AYM is no more (at least for now) but two of your hosts have started a new music podcast than spans multiple genres. Metal is no longer the sole focus but is prominently featured. If you enjoy this episode, the new Podcast available soon on Itunes, Google, Audible, Spotify and wherever fine podcasts are sold.…

Get raw get kvkt get freaky Albums discussed Anubi - Kai pilnaties akis užmerks mirtis Black Mass of Absu - compilation Graal - Sigullum Naturae Egaheer - Czarna Litania Nomicon - Yellow Lanz - Incinerator the New Church Mysteries - In the Dark and Sodomy Animus - Hmo Homini Deus Elfen - To Eldamar From Minas Morgul 13 Candles - Pilgrimage to the G…

Description to comeBy Iain, Don, & Zach

We threw this episode together in an afternoon. We talk about some of our favorite non-metal albums we think metalheads will listen to. Well Iain and Don talk about their favorites and I talk about three or 4 albums I really like and a bunch that I half remembers or found out about that morning. Albums Discussed Zach Don Bradshaw-Leather - Distance…

Albums Discussed Blue Öyster Cult - Heaven Forbid Hell - Human Remains Sorcerer - In the Shadow of the Inverted Cross Dave Evans - Sinner Satan - Life Sentence Satan's Host - By The Hands of the Devil Europe - Start From the dark Confessor - Unraveled Believer - Gabriel Bulldozer - Unexpected Fate Carcass - Surgical Steel Possessed - Revelations Of…

ZachBarsoom - Under the Moon of MarsHyborian Steel - Barbaric MysticismPilgrim - Misery WizardCauldron Born - Born of the CauldronAtlantean Codex - The White GoddessThorr-Axe - Gates of WinterBarrow Wight - Kings in Sauron's ServiceThe Gates of Slumber - ... The AwakeningTales of Medusa - The Fatal Wounding GazeTeen Cthulu - Ride the Blade IainCand…

The last gasp of our old format as we strip away the statistics based notes and transition to a more conversational tone. This episode was a bit of a stress test for length and will be the last episode to feature this many albums. Please bear with us as we get into a new rhythm. Coming soon: shorter episodes more in depth reviews better discussion …

If it's experimental, Avant-garde, progressive and/or technical, not from America or Canada and it's a full length, it's probably on this episode. Not every Album is a debut but that'll be specified when appropriate Album list coming soon.By Iain, Don, & Zach

New Year New Format. Into Music Frosthelm Accidental Autoplay During Gyibaaw Alien Weaponry Albums Discussed Holy Martyr - Still at War Sacriphyx - The Western Front Gyibaaw - Ancestral War Hymns Human Fortress - Defenders of the Crown Macabre Omen - The Ancient Return Dark Lunacy - The Diarist Hail of Bullets - Of Frost & Wari Bolt Thrower - The I…

To celebrate the season of giving, and due to our inability to put a properly researched episode together this month we have a lighter then usual discussion about some usually maligned bands we feel deserve a second or first look from those that wrote them off. Plus a brief discussion of some Metal Christmas Originals to liven up your cover laden h…

Albums Discussed Albums with a * are bands who's debuts we've already discussed previously so sophomore efforts were chosen. Bands from this period too close to Sludge, Stoner, Heavy Grunge, and Death/Doom in sound will be discussed on those respective episodes, all of which are planned. Cirith Ungol - Frost & FireForce - ForcePagan Altar - Volume …

Back To R'leyh - The Awakening- Last fight of the Primordial Revenant – Prophecies of a Dying WorldAldebaran - Dweller in the TwilightSwampcult - The FestivalFiendlord - NeuromancyRipping Corpse - Dreaming With the DeadNile - Those Who The Gods DetestSeptic Flesh - Sumerian DemonsMorbid Angel - Gateways to AnnihilationInfinite Spectrum – Haunter in…

Diabolical Masquerade - NightworkEnergy Vampires - Energy VampiresAlbatross - Fear From the SkiesTerra Tenebrosa - The TunnelsSeasons of the Wolf - Lost In HellBlood Cult - We Who Walk Behind the RowsCult of Ghoules - HenbanePig Destroyer - TerrifyerPortal - OutreGhastly - Death VelourUncle Acid & The Deadbeats - The Night Creeper Enforcer - From B…

Sacred Reich - IgnoranceDark Angel - Darkness DescendsDeath Angel - The Ultra ViolenceNuclear Assault - Game OverForbidden - EvilFlotsam and Jetsam - Doomsday for the decieverVoivod - Killing TechnologyGammacide - Victims of ScienceHirax - Raging ViolenceVio-Lence - Eternal NightmareEvildead - Annihilation of CivilizationPossessed - Beyond the Gate…

W/ Mitch from Symptoms/Olde Tigers. Albums Discussed Acid Cøma - Prayers to Mirrors Riffcoven - Crown of Darkness Shroud Eater - Thundernoise Death Rides A Horse - More God Than Man Mad God - Tales of A Sightless City Fu Manchu - King of The Road Crowbar - Sonic Excess... Down - NOLA Iron Age - The Sleeping Eye Orange Goblin - Frequencies From Plan…

The much loved/maligned subgenre that rose to prominence in the early 2000s. Featuring not 1, not 2 but 3 separate discussions about what the fuck "post" implies Albums Discussed Solstafir - Kold Minsk - Out of a Center which is neither dead nor alive Bauda - euphoria.... Of Flesh men and the great escape Ultar - Kadath Les Discrets - Septembre... …

Albums Discussed A.F.T. - Automatic Fine Tuning German Oak - German Oak/Nibelungenlied Raven - Back to Ohio Blues The Old Man & The Sea - The Old Man & The Sea/'72-'75 Hickory Wind/B.F. Trike - Hickory Wind & B.F. Trike Bruce Haack - The Electric LuciferBy Iain, Don, & Zach

Obscure gems and international favorites. Quartz - QuartzTrapeze - MedusaThor - Keep the Dogs AwayLucifer's Friend - Lucifer's FriendDust - DustBuffalo - Only Want You For Your Body The Godz (OH) - The GodzDetective - DetectiveTarget - TargetMoxy - MoxyStarz - ViolatorHeavy Load - Full Speed At A High Level The Boyzz - Too Wild To TameRose Tattoo -…

A rapid fire discussion of the most obvious and not so obvious heavy hitters of 60s and 70s hard Rock and how they relate or in some cases don't relate to heavy metal. Also hear us get overly sensitive about an iTunes reviewBy Iain, Don, & Zach

The Hellenic Sound & Beyond early favorites, rediscovered gems and a few modern takes on the genres The Elysian Fields - AdelainWampyrinacht- We Will Be Watching. Les cultes de Satan et les Order of the Ebon Hand - The Mystic Path to the NetherworldZephyrous - Entrance and Wandering on the Seven ZonesAgatus - Dawn of MartyrdomObsecration - The Inhe…

A Re-recording of our long lost first episode, where we talk about some of the biggest disapointments by some of our favorite bands. We also touch on some unfairly written off periods and albums by titans of the genre, or trash that we love in spite of itself. **CORRECTION JACK RUSSELL FROM GREAT WHITE IS ACCIDENTLY REFERRED TO AS JACK WHITE** The …

3 topics, one theme, Hardcore Punk's connection to heavy metal. First Don examines some of the more metal minded bands of the NYHC scene, then Iain covers the Swedish D-Beat scene through the years, and finally Zach explores some 80's hardcore dudes who decided to abandon the genre they came up in to try their hand at full on metal to mixed results…

A thorough, respectful, secular but far from complete look back at a sub-class of music that is mostly ignored by many metal fans, the Christian metal scene of the 80's and 90's. A time when labels like Intense, R.E.X. and Pure Metal were putting out albums on par with some of the heaviest hitters of the secular thrash, death, glam and power metal …

A look at some early innovators and modern masters of Funeral Doom plus some surprises to cleanse the palette and the soul. Funeral - Tragedies Skepticism - StormCrowFleet Ysigim - Ain Soph Or Esoteric - Epistemological Despondency ??? - ??????? ???????? (Howl - Circles of Eternity) Thergothon - Stream from the Heavens Bell Witch - Longing Tyranny …

Classic Literature, Comics, Video Games, Cartoons, Stupid fashion trends a subset of goth kids seem to like for some reason. We spend a few hours decompressing after a month of depressing ass black metal to talk about 18 bands that make music that would have gotten you bullied up until the release of Avengers. The usual histories with plenty of asi…

A continuation of last episode, this time we talk about some of our favorite black metal albums from the past 10 or so years. Old School revivals, genre bending, and just plain bizzare variations of one of our favorite genres.By Iain, Don, & Zach

*WARNING THERE IS SOME AUDIO CLIPPING/SKIPPING EARLY ON BUT IT SUSIDES OVER THE COURSE OF THE EPISODE. OUR NOTES ARE PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE IF YOU NEED TO CATCH A GARBLED BIT* Some of our favorite first, second and third wave Black Metal Bands. Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of DoomMaster's Hammer - RitualEmperor - Nightside…

Lost Treasures and genre staples from the heart of Europe. Plus a discussion on our thoughts on the Lords of Chaos movie debacle Intro & Outro Music Seven Thorns - https://www.seventhorns.com/ Depression - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpu654XmAew Albums Discussed White Skull - tales from the northLabrynth - Return To Heaven DeniedAxel Rudi Pell …

Does what is says on the label, a looser than normal discussion of 15 of our favorite concept albums.... Intro music by Wizard's Union https://wizardunioncollective.bandcamp.com/ Albums Discussed Scanner - Hypertrace Kings X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska Cloven Hoof - Dominator Manilla Road - Atlantis Rising Mekong Delta - The Music of Erich Zann In …

A look back at the origins of Tech Death, exploring the debuts and stylistic evolutions that built the genre. The musicians, the studios, labels and cities that took old school death metal beyond its roots and into the realm of virtuosity. From all time classics to forgotten treasures we cover virtually every debut album released within the first y…

The Great Kat will always be the podcast teams favorite guitarist, but here's 15 albums featuring some guitarists we like almost as much. From shed legends to death metal gurus, we cover a wide range of styles and genres and time periods CORRECTION: Martin Birch did not produce Quartz's debut, it was Tony Iommi. For more info see next episode. Albu…

A discussion of 15 metal supergroups. Both supergroups by design and those created by circumstance, ranging from 80s grind revival to hair metal holdouts. The men behind the music and the bands that made them famous. Correction: Carmine Appice was not in Golden Earring. ALBUMS DISCUSSED Badlands - S/THouse of lords - S/tBlue murder - s/tArcade S/TJ…

NOW INDIVIDUALLY MIKED! On this Episode we explore 15 albums that push the boundaries of metal through the integration of other styles of music. Jazx, blues, IDM and more. Early experimental pioneers, avant garde supergroups and the latest innovators. Plus dumb Tool fans, praise for GWARcast, cosmic prisons and more. QUICK NOTE: Forgot to give all …

A long over due interview Max & Zach did with Justin from perenial favorites of the podcast Zud back in Sepetember, just before seeing them live, and the same night we interviewed Mary. This was our first interview, recording was bungled a bit, and we were in a parking lot, so forgive the less than stellar audio. For some great quality audio, head …

What happens when 4 sleepy dudes attempt to talk about esoteric occult knowledge and heavy metal? the episode length gets out of control. From Thelema to Heathenry, Celtic pagan revivalists to cosmic luciferians. We talk about magick and the men who love it while our own coherance slowly drifts away. Listen as a semingly dignified and respectful di…

Tonight, on a very special Are You Morbid? we welcome our friends from Night (Bobby & Matt) over for a a discussion of Author H.P. Lovecraft. Taking a break from our usual album by album breakdown format, we instead give an EXTREMELY brief overview of the author, and take an in depth look at his long association with Heavy Metal and his influence o…

Former and future co-host Max (Horde of The Eclipse, The Beyond, Storm of Damnation) sits down with Issac, Andy, Will, & Darren from MoMe at the third and possibly final Shadow Woods Metal Festival. They talk about the bands music, past and present, and the unique vibe the Shadow Woods Metal Fest has provided fans and musicans a like. plus Ray of P…

'Tis the Season to be spooky. Join us on a trip through the bowels of metal as we celebrate the best heavy metal albums to get you in the spirit of the season. Ghosts, Goblins, Witches, Vampires, Wizards, Goth Chicks and of course our old pal Satan are all in focus this week with our usual blend of masterworks and rarities. Penises nailed to chairs…

Join us on a trip to Germany circa 1984-1988 when the lines between speed metal and power metal were blurring, and black metal was walking right beside it. We present a brief overview of our 3 principal genres around this time, discuss the foundation of Noise Records, it's controversial founder, and the other men behind the scenes who made this mus…

A discussion of Thrash in the nineties. The end of the Golden Age and what lie beyond. We reconnect with our favorite bands at the start of the decade, and celebrate those brave (mostly European) firekeepers that dared to carry on the spirit of thrash through a desolate waste land of Nu, Groove, and Nirvana imitations that filled the post-1994 worl…

*DISCLAIMER*If this is your first episode, please note, we generally try to be a little more impartial and educational, but we're also bitter angry people and occasionally there's some spillage. So yeah, lot's of strong opinions and rage here. Start with an earlier episode if this doesn't appeal, and know we probably won't be doing this againIn wha…

Zach & guest host Max Shoop (ex-Horde of the Eclipse, ex-The Beyond, Storm of Damnation) with an on-site interview at a Zud show with Mary Spiro, founder of the Shadow Woods, both the Metal Fest and the production company. We talk about the festival, the financial and logistical issues of setting up a show of this size, and more. Also with us are l…

Our 10th episode and our first "WildCard" where everyone picks their own topic. We we're joined by close friend and musician Max Shoop (Horde of The Eclipse, The Beyond, Storm of Damnation). Iain and Max give us a glimpse into the complex worlds of perrenial podcast favorites Akercocke, and The Axis of Peridition respectively, Don shares some of hi…

*Intro Music* “Consisting of/or adjacent to” by Wrath of Typhon from the album Kingdom of Fear Band Page: https://www.facebook.com/WrathofTyphonRise/ Buy The Album: https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-of-Fear/dp/B0721WD8DR Our first in what will more than likely be a series of episodes celebrating the oft underappreciated contributions women haved made …

In what is appropriately, and perhaps ironically their longest most bloated episode to date, we start the show with Don’s report on Warped Tour and the recent controversy it’s brought on, and moves right along to a rant about the horrible human being Otep Shamaya has shown herself to be, then Zach continues the ravings with a dig at some shitty Kre…

Albums Discussed:Hour of Pennance - Cast The First StoneTen - SpellboundDeep Purple - Perfect StrangersDeathhammer- Forever Ripping FastAll Hell - The Red SectThe Owls Are Not What They Seem - HearthSchammash - TriangleInfernal Majesty - None Shall Defy Various Artists - Saw: The Official SoundtrackSepultura - SchizophreniaGod Mother -MaktbehovOtra…

PARAKEET WARNING:Don's normally silent birds had a lot to say for the first third of the episode. you will hear some bird sounds. If it bothers you, they calm down about 30 minutes in, and are completely absent after the first hour. Skip ahead or check out an earlier episode. Birds will be banished next week. Nothing but fan service as we dig into …

An in depth look at the Penelope Spheeris cult classic Rockumentary film The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years. The Good, the bad, the ass-less chaps. We cover it all, from the bands featured and where they wound up to the deeper themes just under the surface of the debauchery. The exploitation of women, the ethics of the pay…

aka Dr. StrangeLars or: How I Learned to Stop Expecting Quality and Love Death Magnetic **MUSIC BY NIGHT**soundsofnight.bandcamp.com/ In our first format busting episode the boys of AYM take an emotional journey across the treacherous ocean that is Metallica’s discography. The highest highs, the Lulu-est lows, the stakes are high and tempers flare …

In a surprisingly dark but somewhat coherent episode, Zach, Don & Iain take a look back on some of metal’s most beloved concept albums, and a few hidden gems too. Hear Don’s defense of England’s most maligned black metal band, Iain shares the tale of a doomed viking expedition to Ireland, and Zach shed’s light on a mostly forgotten Troma-esque cros…