Whoa baby, I don’t know about you guys, but this year is FLYING by. The good news, though, is that means it’s time for a new My Life In Four Songs!
Today’s guest is Steven Michael of the ‘Growin’ Up Rock’ podcast. If you recall, we had he had his co-host Sonny Pooni on MLiFS/Volume 3, and now Steven shares his songs and stories – now, with a bonus track! (Sorry Sonny.)
So, buckle up and enjoy almost 2.5 hours of music, stories and fun. (Make sure you stay hydrated, and pause when necessary.)
In this episode we’ll discuss current events, Nate’s got a tune to share; we’ll enjoy some independent music from Old Man Wizard and Chronicles of Hate, then we’ll wrap the show discussing “The Best Metal Album of Each Year Since 1970” according to Loudwire.com.
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Disciples!! It’s time for another ‘Rock -n- Pod’ interview! But first, you’ll get to listen to yours truly (Gene) vent about some of what’s wrong with podcasting, and one in particular. Agree, or disagree?
The ‘meat’ of this episode is my interview with author of the books Van Halen Rising and Ted Templeman’s autobipgraphy, Mr. Greg Renoff. We chat up both books in our time together, and there may be a follow-up book to celebrate Eddie’s legacy. We can hope.
A little bit different episode since I’m flying solo on this one. I’ll be talkin’ some news, playing some tunes from Longhouse and Extrema, and revealing what’ll be coming up on the next episode!
Have a great week my friends – and STAY HEAVY!
– Gene
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SONG 2
Artist: Extrema
Location: Milan, Italy
from the Album: Headbanging Forever
the Song is: For the Loved and the Lost
Link: http://www.extremateam.com/
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FINAL SONG
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Artist: Black Sabbath
Song: Evil Woman (Crow cover)
In this episode we’ll discuss current events, what’s Nate been listening to, independent music from Japan’s ‘Solitude’ and Canada’s ‘Projekt F’, we’ll discuss some tidbits from the music-related podcast community in the Podcast Roundup, and we’ll wrap the show discussing Loudwire.com’s list of the ‘Top 25 Extreme Metal Albums of All Time.’
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What’s Nate been listening to?
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Artist: Danzig
Album: Danzig III : How The God’s Kill
Song: How The Gods Kill
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Podcast Roundup:
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Jack Russell – formerly of Great White, Luke Morley from Thunder, Dug Pinnick from the supergroup KXM (and King’s X) discussing KXM’s new album ‘Scatterbrain.’ Finally, Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy on the latest episode.
Also, don’t forget the Ritual Madness Metal Night at Lee’s Liquor Lounge this February 24th, where it’ll be a mixed bag of Metal and Hip-Hip this month. Featuring Black Flood Diesel, MC Rentz, The Vault, Hex Vortices, and TicToc.
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SONG 2
Artist: Projekt F
Location: Montreal, Canada
from the Album: The Butterfly Effect
the Song is: Tongue
Link: https://projektf.net/
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25-Pig Destoyer – Terrifyer
24-Cannibal Corpse – Tomb Of The Mutilated
23-Terrorizer – World Downfall
22-Eyehategod – Take As Needed For Pain
21-Converge – Jane Doe
20-Emperor – In The Nightside Eclipse
19-Thergothon – Stream From The Heavens
18-The Dillinger Escape Plan – Calculating Infinity
17-Immolation – Close To A World Below
16-Autopsy – Mental Funeral
15-Death – Leprosy
14-Suffocation – Pierced From Within
13-Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger
12-Immortal – Pure Holocaust
11-Bathory – Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
10-At The Gates – Slaughter Of The Soul
9-Carcass – Necroticism – Descanting The Insalubrious
8-Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
7-Napalm Death – Scum
6-Venom – Black Metal
5-Emperor – Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
4-Dissection – Storm Of The Light’s Bane
3-Death – Human
2-Morbid Angel – Altars Of Madness
1-Slayer – Reign In Blood
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SONG #4
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FINAL SONG
Artist: Death
Album: Leprosy
Song: Pull The Plug
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In this episode we’ll discuss current events, what’s Nate been listening to, independent music from Ritual Slaughter from New York and Astride the Line out of Minnesota, we’ll discuss some tidbits from the music-related podcast community in the Podcast Roundup, and we’ll talk about Scott Ian’s list of 10 albums that “blew his mind.”
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10. Chris Stapleton – Traveller (2015)
9. Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)
8. Bad Brains – I Against I (1986)
7. Run DMC – Raising Hell (1986)
6. Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak (1976)
5. Judas Priest – Unleashed In The East (1979)
4. Motörhead – Ace Of Spades (1980)
3. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (1980)
2. AC/DC – Powerage (1978)
1. KISS – Alive (1975)
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FINAL SONG
Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen
Album: Inspiration
Song: Sails of Charon (Scorpions Cover)
In The Studio with Redbeard has an episode discussing the 45-year Anniversary of Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ album. http://www.inthestudio.net/
Ritual Madness podcast with Twin Town Tyrant Records was great and informative on their mission. Great local music, too. http://www.ritualmadnesspodcast.com
Greg Fitzsimmons’ podcast with Henry Rollins – EXCELLENT episode regarding his travels.
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For our intermission, we’re going to play for you some ‘A Red Nightmare’ from Brazil and immediately after that we’ve got some ‘Wilt’ from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada.
Artist: A Red Nightmare
from the Album: A Red Nightmare
the Song is: Enemy https://arednightmare.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.facebook.com/ARedNightmare/
Artist: Wilt
from the Album: Moving Monoliths
the Song is: Moving Monoliths https://wiltmanitoba.bandcamp.com/album/moving-monoliths https://www.facebook.com/wiltmb
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1. Seattle’s RHINE have teamed up with Invisible Oranges for the premiere of the new track and fourth single ‘Dreaming of Death’ off their upcoming album ‘An Outsider’ due out on February 5th, 2016.
Commented vocalist/guitarist Gabe Tachell about the song:
“One of our most progressive and somewhat psychedelic songs, it’s about a fucked up nightmare I had.”
‘An Outsider’ is the follow up to RHINE’s 2011 debut ‘Duality’, which was first a solo effort by band founder Gabriel Tachell (guitar and vocals) whom is now joined by Alex Smolin on guitar (ex-Metameric), James Porter on bass (Ideofone), and Carlos Delgado (Inferion, ex-Death Crowned King) to collaborate on this project.
Seattle’s Rhine are seamlessly connecting German thrash metal with Swedish death metal much like their namesake, the Rhine River. The founder of the group Gabriel Tachell named it such for its simplicity and as a metaphor for fluidity and change.
2. Manitou Springs, CO based AKHENATEN is a Middle Eastern black/ death metal project created in 2012 by the Houseman brothers as a side hobby to their full time band Helleborus. With all music arranged by Jerred and vocals done by his brother Wyatt, the duo are now are offering fans a FREE download of their track ‘Ninurta: The Fall Of Anzu’ from their recently released debut album ‘Incantations Through the Gates of Irkalla’ via Satanath Records (Russia), Murdher Records (Italy) along with Darzamadicus Records (Macedonia).
‘As a token of our appreciation regarding the positive feedback surrounding this release, we are offering you all a free download of Ninurta: The Fall Of Anzu. Soon we will have shirts available with the accompanying illustrations by Dymond Starr. The artwork is a visual reflection the track as it depicts Ninurta slaying Anzu.’ comments vocalist Wyatt Houseman.
3. Hey – Any Canadian bands out there tuning in? Want to play in Cuba? Well, you have a chance to win a slot on the Brutal Brutal Battle Cuba tour! Submissions are now open for independent Canadian metal bands in Oshawa, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Fredericton and Moncton to submit to this year’s first ever competition. One group will win a performing slot on this year’s 2016 BRUTAL SUMMER FEST TOUR line up where they will be playing in front hundreds of Cuban metalheads each night.
“We have been working on this project for a while and we are really excited that it is finally happening! It’s a great opportunity for bands to experience touring outside of Canada and getting the chance to share the stage with international bands. Chase Wilson and I were part of the first Canadian metal band to tour Cuba in 2014. The cultural immersion as well as the musical experience really makes it a Brutal Fest!” comments BBC organizer Rich O’Neil.
4. Unbowed to release Dogma February 12th, 2016. With Dogma, the follow-up to Unbowed’s 2014 debut full-length, Collapse The World, certainly reflects the deeper meaning of the band’s monicker. The songs contained wiithin are eloquent, forceful, and wholly unyielding. The somber atmosphere of Black Metal is apparent whilst the band bludgeons into thick, suffocating Death Metal riffing. With your head already reeling, the band tears open the fabric of reality with soaring Orchestral and Symphonic elements that takes the listener from purgatory to paradise, all in the same fleeting moments. From acoustic guitars and grand pianos to choir ensembles and harps, this is a Metal release that pushes the boundaries of what an up-and-coming band can already be. On top of all this, the entire EP is self-produced. Written, recorded, mixed, and mastered entirely by the two founding members.
5. Toronto, ON Canadian metal band CAYM announce they will hitting the studio this February and March with Joe Duplantier of Gojira to produce their new yet to be titled album at his Silver Cord Studio in NYC. The new album will be the follow up to their 2013 release ‘From Red To Black’, which is available for FREE download at https://soundcloud.com/caym-metal/sets/from-red-to-black
In addition to hitting the studio, the band has launched a crowd funding / pre-order campaign for the new album offering various rewards to fans that includes a private CAYM show in drag, a BBQ, limited special edition hard copies, choice of a pop song cover, disposable cams with one of a kind pics capturing their studio recording, custom beer mugs, a workout with the band, used and signed gear from the recording along with many more perks all listed below and available at https://www.gofundme.com/caymalbum
6. Nefarious Realm Offers Up WORMWITCH Single ‘Coffin Birth’ As Sacrifice To The Altar Of Black Metal!
Black Metal newcomers WORMWITCH are offering their debut single for exclusive stream and download through Nefarious Realm.com for 2016. Their song ‘Coffin Birth’ will not be featured on their next EP, which has yet to receive a title. The new single offers a background to their transition from hardcore into Black Metal and touches on their Canadian influence from the infamous climate.
“Coffin Birth is the first song that Wormwitch has written under its name, and is the truest culmination of the band’s vision to date. The standalone covers themes of death and rebirth and the constant struggle of man versus nature; wherein nature exercises its timeless power to cast the blight of mankind into the endless void.” – Robin Harris (guitar/vocals)
The band has offered this song for free to everyone and will be announcing the release of their EP later this year.
7. Canada’s epic metal quartet and 2015 Wacken Metal Battle Champions VESPERIA announce they will be entering Blue Sound & Music Studios in Toronto, Canada this March to record their followup to 2015’s The Iron Tempests EP. Helming the project will be engineer/ producer Russ Mackay (Mastodon, Iron Maiden, Styx). The new album will feature an array of famous Canadian guest musicians and the art will be created by Juno award-winning artist Hugh Syme (Rush, Nevermore, Dream Theatre).
The Indiegogo campaign will give fans many special and unique perks for their contributions, including mead made by the band’s frontman Morgan Rider, Vesperia drinking horns, album pre-releases, the bands stage banners and much more! For all details and to contribute, please visit the following link: https://www.indiegogo.com/at/new-vesperia-album
The band comments:
“With the new year comes much and more from the Vesperia camp! We have been labouring away diligently behind the scenes to breath life into what will be our largest and most ambitious project to date! But to realize our ambitions, we are turning to you: our dear fans, family and friends for help in this new endeavour.
We decided that a crowdfunding campaign made the most sense to raise the necessary funds for our new album while allowing us the opportunity to give back to everyone who has helped build Vesperia to what it is today! We have crafted some truly unique gifts, perks and experiences to make this an incredibly special adventure for everyone. We cant wait to show you what we have in store!”
In additional news, VESPERIA will be supporting Finnish metal masters KALMAH’s 2016 cross Canada tour from April 4th – 24th.
8. Seattle, WA thrashers FALLEN ANGELS have teamed up with Revolver Magazine for the stream of their latest single ‘Into The Abyss’in support of their third studio release ‘World In Decay’ produced by Grammy award winning metal producer/engineer Michael Rosen (Forbidden, Testament, Death Angel, Flotsam and Jetsam, Tesla, Vicious Rumors).
9. Texas Metal Underground (TMU) Records have released their first ever free digital music sampler featuring one full mp3 song from their entire re-issued curated catalog releases.
TMU Records has provided the following mission statement:
Since 2008, TMU Records has been unearthing lost and unheard musical gems from the fertile underground Texas metal scene of the mid 1980’s through the early 1990’s.
To preserve and share this heavy musical legacy, the label focuses primarily on bands who burned bright, briefly, but disappeared without a trace before anyone could take much notice. Bands who managed to get a demo recorded but for reasons unknown never shared it beyond a close circle of friends and fans.
Whether on vinyl, CD, or cassette, all TMU Records releases are given lavish treatment with custom packaging, unseen photos, show flyers, interviews, informative booklets, rare bonus tracks and extras for the denim and leather die-hards.
For our final song, it’s Stuck in a Car, Stuck with a CD time! Bill from Metalsota – check them out at https://www.facebook.com/Metalsota for information on bands and local shows!
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FINAL SONG
Artist: American Headcharge
Album: The War of Art
Song: Never Get Caught
This episode we’ll discuss current events, what’s Nate been listening to, independent music from Cantharone out of St. Paul, MN and we’re returning with the Word Association with Nate drilling me with the questions.
6. Nick Sycks has announced as of yesterday that he was leaving the band Ghost Hook from St. Paul, Minnesota. The split is amicable, as the band is stepping up their shows and whatnot and Nick felt he was not able to continue with the commitment level required by the band. Good luck to Ghost Hook and Nick in their future endeavors.
7. Mortificator from Minneapolis, Minnesota has announced that they’ll be returning to 14:59 Studios to record a ‘bonus track’ for last year’s demo ‘The 14:59 Sessions’ and will then release the demo with the bonus track on CD. You can currently get the demo via free download at http://mortificator.bandcamp.com
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Word association to wrap!
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That’ll do it for this episode – and as always, thank you for listening. If you have any comments or such you can email Nate at his Disciples of the Watch email address nate@dotwpod.com or yours truly using gene@dotwpod.com. You can also visit us at http://www.dotwpod.com and leave comments there. Also hit us up on Facebook by searching for Disciples of the Watch Podcast and follow us on Twitter @dotwpod.
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SONG INTERMISSION (Featured Independent):
Artist: Iron Kingdom
Album: Ride for Glory
Song: Lady Trieu And The Kingdom Of Wu http://www.iron-kingdom.com
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5. Junkyard Lipstick have announced that their bassist will be leaving the band later in the year.Junkyard.lipstick@gmail.com
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Nate:
10. A New Level – Vulgar Display Of Power
9. The Sleep – Cowboys From Hell
8. I’ll Cast A Shadow – Reinventing The Steel
7. The Underground In America/Sandblasted Skin – The Great Southern Trendkill
6. Becoming – Far Beyond Driven
5. It Makes Them Disappear – Reinventing The Steel
4. War Nerve – The Great Southern Trendkill
3. Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks – Far Beyond Driven
2. 13 Steps To Nowhere – The Great Southern Trendkill
1. Revolution Is My Name – Reinventing The Steel
Gene:
10. Strength Beyond Strength Far Beyond Driven
9. This Love – Vulgar Display Of Power
8. Mouth For War – Vulgar Display Of Power
7. Becoming – Far Beyond Driven
6. A New Level – Vulgar Display Of Power
5. 5 Minutes Alone – Far Beyond Driven
4. Cowboys From Hell – Cowboys From Hell
3. Cemetery Gates – Cowboys From Hell
2. Fucking Hostile – Vulgar Display Of Power
1. Walk – Vulgar Display Of Power
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For our final song, we’re premiering a new segment called ‘One Mother of a Cover,’ where we will highlight a kick-ass cover track that we (or just I or just Nate) feel that you MUST hear.
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FINAL SONG
Artist: Urbandux
Album: Another Brick in the Wall E.P.
Song: Another Brick in the Wall
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Track by track with Helloween’s ‘Walls of Jericho’
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Walls of Jericho is the debut full-length studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1985 on LP by Noise Records.
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It only charted in Japan on the Japanese Albums Charts reaching #75
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The album originally came out with 8 tracks, but has since been re-released with a bonus track ‘Judas’ and also again with the tracks from their first E.P. simply titled ‘Helloween.’
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FINAL SONG
Artist: Black Sabbath featuring RJD
Album: Dehumanizer
Song: I
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