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Metal Life Crisis
by Doomy Mcdoom Butt
Two middle aged metalheads talk about metal. One was in the business and the other is a life long fan
Episodes
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S2 E22 - We Test Our Friendship
We bring Helm back on to discuss the controversy regarding James Hetfield and some other bands such as SOD, Rage Against the Machine, Kreator, Morbid Angel, Metallica, Guns n' Roses, Sacred Reich, Dropkick Murphys, Kid Rock and others. https://x.com/antilemonhelm Bluesky: Matt:...
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S2 E21 - Lions v Bills
We are joined again by Helm of the Anti Lemon to have some fun. Helm had some homework and today he submits it. If youd like to see Helm's helmet, no not that one, get your mind out of the gutter, check out his YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/c/helmoftheantilemon Matt -...
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S2 E20 - Matt Takes the Helm
We are joined by friend of the pod, Helm of the Anti Lemon to have a casual chat https://www.youtube.com/c/helmoftheantilemon https://bsky.app/profile/mozsab.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/americanheadbanger.bsky.social/post/3mfijfevay22n
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S2 E19 - Øystein Brun
Øystein Brun of Borknagar fame joins us for an incredibly enjoyable chat! https://borknagar.com/ Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E18 - Wallowing
Matt and Jeff talk about music suiting a specific mood so that you can just live in that emotion BluesSky Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E17 Helm of the Anti Lemon
Some dude with an aversion to lemons joins forces with the anti vegetable Jeff and Whiskey Matt to talk about metal. Stay tuned til the end for a bonus outtake https://www.youtube.com/c/helmoftheantilemon https://x.com/antilemonhelm Bluesky: Matt @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff...
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S2 E16 Our First Times ____
Matt and I discuss notable firsts in our lives, musically. Get your mind out of the gutter Bluesky: Matt - @americanheabanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E15 - 1991
Content Warning - this one gets dark. Matt tells us about his 1991 Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E14 - A Bit of Catching Up!
Jeffs been gone so we havent recorded in a month. We go over some new releases and catch up on concerts. Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E13 - A Whole Load of Metallica Talk
Matt and Jeff talk about Metallica's post black album career. What is worth listening to and what is not. Bluesky Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E12 - Anubis!!!!
Matt and Jeff are joined by the amazingly talented Devin Reiche from the band Anubis. We start off talking new releases before Devin arrives and we get into the new album from Anubis and incorporating an incredible new co-vocalist. Devin is a ton of fun and has some really interesting thoughts...
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S2 E11 - 34.788% Complete - The First Quarter Review
Matt and Jeff talk 2026 in metal... so far. We had planned for a first quarter review but this was closer to a first 1/3 of the year Let us know who we missed and what you're looking forward to Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E10 - Nox Sinister
We are joined by King Night (Nathan) of Nox Sinister to talk about the band and the recent singles theyve released, the struggles of being a small band and how they came up with their unique sound. A really fun interview as Nathan tells a story really well. Nox Sinister on Bandcamp...
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S2 E9 - Lemon Juice Challenge/1990 in Metal
We have a guest, Helm of the Anti-Lemon!!!! We talk about how awesome 1990 is and then go into gear talk and end with Helm doing some very funny innuendos Helm of the Anti-Lemon on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/helmoftheantilemon
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S2 E8 - Tim Time
Matt and Jeff talk to Tim, who used to intern for Matt at Century Media. Matt pulls his usual tricks and tries to upset Jeff Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E7 - Quoth the Raven
Matt and Jeff are joined by author, musician and metal fan; Chris Fly. We talk about his musical journey and get into a deep deiscussion about Nevermore Chris: twitter @christopherafly His book https://www.amazon.com/Godss-Ears-Chanson-Guerre-Book-ebook/dp/B08VGK1NHT?ref_=ast_author_dp Matt...
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S2 E6 - A Metal Life Crisis Grab Bag
There was no overarching theme to this weeks episode, we just talk about stuff. We do mention Lions Led By Donkeys, so heres the link to that pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Vw8AeyqBCI6R94FK3GBw9?si=939c3da19dd14a7a Bluesky: Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E5 - New Nevermore Singer
An anti censorship rant and a discussion about the new Nevermore singer Bluesky Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E4 - More Crisis and Some Megadeth
Another ICE killing We do discuss Megadeths new (and last?) album Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E3 - Jeff Listened to Kreator
Jeff and Matt review Kreator and talk about some other stuff Bluesky: Matt - @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E2 - An episode for us
Matt and Jeff talk about the recent murder of Renee Good and the state of the US right now Matt: @americanmetalhead.bsky.social or [email protected] Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social
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S2 E1 - Heavy Metal and the Mainstream
Welcome to season 2 and Happy New Year! Jeff had question and asked a bunch of people for their feedback. Matt and Jeff go over that feedback in todays epidode. Bluesky: Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social
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Episode 34 - Our Top 10 (okay 11) of 2025
Matt and Jeff go over their top 10 albums of 2025. SInce neither one of can count, we choose 11 albums each Bluesky: Matt - @allamericanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social
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Episode 33 - More Best or Most Famous
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
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Episode 32 - Best vs Most Famous (no spiders or snakes)
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...
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Episode 31 - Metal Life Chat with Melissa
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...
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Episode 30 - Replacing the Replacements
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
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Episode 29 - Replacements Take Over
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
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Episode 28 - Rules Wrap Up and a Side of Politics
Matt and Jeff return for an episode talking about bands and genres and being factually correct Bluesky @americanheadbanger.bsky.social @mozsab.bsky.social
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Episode 27 - Even More Rules of Metal
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
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Episode 26 - Metal Still Rules
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
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Episode 25 - Crikey! Lets Talk British Bands - Part 1
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 -...
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Episode 24 - The Rules of Metal
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
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Episode 23 - Albums vs Playlists
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 [email protected]
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Episode 22 - Chuck Farley Kirk and RIP Tompa
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
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Episode 21 - Licences and other industry stories
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
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Episode 20 - The Importance of 1988
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
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Episode 19 - Jag Panzer!!
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
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Episode 18 - Mayhem Takes Over
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…
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Episode 17 - Dan Swano
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
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Episode 16 - Recent Releases
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
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Episode 15 - Emperor Concert and Wild Tangents
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 - @[email protected] Jeff - @mozsab.bsky.social Check out Lions led by Donkeys pod on the Armenian genocide:...
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Episode 14 - Underrated or Overlooked Bands
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
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Episode 13 - Even more concert talk
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
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Episode 12 - More Concert Talk
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
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Episode 11 - Concert Talk
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
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Episode 10 - Good Lyrics
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
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Episode 9 - Bad Lyrics
Matt and Jeff talk bad lyrics BlueSky Matt: @americanheadbanger.bsky.social Jeff: @mozsab.bsky.social
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Episode 8 - Tales from A&R
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
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Episode 7 - 2 Underappreciated Bands
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
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Two middle aged metalheads talk about metal. One was in the business and the other is a life long fan
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