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(288) GENE’S PICKS: IMS FOR EARLY 2023 RELEASES PT.2

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Disciples!!

It’s here – Gene’s Picks Volume 2 for your listening pleasure! Check out 30 MORE tracks from the first half of 2023 hand-picked by yours truly. For you fans of the heavier stuff, this ones for you.

So don’t delay – smash that play button and tell all your cool friends!
\,,/ d(> _ <)b \,,/

BLOCK ONE:

  1. Trailight (Canada)
    https://trailight.bandcamp.com/
    Traveller
  2. Hexicon (USA)
    https://hexiconmetal.bandcamp.com/
    Void King [single]
  3. Temtris (Australia)
    https://www.temtris.com/
    Khaos Divine
  4. Scarlet Aura (Romania)
    https://www.scarletaura.com/
    Rock în sânge și voință
  5. Dog Tired (UK)
    https://www.dogtiredmetal.com/
    The Wall
  6. Embryo (Italy)
    http://www.embryo-online.com
    MMDC
  7. Alchemy Fire (UK)
    https://www.alchemyfireofficial.com/site/
    Iconoclast
  8. Vantablack Warship (Canada)
    https://vantablackwarship.bandcamp.com/
    Choose Your Ride

BLOCK TWO:

  1. Endeavour (Netherlands)
    https://linktr.ee/EndeavourNL
    Black Box
  2. Torben Enevoldsen (Denmark)
    https://www.torbenenevoldsen.com/
    Hangar 84 [instrumental]
  3. Hog Meets Frog (Austria)
    https://hogmeetsfrog.com/
    Apes Don’t Smoke Cigars – Just Pipes
  4. Lunar (USA)
    https://www.facebook.com/Lunarbandofficial/
    Prestidigitation  [instrumental]
  5. Dusk (Saudi Arabia)
    https://dusk94.bandcamp.com/
    Celestials 
  6. Nemesis Inferi (Italy)
    https://www.facebook.com/N.Inferi
    Numbing Existence
  7. Jaodae (Canada)
    https://linktr.ee/jaodae
    Porocane  [instrumental]
  8. Trapped In Thought (Canada)
    https://www.facebook.com/TrappedinThought
    Still Sleep
  9. Phaeton (Canada)
    https://phaetonband.bandcamp.com/
    Refraction  [instrumental]
  10. KrashKarma (USA)
    https://krashkarma.com/
    Tap Dancing Through Minefields

BLOCK THREE:

  1. Phrenesy (Brazil)
    https://www.facebook.com/Phrenesy
    Fears Apocalypse
  2. As We Suffer (Canada)
    https://aswesuffer.bandcamp.com/
    Scatter The Herd
  3. Utilitarian (UK)
    https://www.utilitarianUK.com
    Sugar Crash
  4. Avenger of Blood (USA)
    https://www.facebook.com/aobthrash
    Scent of Death
  5. Unfair Fate (Sweden)
    https://unfairfate.bandcamp.com/
    When Silence Falls
  6. King Abyss (UK)
    https://kingabyss.bandcamp.com/
    Weapons of Mass Delusion
  7. Predatory Void (Belgium)
    https://linktr.ee/predatoryvoid
    (struggling…)
  8. Carrion (Belgium)
    https://carrionbe.bandcamp.com/
    Mental Vortex
  9. Gravehuffer (USA)
    https://linktr.ee/Gravehuffer
    Blueprint for an Early Grave
  10. Noxium Ferus (Norway)
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC70-j799UvyLHRD0J4YylVg
    IA Pazuzu
  11. Cadaver Carnivore (Russia)
    https://vk.com/cadavercarnivore
    Demon’s Blood
  12. Concrete Age (UK)
    https://www.concreteage.co.(UK)/
    Threads of Fate

BONUS TRACK:

Serpentheir (Poland)
https://serpentheir.bandcamp.com/
The Antique Sleep

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(287) IMS: September Releases Pt. One

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Disciples!!

October is finally here! And you know what that means?: Danzig Awareness Month! No, wait – It’s time for September Independent Releases!!

Here we are with part one of the releases, and we kick things off with some Rock and work our way through to some heavier tunes. For you Thrash and Extreme Metal fans, stay tuned to Part Two for even more fun.

Take care of each other out there!
\,,/ d(> _ <)b \,,/

BLOCK ONE:

  1. Dictator Ship (Sweden)
    https://dictator-ship.bandcamp.com/
    And Then I Heard About The Groove
  2. Twisted Rose (Germany)
    https://www.twisted-rose.com/
    We Can’t Get Enough
  3. Giants Dwarfs And Black Holes (Germany)
    https://giantsdwarfsandblackholes.bandcamp.com/
    In A Sandbox Full Of Suns
  4. Jenn Vix (USA)
    https://jennvix.band/
    In the Air Tonight [single][cover]
  5. Spillage (USA)
    https://spillage-online.com/
    Again
  6. The Holy Ghost (Sweden)
    https://theholyghost1.bandcamp.com/
    Keep Walking – Keep Rising
  7. Silence in the Snow (USA)
    https://www.silenceinthesnow.com/
    Death of the Heart
  8. Slomatics (Ireland)
    https://www.slomatics.com/
    With Dark Futures
  9. The Frst (USA)
    https://www.thefrst.com/
    Murderabilia [single]
  10. Lark (Poland)
    https://www.larkband.pl/
    Moment Traveller
  11. Dyecrest (Finland)
    https://www.facebook.com/dyecrestband
    Once I Had a Heart
  12. Applehead (USA)
    https://www.facebook.com/OfficialApplehead
    In Pouring Rain

BLOCK TWO:

  1. Rebel Priest (Canada)
    https://rebelpriest.bandcamp.com/
    War Horse [single]
  2. Blessed Black (USA)
    https://blessedblack.bandcamp.com/
    Hellbender
  3. Orbiter (Finland)
    https://linktr.ee/orbiterband
    Raven Bones
  4. Sun Below (Canada)
    https://sunbelow.bandcamp.com/
    Gravity Tide
  5. Superlynx (Norway)
    https://superlynxband.com/
    Nothing to Lose
  6. Overman (Germany)
    https://itsoverman.de/
    Desert Ship
  7. Nova Doll (Canada)
    https://linktr.ee/nova_doll
    The Circle
  8. Tar Pond (Sweden)
    https://www.tar-pond.com/
    Something
  9. Wizards of Wiznan (Switzerland)
    https://www.facebook.com/wizardsofwiznan
    La Sorcière du Végenand
  10. Ethereal Tomb (Canada)
    https://etherealtomb.bandcamp.com/
    The Sufferance of Mourning

BLOCK THREE:

  1. Esprit D’Air (Japan)
    https://www.espritdair.com/
    The Trooper [feat. Tim “Ripper” Owens & Ben Christo] [single] [cover]
  2. Eunomia (Norway)
    https://www.facebook.com/Eunomiaband
    Carry On
  3. Freya (USA)
    https://www.facebook.com/freyahardcore
    Back To Haunt
  4. Human Missile Crisis (Canada)
    https://linktr.ee/humanmissilecrisis
    Problems
  5. Nexus Insidias (USA)
    https://www.nexusinsidias.com/
    Where Fate Lies
  6. Columbarium (Belgium)
    https://columbarium.bandcamp.com/
    Our Glorious Ways
  7. Triskelyon (Canada)
    https://triskelyon.bandcamp.com/
    It Really Doesn’t Matter [Platinum Blonde] [cover]
  8. Conspiracy of Blackness (Italy)
    https://www.conspiracyofblackness.com/
    The Bride of Ash
  9. Crazy Mad Ride (USA)
    https://crazymadride.com/
    Bayou Bounty
  10. Bastard Cross (USA)
    https://wisebloodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/faster-than-the-devil-2
    Beasts of the Night
  11. Nasty (Belgium/Germany)
    https://www.facebook.com/getnasty
    Nobody Cares
  12. Trick Casket (Canada)
    https://trickcasket.bandcamp.com/
    Filth [single]

BONUS TRACK:

Striker (Canada)
https://www.striker-metal.com/
Best of the Best of the Best [single]

Submit your music – music@dotwpod.com

Support the show:
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(286) DotW Featuring ‘Hope Fiend’ and ‘Species’

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Disciples!
Nate and I are back in the saddle again, and you’re in for a treat. We’re not only going to feature some cool bands (Hope Fiend and Species) but we’re going to also tackle a quiz on ‘Rock and Roll Legendary Stories’ and see how well one of us knows fact from fiction.

Enjoy – and don’t forget: Sharing means caring.
\,,/ d(> _ <)b \,,/

Dedication: Bernie Marsden passed away at 72
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden#Discography
 

What’s Nate been listening to?
——————————————————-
Artist: Antediluvian
Album: The Divine Punishment
Song: Temple Prostitute
——————————————————-

CURRENT EVENTS
——————————————————-
G1. JEFF YOUNG Says New KINGS OF THRASH Will Be “Better Than Anything MEGADETH Has Done Recently”

N2. Stryper’s Michael Sweet Calls Slayer Hypocrites Because of Tom Araya’s Christianity

STRYPER Frontman Says It’s ‘Odd That Many Metalheads Have A Problem With Jesus Yet Have Absolutely No Problem With The Devil’

https://blabbermouth.net/news/stryper-frontman-says-its-odd-that-many-metalheads-have-a-problem-with-jesus-yet-have-absolutely-no-problem-with-the-devil?fbclid=IwAR3JMhnx3N0XccGT8I0dY3Q9NIAGowGDnrOOhkk14PMfM5_8F7VxM4xR7Zo

G3. German Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Rammstein’s Till Lindemann

INDEPENDENT INTERMISSION

SONG 1
Artist: Hope Fiend
Location: USA
from the Album: [ST]
the Song is: So Knew
Link: https://hopefiend.net/

N4. Kiko Louiero To Bow Out Of Megadeth Live Shows For A While

G5.FEAR FACTORY’s DINO CAZARES Speaks Out Against Venues Taking Cut Of Artists’ Merchandise Sales: ‘You’re Basically Paying To Play’

N6. DAVID COVERDALE’s 1972 Demo For DEEP PURPLE Included On WHITESNAKE’s ‘The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition’

INDEPENDENT INTERMISSION

SONG 2
Artist: Species
Location: Poland
from the Album: To Find Deliverance
the Song is: Falls of the Tower
Link: https://linktr.ee/species_of_metal

STAY TUNED

Stay tuned to this feed or subscribe as we’ve got part II of the Monthly Independent Music specials coming out with the heavier/extreme side of the IMS releases. Also, Nate and I will be going track-by-track on Control Denied’s only release ‘The Fragile Art of Existence’ as an addendum to our worst-to-best episode on the band Death’s catalog.

FINAL TALKER:
True or False: Which of These 18 Legendary Rock + Metal Stories Actually Happened?
https://loudwire.com/rock-metal-legends-stories-myths-tales-true-false-debunked/

——————————————————-
FINAL SONG
——————————————————-
Artist: Ozzy
Album: Bark at the Moon
Song: Bark at the Moon

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(285) GENE’S PICKS: IMS For Early 2023 Releases Pt.1

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Disciples!!

We’ve had another scheduling change, but FRET NOT! We’ve got a special episode that’s been FAR overdue: Gene’s Picks from all of the bands that have been played from January through June of this year!

There was so much great music, it had to be broken up into two episodes. So here’s the first, and stay tuned for part two. Until that time, CRANK-IT-UP!!

\,,/ d(> _ <)b \,,/

BLOCK ONE:

  1. Johnny O’Neil (USA)
    http://www.JohnnyONeil.com
    Take Me Down
  2. The Flying Caravan (Spain)
    https://theflyingcaravanband.com/
    Flying Caravan
  3. Grave Pleasures (Finland)
    https://linktr.ee/gravepleasures
    Imminent Collapse
  4. Märvel (Sweden)
    http://www.marveltheband.com/
    Turn The Page
  5. Jaue (Columbia)
    https://jaue.bandcamp.com/
    Tierra del Fuego
  6. Super Monster Party (USA)
    https://www.supermonsterparty.com/
    Afraid of The Dark [acoustic][single]
  7. Trahir (Czech Republic)
    https://linktr.ee/wearetrahir
    Mother Nibiru I
  8. Bad Bones (Italy)
    http://www.badbones.it/
    Libertad
  9. Lucifer Star Machine (Germany)
    https://www.luciferstarmachine.com/
    I Wanted Everything
  10. Aegir (Poland)
    https://www.mariuszlemanski.pl/
    Run For Glory

BLOCK TWO:

  1. Starcrazy (Australia)
    https://www.facebook.com/starcrazyband/
    Monday Morning (Pray for Tony)
  2. Bring the Hoax (Sweden)
    https://www.bringthehoax.com/
    Once
  3. Found Missing? (UK)
    https://www.foundmissing.UK
    Blind Leading The Blind
  4. Skinher (Greece)
    https://skinher.bandcamp.com/
    He Sees You
  5. Milanku (Canada)
    https://milanku.bandcamp.com/
    il sera déjà trop tard
  6. Ryder (USA)
    https://linktr.ee/ryderbandny
    Ash and Snow [live]
  7. The Way of Purity (Sweden)
    http://www.thewayofpurity.com/
    The Red Herring
  8. Sometime In February (USA)
    https://www.sometimeinfebruary.com/
    Nothing/Strawberry Grey
  9. Manigance (France)
    https://manigancemusic.bandcamp.com/
    End of Lockup
  10. Nachtmuse (Canada)
    https://linktr.ee/nachtmuse
    The Ashen

BLOCK THREE:

  1. Vermilion Whiskey (USA)
    https://www.vermilionwhiskey.com/
    Hollow
  2. Kilmore (Canada)
    https://linktr.ee/kilmore
    Firestone
  3. High Priest (USA)
    https://highpriestchicago.bandcamp.com/
    Heaven
  4. Damage SFP (Finland)
    https://www.facebook.com/damage.sfp/
    Unfreeze Me
  5. Skinner (USA)
    https://www.normanskinner.net/
    Unfinished
  6. Red Cain (Canada)
    https://redcain.ca/
    Sightblinder [instrumental]
  7. Sunbeam Overdrive (France)
    https://sunbeamoverdrive.bandzoogle.com/home
    Diamond Shape
  8. Witch Ripper (USA)
    https://witchripper.bandcamp.com/
    Enter The Loop
  9. Fall Of Earth (Canada)
    https://fallofearthband.com/
    Crossroads
  10. Purveyor of Chaos (Canada)
    https://www.purveyorofchaos.com/
    Four Point Harness

BONUS TRACK:

Dress The Dead (USA)
https://dressthedead.com
Sinking in Ether

Submit your music – music@dotwpod.com

Support the show:
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Tags: #HeavyMetal #IndependentMusic #IndependentMetal #Podcast #Music #HardRock #News #MusicNews #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #RockAndRoll #FolkMetal #TechnicalDeathMetal #MelodicDeathMetal #DeathThrash #ThrashMetal #InstrumentalMetal #WorldWideMetal #AsherMedia #Dewer #WormholdDeathRecords #MagneticEyeRecords #BrandvoldMarketing #CSquaredMusic #SecretServicePublicity #ProphecyProductions #OnlineMetalPromo #ImperativePR #3nation #vladPRomotion #ThreeNationPR #SPKRMedia #GrandSoundsPromotion #InternationalIndependentMusic