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Heavy Metal Philosophy — 286 episodes
#283: Do We Still Need Journalists In Metal?!
#282: AI Hasn't Ruined How Humanity Works, But It Has Ruined How Computers Do!
#281: Ministry Announces Final Album | How Many Times Have We Heard This?
#280: The Beautiful Death Of Ozzy Osbourne - How Metal Teaches Us to Live
#279: Death Metal Legends Hired To Remake Transformers Movie Soundtrack!
#278: Fake AI Influencers and Industry Plants: We're So Cooked!
#277: Ozzy Endorsed Yungblud But Others HATE Him!?
#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?