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MetalVice
by MetalVice
Welcome to MetalVice. A podcast were we talk about all things music. Well, the things we care about. Which is primarily metal and live music.
Episodes
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Episode 209: Crown Magnetar - The Sawed Off Suffering Tour
All of our mail boxes are a little full of junk. Somehow after going to a show you are all of a sudden signed up for that venue's mailing list. Sure it might be easy to unsubscribe but who was the time for that? Mostly, Brian just deletes them without even looking inside. But on this one occasion...
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Episode 208: Chad Grey - 30 Years of Madness
How do you celebrate a 30 year career anniversary? Well for Chad Grey he threw a little party. Or tour but that too can be a party. Taking to the road to showcasing 30 years of madness. The tour had the perfect combination of openers with Butcher Babies and Devils Cut to complement Chad’s music...
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Episode 207: Riot Fest - 2026 (Saturday)
Even though it's in Chicago, and somewhat easy to get to, it’s been 5 years since our last Riot Fest. The big draw for us this year was without question Tool. We knew going in there would not be a lot of metal, but we expected a full day of good fun music. The weather though had other plans for…
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Episode 206: BabyStrom
It’s Labor Day weekend. Summer is officially over. But not without one last party. Our options were Kanye West at Soldier Field or Babymetal at Northerly Island. Yeah… the correct answer is easy to see. And hey, while we have technically seen Halestorm live, that wasn't a proper set. So getting…
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Episode 205: Monolord... The Khemmis Show
Khemmis is back in Chicago. And they're playing our favorite venue, Thalia Hall! OK OK. It wasn't their headlining show. It was Monolord's show, technically. Going in knowing Monolord is a stoner doom metal band from Sweden we were definitely excited to see them for the first time, but it's our...
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Episode 204: DevilDriver - Strike And Kill North America Tour 2026
Just because summer is starting to wind down and the festivals are starting to end, it does not mean the live music will. No, things are starting to pick back up. For us, August is often a slower month but at the end we kick off two shows in one week with DevilDriver and their Strike And Kill…
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Episode 203: Mötley Crüe - The Return Of The Carnival Of Sins
More than 20 years later Brian tries to relive his youth by seeing his first band again, Mötley Crüe. This time however he managed to drag Karen along for the ride. Unlike Brian’s only Mötley Crüe show, The Return Of The Carnival Of Sins had supporting acts. Starting off the festivities we got...
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Episode 202: Movie Night - Heavier Trip
Following the unbelievable journey to their first gig we find Impaled Rektum in prison. Not for long though. With the hopes of another amazing gig at Wacken and the need to save the slaughterhouse they had only one option. Break out! In the follow up to Heavy Trip, Heavier Trip follows the…
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Episode 201: Movie Night - Heavy Trip
In this movie night episode we recap Heavy Trip. We go on an epic journey with the world's greatest symphonic post-apocalyptic reindeer-grinding Christ-abusing extreme war pagan Fennoscandian metal band of all time, Impaled Rektum. We see their humble beginnings and their meteoric rise and fall…
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Episode 200: Fire In The Mountains - 2026
It was late 2025 when we first learned about Fire In The Mountains. After it was only a matter of minutes before we knew this was a festival we had to go to. We got our tickets to this metal festival before a line up was announced or before we knew just how we were getting there. The journey was...
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Episode 199: Woodstock '99 Doc (HBO)
Movies have always shared themes. There were the twin asteroid disaster movies Deep Impact and Armageddon. Or the two volcano movies, Volcano and Dante's Peak. So why should Woodstock ‘99 not have two documentaries? In the last episode we reviewed the Netflix doc. In this we take a look at HBO’s...
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Episode 198: Woodstock '99 Doc (Netflix)
Woodstock is one of those words where by simply hearing it conjures so many images in our heads. For most we think of the festival, not the place. After all, there were three festivals. However the images we see when hearing Woodstock are that of the peace, love, and happiness of ‘69. Or rage,...
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Episode 197: Skald
It was the fourth Karen’s pick 666 when we listened to A Feral Spirit by Blood Of The Black Owl. It introduced us to a genre of music we were unaware of. It was spiritual and tribal. As we explored this genre further we discovered more bands like Heilung and Eluveitie. Then while doom scrolling…
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Episode 196: Midwest Brewtal Fest - 2026
We take a short journey to Michigan for Midwest Brewtal Fest. A festival at North America’s largest beer garden promised to be a killer day of music from a wide range of genres and plenty of brew to be had. Join us as we share our thoughts on this unique festival and see if it delivered on the...
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Episode 195: The Dead South
From time to time we do like to experience genres other than metal music. This time it’s dark country. Or is it gothic americana? Or how about murder folk? We don’t honestly know. We are not always the best at genres. But it was a show featuring The Dead South and Amigo The Devil. Definitely not...
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Episode 194: Worm
Can you replicate the feeling of finding a band for the first time? We aren’t quite sure of the answer. However, we did visit the Rock Club at Reggies to try and replicate the first time we saw Dusk at Milwaukee Metal Fest a week before.. They were one of the openers along with Fer De Lance and…
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Episode 193: Milwaukee Metal Fest 2026 (Part 2)
This week we wrap up our time at Milwaukee Metal Fest 2026 covering day 2 and 3. Of course we cap off the episode with a short chat about our pros and cons of this year's fest and how we think it could possibly be improved next year.
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Episode 192: Milwaukee Metal Fest 2026 (Part 1)
It’s time to kick off summer with a bang as we return to MKE for Milwaukee Metal Fest! For this year's headliners we got Acid Bath, Killswitch Engage, and Ministry with nonstop music all day from some killer bands. Join us in this episode while we chat about the pre-party and day one of this...
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Episode 191: Two Tours One Show
Sometimes more than one show you want to see gets announced on the same day. Other times, you have to juggle several other commitments around a show. You may or may not be able to attend because of this. That was the dilemma we had when both Sepultura and Cradle Of Filth were announced in…
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Episode 190: Dark Lord Day - 2026
After years, we finally made it our first Dark Lord Day! This unique event celebrates the release of 3 Floyds Dark Lord. A limited Imperial Stout and barrel-aged variant release with a metal show. This year Crypt Sermon opened the stage with killer performances by Deadguy, Midnight, Gatecreeper…
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Episode 189: Gary! Lorna Shore Wants You To Wake Up!
For some time Lorna Shore has been one of Karen’s top bands. Whenever they would come to or around Chicago, she would drag Brian along. Brian would often say they are a fine band, but he never had the same love for them that Karen had. That was until this show at the Hard Rock in Gary Indiana. It...
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Episode 188: Electric Callboy
When you are depressed and in an emotional funk, music can be the shining light that helps bring back some joy and happiness to your life. At least that was our hope at the end of a very shitty week. Would Electric Callboy, with their unique sound blending Pop/EDM/Metal, be able to break the...
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Episode 187: 3 States, 4 Concerts, In 6 Days
After going two weeks without seeing a live show, we were definitely itching for the next gig. And we dove head first into it with four shows over six days. The first; Slaughter to Provel played a headline tour with Whitechapel and Attila in support at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. A few days...
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Episode 186: Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy Documentary
Live music is hands down our favorite way to consume music. It doesn't matter what the genre of music is, the energy and emotions of the fans is the same. That's why when you hear about fans at a show getting hurt or losing their lives at a show, your heart sinks. In this episode we talk about…
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Episode 185: Book Club III - Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir by Mark Morton
We are back for the third book club episode. This time we take a look at Mark Mortons first book, Desolautions: A Heavy Metal Memoir. The Lamb Of God guitarist shares some of his highest highs and lowest lows as he tells the story of his life so far. From learning to play music as a child to his...
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Episode 184: Business Insider Look At Why Ticket Prices Are So High
It's no secret, ticket prices are expensive. Why is that though? Has it always been this way? Business Insider has a video out where they look at just this. They spend time talking to people from Live Nation, StubHub, the DOJ and others. Join us as we watch this video and provide our thoughts...
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Episode 183: Emperor GWAR
We spend too much time this week at the Cemetery Gates when we say goodbye to three people; Matt Krupanski (Boysetsfire), James Lollar (Gost), and Bo Lueders (Harms Way). Thank you all for the amazing art you created and shared with the world. It’s also a double concert report week. The first…
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Episode 182: Lacuna Coil - The Sleepless Empire Tour
In this week's headlines we take a moment to talk about AI bots listening to AI “music” and getting paid for it. Apparently that's fraud. We also unfortunately make a stop by the Cemetery gates to say goodbye to Ross “The Boss” Friedman. Then we get to this week's concert report of boat alums...
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Episode 181: A JOURNEY with ORBIT CULTURE
Right now, Ov Sulfur is one of Karen’s favorite bands. So of course when they, along with Atlas, were announced as direct support of another killer band, Orbit Culture, we knew this was a show we could not miss. There was one small problem. The show in Chicago was at The House of Blues. With us...
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Episode 180: WC Social Club With Galactic Empire
Fire up those Twin Ion Engines and head to Chicago because the empire is coming to town. Well, maybe not to Chicago, but to West Chicago. Which - believe it or not Brian, West Chicago is not part of Chicago. The band Galactic Empire, consumed by the dark side, and just being general nerds, come…
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Episode 179: HOG Fest 2026 - Three Days Grace
This year we returned to 102.9 The Hog (Everything That Rocks!) yearly show, HOG Fest, after missing the last two years. The show this year had Three Days Grace at the top of the bill. With support from top to bottom of the bill by I Prevail, Sleep Theory, and The Funeral Portrait. Not only have…
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Episode 178: Nothing More - Carnal Nature World Tour
For the main topic this week you can hear Brian/Karen’s constant chatter about the Nothing More show at the Riviera Theater in Chicago. Both were excited to see different bands from the top of the bill to the bottom, which included Catch Your Breath, Archers, and Dobbie in support. Also this week...
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Episode 177: Tractor Jazz
What is Tractor Jazz you may be asking? Well it’s a double concert report episode. The first report is all about our time at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, where we saw K.I.M. (Keeping It Moving). This was our first time seeing a Jazz show, and it was different yet very familiar to other shows we...
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Episode 176: Opeth - The Last Will And Testament Tour Part 2
A few years back we went to a show that should have had a killer line up, one we would love to see again. Opening was Khemis (our first time seeing them), followed by Mastodon (also our first time seeing them), and to close it out was Opeth (again, our “first” time seeing them). However, we kind…
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Episode 175: Left To Suffer
With so much sickness in this week's news segment we are more than ready to chat about the Left To Suffer show. What would be a night of great deathcore with a pinch of hardcore we got to see The Last Ten Seconds Of Life, LarcEnia RoE, Fr3ak, and the local band Beheading The Icon all in support.
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Episode 174: Lord Of The Lost
On a cold winter’s night, a perfect way to warm up is with some live music. With some fun creepy goth/rock/metal songs. That's just what we have for our main topic this week, with our concert report from the Lord Of The Lost show. Joining them in support we got to see Wednesday 13 again and The...
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Episode 173: Meat Loaf Cover Show
This week's concert report takes us back to the end of 2025 for our final show of the year. The headliner, American Hustle, played the classic Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf, followed by The Stem Lords playing the classic Billy Squier album Don't Say No. We also take a look at the merch table this...
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Episode 172: Metal Cares Market and Kayo Dot
This is the first week of 2026 where we had more than one show to go to. The first was a bar show at Reggies with some avant-garde metal/rock bands. Headlined by Kayo Dot with support from Straya and William Covert Trio. For the second show, we head out to the burbs, Woodstock to be precise. This...
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Episode 171: Book Club II - Seven Deadly Sins by Corey Taylor
For our main topic in this episode we talk about Corey Taylor’s first book, Seven Deadly Sins. While it's not necessarily about music it has a few elements that tie back. Mostly that it was written by the lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour. In addition to the main topic we go over the past...
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Episode 170: Candlelight - Tribute to Metallica
With the start of the new year we decided to change up the format of our main podcast. In this episode we try a few new segments; news/headlines, new music, new concert announcements, new merch announcements, and our concert report for Candlelight’s tribute to Metallica.
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Encore: New Show Format
With the start of a new year we are going to be playing with the format of our main podcast. Join us as we talk about the upcoming changes we have been thinking about. These changes are not set in stone, just us trying some new things for the show.
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Episode 169: Year End Review - 2025
In what felt like a blink of an eye, 2025 has come and gone. A year that will be one of our personal biggest years ever. From not only the shows we saw or the places we visited, but for the music and people we met along the way. Join us as we take a look back at 2025 and share our top items in 13...
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Episode 168: Avatar - In The Airwaves Tour
In this very special Christmas episode we look back at our last show of 2025, Avatar’s In The Airwaves tour. Well, it’s not necessarily a special Christmas episode, but we do have a new Christmas intro/outro and Christmas tree behind us. We do, though, talk about this Avatar show, where Alien...
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Episode 167: Griffin House
For a period of time in the mid 2010s, Brian found himself not listening to as much metal. Instead he was exploring indie and folk rock. One artist that he took a liking to was Griffin House. The song Better Than Love became an instant favorite between us and has a very special place in our…
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Episode 166: Trivium - Struck Dead Tour
We go to our second Trivium show in under a year. This time for The Struck Dead Tour, formally the Ascend Above The Ashes tour, at the Rave in Miliwakue. While the first time we got the Ascendancy album in full, this time we got a more traditional set. With one small difference, Brian finally got...
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Episode 165: Omnium Gatherum
Over the years we have seen many new bands and our taste in music have evolved. In one of our very first episodes we saw a show where Omnium Gatherum was an opener. Now, they come to Chicago as a headliner. Before we recorded this episode Karen went back and listened to that episode, so you don't...
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Episode 164: Headbangers Boat 2025
We set sail yet again onboard another Headbangers Boat. What has become our annual tradition is starting to turn into a reunion. Meeting so many amazing people all with the same goal. Experience great live music with incredible people. This year, like the last two, was an amazing experience. Join...
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Episode 163: Sold Out or Sold Out
A sold out show can be a mixed bag. On one hand if you got tickets to the show you may be stoked you were one of the lucky ones going. On the other hand, if you didn't you might be pissed because now you are going to pay out the ass to the bottom feeders known as scalpers. Over the years we have...
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Episode 162: Lorna Shore - The Salt Shed
We return to the ever changing venue that is The Salt Shed. This time, for a metal show and Karen’s first Fair Grounds show. With it being late October in Chicago though, we knew it was going to get moved inside, and it did. That didn't matter all that much because we also knew Lorna Shore was...
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Episode 161: Dream Theater
Earlier in the year we had tickets to the 40th anniversary of Dream Theater. On the same day, however, Disturbed was in town for their 25th anniversary show. With Disturbed being one of the cornerstones in Karen’s musical journey, and the fact that this was a home town show for them (possibly…
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Welcome to MetalVice. A podcast were we talk about all things music. Well, the things we care about. Which is primarily metal and live music.
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