Nik Nocturnal Podcast

Nik Nocturnal chats with Olli Appleyard from Static Dress about the reality of modern metal, the pressure of today’s music scene, and why authenticity matters more than ever.

Nik Nocturnal chats with Misha Mansoor from Periphery about their new album, breaking away from the “P” series, creative burnout, and building a concept-driven record.

Nik Nocturnal chats with Matthew McDougal from Boundaries about the recent song mix controversy, hardcore and metalcore influences, social media culture, mental health, gaming, and the future of heavy music.

Nik Nocturnal talks with Justin Bonitz from Tallah about modern metal, vocal techniques, and the evolution of heavy music.

Nik Nocturnal talks with Kyle Medina from Bodysnatcher about the deathcore revival, 2000s scene nostalgia, insane callouts, and why heavy music is bigger than ever. They also dive into writing aggressive music, the evolution of the scene, and how bands are keeping h

Nik Nocturnal chats with Dan Sugarman of Ice Nine Kills about 2000s metalcore, the evolution of modern metal, and what really makes a riff hit. They also dive into creativity, life experiences, and finding purpose through music.

Nik Nocturnal chats with Vana about baddiecore, blending pop with extreme metal, going viral on social media, and building her sound in the modern metal scene.

Nik Nocturnal chats with Oli Peters and Dean Lamb of Archspire about technical death metal, writing insanely fast music, and making extreme metal both fun and accessible.Get 30% off Neural DSP with code NOCTURNALPODCAST: https://neuraldsp.com

Nik Nocturnal chats with Josh Middleton of Sylosis about heavy riffs, guitar tone, high vs low tunings, modern metal production, what actually makes a riff sound heavy.Check out Heavys and use code NOCTURNAL for 10% off: https://www.heavys.com/

Nik Nocturnal chats with Damonteal Harris of PeelingFlesh about slam metal, hip‑hop influence, and the rise of viral heavy music.

Nik Nocturnal chats with Zacky Vengeance of Avenged Sevenfold about the early days of the band, origins of metalcore, guitar dueting with Synister Gates and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Jake Luhrs (AUGUST BURNS RED) about Gym Music, Mental Health, AI Metal, and Fun Metal Things!

Nik Nocturnal talks with Jt Cavey of Erra about the early 2000s, modern metal, min-maxing and fun metal things!Get Sweet Gear here: ⁠https://sweetwater.sjv.io/niknocturnal

Nik Nocturnal chats with Johnny Franck of Bilmuri about breakdowns, country-core, animal tierlists and fun metal things!Get Sweet Gear here: ⁠https://sweetwater.sjv.io/niknocturnal

Nik Nocturnal chats with Herman Li of DragonForce about legendary guitarists, moving to the US, and fun metal things!Get Sweet Gear here: ⁠https://sweetwater.sjv.io/niknocturnal

Nik Nocturnal chats with Frank Zummo of Electric Callboy and ex: Sum 41 about joining Electric Callboy, being a part of Sum 41, punk-modern metal drumming and more fun metal things!Thanks to Sweetwater for hosting! Get Sweet Gear here: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/niknocturnal

Nik Nocturnal chats with Will Ramos of Lorna Shore all about their new track OBLIVION, Sleep Token, Racing, Deathcore and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Moistcr1tikal about modern metal, gta6, deftones and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Bilmuri about all things country-core, touring with Sleep Token, Crabcore and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Simone Simons of Epica about Symphonic Metal, Deathcore, Sleep Token and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Jami Morgan about what happend with Code Orange, best breakdowns, fighting musicians, and fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with TankTheTech about touring with Electric Callboy, Toxic Metal Fanbases, Metal Content Creation and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Buster Odeholm of Humanity's Last Breath, Thrown & Vildhjarta about thall, modern metal bands, breakdowns and more fun metal things

Nik Nocturnal chats with Jeremy Mckinnon of A Day To Remember about the origins of "Disrespect Your Surroundings", The New ADTR record, Feedback and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Nico Sallach and Kevin Ratajczak of Electric Callboy about their new album, embracing memes, songwriting and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Phil Bozeman of Whitechapel about 2000s deathcore, birdfeeding, living with a Canadian and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with El Estepario Siberiano about viral drumming, one handed tricks, building his content empire and fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace about reuniting with the band, 2000s metal/rock, breakdowns and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with John Petrucci of Dream Theater about night terror experiences, modern metal guitar insanity, long songs and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire about Octancore, Risecore, breakdowns and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil about metal video games, The Voice Italy, streaming and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Sam Carter of Architects about breakdowns, blegh, metalcore and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Jesse Leach of Killswitch engage about living in the woods, howard jones, modern metal and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Dan Sugarman of Ice Nine Kills all about their love for horror movies, metalcore, breakdowns and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Leo and Marius of MIRAR about classical thallstep, their new album, making the most extreme modern metal music possible and fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Chris Garza of Suicide Silence about modern day Deathcore, Metal Guitarists and more fun metal things! 

Nik Nocturnal chats with Austin Dickey of Graystone & Dark Watch about breakdowns, insane callouts, and more fun metal things! 

Nik Nocturnal chats with Justin Bonitz of Graystone and Tallah about wild animal vocal noises, metal memes, graystone and more fun metal things! 

Nik Nocturnal chats with Chaney Crabb of Entheos about being the first metal guest on Kai Cenat's stream, Drake sharing her vocals, deathmetal and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Brendan Murphy of Counterparts about their new EP, european toilets, twitter comedy and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Jonny McBee of The Browning all about eletronicore, evolution of synth breakdowns, deathcore and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Blake Mullens of Disembodied Tyrant about the new era of modern heavy music, deathcore being heavier than ever, going on tour for the first time and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Devin Townsend about metal canadian things, releasing over 28 albums, filming videos for $5 and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Mark Tremonti of Creed and Alter Bridge about his love for sleep token, tattooing, touring with Creed and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Sean Harmanis of Make Them Suffer about their new album, breakdown callouts, australian things and other fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Ryo Kinoshita and Yosh Morita of Knosis about their Journey since Crystal Lake, new Knosis album, Japanese food and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath about their 20 year anniversary tour, wanting to play with Knocked Loose, modern metal and more fun metal things!

Nik Nocturnal chats with RJ PASIN about writing for Bring Me The Horizon, going viral making guitar samples, Polyphia and more!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Tatiana Shmayluk of Jinjer about her day-to-day schedule, dream hardcore project with her husband, Jinjer origins, new album and more!

Nik Nocturnal chats with Matt Heafy of Trivium all about the new co-headliner tour with BFMV, his day-to-day routine, Trivium's future and more!