For Nothing, Kna’an, Acropolis, Orphaned Land, Melechesh, Gevolt, Bishop of Hexen and Amaseffer, whose 2nd album is […]

Winter has surely set in, now that large parts of Europe are having a not so wonderful experience with it (casualties, shelter, accidents, …). But for those unafflicted, there’s not only fire and heating, but also good ol’ Metal to warm those ears, but if your house is too cold consider getting some HVAC from […]

Once upon a time, back in October 2010, one of our listeners going by the name of Rob Ankrom, suggested we make a Goof/Mirth Metal episode. In other words, it doesn’t always have to be serious songs. In Metal you can make a song about anything: love, life, war, peace, politics, fantasy, science fiction, history, […]

And we’re back for another year of qualitative Metal, no matter the style. Well, we haven’t played much Metalcore or some other styles, since we’re either not fond of it or just don’t have enough material or knowledge about it. 2012 is still young, so there aren’t that many releases yet. We’ll play new material […]

2011 is behind us. It has been a marvellous year in terms of releases. Many albums were put out, many new bands made it to the surface and oldies were against present to show that they’re not planning to call it quits at all. Amon Amarth, Stratovarius, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Devin Townsend Project, Mastodon, Esoteric, […]

2011 is behind us. It has been a marvellous year in terms of releases. Many albums were put out, many new bands made it to the surface and oldies were against present to show that they’re not planning to call it quits at all. Amon Amarth, Stratovarius, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Devin Townsend Project, Mastodon, Esoteric, […]

Alrighty, EP 233, the last before we take our annual winter break. We’ve got new Nightwish material, Folk stuff from Germany, Russia and Sweden (Lyriel, Severnye Vrata and Vintersorg), and more. For example, there’s Viikate who play Melodic Heavy Metal with Schlager Influence (talk about originality ), the UK formation Nine Covens delivered some Black […]

The days are shorter, the temperatures are lower… frost is setting in. But there’s not only fire to warm you to, we’ve got another load of tunes to warm your ears to. The German Heavy/Power Metal band Iron Savior is back, indeed. The American Progressive band Cynic also released new material recently, as did the […]