Heavy Metal History is a weekly podcast, created by Dustin “Wildcard” Koetsch, who takes you on and audible journey about the history of the Heavy Metal genre. With in depth research into how the bands made the records or by having guests from bands to discuss various influences, histories and the behind the scenes stories, struggles and triumphs of how their records were written and recorded. The ONLY podcast that goes through the chronological history of the Heavy Metal genre on a month by ...
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was "Ciccio" guitarist and main song writer for Italian Brutal Death Metal band Putridity. We discuss the bands 10 year "hiatus" and the new album "Morbid Ataraxia" out on @WillowtipRecords ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support the Putridity⬇️⬇️🤘 https://www.facebook.com/PUTRIDITY.OFFICIAL/🤘 https://putriditydeat…
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Corey Ray & Noah Taylor (Destroyer Destroyer)
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1:21:52Welcome to this edition of the podcast. My guests were Corey Ray (Guitarist) and Noah Taylor (Drums) who are both original members of the band Destroyer Destroyer. The band was active in the mid 2000's era, as a part of the Tech Death / Tech Deathcore genre that released 2 EP's and a Full length "Littered with Arrows" Soon after the band stopped pe…
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was Matt Harvey, guitarist and vocalist of Exhumed and Gruesome. This is Matt's return to the podcast! We discuss Gruesome's new record "Silent Echoes" and much much more! ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Gruesome⬇️⬇️🤘 https://gruesomedeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/silent-echoes🤘 https://www.facebook.com/grue…
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was guitarist and vocalist of the death metal band Graceless, Remco Kreft, who are about to drop their 4th album "Icons of Ruins" ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Graceless⬇️⬇️ https://www.facebook.com/Graceless.osdm/ https://www.instagram.com/graceless.deathmetal/?hl=en https://graceless-deathmetal.bandcamp…
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was "Ashok" guitarist of @cradleoffilth . The bands new album "Screaming of the Valkyries" is available everywhere now on @napalmrecords Ashok came on the podcast to discuss the bands new album, growing up in the Czech Republic, getting bootleg records, movies and so much more! ⬇️⬇️Follow / Suppo…
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast, my guest was Alex Rieth, Bass player of @KardashevBand and Holy Fawn. Alex came on the podcast to discuss the bands new album "Alunea" which comes out April 21st on Metal Blade records. ⬇️⬇️Follow / Support Kardashev⬇️⬇️ 🤘 https://kardashevband.com/ 🤘 https://kardashev.bandcamp.com/ 🤘 https://www.instagra…
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was Simon, guitarist and vocalist of the Cornwall UK based, Magic The Gathering themed, Death/Grind band Thoughtseize.Simon came on the podcast to discuss his band and their debut album which is self titled. We also discuss a ton of our favorite hobby and past time Magic the Gathering! ⬇️⬇️Follow…
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Pedram Valiani and Chad Kapper (Frontierer)
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1:02:15Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guests were Pedram Valiani, and Chad Kapper, guitarist and vocalist of the band Frontierer. They came on the podcast to discuss the bands most recent EP "The Skull Burned Wearing Hell Like A Life Vest As The Night Wept" we also discuss a myriad of other topics like Chad's inspiration from authors in hi…
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guest was Stu Folsom, guitarist and vocalist of the band Spiritworld. Stu came on the podcast to talk about the upcoming album "Helldorado" which comes out March 21st. We discussed the narrative of the record, dealing with grief while writing as well as other topics like AI in music and art as well as …
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Welcome to this installment of the podcast. My guests were Chelsea Murphy (Vocals) and Tony Thomas (Guitar) from the black metal infused band Dawn of Ouroboros. ( @DawnofOuroboros )They came on the podcast to discuss the writing and recording of the bands new album "Bioluminescence" which comes out March 7th on @ProstheticRecords If you like these …
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Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal HistoryMy guest was Josh Elmore, guitarist of the band Cattle Decapitation.Josh came on the podcast to discuss the 20th anniversary of "Humanure" (At the time of recording)and along the way gives so much detail about his gear through almost every iteration of albums!Josh was a wealth of knowledge we get su…
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Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Ernie C., guitarist of the legendary band Body Count. Ernie came on the podcast to talk about the bands long history in the metal scene, their new album "Merciless" and had so many stories to share about touring and the new album!
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Welcome to the final Heavy Metal History of 2024, I want to thank everyone that came back to the podcast or gave it a chance after the hiatus! This all wouldnt exist without you and the musicians who gave their time to share their stories. 6 months ago guitarist Jeremy Harlan from Sunmancer and I did a "Best of 2024 so far" episode discussing what …
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Matt McGachy (Crytopsy / Vox and Hops)
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1:13:27Welcome to this installment of the podcast My guest was Matt McGachy, Vocalist of Crytopsy and host of the Vox and Hops Podcast. In this episode Matt and I discuss his first album after joining Crytopsy and its controversies, the legacy of "None so Vile" and content creation burnout!
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Drew, Jimmy & Seb (See You Next Tuesday / Meth)
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1:05:55Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History.This week we have 2 returning guests and one new guest.Drew Slavik (Guitar) and Jimmy Watson (Drums) of See You Next Tuesdayand Seb Alvarez (Vocals) of Meth, who makes his first appearance on the podcast.They all came on to discuss the absolutely monstrous collaborative EP between @cunexttuesdaygri…
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Joe Sudrovic & Sean Vandegrift (From A Second Story Window)
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1:16:51Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guests were Joe Sudrovic (Bass) and Sean Vandegrift (Vocals) of the band From a Second Story Window. From a Secons Story Window has mostly been silent since 2008, but this past year has seen the band release new material which coincided with the 20th anniversary of "Not One Word Has Been Omitte…
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in this installment of the podcast we get into the history of May of 2004 and the records i discussed were: Xandria – Ravenheart May 24th Crisis - Like Sheep Led to the Slaughter May 25th Alabama Thunderpussy – Fulton Hill May 25th Ayreon – The Human Equation May 25th Slipknot – Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) May25th Meandhimcallitus - The (C:) of…
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Joey Gonzalez and Brian Barbaruolo (Fórn)
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1:17:35Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History,my guests were Joey Gonzalez (Guitarist) and Brian Barbaruolo (Bass)of the band Fórn.Joey and Brian came on to discuss the long "hiatus" and writing period for the bands new album "Repercussions of the Self" which releases this Friday October 18th on @persistentvisionrecords Follow / Support FornBA…
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Peter "Blue" Spinazola (Fit for An Autopsy / Dysentery)
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53:54Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Peter "Blue" Spinazola Guitarist in Slam / Death Metal band Dysentery and Bass player in Fit for An Autopsy. @FitForAnAutopsy "Blue" came on the podcast to give a long awaited updated about all things Dysentery, a band hes been in for over a decade that is releasing their first new ma…
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My guest for this installment of the podcast is Rick Jimenez, Vocalist and Guitarist in the Hardcore / Thrash band Extinction A.D. ( @ExtinctionAD )Rick came on to discuss the recording of the bands new album "To the Detested" which is out now on @UniqueLeaderRecords Rick was very insightful and vulnerable for a lot of this albums themes and concep…
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Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History, my guests this week were Matt Clarke (Bass)Dane Evans (Vocals)Jack Simioni (Guitar)Nic Webb (Guitarwho are members of the Australian Deathcore band To The Grave. @ToTheGraveau The band came on to talk everything about their upcoming album "Everyone's a Murderer" which releases August 30th on @Uniq…
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BONUS: Jason Krawczyk (Writer/Director - He Never Died)
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1:02:09Welcome to this BONUS episode. This is something that was recorded almost a year ago for a podcast I was trying to do called The Horror Archives. I had on Writer and Director Jason Krawczyk. Jason came on the podcast to talk about the (almost) 10 year anniversary of his film He Never Died, starring Henry Rollins.I wanted to share this here as it wa…
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In this installment of Heavy Metal History i discuss records released in May of 2004. Demon Hunter – Summer of Darkness May 4th Killwhitneydead - Never Good Enough for You May 11th DragonForce – Sonic Firestorm May 11th Killswitch Engage – The End of Heartache May 11th Hirax – The New Age of Terror May 18th (Clip taken from Episode #160 of the podc…
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#164 Marios Iliopoulos & Konstantinos Togas (Nightrage)
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49:13Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guests for this episode were Marios Iliopoulos (Guitarist) & Konstantinos Togas (Vocals) of the Greek/Swedish Melodic Death Metal band Night rage. Marios & Konstantinos came on the podcast to discuss the bands new album "Remains of a Dead World" which was released May 31st. Follow Nightrage FAC…
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In this installment of Heavy Metal History I discuss releases of April 2004. W.A.S.P - The Neon God Pt.1 -The Rise Apr 6th Vehemence - Helping the World to See Apr 6th (Clip taken from Episode #97 of the podcast) Orange Goblin – Thieving from the House of God Apr 6th Pro-Pain – Fistful of Hate Apr 6th Lordi – The Monsterican Dream Apr 14th Finntrol…
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