Episodes
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Chapter 52 - Thunderbird Divine Part I
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Man of many words, Erik Caplan of Thunderbird Divine drops in for the first of a two-parter. Together with our aging cipher, they discuss Black Sabbath doing BLM right, t-shirt comfort, the thing about bands that sound like Sleep, why the best bands mix it up, Rob Halford's secrets, wearing a bandless battle vest, debating Danzig against your bandmates, when indie rock went riff rock, and feeling comfortable in experimentation.
Stay tuned for part two next week!
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Track featured is "Bummer Bridge" off Magnasonic
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Chapter 51 - Terry Savastano - Disrupt/Grief/Come to Grief/Warhorse
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
We are thrilled to welcome one of the godfathers of doom, Terry Savastano, to the diary. Terry has lived the ultimate trip through metal, hardcore, crossover, and beyond, touching on his Vietnam vet father bringing home formative records, moving from Disrupt to Spasm to Martyrdom, why doom is a mood, crafting Conclave from Warhorse, why he's remained a fan through and through (and why he has to own the fuckin' record), the hostility towards doom and sludge in the early 90s, Grief's evolution to Come to Grief, and the resurgence of Warhorse.
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Track featured is "Ignorance Surely is Bliss" off Pray for the End
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Chapter 50 - Aaron Rieseberg - Norska/Night Swim/YOB/Living Gate
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
We have reached the 50th chapter of the diary and we have a special guest for this one. Aaron Rieseberg's musical journey is one that only a fan could dream of, talking about finding his musical outlets as a native Oregonian, getting to know YOB well before joining as a fan at practice sessions, cutting his teeth with his first band, Bureau of Minds, pulling together disparate influences in Norska, learning how to adapt to YOB style and teaching himself to balance the pocket, Mike Scheidt's karaoke secrets, how staying communal with music keeps his love of it going, why YOB can headline a small festival or open for Tool, his dream tours, and covering Kate Bush on Two Minutes to Late Night.
Photo by Tinnitus Photography
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Song featured is "The Screen" by YOB off Our Raw Heart
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Chapter 49 - The Cipher‘s Birthday
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Perhaps to the chagrin of some, today's chapter celebrates the birthday of our cipher, so he invited returning guests August West and Vater Boris on to talk about some of their favorite records of the year so far. They also diss on man buns, see Jason Voorhee's band, smoke out the cops, figure out Trump's inner body defense, do Celebrity Jeopardy impressions for the millionth time, toke up with cool uncles, dine pretentiously with T-Rex's, reveal Frank Reynold's theory of how Trump got COVID, go to the Primitive Man pool party, find some crack pipe life hacks, dismiss Portnoy's (camera) complaint, and get quietly excited for the new Macabre album.
Bands Discussed:
- Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Wake of Defeatism
- Bongtower - Last Summer Days
- Human Impact - Human Impact
- REZN - Chaotic Divine
- GAG - Still Laughing
- Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?
- All Them Witches - Nothing as the Ideal
- The Pilgrim - ...From the Earth to the Sky and Back
- Skeleton - Skeleton
- Hum - Inlet
- The Chats - High Risk Behavior
- ZhOra - Mortals
- Primitive Man - Immersion
- '68 - Love Is Ain't Dead
- Dust Lord - Machine Cult
- Expander - Neuropunk Boostergang
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Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Chapter 48 - Grey Host
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Cincinnati's Grey Host gathered together for the first time in a while, not only to enjoy some quality virtual time with each other, but also to talk about how they were exposed to metal from Ace Ventura, the long, porky history of their hometown, forming the band over Skyline chili, using keys and synths to expand their sound, crafting their own album art, the Ohio metal scene, and good Conan the Barbarian vs. bad Conan the Barbarian.
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Track featured is "Hunter's Ascent" off of The Barrow Path