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The KingdomCore Podcast
by Christopher Adam and Sean Ely
The KingdomCore Podcast is a place for those who love Jesus and who love metal music to come and listen to insight about music and the scene from the bands themselves.
Episodes
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Episode 048: When We Were Christians Tier List - Underoath, As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada, Gideon
In this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, join Chris and Sean in their next tier listing adventure, this time with the help of Michael Osborn of the band Diatheke. To kick off 2025, we had to make easily the longest form of content we have ever created, reaching nearly 4 hours in length and 13+...
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Episode 047: Sound The Trumpet - No Treaty Band Interview
Welcome back to the new and improved KCP! We have a new look courtesy of our Patron's and Quiet Strength Design. In this first episode of Season 5, we interview Danny and Kyle of the brand new band to the scene No Treaty. Their debut EP "Sound The Trumpet" launched recently and took the metal…
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Episode 046: Tier Listing For Today, Sleeping Giant, and Impending Doom Discographies
On this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Chris and Sean sit down to rank the discographies of 3 of the biggest bands in the Christian scene. For Today, Sleeping Giant, and Impending Doom. We don't compare the bands against each other but just their entire discographies within themselves. It…
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Episode 045: The Fear of God - Mike Felker of Convictions
In the latest episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Chris and Sean sit down with vocalist Mike Felker of the band Convictions. They chat about the newly released "The Fear of God" and what went into this record continuing of the success of the band's previous release. Come check out the latest from...
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Episode 044: Holiness Cries - Bloodlines Band Interview
We are back with a new episode of The KingdomCore Podcast! Sean is a new father, and Chris is still not. They sit down with the djents in Bloodlines to talk about their astounding new EP "Holiness Cries" out now on Facedown Records! From the cover art to the themes surrounding the songs.…
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Episode 043 Part 1: Tier Listing the Best Christian Metal Band’s Discographies
On this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Chris and Sean sit down to rank the discographies of 4 of your favorite Christian Metal bands! This was a big episode, so for streaming we split it into two parts. This is part 1/2. We don't compare the bands themselves but just their entire…
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Episode 043 Part 2: Tier Listing the Best Christian Metal Band’s Discographies
On this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Chris and Sean sit down to rank the discographies of 4 of your favorite Christian Metal bands! This was a big episode, so for streaming we split it into two parts. This is part 2/2. We don't compare the bands themselves but just their entire…
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Episode 042: Familiar With Pain - Meadows Band Interview
On this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Chris and Sean sit down with the guys of "Meadows" and talk about their new release "Familiar With Pain." This special hardcore record released on Good Friday and telling the story of Christ in the week leading up to the cross. We hear more about the...
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Episode 041: Spiritual Warfare - Mattie Montgomery of For Today
On this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Chris and Sean sit down with Mattie Montgomery, formerly of For Today. For those of you who don't know, Mattie planted The Altar Fellowship in Johnson City, TN after For Today came to an end. Sean made a post a number of months ago mentioning spiritual...
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Episode 040: Christian Metal Fantasy Draft 2024 ft. All Consuming Podcast: It's Like Catan!
On this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, we are joined by our good friends Tyler and Gary from All Consuming Podcast for our Second Annual Christian Metal Fantasy Draft! We had to give this fun game another round and a fun spin. Instead of genre based categories, we came up with a variety.…
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Episode 039: Thus Saith The Lord - REFORMED Band Interview (Victor Borba, Tony DiBlasi, Jake Smith)
On this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Chris and Sean sit down with Victor Borba, Jake Smith, and Tony DiBlasi to talk about their band REFORMED. Their newly released EP "Thus Saith The Lord" launched at the tail end of 2023, and has already surpassed 1 million streams. It was also named EP…
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Episode 038: Promise to Live - Kevin Young and Joey West of Disciple
On this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Chris and Sean have the pleasure to chat with Kevin Young (Vocalist) and Joey West (Drummer) of the legendary Christian Hard Rock group, Disciple. We discuss the launch of their latest album, Skeleton Psalms, along with their recent team-up with Heart...
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Episode 037: The Most Overrated / Underrated Albums + Q&A
On this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Chris and Sean have a one on one discussion over YOUR questions! This is the first episode we have dedicated to a Q&A and we love the questions that came in. Let us know if you enjoy this type of episode and hopefully we can do more in the future! In…
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Episode 036: Sand & Cinder, Tide & Tinder - American Arson Band Interview
On this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, we chat with Evan Baker and Jesse Gentry of American Arson. This two-piece rock band on Facedown Records just released their brand new record that is among the best of the year! We talk about Evan's favorite non fruit-bearing deciduous trees, our…
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Episode 035: Lost In Translation - Nick Detty and Steve Cobucci of Wolves At The Gate
On this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Sean and Chris are joined by Nick Detty and Stephen Cobucci of Wolves At The Gate. We chat about the newly released cover album, Lost In Translation, and how the idea of doing the record came from. They share some absolutely crazy travel stories, the...
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Episode 034: Dominion - Leroy Hamp from War Of Ages
In this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Chris and Sean talk to Leroy Hamp, vocalist of the legendary War Of Ages! Many things have gone into making their new record "Dominion" an astounding album, and we hear about the recording process, the artwork, and of course the drumming. Leroy talks...
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Episode 033: Scene News - May, June, July 2023
Once again after another unintentional, extended break, Chris and Sean are back to talk about the releases in the scene spanning the months of May to July! There are so many to cover, and we hope you don't not "hearing" the music in the episode. We do have a list of the artists we covered in this...
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Episode 032: Slow Suicide - Cultist Band Interview
Sean and Chris talk with the newest band, and perhaps most controversial on Facedown Records, Cultist. Their newly released album Slow Suicide is a heavy beatdown metalcore record full of hard truth. We chat about the early days of the band stemming from a solo project, into a full act, and now…
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Episode 031: The Return - With Blood Comes Cleansing Band Interview
Sean and Chris sit down with the forefathers of Christian Deathcore, With Blood Comes Cleansing. We talk about their return to the scene and prepping for their upcoming shows along with their newly released singles. We also hear about how they have remained steadfast in their faith and the…
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Episode 030: SO MANY NEW RELEASES AHH! - Scene News - May 3rd, 2023
We are back for another episode of Scene News! We have way too many releases to cover, so strap in for a long episode. Chris was sick and coughs up a storm. We are approximately 3 weeks late getting this episode out. We hope you enjoy this more light hearted content, discover some new music, and...
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Episode 029: Indwelling - Context Band Interview
In this episode we talk to Jam, Chow, and Kyle of the band Context about their newly released EP "Indwelling". We find out how the band started and their bold approach to ministry in the metal scene likened to former bands such as Sleeping Giant, and For Today. These guys are serious about the...
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Episode 028: The End of Creation Festival - Scene News - April 4th, 2023
We are back for another episode of Scene News. This time we have big headlines. Creation Festival officially shuts down and Filipino Christian band wins competition to earn spot at one of the biggest metal festivals, Wacken Open Air. We realized just after filming we missed some bands with…
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Episode 027: Tongue Tied - Jeremy Schaeffer of Earth Groans
Returning guest Jeremy Schaeffer, creative mastermind behind the Chaotic Hardcore / Metalcore project Earth Groans, sits down with us to talk about their new EP "Tongue Tied" out now via Solid State Records! Jeremy catches us up on the latest big live shows, performing at Christmas Burns Red...
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Episode 026: Christian Metal Album Fantasy Draft 2023 ft. All Consuming Podcast
Last month, we sat down with Gary and Tyler from the All Consuming Podcast and battled it out over a good old fashioned Christian metal fantasy draft. Things got heated almost immediately, and emotions were high. It’s up to you guys to determine who had the best draft. VOTE HERE:...
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Episode 025: KingdomCore Scene News - March 1st, 2023
Welcome to our first ever Scene News episode! In an attempt to bring you all more consistent content in between our band interviews, we wanted to talk about what’s going on in our scene! We hope to record 1 or 2 of these a month and make them much shorter than our interviews. These will be audio...
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Episode 024: Chasm - Then It Ends Band Interview
In this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, we sit down with returning guests Grant Lilly and Dirk Wiese, as well as first time guest Tyler Wright of the metalcore band Then It Ends. Kyle "Flick" Flickinger had joined us but had to run off to save lives as a firefighter right as we started. We…
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Episode 023: HolyName - Tommy Green on the Debut Record and the Eastern Orthodox Church
We’re back with another episode of The KingdomCore Podcast and we sat down with Tommy Green to talk about the new, self-titled HolyName debut! This was a very deep and vulnerable conversation with Tommy and we’re so grateful that he felt comfortable enough to share about his spiritual journey and...
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Episode 022: Our End of 2022 Special with Trevor Tyson
We are so excited to have Trevor Tyson on the podcast this week to laugh, kick back and get totally savage with each other over our Spotify Wraps and Apple Music Replays. Trevor is the host of The Trevor Talks Podcast where he interviews real people, about real topics, and real stories. He also…
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Episode 021: End of the World - James Mead and Jon Micah Sumrall of Kutless
We are back from hiatus with some special guests! James Mead and Jon Micah Sumrall of the legendary Christian Hard Rock band Kutless join us to chat about their new and HEAVY upcoming music, as well as their new podcast "Rock in a Hard Place". We are so stoked to get to know these guys as they…
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Episode 020: Children of the Great Extinction - Becoming The Archetype Band Interview
Jason Wisdom and Seth Hecox join the KingdomCore Podcast to talk about their return and the upcoming release of "Children of the Great Extinction". The band is back after a decade long hiatus, and is as great as ever! We dive into how the scene has changed from when they last released music, the...
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Episode 019: The Solar Paradigm Triunity - Your Hands Write History Band Interview
In this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Sean and Chris chat with vocalist Taylor Bates, and bassist Jobe Fredricksen of the band Your Hands Write History. They go into detail about the creation process behind their new concept record "The Solar Paradigm Triunity" and some of the themes and...
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Episode 018: Punishing Myself Before God Does - Stephen MacConville from Confessions of a Traitor
In this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Sean and Chris sit down with Vocalist: Stephen MacConville of the UK based metalcore band Confessions of a Traitor. The band is gearing up for their label debut called "Punishing Myself Before God Does" on the legendary Facedown Records on September…
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Episode 017: Rhema - Elisha Mullins from War of Ages (A Hill To Die Upon, The Burial, Fleshkiller)
In this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Sean and Chris sit down with Elisha Mullins, an amazing musician who is currently part of War of Ages (A Hill To Die Upon, The Burial, Fleshkiller). The band released their "Rhema" EP in 2021 and we get a few moments to chat about that project and some...
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Episode 016: Solace - Then It Ends Band Interview
In this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Sean and Chris sit down with Grant Lilly and Dirk Wiese of the metalcore band Then It Ends. The band released their "Solace" EP in 2021 and are now gearing up for another new EP "Chasm" later this year. We talk about the inception of the band, coming…
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Episode 015: blurred visions - idle threat Band Interview
In this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Sean and Chris sit down with Ernie Fabian and Justin Jones of the T&N signed band "idle threat." The band released their debut LP "blurred visions" last year, which went on to become KingdomCore's album of the year in 2021. We talk about the inception…
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Episode 014: Pain Split - Plead the Widow's Cause Band Interview
In this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Sean and Chris sit down with all five members of Plead the Widow's Cause. These guys are one of the newest bands on the scene with their debut EP "Pain Split" and as we mention in the episode, it is an absolutely stellar introduction. We get into some…
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Episode 013: Hellbent - Brook Reeves of Impending Doom
In this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Sean and Chris chat with the legendary Brook Reeves of Impending Doom. We dive into the Hellbent EP as well as the history of how the band came to be. Also some tangents on carnivorism, and being a positive reflection of Christ in dark places. Please...
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Episode 012: Gary Erickson and Tyler Hogg of All Consuming Podcast
In this episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Sean and Chris sit down with Gary Erickson and Tyler Hogg, the hosts of All Consuming Podcast. These best friends met in College and quickly connected over their passion for the great music in the Christian metal scene, leading to many years of…
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Episode 011: Eulogies - Steve Cobucci of Wolves At The Gate
In the next episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Sean and Chris sit down with Clean vocalist, and Guitarist of the legendary Wolves At The Gate, Stephen Cobucci. We chat about the upcoming, 5th studio album "Eulogies" releasing on March 11th. Don't worry, we remain fairly spoiler free, as we want...
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Episode 010: Funeral Psalms - Austin Visser of The Undertaking!
We are back for the first time in 2022 and the first episode of Season 2. Sean and Chris sit down with Austin Visser, the vocalist and frontman of the recently signed Solid State Records band "The Undertaking!". We talk about the band's debut LP "Funeral Psalms" and how Austin balances Church…
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Episode 009: Pyvott With Brian ‘Head’ Welch (Korn, Love and Death) And Tommy Green (Holyname, Sleeping Giant)
It's the ninth episode of The KingdomCore Podcast and the final episode of 2021! We got to sit down with BOTH Brian 'Head' Welch of Korn and Love and Death, as well as the legendary Tommy Green of HolyName and formerly of Sleeping Giant. We talk about the new social media platform Pyvott, and why...
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Episode 008: HEVEL - Bloodlines Band Interview
In the eighth episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, we sit down with Aldo, Daniel, and Matthew from the new Facedown band, Bloodlines! In this interview, we chat about Bloodlines' new EP "HEVEL." The meaning behind the name, getting signed to Facedown, and much more! We unfortunately lost some...
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Episode 007: Melancholy Machines - Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy (ex-Becoming the Archetype)
In the seventh episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, we talk with Jason Wisdom, vocalist of Death Therapy and formerly of Becoming the Archetype and Solamors. In this interview, we chat about Death Therapy's new record "Melancholy Machines" and the process of making the switch from Solid State to…
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Episode 006: The Fire Itself - Sean McCulloch of Phinehas
In the sixth episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, we talk with Sean McCulloch, vocalist of Phinehas. In this interview, we chatted about their new record "The Fire Itself," and what the writing and recording processes were like during the pandemic. Throughout the episode, we took a deep dive into...
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Episode 005: In Those Days & Also After - Meadows Band Interview
In the fifth episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, we sit down with all the members of Meadows, the latest Facedown Records Signees. We have a fun conversation filled with many great topics including a behind the scenes look of their new album "In Those Days & Also After" as well as some of their...
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Episode 004: The Body - Jeremy Schaeffer of Earth Groans
In the fourth episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, we sit down with Jeremy Schaeffer of Earth Groans and talk about the new EP "The Body," as well as getting back on tour, and the future of the band. Please leave a rating or review where you listen to help the podcast grow. Consider joining our...
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Episode 003: The Best Year in Christian Rock and Metal?
In the third episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Christopher Adam and Sean Ely chat about what they consider to be the best year in the history of Christian Rock and Metal. Do you agree with them? If you could pick your favorite year, what would it be and why? In this episode we also announce the...
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Episode 002: I Won't Survive - Mike Felker of Convictions
In the second episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Christopher Adam and Sean Ely sit down and chat with Mike Felker, the lead vocalist of the Metalcore band Convictions. Mike gives some background on his upbringing, coming to faith and eventual joining of the band Convictions. As well as a more in...
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Episode 001: Getting to Know the Hosts
In this pilot episode of The KingdomCore Podcast, Christopher Adam and Sean Ely introduce themselves and their ministries. Your hosts also chat about what the future of this podcast will look like, how they got into the heavy music scene, and their top 3 favorite bands of all time. This is just…
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The KingdomCore Podcast is a place for those who love Jesus and who love metal music to come and listen to insight about music and the scene from the bands themselves.
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Christopher Adam and Sean Ely
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