Best Music Review Roulette Podcasts (2024)

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Album Club Pack May 2023 2:20:50

1h ago2:20:50

2:20:50

Album Clubs kick off with an EP that set it all alight with Nine Inch Nails' Broken, Baroness make modern rock's great double album Yellow & Green, The Hotelier hit an emo revival high Home, Like Noplace Is There, and Satyricon take black'n'roll to the mainstream with Now, Diabolical. This episode was originally published May 2023 on patreon.com/th…

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Hyperblasts: Deryck Whibley's Big Book Ploy 1:02:38

3m ago1:02:38

1:02:38

The big reunion the world was apparently waiting happens with Oasis, but it was nearly two in week with Deryck Whibley finding himself at the centre of a storm of confusion, plus talk on the comedy metal albums we actually like. Releases: Stand Atlantic - Was Here Simone Simons - Vermillion Within the Ruins - Phenomena II Uniform - American Standar…

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Finally, It Is Time 3:08:21

33m ago3:08:21

3:08:21

Actual mythical albums lead this month's album reviews, as we discuss the actually real Wintersun album Time II, the comeback of Nails, Zeal & Ardor, Twin Atlantic, Four Year Strong, Leprous, & Nile. Wintersun 40:06 Nails 1:21:18 Zeal & Ardor 1:50:16 Twin Atlantic 2:06:28 Four Year Strong 2:24:22 Leprous 2:37:44 Nile 2:51:32…

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Bloodstock Festival 2024 Review 1:18:47

10d ago1:18:47

1:18:47

We're back for our annual report from Bloodstock Festival where Opeth, Architects, & Amon Amarth headlined atop Malevolence, Clutch, Satyricon, Whitechapel, Hatebreed, Green Lung, & plenty more.By That's Not Metal

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Hyperblasts: Is Real Death On Artwork Okay? 1:06:10

5d ago1:06:10

1:06:10

Aerosmith unceremoniously call it a day, OPETH HAVE GROWLZ AGAIN, and we discuss the most disgusting things we've witnessed at festivals and have a conversation on the ethics of using depictions of real death on album artwork. Releases: Twin Atlantic - Meltdown Four Year Strong - Analysis Paralysis Dune Rats - If It Sucks, Turn It Up King Gizzard &…

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Hyperblasts: From Mars to Olympians 57:52

23d ago57:52

57:52

Gojira make history with their absolutely insane Olympics performance, there's a massive stream of singles from Undeath, Better Lovers, High Vis, Jinjer, Oranssi Pazuzu, Jerry Cantrell, & more, and Sam talks about Bruce Springsteen again. Releases: The Smashing Pumpkins - Aghori Mori Mei Anberlin - Vega Blues Pills - Birthday Barbarian Hermit - Mea…

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Ashenspire Album Roulette 2:06:39

24d ago2:06:39

2:06:39

We are joined by drummer and vocalist Alasdair Dunn of experimental black metallers Ashenspire to blow the doors open with one of our most eclectic Album Roulettes with dance-noise, abstract hip-hop, discussion of the true ethos of post-black metal, and tips on getting into jazz as a metal fan. Ed Scissor & Lamplighter - Tell Them It's Winter CIVIL…

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Hyperblasts: Hot Dog Flavoured Honour 17:04

1M ago17:04

17:04

A hyperspeed Hyperblast with Rou Reynolds joining the War of the Worlds cast, and the first returning track from the original Jane's Addiction line-up. Releases: Orange Goblin - Science, Not Fiction Deep Purple - =1 Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse - Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse Uprising - III Powerwolf - Wake Up the Wicked Dream Evil - Metal Gods Harvestmen - T…

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The Suck Zone 2:26:06

1M ago2:26:06

2:26:06

The week Tenacious D implode in the least predictable circumstances, TNM reviews and gives judgement on albums from Scene Queen, Speed, Crossfaith, 200 Stab Wounds, Ulcerate, Crypt Sermon, & Blind Girls. Scene Queen 18:55 Speed 51:00 Crossfaith 1:03:30 200 Stab Wounds 1:22:57 Ulcerate 1:41:53 Crypt Sermon 2:03:52 Blind Girls 2:15:14…

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Hyperblasts: Toilet Swift 59:16

1M ago59:16

59:16

AC/DC hit Wembley Stadium, Palm Reader bid farewell, while also giving us new music from new band Vower. We get one of the year's more questionable covers, and get misty-eyed over closed venues from years past. Releases: Speed - Only One Mode Graphic Nature - Who Are You When No One is Watching? In Hearts Wake - Incarnation The Home Team - The Cruc…

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Hyperblasts: Outbreak Festival 2024 Review 1:40:50

2M ago1:40:50

1:40:50

Outbreak Festival goes outdoors for an even bigger event, with sets from Have Heart, Basement, American Football, Thursday, Balance and Composure, The Hotelier, Poison the Well, & more. Releases: Scene Queen - Hot Singles In Your Area Crossfaith - ARK 200 Stab Wounds - Manual Manic Procedures Anvil - One and Only Wraith - Fueled by Fear Love Letter…

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Rite Here Rite Now 2:37:13

2M ago2:37:13

2:37:13

We catch up to give our take on Bring Me the Horizon's Post Human: Nex Gen, albums from The Story So Far, Joey Valance & Brae, Candy, Umbra Vitae, Rotting Christ, & Julie Christmas, and take a trip to the movies for Ghost's Rite Here Rite Now film. Ghost 1:59 Bring Me the Horizon 31:08 The Story So Far 1:15:50 Joey Valance & Brae 1:29:47 Candy 1:43…

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Hyperblasts: Frownload 55:16

2M ago55:16

55:16

A huge live music summer continues with gigs galore but also the reports of drama, mismanagement, and poisoning coming out of Download Festival 2024. Releases: The Story So Far - I Want to Disappear Wage War - Stigma Kittie - Fire Alcest - Les Chants De l’Aurore earthtone9 - In Resonance Nexus Foreign Hands - What’s Left Unsaid Calcine - Common Lov…

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Hyperblasts: Knucklehead 1:14:57

3M ago1:14:57

1:14:57

The season of the big rock shows begins with Paramore supporting at The Eras Tour, double Metallica, Weezer + Pumpkins, as well as tonnes of new singles including big returns for Nails and The Black Dahlia Murder, and discussion of the Barclay's Boycott at Download Festival. Releases: Black Country Communion - V The Early November - Self-Titled Fu …

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Hyperblasts: Fortress Festival 2024 Review 55:21

3M ago55:21

55:21

After last week's trip to Slam Dunk, we hop to the other side of the UK festival spectrum to the upcoming black metal event Fortress Festival, headlined by Triptykon and Wolves in the Throne Room and setting black metal at the beach. Releases: Bon Jovi - Forever Royal Republic - LoveCop Apocalyptica - Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2 Evergrey - …

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Hyperblasts: Slam Dunk 2024 54:20

3M ago54:20

54:20

We take a trip to 2024's Slam Dunk event, and Nile come out with the song title of the year. Releases: Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou Spiter - Enter the Gates of Fucking Hell Thou - Umbilical CHVE - Kalvarie Four Stroke Baron - Data Diamond The Hope Conspiracy - Tools of Oppression / Rule by Deception Rhapsody of Fire - Challenge the Wind Saltatio Mo…

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Album Club Pack April 2023 2:16:23

3M ago2:16:23

2:16:23

Def Leppard signal the dawn of the pop metal age with Pyromania, we evaluate if Fightstar's Grand Unification holds up, Comeback Kid make a modern hardcore classic Wake the Dead, and Autopsy set a bar for freakish death metal Mental Funeral. This episode was originally published April 2023 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.…

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BONUS EPISODE: Five Questions with Record Roulette 10:06

3M ago10:06

10:06

This is the FINAL episode of Record Roulette, so we asked the full crew to answer the following questions: What is your dream concert? Who from the music world - dead or alive - would you most want to have a beer or coffee with? What is your favourite album? Which album doesn't get the credit or recognition it deserves? What is one song you wish yo…

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Swolethrone 3:21:45

3M ago3:21:45

3:21:45

May brings some of the biggest event releases in metal as we review Knocked Loose, Kerry King, Gatecreeper, Pallbearer, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, One Step Closer, Folterkammer, & Antichrist Siege Machine. 27:35 Knocked Loose 58:48 Kerry King 1:21:36 Gatecreeper 1:41:10 Pallbearer 2:00:36 Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats 2:24:26 One Step Closer 2:39:41 …

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Which album do you wish we covered on Record Roulette? 7:56

3M ago7:56

7:56

As we close down the show, it's sad to think of the many, many albums we won't cover on Record Roulette. Which album would Eamon, Nathan and Sonya like to cover? Find out.By @rrmusicpod

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Hyperblasts: Supremesugabogg 59:37

4M ago59:37

59:37

Live trips to Sick of It All and Green Lung, big new additions to Outbreak and Damnation's schedules, reactions to news of a certain controversial label signing, and more Steve Albini worship. Releases: Missiles - Weaponize Tomorrow Markgraf - Hohenbaden Kerry King - From Hell I Rise Gatecreeper - Darker Superstition Jasta - …And Jasta for All Pall…

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Thriller/What's Going On - Michael Jackson/Marvin Gaye (Review) 43:35

3M ago43:35

43:35

This is the series finale! To mark the occasion, we've welcomed former co-host Sonya Walton back to the show to talk about TWO albums at one time - Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On." During this episode we cover: Which type of album would be harder to make How the two albums showcase the vocal talents of their creator…

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Hyperblasts: Rest In Peace Steve Albini 34:23

4M ago34:23

34:23

Today's episode is dedicated to Steve Albini, the patron saint of alternative music, architect of the 90s, engineer of some of our greatest works of art across five different decades, and one of TNM's true heroes. Releases: Knocked Loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To Like Moths to Flames - The Cycles of Trying to Cope Powerman 5000 - Aba…

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Thriller/What's Going On 101 8:19

3M ago8:19

8:19

Don't know anything about two of the greatest albums of all time? Don't worry, we're here to help fill a gap or two before our episode about Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On." In this episode you will learn: the basic info about the album its critical and commercial reception why Rolling Stone thinks it's one of the g…

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I'm Transported and I Want to Get Out 3:10:30

4M ago3:10:30

3:10:30

April releases went absolutely crazy, and so this time on TNM we reviews albums from Pearl Jam, The Ghost Inside, Inter Arma, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Dool, Castle Rat, High On Fire, & Dvne, as well as singles from Motley Crue and Unto Others, and live trips to Pupil Slicer and Underdark/Devil Master. 36:49 Pearl Jam 55:25 The Ghost Inside 1:14:48 Inter …

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BONUS EPISODE: Five Questions with Gia Mora 8:27

4M ago8:27

8:27

We asked Gia Mora to answer the following questions: What is your dream concert? Who from the music world - dead or alive - would you most want to have a beer or coffee with? What is your favourite album? Which album doesn't get the credit or recognition it deserves? What is one song you wish you could take credit for writing? Have questions? Let u…

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What's the best musical performance in a film? 9:52

4M ago9:52

9:52

We have an actress, Gia Mora, on the show this week, so it's the perfect time to mix film and music - what's the best musical performance in a film? Eamon, Nathan and Gia give their answers. Who would you like to see on VH1 Storytellers? Let us know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook at @rrmusicpod. Music by lemonmusicstudio from Pixabay.…

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Hyperblasts: letlive. live?! 41:41

4M ago41:41

41:41

Prayers are answered as news hits of letlive. returning to play a round of shows, Thursday release their first song in 13 years, Frank Turner attempts the impossible, and live reports from Blind Guardian and Midnight. Releases: Pearl Jam - Dark Matter The Ghost Inside - Searching for Solace SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Coup de Grace NOFX - Half Album Cloud …

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Giant Steps - John Coltrane (Review) with Gia Mora 47:09

5M ago47:09

47:09

We asked Gia Mora - actress, writer, musician and most prolific Record Roulette guest! - to pick an album and she went with... improvisational jazz? We're talking about John Coltrane's 1960 banger, "Giant Steps," which is on the Rolling Stone list at #232. During this episode we cover: What makes a jazz album good/bad How neophytes should prepare f…

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Hyperblasts: Moshing Out Furries 1:09:15

5M ago1:09:15

1:09:15

Architects release a new single in collaboration with Jordan Fish, but there is also an elephant in the room we have to discuss. Elsewhere Bloodywood get a big movie moment, music from Century Media's new signing Sonja, and questions on negative review pushback and our favourite foot in mouth band moments. Releases: Blue Öyster Cult - Ghost Stories…

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Giant Steps 101 9:53

4M ago9:53

9:53

Don't know anything about improvisational jazz? Don't worry, we're here to help fill a gap or two before our episode on John Coltrane's "Giant Steps," which turns up on the Rolling Stone list at #232. In this episode you will learn: the basic info about the album its critical and commercial reception why Rolling Stone thinks it's one of the greates…

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Hyperblasts: While She Sleeps Self Hell and Sum 41 Heaven :x: Hell Reviews 2:02:38

5M ago2:02:38

2:02:38

We polish off March's releases with a bonus review ep covering While She Sleeps' continued bizarre choices of experimentation in Self Hell and Sum 41's parting note of a double album Heaven :x: Hell. Releases: Bob Vylan - Humble as the Sun Feeder - Black/Red Alpha Wolf - Half Living Things ERRA - Cure Filth - Southern Hostility Strung Out - Dead Re…

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BONUS EPISODE: Five Questions with Michael Simon 4:45

4M ago4:45

4:45

We asked Michael Simon to answer the following questions: What is your dream concert? Who from the music world - dead or alive - would you most want to have a beer or coffee with? What is your favourite album? Which album doesn't get the credit or recognition it deserves? What is one song you wish you could take credit for writing? Have questions? …

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Album Club Pack March 2023 2:26:23

5M ago2:26:23

2:26:23

Album Club toasts 20 years of AFI's goth punk masterpiece Sing the Sorrow, revisits one of the last big supergroups and the era it ended with Axewound's Vultures, and celebrates two underground punk and grind gems with Fall of Efrafa's Owsla and Genghis Tron's Dead Mountain Mouth. This episode was originally published March 2023 on patreon.com/that…

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Hyperblasts: The Slipknot Survival Plan 1:03:57

5M ago1:03:57

1:03:57

We scheme the best ways to survive being a member of Slipknot and FMK with baddiecore, as the Summer Slaughter is confirmed to return, and Botch's reunion/final shows hit the UK in mindblowing style. Releases: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes Night Verses - Every Sound Has a Color in the Valley of Night Crushed By Waves - More to Life Blanke…

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Who would you include on a VH1 Storytellers reboot? 5:49

5M ago5:49

5:49

We have Michael Simon - creator of VH1 Storytellers - on the show, so we figured we'd ask him about... VH1 Storytellers. Specifically, we gave him a hypothetical - if the show came back today, who would you feature on it? Who would you like to see on VH1 Storytellers? Let us know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook at @rrmusicpod. Music by lemonmusic…

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Janick Come Home 2:39:08

5M ago2:39:08

2:39:08

That's Not Metal reviews for March are in absolute guitar heaven, and maybe hell, with Judas Priest, Bruce Dickinson, Midnight, Gouge Away, Chapel of Disease, & Dödsrit. Judas Priest 23:30 Bruce Dickinson 55:35 Midnight 1:24:56 Gouge Away 1:40:20 Chapel of Disease 1:58:20 Dödsrit 2:23:24By That's Not Metal

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Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks (Review) with Michael Simon 41:00

5M ago41:00

41:00

We asked all-star guest Michael Simon - the creator of VH1 Storytellers - to FINALLY pick an album that makes him happy, after previously chatting with us about The Cure, NWA and The Velvet Underground. This is what he picked - a "compilation" by semi-obscure punk rockers Buzzcocks, which comes in at #250 on the Rolling Stone list. On this episode …

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Hyperblasts: Campaigning for Musical Destruction 50:08

6M ago50:08

50:08

One of the biggest weeks for heavy touring in the UK peaks with a podcast-wide trip to Napalm Death's Campaign for Musical Destruction with Pig Destroyer, Primitive Man, and Wormrot, coming with sadly some sombre news from the PD camp. Releases: Kid Kapichi - There Goes the Neighbourhood Scott Stapp - Higher Power The Black Crowes - Happiness Basta…

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Singles Going Steady 101 10:23

6M ago10:23

10:23

Who were the Buzzcocks? What was a Buzzcock? Is Singles Going Steady a compilation album? Want answers to these questions? Check out our 101 about the Buzzcocks and their 1979 album, Singles Going Steady, which appears on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums list at #250. In this episode you will learn: the basic info about the album its critical …

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Hyperblasts: Celestial Darkness 1:01:44

6M ago1:01:44

1:01:44

Hyperblasts brings a report from London's Celestial Darkness Festival checking out rare bookings in the worlds of black, doom, & goth and sets from the likes of Primordial, Tribulation, & Ihsahn, and salute a formative band for TNM as Palm Reader announce their farewell. Releases: Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Sonata Arctica - Clear Cold Beyond …

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BONUS EPISODE: Five Questions with Alex Kinsella 5:12

6M ago5:12

5:12

We asked Alex Kinsella to answer the following questions: What is your dream concert? Who from the music world - dead or alive - would you most want to have a beer or coffee with? What is your favourite album? Which album doesn't get the credit or recognition it deserves? What is one song you wish you could take credit for writing? Have questions? …

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Hyperblasts: We've All Done It 44:09

6M ago44:09

44:09

The biggest piece of Slipknot drummer rumouring yet, some absolutely blistering tracks from Knocked Loose and Inter Arma, and probably the maddest band drama ever to unfold. We've all done it. Releases: Mick Mars - The Other Side of Mars Ace Frehley - 10,000 Volts Amigo the Devil - Yours Until the War is Over Amaranthe - The Catalyst Glitterer - Ra…

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Which album resonated most in your teenage years? 8:00

6M ago8:00

8:00

If it's too loud you're too old! Music is at its most impactful when we're teenagers. It shapes our attitudes, opinions and even our groups of friends. We self-select who we want to be based on who we want to listen to. That made us wonder - what's the one album that resonated most with you as a teenager? It's a highly personal question that we ask…

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Album Club Pack February 2023 2:08:36

6M ago2:08:36

2:08:36

February Album Clubs look at Fall Out Boy's initial send-off Folie a Deux, Kreator's proto-extreme masterpiece Pleasure to Kill, the oft brushed over Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent from Refused, and a decade of Beastmilk's last post-punk party at the end of the world Climax. This episode was originally published February 2023 on patreon.com/…

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Slayaaaaaaaargh?! 3:22:44

6M ago3:22:44

3:22:44

February reviews on TNM pop the hell off with Chelsea Wolfe, Alkaline Trio, Ihsahn, Job for a Cowboy, Darkest Hour, Spectral Voice, Hulder & Slope, and reactions to the bamboozling news of Slayer's return and Ascendancy + The Poison tours. Chelsea Wolfe 57:00 Alkaline Trio 1:23:40 Ihsahn 1:39:18 Job for a Cowboy 2:01:12 Darkest Hour 2:19:57 Spectra…

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Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys (Review) with Alex Kinsella 46:51

6M ago46:51

46:51

We asked Alex Kinsella to pick an album from the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest list and he went with a juvenile little disc called "Licensed to Ill" by the Beastie Boys, which just so happens to also be one of the most important albums in hip hop history. On this episode we cover: The group's unique place in the early days of hip hop Cultural appropri…

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Hyperblasts: Soil Jam 52:06

7M ago52:06

52:06

Hyperblasts checks out the new single from Pearl Jam, tours from Malevolence and The Menzingers, and very exciting headliner announcements from Outbreak and Damnation. Releases: Idles - Tangk Blackberry Smoke - Be Right Here Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head Ihsahn - Ihsahn Bokassa - All Out of Dreams Profiler - A Digital Nowhere Shooting Daggers …

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Licensed to Ill 101 10:40

7M ago10:40

10:40

Were the Beastie Boys really important enough to have three albums on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums list? A good place to start is a conversation about their 1986 debut album, Licensed to Ill. Don't know anything about it? Well, we have you covered. In this episode you will learn: the basic info about the album its critical and commercial r…

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Hyperblasts: Return of the Kerry King 33:56

7M ago33:56

33:56

Kerry King is back on the scene with all of the details surrounding his first album since Slayer, as well as some spicy interview snippets, and there's huge tours on both sides of the Atlantic. The Grammys also exist. Releases: Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She Yellowcard + Hammock - A Hopeful Sign The Chisel - What a F*ckin…

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