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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The MetalSucks Podcast #62: Gwar's Brad Roberts...
Brad Roberts and Mike Derks of the mighty Gwar guest this week to talk about the upcoming Dave Brockie Memorial, the Gwar-B-Q and plans for the Gwar Bar in Richmnd, VA. We talk about carrying on in the absence of their fearless leader, what it took to...
78 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #61: Municipal Waste / C...
Phil "Landphil" Hall (Cannabis Corpse, Iron Reagan, Municipal Waste) is our guest this week. The new Cannabis Corpse album is out now and features some great guest appearances from Chris Barnes and Trevor Strnad. We talk about the record, how he...
72 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #60: Misery Index's Mark...
Mark Kloeppel, guitarist and vocalist for Misery Index, guests this week. We discuss how a metal band can make a living these days, whether or not low level bands are touring too much (and if that's ruining things for everyone else), and their...
74 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #59: BTBAM's Dan Briggs
Bass wunderkind Dan Briggs of Between the Buried and Me, Trioscapes and Orbs guests this week on the podcast. We discuss the foundations of his writing techniques, playing with two bands on the same tour, and why the members of BTBAM...
75 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #58: Josh Scogin of '68 ...
Josh Scogin, ex-lead singer for The Chariot and current frontman for '68, is our guest this week. We talk about the demise of The Chariot, leaving Norma Jean, Christianity, labeling metal as "Christian," and Godless takes him to task about curing a...
76 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #57: Special Guest Keith...
Every Time I Die screamer Keith Buckley guests this week on the podcast! We find out about his favorite karaoke song, his cover band, the gauntlet of summer tours, and why ETID's new album, From Parts Unknown, is their best yet. Chuck...
74 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #56: Special Guest Nick ...
This week, guitarist Nick Hipa goes on the record about Tim Lambesis, the demise of As I Lay Dying, and the rise of Wovenwar, his new band with the other former members of AILD. The chat went so long, this episode is pretty much dedicated...
72 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #55: Special Guest Micha...
This week, guest Michael Amott discusses the new Arch Enemy record War Eternal, the transition from vocalist Angela Gossow to Alissa White-Gluz, and his decision not to continue with Carcass after their reunion tour a few years back. Chuck...
68 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #54: Featuring Ice T and...
Ice T is our special guest this week: Axl gets to chat with the actor, rapper and frontman for Bodycount, the latter of whom has . Ice and Axl talk about making the new record, the state of race in metal, working with Jamey Jasta and...
62 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #53: Eddie Hermida of Su...
Herman "Eddie" Hermida, the new lead singer of Suicide Silence, guests this week on the podcast. He talks about the difficulties of coming into the band after the death of Mitch Lucker, his role in taking over the helm, why leaving All Shall Perish...
75 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #52: featuring Axl and V...
We mark a year of podcasting with a double episode! Vince and Axl jump in to tell Chuck and Godless if they get to keep their jobs and discuss . Should a band who has a signature sound experiment? Everyone's got a different opinion on the...
126 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #51: Filmmaker Sam Dunn
Sam Dunn, director, producer, anthropologist and co-owner of Banger Films is our guest this week. He has become the de facto record-keeper for heavy metal, having produced Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, Metal Evolution, Global Metal and more...
77 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #50: Stavros Giannopoulo...
Stavros Giannopoulos of The Atlas Moth guests on this week's episode... and so does his girlfriend, at least for a little bit. Stavros points out the flaws with dating ladies who are into metal, explains how measuring his metal dick is a pain, what it...
80 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #49: Ben Falgoust of Goa...
Ben Falgoust, front-man for the almighty Goatwhore, guests this week after the band's appearance on the Metal Alliance Tour stop in Austin. We talk about the NOLA metal scene, his experience after his debilitating van wreck, Goatwhore's new...
80 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #48: Nergal of Behemoth
Nergal of the mighty Behemoth is our guest this week. Chuck and Godless had the opportunity to have a conversation with the man about his personal life philosophy, where he stands in the world of metal, his role in the band and...
85 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #47: Special Guest Amos ...
Amos Williams, just one of the masterminds behind Tesseract sits down with us before their show in Austin, we talk about how a band can go through four vocalists when they only have two albums, whether or not Ashe O'Hara is the right fit for the band...
71 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #46: Mikael Akerfeldt of...
Opeth mastermind Mikael Akerfeldt guests on this week's podcast to talk about their new album that drops in June, his life, how his kids take to metal and whether or not he is done with "death metal" altogether. Chuck and Godless also...
65 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #45: Steel Panther
Vince and Axl sit down with the spandex-wrapped vessel of hair metal, Steel Panther. They don't get to talk for long, but they don't need much time to make you laugh, and, for that matter, cry. They talk about the new Steel Panther album,...
73 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #44: Howard Jones of Dev...
Howard Jones, ex-Killswitch Engage and current Devil You Know vocalist, is our guest this week. We talk about his bout with depression, his reasons for leaving KSE and his new project, and we generally atempt to psychoanalyze a way too humble...
72 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #43: Trevor Strnad of Th...
Trevor Strnad, lead screamer of the Black Dahlia Murder, is our guest this week. We talk about death metal bands versus scene metal bands, his run-ins with fans about buying albums, what he has tattooed on his ass and what his mom would have named the...
63 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #42: Special Guest Wendy...
Wendy Dio is our guest this week. We talk about Ronnie James Dio's final days and his legacy, their relationship, her mission with the Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund and the new tribute album coming out in April featuring Motorhead,...
69 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #41: Whitechapel's Phil ...
Phil Bozeman of Whitechapel guests on the podcast this week. We talk about Phil's incredibly troubled childhood, from both of his parents dying at a young age to the severe anxiety problems he experiences to this day. Of course we talk about the new...
77 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #40: Torche's Jon Nuñez
Jonathan Nuñez of Torche joins our podcast this week; we talk about the ease of recording in his own home, having Kurt Ballou as the go-to guy for their albums, plans for their next record and which bands reached him at an early...
62 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #39: Special Guests KEN ...
KEN mode brothers Jesse and Shane Matthewson sit in on this episode. We talk about ; the realization that they're both accountants as are their parents, what it's like to put everything on tour in terms of dollars of merch sold, and...
73 min
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The MetalSucks Podcast #38: Special Guest Scott...
Scott Ian drops in for this week's episode to talk about his upcoming Speaking Words tour, crowd funding his new DVD, Anthrax reclaiming their spot on the big four, getting made up as Jack the Ripper for Kirk Hammett's FestEvil and most importantly...
76 min