Episodes
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Chapter 9 - Bofo Kwo
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
In a daring break of genre, our cipher has brought on his friends in Bofo Kwo, a symphonic black metal band out of Finland, as he owed them a favor and wanted to make the best use of their previous conversation. Ted and Kimmo delve into how they crafted an album series based on the time traveling escapades of a cannibal lord, as well as how they get their cats to help out in the art department.
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Chapter 8 - August West - A New Year‘s Eve with Sleep
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
After our cipher recounts his experience with The Eraser Man, August West is back with a full rundown of Sleep's end of the decade residency at Thalia Hall in Chicago, during which he dodged a security guard with the tenacity of Rosa Klebb, met heavy metal Larry David, and broke in the new year with legalization and the Marijuanaut.
Band Discussed - Acid Rooster
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Chapter 7 - Garrett Tanner
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Those that can't do, teach. And for those that do metal, also teach. Garrett Tanner is a Swiss Army knife of a person: writer, music teacher, musician, and more. We discuss how being a teacher has affected his musical intake, what it is like being in a polka band, and some of the best releases in metal from 2019 (yes, this was recorded in 2019).
Band Discussed - Reverend Bizarre
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Originally released on 1/16/2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Chapter 6 - Ken Wohlrob - Eternal Black
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Eternal Black dropped a slammin' record last year and frontman Ken Wohlrob has some words to say about it as he talks about having Davey Gunner of Kraut cameo at his Halloween party, translating promotion tactics from being a writer to a musician, and his disdain for well-endowed album artwork.
Originally released on 1/9/2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Chapter 5 - Bill Kerls
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
A fellow Metro Area acolyte joins us in the form of Bill Kerls, a longtime fan originally from the center of the universe otherwise known as Lodi, New Jersey. During our conversation, our cipher celebrates one year of going to shows with Bill, how he survived seven concerts in seven days, and earning his early music chops by being paid in vinyl.
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Originally released on 1/3/2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Chapter 4 - Ivana DeCaro
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
We welcome Ivana DeCaro to share her doominess with us as she delves into working as a concert promoter, the inaugural edition of Desertfest NYC, and the absurd nature of Metallica's Orion Festival.
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Originally released on 12/19/2019
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Chapter 3 - Lightmaker & Horehound
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
In this chapter, our cipher makes a brief exchange with New York City’s Lightmaker before speaking with Horehound of Pittsburgh about being part of the underground movement, reacting to our planet’s climate change, and putting together the Descendants of Crom festival.
(A message from the Druid High Priest: We again apologize for the intrusive double bass drum, but we could not prevent the heaviness of MantisMass.)
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Originally released on 12/4/2019
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Chapter 2 - Claudia Crespo - Ode to Doom
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
We sent our cipher to the final Ode to Doom of 2019 and he spent some time with the event organizer, Claudia Crespo, who shares how doom helped her on the path to sobriety, how she breaks down the anxieties of event planning, and keeping Ode to Doom alive from the other side of the country.
Originally released on 11/18/2019
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Chapter 1 - August West
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Our first entry from the diary. Our guest, August West, regales us with tales from the New Brunswick basement scene and how Sleep is kind of like the Grateful Dead before we delve into the catalogue of The Gates of Slumber (EDIT: We excluded the fact that The Gates of Slumber are playing a reunion show next year at Hell Over Hammaburg).
Band Discussed - The Gates of Slumber
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Originally released 11/2/2019