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Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music

Chord Progression Podcast

The podcast Rolling Stone said "initiates profound discussions with rock and metal artists, allowing fans to discover the creative workflow of their favorite musicians and understand the factors that make the bands succeed or fall from fame." https://tinyurl.com/rollingstonecppod Kevin AKA the moshing mad man who isn’t tame or timid, derives his non-stop energy from rock & metal music. But that wasn’t the case in 2017, when he was depressed and almost ended his life, with music being one of his

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55:14

Meet dead7: The St. Louis Metalcore Band Showing You...

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2025/07/10

At one point in time, every band has had a dream to be signed to a great label and to release a debut album to show that their creative endeavors are both worth it and their new way of life. But the questions for so many that want to acheive that remain the same. How do we get signed? What do you have to do to release a debut album? How do you make your sound unique?Well we aim to get those answers with a band that not only is living that right now, but thriving in that situation overall. And with a

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58:49

How Calva Louise Beat the Odds & Made the Most...

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2025/07/08

Calva Louise is a complete enigma of a band that you will ever find. 3 band members from different corners of the globe somehow came together at the right time to achieve their dreams with their own style of music. Only problem is… it seemed like the world was against them.From living with nuns, couch surfing for years in London, working odd jobs just to get by, the world seemed to always say no to Calva Louise. But they never said no to themselves, always finding a way around every challenge in

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54:24

Inside TSS’s (The Sunday Sadness) New Album 'End of...

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2025/06/26

Over the past 5 years, we have seen the French metal scene begin to really grow in relevance. We have seen Gojira explode in popularity thanks to their performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Novelists get big with Camille taking over vocals, Landmvrks headlining a tour in the USA, & Resolve growing as well. So... who is next?How about a band that never lets one song be like another that they have done? What about a band that never has a set writing process so their music can always be unique

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52:59

How Royale Lynn Blends Country Backgroun & Metal Love...

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2025/06/25

Rock & metal music have been seeing a large amount of artists blending their style with other genres to create a much larger sound and a more expansive idea of what heavy music can be. Some have hit, some need some work, and some really hit.This artist really hit from her music making roots in country, but with her childhood containing some of the best heavy music around, she was bound to blend country and heavy music together. And when bands like Seether, Skillet, Asking Alexandria, and From

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29:43

Why Hot Milk’s New Album 'Corporation P.O.P" Might Be...

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2025/06/24

Hot Milk is an enigma of a band like Sleep Token or Bring Me The Horizon. They are not comfortable being put in a box in regards to their music or their art. No matter what genre or classification you try and put them in, they are going to break it.So with their 4th album on the way, was the band able to continue that goal of making everything their own, never worrying about what anyone else is doing, and challenge themselves to do better than before? Would an album of the year candidate prediction

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59:20

Exploring Deadlands New EP 'Seven' with Kasey Karlsen...

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2025/06/19

We all saw the emergence of Kasey Karlsen as an up-and-coming vocal powerhouse in the metal scene with her covers of Zombified by Falling in Reverse and To The Hellfire by Lorna Shore in early 2022. Since then, she has formed the band Deadlands with longtime friend CJ, to create original music and take their musical journeys to new heights.It is now 2025, and there is new music set to come from the band. But as fans we are wondering about this new music. Is it going to show more range from Kasey? Is

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55:44

Why Mugshot’s New Album 'All The Devils Are Here'...

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2025/06/17

Hardcore music is easily a genre on the rise in the heavy music scene, and in pop culture as well. Alpha Wolf, Kublai Khan TX, and thrown have all made their mark in 2024 becoming mainstays in the heavy music scene. Knocked Loose is the largest band hardcore has ever had, and will not stop growing. So who is next for the genre?How about and band that is releasing their first full album in 9 years? An album where each song has one element that changes itself up ever so slightly, to either make a good

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38:26

Dry Kill Logic Is Back After 20 Years: New Music,...

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2025/06/12

Dry Kill Logic has been away from music for 20 years. After releasing their most recent album back in 2006, the band has released 2 singles between then and now. You would think that a band that hasnt been active for 20 years would make a comeback, and also succeed when fans get a chance to see them live right?Well, with a few festival performances in 2025 and a new song to add to it, the soft launch for the band is here and so far, the reaction has been highly positive. Even for a band that hasn't

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57:31

How Fallujah Wrote Xenotaph: Kyle Breaks Down...

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2025/06/10

Writing a progressive death metal album might not be the easiest thing. But what might even be harder is when you join the band as the vocalist in the middle of the writing process, doing what you can to add your voice to the structure that is already there. That is what happened to Kyle from Fallujah when the band wrote Empyrean in 2022.But now with a new album coming out, Kyle had a chance to be a part of the writing process from the beginning. This led the album to be a lot more special for Kyle,

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28:48

Jacob Charlton of Thornhill talks 'Bodies',...

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2025/06/05

Why has heavy music been on a massive resurrgence in cultural relevance and popularity over the past 5 years? We could easily boil it down to a large number of reasons from changing preferences in the younger generations, to a connection to the culture that was lost previously. But there is one attribute that needs to be consistent in any answer, the music needs to be good and inventive.More and more heavy music artists are creating a sound mixing heavy music with many different other influences,

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49:19

How BSBTV Is Changing Music Discovery on Twitch & How...

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2025/06/03

A large pilar of the Chord Progression Podcast has been to give as many artists in the rock and metal space a chance to be discovered by the largest audience posssible. It is something that helps keep the genre we love alive. And we always are thrilled to see other people and platforms doing the same thing.We have been watching a platform work at this intensly over the past few years as a way to try and bring people to discover new artist in a way that MTV used to, creating an experience and an

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How No Exceptions Landed a Show with Bad Omens |...

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2025/05/29

Everyone knows that is is harder than ever to make it in the music industry as a band in 2025, and the likelihood of it getting any easier is rather grim for the future. With more music readily available on streaming platforms, and with making money in music becoming more difficult, there are less avenues artists can take for them to become successful.We picked up with a band we had on the podcast in December of 2023 to see how they not only have grown over the past year and a half, but also provide

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59:40

Wolves At The Gate's 6th Album Wasteland — Meaning,...

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2025/05/27

3 years ago, Steven from Wolves At The Gate joined us on the Chord Progression Podcast to talk about the band's 5th album, Eulogies, and we dove deep into the album's meaning with faith in the Gospel and pandemic reflections. Now in 2025, there is a new album coming our way from Wolves At The Gate.But for a band releasing their 6th album some questions come to mind. What is the album going to be about? What is going to make this album different from what came before it? And is the sound going to

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Defy the Tyrants Break Down Importance of Song...

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2025/05/22

A hallmark of musicians, bands, and artists getting popular in the 2020's is having a song used for Tik Tok or on Instagram reels. Yes it is great when a piece of a song goes viral on those platforms, but what is the outcome of that? Have we seen more artists find sustained success from those moments, or fail to capture the lightning in a bottle and fall from being viral? History shows, it's the latter.So we wonder, what makes a song, that goes viral on Tik Tok or Instagram Reels, provide long term

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57:53

Senna on Sharptone Records, Creative Freedom & Their...

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2025/05/20

The last time Senna came to the Chord Progression Podcast, they were just starting out on Sharptone records, finally cutting their teeth in the rock music world. Since that time 2 years ago, they have been working hard to become a mainstay in the European metal scene.So what happened over those few years? What is Senna doing now? And what helped them achieve creative success on their upcoming album? Well... it all has to deal with time and putting good out into the world.Marcel & Viktor from the

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55:31

Wounded Touch Interview: How New Album Explores...

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2025/05/15

It is only human that songwriting evolves over time, regardless of the genre. Rock music, metal music, any kind of heavy music really undergoes an evolution in songwriting as life, culture, and history change around us. But it is slow.However, many artsits experienced a massive shift in songwriting style 5 years ago when the Covid-19 pandemic threw the entire world into isolation. So how has songwriting changed because of the pandemic, what are its impacts in 2025, and how have bands gotten better

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33:18

How Novelists is Thriving with New Vocalist Camille &...

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2025/05/13

When any band changes vocalists, naturally fans are going to be rather vocally opinionated regarding the change whether they like it or not. But when that vocalist transition is from a male vocalist to a female vocalist (or vice versa), the opinions and criticisms can be much more striking. So how does that band succeed going forward.This French band experienced just that in 2023, and through a combination of band unity, mental & emotional strength from the new vocalist, and the quality of music

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59:04

Starting Over in Metalcore: Resider's Journey From...

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2025/05/08

There are many musicians out there that start in one sound or genre, and then move to the next. It is not anything uncommon. But one of the hardest decisions artists have to make is if taking a step back from the success you had prior to start something new will lead to greater happiness and success later on.One upcoming band has already discovered this and is here to show you that taking a step back to take 2 steps forward in the end is not as scary as it seems, and could be a great idea for any

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57:55

IV4 on Breaking Into Rock & Metal: Why She Left R&B...

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2025/05/06

Rock and metal music is for everyone, truthfully. It always has been from the authenticity of the sound, to the connection each song has to us, all the way to the impactful live shows that never die in our minds. This authenticity is why many artists gravitate to the genres.There are also artists out there in other genres that grew up loving rock & metal, as well as still loving it to this day. So what should we do as fans when those artists try and find their sound in rock & metal? We do

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54:30

How NERV Became One of the Hardest Working Bands in...

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2025/05/01

Doesn't it seem like NERV is on every tour that you see come to your town in the past few years? Doesn't it seem like they don't slow down and will continue to push forward in order to make their musical dreams come true? It certainly did to us, and we wanted to find out why.Not only did we go forward and find out how they do this, but we also got the background behind their newest EP coming out in May. This is an EP that shows off how their genre-bending style continues to evolve, and the success

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