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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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00:59:08

#25 – British Steal

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/04/26

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast is joined this week by Willow Ryan, guitarist and vocalist from sludgy doom band Body Void. We chat about how the LGBT+-friendly nature of metal spaces varies between online and the real world, and how freeing playing live can be if you're queer. This week's Camp Classic is the Judas Priest anthem 'Living After Midnight', which has some very unsurprising metaphors for queer life – and a surprising link to Grand Theft Auto. Plus the HCGB jukebox has two new additions, in

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01:05:42

#24 – The Faust And The Furious

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2021/04/19

Tom and Matt reluctantly takes on the thorny subject of Bård Eithun, better known as Faust, the former Emperor drummer who murdered a gay man, Magne Andreassen in 1992 – and who has been welcomed back into the fold for a second time. As the Norwegian black metal legends announce Faust's guest appearance for a live stream event, the LGBT+ heavy metal podcast explains why this is such a kick in the teeth for us gays – and what we think the way forward should be. To cheer us up after all that, we swing

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00:57:06

#23 – Flashdance Apocalypse

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2021/04/12

This latest queer view on metal sees Ithaca singer Djamila Azzouz join us for a chat on being a queer woman in heavy metal. We also delve into the unlikely gay meanings we've drawn from Fleshgod Apocalypse's turbobrutally symphonic song, 'The Violation'. And try not to fall out over one of us being less of a fan than the other. Plus there's the usual bickering as Frozen Bloom by Olhava and Lake Drinker by Horndal are the latest albums for the HCGB jukebox. Shockingly, we even managed to keep largely

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01:29:54

Camp Classic Special #1: Sonata Arctica – Larger Than...

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/04/08

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast presents its first special episode, as we go for a deep dive into the queer meanings we take from Sonata Arctica's brilliant 'Larger Than Life'. We tried to cover this in HBFM #19 but had so much to cover, it needed its own epic show to cover all the metaphors for queer life hidden within. (And for the quite epic digressions we manage to veer off into, obviously. The Ian McKellen one is shocking.)

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00:48:35

#22 – Children Of Bodom's Unintentional Gay Slang

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2021/04/05

The latest queer perspective on metal enjoys an unexpected relevance to the LGBT+ community within Leprous, 'From The Flame'. We chortle at the very different meaning of the title of Children Of Bodom's Hatebreeder, should you be familiar with gay slang. Plus Interstice by Knoll and Menschenmühle by Kanonenfieber are the latest albums for the HCGB jukebox. (And yes, of course that means some dreadful mangling of German by Tom.)

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00:55:49

#21 – "When You Go To Download, Do You Open Grindr?"

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2021/03/29

This week on the queer take on metal, guest Scott talks about being a gay metalhead working in the live music industry, and going on Grindr at metal festivals. We explain why 'The End Of Heartache' by Killswitch Engage has a strong gay connotation for one of our hosts. Matt gets technical with Grorr's Ddulden's Last Flight, and Tom goes completely nuts for Maestitium's Tale Of The Endless. Plus we've got your nominations for heavy metal gay icons.

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00:58:26

#20 – Unleashed In The Beast(milk)

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2021/03/22

The increasing openness of Rob Halford is celebrated, and the biggest parallel between the life of the gay man and the metalhead is revealed thanks to Beastmilk's modern classic Climax, on the latest LGBT+ take on heavy metal. Matt and Tom discuss how heavy metal's most prominent gay musician – the Metal God himself, Rob Halford – has got more open and frank in his discussion of his sexuality, and why that is important. We explain why it matters that the LGBT+ community can discuss sex as freely as

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01:09:35

#19 – Pupil Slicer, And Sonata Arctica's Accidental...

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2021/03/15

The frontwoman of one of the hottest new bands in metal talks transphobic media bias, and a power metal epic turns out to be queer metaphor overload, in the latest queer take on metal. Katie Davies from UK mathy grinders Pupil Slicer is the latest voice from those members of the LGBT+ community who make metal happen. She chats to Tom about the band's lyrics, and some of the LGBT+ issues they cover, including the transphobia inherent in much of the current media climate. Matt and Tom also discuss

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00:57:32

#18 – Anaal Nathrakh's Adaam Ant Armograaphy

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2021/03/08

The latest queer take on heavy metal sees Tom and Matt have a look at the time Trivium took a stand on the side of the LGBT+ community, and when grinding black metallers Anaal Nathrakh made us think, "camp". We discuss 'And Sadness Will Sear', the song Trivium wrote about the homophobic murder of Matthew Shepard. We cover what it meant to us, why this was so significant in the timeline of metal bands coming out as allies, and how we feel about the song hearing it now. This week's Camp Classic is the

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00:55:43

#17 – The Queens We Want To Be

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2021/03/01

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast this week is joined by Orion, the vocalist in Ilsa, a Washington, DC-based metal band who've had multiple queer members over the years, and at one stage, were a majority-queer band. Tom talks to Orion about his experience of that, and about hiding queer references in plain sight just like Rob Halford did so well. They also talk about dodging neo-Nazi gangs in the American capital city, the US' problem with violence against transwomen (especially transwomen of colour),

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00:57:48

#16 – Internet Metal's Homophobia Problem

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2021/02/22

Heavy metal on the internet has a homophobia problem. An unpleasant set of examples in the past week force the LGBT+ metal podcast to confront this. Matt and Tom discuss why the homophobic comments below stories involving gay musicians are such a problem, how it makes gay and bi people feel to see these kind of intolerance, and whether this accurately reflects metal culture in general. There's also a dig back into the host's experiences of being visibly LGBT+ within metal, and what needs to be done

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00:55:04

#15 – The Bear On Stage In The Leather Harness

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2021/02/15

Tom chats to CJ, singer in Manchester-based hardcore band Dead Retinas. CJ discusses his experience performing on stage in a leather sex harness, how tolerant metal and hardcore crowds are when really pushed, plus a little more general background about the bear tribe itself. Elsewhere, Iron Maiden's The Wicker Man gets a queer reinterpretation for this week's Camp Classic, where Tom and Matt find a surprising amount of overlap in the common LGBT+ experiences the track evokes. Plus this episode's

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00:58:47

#14 – Oh Those Russian Queens

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2021/02/08

Tom is joined by new permanent co-host Matt for your regular queer visit to the fabulous world of heavy metal. We delve into how one of the most controversial moments of metal's history, Metallica's divisive Reload, to look at it an aspect close to our hearts: quite how unintentionally gay they managed to looked. The week's Camp Classic is one of the greatest ever metal covers of a non-metal song: Turisas' version of Boney M's disco classic, Rasputin. What possible way could we have viewed this from

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02:33:32

#13 – Hell Bent For Riot Act

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/01/29

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast joins forces with alternative music podcast Riot Act for a special expanded crossover episode, as we both try our hands at each others' content. Tom puts Riot Actors Remfry and Steve well out of their comfort zone with a chat about how Rammstein's video for Sonne left him feeling awkward as the only gay boy in the room. There's some new music stylistically unfit for the Hate Crew Gaybar jukebox that Steve and Remfry bring forward, in the shape of the new album from

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00:59:45

#12 – Why Not A Three-Piece Suit For Dying Fetus?

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2021/01/24

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast this week allows the snappiest-dressed man in metal on to guest host this week, as for one week only, Tom allows a straight man into the room – to help us agree how really, really gay some of metal is. Black Sabbath are the latest band to have one of their classics viewed through a queer lens, as Fairies Wear Boots gets the Camp Classic treatment. And we look at where some of black metal legends Satyricon's fashion choices ended up looking both grim and fabulous at the

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00:59:12

#11 – Maynard James Keenan's Marriage Equality Blues

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/01/18

This week on the queer take on metal, a triumphant moment in LGBT+ history is remembered, with a little help from many metal bands, but a lot from Tool's frontman. Plus Cathedral are the latest band to find out one of their songs is camp as a row of tents. OOOOOOH yes, darling. And Clutch and Orange Goblin have records added to the heavy metal gay bar jukebox. Plus it's the close of the opening chapter of Hell Bent For Metal, as we say a farewell. (Oh, and the kitten's back again.)

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00:56:11

#10 – Queer And Loathing In St. Petersburg

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2021/01/11

This week, the queer take on heavy metal speaks to two gay men, both of whom sing in metal bands, to get their perspectives on being out and gay in heavy metal. And they describe very different experiences. First, Benjamin Julian Ganzhorn, vocalist in Danish band Daze Of June, speaks of what a positive experience he's had in metal, even down to showing tour mates what Grindr is really like. Then Ashe O'Hara, formerly singer in British djent pioneers TesseracT, and now singer of Voices From The

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00:58:47

#9 – Between The Balls, The Wall And Me

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2020/12/28

The queer look at heavy metal this week takes in both one of the 21st century's most forward thinking bands, and one of the greats of the classic era. One of Between The Buried And Me's most madcap odysseys gets the Camp Classic treatment, and we discuss what that has to do with one of the key composers of the great American songbook. We also look at how German greats Accept tried to look ultra metal, succeeded, but also ended up with some visuals that we couldn't possibly not misinterpret. Plus

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00:59:59

#8 – The Sniper Of The Trans Community

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2020/12/21

The LGBT+ heavy metal podcast this week is joined by very special guest Mina Caputo from Life Of Agony for an extended discussion of her experiences of being out as trans in rock and metal, and how those experiences influence her creative process. [CW - descriptions of transphobia] We also have the first half of our albums of the year chat, and Joe tries not to cringe at Tom shoehorning Christmas/metal puns in between KoK gags.

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00:59:38

#7 – Ooh-Wah-Ah-Ah-Ah-bsolutely Fabulous

Hell Bent For Metal ·

2020/12/14

The queer take on heavy metal this week takes on an unlikely Camp Classic in the shape of Disturbed. Yes, that Disturbed. David Draiman and co. Really. We're also offered an important perspective on how being trans and gay at metal shows compares to being trans and gay in gay bars. Plus after "agreeing to disagree" on our current favourite music last week, can we find common ground over two 20 Buck Spin releases? And Joe's kitten makes a (probably not) one-off special guest appearance.

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