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Harsh Vocals

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Frequency: 1 episode/12d. Total Eps: 75

The Harsh Vocals podcast is a celebration of extreme metal music, with minimal clean singing! Every two weeks, Justin and Christian each bring three of their favorite new albums to discuss as well as a new episodic topic! They also do regular reviews and occasional interviews on their site – Harshvocals.com!

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18/07/2026
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Harsh Vocals – Episode 20 – Discovering New Music

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 • Duration 01:40:22

For our twentieth episode, we decided to talk about how we discover new music. We go into detail about all the resources that we use to help us build our weekly playlists, as well as how we find worthwhile older music that we might have missed. We may have different methods, but we also both have a lot of great suggestions!

Check out our resources here:
Encyclopedia Metallum – https://www.metal-archives.com/
KmanRiffs – https://www.instagram.com/kmanriffs/
Metal Releases – https://metalreleases.com
Metal Collision YT- https://www.youtube.com/@MetalCollision
Heavy Debriefings – https://heavydebriefings.weebly.com/written-material

Of course, we also discuss each of our top three albums from the past two weeks as well as a huge amount of honorable mentions. We close out the show with an “Extreme Submission” from a Melodic Death Metal band called Embers Ignite!

If you have a band and would like us to promote one of your songs in this segment, please reach out!

Despite Justin’s voice still not being 100 percent, we hope you’ll enjoy the episode! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music!

Also, Follow us on Facebook, TikTok, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website!

Songs in this Episode:

Vicious Blade – Forged Steel
Groza – Asbest
Torrefy – Street Reaper
Ophidian Memory – Hunger of Your Deceased Deity
Kanonenfieber – Sturmtrupp
Blighted Eye – A Reverent Stillness
Embers Ignite – The Prophecy

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Harsh Vocals – Episode 19 – Religion in Metal

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 • Duration 01:45:10

For our nineteenth episode, we decided to talk about Religion in Metal. As an atheist, is there any real difference between Christian metal and Satanic metal? How important is religion as it relates to the music? Should metal musicians be subject to scrutiny for their beliefs? We discuss it all at length.

Of course, we also discuss each of our top three albums from the past two weeks as well as some outstanding honorable mentions. To close out the show, we’ve done away with the blast from the past segment, and are now using the closing song to highlight a band who has sent us a submission! The new segment is called “Extreme Submissions”, and if you have a band and would like us to promote one of your songs, please reach out!

Despite Justin being a bit sick, we did have a lot of fun recording this episode. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it! If so, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music!

Also, Follow us on Facebook, TikTok, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website!

Songs in this Episode:

Marrow of Man – Upon Mighty Planes of Ash
Together to the Stars – Earthbound
Mordkaul – Dead Heart Awake
Taur-Im-Duinath – Madre Notte
Isolert – The End of Beauty
Firtan – Wermut hoch am Firmament (Feat Ellende)
Mass Disorder – Prophets of Hypocrisy

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Harsh Vocals – Episode 12 – Art vs Artist

Thursday, June 20, 2024 • Duration 01:52:16

For our twelfth episode, we discuss Art vs Artists within Metal. Are we able to separate the music from the musicians, especially if those musicians are questionable? We have strong opinions, and are forgiving towards some and take a harder stance on others.

Of course, we also discuss each of our top three tracks from the past two weeks as well as several outstanding honorable mentions. To close out the show, we play a blast from the past – Children of Bodom’s “Mask of Sanity”, off their album Follow the Reaper. We had a lot of fun with this episode and hope you do too! If so, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music!

Also, Follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website!

Songs in this Episode:

Houle – La Danse Du Rocher
Nightrage – A Throne of Melancholy
Troops of Doom – Chapel of the Unholy
Feigd – Ragnarok
Oubliette – With Death’s Shadow
Wormwood – Liminal
Children of Bodom – Mask of Sanity

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Harsh Vocals – Episode 11 – Metal & Mental Health

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 • Duration 01:44:52

For our eleventh episode, we discuss Metal and Mental Health. How does metal help us cope with our negative emotions? Are all Metalheads violent sociopaths? Is Metal akin to therapy? Christian, the Metal Therapist has answers to all these questions and more!

Of course, we also discuss each of our top 3 tracks from the past two weeks as well as several honorable mentions. To close out the show, we play a blast from the past that Christian picked – The Crown’s “Blitzkrieg Witchcraft”, off their album Deathrace King. We had a lot of fun with this episode and hope you do too! If so, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music!

Also, Follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website!

Songs in this Episode:

Gatecreeper – Dead Star
Vredehammer – Blood Of Wolves
Cognitive – A Pact Unholy
Dark Affliction – Bargaining
Vale of Pnath – Soul Offering
Saidan – Genocidal Bloodfiend
The Crown – Blitzkrieg Witchcraft

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Harsh Vocals – Episode 10 – What is Heavy?

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 • Duration 01:37:15

For our tenth episode, we discuss what makes music heavy, and how some music can be considered heavier than others. How can power metal and black metal both be so different, but both be considered heavy? Of course, we also discuss each of our top 3 tracks from the past two weeks as well as several honorable mentions. To close out the show, we play a blast from the past that Justin picked – Soilwork’s “Rejection Role”, off their album FIgure Number Five. We had a lot of fun with this episode and hope you do too! If so, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music!

Also, Follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website!

Songs in this Episode:

Nihilo Machina – Artifice
Darkness Everywhere – The Final Descent
Soziedad Alkoholika – Control De Masas
Horn – Pyres
Ossilegium – Constellationrise
Joures Pales – Noir Imperiale
Soilwork – Rejection Role

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Harsh Vocals – An Interview with Splatterpvnk of Saidan

Monday, May 20, 2024 • Duration 01:24:40

On this special episode, we had the opportunity to interview Splatterpvnk – The Songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist behind punk-infused black metal band “Saidan”. We talk in depth about his creative process, his love of horror movies, punk music, and Japanese folklore. It was a blast getting to know him a bit, and it’s an honor to help promote the incredible new release from Saidan – Visual Kill: The Blossoming of Psychotic Depravity. We also play the title track at the end of the episode, so hear it here before anywhere else!

The new album will be out this Friday, May 24th! Make sure to pick up a copy off their label, Jems Label:

https://jemslabel.bigcartel.com

Also, Follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website!

Songs in this Episode:

Saidan – Visual Kill

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Harsh Vocals – Episode 09 – Lyrical Themes

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 • Duration 01:52:45

For our ninth episode, we discuss Lyrical Themes and their importance in Metal. Can good lyrics ever save bad music? Can good music make up for poor lyrics? Listen as we go deep. Of course, we also discuss each of our top 3 tracks from the unbelievably stacked past two weeks as well as several honorable mentions. To close out the show, we play a blast from the past that Christian picked – Carnal Forge’s “I Smell Like Death (Son of a Bastard!)” off of their album Firedemon. We enjoyed recording this episode and hope you enjoy it as well! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app!

Also, Follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website!

Songs in this Episode:

DVNE – Sarmatae
Amiensus – Vermillion Fog of War
Walg – Als Een Korrel Zand
Oak, Ash & Thorn – Ten Years on the Tundra
ADON – Azimuth
In Vain – Season of Unrest
Carnal Forge – I Smell Like Death (Son of a Bastard!)

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Harsh Vocals – An Interview with Johnar Håland of In Vain

Thursday, May 2, 2024 • Duration 01:09:11

On this special episode, we had the opportunity to interview Johnar Håland – the main songwriter, guitarist, and one of the vocalists of the incredible band In Vain. We talk in depth about his creative process, his passion for music, touring, vinyl, and much much more. We had an absolute blast getting to know him and hope that all of you enjoy this episode! If you’d like to purchase a copy of In Vain’s masterpiece “Solemn”, visit their bandcamp:

https://invainband.bandcamp.com/album/solemn

Vinyl copies are also available in the U.S. via Miami Metal Merchant, here:

https://www.miamimetalmerchant.com/search-results?q=in+vain+solemn

Also, Follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website!

Songs in this Episode:

In Vain – Shadows Flap Their Black Wings

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Harsh Vocals – Episode 08 – Gatekeepers

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 • Duration 01:51:53

For our eighth episode, we decided to talk about Gatekeepers in metal. You know, those guys with the elitist mindset who judge people based on their music taste, or how Kvlt they truly are. We’re not big fans of that mindset and we discuss our personal experiences with it, as well as our general takes on the metal community as a whole. Of course, we also discuss each of our top 3 tracks from the past two weeks as well as a few honorable mentions. To close out the show, we discussed a blast from the past – White Ward’s “Poisonous Flowers of Violence” off their incredible album – Love Exchange Failure. We enjoyed recording this episode and hope you enjoy it as well! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app!

Also, Follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website!

Songs in this Episode:

Austere – Cold Cerecloth
Veriteras – Manufactured Dreams
Graufar – Nyctophile
Tulpa – No One Wins
Labyrinthus Stellarum – Transcendance
Cistvein – At Light’s Demise
White Ward – Poisonous Flowers of Violence

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Harsh Vocals – Episode 07 – Frisson

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 • Duration 02:01:07

For our seventh episode, we wanted to talk a bit more about ourselves and our musical tastes/journey, but we also ended up discussing the importance of emotion in metal music. Hence the episode title – Frisson. Frisson is defined as a psychophysiological response to rewarding stimuli – or getting goosebumps when the emotionally driven music is just THAT good. Of course, we each brought our top 3 tracks from the past two weeks to the show and discussed them at length as well as a few honorable mentions. To close out the show, we discussed a blast from the past – Yoth Iria’s “The Mantis”. We enjoyed recording this episode and hope you enjoy it as well! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app!

Also, Follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website!

Songs in this Episode:

Deception (Norway) – Monophobic
Vorga – The Sophist
Terravore – Blue Brutality
Urkara – The Flame
Carrion Vael – Augustus Dead
Dodsrit – Celestial Will
Yoth Iria – The Mantis

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