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Matt somehow talked Mark Briody of Jag Panzer into coming onto the pod. Mark and Matt swap stories about life on the road as well as record company crap. Jeffs favorite Jag Panzer album is Dissident Alliance which amuses Mark.

Twitter:

Jeff: @mozsab

Matt: @mattalica73

Mark: @jag_panzer

We bring on a guest, Bryan Mayhem, from Twitter. We talk about our favorite albums from the year so far. You can see the different tastes each one of us has. Mine being the best of course.

Thank you, Bryan!!!!

bluesky:

Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Twitter:

Bryan: @ExtremeMetalDad

Jeff: @mozsab

Matt: @mattallica73

Matt and Jeff talk bad lyrics

BlueSky

Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Todays episode gets stories from Matt being A&R, some recent releases we are exited about and verge on another rant

Bluesky

Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.socialJeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Today we dive into 2 overlooked bands from the early 90's.

Then we have a political rant for the second half.

Bluesky links:

Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff get together and talk about our respective lists of top 10 albums. Who had the better list?

Matt also goes on an old man rant about technology

Bluesky:

Matt: @americanheadbanger

Jeff: @mozsab

Matt and Jeff talk to Kevin Stewart Panko, author of "Into Everlasting Fire: The Official History of Immolation"

https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2024/08/16/pre-order-into-everlasting-fire-the-official-history-of-immolation-from-decibel-books-read-an-exclusive-excerpt-now/

Matt talks to him about 90's death metal and Jeff asks questions about writing

Bluesky

Matt: @americanheadbanger

Jeff: @mozsab

Matt and Jeff talk about Matt seeing Yngvie and how that went and then talk about 90's metal again

Bluesky:

Matt: @americanheadbanger

Jeff: @mozsab

We talk some record label shenanigans and then answer some questions from Twitter

I think we may upset a lot of people on this one

Matt and Jeff talk about the 90's. After the 80's heyday, what changed? Is metal better now than before?

Matt and Jeff talk about metal

Matt - @mattalica73 on Twitter

Jeff - @mozsab on Twitter

Jeff reviews the Acid Bath and Rwake concert he went to. Then he and Matt talk about the prolific and extraordinary career of Dan Swano

Bluesky:

Matt @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff talk about 3 recent releases they are excited about

I apologize for the technical glitches, I salvaged as much as I could

Bluesky:

Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

We start by talking metal and a recent concert Matt went to. Then we take a left turn into more personal stuff and it gets weird. Enjoy!

Bluesky:

Matt - @americanheadbanger@bsky.social

Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Check out Lions led by Donkeys pod on the Armenian genocide: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0cv5mDAEZcAGnLIAabS8QT?si=TfWNO8SYQ1WoKn-hEY6wcA

We start off with a bit more concert talk and Jeff misses the joke. Then we dive into some bands that have a small discography but are worth checking out.

Bluesky:

Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

In the final (for now) show about live music, we delve into some Bluesky responses. We also talk more about who we have seen and who we want to see

Bluesky:

Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.soc

Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.soc

Matt and Jeff continue the exploration of live music they've seen. This is a quick one and more is on the way

Bluesky:

Matt - @americanheadbnager.bsky.social

Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff go over some amazing concerts they've been too and include some that were sent to them by social media friends

Bluesky:

Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Last time we covered awful lyrics. Today we talk about great lyrics with a lot of help from our social media friends

BlueSky:

Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.socialJeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff cover some more bands. Is thier most famous album their best? We talk more Kiss than Jeff wants

Bluesky:

Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff are joined by David (DB Bond on Twitter) to talk about bands best known vs their best albums. Matt infuriates Jeff again and David behaves by not bringing up spiders and snakes constantly.

Davids Twitter - https://x.com/007DBindaBC

Bluesky -

@ametricanheadbanger.bsky.social

@mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff talk about how we consume metal and then about some of the rules of metal fandom. Matt pisses off Jeff causing him to have a fit

Bluesky:

Matt, the Asshole - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Sweary Jeff -@mozsab.bsky.social

A mainly political discussion about the recent events in Utah and the repurcussions. We do then have a chat about Tomas Lindberg

Bluesky:

Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt talks about licensing bands from overseas for releases in the US. Matt also jerks us off onto quite a few tangents.

Bluesky:

Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff look at 1988. For Matt, it was a year of discovery and diving deeper into heavy metal. Jeff is MUCH younger than Matt so he just talks about albums that still resonate with him.

Bluesky:

Matt - ‪@americanheadbanger.bsky.social‬
Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

We were lucky enough to have the wonderful Melissa from the Metal Chat podcast on! Matt and I briefly bitch about current events and then we bring Melissa on and have a really cool talk about gatekeeping and genre-fication

Find Melissa on Twitter @metalchatpod and listen to her wonderful podcast here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metal-chat-with-melissa/id1548017605

Bluesky:

@americanheadbanger.bsky.social

@mozsab.bsky.social

We wrap up our discussion regaring replacement singers doing better than the original. Let us know who we missed.

@americanheadbanger.bsky.social

@mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff go over some replacements that took an older song and nailed it. Matt has to gloat about his Dodgers first though. Congrats Matt.

Bluesky:

@americanheadbanger.bsky.social

@mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff return for an episode talking about bands and genres and being factually correct

Bluesky

@americanheadbanger.bsky.social

@mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff take a look at some more of the rules of metal. Jeff was still suffering from trauma to the brain so we do repeat ourselves a little bit. For once, it wasnt Matts fault.

Bluesky

@americanheadbanger.bsky.social

@mozsab.bsky.social

We cover some more of the rules of metal. Jeff has a concussion so he was barely coherent. Matt is old so he was just his normal amount of coherent.

Bluesky:

Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff talk about the influence of British bands in metal and associated genres. We put out a post on social media and gave ourselves some homework for the next epsiode where we will talk more about some of the bands given to us that we had no familiarity with.

Bluesky:

Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social

Matt and Jeff get into whether or not some common metal rules are valid or not. Jeff doesnt get too heated at Matt this time.

Bluesky:

Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social

Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social