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Mandatory Music

Michael Heide and Sebastian Kwapich

Welcome to Mandatory Music! A podcast about the craft of music.Join Mike and Sebastian as they unravel the depths of song writing, musicianship and great artists. Each season centres on one particular band, with a deep dive into specific songs that delve into their creation, sound and complexity. It is within song and harmony, melody and rhythm that our emotional heartbeat echos.It has been said that "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination,

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27:09

Sleep Token V: The Summoning

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2024/07/25

Like the show? Hate the show? send us a textWe are back with the last of our Sleep Token tunes, The Summoning. This is definitely the most popular song by this band that we have done to date and we are excited that this conjuring of a song has evoked many flavours for us. What does the mystery that is Sleep Token have for us…Mandatory Music is proudly hosted and produced by Michael Heide and Sebastian KwapichContact Mandatory Music:email us at mandatorymusicshow@gmail.comfind us on Facebook s...

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Sleep Token IV: Alkaline

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2024/07/18

Like the show? Hate the show? send us a textWe are back with the fourth instalment of our Sleep Token series. This week we explore the captivating track "Alkaline" from their Sophomore album, This place will become your tomb, and uncover its hidden meanings.Mandatory Music is proudly hosted and produced by Michael Heide and Sebastian KwapichContact Mandatory Music:email us at mandatorymusicshow@gmail.comfind us on Facebook search mandatory musicInstagram: mandatory_music1Thanks for list...

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Sleep Token III: The Offering

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2024/07/09

Like the show? Hate the show? send us a textWelcome back to Mandatory Music as we continue our journey through the realm of Sleep Token. The Offering is the most listened to song off their first full length studio album, Sundowning. What dark choral worship music are we going to unlock on this episode as we walk with the deity of sleep through the lands of mystery and slumber?Mandatory Music is proudly hosted and produced by Michael Heide and Sebastian KwapichContact Mandatory Music:email us ...

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Sleep Token II: Granite

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2024/07/02

Like the show? Hate the show? send us a textMandatory Music has returned with another Sleep Token track, that may or may not be about rocks…Granite. Join us as we explore more of this the not-metal, not-pop band, not-alternative, not R&B…actually what is Sleep Token. Come help us fine out.Mandatory Music is proudly hosted and produced by Michael Heide and Sebastian KwapichContact Mandatory Music:email us at mandatorymusicshow@gmail.comfind us on Facebook search mandatory musicInstagram: m...

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Sleep Token I: Take Me Back to Eden

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2024/06/25

Like the show? Hate the show? send us a textMichael and Sebastian are back after a little hiatus to bring you a real raw and blind reaction to a band that has haunted the reaction channels of everyone, Sleep Token. Sometimes beauty and magic come from the most mysterious and unknown places, so step into the garden with us as we unravel this enigmatic band. We do not have any notion of what to expect but our minds are open and our hearts beat with excitement.Mandatory Music is proudly hosted a...

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Episode 13: Luck.Runs.Out.

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2024/06/06

Like the show? Hate the show? send us a textWe are back with All Nightmare Long from Metallica’s super compressed album Death Magnetic. Do you like palm muting? Good, because this Lovecraft inspired song pulls from a short story called" The Hounds of Tindalos" and it takes us back to Metallica’s roots. The sound and thrash are back, this tune carries an aggression and power that has been missing from the band for many, many years.Mandatory Music is proudly hosted and produced by Michael...

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Episode 12: Inamorata

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2024/05/29

Like the show? Hate the show? send us a textMandatory Music is back with Metallica’s longest song from 72 seasons, Inamorata. A unique song that offers interesting and doom like flavors, this masterpiece of song writing takes James voice to places of tenderness and sorrow, of regret and pain. Come join us as we unravel the riffs and tones that make up what could very well be Metallica’s last song ever written….or is it.Mandatory Music is proudly hosted and produced by Michael Heide and Sebast...

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Episode 11: Hello Darkness

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2024/05/25

Send us a Text Message.This week on Mandatory Music, Mike and Seb are doing the longest song off of the Hardwired album, Halo on Fire. We all go through life, ripe with situations full of temptations and bad decisions, some lead us to danger and darkness or to sorrow or sadness. We are all human in the end and we try to make the correct choice in our lives but sometimes those choices engulf us in our own flames of regret. Come explore this masterpiece of a song that tackles these themes.Manda...

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Episode 10: Fade to Black

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2024/05/12

Send us a Text Message.Welcome back to Mandatory Music. Join us as we explore Metallica’s first ever ballad from the Ride the Lightning album, Fade to Black. This set the standard that Metallica was not just a trash band and showed their audience what was possible within the song writing talent of the band. Emerging from James' depression and sorrow, it is often said that artists draw from their soul the inspiration for their art and the fuel for greatest sometimes may come from the darkness ...

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Episode 9: I am the Blood, I am Release

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2024/05/04

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Episode 8: Ominous, I'm in Us

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2024/04/26

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The Flesh Betrays the Flesh

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2024/04/19

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Episode 6: Kashmir of the 90's

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2024/04/14

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Episode 5: Obey your Master

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2024/04/07

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Episode 4: Soothing Voices

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2024/03/31

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32:49

Episode 3: Death and Deliverance

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2024/03/24

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39:11

Episode 2

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2024/03/15

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29:09

Episode "One"

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2024/03/10

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27:44

Episode Zero: The Intro

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2024/03/04

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