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Episode - THRASH THROUGH THE DECADES

Join Blake, Jon and Eric as they rip through the history of Thrash Metal, covering its explosive origins, the impact of the Big 4, and the differences of the USA East coast vs West Coast Thrash scenes of the 80's.

They discuss European Thrash, Canadian and modern day Thrash.

Lance Hall interviews bass player Jessica Otten of symphonic death metal band HALIPHRON.

They have a new album coming out October 25th titled ANATOMY OF DARKNESS. The follow up to their previous impressive album PREY.

Check out the interview and if you haven’t find HALIPHRON where ever you listen to your music.

For this week's episode Blake is joined by special guests Jim and Jon to dive deep into Judas Priest's iconic 1984 album "Defenders of the Faith."

They'll discuss the album's impact, all the tracks, and its legacy in the metal world.

To wrap up the episode, the trio will share and debate their top 10 Metal albums of 1984. Don't miss this trip down metal memory lane!

This week Blake is joined by metal fan and avid golfer Alvin Paul. He is a podcast host of his golfing podcast titled MULLIGANS AND HACKERS which you can find everywhere you listen to podcasts and on youtube.

On this episode, listen in for interesting stories of the struggles of growing up in rural Newfoundland back in the pre internet days trying to discover metal.

We get into one of his favourite albums. The Gothic/Doom metal band CEMETARY and their 1994 album Black Vanity.

This week we do our first podcast on a Instrumental album. Blake and Eric discuss the 2nd studio album from Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani and his classic album Surfing With The Alien.

They dissect this album and in honour of Canada Day on July 1st and the 4th of July they give each of their top 10 guitarists from their respective countries.

Blake is joined by guest Mary Zimmer (Zema) from the youtube channel VOICE HACKS. https://www.youtube.com/@voicehacks

Mary picked the 4th studio album from Finnish Melodic Death Metal legends CHILDREN OF BODOM and their album Hate Crew Deathroll. They talk about the amazing talent of the band and most notably Vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho and discuss this album in detail.

They also talk about Mary's previous bands, her youtube channel and her vocal lessons she gives through zoom.

Blake and Eric discuss the 1997 solo album from Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth. His 4th studio album and new member Adrian Smith helped write 2 of the songs and performed on the album along with guitarist and producer Roy Z. At this point this was the Air Raid Sirens most metal album since leaving Iron Maiden for a few years.

The guys end the podcast with their top albums of the year for 1997.

This weeks episode we go back to 1977 and the 3rd studio album from Metal Legends Judas Priest.

Blake is joined by guest Adam Pearson. Find Adam on social media under Adam Invader. He is a member of the horror themed band NIGHT CHILL.

Adam picked this album so we discuss this album and give out our top 10 Priest songs of all time.

This week Blake is joined by guitarist Topi Pitkänen of Finland's Melodic Death Metal Band SWANSONG.

They talk about how Topi got into heavy metal music, whats happening currently with Swansong and then discuss Iron Maiden's 9th album FEAR OF THE DARK. They finish the episode off with their favourite Iron Maiden tracks.

https://www.swansongmetal.com

Special guest this week is Tim Scott, lead vocalist for Swedish Based Thrash/Groove metal band METHANE.

Tim joins Blake and they discuss the debut album from Thrash legends OVERKILL and their album Feel The Fire. They end the episode with their favourite thrash albums of all time.

Check out Methane on all your music services. And their Bandcamp page. Kill It With Fire | Methane (bandcamp.com)