CiTR -- Powerchord
737 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★ - 1 ratingOriginally conceived by veteran heshers "Metal" Ron and Gerald "Rattlehead" in 1985, Powerchord is Vancouver's longest running metal show! And the torch is still burning with contemporary hosts Coleman, Serena, Chris, Justin, and Ian, covering all sub-genres across the harsh landscape of heavy metal. New releases, local bands, the obscure, the classic, and everything in-between.
Two hours of absolute brutality every Saturday from 1-3pm.
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Episodes
Blades Drawn From the Iron Marrow of the Sunken Dead
September 24, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBColeman is at the helm with spots on album the Bloated Pig and Black Pestilence Euro-tour this month; album release shows from KEN Mode and Wake; recent local shows at the Bullet Farm from Atrae Bilis, Futile Mutations, and Noose Sweat; the current Blood Incantation and Full of Hell co-headlining US run; and a wealth of new jamz from Germany's Hadopelagyal, Osaka's Blacklab, Belgium's Brutus, and more.
Crush The Tyrants
September 10, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBRaise a goblet and draw your sword! We charge into battle on today's episode with a slate of triumphant battle hymns from Fer De Lance, Spirit Adrift, Haunt, and Heavy Sentence! The waning days of summer bring autumnal vibes and we'll welcome the darkening skies to occult-scented spookiness from Jex Thoth, Blood Ceremony, Cauchermar and Hippie Death Cult. We'll also get thrashy with new rippers from Beseiged, Municipal Waste and the almighty Kreator. Plus, we'll dig a classic track from Canad...
False Pedestal
September 03, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 275 MBCanada is as stupid of a country as any of em. Nonetheless, this giant landmass is home to some good bands. These are some of them. PS fuck canada and yourself
Anguished Ruminations
August 27, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 115 MBColeman spotlights recent local shows with Balkan and Hacked Apart, Hoopsnake's "Scouring for Doom" tour with Germany's Confusion Master, and Hail the Void's first Vancouver performance. Brief stops at this year's Kill-town Deathfest, some new offerings from Oakland's Transylvanian Recordings, and others! The usual blend of harsh, heavy jams for your listening pleasure.
So Fuckin Far........
August 13, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBI am Playing some of my favorite vinyl releases from 2022 so fuckin far. We have Tekarra and their Mountain Doom and Hashishian and Sleep so you all better get really stoner before giving this a deep listen. Just when you think you think you are going to collapse into a pit of Doom some Satanic Gospel Black Metal comes to the Unholy Rescue with Zeal &Ardor. we play the whole second side of Hedonist EP and finish off celebrating the 28th anniversary of Acid Bath's When the Kite String Pops.
The Conquest Of Pestilence
August 06, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBEternal Hails, headbangers! Ian's back with another searing platter of aural decimation! We're exploring all manner of progressive and extreme weirdness with mind-bending new offerings from Krallice, Imperial Triumphant and Artificial Brain, as well as a excavating a furious rager from the legendary Gorguts album From Wisdom To Hate, which celebrated its 21st birthday this year! We also dial in some dank and devastating new caveman riffs with Jesus Wept, Sedimentum and Grave Infestation, and ...
Euphonies of Death
July 30, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 275 MBAnother turn at the wheel for Powerchord's maniac humiliator Ferris. This one has a healthy dose of the newest ways to harm your psyche. I mean, just look at the play list! You see where we're goin'.
Infernal Death Manifest
July 23, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBColeman is at the helm for a rip through new jams, live shows, the usual awesome shit. Features on the Mid-week Mosh at the Railway, the new wave of Native American metal, Fire in the Mountains Fest, and heaps more. Come hang.
What is Heavier than Thou?
July 16, 2022 19:59 - 2 hours - 110 MBAlong with all the regular content, today we have an interview with Chris from Riff Merchant Records who has released this compilation of Bands covering THOU as a fundraiser for Trans and Non-binary Housing in New Orleans. Then we will play the album in full and it is going to CRUSH you. All Hail The Black Goat!!!!!
Carpathian Ferris
July 02, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 275 MBBeneath the crumbling skies of flesh and bone, the well of all human tears bears an ascetic reflection of a worse reality wherein asphyxiation rituals portend plagues of crypts beneath the veins of God. Lunacy is magnified in the entropic empire, where intrepid repulstion bleeds into lack of empathy. The golden calf lies desquamated, and the nuclear spear assures recurrent and perpetual torment. Cheers, yall!
Summer Decapitation Ritual
June 25, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 118 MBColeman is back with spotlights on a number of very sick live events: The return of the Have a Good Laugh fest in Vancouver, and of Northwest Terror Fest in Seattle; as well as the Slice of Death local showcase at Slice of Life Gallery, and the Primitive Man 10th anniversary tour package stopping at the Fox. LIVE MUSIC! SUMMER! Get into it!
Hostile Absurdity
June 18, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 275 MBHost Ferris rambles through another godawful stack of new, old, and upcoming releases in direct service to the utter humiliation of all humankind. Do not listen to this podcast ever.
Inverse Moon
June 11, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBIan's back in the saddle for another episode of Powerchord. Join us for some brand new lighter-lifting true metal anthems from Haunt, Stray Gods and local heroes Maule! We'll also pour some crusty, blasted-out sludge down your ear canals with new painfests from Crowbar, Plasmodulated and Black Death Cult. Get in the pit for some brand new, raw and bloody vicera from Ceremonial Bloodbath, Tomb Mold and Wake, as well as neck-breaking thrashers with Polemicist, Satan's Wrath, and an all new trac...
Tsunami of Blood
June 04, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBColeman is in, ripping through highlights from the week's upcoming local shows - Wormwitch, Heron, Origin, the new Mid-week Mosh with Ceremonial Bloodbath, and Blackwater Holylight - plus new shit from Aara, Eight Bells and and a 30th birthday shoutout to How the Gods Kill.
I'll Be Damned, Dr Seuss is Dead
May 28, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBThese are a couple of the tracks played on today's show Pulling from my record collection some albums that I just need to play a couple of tracks off, first double-up was Acid Bath followed by Zeal & Ardor with their Satanic Gospel Black Metal, and then Cauchermar's brand new release Rosa Mystica. I hope you enjoy the selection. All Hail THe Black Goat! Oldirty Hick signing off.
An Enormous Ferrislike Creature Emerges From The Fog
May 21, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBMore Ferris, more new black and death extremes. Lots of demos on this one, exhibiting a wide range of new forces striking outwards in many directions.
A Dangerous Meeting
May 14, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 112 MBFerris and Coleman hit Studio A for their first ever live collaboration. Ferris brings waaaay too many records, we do a spotlight on Invictus Productions and their very sick releases of late, talk some shit, have some laughs, and crank the tunes. Come chill.
Rise from the Grave
May 07, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBColeman goes long on the re-animation of live music, and festivals in particular. We touch briefly on Roadburn, Modified Ghost, Armstrong Metal Fest, and Maryland Death Fest, with a few other detours here and there.
Satan and Leather
April 30, 2022 19:59 - 2 hours - 110 MBWe start this show with the Doom that is that of the Devil and then slide into the Leather inspired metal years. there is nothing like Satan and Leather for pleasure.
50 Million Year Trip
April 23, 2022 20:01 - 1 hour - 189 MBA springtime celebration of all things kush-scented and crushing! Join Ian for some of his favourite THC-laced riffs, including drug-fueled brutality from Wharflurch, Brutal Truth and Cannabis Corpse, and some hash-caked sludge with Hoopsnake, Hemptress and Dopethrone. Heavy riffs and cosmic vibes abound as we stretch the fabric of space and time to blast off into the Void. Dig it bangers, free your mind and take a walk through the Graveyard, 'cuz we'll be lighting up a bowl-full of all-tim...
Once Upon A Cross
April 16, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 183 MBThe entire Powerchord team is live in studio for the first time ever, and it's a free-for-all of chaotic brutality and epic riffage!!!! The show kicks off with some bong-blasted sludge with Bongripper and Dopethrone, and hits of punishing new vinyl from doomy supergroups Absent In Body and Friends Of Hell, and also a smokin' Electric Wizard 7 inch! We'll preview Hyperspace Festival 2022 with ripping heavy metal anthems from Apprentice, Gatekeerper, Iron Kingdom, and also get fired up to see...
Enough Piss Will Cast a Shadow
April 09, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 275 MBFerris again, hammering through a medicinal dose of predominantly new black and death metal. To waste it'd be a sin.
Worm's Future Prey
April 02, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 115 MBColeman is up for another rip through all things dark, bleak, harsh, and heavy. Talking live music from Crystal Coffin, Traveler, Haunt, Gutvoid and more. A whole slew of new music from Savage Necromancy, Konvent, the mighty Blut Aus Nord, and others. Also a few tributes to those fighting in in the Ukraine with music from Krukh and svrm. And lastly we squeeze in some classic metal war/resistance songs with tunes from Darkthrone, Sepultura, and Black Sabbath.
The world may end as let's play some fucking music
March 26, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBThe world is dismal so I am going to play some music that is crushing and I will play some music with hope.
All hail bangovers!
March 19, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBSerena is back in studio live and letting it all hang out! Joined later by co-host, Ian!
Posthumous Compersion
March 12, 2022 21:01 - 2 hours - 110 MBThe world is chaotic right now, and we got the soundtrack. Ian comes charging out of the gate this episode, with new bangers from Vemon Prison, Eliminator, and the all-powerful neuro-prog thrash legends VOIVOD! Ian will also highlight some of his favourite releases from the previous year, playing tracks from Laceration, Carcass, Spectral Wound and Froglord! We'll also pay tribute to the courageous Ukranian freedom fighters currently defending their homeland from tyranny, and play a performanc...
Posthumous Compersion
March 12, 2022 20:02 - 2 hours - 110 MBThe world is chaotic right now, and we got the soundtrack. Ian comes charging out of the gate this episode, with new bangers from Vemon Prison, Eliminator, and the all-powerful neuro-prog thrash legends VOIVOD! Ian will also highlight some of his favourite releases from the previous year, playing tracks from Laceration, Carcass, Spectral Wound and Froglord! We'll also pay tribute to the courageous Ukranian freedom fighters currently defending their homeland from tyranny, and play a performanc...
Intentionally Mishandling Human Remains
March 05, 2022 21:00 - 2 hours - 275 MBSplit twice down the middle, bookended by pure light and total darkness. Depraved humiliation of lifelessness. 666!
Exhumed From Mortal Spheres
February 26, 2022 21:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBColeman is back in the saddle with some Leviathan to kick things off, some new CanCon, and holy hell we get to talk about LIVE MUSIC! Full fuckin capacity live music! Upcoming gigs from Ape War and BOG, Sumac, and the Immolation headliner feat. Mortiferum and Imperial Triumphant. It's a harsh show, folks. Not a lot of clean vocs on this one (thanks Maule), so buckle up.
The Day Balkan Came..............
February 12, 2022 20:59 - 2 hours - 111 MBThe Ol'Dirty Hick is joined by Chris Rob and Dustin from Balkan and we spin records and talk music and anything else that comes up. We have music from Balkan's new self-titled release as well as here some metal for the 80's in Toronto, Kraken and Savage Steel. we got Stoner doom with Drug Sauna, and Space Doom from Low Orbit and we will get a bit Black with Crystal Coffins brand new release The Starway Eternal, then we will end the show with some Midnight's Satanic Royalty.
FKA Gold Soundz
February 08, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 164 MB*NOT A METAL SHOW* A little bonus show for anyone who cares. Coleman and his daughters do some fill-in programming for the 2022 Fundrive and get verrrrry loose with the playlist. It's rough and all-over-the-place, but a lot of fun, much like the station we love. Hope ya'll dig
FUNDRIVE 2022
February 05, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBIt's once again that time of year when we kneel before you and humbly request that you donate money to CiTR 101.9FM, so we can continue keeping the lights on and supplying you with tasty riffs every Saturday from 1-3pm! And since we've once again been blessed with the support of tons of great bands and businesses in the community, we've got some SICK prizes you can win... AND WE'RE GONNA PLAYING IT ALL ON THE SHOW!!! Check it bangers, and thanks gain for all the support!!!! Donate here and e...
FUNDRIVE 2022
February 05, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBIt's once again that time of year when we kneel before you and humbly request that you donate money to CiTR 101.9FM, so we can continue keeping the lights on and supplying you with tasty riffs every Saturday from 1-3pm! And since we've once again been blessed with the support of tons of great bands and businesses in the community, we've got some SICK prizes you can win... AND WE'RE GONNA PLAY IT ALL ON THE SHOW!!! Check it bangers, and thanks for all the support!!!! Donate here and enter to ...
FUNDRIVE 2022
February 05, 2022 21:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBIt's once again that time of year we kneel before you and humbly request that you donate money to CiTR 101.9FM so we can continue keeping the lights on and supplying you with tasty riffs every Saturday from 1-3pm! And since we're once again been blessed with the support of tons of great bands and businesses in the community, we've got some SICK prizes you can win... AND WE'RE GONNA PLAYING IT ALL ON THE SHOW!!! Donate here and enter to win!!! https://fundrive.nationbuilder.com/
FUNDRIVE 2022
February 05, 2022 20:59 - 1 hour - 110 MBIt's once again that time of year when we kneel before you and humbly request that you donate money to CiTR 101.9FM, so we can continue keeping the lights on and supplying you with tasty riffs every Saturday from 1-3pm! And since we've once again been blessed with the support of tons of great bands and businesses in the community, we've got some SICK prizes you can win... AND WE'RE GONNA PLAY IT ALL ON THE SHOW!!! Check it bangers, and thanks for all the support!!!! Donate here and enter to ...
Into the Crypts of Ehs
January 29, 2022 21:00 - 2 hours - 275 MBFerris again. Fuckin up the airwaves with a playlist of exclusively Canadian, exclusively extreme tunes. Ferris wishes to stipulate that he loves all peoples and hates all countries. Breathe deep the Dead Reek of the Abyss Beyond Light, and Erase the Earth.
Upon Frigid Winds
January 22, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBColeman is back in studio, doing a bit of 2021 recap, and featuring new crushers from Mizmor, VoidCeremony, Phrenelith, and plenty more. Only slightly buzzed and rambling, mostly coherent \m/
Get into the international and otherworldy metal!
January 15, 2022 20:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBSerena is back at it and found some international progressive and crushing metal. Bands from Italy, UK, Costa Rica, US, and more. Lots of new Canadian metal too - Vital Spirit, Dream Unending, Wormwitch, Balkan, Winter Graves and more. Also some traditional Turkish songs made into some progressive noise metal. Get into it!
Weird Obscure and Somewhat Crushing
January 08, 2022 20:59 - 2 hours - 118 MBOl' Dirty Hick pulls from some of his favourite albums of 2021. Type O Negative was re-issue and that some of the stuff I never knew I needed in my life. Goth Doom and speaking of Goth Doom BRNO out of Argentina brings it. Daxma, Monolord, and Jointhugger hold the frame work of doom together. The corner stone of this show was 15+minutes of Goddamn High from Earthbong. Check out the show it is a great set list. All Hail The Black Goat this is the Ol'dirty Hick signing off.
Rites Of Ascendency
January 01, 2022 21:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBIan & Ferris team up to bring some riffs on New Years' Day! We're digging through Ferris' vinyl collection and playing some favourites, old and new. Today Is The Day Ian gets exposed to Ferris' ALL TIME favourite band for the first time, plus we'll dig a classic song from Grim Reaper's debut album out of the Graveyard!
Rites Of Ascendency
January 01, 2022 21:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBIan & Ferris team up to bring some riffs on New Years' Day! We're digging through Ferris' vinyl collection and playing some favourites, old and new. Today Is The Day Ian gets exposed to Ferris' ALL TIME favourite band for the first time, plus we'll dig a classic song from Grim Reaper's debut album out of the Graveyard! Let's rock!
Transcending Antecedent Visions
December 25, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBColeman is up for a Christmas Day broadcast with personal faves from 2021, some new jams from Arde and Nekrovault, a ton of great CanCon through the year, and some highlights from our year in broadcasting. Thanks for tuning in, see you in 2022!
Ferrous Humiliation
December 11, 2021 21:00 - 2 hours - 275 MBFerris again. A little bit less drunk, a lotta bit more death. SUBMIT!!!
Serena is back and spinning some heavy hitters!
December 04, 2021 19:59 - 2 hours - 110 MBSerena is back after a couple years hiatus (thanks Covid and baby)! Serena is also joined in studio by co-host Justin. I come out swinging with Candlemass and get into some black metal - Thantifaxath, Spectral Wound and Sorguinazia. Some epic and beautiful vocals come in the from of Blackwater Holylight, Big Brave and Crypta. Also featuring tunes from Stormkeep, Mortiferum, Power Trip, Balkan and so much more!
Wretched Mockery of Creation
November 27, 2021 20:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBColeman is in house, featuring tunes from a heap of local shows (Napalm Death, Eyehategod, Swallow the Sun, Unleash the Archers, Neck of the Woods) and new music from Converge, Hyperdontia, Ethereal Shroud, and plenty more! With much banter re. the floods in BC (and my basement), the reality of live music in BC amid current Covid restrictions, and the looming spectre of year-end-list season. JOIN US!
B-Sides
November 20, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBWe are hitting up the B-Sides of the Vinyls today. Starting with Monolord's brand new album Your Time To Shine the B-side holds an amazing space and is reminiscent of Pink Floyd Meddle. Some O Type Negative and in a similar vein Port in The Storm from Victoria's Hail the Void . later on we get into some New Creeping Death and the entireB-side of that album followed by Carass' new album Torn Arteries. I hope you all enjoy my B-side selections.
Lunar Bathysphere
November 13, 2021 21:01 - 1 hour - 109 MBIan’s back in studio today with another slate of putrid. cavernous death metal! Today’s show will include new releases from Cerebral Rot, Gatecreeper, Frozen Soul and Abjection! Frigid black metal with Paysage d’Hiver, Revenge and Blasphemy will also be featured, along with sludgy local riffage from Black Wizard, Waingro and Dirty Vicar. We’ll also mark Remembrance Day and pay our respects to victims of violence the world-over with a couple of brilliant songs inspired by the horror of warfare...
Lunar Bathysphere
November 13, 2021 21:01 - 1 hour - 109 MBIan’s back in studio today with another slate of putrid. cavernous death metal! Today’s show will include new releases from Cerebral Rot, Gatecreeper, Frozen Soul and Abjection! Frigid black metal with Paysage d’Hiver, Revenge and Blasphemy will also be featured, along with sludgy local riffage from Black Wizard, Waingro and Dirty Vicar. We’ll also mark Remembrance Day and pay our respects to victims of violence the world-over with a couple of brilliant songs inspired by the horror of warfare...
Blasphemic Mindflaying
November 06, 2021 20:00 - 2 hours - 275 MBFerris ritualizes, mutates, starves, laments, dies, mispronounces, terrorizes, swears, nucleates, crepitates, grips, infests, mutilates, perceives, glaciates, drifts, and oozes horrible rhythmic sounds through a drunken fog of drug smoke and piss mist. Not recommended for cowards.
Slowly Sawn
October 30, 2021 20:01 - 1 hour - 109 MBRaise a toast of goat's blood to the elder gods with us, and be damned for all eternity!!!! It's the 2021 Powerchord Halloween episode, and we're celebrating by blasting all manner of gruesome, horrific, and satanic debauchery! It's all about those seasonal classics today, with deathly, satanic thrash from Slayer, Venom and Sacrifice, as well as bloody odes to classic horror films from Mortician, Cannibal Corpse, VHS and Possessed! We'll also blast some thematically appropriate new jammers fr...