EPISODE · Sep 7, 2025 · 16 MIN
Episode 11: Descendents of Crom Festival's Shy Kennedy
from The Distorted Dialogue Podcast · host Metal Institute of Thrashology
Pittsburgh’s Descendants of Crom is back for its 6th time, with the best in Pittsburgh’s and the region’s doom and stoner metal, crossover, and more all wrapped up into killer festival. Here I speak with festival organizer, frontwoman of the band Funerals and one of the hardest working women in metal, Shy Kennedy. She is also a promoter for her Blackseed Services, bringing in the best of metal artists and talent into Pittsburgh, and you will be hard pressed to find anyone with a pulse on metal better than her. We talk about how the Festival started, what it is and what to expect while attending. Hope I see you guys there. AFTERWARDS: Best Festival I ever attended. 🎙️ Distorted Dialogue | A Podcast from The Metal Institute of Thrashology 🤘Welcome to Distorted Dialogue, the official podcast of The Metal Institute of Thrashology — where riffs meet ridiculousness and academia bows before the almighty arpeggio.Each episode dives deep, headfirst into the chaotic realms of metal, punk, hardcore, and beyond with band members, scene lifers, and other unholy scholars of sound. Expect unfiltered, uncensored conversations, deep dives into underground music, and enough sarcasm and sonic blasphemy to earn us a few detention sessions in hell.🔔 Subscribe for new episodes where chaos becomes curriculum.
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Pittsburgh’s Descendants of Crom is back for its 6th time, with the best in Pittsburgh’s and the region’s doom and stoner metal, crossover, and more all wrapped up into killer festival. Here I speak with festival organizer, frontwoman of the band Funerals and one of the hardest working women in metal, Shy Kennedy. She is also a promoter for her Blackseed Services, bringing in the best of metal artists and talent into Pittsburgh, and you will be hard pressed to find anyone with a pulse on metal better than her. We talk about how the Festival started, what it is and what to expect while attending. Hope I see you guys there. AFTERWARDS: Best Festival I ever attended. 🎙️ Distorted Dialogue | A Podcast from The Metal Institute of Thrashology 🤘Welcome to Distorted Dialogue, the official podcast of The Metal Institute of Thrashology — where riffs meet ridiculousness and academia bows before the almighty arpeggio.Each episode dives deep, headfirst into the chaotic realms of metal, punk, hardcore, and beyond with band members, scene lifers, and other unholy scholars of sound. Expect unfiltered, uncensored conversations, deep dives into underground music, and enough sarcasm and sonic blasphemy to earn us a few detention sessions in hell.🔔 Subscribe for new episodes where chaos becomes curriculum.
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