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Heavy Metal History is a podcast, narrated and researched by Dustin “Wildcard” Koetsch, going in depth with how bands made their records and having guests from the bands to discuss various influences, histories and the behind the scenes stories of how their records were written and recorded. The ONLY podcast that goes through the chronological history of the Heavy Metal genre
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Welcome to this weeks episode. My guest for this week is Twitch, the man behind the Death/Grind band Hubris Cannon. A project that he is the sole writer and performer of except when playing live shows. I found out about Hubris Cannon thanks to a magic the gathering player Ben Wheeler. We talk about the political messages of the album enshrouded in …
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Welcome to this weeks episode of the podcast. My guests were Blake Connally (Guitar) and Aaron Wamack (Drums) formerly of the band Meandhimcallitus. Blake and Aaron came on the podcast to discuss the 20 year anniversary of their first album (C:) Drive of Love Stories. We also briefly discussed Blake's other music projects such as Dead in the Dirt a…
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This weeks episode of the podcast is an interview with Bryan Funck (Vocalist), Andy Gibbs (Guitarist) and Mitch Wells (Bassist) of the band Thou. We discussed the bands new album "Umbilical" which is available now wherever you listen to music as well as directly from the band. After discussing the album we also got into a pretty deep discussion abo…
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This weeks episode is the history of March of 2004. The records I discuss and breakdown in this episode are the following: 100 Demons - "Self Titled" Mar 8thDismember - "Where Ironcrosses Grow" Mar 8thRaunchy – "Confusion Bay" Mar 9th Decapitated – "The Negation" Mar 9th Edguy – "Hellfire Club" Mar 15th 36 Crazyfists – "A Snow Capped Romance" Mar 1…
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Here's part two of the February 2004 episode. Albums covered are: Hypocrisy – The Arrival Feb 16th Vintersorg – The Focusing Blur Feb 16th Deicide – Scars of the Crucifix Feb 23rd My Dying Bride – Songs of Darkness, Words of Light Feb 23rd Primal Fear – Devil's Ground Feb 23rd Scars of Tomorrow - Rope Tied to the Trigger Feb 23rd Anata - Under a St…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. This episode is split into 2 parts as there was just SO much information about all these records and bands. Over the two episodes these are the bands and records discussed that are celebrating a 20 year anniversary in 2004! Exodus – Tempo of the Damned Feb 2nd Glass Casket - We Are Gathered Here…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest were Pete Lloyd and Mike Goncalves of the New Jersey based band Replicant. Pete and Mike came onto the podcast to talk about their crushing new album "Infinite Mortality" which will release soon on @TranscendingObscurity records. Replicant Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/replicantnj…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History, where, yes, we are FINALLY getting to the history episodes. The year I've chosen to cover is 2004 and all the insanely incredible albums celebrating a 20 year anniversary. The albums and bands covered on this episode are: Drawn and Quartered - Return of the Black Death Released Jan 1st WarCry – …
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Welcome to the 150th episode! This weeks guest is a part two from last weeks episode with the rest of the members of See You Next Tuesday, Drew Slavik the guitarist wasnt able to make the first episode so we set up a time to have him on and continue the discussion about how everything from the past year came to fruition with "Distractions" and how …
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Welcome to this weeks episode of the podcast. This week I had 3 out of the 4 members of the band See You Next Tuesday ( @cunexttuesdaygrind ) , long time listeners will know that Chris Fox the vocalist came on in the early days of the podcast to talk about "Parasite" celebrating a 10 year anniversary. Drew was also supposed to be on this episode, b…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests were Jeremy Harlan and the brothers Justin and Kyle Mazlik of the band @sunmancer they all came on the podcast after we met through mutual friends at a show back in October of 2023! We all hit it off and they were integral in me bringing the podcast back from hiatus. They all came on t…
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WELCOME BACK! The podcast is officially back from hiatus! My first guest back is guitarist Taylor Danley from the death metal band Sacrificer. Taylor is the guitar player in the band and it also includes past guest Jamie Hanks from I Declare War. Taylor came on to talk about Sacrificer (who just put out an EP) as well as his guitar playing and what…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is a LONG time coming, my best friend Eric Weatherford. Weatherford used to be the guitarist in metalcore/thrash/shred band With Faith or Flames. He is now back with a new musical project infusing shred guitar/heavy metal with synthwave music. Weatherford and I discuss the days of touri…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Derek Engemann, guitarist in the band Scour, formerly Bassist of Cattle Decapitation. Derek came on the podcast to discuss the bands new “Black” EP as well as not being a pure black metal band but with death and grind influences as well. Also the concept of doing 3 EP’s and when a f…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was David Isen, guitarist of HORSE The Band. Nathan came of the podcast to discuss the 15 year anniversary of “The Mechanical Hand” and the bands new EP “Your Fault” which came out November 27th. We also talked about the bands incredible 10 hour documentary Earth Tour. Please go support…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Nathan Winneke, vocalist of HORSE The Band. Nathan came of the podcast to discuss the 15 year anniversary of “The Mechanical Hand” and the bands new EP “Your Fault” which came out November 27th. Please go support the band by saving their EP on Spotify or buying digital and merch any…
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Welcome to this episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Lindsay Schoolcraft, she is a Juno Nominated Singer and Harpist who mainly composes Ethereal Gothic Metal music. Classical Composer for Chamber Black Metal band Antiqva. Lindsay is also a former member of Cradle of Filth. Lindsay came on the podcast to discuss her newest solo record "Worl…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. No history or guest this episode! Just me talking about Bill and Ted Face the Music, everyone knows how much of an influence the original film was for this podcast and for me personally so it only felt right to do a short episode with my thoughts on the film. Thanks for listening!…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is the legendary Jon Zazula aka Jonny Z founder of Megaforce records and the man that helped Metallica get off the ground. He shares some stories from his days as a promoter and label runner and heavy metal legend. Buy Jon's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Tales-Metal-Music-Madn…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is Frank Fanelli, vocalist of the band The World We Knew. This episode we dont talk much about Frank’s history with the genre, but more about his For the Nomads fundraiser which is something near and dear to my heart. For the Nomads is set up to help road crew such as Merch people, Soun…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is Ethan McCarthy, vocalist and guitarist of the band Primitive Man. Ethan came on the podcast to discuss the bands insanely heavy new album "Immersion" Ethan also discussed how his ongoing battle with mental illness almost made the record not happen during writing/recording. We share s…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was guitarist of The Acacia Strain, Tom Smith. Tom came on the podcast to discuss the bands recent out put of insane proportions with a surprise full length record at the end of 2019 and the current EP’s spelling out DECAY which are eventually a part of another full length called “Slow …
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist Corey Beaulieu of the band Trivium. Corey came on the podcast to delve into the writing and recording behind the bands 2nd album "Ascendancy" which is celebrating a 15 year anniversary. We also discuss the impact of the current viral outbreak and briefly discuss how the ban…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. This episode we decided to do something a little different, I brought Matt back on the podcast for us to discuss bands that are considered "Hidden Gems" of heavy metal. Bands from the 00's that went under the radar or were big at one time and faded away for one reason or another. We curated a sp…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Jacob Bannon, singer of the band Converge. Jacob came on the podcast to talk about his newest band Umbra Vitae, a Death Metal band consisting of past guest Mike McKenzie and Greg Weeks (The Red Chord), Sean Martin, (ex-Hatebreed) and Drummer Jon Rice (Job For a Cowboy). Jacob discus…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Sean Hynes, guitarist for the Death Metal band Ingested. Sean came on the podcast to discuss the 10 year anniversary of the bands 1st album “Surpassing the Boundaries of Human Suffering” and the writing and recording process of that record. We also delve into Sean's Writing style an…
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My guest for this episode of the podcast is Colin Marston, Bassist and Guitarist of bands such as Krallice, Behold…the Arctopus, Gorguts and Dysrhythmia. Colin also has a recording studio where he has recorded and engineered bands for over 15 years. We discuss some of Colin’s work on the music and recording side.…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of the podcast. My guest was guitarist Andy Gillion of Mors Principium Est. Andy came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording of his new solo album “Neverafter” This has been a labor of love for Andy for many years and all his hard work has finally come to fruition with this album and it is easily one of th…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist/vocalist Leila Abdul-Rauf of the Death Metal band Vastum. Leila came on the podcast today to discuss the writing and recording of the bands new album "Orificial Purge" we also talk about how they found the album art and all of Leila's other musical and artistic endeavors. B…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitarist Jeff Tuttle formerly of The Dillinger Escape Plan and now currently in the band Shock Narcotic with former members of Black Dahlia Murder, Battlecross and Child Bite. Jeff came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording process of this album, how he stays motivated…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is a return guest! After 2 long years Jamie Hanks returns to the podcast, BUT unbeknownst to a lot of listeners, we actually recorded an episode a year ago that never saw the light of day due to a computer failure. Jamie is back though and we talk about his bands upcoming EP “…
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Interview with Theo Spence and Matt Oein (Rank and Vile) Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests were guitarist and vocalist of the band Rank and Vile, Theo Spence and Matt Oein. Theo and Matt came on the podcast to discuss their histories of how they got into the genre as well as the political nature of the band and trying …
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests this week are Cory Smarsh and Jacob Toy, guitarists in Deathcore/Death Metal band Signs of the Swarm. Cory and Jacob take me through their roots of heavy metal and the records and bands that got them into the genre, we even have a similar band that got us into the genre, which was Hate…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest was guitarist of the band Singularity, Jack Fliegler. Jack and i discussed not only his band Singularity, but also his youtube and Twitch channel where he does Heavy Metal guitar covers of video game and anime music. Jack tells me about his week’s worth of work that goes into making eac…
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Welcome to this weeks Bonus Episode of the podcast. My guest is Joe Nunez, former drummer for Soulfly, now with his new band Return Fire. Joe came on the podcast to discuss with me his history as a drummer, playing in Soulfly and the years it took to get Return Fire written and recorded due to a previous engineer holding their recordings and not gi…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is guitar player Greg Kubacki of the band Car Bomb. Greg came on the podcast to talk all things involving the writing and recording process of the bands new record “Mordial” We get into his roots which are surprisingly aren't metal and more in the electronic scene, which if youve listen…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is Bass player Ross Sewage of Bay Area bands Exhumed and Impaled. Ross is also an extremely talented artist and is currently working on a comic book that is being funded through Kickstarter about the band Ghoul and their exploits through Creepsylvania. Ross gives me the details about wo…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week Hal Microutsicos, he is the brains behind the one man Death Metal band, Engulf. Hal writes all aspects of the music and plays and recorded the Guitar and Bass for his upcoming Third and last chapter/EP in a series of 3 for ENGULF! A new chapter of dark and brutal death metal. …
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guests on this episode were Jesse Korman and Alexis Pareja, vocalist and guitarist of the band The No. XII Looks Like You. Jesse and Alexis came on the podcast to talk about the 10 year anniversary of “Worse Than Alone” an album that saw the band go out on a creative high note before an almos…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest for this episode is “A.L.N.” the multi instrumentalist behind the project Mizmor. “A.L.N.” was kind enough to give me some of his time to discuss the writing and recording process for his new album “Cairn” This is the FIRST podcast he has ever done and his insightfulness into his proces…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest this week is vocalist Jyrki “69” of Goth Rock band The 69 Eyes. Jyrki came on the podcast to discuss with me how the band is going on its 30th year as a group and how theyve managed to stay current with in the Rock/Metal scene, cultivating a rabid and devout fan base that has kept the b…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History, indeed, it is a very special episode for me personally and I hope my listeners also enjoy this episode. My guests were Ryan Morgan and Jesse Zaraska, Guitarist and Vocalist of Melodic Hardcore band Misery Signals. Ryan and Jesse were grateful enough to give me some of their time to discuss the 1…
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Welcome to this weeks episode of Heavy Metal History. My guest is drummer Brad Fincher of legendary Death Metal band Devourment. Brad came on the podcast to discuss with me the bands 20 year history, as well as him being a founding member and all the member changes and challenges the band has faced during that time. Come to 2019 where the band has …
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Welcome to this episode of Heavy Metal History, my guest for this episode is guitarist Matt Fox of Shai Hulud and currently in Zombie Apocalypse. Matt came on the podcast to talk about Zombie Apocalypse’s new album called “Life Without Pain is a Fucking Fantasy” their first in over 15 years and what the writing process was like working on the album…
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