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Open Metalcast
by Craig Maloney
Open MetalCast is a podcast dedicated to promoting Creative Commons metal music. There’s a lot of great Creative Commons licensed music out there, but finding great Creative Commons licensed metal music can be tough. This show scours the net to find the best Creative Commons licensed metal music to bring to your ears.
Episodes
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Open Metalcast Episode #192: Shuffle's Dozen
A dozen tracks, picked mostly at random by the caretaker of the Open Metalcast Library. The only criteria was they couldn't have been played in a previous epsiode. We have tracks from Demimonde, Wasting The Genesis, Traboute, TOAD, offense, CEMENTERIO, Vatican Falling, Pain Factor, Grimoff,...
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Open Metalcast Episode #191: Odious Ouroboros
It's in the middle of April, just before tax time in the United States. The weather doesn't want to cooperate here at Open Metalcast headquarters, moving from sunshine and warmer temperatures to wintery-mix and chilly temperatures. But what you can rely on is some amazing Creative Commons metal...
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Open Metalcast Episode #190: Focus
Putting together an episode of Open Metalcast can sometimes be a challenge in focus for me. Sometimes I get distracted by the music that I'm looking for (woe be the rabbit holes that occur when I'm looking for the perfect tracks). Other times I can get distracted when I'm waiting for something to...
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Open Metalcast Episode #189: Unoctennium
The atomic number 189 denotes a hypothetical eka-superactinide called "Unoctennium", which sounds very similar to the fictional material called "Unobtanium". Unoctennium has not been observed in the wild yet, but should it exist it's already been named. What does this have to do with metal music?...
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Open Metalcast Episode #188: Minimalist Metal
Nothing Special Nothing Funny Just some Creative Commons Licensed metal music to blow your eardrums out. We've got an amazing show lined up with an array of no-nonsense metal from Obskkvlt, Violblast, Homicidal Raptus, Debilitator, Absolute Zero, Kill Them With A Toaster, Vitne, and Abstract…
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Open Metalcast Episode #187: Tidy Metal
If seems the Marie Kondo bug has hit the Open Metalcast studios. We took all of the tracks in the Open Metalcast Archives and saw which ones still sparked joy. Or rather, which ones could stop vibrating long enough to put into the episode. We have some great Creative Commons-Licensed Metal for…
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Open Metalcast Episode #186: New Beginnings
Things have been rather erratic here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters. We've been rather lax in releasing the metal to you in a timely fashion. One could blame the holidays, but part of it was I was getting behind myself in a lot of things. But my hope in the coming year is that we'll have more...
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Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #012: Last Minutes
As the last minutes of 2018 pass into history (or have already passed into history, depending on your location) I'm going to ensure that at least one Instrumetalcast episode releases this year (grin. Hope you enjoy! (00:11) Pipeline by Nick Miller from Parallel Universe (BY-SA) (04:04) No Leaf...
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Open Metalcast Episode #185: Wending Ways
This episode was going to be completely different. I'd selected a few tracks here and there, but upon hearing the latest Oak Pantheon / Amiensus split the show pretty much demanded a different course. What came together for the show surprised me and I hope it surprises you too. Never let it be…
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Open Metalcast Episode #184: Desktop Cat
Part of the fun in recording a podcast is trying to get everything done in one take without making mistakes. Sometimes that just happens, where I start to say a name of a band and then sound like I have marbles in my mouth. Other times there will be "technical difficulties" like having a cat…
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Open Metalcast Episode #183: Temperate Zones
Here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters we're watching the final vestiges of summer come to a close as the chill of fall settles in. The crunch of leaves under foot greet us before the icy cold of winter stretches its fingers out to embrace us. And as anyone in wintery climates can tell you it's...
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Open Metalcast Episode #182: Thoughts Become Air
Here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters we mourn one of the great broadcasters in the Detroit-are. Chris Felcyn was a broadcaster on WRCJ FM (a classical and jazz radio station) and hosted a show called "The Well Tempered Wireless". He was very knowledgeable about classical music and was an...
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Open Metalcast Episode #181: Fallen Back
Here at Open Metalcast Headquarters we're nearing the end of summer and heading headlong into the most metal of seasons: Fall. Now you may say that Winter is the most metal of seasons, but I'd beg to differ with you. And because I'm doing the writing I get to say that it's Fall and there's very...
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Open Metalcast Episode #180: Non-traditional Metal
One of the things that I really like about metal music is the variety of music in the genre. Sure there are purists out there who imprint on one record and expect everything else to sound like that one record, but there's a whole wide world of metal out there waiting to be explored. From the...
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Open Metalcast Episode #179: The Map is Not the Territory
At Open Metalcast Headquarters we take pride in putting together the finest Creative Commons Metal Music available. But sometimes an episode takes on a life of its own. What started off as a pretty straightforward episode suddenly took a few unexpected turns. Not only does this show feature new...
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Open Metalcast Episode #178: Head in a Rocket
Here at the Open Metalcast headquarters were'coming up on the July 4th holiday. That can only mean one thing: a constant barrage of folks taking their hard-earned money and transforming it into displays of sound and color. That's all good for them but we prefer to celebrate freedom by taking our...
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Open Metalcast Episode #177: Harnessing Chaos
Sometimes I like taking the whole Open Metalcast headquarters music library and put it on shuffle mode. This morning I decided to record an episode completely made up of these tracks. The only rule was that it couldn't be something that I already played on the show (funnily enough one track…
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Open Metalcast Episode #176: Rules of Acquisition
Here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters we're always acquiring Creative Commons metal music for the show. We carefully select the finest CC-licensed metal music and run it through a scientific process to ensure the best listening experience possible. And this show is no exception, featuring music...
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Open Metalcast Episode #175: Remember to Reminder
Here at the Open Metalcast headquarters we're celebrating Memorial Day Weekend. It's a time of remembrance for those who fought for the freedoms that we in the USA enjoy. And one of those freedoms that I enjoy is sharing Creative Commons Metal Music with you. And this show is no different, with...
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Open Metalcast Episode #174: Won't Fade Away
I've made it no secret that the hardest part of putting together these shows is coming up with new and interesting things to put at the top of the episode. I mean, with metal like Godless Truth, Spawn of Annihilation, Throne of Botis, Catalytic, NONE, Antimelodix, Demiurgo, and Illuminus it's…
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Open Metalcast Episode #173: Combined Forces
Here at The Open Metalcast Headquarters we usually make an entire episode in one night. We'll toil over Audacity tweaking and adjusting until the perfect episode is ready for you to listen to. But sometimes we won't be able to finish the episode all at once and we'll leave it on the hard drive...
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Open Metalcast Episode #172: Ringside Seat to Apocalypse
Here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters we're awaiting the next bout from Mother Nature and her minions of winter to deposit more wintery mix (read: ice) over the land. But the metal must flow and we have a great line-up of metal music for you. We have tracks from Within Destruction, Homicidal...
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Open Metalcast Episode #171: Engines of Metal
Apparently there is something going around the Open Metalcast headquarters that is wreaking havoc upon your beloved host. But the engines of metal must rage on, and rage on they shall in this episode. We have music by Head Cleaner, Incinerator, Drop Out, With Teeth, GLAM, S3V3N, Marche Funèbre,...
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Open Metalcast Episode #170: Waving and Drowning
Here at Open Metalcast Headquarters we've prided ourselves on being punctual with the delivery of Creative Commons Metal Music to your bloodstream via our easy-to-listen podcast format. But sometimes the deliveries are a later than we would like and this episode is much later than it should have...
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Open Metalcast Episode #169: Strategic Metal Heist
Recently we at the Open Metalcast headquarters watched an episode of "Dirty Money" where they talked about the heist of the Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve in Canada. Barrels of syrup were removed and in their place were placed barrels of water. And they would have gotten away with it too had the...
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Open Metalcast Episode #168: Salutations
Welcome back to Open Metalcast where we kick off 2018 with more of the great Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music that you've come to know and enjoy. We've got an amazing line-up of music to start off 2018 including tracks from Thicket, Internal Damage, RKC, Advent of Bedlam, Si Non Sedes Is,...
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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #19
I'm alone... (00:14) Disappear by Mordida from The Wind Ashes (BY-NC-ND) (04:40) Утро (Synthematika Edit) by Spin Provider from Synthematika One (BY-NC-ND) (09:04) O.B.M.P.S.F. (Smoke Breath) by D1sh1tu from RE-BirtH (BY-SA) (13:59) Riders on the Storm by My Woshin Mashin from Evil Must Die...
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Open Metalcast Episode #167: Chewy Center
If you're anything like me you pretty much started the holiday season already sick of holiday music. Worse, you likely have seen all of the top albums of the year lists that you care to see. Here at Open Metalcast we like to be a refuge from all of that nonsense. (2017 has been enough of a pain…
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Open Metalcast Episode #166: Journeys of Metal
Sometimes when I'm listening to a lot of music my mind wanders. It's really easy to get lost in some of these auditory soundscapes. And this episode presents quite the journey starting with Âstillian, Deaden, NASHGUL, Deathsurrection, Incinery, Carbono, Ceremony of Darkness, and Forja as your...
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Open Metalcast Episode #165: Analog Hole
Over the lifespan of digital music there has been a constant desire to control the copying of the data. Various watermarking and copy-protection schemes were put in place to ensure that folks wouldn't share music. But no matter how protected the data there was always a weak link between the…
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Open Metalcast Episode #164: A Little of Each
When putting together an Open Metalcast show sometimes they take on a life of their own. While I try not to make "themed" shows some sections tend to get a bit of a theme to them. Sometimes the theme is to try not to have much of a theme at all for that section and instead throw together a lot of...
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Open Metalcast Episode #163: Strictly Non-Palindromic
We got a little off-schedule from the last show but it was most certainly not because of a lack of great metal music. So much great music was released lately including brand new Hela and split between Ah Ciliz and Chiral from Hypnotic Dirge Records. This episode features tracks from Ósserp,...
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Open Metalcast Episode #162: Infinite Possibilities
Every time I think about the varieties of sound that are conveyed by 16 bits at 44.1KHz it boggles my imagination. So many bits, so many possibilities. One moment it can play brutal death metal, the next a brief punk song, and then smooth sludge metal. It can encompass guitars, drums, organs,...
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Open Metalcast Episode #161: Judicious Use of Headphones
This episode is a tribute to those little bits of plastic, metal, and silicone that help keep us sane during the day. This is also dedicated to the friends of the show that help keep it going via sending albums via the Bandcamp wishlist. Between headphones, friends, and music what more could one...
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Open Metalcast Episode #160: Longer Brief Thoughts
Sometimes short and sweet is the order of the day. Sometimes there's more to be said. This episode is on the shorter-end of the spectrum but that doesn't make it any less potent. Especially with bands like humanhostbody, Crowned In Flesh, Throne of Botis, Old Man Wizard, Neptuniam, Cyborg…
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Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #011: Reflections
It's been over a year since we brought out the last Instrumetalcast. Time to rectify that. (00:46) Resonance Cascade by Seversun from New World Chaos (BY-ND) (03:51) Deciduous Glory by Psychendoscope from Chronicle: 1998 (BY-NC-SA) (09:32) Minueto Disconforme by Datura Metel from Datura Metel...
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Open Metalcast Episode #159: Metal Journeys
Sometimes i get lost in the music. Sometimes I involuntarily stop what I'm doing and just listen to the music. In this episode we have plenty of metal music to get lost in. We have tracks by Demimonde, Hekatombe, Seversun, Sarin, Epra Astera, Akaitsuki, Coma., and Lèpoka. Caution: Use caution…
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Open Metalcast Episode #158: Don't let up
Sometimes it's easier to let go. Sometimes it's easier just to put down the sword and stop fighting. Sometimes it's easier to just let the hordes run right over you. Sometimes it's easier to let them win. It's harder to fight. It's harder to give them hell every step of the way. It's harder to...
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Open Metalcast Episode #157: Third of July
Over here in the USA we're planning on celebrating yet another year of independence by finding anything that goes boom and setting it on fire. And much in that spirit of freedom and independence we here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters have lit the proverbial fuse on an amazing collection of...
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Open Metalcast Episode #156: Screaming into the void
There's a saying "if you stare at the void the void stares back at you". But what if you scream at the void? What if you play loud music (such as this fine episode here) at the void? Hey, stop looking at me like that, you void you. We've got a great episode of Creative Commons licensed metal…
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Open Metalcast Episode #155: Musical blender of great joy
This episode fetures new tracks from Seversun, Cara Neir, Qdesh, and Nolens. Plus we have a track from the upcoming souble-album "Palimpsests" by Vin de Mia Trix. And while we were mixing up styles we decided to throw in some tracks from Sick of Hailstone, Reason, and Dejadeath to reacquaint you...
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Open Metalcast Episode #154: Make Mine Metal
Here at the Open Metalcast headquarters we keep our ear to the ground of the metal world to hear the double-bass-drum rumblings within. So when we heard news that there was a release by Necrosexual we were intrigued. When we found out was also Creative Commons Licensed material we knew we had to...
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Open Metalcast Episode #153: Modern Medicine FTW
Greetings fellow inhabitants of this great ball we call "Earth". I have spent the past few days on allergy medicine, antibiotics, and nasal steroids so if this episode seems a little extra-punchy there's a good chance that's the reason. It's also a somewhat shorter show than normal, but what's in...
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Open Metalcast Episode #152: Death By Algorithms
There are many algorithms that are now monitoring and making decisions in our lives. We're constantly bombarded with algorithms telling us what we should like, where we should drive, and what food would be best for us to eat. But here at Open Metalcast we hand-select all of our metal releases…
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Open Metalcast Episode #151: Keep Away From Open Flame
Sometimes when putting together an episode I don't want to stop putting together the music. Everything flows together so well that jumping in would be an intrusion. But there's lots to talk about with this episode so hopefully you'll listen through to the end. We've got a show packed with music…
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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #18
[caption id="attachment_1513" align="alignright" width="300"] Artwork by Posthuman Studios; illustrated by Danijel Firak. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike License[/caption] Cortical stacks scrambled. Can't get a decent thought together. Must warn the others...
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Open Metalcast Episode #150: One Five Oh
Welcome to the 150th episode of Open Metalcast, where we've been exploring the world of Creative Commons Metal Music for lo these many episodes. I'm sure there's a way to check to see how many songs and bands we've uncovered together but frankly I'd rather concentrate on bringing you the best in...
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Open Metalcast Episode #149: Chaotic Neutral
Welcome friends to the 149th episode of the podcast we humbly call "Open Metalcast". In this chapter our hero discovers that the old man in the tavern was indeed a sorcerer who sent him in search of the best in Creative Commons Music. He scoured the internet and discovered eight new tracks, which...
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Open Metalcast Episode #148: Dunbar's Number
According to Wikipedia (who is never wrong) Dunbar's Number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. Dunbar put that number at 148, which is usually rounded to 150. Whether that's true or not is not ours to debate here, for our...
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Open Metalcast Episode #147: Salt the Earth
It's mid-wintertime here at Open Metalcast Headquarters. Part of the fun of winter is the snow that inevitably shows up during this time. One of the ways to counteract the snow in this climate is to put down prodigious amounts of salt on the roads. The salt is pretty corrosive and gets…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Open MetalCast is a podcast dedicated to promoting Creative Commons metal music. There’s a lot of great Creative Commons licensed music out there, but finding great Creative Commons licensed metal music can be tough. This show scours the net to find the best Creative Commons licensed metal music to bring to your ears.
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Craig Maloney
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