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Your favorite podcast, wherein Dr. Eric, an expert, and Dr. John, a novice, explore, discuss, and argue about the history of heavy metal music. New episodes are available on the 3rd Monday of each month! Visit us at: https://anchor.fm/heavymetal101podcast Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ Theme Music: Valhalla by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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Wherein Eric and John return to the fray for season #6(66!) of the Heavy Metal 101 podcast, kicking things off in style with explorations of hardcore, crossover, and early metalcore, and culminating in a discussion of the band Converge and their seminal masterpiece Jane Doe. Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Suggested Listening: Bad Brains- "Pay to Cum" (1980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTRfvq7q1O8 Video Break #1: Suicidal Tendencies- "Institutionalized" from Suicidal Tendencies (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ Listening break #1 : Killswitch Engage- "Temple from the Within" from Killswitch Engage (2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTVGPWMGK4g Listening break #2 : Converge- "Concubine" from Jane Doe (2001) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrAxmXDSiuA Please do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month! Underscore credits: (free) hardcore punk x metal x alternative rock type beat - "M.F.P.S" (prod. Capsized)Capsized Thrash punk/ Crossover instrumentalCracker Punk (ig acc : punk_is_dad_-_2.0) No Copyright Epic Intense Teaser Trailer Background Music / Infinite by @soundridemusic Soundridemusic - No Copyright Music [FREE] HARDCORE METAL INSTRUMENTAL [PROD. DRIFTAWAY]driftaway Wild Flora - Documentary Background Music No CopyrightFree Tune Library MELODIC METALCORE - ROYALTY FREEAMRPHIS Ticking Tension Trailer NoCopyright Background Music / Ticking Tension by Soundridemusic [FREE] HARDCORE METAL INSTRUMENTAL [PROD. DRIFTAWAY]driftaway grave - grindcore/powerviolence/death metal instrumental [free]pekarot Sad Piano Ambient Music (Copyright Free) - "Undertow" by @ScottBuckley 🇦🇺BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music
Wherein Eric, John, and special guest Quinn, of the And Vol. 4 All podcast, chit-chat delightfully about many of the most important heavy metal albums of the 1990s. Like Heavy Metal 101 , And Vol. 4 All can be found EVERYWHERE you listen to podcasts. Do check out Quinn's wonderful show! You can also reach Quinn at: https://x.com/AV4APod For a written version of Eric and Quinn's lists, as well as links to John's selected "Most Hated Metal Songs" from the episode click here. Official Listening Break: Megadeth - "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" from Rust in Peace (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5o8Daw1ZsY Please do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month! We will be back for new episodes in August of 2026. Underscore credits: Epic Cinematic Dramatic Background Music NO COPYRIGHT | Royalty Free Dramatic Music For Videos • EMWEpic Music Waves Free Dramatic Background Music No Copyright || Royalty Free Dramatic Background Music || EMWEpic Music Waves Megadeth - Hangar 18 (16-bit Sega Cover) Warrior Soul audio excerpt recorded live in Frankfurt, 3/28/10 Guns N' Roses - Estranged 8 BITS2mattosbr Skid Row - Slave To The Grind (8 bit) Chiptune Planet Death - Suicide Machine 8-Bit RequiemSic Deep Theta Waves Meditation | Royalty Free Meditation Music 432 HzHealing Meditation Music Alice In Chains - Would? (8 Bit) pandoozles Black Sabbath - Computer God (Doom Soundfont)Jim's Music Dungeon Ticking Tension Trailer NoCopyright Background Music / Ticking Tension by SoundridemusicSoundridemusic - No Copyright Music COPYRIGHT FREE) Broadway Walk - Big Band Music No Copyright Music By AJ Type O Negative - Black No 1 8 bit remixMonstercoreXFilms Carcass - Heartwork [8-bit] Metal 8 BIT Nine Inch Nails - Heresy (8-Bit Version) Walrus Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance - Royalty Free Music - DOWNLOAD Free Music Warehouse™ Copyright Free Inspirational Music - 'The Travelling Symphony' by @SavfkMusic 🇮🇹 BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music Tool - Forty Six & 2 [8-Bit Cover] 8BitWaffle At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul 8-BitMiles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal, Video Game and Film Covers The beautiful people - Marilyn Manson (8-Bit) 8 Bit Music All Hail The New Flesh - Strapping Young Lad (8-bit) Barbed Wire Gardens Alaska's Flag - Alaskan State Anthem (8 BIT) alaskagal Death - Spirit Crusher (8-Bit Metal Cover) MrChiptune Children Of Bodom - Downfall (8 Bit) pandoozles Immortal - Withstand The Fall Of Time (8 bit) Chiptune Planet
Wherein Eric and John, following a vanishingly brief look at the early history and development of doom metal, investigate the fragmentation of doom into various sub-sub genres in the 1990s, including death doom (Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Anathema), gothic metal (Type O Negative), stoner metal (Sleep, Electric Wizard), and more. Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Listening Break #1: Pentagram- "The Ghoul" from Pentagram/Relentless (1985/93) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRIkfMSnED4 Listening break #2 : Paradise Lost- "Paradise Lost" from Lost Paradise (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znqVVjOOMwA Listening break #3 : Paradise Lost- "Gothic" from Gothic (1991) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnqXkN1xpO8 Video break #1 : Type O Negative "Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All" from Bloody Kisses (1993) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFwYJYl5GUQ Listening break #4 : Sleep "Dragonaut" from Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OWwgGYhsBs Listening break #4 : Lectric Wizard "Funeralopolis" from Dopethrone (2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdlEIlq9nZg Please do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month! Underscore credits: Come, Sweet Death, BWV 478 by J.S. Bach (performed by E. Schwartz) Atmospheric Doom Metal - ROYALTY FREE [No copyright Music]poweredBYGDK The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy) [8-BIT]PlayToDie Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 8-Bit Miles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal, Video Game and Film Covers [FREE] Doom Metal x Stoner Metal Instrumental - "THE LOST WITCH" - Electric WizardNo Copyright Metal Ash Nazg | War Chant of MordorSirRacha FREE] Doom Metal X Slow Heavy Metal - "Slow Burner"Mauricio Mirapalheta Sound MISTRESS OF FLYING | Doom Metal | No Copyright Music | ROYALTY FREE MUSICDark Burden [FREE] Stoner Metal X Doom Metal Instrumental - "Stoner Minimoe"Mauricio Mirapalheta Sound Horror Background Music(No Copyright)Scary Dark Mysterious Music/Horror Trailer Music[Royalty Free]Power Music Factory Paradise Lost - Gothic (8-Bit Version)Squskii [No Copyright Music] The Graveyard | Horror Music | Royalty Free MusicVIVEK ABHISHEK z3r0 - Haunted Mansion | Creepy/Horror background music - COPYRIGHT FREE MUSICz3r0 - Copyright Free Music Retro Post Punk by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / After Duty Infraction - No Copyright Music Gothic Organ Intense Music | Royalty Free Musicgravitymusic [ROYALTY FREE] 90's Rave Type Early Techno | Acidic Techno | LxftBeat Lab Royalty Free Gothic Metal, PrecipiceIridium Music Funeral Doom: Aethyr - Ave A - Royalty Free Stoner Doom Metal Non Solus [eklektik underground [FREE] SOUNDS OF SUICIDE 💀 DSBT type beat 💀 depressive suicidal black metal beat Elliot Skram (free) dystopia x sludge metal type instrumental | “mortify” (prod. sxzu x erik rottenburg)SXZU [ No Copyright ] The Forgotten Carousel | Horror Music | ROYALTY FREE MUSICVIVEK ABHISHEK Funny Song | Comedic Background Music | Silly ChickenFesliyanStudios Background Music M87 - 70s Psychedelic Rock With Guitar Solo [Royalty Free Music]LonePeakMusic
Wherein Eric and John explore three significant, influential branches of Swedish death metal, the Stockholm scene, the Gothenburg scene, and progressive Swedish death metal, discussing bands including Entombed, Dismember, At the Gates, In Flames, Edge of Sanity, Opeth, and MANY more. Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Listening Break #1: Entombed- "Left Hand Path" from Left Hand Path (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weyYzWU-FNI Listening break #2 : At the Gates- "Slaughter of the Soul" from Slaughter of the Soul (1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIqTfc0XIfg Listening break #3 : Opeth "The Moor" from Still Life (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ob2GdSUQKg Please do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month! Underscore credits: Du gamla, du fria | Copyright Free | National Anthem Of SwedenFree Beta Records Free SWEDISH DEATH METAL Music - Haunting of the Flesh // No Copyright Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio free) hardcore punk x metal x alternative rock type beat - "M.F.P.S" (prod. Capsized)Capsized (free) crust punk x hardcore punk x discharge x killtak type beat | “evacuate” (prod. sxzu)SXZU Royalty Free // Epic Fantasy Music "Leaving for Valhalla" by Alexander NakaradaAlexander Nakarada - CreatorChords Death/Thrash Metal Riffs - Fight Like Hell // Royalty Free No Copyright MusicWhite Bat Audio Royalty Free Instrumental Death Metal Track-AMRPHIS Free DEATH METAL Music - Cult of the Skull - // Copyright Free Music - White Bat Audio Royalty free french musicDar Golan Audio Assault Bulldozer: Boss Hm2 Swedish Death Metal Tone Made with Amp Sim VSTGoat Surgeon D-Beat Backing Track (165 BPM) [Drum Loop]NoCombs_NoMasters Horror Background Music(No Copyright)Scary Dark Mysterious Music/Horror Trailer Music[Royalty Free]Power Music Factory Melodic Death Metal Type Instrumental "Dread" Prod. Beef DrewBeef Drew ♪ weeping - melodic death/black metal instrumental [free]pekarot A Love Song (for Erin) Eric Schwart It's In The Fog' by @DarrenCurtisMusic 🇺🇸 | Horror Music (No Copyright) ☠️BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music [ No Copyright ] The Devil Below | AMBIENT DARK MUSIC | ROYALTY FREE MUSICVIVEK ABHISHEK Gates of Valhalla Viking Metal Royalty FreeDJ XU 666 WEB RADIO Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder god 8-bitDAWG BALLS Royalty Free Instrumental Progressive Death Metal "DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES" (No AI)David J. Barrios | Royalty Free Metal Music Royalty Free Instrumental Symphonic Metal - "BLOOD ASCENDANT" (NO AI) #royaltyfreemusicDavid J. Barrios | Royalty Free Metal Music Creepy 80's Horror Theme - Bad Omen // Royalty Free No Copyright MusicWhite Bat Audio EWQL Royalty Free Creepy Music "Come Out And Play"Darren Curtis Music
Wherein Eric briefly introduces the listener to the storied career of Bay Area thrash legends Testament before sitting down to chat with Testament frontman Chuck Billy about their fantastic 2025 album, Para Bellum, and their 2026 US tour, Thrash of the Titans, with Overkill and Destruction. For more information about Testament visit: https://www.testamentlegions.com/site/ Suggested Testament songs: "Over the Wall" from The Legacy (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZkYB81FeDc "The Ballad" from Practice What You Preach (1989) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ9-xPIuGs0 "Down for Life" from The Gathering (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIu4yr5mYMc "More Than Meets the Eye" from The Foundation of Damnation (2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09rHDabBQfA "Brotherhood of the Snake" from Brotherhood of the Snake (2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeIgFsU0x4I "Night of the Witch" from Titans of Creation (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF2hIrXq2ss Para Bellum is available either via digital: https://testament.bandcamp.com/album/para-bellum or physical media: https://shop.nuclearblast.com/products/testament-para-bellum?srsltid=AfmBOopKN2P0S13Romq-IpQwncDIXZeWkawfzllbOlHLD-jn-zUbpRwQ Please do consider joining Heavy Metal 101 at our Patreon page for just $3/month! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are regularly released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. Thanks for listening! Underscore credits: Electric Crown 8-bit, trooper888888888888 1924 version: Al Jolson - California, Here I Come (Isham Jones Orch.) Testament - Over The Wall (8 Bit) pandoozles Testament - The Ballad (8-bit) slantyrock Death/Thrash Metal Riffs - Fight Like Hell // Royalty Free No Copyright MusicWhite Bat Audio "More Than Meets The Eye" - Testament (8-Bit) Manny Jimenez "Para Bellum" (excerpt) from Para Bellum (2025) Testament (used with permission courtesy of Testament/Nuclear Blast) "Meant to Be" (excerpt) from Para Bellum (2025) Testament (used with permission courtesy of Testament/Nuclear Blast)
Wherein Eric and John unleash their inner chaotic neutral bard and lawful evil cleric and explore the D&D-laced fantasy world of power metal through bands including: Manowar, Helloween, Hammerfall, Stratovarius, Rhapsody, Nightwish, and more! Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Listening Break #1: Manowar- "Hail and Kill" from Kings of Metal (1988) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zOT3IZ90U Listening break #2 : A Helloween choose your own adventure! A) "Twilight of the Gods" from Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1 (1987)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-FNnMzVAY B) "I Want Out" from Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2 (1988)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMhL9NZ0Kdw Listening break #3 : Blind Guardian "Mirror Mirror" from Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNGCvI9dpZY Listening break #4 : Rhapsody "Emerald Sword" from Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5kLxQGbRYg Listening break #5 : Nightwish "Sacrament of Wilderness" from Oceanborn (1998)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGEQ-MEOTQs Please do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month! Underscore credits: Free Fantasy Epic Music (For Videos) - "Short But Strong!" by Savfk 🇮🇹 🇬🇧BreakingCopyright Dragonforce - Through The Fire And Flames (8 Bit)pandoozles [Free Music] Dark Fantasy "Prepare Thyself" Royalty Free Music Darren Curtis Adventure | Alexander Nakarada - CreatorChords Adventure BeyondAlexander Nakarada - CreatorChords Shinsei Dawn 🎸 Anime Rock | No Copyright Twitch MusicPanda Beats - Fast POWER METAL-Walls Around You -(Vlog Free Music)Юрій Голобородько Europe - The Final Countdown - Virtual Marimba CoverMarimbaLab Rock The Night - Europe - 8Bit8BitUzz Pacman Melody | Neoclassical Metal | No Copyright Music By WildebasterXWildebasterX Very emotional classical guitar song by Fernando Sor | Copyright free Optimistic & Positive (Free Music) - "ABILITY TO REJOY" by Numall Fix 🇷🇺BreakingCopyright Viking Music - Ivar the BonelessPawl D Beats Royalty Free // Epic Fantasy Music "Leaving for Valhalla" by Alexander Nakarada Germany National Anthem (Olympic Version 2012/2016) | Free Copyright for Youtube Royalty Free Music || Fantasy Tavern Bard D&D Background Music || Drakenhart - Bard TroupeBlackbirdBard Music Unyielding Flame – Royalty Free Power Metal | Epic, Melodic, Heroic Instrumental MusicRoyalty Free Audio Vault Epic Neoclassical Metal Instrumental | Shredding Guitar Symphony Copyright Free Background Music - Neoclassical Metal Instrumental 🎸Anti Vocal [Free Music] Dark Fantasy "Prepare Thyself" Royalty Free MusicDarren Curtis Music Symphonic metal royalty free musicAlec Koff Label Cinematic Fairy Tale Fantasy by Infraction / Fairy TaleInfraction - Potentiality - E Minor Power Metal Instrumental (NO COPYRIGHT MUSIC)Jared Elejorde The Star-Spangled Banner (In a minor key)David Knighten The Fire Within (Power Metal Instrumental) No Copyright : Free MusicWildebasterX Adventurous Metal Pirates by Alexander Nakarada [Free Music – Metal No Copyright]FM Free Music -
Wherein Eric and John rekindle their friendship whilst exploring the radiant majest of the holiest of holies that was Slayer from 1988-2001. Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Listening Break #1: South of Heaven (1988) Choose Your Own Adventure! A) "South of Heaven" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74nTzbgDGWM B) "Behind the Crooked Cross- https://youtu.be/uuIAPU6Gpaw?si=LYjyulyZRllYiSYa Video Break #1: "War Ensemble" from Seasons in the Abyss (1990)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqnC54vbUbU Listening break #2 : "Stain of Mind" from Diabolus in Musica (1998)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0dqYutGrXk Listening break #3 : "Disciple" from God Hates Us All (2001)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN8HgHoCuzI Please do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month! Underscore credits: [Horror Music No Copyright]Horror Background Music No Copyright - Non Copyrighted Scary MusicPower Music Factory Atmospheric Doom Metal - ROYALTY FREE [No copyright Music] poweredBYGDK Seasons In The Abyss [8 Bit Tribute to Slayer] - 8 Bit Universe Slayer - South Of Heaven (8 bit) Chiptune Planet 'It's In The Fog' by @DarrenCurtisMusic 🇺🇸 | Horror Music (No Copyright) BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music Death/Thrash Metal Riffs - Fight Like Hell // Royalty Free No Copyright MusicWhite Bat Audio Slayer - Dittohead 8 Bit Version cjs11227 Late Night Talk Show MusicWaderman - Music for Content Creator Super Team - No Copyright music | NCS | copyright free music | music for youtubeNO COPYRIGHT MUSIC - NCS Stain of Mind 8-Bit Arcade - Topic Christian Music (No Copyright) - "Gregorian Chant" by KevinMacLeod 🇺🇸BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music Slayer - Disciple (8bit Version) fisketruten
Wherein Eric celebrates the holiday season by presenting an informal fireside chat discussing some of the best books ever written about heavy metal in a variety of different categories! This episode is being offered on the main podcast feed as a "Patreon Sneak Peek" for non-members. Please consider signing up to the Heavy Metal 101 Patreon page for just $3/month. Members get access to exclusive content (like this!), as well as the satisfaction of supporting our scrappy little podcast. patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 (note: a list of all discussed books is available on our Patreon page!)
Wherein Eric battles John, at his very most Johnniest, in a doomed effort to convince him that nü metal can actually be pretty damn cool in the hands of practitioners including Korn, Limp Bizkit, Sevendust, System of a Down, Slipknot, and Deftones. Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Video Break #1: Comparing and contrasting nü metal with groove metal through two iterations of Machinehead- A) Nü: "From this Day" from The Burning Red (1999)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJzeJiHHQOY B) Groove: "Locust" from Unto the Locust (2011)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxjeqCd6Zm0 Listening* Break #1: Korn "Blind" from Korn (1994)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGK00Q7xx-s *The official YouTube links for each of the "listening break" songs are music videos, so feel free to watch or just listen. Whatever floats your boat! Listening break #2 : Limp Bizkit "Break Stuff" from Significant Other (1999)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUYjpKg9KY Listening break #3 : Deftones "Change (In the House of Flies)" from White Pony (2000)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPpDyIJdasg Please do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month! Underscore credits: Royalty Free Nu Metal Instrumental [ music no copyright ]The 8Floors Colonel Bogey March free music no copyrightFree Music Stryper - To Hell With The Devil (8-bit)Joseph Adan Angel Korn - Blind (8-Bit Version)Walrus Uplifting & Tropical (Free Music) - "JOURNEY" by Roa 🇯🇵BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music Sacred Light - Choir Music Royalty FreeTalekeeper Music - Royalty Free Music for Video Funk of Steel [Funk Metal Fusion Instrumental] [Royalty-Free]Guitar Soul Purification and Momirko 8-BITS)KORN-ADIDAS(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio (8-BITS)KORN-FREAK ON A LEASH (8-BITS COVER)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio Emotional Sad Piano Music | Touch (Download and Royalty FREE)MATTIA CUPELLI (8-BITS)LIMP BIZKIT-NOOKIE(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio (No Copyright) Explainer Video Background Music | Medical Science Corporate Music Royalty FreeRealTunesStudio Limp Bizkit - Faith (8 bit)Chiptune Planet Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff 8bit- 8Bit Albums By MegaTallica 8-BIT ARCADE - Rumble Fish (8-Bit Sevendust Emulation)8-Bit Arcade - Official Sugar [8 Bit Tribute to System of a Down] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit Universe Wait And Bleed (8-bit) - Slipknot- 8bitQueen11 (8-BITS)DEFTONES-ELITE(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio (8-BITS)DEFTONES-7 WORDS(8-BITS COVER)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio (8-BITS)DEFTONES-BACK TO SCHOOL(8-BITS)Scooby Doom 8-bit radio Royalty Free Sober Sad Music (For Videos) - "Yearning" by Shane Ivers 🇬🇧BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music Royalty Free Music | Classical | Auld Lang Syne | Copyright Free MusicRoyalty Free Music for You
Wherein Eric and John pay tribute to our beloved, dearly departed Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne. Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Listening Break #1: Earth "Blue Suede Shoes" (by Carl Perkins) early demo (1969)- https://youtu.be/IYxkYHqOjLY?si=YNkxQ-5fIrOehY31&t=576 Listening Break #2: "You Said It All (Live)" from Ozzy Osbourne Live EP (1980)- https://youtu.be/49GY60BkQB4?si=oW3JQvte6cyopvpF Listening break #3 : "Crazy Train (Live 1981)" from Tribute (1987)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq4x9Ek66es Video break #1 : "Bark at the Moon" from Bark at the Moon (1983)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LplPi2CxNHI Video break #2 : excerpt from Decline of the Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQUYq21G-o Listening break #4 : "Patient Number 9" from Patient Number 9 (2022)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkiniZBRt3s Please do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month! Underscore credits: “Crazy Train” arranged and performed by Eric Schwartz I Want To Hold Your Hand [8 Bit Tribute to The Beatles] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit Universe Free Rock Metal Music (For Videos) - "Cherry Metal" by Arthur Vyncke 🇧🇪BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music Iron Man [8 Bit Tribute to Black Sabbath] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit Universe Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 8-BitMiles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal, Video Game and Film Covers Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 8-bitOmnigrad Noire #1 - Free Royalty-Free MusicMusic By Pedro Epic Superhero Theme - Royalty Free MusicLuis Humanoide 2 Crazy Train (8 Bit Remix Cover Version) [Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit Universe Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman 16-bit SNES version (no console limitation) werc85werc85 A Love Song (for Erin) by Eric Schwartz Power Metal Themes - "Wedding March" (Mendelssohn)Serraphas3 Nostalgic Music [Copyright Free Music] - "Brahe" by Punch Deck 🌎BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music [FREE] 80s Glam Metal x Glam Rock Type Beat "Fire Inside"LIVING PUFF Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon (8-Bits)Rock Bit Ozzy Osbourne - Shot In The Dark (8 bit)Chiptune Planet Ozzy Osbourne - Suicide Solution (Live) 8 BitsCharly Navarrete Ozzy Osbourne - Miracle Man 8-bitMi 28 Black Sabbath - War Pigs 8-bitOmnigrad OZZY OSBOURNE - No More Tears 8 BITLeonardo Messina Ozzy Osbourne - I Just Want You (8 bit)Chiptune Planet Royalty Free Nu Metal Instrumental [ music no copyright ]The 8Floors Take What You Want [8 Bit Tribute to Post Malone feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott]8 Bit Universe 8-BIT ARCADE - Ordinary Man (8-Bit Ozzy Osbourne & Elton John Emulation)8-Bit Arcade - Official Piano ONLY Version - Changes (Black Sabbath)RemyRocks Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9 - piano karaoke instrumental cover, lyricsHotMelody Black Sabbath - Changes, Australia 1973RareSabbath
Wherein the Heavy Metal 101 podcast dresses up for Halloween as a true crime podcast, and Eric and guest host author Josh Putnam explore the fascinating history of Jack the Ripper, his horrifying crimes, and the heavy metal music they would eventually inspire. Josh Putnam's wonderful book A Heavy Metal History Lesson is available for purchase here: https://a.co/d/hOqyAT9 Click here for the very special HM101 Jack the Ripper themed heavy metal playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Yjamda29lWD7WTn7Wg4Uv?si=ebee73ffa2fc4941 Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Video Break #1: Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages "Jack the Ripper" Scoptione film (1963) https://youtu.be/Ibx1wZoqQIY?si=QVTLPakuEQB7jf9B Listening Break #1: Motorhead "Jack the Ripper" from March or Die (1992)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ApAHemIjg Listening break #2 : Whitechapel “Articulo Mortis” from The Somatic Defilement (2007)- https://youtu.be/PykNOKHbmgU?si=idDofmA607qPnrOU Listening break #3 : Ghost “Respite on the Spitafields” from Impera (2022)- https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=JA21qOo2mWs Listening break #4 : Witchgrinder “Jack the Ripper" from The Demon Calling (2013)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIKapDgcMSQ Please do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month! Underscore credits: Monster Shredder - Metal/Halloween - Royalty Free Music TeknoAXE's Royalty Free Music Retro Horror Synth Theme - Sanity Unravels // Royalty Free No Copyright Background MusicWhite Bat Audio Free Horror Ambience (Dark Project)ESN Productions The Ripper 8-BitFastEddie617 Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots 8-BitMiles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal z3r0 - Whispering Door | Victorian Dark/Horror - COPYRIGHT FREE MUSIC ROYALTY FREE METAL INSTRUMENTAL: Slam/Deathcore "Discordant" WITH DOWNLOADFalse Reflection Recordings [ Horror Music No Copyright ] Horror Background Music | Non Copyrighted Scary Music | Audio InstoreAudio Instore - No Copyright Music [Horror Music No Copyright]Horror Background Music No Copyright - Non Copyrighted Scary MusicPower Music Factory BLACK METAL INSTRUMENTAL – DARK & Atmospheric Black Metal (NO VOCALS, ROYALTY FREE)Alec Koff Label z3r0 - Haunted Mansion | Creepy/Horror background music - COPYRIGHT FREE MUSICz3r0 - Copyright Free Music Broken Toys 2 - Industrial Metal/Halloween - Royalty Free MusicTeknoAXE's Royalty Free Music LUMINIX - Ascension (Royalty-Free Metalcore for Gaming // Orchestral Cyberpunk)LUMINIX Copyright Free Witchy Halloween Video & Music. YouTube trailers.Teddy Nukes
Wherein Eric struggles mightily in his efforts to convince John of the many virtues found in the music of early groove metal masters including Pantera, Machine Head, Fear Factory, Sepultura, and more. Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Listening Break #1: Bad Brains "Voyage Into Infinity" from Quickness (1989)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfYAifi_9-s Listening Break #2: Pantera "Cowboys from Hell" from Cowboy from Hell (1990)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYfljBCpmE4 Listening break #3 : Pantera "Walk" from Vulgar Display of Power (1992)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNjKN0_wx3s and/or "I'm Broken" from Far Beyond Driven (1994) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYErFMmDBb8 Listening break #4 : Pantera "Suicide Note Pt. 1" and "Suicide Note Pt. 2" from The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X5iHWpb5uI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OomnLiLXqY Listening break #5 : Sepultura "Ratamahatta" from Roots (1996)- h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeWICOwGkkU Please do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month! Underscore credits: Fashion Saxophone Hip-Hop by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Do ItInfraction - No Copyright Music ☢️NO COPYRIGHT FREE MUSIC | GROOVE METAL | View To The Bay - Salvation🤘🏻FEM - Free Extreme Music ¡ NO Copyright ☢️NO COPYRIGHT FREE MUSIC | GROOVE METAL INSTRUMENTAL | Ethan Meixsell - March On Groove Metal [royalty-free music] Lite Saturation [FREE] 80s Glam Metal x Glam Rock Type Beat "Fire Inside"LIVING PUFF Southern Rock ( Royalty Free Music )Rojo Cabaza Pantera - Cowboys from Hell 8-bit Unerly 🎵 [FREE] Heavy Metal Guitar shred solo 🎸- WhitePython (NO COPYRIGHT MUSIC) 🎼SV Sounds Pantera - A New Level (8 Bit)pandoozles 1000 SUBS SPECIAL * z3r0 - Tubular Bells (The Exorcist Theme) | Syntesizer Coverz3r0 - Copyright Free Music 8-Bit Pantera - I'm Broken8 Bit Bear Pantera - Floods (8-Bit Version)Walrus [FREE] BRUTAL DEATHCORE Type Instrumental "GODHEAD" Hardcore x Deathcore Type BeatJakeygotit White Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65 (8-Bit)EightBitBeats Machine Head - Davidian ♬Chiptune Cover♬Chiptune Planet Fear Factory - Replica (8 bit)Chiptune Planet Bossa For The Boss royalty free bossa novaFreesound Music Sepultura - Beneath the Remains 8-BitMiles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal Sepultura - Beneath the Remains 8-BitMiles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal Sepultura - Morbid Visions 8-BitMiles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal Sepultura - From The Past Comes The Storms 8 Bitslantyrock Sepultura - Stronger than Hate 8-BitMiles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal Sepultura - Dead Embryonic Cells (8 bit)Chiptune Planet Xavante | Música na Serra | A’uwē Uptabi | Projeto Histórias da TradiçãoTrip Aldeias | Helio Nobre [FREE] Alternative Rock x Metalcore x Metal Type Beat - "Nightmare" | Metalcore Instrumental52Blu 'Filaments' by @ScottBuckley 🇦🇺 | Sad Ambiental Music (No Copyright) 😔BreakingCopyright
Wherein Eric and John put on their big boy panties and finally discuss arguably the most important proto-metal band of all time: Led Zeppelin! Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: (Optional) Listening Break #1: "Communication Breakdown" from Led Zeppelin I (1969)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2atkj_KWLl0 or "Heartbreaker" from Led Zeppelin II (1969)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5O4073zCKA Listening Break #2: "Immigrant Song" from Led Zeppelin III (1970)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Y8OWkiUts Listening break #3 : "In the Evening" from In Through the Out Door (1979)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJSJavz1AOM Please do consider joining us at our Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are always released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month! Underscore credits: New Horizon - Classic Rock - Royalty Free Music by Danya VodovozVodovoz Music Productions Forest of the Elves | Celtic Music | Royalty Free Music Jonathan Segev ROCK AROUND THE BLOCK ! (Royalty Free vintage music) no copyright - 50's ROCK N ROLL themurderjunkies24 Uptown Nights (60's garage blues) Copyright Free Music© NADA - Copyright Free Music Frog in the Well California Consolidated Drum Band Led Zeppelin - Communication breakdown 8-bit Omnigrad Led Zeppelin - Whole lotta love 8-bit Omnigrad W. A. Mozart, Symphony No.38 in D major | Copyright Free Music | No Copyright Music | Audio Library National Anthem of Wales (No Copyright)Burhan Erdemir Immigrant Song (2020 Remaster) [8 Bit Tribute to Led Zeppelin] - 8 Bit Universe Vetur Frosti - Celtic Music by Alexander Nakarada - Royalty Free Music //Alexander Nakarada Led Zeppelin When The Levee Breaks Audio 8 Bit Remix Cover Version Ashes To8Bit Paddy on the Handcar/Ed Kellogg's March California Consolidated Drum Band Led Zeppelin -The Ocean (8 bit) DAWG BALLS Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (8 bit) Chiptune Planet 8-bit: Led Zeppelin - Wanton Song 8bitRock A Tragedy | Sad Ambient Music | D&D Fantasy Background Music | RPG Music (No Copyright) Death By Die 8-bit: Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand 8bitsbrothers Eerie & Scary Ambient (Royalty Free Music) - "CURSE" by Mehul Sharma 🇮🇳BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Led Zeppelin - In the Evening - Chiptune version PaulIsDeadMissHim Victory & Adventure (Free Music) - "CALL TO ADVENTURE" by Scott Buckley Breaking Copyright
Wherein Eric and John surprise the world with a midsummer bonus episode dedicated to the life and times of one of the most important metal artists of all time, Quorthon, and his legendary black metal/Viking metal band Bathory. This bonus episode would not have been possible without the support of beloved Heavy Metal 101 Patreon members like Quorthon100, who requested this specific topic. Please do consider joining us on our Patreon page for just $3/month. Not only will you have the opportunity to request a bonus episode topic all your own and gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Listening Break #1: "Sacrifice" early version from the Scandinavian Metal Attack compilation (1984)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J5w-DrR1po Bonus listening: Want to compare the earlier version of "Sacrifice" directly with the classic version from the self-titled debut (1984)? Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZvD4CV4QDM Listening break #2 : “The Return of Darkness and Evil" from The Return...of the Darkness and Evil (1985)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0wzwQgvpoA Listening break #3 : “Woman of Dark Desires" from Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uryRdqFdvhw Listening break #4: "A Fine Day to Die" from Blood Fire Death (1988)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ghJQzNDihA Video Break #1: "One Rode to Asa Bay" from Hammerheart (1990)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE-UIbpag3I Twilight of the Gods (1991) rules. You really should check out "Under the Ruins": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfsXRtbK48I Listening break #5: "Oh No No" by Quorthon from Album (1994) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejiDqpaZVnk Listening break #6: "Nordland" from Nordland I (2002)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Dr3HZltLg Listening break #7: "Song to Hall Up High" by Jennie Tebler (w/Quorthon) from the Silverwing single (2005)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWBEdtG0-OY RIP Quorthon (1966-2004). Gone but never forgotten. Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. We'll be back this fall. Thanks for listening! Underscore credits: Royalty Free // Epic Fantasy Music "Leaving for Valhalla" by Alexander Nakarada Alexander Nakarada National Anthem of Sweden (No Copyright) Burhan Erdemir Official Artist Channel Folk & Medieval (Free Music) - "ADVENTURE BEYOND" by Alexander Nakarada 🇳🇴 BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Punk Rock Royalty Free Music | Action Background Music Alex Grohl — Action Background Music BLACK METAL INSTRUMENTAL – DARK & Atmospheric Black Metal (NO VOCALS, ROYALTY FREE) Alec Koff Label Official Artist Channel Free SWEDISH DEATH METAL Music - Haunting of the Flesh // No Copyright - DRUMLESS JAM TRACK INCLUDED White Bat Audio NO COPYRIGHT Game Show Intro Music | TV Show Intro Music Free Copyright by MUSIC4VIDEO Music for Video Library Nordic & Dark (Free Music) - "IVAR THE BONELESS" by @SolasComposer 🇦🇺 BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free 24 ways of Looking at a Piano: No. 4. Love Song (For Erin) Eric Schwartz
Wherein Eric and John celebrate the 4th season finale by looking in on some of the most monumental heavy metal ever made, including ...And Justice for All and The Black Album ( Metallica ). Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Video Break #1: "One" from ...And Justice for All (1988)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8bTdBs-cw Listening Break #1 : Choose your own adventure! a) “Sad But True" from The Black Album (1991)- https://youtu.be/TpohVYomw2o?si=1GSJIoaKZusJQMnh b) "So What" b side, originally by Anti-Nowhere League (1993)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaGrNq9VrCc Listening break #2 : “Wherever I May Roam" from The Black Album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-cEyiM9adE Please do consider joining us at our shiny, new Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. Keep a look out for the forthcoming summer bonus episode. Otherwise, we'll be back this fall. Thanks for listening! Underscore credits: "Thump" 90s Electro Dance InstrumentalNoCopyrightMusic Hero's Redemption - Alternative Metal - Royalty Free MusicTeknoAXE's Royalty Free Music 123K subscribers 8 bit Metallica Helplesssuperhawkgaming98 Royalty Free Thrash Metal - "Metalicious" by Alexander NakaradaAlexander Nakarada Metallica - One (SNES Version)Meme Music Metallica - Enter Sandman 8bit (NES style)bernieman82 Nostalgic Music [Copyright Free Music] - "Brahe" by Punch Deck 🌎BreakingCopyright Der er et yndigt land | Copyright Free | National Anthem Of DenmarkFree Beta Records Talk Show & Late Night Show Music (Royalty Free)Game & Talk Show Music O Canada | Copyright Free | National Anthem Of CanadaFree Beta Records Metallica - Sad but True / 8-bit(-ish)Links Off NO COPYRIGHT Game Show Intro Music | TV Show Intro Music Free Copyright by MUSIC4VIDEOMusic for Video Library Metallica - Holier Than Thou 8bit (NES style)bernieman82 Metallica - The Unforgiven 8bit (NES style)bernieman82 Metallica - Wherever I May Roam (8-bit cover) [ 8biTune ]8biTune 8 bit Metallica Don't Tread On Mesuperhawkgaming98 lSad Dramatic Emotional Epic Music - My Spirit Is Free [Royalty Free] Whitesand Metallica - Through the Never 8bit (NES style)bernieman82 Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (8 bit)Chiptune Planet Metallica - Of Wolf and Man - 8 Bit VersionGersTheGod Metallica - The God That Failed 8 BitSailor Uranus Metallica - My Friend of Misery 8bit (NES style)bernieman82 metallica-the struggle within (8 bit)hjhkguvyuj Romantic & Piano (Royalty Free Music) - "LOVE" by @alexproductionsnocopyright 🇮🇹BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free
Wherein Eric and John gird their loins, say their prayers, and set forth on an exploration of two of the most frightening, awe-inspiring, and odd monuments in the history of rock music: Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II , while also peaking in on some of the bad behavior that was so deeply interwoven into the legend of Guns N' Roses. Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Video break #1 : “You Could Be Mine” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXx9S2nDouY Special thanks to beloved friend of the show Jon Barbas for helping to sponsor this episode! Check out Jon's fantastic podcast, Heavy Metal Philosophy , available on YouTube, everywhere you listen to podcasts, or at https://heavymetalphilosophy.com/ Listening Break #1 : Choose your own adventure! a) “November Rain" (ok, it's actually the video: I couldn't resist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE b) "Don't Damn Me" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EOrZ5JMgfk Listening break #2 : “Coma" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyV6Lw6t-O4 Listening break #3 : “My World” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRQpnJ37Iw8 Please do consider joining us at our shiny, new Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. Thanks for listening! Underscore credits: More 8 bit GN'R than you can shake a stick at: Welcome To The Jungle [8-Bit] Bit Baron It's So Easy - 8 bit YiamStudios 8-bit | Guns 'N' Roses - My MichelletaxIN7 Guns N' Roses - November Rain 8 BITS NO COPYRIGHTMusica 8 bits Guns N' Roses - Rocket Queen 8-bit Oolloo0 Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine (8 bit)Chiptune Planet Guns n Roses Get in the ring 8 bitsuperhawkgaming98 Guns N' Roses - Right Next Door To Hell. 8 BITS NO COPYRIGHTMusica 8 bits Guns N' Roses - Dust N' Bones. 8 Bits. NO COPYRIGHTMusica 8 bits 8 bit Guns N Roses Live and Let Die superhawkgaming98 8 bit Guns N Roses Don't Cry superhawkgaming98 Perfect Crime 8 bit Guns n Roses superhawkgaming98 Guns n Roses 14 Years 8 bitsuperhawkgaming98 Guns n Roses Garden of Eden 8 bitsuperhawkgaming98 The Garden 8 bit Guns n Rosessuperhawkgaming98 Guns n Roses Shotgun Blues 8 bitsuperhawkgaming98 Breakdown, Locomotive (superhawk) Guns N' Roses - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (8 bit)Chiptune Planet Also: 5 AMAZINGLY EPIC COPYRIGHT FREE 80s Synth Tracks [Free For Profit Use] Instrumental MUSICCFC - Content For Creators Dramatic Emotional Background Music (For Videos) - "This Too Shall Pass" by Scott Buckley 🇦🇺 BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music Ominous & Dark (Royalty Free Music) - "THROUGH THE SINISTER GATE" by Justin Allan Arnold 🇺🇸BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Royalty-Free Benny Hill Theme Alternative (Circus Minute)Fizmarble
Wherein Eric and special guest co-host Ross explore the decline and fall of the most beloved musical genre of their shared misspent youth, glam metal, looking in on the life, times, and repertoire of bands including Slaughter, Poison, Ratt, Warrant, Skid Row, Kiss, Mötley Crüe and many, many more as the 90's death-marched all of them slowly but surely towards (a temporary!) cultural irrelevance. Opening poem excerpted from "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe (1849) Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode: Listening break #1 : “Apple PIe” by White Trash from White Trash (1991) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMxJFs38QQk Video break #1 : “Cherry Pie” by Warrant from Cherry Pie (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyZKfdwlng Listening break #2 : “Slave to the Grind” by Skid Row from Slave to the Grind (1991) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9SHMeUhTps Video break #2 : “Machine Gun” by Warrant from Dog Eat Dog (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUi0cqBBm9c Video break #3 : “Family Picnic” by Warrant from Ultraphobic (1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI-tmJo5wMc Please do consider joining us at our shiny, new Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. Thanks for listening! Underscore credits: Cassette Tape Blue Moon Royalty Free Music - Epic Inspiring Dramatic Cinematic Emotional Background | FREE DOWNLOAD BlueTreeAudio / Background Music Glam Rock (Copyright-Free) Ever Free Sounds Hard Rock Instrumental ROYALTY FREE Music Bustin Loose Awesomegamerful Spy vs Jam - Funk/Metal - Royalty Free MusicTeknoAXE's Royalty Free Music Dark Knight - Hard Rock - Royalty Free Music by Danya VodovozVodovoz Music Productions Basic Metal 8 - Heavy Metal - Royalty Free MusicTeknoAXE's Royalty Free Music Epic Battle Music - No Copyright Background MusicMusic Heist
Wherein Eric explores a collection of the coolest new metal releases from February of 2025. Heavy Metal 101 is, at last, (almost!) up to date! This minisode is being offered on the main podcast feed as a "Patreon Sneak Peek" for non-members. Please consider signing up to the Heavy Metal 101 Patreon page for just $3/month. Members get access to exclusive content (like this!), as well as the satisfaction of supporting our scrappy little podcast. patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Bands/albums discussed herein (click band name for that band's Bandcamp page [except Bleeding Through, who don't appear to have one...]): Obscura - A Sonication Bleeding Through - NINE Dawn of Solace - Affliction Vortex Gaytheist - The Mustache Stays Killswitch Engage - This Consequence Havukruunu - Tavastland #heavymetal #newmetal #obscuraband #bleedingthroughband #dawnofsolace #gaytheist #killswitchengage #havukruunu
Wherein Eric takes John on a scenic tour through some of the darkest and lowest circles of Hell via an exploration of the tragic tale of Mayhem and the music of many of Norwegian black metal’s founding fathers, including Darkthrone, Burzum, Immortal, and Emperor. Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode: Listening break #1 : “Black Metal” by Venom from Black Metal (1982) https://youtu.be/rYg5c_LrsRk?si=o25A4BV2QvRBAm1c Listening break #2 : “Chainsaw Gutsfuck” by Mayhem from Deathcrush (1987) https://youtu.be/OuZhNN9KRV8?si=BYXSD0tzrlGbm1_Y Listening break #3 : “Transilvanian Hunger” by Darkthrone from Transilvanian Hunger (1994) https://youtu.be/KphlVeJX6fE?si=dhBTxDuxDuKTaaGx Listening break #4 : “Freezing Moon” by Mayhem from De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) https://youtu.be/9emO9qo4FwE?si=UTqZ_AmZBVMCXNEH Video break #1 : “The Call of the Wintermoon” by Immortal from Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism (1992) https://youtu.be/wxqssTZRZGM?si=CUiBNhSxV-RbAglK Listening break #5: “I Am the Black Wizards” by Emperor from In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) https://youtu.be/yac_JCY55po?si=JAJOed_0mICMBEAb Please do consider joining us at our shiny, new Patreon page! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. Thanks for listening! Hey! Did you know that Heavy Metal 101 is one of the top ranked heavy metal podcasts in the world? It's true: https://podcast.feedspot.com/metal_music_podcasts/ Much and many thanks to the good people at FeedSpot for the acknowledgement! Underscore credits: Background Music - we cannot defend you CO.AG Music arise - atmospheric black metal instrumental [free for non-profit] pekarot Breaking News Sound Effect - NO COPYRIGHT Music4me Inspiring Cinematic Motivational by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Patience Infraction - No Copyright Music "Abyss" Free Song (Progressive black metal) Royalty Free! TurboSol Atmospheric Black metal (ROYALTY FREE PSYCHEDELIC BLACK METAL) Metal Therapy Free Music Track: Samba Walking in Brazil Pond5 Copyright Free Music | Happy Happy Game Show | Kevin MacLeod Free Music - music for content creators 'It's In The Fog' by @DarrenCurtisMusic 🇺🇸 | Horror Music (No Copyright) ☠️BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Happy Music [Copyright Free Music] - "Lights" by @RoaMusic 🇯🇵BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free [Horror Music No Copyright]Horror Background Music No Copyright - Non Copyrighted Scary Music[2020]Power Music Factory devastated - melodic black metal/blackened crust instrumental [free] pekarot
Wherein Eric transcends the very fabric of reality as we know it and takes full advantage of the extraordinary opportunity to interview one of his great musical heroes, Kory Clarke of Warrior Soul, discussing the earliest portion of his music career, Warrior Soul's iconic 90s albums, and what he and the band are up to these days. For more information about Kory Clarke and Warrior Soul visit: https://www.facebook.com/warriorsoulofficial/ https://warriorsoulofficial.store/ http://www.warriorsoulofficial.com/ Please do consider joining Heavy Metal 101 at our shiny, new Patreon page for just $3/month! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are regularly released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. Thanks for listening! Underscore credits: "Piano Sonata Number 13 D. 664 in A Major, Movement 1", a free-use public domain song by Franz Schubert, courtesy of Musopen: https://musopen.org/ "Sequel" from 24 Ways of Looking at a Piano by Eric Schwartz
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