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#276: I Went To The Most Boujee Venue To See Extreme Metal

#275: Is This Peak Modern Death Doom? | Fires In The Distance Interview

#274: What Happens When Interviews Get Too DEEP?

#273: Jack Osbourne Claps Back At Metal YouTubers?!

#272: The BIG Names Behind King Ultramega's Chris Cornell Tribute!

#271: I Shot The Most Evil Metal Concert Ever & It Proved My Theory True!

#270: Brutal Death Metal Bands Are Selling More Tickets Than Pop Stars?!

#269: Ya'll Ask Me Insightful And Unhinged Questions! 5 Years of HMP!

#268: The Book Of Revelation Is Metal AF & the Biz Is Evil w Spirit Adrift

#267: It’s The UFC’s Fault That Concert Tickets Are Expensive!

#266: When Should Your Favorite Bands Stop Making New Music?

#265: Three Reasons Hardcore Is Popular Now. It's Not Underground Anymore!

#264: The Philosophy of Corrosion of Conformity: Good God/Baad Man w Pepper

#263: French Expert Pairs Whiskey with Extreme Metal Albums!

#262: Live Nation Exposed In Court After Staff Joke About Prices

#261: Wait... There's A Hardcore Scene In Alabama?!

#260: Testament Tell Ozzy/Dio Stories & Debate Free Will

#259: The 4 Worst Types of Metal Fans

#258: The Cheesiest and Most Cringe Bands In Every Metal Sub Genre!

#257: Is Cancel Culture Broken? The Rock Star vs Epstein Paradox

#256: The Five Best New Metal Albums of January 2026!

#255: Megadeth's Final Album Is A Harbinger of The Decline of Heavy Metal

#254: The Real Reason Bandcamp BANNED AI Music But Spotify Doesn't

#253: The Core Kids Are Starting To Agree With Me!?

#252: The Five Best Oddball Albums of 2025!

#251: The Five Best Progressive Metal Albums of 2025!

#250: Ten Best Death Metal Albums of 2025!

#249: The Five Best Black Metal Albums of 2025!

#248: Top 5 Best Thrash Metal Albums of 2025!

#247: The Best Deathcore And Modern Metal Of 2025!

#246: Is Metal Music REALLY Dying?

#245: The Truth About AI Music Topping Charts Nobody Wants To Admit

#244: Unmasked: Which Metal Bands Are Artists And Which Are Frauds?

#243: Agnostic Front Explains The Real History of Hardcore Punk

#242: Why Are Metalheads Hostile Towards Rap?!

#241: A Deep South Asian Metalhead Responds To Andrew Lee on Racism In Metal

#240: One Of The Most Underrated Thrash Bands Is Back After 30 Years!

#239: The Wildest Band Stunt That Paid Off Big Time!

#238: Disney Made A Metal Documentary... And It's Good?!

#237: The Philosophy of Rivers of Nihil: The Work

#236: The Power Of Community: How Metal Scenes Keep Us Sane In Chaos

#235: Igorrr's Amen, The Most Unique & Brutal Metal Album of 2025!

#234: The Truth: Metal Band Earnings Vs Successful YouTubers

#233: Jonny Hawkins Says AI Only Threatens Bad Artists. Is He Right?

#232: Making Appalachian Space Metal While Surviving A Hurricane!

#231: No Gimmicks, No Triggers, No Backing Tracks, Just Metal!

#230: How Can A Metal Band Be This Brutal And This Fun At The Same Time?!

#229: The Osbournes Reality Show Was Metal's Biggest Mistake... Or Was It?

#228: Did Hasbro Really Make a G.I. Joe Metal Band?

#227: Metallica vs The Department of Defense: What Really Happened?

#226: What Black Sabbath's Final Show Really Meant for Heavy Metal History

#225: What's Going On In England? Marilyn Manson Cancelled?

#224: I Met a Guy Who Went to 12 Metallica Shows This Year! How He Did It!

#223: The Philosophy of Cryptopsy: Turning Online Toxicity Into Brutal Art!

#222: Atlanta Disappointed Me During The Metallica Concert!

#221: What's The Best Metalcore Source Now That Nik Nocturnal Is Gone?

#220: The Philosophy of Rivers of Nihil. Work, Morality, and Anti-War.

#219: Why Do Metal Bands Love Nietzsche? MySpace Deathcore and Nihilism!

#218: The Philosophy Of Sleep Token Part 2: The Consequences of Obsession

#217: Is Behemoth Done With High Art Black Metal?

#216: How The AI Debate Is Like Abortion

#215: Does Being Alternative Ever Become Normal? Wednesday 13 On Horror!

#214: Metalhead Philosophy Professor Says Negative Emotions Are Good!

#213: Can Anyone Really Be A Hero or Villain If We Have No Free Will?

#212: What Is Formless Black Metal?!

#211: 5 TOXIC Band Mates Who RUINED Their Groups

#210: Is the Music Industry Now Driven by Viral Memes?

#209: Investigating Brent Hinds' Exit from Mastodon

#208: Bringing Black Metal Into The Light: Dawn of Ouroboros Goes Jazz!

#207: What Made Pantera's Frontman Go Full Black Metal? Scour Answers!

#206: Why Did Spawn of Possession Change Their Name to Retromorphosis?!

#205b: Black Metal Legend Speaks on Recent Political Chaos! Part 2

#205a: Black Metal Legend Speaks on Recent Political Chaos! Part 1

#204: The Truth About Gatekeeping in Metal: It’s a Myth!

#203: You're Remembering St. Anger Wrong

#202: What Is Post-Black Metal?

#201: The Funniest and Weirdest Moments In Rock and Metal 2024!

#200: My Ten Favorite Oddball Metal Albums of 2024!

#199: The Best Progressive Metal Albums of 2024: My Top 10 Picks!

#198: The Best Death Metal Albums Of The Year 2024!

#197: The Ten Best Black Metal Albums of 2024!

#196: Top 5 Best Thrash Metal Albums of 2024!

#195: November 2024's Ten Best Metal Albums!

#194: Irish Black Metal Singer Asks Me About American Culture & Politics

#193: Defeated Sanity Make Me Question Time and Linear Thinking.

#192: Two Diverse Masterpiece Albums In A Year! Thy Catafalque Interview!

#191: Sabrina From Seven Kingdoms Teaches Me About Power Metal

#190: Unbelievable! Capturing Opeth's Most Epic Live Performance Ever!

#189: How Modern Deathcore Has Become Like Fitness Instagram and Glam Metal!

#188: Does Listening To Metal Make Us Tough?

#187: The Culture War Is Ruining Metal!

#186: Countries Where Extreme Heavy Metal is Banned!

#185: When Bands Change Singers: What Makes Success Stories or Epic Fails?

#184: The AI Scam That's Robbing Every Major Metal Band – Even the Legends!

#183: Oceans of Slumber: The Struggles of Being a Metalhead in the South!

#182: Judas Was The Victim?! God Dethroned Speak From Judas' Perspective!

#181: One Of My Guests Was Arrested For A Violent Rampage!

#180: Are There Really Only Three Genres of Heavy Metal? Let's Find Out!

#179: All Opeth Albums Ranked Including The Last Will and Testament!

#178: I Got The New Opeth Album Early! My Preview and First Impressions!

#177: 5 Reasons Gojira's Olympic Show Won't Get Metallica To The Super Bowl

#176: I Didn't Know About Atlanta's Underground Metal Scene!?

#175: Ultimate Reactception! Become the Knight vs Fantano vs Rick Beato!

#174: I Photographed The Best Tech-Death Tour Of The Year!

#173: Why Is Death Metal and Hardcore Rising Again? Tombstoner Explains!

#172: Reacting to Nik Nocturnal's Opinions on Metal in 2024

#171: Stuck in the Past? Philosophers Discuss Metal's Nostalgia Obsession!

#170: How Metallica and Star Wars Fans Are Alike!

#169: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Thinks Making Music is Free!

#168: A Death Metal Fan Discovers Bad Omens

#167: Rotting Christ Has Reached Their Final Form! Pro Xristou Preview.

#166: Insanity Alert! The Philosophy of Thrash Metal Hedonism.

#165: 5 Reasons Behind The Knocked Loose Meteoric Rise!

#164: Metalcore vs Death: A Tale of Two Different Concerts.

#163: Where Do Punk and Metal Stand Today? Black Tusk Give A Way Forward!

#162: Folterkammer: Operatic Black Metal Music About Dominatrix Women!

#161: Is Listening to Only Heavy Metal Healthy?

#160: Has Ingested Gone Full Deathcore On Their New Album?

#159: Death Metal Fan Discovers Metalcore: Boundaries and While She Sleeps

#158: Historian Death Metal Band Teaches Me Surprising Facts About Medieval Torture!

#157: What To Do When You Hate The Opening Band?

#156: Don't Judge a Black Metal Band's Music By Their Looks!

#155: AI Album Art is Bad, But What I've Learned About AI Is Even Worse!

#154: Job For A Cowboy Achieve Epic Comeback: A Deep Dive into Moon Healer!

#153: Terence McKenna Inspired Band, Profiler's Nu-Metal Album About Truth!

#152: Facing Certain Death: A Philosophical Perspective - Exocrine Interview

#151: How Alice in Chains & 90s Grunge Inspired Metallica Load & Reload!

#150: Sleep Token vs Five Finger Death Punch: David Burke's Analysis!

#149: How To Get a Second Chance in Music, Lions At the Gate Interview!

#148: "Who Would Win in a Fight, Nietzsche or Kant?" Q&A Episode!

#147: Cancer Christ: Blasphemer or Christian Revolutionary? My Interview!

#146: Looking Back at 2023, A Weird Year in Metal!

#145: Top 5 Extreme Metal Albums of the Year 2023!

#144: 2023's Black Metal Scene: The 5 Best Albums of the Year!

#143: Unveiling the Top 5 Progressive Metal Albums of 2023: A Deep Dive

#142: 2023's Death Metal Scene: The 10 Albums You Can't Miss!

#141: Discover the 5 Best Thrash Metal Albums of 2023!

#140: Deep Research Into Why Slipknot Fired Jay Weinberg + New Drummer Rumor

#139: The Philosophy of Metallica The Black Album: Anguish, Rage, & Profit

#138: I Love Atlanta! Cannibal Corpse & Mayhem Bring Out the Freaks!

#137: Joy & Disaster After Wolves in the Throne Room, Blackbraid, & Gaerea

#136: Massive Tour! Lacuna Coil, Fear Factory, and Lions at the Gate!

#135: Sarah King Breaks Down Money She Makes On Tour, Merch Cuts, Live Nation

#134: Overthrow Has One of the Heaviest Songs on My Playlist

#133: Beaver Mosh: Christian Childhood, Extreme Metal, Identity & Free Will

#132: Cavalera & Exhumed: A Blood Soaked Metal Show Like No Other!

#131: How Is Cannibal Corpse Still Brutal At This Age? Chaos Horrific!

#130: Baroness Stone: New Sound in Contrast to Gold and Grey!

#129: The Most Unique Metal Live Show. Baby Metal and Dethklok!

#128: Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar Honest Spoiler Free Review

#127: Unleashing the Beast: An Exclusive Interview with Exmortus!

#126: They Might Be the Weirdest Band in Death Metal! Horrendous Interview.

#125: Why Amon Amarth Will Go to Hel Not Valhalla. Heidrun Video Analysis

#124: Amazing Guitar with One Drawback! Jericho Fusion 7 Ignition Review

#123: Five Reasons Why Sevendust is the Best Nu-Metal Band

#122: What Finn Mckenty Got Right, Versus What He Got Wrong on Metal

#121: How to Enjoy Extreme Metal; My Top 5 Gateway Bands

#120: Is Nita Strauss the Last Guitar Hero?

#119: This Awful Metallica Lyric is My Worst Philosophy Pet Peeve!

#118: Vexed Might Be the Next Big Female Fronted Extreme Metal Band

#117: Three Famous Dads of Heavy Metal: What We Can Learn From Them

#116: Why Does So Much Great Goth Rock Come from Finland?

#115: Avenged Sevenfold New Album: Their Growth Led Here!

#114: Why All Rap Metal Bands Are Terrible, Except This One!

#113: The Philosophy of Sleep Token: The Big Trick They Pulled!

#112: Mega Monsters Tour! Mastodon, Gojira & Lorna Shore Live Show Review

#111: How Did Currents & other Metalcore bands Get Huge Without Us Knowing?

#110: If You Love Young Metallica and Slayer, You Need to Hear Enforced!

#109: A New and Better Way To Judge Metallica 72 Seasons

#108: Two Major Corporations Tried to Keep Me From My Dream Guitar!

#107: How Opeth's Blackwater Park Changed My Life, The Best Gateway Album!

#106: The Philosophy of Metallica. The Truth about ...And Justice for All.

#105: 1st Concert Pics, Rotting Christ, Carach Angren, UADA, & Gaerea

#104: Black Metal vs Death Metal. Which is Heaviest? Which is Better?

#103: New Metallica Single, Gojira Merch Prices, & Huge Show Update!

#102: Meet Fae, the Death Metal Mum!

#101: Metallica Piano Covers Reveal What's Missing in Their New Music

#100: I Want to Fight Ronnie Radke! - Heavy Metal Philosophy Episode 100!!

#99: Lindsay the Amazing Metal-head Historian You Need to Know!

#98: Why You Should Ignore Music Critics, HINT: It's Not Due to Opinion

#97: The New Metallica Single Worries Me About the New Album 72 Seasons.

#96: 8 Things I Love and 8 Things I Hate About Modern Metalcore

#95: Meet The Best Six Female Death Metal Vocalists You Should Know!

#94: The Hidden Philosophy in Metallica's Legendary Master of Puppets

#93: Metal Coming in 2023 to get Excited About!

#92: Looking Back at 2022. Crazy Year in Metal History!

#91: Bonus Episode! Mos Generator on Valuing Time and Changes in Rock.

#90: Crowd Sings Christmas Song in Cannibal Corpse Pit + Show Review

#89: Metal Album of the Year! Top 10 Best 2022

#88: Top 5 Best Gift Buying Guide for Metal Fans, Number 3 is Practical!

#87: An Epic Fantasy World w Thrash Metal Music? High Command Interview

#86: He Wrote the Book on Death Metal, a fun Tom Coles Interview!

#85: Is Dream Unending The Most Positive Band in Doom Metal?

#84: Deron Miller Doing It Better This Time! 96 Bitter Beings Interview

#83: What is Cinemacore? The Gloom in the Corner Story Time.

#82: Rivers of Nihil Concert Could've Been Bad, Instead it was Amazing!

#81: Lamb of God Overcame Their Only Weakness. Omens Review

#80: Should Legendary Bands Stop Making New Albums and Only Tour?

#79: Metal-heads Keep Sending Pics of Their Wives & It's So Wholesome!

#78: Shadows Fall and Anthrax Lead Guitarist Launches New Band. Does it Rock?

#77: How I Left Christianity and Got Into Extreme Metal.

#76: The Best Fallujah Album? Empyrean Review & Interview w Scott Carstairs!

#75: I'm Anxious. Will the New Behemoth Album Be Good?

#74: Is it Unfair to Compare New Albums to Old Legendary Records?

#73: Why Does Spotify Censor Metal Album Art But Not Podcasts?

#72: Did Deceivers Win Me Back on Alissa Era Arch Enemy?

#71: How Are Some Metal Bands Still Brutal When They're Old?

#70: Christian Listens to Black Metal, Funny Advice from Satanic Magician?

#69: When Solar Goes Wrong, Can I Get Help Out Here?

#68: Is The Pantera "Reunion" Moral? Comparing Other Bands for Truth.

#67: The Metallica Stranger Things "Controversy" Reveals Truth About Society

#66: The Philosophy of Gojira; Examining Tera Icognita

#65: Going From Metal Head Philosopher to Horror Movie Actor?

#64: The Top 3 Best Next Generation Death Metal Bands 2022

#63: Why Do Metal Bands Love Dark Souls Games?

#62: Getting Online Harassment or Bullying on Social Media? Here's The Truth and Strategy.

#61: Uvalde Failure, Has This Taught Us The Truth About Police?

#60: Will This Album Solidify Septicflesh As An All Time Great Band? Modern Primitive Review.

#59: What's Missing In The Argument About Cancel Culture, Behemoth vs Decapitated.

#58: I Saw Deftones After A Death Metal Show. I Never Expected The People.

#57: How Can Rammstein Not Be Metal? + 1 Year Anniversary Episode

#56: Are Diverse Concerts Better? Behemoth, Arch Enemy, Napalm Death Concert Review

#55: Machine Gun Kelly More Popular Than Meshuggah? What That Says About Us.

#54b: An A-Religious Chaplain In Spiritual Service to Metal Heads? Pt. 2 (James Clarke Interview)

#54a: An A-Religious Chaplain In Spiritual Service to Metal Heads? Pt. 1 (James Clarke Interview)

#53: Would You Tour With A Murderer? As I Lay Dying Tour Announcement.

#52: Meshuggah's Best Album But Not My Favorite. Immutable Review.

#51: Horror Movies and Death Metal, Rob Mello & Rebecca Rinehart Interview

#50: Why Do Metalheads Love Lovecraftian, Eldritch, Cosmic Horror?

#49: Ghost Splits The Metal Community? Tobias Forge Hates New Metal?

#48b: The Philosopher of Death, Is All Metal Music Existentialism? Part 2 (David Burke Interview)

#48a: The Philosopher of Death, Is All Metal Music Existentialism? Part 1(David Burke Interview)

#47: How Do You Make Content When You're Worried About World War 3?

#46: Is Gatekeeping Good Actually?

#45: Even If You Don't Like It, You Need To Listen To Zeal and Ardor! (Album Review)

#44: College Professor Argues in Favor of Pedophilia. My Rebuttal.

#43: Ex-Cannibal Corpse Singer Hates New Death Metal?

#42: Is Rock Dead? Nik Nocturnal Response.

#41: Fit For An Autopsy Oh What The Future Holds Review

#40: Will the Metaverse Become The Matrix?

#39: Life and Death, My New Year Plans.

#38: The Philosophy of The Matrix Resurrections. (Spoilers)

#37: The Matrix Resurrections Movie Review (Spoiler Free)

#36: Simulation Theory and My Expectations For The Matrix Resurrections

#35: Album of the Year 2021 and Riff of the Year!

#34: Living Life with Chronic Pain

#033: Mastodon and Opeth Concert Review

#032: Gratitude Saved Me. Happy Thanksgiving!

#031: Brass Against Should Not Have Apologized For The Pee Pee Incident

#030: A Metalhead Where He Doesn't Belong

#029: Mastodon Hushed and Grim Review

#028: The Philosophy of Metallica: Part 1 Ride the Lightning

#027: Are Comedians Today's Philosophers? Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr Review

#026: When To Make a Change

#025: The Art Of The Murder Ballad w Guest Sarah King

#024: Rivers of Nihil The Work Review and Response to Twitter's Critiques.

#023: Death of Friend

#022: Sub Plots In The Matrix That I Hope Are In Matrix 4.

#021: Why Work? What Is The Value of Work?

#020: Jinjer Wallflowers and Hooded Menace The Tritonus Bell Review

#019: What No One Is Saying About Afghanistan

#018: The Philosophy and Ethics of Hunting with guest Dr. Gray Barbas

#017: How Two Stories About Reputation and One Opeth Album Prove There's No Free Will and Only Luck.

#016: The Best Week in Metal

#015: How to Be Lucky

#014: The Last Filler Episode (Short Update on Progress)

#013: This Is A Filler Episode Because I'm Moving

#012: Is Karma Real?

#011: My First Concert Back Since Covid

#010: I Went to Mexico. It Didn't Go As Expected.

#009: What Is The Meaning of Life?

#008: Hedonism While Adulting.

#007: What Memorial Day Means to Me

#006: What Makes A Good Person?

#005: How to Be Positive When The World Sucks.

#004: He Converted to Catholicism as an Adult?

#003: Cannibal Corpse Violence Unimagined Review

#002: Do You Have Free Will? And How to Get More!

#001: What is Heavy Metal Philosophy?