The MetalSucks Podcast
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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Royal Thunder Guitarist Josh Weaver on The Meta...
This week we speak to Josh Weaver from Royal Thunder. We discuss the band's new album Wick, the black metal band he was in with singer Mlny Parsonz prior to Royal Thunder, his passion for hot tubs on the road, the importance of...
64 min
402
Metal Blade Records 35th Anniversary Special fe...
This week we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the legendary Metal Blade Records by talking to three generations of musicians on the label. Our show starts with Joey Vera of Armored Saint and Fates Warning. He talks about the Los Angeles scene...
85 min
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Warbringer's John Kevill on The MetalSucks Podc...
This week we talk with John Kevill of Warbringer. He discusses the long delay between records, the starting-over process that occurred between album cycles and the direction of the latest record Woe to the Vanquished. We also get into his knowledge of...
64 min
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Karl Willets of Memoriam [ex-Bolt Thrower] on T...
This week we have legendary Bolt Thrower vocalist Karl Willetts on the show to discuss his new project Memoriam. We talk about his approach to lyrics on Memoriam's new album For the Fallen, which Bolt Thrower songs they plan on playing live, what...
65 min
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Darkest Hour's Mike Schleibaum on The MetalSuck...
This week we interview Mike Schleibaum from the mighty Darkest Hour. We talk about the new record Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora, what producer Kurt Ballou brought to the table, the crowdfunding campaign behind the record (and how scary it...
73 min
406
Fit For an Autopsy Guitarist / Producer Will Pu...
We talk to producer and Fit For An Autopsy guitarist Will Putney about his band's new record The Great Collapse, his non-traditional role in the band, the writing process for the record and how being a third guitarist makes it less...
66 min
407
Phil "Landphil" Hall of Municipal Waste / Iron ...
This week we talk to Phil “Landphil” Hall from Iron Reagan. In addition to updates on all things Iron Reagen, Cannabis Corpse and Municipal Waste (including Iron Reagan's brand new album Crossover Ministry), he discusses what it’s like...
63 min
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Mina Caputo of Life of Agony on The MetalSucks ...
This week we interview Mina Caputo from Life of Agony. She discusses the last 12 years of LOA, what it's like to be transgender in the hard rock/heavy metal scene and how she believes the band's upcoming release A Place Where There’s...
73 min
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Pallbearer's Brett Campbell and Joseph Rowland ...
This week the boys discuss the need for a Heavy Metal President, and what choices we are stuck with on both sides. We play the mudslinging ads from both parties and we discuss the major platforms for each candidate, their surprise choices for running...
66 min
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Eddie Hermida of Suicide Silence on The MetalSu...
The MetalSucks Podcast returns after a two-month hiatus!  Your new hosts Brandon Hahn and Petar Spajic speak with Suicide Silence vocalist Eddie Hermida, who has a lot to say about all the negative trolls their new material has...
63 min
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The Best of 2016 on The MetalSucks Podcast #173
This week we jump on the bandwagon and present to you our picks for the top metal albums of 2016. Instead of trying to write witty asides for every album -- we’ll leave that to the experts -- we chose to give you an audio rundown of...
101 min
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Dave Stephens of We Came As Romans on The Metal...
Dave Stephens, vocalist for We Came As Romans, guests this week on your favorite metal podcast with an interview outside of their album cycle. We catch Dave and the band right in the middle of working on the follow up to their eponymous...
84 min
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Candiria Guitarist John LaMacchia on The MetalS...
John LaMacchia, guitarist of the reactivated Candiria, guests this week on your favorite metal podcast and we dive deep into the band's new record While They Were Sleeping. In our interview we talk about the many projects he's spearheaded, how...
76 min
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Adam D. of Killswitch Engage and Serpentine Dom...
Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage guests this week on your favorite metal podcast. Of course you know him from KsE, but Adam's latest project takes his immense talents in a completely different direction. Serpentine Dominion is a death metal...
82 min
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Dance Gavin Dance's Jon Mess and Will Swan on T...
Jon Mess and Will Swan of Dance Gavin Dance guest this week on your favorite metal podcast. We talk about how the band is shunned by metal fans and where they believe that comes from, how they have succeeded while so many others have failed,...
69 min
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Jessica Pimentel of Orange is the New Black / A...
This week our guest on your favorite metal podcast is Jessica Pimentel, both a metal musician and star of the hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black. Her career has been taking off with the portrayal of Maria Ruiz on the jailhouse drama, but...
90 min
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Jordan Mancino of Wovenwar on The MetalSucks Po...
Jordan Mancino, drummer for Wovenwar (and ex-As I Lay Dying) guests this week on your favorite metal podcast to talk about the band's new record, Honor is Dead, which is out now. We talked with Jordan about the recent departure of...
83 min
418
Vicky Psarakis of The Agonist on The MetalSucks...
Vicky Psarakis, vocalist of The Agonist, guests on your favorite metal podcast this week, and in our interview we discover a genuine and enthusiastically nice person behind the voice of one of the most exciting bands in metal today. We talk about how...
82 min
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Monte Pittman (Madonna / Prong) on The MetalSuc...
This week on your favorite metal podcast we talk to virtuoso guitarist Monte Pittman, who has played with plenty of non-metal acts like Madonna and Adam Lambert, but also alongside Tommy Victor in Prong. He ha an extensive solo...
82 min
420
Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton Tribute on The M...
The latest episode of your favorite metal podcast is absolutely crucial for every Metallica fan. This week marks the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest losses in metal history, the untimely death of Cliff Burton. We wouldn’t normally...
90 min
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Greg Burgess of Allegaeon on The MetalSucks Pod...
Our guest this week on your favorite metal podcast was suggested to us by none other than Chris Adler of Lamb of God , although we have been fans of Allegaeon for quite a while outside of that endorsement. In our interview with guitarist Greg...
79 min
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#162: Richard Christy of Charred Walls of the D...
You might know Richard Christy as a cast member of The Howard Stern show, but metalheads know him as being a badass drummer with Death, Control Denied, Iced Earth, and now Charred Walls of the Damned. In our in-depth interview we spend a lot of...
87 min
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Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan on The...
The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman guests this week on your favorite metal podcast, and we decided to make this the definitive interview about the impending split of the band. He and drummer Billy Rymer were willing to discuss the...
84 min
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Black Metal Author Dayal Patterson on The Metal...
Author Dayal Patterson guests this week on your favorite metal podcast to give us a lesson in underground black metal; his book Black Metal: The Cult Never Dies Vol I will come out via Decibel press this month (). We wanted to find out more about...
88 min
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Devin Townsend on The MetalSucks Podcast #159
We have wanted to talk to Devin Townsend for quite some time now, and we finally got our chance! He has been a guest on your favorite metal podcast before, but Axl and Vince had the opportunity to do the interview and now we run him through our...
89 min