Battle of the Bands
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings🎸 Welcome to the Battle of the Bands podcast! 🤘
We're a narrative form podcast that explores the iconic rivalries between legendary rock and metal bands and artists – from Megadeth and Metallica, to Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. 🎵
Join us on this thrilling journey as we unravel the captivating stories, fierce competition, and epic battles that shaped the history of heavy metal.
Each season, we'll delve into pivotal moments, albums, tours, lineup changes, and everything in between, taking you through a chronological exploration of the bands' careers.
From their early beginnings to their rise to stardom and beyond, we'll dissect the music, lyrics, struggles, and personalities that made the bands we love.
With in-depth research and expert analysis, we'll uncover the untold stories, backstage dramas, and creative processes that propelled these bands forward.
Join us as we relive the adrenaline-pumping performances, groundbreaking albums, and unforgettable live shows that solidified their place in rock history.
Whether you're a diehard of heavy metal, or simply a fan of music intrigued by the competitive spirit of rock and roll, this podcast is for you. So, grab your air guitar, turn the volume up to 11, and join us for an epic battle of riffs, solos, and pure shred energy.
🎧 Tune in to Battle of the Bands podcast, where the music never stops and the competition is fierce! 🤘
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Episodes
Mayhem v Burzum | 2 | Fire and Blood
June 08, 2023 23:56 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBIn this episode of our mini season on Mayhem v Burzum, churches burn and Varg pays Euronymous a fateful visit in the middle of the night. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/battlebandspod Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://battleofthebandspod.com For advertising inquiries contact: h...
Mayhem v Burzum | 1 | The Birth of Black Metal
June 07, 2023 23:42 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBIn this mini season, we venture to the forests of Norway and explore the early days of what would become black metal. -- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/battlebandspod Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://battleofthebandspod.com For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected]...
Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe v Czech Republic | 1 of 1
June 04, 2023 08:58 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBIn this mini, we explore Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe's run in with the Czech judicial system - one that saw him spend 39 days in prison, and contemplate a 10 year prison sentence. -- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/battlebandspod Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://battleoftheband...
Mötley Crüe v Bon Jovi | 7 | Keeping the Rock Faith
May 31, 2023 05:13 - 10 minutes - 9.57 MBWe explore life after grunge for Bon Jovi and Motley Crue, subsequent album releases, lineup changes, reunions, and their legacy on rock and metal. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/battlebandspod Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://battleofthebandspod.com For advertising inquiries...
Mötley Crüe v Bon Jovi | 6 | Dr Feelgood and the Moscow Music Peace Festival
May 31, 2023 04:31 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBIn this episode, tensions reach boiling point at the Moscow Music Peace Festival, while Motley Crue reach the pinnacle of their careers. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://battleofthebandspod.com For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected] --- Sources: Paul Miles' Chronologi...
Mötley Crüe v Bon Jovi | 5 | I'm Not Here Cause I'm Dead
May 31, 2023 01:13 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBNikki Sixx pushes his heroin habit too far, hitting absolute rock bottom. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://battleofthebandspod.com For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected] --- Sources: Paul Miles' Chronological Crue, Neil Strauss' The Dirt, Wikipedia, Other publicatio...
Mötley Crüe v Bon Jovi | 4 | Slippery When Wet
May 31, 2023 01:11 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBBon Jovi release the biggest album of 1986 - one that would define their career. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/battlebandspod Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://battleofthebandspod.com For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected] --- Sources: Paul Miles' Chro...
Mötley Crüe v Bon Jovi | 3 | Runaways and Razzle
May 31, 2023 01:05 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBThis jam packed episode welcomes Bon Jovi to the world, and sees Motley Crue navigate the manslaughter and death of close friend, Razzle. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://battleofthebandspod.com For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected] --- Sources: Paul Miles' Chronolog...
Mötley Crüe v Bon Jovi | 2 | Shout At The Devil
May 29, 2023 02:06 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBEpisode 2 kicks off in 1982...as the Crue's star begins to shine. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://battleofthebandspod.com For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected] --- Sources: Paul Miles' Chronological Crue, Neil Strauss' The Dirt, Wikipedia, Other publications such ...
Mötley Crüe v Bon Jovi | 1 | From the Streets of West Hollywood
May 27, 2023 05:54 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBWe're back with a new season on the bad boys of rock n roll, Mötley Crüe, and their cleaner cut contemporaries and rivals from across the country, Bon Jovi. Episode 1 takes us back to the streets of West Hollywood in 1980 where one Nikki Sixx meets Tommy Lee. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://ba...
Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | ENCORE | Martin Popoff Interview
May 25, 2023 23:16 - 47 minutes - 17.5 MBMy guest in this special encore episode of Battle of the Bands: Judas Priest v Iron Maiden is rock and metal historian, Martin Popoff. Popoff has penned more than 110 books on rock and metal, including a dozen on Priest and Maiden, so who better to discuss the band’s rivalry than him? We discuss Popoff’s journey in metal, his creative possess, when he discovered Maiden and Priest, Priest’s flirting with commercial sounds, the 1990 court case, why Maiden has been more commercially success...
Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | 9 | The Second Coming and Legacy
May 22, 2023 02:41 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBOur grand finale tracks the return of Dickinson and Halford, the band's second acts this side of the year 2000, and their heavy metal legacies. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://battleofthebandspod.com For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected] --- Sources: Too many to men...
Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | 8 | Fear of the 90s
May 21, 2023 07:25 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBWe kick off episode 8 in 1992 with Maiden's Fear of the Dark, before navigating the loss of frontmen in both camps, and Rob Halford's coming out as gay at the close of the decade. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@battlebandspod Sign up to our mailing list: https://battleofthebandspod.com For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected]...
Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | 7 | Painkillers and Suicides
May 21, 2023 05:57 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBIn this exciting episode of Battle of the Bands, we explore the dynamic 80s landscape that transformed hard rock and heavy metal forever. From MTV's glam era to the grunge, thrash, and emerging death metal bands, this episode dives deep into the environment that shaped the rivalry between Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Discover the stories behind fan-favorite albums such as Maiden's "7th Son of a 7th Son" and Priest's "Ram It Down." Hear about the internal tensions, creative differences,...
Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | 6 | High Water Mark
May 19, 2023 01:15 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBEpisode 6 kicks off in 1984, and sees us venturing somewhere back in time to Ancient Egypt, and playing with synth guitars on Turbo Lover. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@battlebandspod For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected] --- Sources: Too many to mention, but Mick Wall's awesome Iron Maiden biography, Run To The Hills...
Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | 5 | Escape Velocity
May 18, 2023 04:36 - 9 minutes - 8.54 MBEpisode 5 kicks off in late '82, and tracks Maiden's rise to world domination with Piece of Mind, while Judas Priest have their run in with the PMRC. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@battlebandspod For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected] --- Sources: Too many to mention, but Mick Wall's awesome Iron Maiden biography, Run To...
Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | 4 | Screaming for the Beast
May 18, 2023 03:03 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBEpisode 4 kicks off in late '80, taking us through the firing of Dennis Stratton and Paul DiAnno, and the release of two iconic albums from both Maiden and Priest. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@battlebandspod For advertising inquiries contact: [email protected] --- Sources: Too many to mention, but Mick Wall's awesome Iron Maiden bi...
Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | 3 | British Killers
May 17, 2023 05:50 - 10 minutes - 9.87 MBEpisode 3 kicks off in 1978, taking us through to 1980 and the commercial success of both British Steel and Iron Maiden's self titled album. --- Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. Sources: Too many to mention, but Mick Wall's awesome Iron Maiden biography, Run To The Hills, and Martin Popoff's excellent Judas Priest biography Heavy Metal Painkiller were both helpful. Other publications such as Loudwire,...
Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | 2 | Rocka Rolla
May 17, 2023 03:51 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBEpisode 2 kicks off in 1973 and takes us right through to 1978. Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Battle of the Bands is a No Filter Media production. Sources: Too many to mention, but Mick Wall's awesome Iron Maiden biography, Run To The Hills, and Martin Popoff's excellent Judas Priest biography Heavy Metal Painkiller were both helpful. Other publications such as Loudwire, Louder Sound, Metal Injection, and of course, Wikipedia, were used in sourcing int...
Judas Priest v Iron Maiden | 1 | Origins
May 15, 2023 04:34 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBWe're back! And we're traveling back in time to the early days of two legendary British heavy metal bands - Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. These pioneering groups would later become global icons, but their humble beginnings were marked by struggle, perseverance, and a burning passion for music. This is the genesis of their riveting story. Episode 1 takes us way back to the late 1960s. Written, recorded, produced, and narrated by Steve Glaveski. Quoted voices are AI-generated recreatio...
Megadeth v Metallica | ENCORE with Mick Wall
September 11, 2020 21:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBWelcome to Battle of the Bands for a special encore episode featuring none other than the world’s leading rock and metal journalist, Mick Wall. Mick Wall has worked in the music industry for over four decades, and is considered to be to music journalism what Keith Richards is to guitar. Since cutting his teeth for rock magazine Sounds in 1976, Wall went on to work for the likes of Kerrang!, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Mojo and Classic Rock magazine, and has written countless rock and roll bi...
Megadeth v Metallica | 9 | Season Finale - A New Dawn
September 11, 2020 00:05 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBIn this episode of Battle of the Bands, we look at both bands efforts and impacts during the 21st Century, and their ongoing legacy. --- Find us online: www.nofilter.media/battle Written, narrated and produced by Steve Glaveski. Sources for this podcast series include: My Life in Metal by Dave Mustaine Birth, School, Metallica, Death by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood Enter Night by Mick Wall
Megadeth v Metallica | 8 | Taking Risks
September 03, 2020 23:18 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBIn this episode of Battle of the Bands, we usher in the 90s, and grunge. We go all the way from Megadeth's insanely successful, 1992 album, Countdown to Extinction, through Load, Reload and the Y2K bug. --- Find us online: www.nofilter.media/battle Written, narrated and produced by Steve Glaveski. Sources for this podcast series include: My Life in Metal by Dave Mustaine Birth, School, Metallica, Death by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood Enter Night by Mick Wall
Megadeth v Metallica | 7 | Escape Velocity
August 28, 2020 04:52 - 9 minutes - 8.51 MBIn this episode of Battle of the Bands, both Metallica and Megadeth reach their high water marks. --- Find us online: www.nofilter.media/battle Written, narrated and produced by Steve Glaveski. Sources for this podcast series include: My Life in Metal by Dave Mustaine Birth, School, Metallica, Death by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood Enter Night by Mick Wall
Megadeth v Metallica | 6 | And Justice For All
August 21, 2020 21:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBIn this episode of Battle of the Bands, Metallica go out for justice. --- Find us online: www.nofilter.media/battle Written, narrated and produced by Steve Glaveski. Sources for this podcast series include: My Life in Metal by Dave Mustaine Birth, School, Metallica, Death by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood Enter Night by Mick Wall
Megadeth v Metallica | 5 | So Far So Good
August 14, 2020 22:00 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBFind us online: www.nofilter.media/battle Written, narrated and produced by Steve Glaveski. Sources for this podcast series include: My Life in Metal by Dave Mustaine Birth, School, Metallica, Death by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood Enter Night by Mick Wall
Megadeth v Metallica | 4 | Tragedy on Two Axles
August 11, 2020 02:35 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBFind us online: www.nofilter.media/battle Written, narrated and produced by Steve Glaveski. Sources for this podcast series include: My Life in Metal by Dave Mustaine Birth, School, Metallica, Death by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood Enter Night by Mick Wall
Megadeth v Metallica | 3 | Ride the Lightning
August 11, 2020 02:34 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBFind us online: www.nofilter.media/battle Written, narrated and produced by Steve Glaveski. Sources for this podcast series include: My Life in Metal by Dave Mustaine Birth, School, Metallica, Death by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood Enter Night by Mick Wall
Megadeth v Metallica | 2 | You're Out of the Band
August 11, 2020 02:33 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBFind us online: www.nofilter.media/battle Written, narrated and produced by Steve Glaveski. Sources for this podcast series include: My Life in Metal by Dave Mustaine Birth, School, Metallica, Death by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood Enter Night by Mick Wall
Megadeth v Metallica | 1 | Musicians Wanted
August 11, 2020 02:31 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBFollow us on IG: @thenofilternetwork Find us online: www.nofilter.media/battle Sources for this podcast series include: My Life in Metal by Dave Mustaine Birth, School, Metallica, Death by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood Enter Night by Mick Wall
Season One Trailer
August 11, 2020 02:28 - 4 minutes - 4.25 MBOn the morning of April 11, 1983, Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine, was awoken from a drunken slumber. “Wake up, wake up”. “You’re out of the band”. “What, no second chance, no warning?” “No.” The move was kind of hypocritical given the band members’ own struggles with the bottle, not to mention the fact that they had referred to themselves as ALcoholica for a long time. “When does my plane leave?” “There’s no plane. You’re taking the bus.”” Hetfield took Mustaine down to th...