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The MetalSucks Podcast

MetalSucks and The Orchard

The official podcast of MetalSucks, featuring Petar Spajic, Brandon Hahn and Jozalyn Sharp. One featured interview each week with a prominent metal musician, and discussion of the latest headlines in metal news. New episodes every Monday morning.

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73:33

#521 - Sam Vallen (Caligula’s Horse)

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2024/01/15

Sam Vallen of Caligula’s Horse joins the podcast this week! We discuss the latest album Charcoal Grace coming out January 26 and how this is the end of the band's longest gap between albums. We also chatted about how they worked through writer’s block, how they stayed genuine to the thematic presence in the new album, and the excitement behind their upcoming North American tour. Well, that and a whole lot more. Petar and Brandon discuss Cannibal Corpse going into the dog collar business, Kerry

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#520 - Johanna Platow Andersson (Lucifer)

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2024/01/08

It's the first MetalSucks Podcast episode of 2024 and we've got the voice of the mighty Lucifer, Johanna Platow Andersson, back on the show! In this episode, we discuss the band's recent tour in the United States with Coven, the cost associated with touring internationally in the current world, and how things may change for US bands touring Europe. We also get down to talking about the writing formula that's worked for Lucifer, how it's been working together with the same lineup over the last few

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117:07

#519 - Best of 2023 (Part 2) Featuring Him (Sermon)

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2023/12/18

It's finally here. The final episode of 2023. As such, we share our top five albums of the year and chat with some of the artists that made them. Misha Manor of Periphery, James McBain of Hellripper, and Him from Sermon all join the podcast. So come on and join us as we countdown what we feel are the five best albums of the year and play some of 2023's most memorable songs in heavy music. Song: Periphery “Atropos” Song: Periphery “Wildfire” Song: Green Lung “Mountain Throne” Song: Green

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160:44

#518 - Best of 2023 (Part 1) Featuring John Dyer...

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2023/12/11

This week we start our two part episode on our favorite 15 albums of 2023, a year that truly delivered the goods when it comes to our favorite genres of music. The episode features in depth interviews with the artists on the albums that moved us like no other, six artists join the podcast this week, and tracks off every record as we count down from number 15 all the way to our number one. Listen and find out what made the cut and maybe even find something amazing you may have missed this

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141:16

#517 - Fans of the Podcast on The MetalSucks Podcast

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2023/12/04

Before we unleash our 15 favorite albums of the year in a two-part episode featuring interviews and music galore, we decided to reach out to the most important part of this show — its fans! Handpicked from email correspondence throughout 2023, our guests this week have a unique and great passion for the music of the year and the scene. First we have the reason that I decided to get the fan’s involved in the show and his name is Chad Pabianek. His email was asking me how I select my favorite

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77:56

#516 - Justin Chancellor and Peter Mohamed (MTVoid)

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2023/11/27

Tool bassist Justin Chancellor and Peter Mohamed of Sweet Noise join our show this week to discuss the second album from their project MTVoid, we discuss returning to the project, the joy of creating music through file sharing, the conceptual team that create the music video for “MaBeLu,” all the collaborators that mad contributions to the songs on the album, the lyrical technique that was used on the record, and why a project like MTVoid is helps Chancellor grow as a bass player. Petar and

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72:36

#515 - Emma Boster (Dying Wish)

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2023/11/20

Dying Wish vocalist Emma Foster is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast. In our chat, we discuss her band’s current North American tour and their second album Symptoms of Survival. Emma also lets us know how the new songs are going over in a live setting, the importance of booking the tour to land at home for Thanksgiving, the challenge of staying healthy while traveling through extreme weather, and some of the challenges of keeping healthy routines on the road. Aside from our music

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#514 - Devin Townsend

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2023/11/13

The great Devin Townsend returns to The MetalSucks Podcast this week, as he celebrates the 25th anniversary re-release of Infinity. In this episode, we discuss topics like how he feels looking back on his music catalog, the science behind releasing singles to the masses, how he defines compromise when it comes to his art, and the conversation he would have with himself 25 years ago. Naturally, the conversation also covers his thoughts and defense of the limits of AI, and some thoughts about how he

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86:06

#513 - Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)

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2023/11/06

Our guest for The MetalSucks Podcast is none other than Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation! During our chat, we discuss the band’s latest album Bleed Out, as well as their decision to release a majority of it in a single format, starting their own label, and some of the roles they’re taking on by releasing the album independently. Sharon also shares details about the time she met Peter Steele of Type O Negative, what it was like releasing the NSFW video for the track “Ritual,” Iron Maiden

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95:40

#512 - Doc Coyle (Bad Wolves, God Forbid, Ex-Man...

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2023/10/30

This week, Doc Coyle is back on the show! During our chat, we discuss all his projects, including the latest opus from Bad Wolves Die About It. We also chat about the vinyl reissue of the classic God Forbid album IV: Constitution of Treason and his voice in the scene with The Ex-Man Podcast. Other topics of discussion include escapism through entertainment and how that can be detrimental if not checked on occasion, our thoughts on having to be more than human as an entertainer to get noticed, and

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73:05

#511 - John Gallagher (Dying Fetus)

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2023/10/23

This week's episode of The MetalSucks Podcast is a special one, as we've got John Gallagher of modern death metal icons Dying Fetus as our guest! In our discussion, we chat about the first week sales success of the band’s latest offering Make Them Beg For Death and the upcoming North American tour. We also discuss how he had to be forced to take guitar lessons by his mother in his youth, the need to keep Dying Fetus' integrity intact with fans, his favorite shirt design through all the years of

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82:35

#510 - Michael C. Hall, Matt Katz-Bohen, Peter...

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2023/10/16

Film, television, stage actor Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under) joins us this week with his bandmates Matt Katz-Bohen and Peter Yanowitz to celebrate their project Princess Goes and the release of their debut album Come Of Age. During our chat, we discussed the band's use of additional instruments that had an impact on the album, the importance of keeping the lyric and chorus writing process mysterious, and what they learn when performing songs live. The conversation also explored what it was

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76:53

#509 - Tommy Victor (Prong)

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2023/10/09

Get them snapping fingers ready, because we got Tommy Victor of Prong on the podcast this week to celebrate the release of State of Emergency. During our chat, we discuss the band's recent push in releasing five albums in five years after taking a creative break. Tommy also riffs on his preference to write everything himself, how his values in life have changed after becoming a father, and his excitement level of playing classic Prong albums in their entirety. We also enter a bit of a philosophical

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81:03

#508 - Josh Scogin (’68)

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2023/10/02

’68 frontman Josh Scogin is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast! We discuss the new album Yes And… that is out right now, including how its title is based on the improv technique and how improv plays a part in the band’s music and live performance. Apart from the new music, we also discuss his preferred method to address confrontation in modern times, how to adapt to conversations where people that you disagree with see you as an enemy, and the problem with presenting facts from unreliable

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#507 - Scott Ian Lewis (Carnifex)

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2023/09/25

Carnifex vocalist Scott Ian Lewis is our guest this week! We discuss their latest album Necromanteum, if he revisits the back catalog on a regular basis, the album fan’s love that he isn’t sold on, the therapy of heavy music for the band and fans, the importance of looking for a deeper meaning in all art, if he feels fan’s are loyal to any streaming services, his thoughts on if film has lost the battle of being art, the honor code bands and fans have in the music industry not reflecting those that

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80:52

#506 - Vidar Landa (Kvelertak)

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2023/09/18

Vidar Landa of the mighty Kvelertak is our guest for this week’s episode of The MetalSucks Podcast! During our chat, we discuss the band’s journey to create their fifth album Endling and go over some of the folklore and stories that inspired the songs — some of which include the celebration that would follow funerals in older times. We also discuss why gathering together is very important for the entire human race, how consuming the same popular media is having a positive effect on society, and why

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44:05

#505.5 - Gina Gleason (Baroness)

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2023/09/16

Gina Gleason of Baroness is our guest on this special half episode! We're here to celebrate yesterday's release of the new Baroness album Stone. During our chat, we also discuss her experience in Philly during last years Super Bowl, the DIY approach they took to create music videos for Stone, and how the creative process can’t benefit from extra time. Our conversation also shifted to her experience changing between creating Gold & Grey compared to Stone, the importance of evolving the sound of a

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77:44

#505 - Corey Taylor (Slipknot)

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2023/09/11

We know you want to know everything he's thinking, so we got the man himself — Corey Taylor is our guest on The MetalSucks Podcast! He's got a new solo album CMF2 coming out this Friday, September 15 and he's gonna tell us all about his growth as a solo artist. During our chat, we discuss his experience writing about his wife and the request she gave him. The conversation also turns to the reason he abandoned social media five years ago and how he's handled it since, and why he feels modern society

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80:03

#504 - Josh Middleton (Sylosis)

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2023/09/04

Josh Middleton from Sylosis is our guest this week! In this episode, we discuss their new album The Sign Of Things To Come, how important album reviews were for him finding albums in his youth, reading album booklets from cover to cover as a fan, how he has grown as a lyricist through the years, and social media being a part of the job for modern artists. We also find out what profession Josh would have chosen if it wasn’t music, the upcoming tour being the first tour Sylosis has done since 2016,

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#503 - Jadran “Conan” Gonzalez (Exmortus)

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2023/08/28

“Conan” Gonzalez of Exmortus is back on the show! We discuss the five year break between records for Exmortus, fighting the depression of being unable to perform shows during the pandemic, finding the new inspiration through that break, being a guitar teacher and the age that he thinks is best to learn the craft, the time needed to be able to play video games, and our thoughts on potential shoe deals for heavy metal bands. Petar and Jozalyn discuss Tim “Ripper” Owens being surprised he wasn’t

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