Diary of Doom
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Chapter 122 - Titanosaur
March 17, 2022 13:00 - 54 minutes - 50.7 MBStomping into the guest seat for this week's chapter is Hudson, NY's Titanosaur! One-man wrecking crew Geoff Saavedra breaks down the lore of the saur(ian) and the ups and downs that come with handling all band duties solo, as well as playing alongside Debbie Does Dallas, Killing Joke: unsung heroes of heavy, using music to cope with and be representative of his journey through his heart condition and autism, the sludgiest Godzilla flick, and why the Hudson Valley is an ideal doom climate. ...
Chapter 121 - Cosmic Eye Brewing
March 10, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBWe return to the world of metal and beer (and hangovers) as Sam Riggins guides us through his journey from Nebraska Brewing Co. to running his own brewery, Cosmic Eye. After a quick review of the Yob residency at Saint Vitus, Dylan and Sam delve into all manner of things heavy and carbonated, including a shitty Kill 'Em All cassette, how ze lager bier won him over from Busch Light, standing apart from other breweries, deaths and rises in the craft beer scene, collab beer pride, when Wake Bre...
Chapter 120 - Ritual Earth
March 03, 2022 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBPhilly and Jersey once again come to greasy, butting heads (not really) as Ritual Earth's George Chamberlin drops by the doom cave for this week's chapter, hence the echo in this episode (Sorry!). After tripping up their Roman numerals, Dylan and George get into his band's upcoming debut album, as well as stan for Voivod, Erik Caplan - anchor of the Philly local scene, vocal influences, why Ritual Earth went with a non-metal label, King Diamond killin' it, and avoiding elf muppet metal terri...
Chapter 119 - Sigils
February 24, 2022 14:03 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBAfter a much-delayed appearance after seeing them way back at Ode to Doom in 2019, New York's Sigils finally comes on Diary of Doom. Guitarist Tom Colello joins us to narrate his journey from Borders to being the middle man of a middle company still navigating the vinyl logistics nightmare of the pandemic, as well as slaughtering Swedish souls, touring band road relationships, doomy game night sessions, and a whole mess of bands named Carcosa. We also still don't know what doomgaze is. Supp...
Chapter 118 - Tony Reed - Mos Generator/Big Scenic Nowhere
February 17, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBA longtime veteran of the scene, Tony Reed has made a name for himself both in front of a live audience and behind the scenes. In addition to leading his main outfit, Mos Generator, Tony's also a driving force in Big Scenic Nowhere (along with Bob Balch from Fu Manchu, who was featured on the show last week) and has put in years of production, engineering, and mastering work on countless albums. During his chat with Dylan, Tony delves into his many other projects, as well as stealing a 45 of...
Chapter 117 - Bob Balch - Fu Manchu/Big Scenic Nowhere
February 10, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutes - 48.5 MBWhile the Fu Manchu 30th (32nd?) Anniversary tour is sadly not a go, Bob Balch has been able to keep himself very occupied during these past plague years. With a recently released sophomore album from Big Scenic Nowhere, Bob and Dylan get into his long tenure with Fu and how a Del Taco order kickstarted BSN a few years ago, plus how a member of another Foo band got Bob a little headstart, recording The Action is Go at 19, when road maps were a thing, James Hetfield's golf cart luxuries, a mo...
Chapter 116 - Jon Liedtke - Inter Arma/Lost Tribes of the Moon
February 03, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBIf you've ever wanted to know more about the theremin, look no further! Dylan hunkered down to chat with Jon Liedtke about those wondrous sci-fi pantyhose machines as well as how he got invited to join Inter Arma and his own solo outfit, Lost Tribes of the Moon. All that plus: playing the Adult Swim Fest, if you really know Thin Lizzy, what's up with all those labels, a lineup of J's, running the Milwaukee Zappa Fest, getting crooked eyes from gatekeepers, and Rick Wakeman's winter sports cr...
Chapter 115 - Jason Higson - Yanomamo
January 27, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBDylan took a trip across the world and into the insanely near future again to touch base with Jason Higson of Australia's Yanomamo. A longtime supporter of the small but strong Australian underground music scene, Jason also runs Iommium Records, having just recently released a split with Slomatics. In addition to chatting about his label and band (including new outfit Soma), Jason elaborates on building a home studio, the metal/punk convergence, tangible merch for rabid tape collectors, Sunn...
Chapter 114 - Altered States
January 20, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBA myriad of backgrounds coalesced to bring us Altered States. Ryan Lipynsky (Unearthly Trance, Serpentine Path, Green Dragon), Zack Kurland (Green Dragon, Sweet Diesel), and Chris Daly (Jets to Brazil, Texas is the Reason, High Disciple, Resurrection) join Dylan to weave the tale of how they all started out and ultimately ended up as a power trio. Along the way, they talk about sharing an NYC highrise with Gene Simmons, how Saint Vitus Bar is keeping the spirit alive, a Hilly Kristal yarn, h...
Chapter 113 - King Bastard
January 13, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBMike, Arthur, and Matt of King Bastard join us for this week's chapter to talk about how they went from Stonybrook bros to psychedelic space metal band. During our chat, we also chat about having a weird uncle in Unearthly Trance, amphibian metal, getting into Colin Marston's schedule, Alien samples, and going out Komarov style. Support King Bastard Track featured is "Bury the Survivors - Ashes to Ashes" off It Came from the Void, out January 14th! Photo by Bri Malgioglio
Chapter 112 - Daxma
January 06, 2022 14:00 - 50 minutes - 49.6 MBIt's the first chapter of 2022 and judging by the looks of things, the year is going to be running consistent with the theme of this podcast. To kick off the new season, our guest for the first chapter is Isaac from the Oakland, CA-based band Daxma. Daxma released their sophomore album in November of 2021 and during the chat, Isaac and Dylan talk about seeing Wolves in the Throne Room (in the woods), string sections, cinematic vibes, a life-changing experience in Istanbul, and getting hooked...
Chapter 111 - Drownyard
December 30, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBWe're finally here, the final chapter of 2021. It's been, well, it's been a year. But that said, DOD trudged along and there's no better way to ring in the new year than with a hometown crew. Dylan ventured out to Wild East Brewing to meet up with the members of Brooklyn's Drownyard. Amidst some background racket and a lot of beers (they were in a brewery after all), Robin, Gino, and Milton talk about their recently released sophomore album as well as beings masters of sax, Beavis & Butthead...
Chapter 110 - Shi - 死
December 23, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 95 MBWe are rapidly approaching the end of the year and there remains no shortage of doom. Mostly in the real world, but also talking about here, on the wonderful cesspool of the internet. Our guest this week is Bael from Kentucky's Shi, or Shi - 死 for the hardcore fans. Shi released their second full-length, Basement Wizard, earlier this year and Bael dropped in to talk about it, as well as the right way to say Louisville, how they became trve subterranean warlocks, when metalcore has its time a...
Chapter 109 - Matador
December 16, 2021 14:00 - 53 minutes - 82.1 MBA Brit, an Aussie, and a dork from New Jersey all cross the Canadian border and the border guard says, "...well, lovely to have you, eh!" This week, we are dipping back into our Canadian contingency with Vancouver's Matador. James and Scott join in to talk about their new EP, The Surge, as well as shitty Nirvana covers, Russian Circle's vow of silence, trying out so many bassists they got tired of trying out bassists, why the drums stand out in post-metal, audio sculptures, the Vancouver loc...
Chapter 108 - Justin Sherrell - Somnuri
December 09, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBSomnuri dropped a banger of an album earlier this year with Nefarious Waves and over cold beers during a colder November evening, Dylan picked the brain of their guitarist, Justin Sherrell. Set against the wonderfully noisy backdrop of Prospect Park, they dive into Justin's journey from Boston to New York to Somnuri, including such topics as taking a bullet to learn the guitar, staying Limp on the Bizkit but Down with the System, drowning on FM radio playlists, speaking the music language wi...
Chapter 107 - Milana
December 02, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBWe return once more to Spain, specifically the beautiful island of Mallorca to speak with Will from the band Milana. Despite some setbacks from the pandemic, it hasn't halted Milana's momentum at all as Will elaborates on, plus watching Iron Maiden on the tube, Jimi Hendrix live in Mallorca, how the then dictatorship influenced their musical culture, using the Spanish language to get a step up, Florida flavored death metal, why their singer helps loosen things up, mental scars, and spiritual...
Chapter 106 - Low Flying Hawks
November 24, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBWe are thrilled to feature EHA and AAL (Eddie and Alex respectively), the main creative forces behind Low Flying Hawks, as our guests for this chapter. Along with collaborators Toshi Kasai, Dale Crover, and Trevor Dunn, the duo released Fuyu earlier this year, which is the conclusion to their album trilogy. During our chat with them, we delve into the brilliance of Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy, a real love for slow music that makes you feel, brain dancing, Bohren's giant bass, emotional drum...
Chapter 105 - An Ode to John Hopkins & Barnaby Struve
November 18, 2021 14:00 - 41 minutes - 69.4 MBIn just a few days, it will have been one year since friend of the show, tour manager extraordinaire, and front of house master John Hopkins passed away. I don’t need to state again the impact a person like John Hopkins can have on a community, not to mention the individual person. All you have to do is ask someone who knew John the way we all did. Back in April, I recorded an episode with Jason Parris of Wake Brewing, which would not have happened as it did without John’s ability to link u...
Chapter 104 - Doomsday Profit
November 11, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBWhere the heck is Tradd Yancey? That and many other topics as we host Doomsday Profit in this week's chapter. Bryan and Ryan have popped in to talk about their debut album, In Idle Orbit, as well as unearth high school drama, college radio FTW, the Southern sludge path, metal therapy, the Triangle scene, visuals by way of Tetsuo the Iron Man, doing their part to help venues survive the pandemic, renewed interest in Dungeons & Dragons, and the real value of year-end lists. Support Doomsday ...
Chapter 103 - Shannon Hodges
November 04, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 90.1 MBWe actually took that turn at Albuquerque and ran into fellow fan and Psychonaut Shannon Hodges. Shannon is dropping in to relay what it was like attending Psycho Las Vegas in the year of the plague, along with witnessing hair metal get the boot, Oregon venues, White Zombie filling the Kiss void, Static-X's weak fencing, fandom crossover, Mystery Science Theater 3000, the best way to support a band, young rockers needing a mom, and a very awkward photograph with Mothership. Note: There is a...
Chapter 102 - Godmaker
October 28, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBIt has been a long time coming, but NY favorites Godmaker have finally graced Diary of Doom with their presence. Professional noise-maker Pete Ross and unintentional peg-legged pirate Jon Lane address all manner of things Godmaker centric and not, such as learning music via threat, Portishead fights, catharsis, chugga squee origins, elusive second guitarists, why Hull is the standard for good metal, music as religion, Kirk Windstein stamp of approval, trolling with Marvin Gaye, Icing and the...
Chapter 101 - Clothesline
October 21, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 48.6 MBDylan met up with Clothesline during one of their pre-practice rituals at Lucky 13 Saloon. Finally coming out of pandemic hibernation, Davis, John, and Jake are working on new tunes and along the way, they discuss their first concerts (supervised and unsupervised), show us specifically on the doll where the air-guitaring happened, a "Mission from 'Arry", almost dying via BMW wreck, wrestling, and getting Dave Richmond to uphold the drummer rule. Also enjoy the assorted background sounds of ...
Chapter 100 Retrospective
October 14, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBWell, we're finally here. What started out as a bi-weekly, zero-budget podcast hosted by an awkward stoner has evolved into a still mostly zero-budget podcast, still hosted by a somewhat less awkward stoner. But in all seriousness, it's been a wild, interesting ride. I've been able to meet and chat with people from Spain, Italy, Sweden, and Australia. I've discovered countless hours of new music. I've done crossovers and worked with people that without this platform (and the growing circle o...
Chapter 99 - Brenna Leath - Crystal Spiders
October 07, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 124 MBWe are on the eve of 100 chapters of Diary of Doom, but before we get there, we got Brenna Leath from the Crystal Spiders (as well as Lightning Born) to stop by for the penultimate episode. The Crystal Spiders have a new album out now and we talk about what it was like making it (plus a whole mess of other songs) during the vacuum of the pandemic, as well as a year of tribute albums, using her voice to write a song for Mike Dean approval, discovering rock through burned CDs from her bad high...
Chapter 98 - Psychic Hit
September 30, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 92.9 MBWe are chatting with Oakland, CA's Psychic Hit in this week's chapter. Having just released their debut, Dre and Justin dive into their secret origins and how the band has been blossoming out, as well as being reared on the 36 Chambers, getting "Entranced by the Sad Wings of Destiny", talk about Metallica (again!), what's really in their name, trading in jorts for bell-bottoms, pulling out all the stops for their album photoshoot, how the Oakland scene boosts up its members, Kadavar's genial...
Chapter 97 - GUHTS
September 23, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 60.7 MBJoining us for this week's chapter are Scott and Amber of the new heavy music collective GUHTS. You are probably familiar with their main band, Witchkiss, but they're taking their musical inspirations to a whole new level now. While discussing how the project came together and expanding the size and sound down the road, we also talk about still wanting to be Blondie, Stevie Nicks' ferrets on leashes, grandpa's unturned guitar, cranky artists in need of silence, understanding each other emoti...
Chapter 96 - Red Beard Wall
September 16, 2021 13:00 - 56 minutes - 90.8 MBLet me tell you something folks, our guest this week has such a fine Texas accent, I could listen to him read the Yellow Pages and it would be relaxing. Aaron Wall, the bearded mastermind behind Red Beard Wall, joins us to discuss his latest release as well as a whole mess of other shit including when his hometown churches banned MTV, those bands that change the game, how doom is a chopped and screwed version of heavy metal, winning a Doomed & Stoned contest to record an album, the power of ...
Chapter 95 - Onyric Joy
September 09, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 55.5 MBWe are on continuing on with our unplanned Mediterranean theme this week with our friends in Onyric Joy. Hailing from Barcelona, members Edu, Victor, and Alvar chime in on where Spain falls in the psyche rock fandom, starting out in local punk and hip-hop scenes, major prog influences, showing up to audition with no pedals or amps, pulling off some much-needed shows (which you can watch here), why they like to keep things a little bit lighter, and one crazy horse of a bass. Support Onyric J...
Chapter 94 - Ikitan
September 02, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes - 65.3 MBDialing in all the way from Genoa, Italy, we warmly welcome Ikitan to the Diary. Seriously, look at them, they're clearly freezing their butts off. That's because they made their debut appearance by playing on top of an abandoned military fort. Luca, Frik, and Enrico get into how they got there as well as talking about the Italian prog-rock explosion, Goblin, going from high school rock band to instrumental psyche, how they found themselves following an unplanned 2020 theme for their first r...
Chapter 93 - Alyssa Herman (Foto Phortress)
August 26, 2021 13:00 - 50 minutes - 74.6 MBLong-time Portland area photographer, Alyssa Herrman, joins us for this week's chapter. You probably know her work through her photography handle Foto Phortress and over the years, Alyssa has been given the opportunities to shoot staples of the heavy music scene, such as Sleep, Neurosis, Acid King, Boris, Candlemass, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden. During our chat, we talk about how her dad was in proto-metal act Mondo Bando, documenting her husband's band got her into shooting shows, what re...
Chapter 92 - J.J. Anselmi Part II
August 19, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes - 61.3 MBJ.J. Anselmi returns in part two of our conversation as we dive deeper into Doomed to Fail, including Fenriz's love for electropop, taking in Eyehategod big gooey warts and all, how an unproduced Thirty-Three and a Third on Dopesick turned into Doomed to Fail, John Darnielle: Master of Reality and Wordsmithing, appreciating fantasy through metal, the one lineup he would like to see once more, the curious case of Floor, Harvey Milk doing their Harvey Milk thing, velcro as a metaphor for doom ...
Chapter 91 - J.J. Anselmi Part I
August 12, 2021 13:00 - 52 minutes - 75.2 MBBack in March 2020, J.J. Anselmi's anticipated book, Doomed to Fail, hit the stands just as the world was entering the global pandemic we are still reeling from. It was darkly fitting, given that the sonic feel of doom and sludge was about where our brains were for most of the year. J.J. was kind enough to take some time out of his day and be the second J.J. to grace the podcast. In the first of two parts, we dive into J.J.'s upbringing and how he learned the ins and outs of doom and sludg...
Chapter 90 - Matt C. White - Dead Seconds/Grandpa Jack/Realizer
August 05, 2021 13:00 - 51 minutes - 99.5 MBBefore we get rolling, we need to offer a big apology to our guest. The first half of this chapter has some particularly gnarly audio. That's what you get for recording outside, in Brooklyn, in a helicopter route, next to a produce truck, on a very windy day. As it is, our guest for this chapter is Matt C. White, who you probably know from his outfits Dead Seconds, Grandpa Jack and Realizer, as well as his solo albums. Over beers, Matt and Dylan bond over Mastodon bonding over Thin Lizzy, w...
Chapter 89 - Lightmaker
July 29, 2021 13:00 - 37 minutes - 56 MBOur host has taken up a new residence and moved the Doom Cave out to Brooklyn, so it is only fitting to be speaking with an NYC band this week. Jack, Brian, and Jade of Lightmaker stop by to talk about metal over old folkies and yacht rock, an all bass cover of "Big Bottom", living dangerously with Craig's List, growing up with Colorado metal hippies, Dopesmoker - the slowest prog rock song ever, being college buddies with Intronaut's Joe Lester, Jinx Dawson's bedazzled mask, pressing albums...
Chapter 88 - Satanik Royalty Records Showcase - Dark Meditation
July 22, 2021 13:00 - 48 minutes - 75.1 MBOur Satanik Royalty Showcase will conclude for now with Ryan and Adam of Dark Meditation. Having been bandmates for 20 years, they've been in a swath of outfits across genres and this is their latest venture. During our chat, we talk about D'Anno over Dickinson, finding the positive spirituality in Sabbath and Trouble, using the band as a personal outlet, burning art galleries holding up Church of Misery and Black Wizard, Matt Bayles strikes again (this time with production notes), a quick s...
Chapter 87 - Satanik Royalty Records Showcase - Old Iron
July 15, 2021 13:00 - 51 minutes - 76.7 MBOur Satanik Royalty showcase continues with the heaviest band this side of Seattle, Old Iron. Jerad, Trent, and old pal Jesse (see our last episode with Sandrider) join in to talk about strip club bass procurement, how a busy drummer saved the band, the strange case of Hella and Don Caballero, why Seattle is a perpetual music town, avoiding a garage full of records, how to say Rwake, playing with Power Trip, tiptoeing back to live shows, theoretically playing The Garden, opening up a hacky s...
Chapter 86 - Satanik Royalty Records Showcase - Sandrider
July 08, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBBack in April, Seattle Mayor of Metal Freiburger launched Satanik Royalty Records, an independent music label and clothing line. Freiburger's goal is to expand on exactly what he does best: supporting the Seattle underground scene as well as the local indigenous and non-binary communities. Diary of Doom will be showcasing the bands on Satanik Royalty's initial roster. We previously spoke with Freiburger and the rest of deathCAVE earlier this year in Chapter 67 if you want to check that out. ...
Chapter 85 - Indus Valley Kings
July 01, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 55 MBLong Island trio Indus Valley Kings released their debut LP earlier this year. New Jersey and Long Island accents collide as they talk about hardcore, getting added to the Maryland Doom Fest lineup, only letting Sabbath play on the classic rock station, the unfortunate tribute band Bon Journey, slow ass fight scenes, OG NJ heavy rock, making the most of the pandemic downtime, Vince Neil's new language and his future battle with Glenn Danzig. Support the Indus Valley Kings. Track featured i...
Chapter 84 - Oryx
June 24, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBThe Colorado metal scene is currently experiencing a lush and fertile era, bolstered by a strong community that looks out for each other and makes efforts to check elitism at the door. With a new record out now, Denver's Oryx has injected a fresh feel into their sound by utilizing the massive amount of talent present in the area (we're talking Many Blessings, Cthonic Deity, AND Blood Incantation members all guesting on the record). Tommy and Abbey delve into their beginnings in Las Cruces, N...
Chapter 83 - Ode to Doom Returns
June 17, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBReturning from way back in chapter two, Claudia Crespo comes back to usher in some good news: Ode to Doom is returning! Claudia moved out to Oregon since we last spoke with plans to continue to produce Ode to Doom from the West Coast. Naturally, COVID-19 upended those plans, but with shows on the horizon, she can again focus on putting together the showcase and her online store, Tie Dye City. All that plus why it was all flan's fault, crazy Oregon drivers, why the move had to happen, the sex...
Chapter 82 - Leather Lung
June 10, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBHe was once referred to as the "David Lee Roth of doom" and, now, Leather Lung's Mike Vickers is a soon to be neighbor of our very own cipher, who will be moving to Brooklyn this month. But in the meantime, he's got Mike in house to chat about how he discovered Saint Vitus while listening to Saint Vitus (on the Fung Wah Bus), the one time he refused a joint, roller skating hardcore singers, how there is nothing worse than Wooster drivers, Slayer on the N64, Electric Wizard's Top 8, his first...
Chapter 81 - Earl Holloway
June 03, 2021 13:21 - 1 hour - 133 MBKCBC house artist Earl Holloway joins us for this week's chapter. Earl had previously popped up in the cipher's life when he was commissioned to do a bit of original artwork for him (which you can see on their respective Instagram pages), so it was only natural that these two would, like the unexpected car accident that happened during recording, eventually come together. They broach a number of topics, including Virgin Mary muscle car murals, what it was like for Earl to bounce from art sch...
Chapter 80 - Domkraft
May 27, 2021 12:30 - 58 minutes - 89.2 MBSwedish doom rockers Domkraft join us this week, with Martin Widholm in-house with us. After reminiscing of the Day of Doom back in 2019, Martin delves into why he chose skateboarding and punk rock over sports, being part of one big happy doom-punk family, stemming out from garage rock, Roadburn innovation, having a (Pink Floyd's) Meddlesome childhood, that Swedish sound, government-funded rehearsal spaces, a tale of two Martin's, Magnetic Eye's commitment to the music, the evolving album ar...
Chapter 79 - Tines
May 20, 2021 10:30 - 41 minutes - 63.3 MBOur guest this week is Glenn Szymanski of Buffalo's Tines. Glenn runs us through his musical history, talking about being converted to metal through The Road Warriors tag-team duo, his old death metal band Mutant Supremacy and experimental outfit Ad Hoc Theory, Tines' exploratory EP, not being influenced by anything post-1985, what it is like to be too musical for punk and too loud and fast for hard rock, housing Andy Patterson back in the day, building the NY Doomed and Stoned compilation, ...
Chapter 78 - Black Tar Superstar
May 13, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 129 MBFrom the murky depths of Akron rises the Black Tar Superstar! Reaper and Texas Heat drop in to talk about their forthcoming album, as well as keeping that Texas energy real onstage, how the collapse of one band lead to BTS, being sold on Diamond & Danzig, Ozzfest '99, taking notes from Trey Azagthoth to stay humble, recognize their international fans, the power of teaching music (but keeping the metal band under wraps for the kids), a one-man 8-bit Game Boy band, doom mash waves, Skyline Chi...
Chapter 77 - Elliott Trifilo
May 06, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 105 MBIt's Diary of Doom: Coast to Coast edition, as two fellow Psychos unite from opposite ends of the land. Elliott Trifilo dishes out on why he appreciates all genres spawned from the fretboard, the magic feeling of being at the right festival, powering through illness for Danava, the logistics of a traveling festival, many Psycho Las Vegas memories, festival tactics, not paying extra for the Misfits, a saucerful of sound issues, getting back into hardcore, and being a hard stan for Dunable. I...
Chapter 76 - Wake Brewing
April 29, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 145 MBWe are closing out 4/20 month by talking about beer. Not just any beer: riff infused beer. Jason Parris has been a lifetime lover of metal and beer and in 2017, he joined the pantheon of metal breweries with Wake Brewing. During our chat, Jason talks about cutting his teeth on home brews, booking for RIBCO, why 3 Floyds' Dark Lord changed the beer game, avoiding the Etsy brewery appearance like the plague, the long-lasting DIY similarities of craft beer and metal, stealing tunes from his dru...
Chapter 75 - God Luck & Good Speed Commentary
April 22, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 116 MBFor our normally scheduled chapter this week, August and Dylan have done another album commentary episode on the much-loved Weedeater album, God Luck & Good Speed. As they peel back the layers of this very sweaty onion, they talk about how Spelljammer made August's band break up, a very drunk Psycho Las Vegas set, Benjamin Jones: International Man of Mystery, coordinating Nine Inch Dong shirts, pairing cough syrup with cheese, seeing Gwar at a pop punk festival, biblical snowstorms, how to g...
Chapter 74 - Bongzilla
April 20, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBWe've got a 4/20 bonus episode for y'all and we couldn't think of a more fitting guest other than Bongzilla! Vocalist and now bassist Mike "Muleboy" Mikela dialed in from the dankest corner of the Cheese State itself to help the cipher celebrate the holiday in style. Together they go on about how a little weed would go a long way for all, how growing the holy harvest has changed over the years, the first (and the worst) time Muleboy smoked, the stray hippie effect, why they are more about th...
Chapter 73 - Evil Bong w/ I Hope You Suffer
April 15, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 140 MBWe are breaking bud and format for this week's chapter, as the cipher delves into the mythos of the Evil Bong series, a franchise that somehow gets worse as it gets better. In order to do so, we've recruited Nathan and Kit from I Hope You Suffer to help combat the most stationery of villains and disseminate what little they can from these cornerstones of cinema. During their epic journey, they address Gary Busey evading hitmen, the stacked cast of Sharknado 6, the fall of Andrew Cuomo as pla...