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Hell Bent For Metal

Hell Bent For Metal

The LGBTQ+ heavy metal podcast. Looking at metal from a queer perspective, and a platform for the LGBTQ+ community within metal. Tom & Matt lead the discussion, opinions, insights, and interviews, and chat about good music. Every Tuesday.

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01:16:54

#45 – Mince With Me In Hell

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/09/15

In a bumper episode, Hell Bent For Metal talks to Andrew O'Neill – comedian, Edinburgh Festival fixture, former Terrorizer columnist, and the creator of the show The History Of Heavy Metal – about their experience of expressing their gender identity in the metal world, and about being an outsider in most rooms they're in. (And Altar Of Plagues. Standard HBFM.)In this week's Camp Classic, the relevance to the queer experience of 'Walk With Me In Hell' by Lamb Of God, and what on earth this has to do

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00:59:24

#44 – Death Metal, And Big Gay Choruses

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2021/09/06

The Night Flight Orchestra (who are very camp) did a video earlier this year which was clearly pro-LGBT+. Which meant Hell Bent For Metal (also camp) had to talk to them. So this week, NFO's David Andersson (also of Soilwork) speaks to Matt about showing your support for the LGBT+ community, embracing the camp, and the joy of a big gay chorus.Vallenfyre's 2011 debut album, A Fragile King, has a special place in Tom's heart thanks to his history with it. And despite knowing precisely what it's about,

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00:48:56

#43 – Roots Glorious Roots

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2021/08/30

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast fondly recalls that time Rammstein's guitarists kissed on stage in Russia, and explains that, coming from that band, and given the location they did it in, this gesture meant more to the hosts than when some other bands have done similar things. And yes, of course they use it as an excuse to talk about the band's infamous phallic foam cannons.The latest classic metal song to be outed as mega gay is 'Roots Bloody Roots', as the Sepultura anthem is this week's Camp

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00:51:51

#42 – I Bedazzled A Bear Once

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2021/08/23

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast fondly recalls Mastodon's 'Bedazzled Fingernails', and why it spoke to our queer side in a brilliant way – even if it recalled some less happy things for one of our hosts.Defunct mathcore project Iwrestledabearonce are hauled out of metal's past, expressly for the purpose of explaining why their name becomes rather suggestive when viewed through the prism of gay slang.Plus this week's entries for the Hate Crew Gaybar jukebox are Primordial Arcana, the new album from

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01:03:44

#41 – Land Of Gender Dysphoria Confusion

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2021/08/17

Shelby Logan Warne, the singer and keyboard player from Kyros, answers questions from the audience about her recent experience of coming out as trans. It's all the questions regular guests would never, ever be asked, but Shelby wanted to.Topics include how the band's audience have dealt with the news, what the experience of realising her identity was like, her experience of coming out as trans in her personal life, and the issues surrounding trans healthcare.Plus Agrypnie's latest album

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01:04:25

#40 – Gazzetta Metallo Italia

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2021/08/09

Tom and Matt answer the questions you always wanted to ask a queer metaller but were afraid to, including whether the homophobia problem in metal is unique to the genre, and what the gay perspective on hair metal is. Which provokes opinions.This week's Camp Classic is 'The Mighty Ride Of The Firelord' by Rhapsody Of Fire, from their 2000 album Dawn Of Victory, back when they were still simply called Rhapsody. This prompts a discussion on cultural differences that influence what is or is not viewed

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01:07:26

#39 – "I'm Banned From Upstate New York Because My...

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/08/02

Tom talks to Abi Vasquez, singer for UK black metallers Underdark, who tells her experience of being out as trans in extreme metal, and how different areas of the scene deal with it differently – and offers some hope for the way metal is headed for the LGBT+ community.Matt chats to Peter Angelo, metalhead, amateur strongman, and comedian, where they also talk about his experiences of being out in the metal scene of New England, and how it's quite different to being out in comedy. He explains how he

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00:59:22

#38 – "Straight Guys Have Told Me I Don't Like Girls,...

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2021/07/26

Tom talks to Annabelle and Alisha from Witch Fever, a majority-queer band who are all women or non-binary people, about LGBT+ spaces in heavy music, providing the representation in the scene they want to see, and poor behaviour they've been on the end of from straight men.Matt explains why 'Shock Me' by Baroness speaks to him as a bi man, and what it has to do with learning to deal with homophobia. Tom finds his own relevance to him finding his identity, and somehow links it to Monty Python. Sort

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00:42:31

#37 – Grand Magus' Massive… Euphemism

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2021/07/19

One of the LGBT+ heavy metal podcast's favourite things in metal is unveiled – that being how many of the lyrics and titles sound euphemistic and/or phallic. Starting with a classic of the genre: Grand Magus' superb 'Like The Oar Strikes The Water'.This week's Camp Classic is 'Altered State – Of Matter – iii. Resist' by TesseracT (and yes, we had to write it down to remember!), and the many queer interpretations both Matt and Tom get from it are discussed. Uniquely, this is a Camp Classic with

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00:59:55

#36 – Dragula Queen Of Darkness

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2021/07/12

El Reeve and Claire Simson are the LGBT+ heavy metal podcast's first guests from a majority-female, majority queer band. The Mountain Caller pair talk about the affirming experience that has been, and whether misogyny or homophobia have been larger presences in their experiences.Tom talks about how a misunderstanding made Rob Zombie's 'Dragula' a source of dread when he was a closeted ball of hormones, as this week's Camp Classic harks back to the late-90s – so naturally there's also mention of what

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01:03:20

#35 – Wake Up Gay

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2021/07/05

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast invites on a straight cis male guest for the first time, in the fascinating form of Chris Harms from industrial metallers Lord Of The Lost. And when he's a vocal ally, and is talking about gender nonconformity, and how he realised he was definitely straight by giving homosexuality a try, it turns out to make a hell of a lot of sense.The risqué queer interpretation of 'Wake Up Dead' is given a thorough seeing-to, as this week's Camp Classic sees the hosts reveal that

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00:53:54

#34 – Kvelertak's Homorotic Horror

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/06/28

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast takes a long, lingering look at the long, lingering close-ups in the video to Kvelertak's breakout video, 'Mjød', and thinks they look more than a lot suggestively homoerotic. Before the horror sequence starts, anyway.A hidden gem from Greek black metal legends Rotting Christ is also looked at to show why it's gloriously, fabulous relevant to us as queers – and may just be perfect for something we've committed to making happen.Plus there's a packed Hate Crew Gaybar, as

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00:50:54

#33 – Diamond In The Scruff

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/06/21

This week on the LGBT+ heavy metal podcast, we celebrate the time Icelandic post-metal cowboys Sólstafir helped queer representation in metal with their video for 'Love Is The Devil (And I Am In Love)'.We also take a good gaze into Deftones' 'Diamond Eyes', and reveal the reason Tom immediately thought it was extremely gay .Plus the additions for the Hate Crew Gaybar jukebox this week are Awakened by Vorvan, and Silver Lake by Esa Holopainen.Somehow this episode also sees discussions of queer

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01:02:44

#32 – Heavy Rucking Metal

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/06/14

Matt talks to Chris Gregory from Belted Sweater, a proudly gay and stylistically unusual project with highly unambiguous lyrics. They chat about why it was so important for the lyrics to be quite so blunt, for the project's style to be what it is, and Chris' concern (or lack thereof) of how the audience might take it.We discuss two very different queer interpretations of Black Sabbath's classic 'Die Young', one very positive, and the other absolutely not. And one of which Tom owes to the Blood & Mud

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00:47:09

#31 – We Don't Belong At Pride

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2021/06/07

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast celebrates Pride month… by explaining why we two metalheads don't feel welcome there, and why being metalheads is a big part of this. We also suggest what we could do to improve this – and accidentally commit to one of those steps.We also take a look at the most famous song from Dimmu Borgir's classic Death Cult Armageddon, the anthemic 'Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse', and why it speaks to us as queers, in this week's Camp Classic feature.Plus All My Dreams Came

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00:56:30

#30 – Why Does Metal Attract So Many Homophobes?

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2021/06/01

Fashionably late, the LGBT+ heavy metal podcast takes a little diversion from the usual format to field your questions, such as just why metal has so many homophobes, how other queers react to finding out we're metallers, and how easy it is for us gays to meet potential partners. We still take our usual visit to the Hate Crew Gaybar though, where Es Grauet by Ungfell and Wretched Abyss by Noctule are added to the jukebox. Oh, and we've got a fairly major announcement about the future of the

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00:59:58

#29 – "Keep Quiet About That Gay Stuff"

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/05/24

Hal Sinden, Talanas frontman and Eulogy Media head, talks to Tom about becoming progressively more overt about his sexuality. He also recalls some of the bad experiences he's had along the way, including when a publicist told him not to discuss "that gay stuff". Tom and Matt also take a look at 'Enchantment', the opening track on Paradise Lost's goth metal classic Draconian Times, about the myriad ways it speaks to us as queers. Plus the HCGB jukebox gets two new additions, in the shape of Ice Fleet

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00:56:24

#28 – In My Kingdom (Violet) Cold

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2021/05/17

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcasts gets emotional as Matt & Tom discuss a brand new statement of support for the LGBT+ community, in the shape of Violet Cold's new album Empire Of Love. The title track from Oceans Of Slumber's album Winter is also revealed to have not one but two separate ways it spoke to us as queers. Plus the Hate Crew Gaybar jukebox this week has three new additions, with Fixation by The Ember, The Ash, The Baring Of Shadows by Kardashev, and Har by Dordeduh all get discussed and

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00:57:24

#27 – Man On Man II: The Happy One

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/05/10

We discuss Man On Man again – but unlike the last time, this one's for positive reasons, as we talk to Roddy Bottum and Joey Holman about their gloriously gay project, and why it matters. Our Camp Classic this week is the time-travelling oddity 'Save Us From Those Who Would Save Us' by Hell (the NWOBHM act Andy Sneap revived) from their 2011 via 1983 album Human Remains. And while this one has wide queer relevance, it's of particular relevant to the experience of one half of the podcast. Plus the

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00:51:34

#26 – Buffy The Vampire SLAY-ER! SLAY-ER!

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/05/03

There's a twist on the LGBT+ metal podcast this week, as having spent ages explaining bits of metal we hear differently because we're queer, this week we're going to talk about something queer we see differently because we're metalheads, starting off with Buffy The Vampire Slayer, with its groundbreaking lesbian representation. This week's Camp Classic sees Tom inevitably talking about Immortal, as 'Damned In Black' gets looked at through gay eyes. Plus the HCGB jukebox gets new additions in the

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