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Last January one of our listeners, Brandon Archer, indirectly suggested we make another Doom Special, Volume 3 then. Each year, like in other genres, new Doom releases come out, be them Death/Doom, Funeral Doom, Black/Doom, Stoner, Traditional, or otherwise. One band being more obscure than the other. But like always, we try to keep the list varied, or as varied as possible, and so we dug again in our collections to present you 10 bands and tracks. From Argus over Lord Vicar and Morgion and ending with Esoteric, while in between you can check out Aeternum Sacris, Autumnia, Reverend Bizarre, YOB, Pilgrim and Helllight. In these dark, economic and financial times, a bit of Doom may indicate there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Enjoy! Cheers! Hosting: Si Tracklist: Si, Tim, Marcus 01. Argus – The Ladder 02. Aeternum Sacris – Frozen heart 03. Autumnia – In heavens … among the tombs 04. Lord Vicar – Child witness 05. Morgion – The serpentine scrolls / descent to Arawn 06. Reverend Bizarre – For you who walk in the land of shadows 07. Yob – Atma 08. Pilgrim – Quest 09. Helllight – The light that brought darkness 10. Esoteric – Non being Episode 23 – Doom Special Vol. 1 Episode 82 – Doom Special Vol. 2

Obsessed With Metal, pt. 2. The first was done in July last year. See here. As you can imagine, there are countless songs about Metal, hailing the music, the community, and more. And since there are also countless Metalbands, the choices remain legio. This time we selected Saxon, Gamma Ray, Destruction, Venom, Thunderbolt, Tankard, Metalucifer, Sex Machineguns, Vhaldemar and to close off, David Rock Feinstein singing with the late Ronnie James Dio. The musical variety is limited to Heavy, Power and Thrash, but as always, if you know other bands that take on a more extreme approach in this situation, do not hesistate to let us know and perhaps we can them on the next Obsessed With Metal episode. Cheers! Hosting: Kobe Tracklist: Si, Tim, Kobe, Marcus 01. Gamma Ray – Heavy Metal Universe 02. Thunderbolt – Metal Tide 03. Saxon – Heavy Metal Thunder 04. Metalucifer – Heavy Metal Bulldozer 05. Tankard – Metaltometal 06. Destruction – Metal Discharge 07. Sex Machineguns – Heavy Metal Thunder 08. Vhaldemar – Metal Of The World 09. Venom – Black Metal 10. David Rock Feinstein – Metal Will Never Die

Back from Israel. We hope you enjoyed our little episode on that country’s scene. Time now again for another regular episode, featuring bands from various countries. Like Alcest from France, the Viking Metallers Enherjer from Norway, the Canadian Black Metal formation Urheimat, the Stoner band Orange Goblin from Si’s UK. Also from the cold north is Demonic Death Judge, while Ecliptica applied with Power Metal from Austria, as did the Danes from Iron Fire. Especially from the United Arab Emirates we’ve got Death Metal by Nephelium and Japan and the USA sent in Serenity In Murder (Melodic Death Metal) and the Thrashers from Flotsam And Jetsam. Enjoy! Hosting: Si Tracklist: Judit, Si, Tim, Kobe, Marcus 01. Ecliptica – Dreamland 02. Alcest – Faiseurs de Mondes 03. Serenity in Murder – The first frisson in the world 04. Orange Goblin – Return to Mars 05. Nephelium – Merciless annihilation 06. Urheimat – The grotto of the endless moon 07. Flotsam and Jetsam – Better off dead 08. Iron Fire – Enter oblivion OJ-666 09. Einherjer – Atter På Malmtings Blodige Voll 10. Demonic Death Judge – The descent

Time to travel again. Destination: Israel. This was suggested back in December by Shimi Youngester. And who better than our beloved Marcus and Si to compile the playlist? Tune in for an eclectic episode featuring Arafel, Winterhorde, Prey For Nothing, Kna’an, Acropolis, Orphaned Land, Melechesh, Gevolt, Bishop of Hexen and Amaseffer, whose 2nd album is expected, as the first dated from 2008. The buffet ranges from Power Metal over Progressive and Black into Industrial. As usual, if you have knowledge of other Israelian bands that should be heard by all, hesitate not to let us know. Enjoy! Hosting: Kobe Tracklist: Si, Marcus 01. Prey For Nothing – Dead Man’s Dream 02. Acropolis – Divine Cycles 03. Arafel – Sword’s Hymn 04. Orphaned Land – New Jerusalem 05. Gevolt – Tshiribim Tshiribom 06. Winterhorde – Underwatermoon 07. Kna’an – Genesis 08. Melechesh – Sacred Geometry 09. Bishop Of Hexen – Eyes Gaze To A Future Foreseen 10. Amaseffer – Slaves For Life

Winter has surely set in, now that large parts of Europe are having a not so wonderful experience with it (casualties, shelter, accidents, …). But for those unafflicted, there’s not only fire and heating, but also good ol’ Metal to warm those ears, but if your house is too cold consider getting some HVAC from the best contractors, discover here. From the cold north Falconer comes with its Folk-laden Metal. Headless Beast joins us from Germany, Midnight Priest from the suffering Portugal, Al-Namrood from the hot Saudi Arabia, Absurdity from France, Orne and Satyricon also from the cold north (Finland and Norway), Dodecahedron from The Netherlands and Mare Infinitum from the even colder Russia. When all those have played their parts, we’ll play a game called Castlevania. Enjoy! Hosting: Si Tracklist: Si, Kobe, Marcus, Tim, Judit 01. Falconer – Grimborg 02. Headless Beast – Maniac 03. Midnight Priest – À Boleia com o Diabo 04. Al-Namrood – Hayat Al Khlood 05. Absurdity – A Taste Of… 06. Orne – I Was Made Upon Waters 07. Satyricon – The King of the Shadowthrone 08. Dodecahedron – Allfather 09. Mare Infinitum – Beholding the unseen 10. Vomitron – Castlevania

Once upon a time, back in October 2010, one of our listeners going by the name of Rob Ankrom, suggested we make a Goof/Mirth Metal episode. In other words, it doesn’t always have to be serious songs. In Metal you can make a song about anything: love, life, war, peace, politics, fantasy, science fiction, history, death, sickness, happiness and so on. Several bands don’t take themselves too seriously and obviously made some goofy songs. So, in today’s episode, you’ll find Dethklok, Tenacious D, Edguy, Green Jelly, Swine Of Satan, Jaldaboath, Powerwolf, Ten Masked Men, Beatallica and Massacration. Set your worries aside, have a laugh, enjoy the episode and put on those pink glasses. Cheers! Hosting: Polina & Kobe Tracklist: Si, Kobe, Marcus, Tim 01. Ten Masked Men – Blue 02. Beatallica – I Want To Choke Your Band 03. Green Jellö – Misadventures Of Shitman 04. Deathklok – Go Forth And Die 05. Jaldaboath – Bash The Bishop 06. Edguy – Rise Of The Morning Glory 07. Powerwolf – Resurrection By Erection 08. Swine Of Satan – Demonducks 09. Tenacious D – Beelzeboss 10. Massacration – Bad Defecation

And we’re back for another year of qualitative Metal, no matter the style. Well, we haven’t played much Metalcore or some other styles, since we’re either not fond of it or just don’t have enough material or knowledge about it. 2012 is still young, so there aren’t that many releases yet. We’ll play new material along the way, of course. For now, we’ve got Melodic Death from Australia (Red Descending), Doom from Sweden (Isole and Krux) and Finland (Lord Vicar), Heavy Metal from Finland (Battle Beast) and the UK (Sandstone), Death Metal from the USA (Landmine Marathon), Thrash from the USA (Vektor), Avantgarde from France (Wormfood) and Black from Canada (Sorcier des Glaces). Enjoy! Hosting: Si Tracklist: Marcus, Tim, Si 01. Battle Beast – Enter the metal world 02. Red Descending – Reprieve 03. Sandstone – Little forgeries 04. Sorcier des Glaces – Deathlike silence 05. Isole – Black hours 06. Lord Vicar – Sign of Osiris slain 07. Landmine Marathon – Three snake leaves 08. Wormfood – Passage a vide 09. Vektor – Tetrastructural minds 10. Krux – Small deadly curses

2011 is behind us. It has been a marvellous year in terms of releases. Many albums were put out, many new bands made it to the surface and oldies were against present to show that they’re not planning to call it quits at all. Amon Amarth, Stratovarius, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Devin Townsend Project, Mastodon, Esoteric, Powerwolf, Evile, Cynic, Týr, Taake, Nervecell, Insomnium, Hell, Symphony X, Obscura, Krisiun, Wolf and many many… MANY more, too much to name, released new tunes upon us. Each genre had its representers and even we don’t have full knowledge of this. In any case, like before, each members of the TMC crew chose 4 bands – yes, it was hard, we could fill many episodes – that would be (a portion of) our view on the past 12 months. It wouldn’t be the MetalCast if we only played the obvious and the big, now would it? So enjoy this selection and be sure to let us know your favourites of 2011. We can only benefit from this, it’s a win-win for all. Hosting: Polina, Kobe Tracklist: Polina, Judit, Kobe, Marcus, Tim, Si 01. Meadows End – My Demon 02. Almah – Trace Of Trait 03. Fen – The Gibbet Elms 04. Elvenpath – Into The Future 05. Taake – Myr 06. Cynic – Carbon-Based Anatomy 07. Krallice – Inhume 08. Iron Mask – God Puniches, I Kill 09. Hibria – Nonconforming Minds 10. Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Dir Gehört nichts 11. Woods Of Desolation – The Inevitable End 12. Devin Townsend Project – Planet Of The Apes

2011 is behind us. It has been a marvellous year in terms of releases. Many albums were put out, many new bands made it to the surface and oldies were against present to show that they’re not planning to call it quits at all. Amon Amarth, Stratovarius, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Devin Townsend Project, Mastodon, Esoteric, Powerwolf, Evile, Cynic, Týr, Taake, Nervecell, Insomnium, Hell, Symphony X, Obscura, Krisiun, Wolf and many many… MANY more, too much to name, released new tunes upon us. Each genre had its representers and even we don’t have full knowledge of this. In any case, like before, each members of the TMC crew chose 4 bands – yes, it was hard, we could fill many episodes – that would be (a portion of) our view on the past 12 months. It wouldn’t be the MetalCast if we only played the obvious and the big, now would it? So enjoy this selection and be sure to let us know your favourites of 2011. We can only benefit from this, it’s a win-win for all. Hosting: Polina, Kobe Tracklist: Polina, Judit, Kobe, Marcus, Tim, Si 01. Mastodon – Black Tongue 02. Thy Catafalque – Kel Keleti Szél 03. Highland Glory – Temptation Highland 04. Neonfly – A Gift to Remember 05. Dämmerfarben – Graues Land 06. Wolves in the Throne Room – Subterranean Initiation 07. Marche Funèbre – Of Dreams And Vanity 08. Emerald Sun – Holding Out for a Hero 09. Midnight Odyssey – Against the moonlight 10. Shining – In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster 11. Týr – The Lay of Thrym 12. Ancient Bards – Soulless Child

Alrighty, EP 233, the last before we take our annual winter break. We’ve got new Nightwish material, Folk stuff from Germany, Russia and Sweden (Lyriel, Severnye Vrata and Vintersorg), and more. For example, there’s Viikate who play Melodic Heavy Metal with Schlager Influence (talk about originality ), the UK formation Nine Covens delivered some Black Metal at our doorstep, together with their fellow countrymen from The Meads of Asphodel and the Americans from Wolvhammer. Last but not least we have two Avantgarde Metal bands, one from Brazil (Omfalos) and the other all the way from Indonesia (Kekal). Enjoy this last episode of 2011, have a great time during the holidays and may 2012 be, for all of you, a year of positive happenings, excellent health with the tonaki tinnitus protocol products and success in your occupations. Cheers and see you in January 2012! Hosting: Si Tracklist: Polina, Kobe, Marcus, Tim, Si 01. Nightwish – I want my tears back 02. Severnye Vrata – Ravnovesie 03. Lyriel – Paranoid Circus 04. Viikate – Kravattipakko 05. Nine Covens – On the Day of Judgement Part 2: A new light for the earth shall shine 06. Vintersorg – Världsalltets Fanfar 07. The Meads of Asphodel – There’s a god in my gruel 08. Omfalos – Que Bonito és un Entierro (intro) + Drain The Air Out Of My Lungs 09. Wolvhammer – Writhe 10. Kekal – God rest ye merry gentlemen

The days are shorter, the temperatures are lower… frost is setting in. But there’s not only fire to warm you to, we’ve got another load of tunes to warm your ears to. The German Heavy/Power Metal band Iron Savior is back, indeed. The American Progressive band Cynic also released new material recently, as did the Italians from Ancient Bards. Our dear Si found two bands for you extreme Metal lovers: Infestus and Wold. While Marcus added Lantlôs and Thy Catafalque. Judit travelled to Sweden where she found Royal Jester, a new Power Metal formation and last, we have Polina who came back from The Netherlands and Australia with Nemesea and Elm Street. On the menu: Black, Avantgarde, Heavy, Power and Gothic. Enjoy! Hosting: Kobina Tracklist: Polina, Judit, Kobe, Marcus, Tim, Si 01. Ancient Bards – Gates Of Noland 02. Nemesea – Rush 03. Elm Street – Barbed Wire Metal 04. Wold – The Wind Shall Carry Her Message 05. Iron Savior – Starlight 06. Lantlos – Bliss 07. Royal Jester – If You Were Mine 08. Infestus – Down Spiral Depersonification 09. Cynic – Box Up My Bones 10. Thy Catafalque – Fekete Mezok

We can keep this simple. Some time ago we got a suggestion from Blake Porter, one of our listeners: a True Norwegian Black Metal or Pioneers of Black Metal Episode. So, we put our two specialists in those domains to the test and they threw some names and songs on the table in a matter of seconds. So, for all you Black Metallians out there, enjoy this mix of Burzum, Borknagar, Arcturus, Limbonic Art, Covenant, Carpathian Forest, Gehenna, Gorgoroth, Hades and Immortal. A varied list indeed and once again not always the classic names. Cheers! Hosting: Si Tracklist: Si, Marcus 01. Burzum – Dunkelheit 02. Immortal – The sun no longer rises 03. Borknagar – Vintervredets Sjelesagn 04. Gorgoroth – Maneskyggens Slave 05. Arcturus – Fall of man 06. Gehenna – Lord of flies 07. Limbonic Art – Through gleams of death 08. Carpathian Forest – In silence I observe 09. Hades – Awakening of kings 10. Covenant – In times before the light

Days are shorter, temperatures decrease, it’s getting winter soon (still a few weeks away, though). The classical composer Vivaldi wrote symphonies about the four seasons, but the seasons also inspired and continue to inspire many Metal bands, be them Black Metal, Folk Metal, Power Metal, Doom Metal, and so on.The link with Pagan Metal (which refers to the lyrics, of course) is very easily made, hence the presence of Pagan Reign (defunct since some time), Draugr and Heathen Foray. They are joined by the Swedes of Sabaton, Draconian, the international formation that is Dragonforce, Luca Turilli (yes, again), and more (incl. Jon Oliva’s Pain). All have written songs where winter plays a role, be that as a theme or events that took place in this particular season. So make yourself comfortable and may this episode warm you so hell does not freeze over. Hosting: Si Tracklist: Si, Tim, Marcus, Kobe, Judit 01. Dragonforce – Above the winter moonlight 02. Draugr – Inverno 03. Nightmare – Eternal winter 04. Wolfchant – World in ice 05. Luca Turilli – Lord of the winter snow 06. Draconian – Silent winter 07. Pagan Reign – In Winter Embraces 08. Sabaton – Stalingrad 09. Heathen Foray – Winterking 10. Jon Oliva’s Pain – Winter haven

EP 229, regular and varied. We’ve got 2 symphonic extreme Metal bands from Russia, the Black/Thrash outfit Abigail from Japan also made it onto the playlist. There’s of course the experimental Metal of the Norwegian formation Musth, for which our beloved Marcus wrote a review. Rhapsody Of Fire parted ways with half its line-up several months ago, but Luca Turilli is working on a comeback of (his) Rhapsody. In the meantime, since the album is due June 2012, let’s look back at how his solo career took off with a song from his solo debut release. Other than that, there’s Shining, the French formation Akphaezya, the Swedish Wolf, the Belgian Progressive project Epysode (with members from a.o. Beyond Twilight, Communic, Ayreon and more), and last but not least the Aussies from Ouroboros, formerly known as Dred. So tune in, relax, enjoy and expand your collections. Hosting: Polina & Kobe Tracklist: Si, Tim, Marcus, Kobe Interview: Polina 01. Luca Turilli – The Ancient Forest Of Elves 02. Ouroboros – Black Hole Generator 03. Artania – Mysteries Of Order Of Priorate Zion 04. Musth – 30 Minutes Compassion 05. Wolf – I Am The Devil 06. Epysode – Invisible Nations 07. Arcane Grail – Svyatoy Graal 08. Abigail – Sweet Bloody Cunt 09. Akphaezya – Chrysalis 10. Shining – Exit Sun

EP 228, the first in our quest to the “10th anniversary episode”. Let’s go! What have we got this time? Death Metal, Black Metal, Power Metal and even Deutschrock. Indeed, Deutschrock, or Rock ‘n’ Roll sung in German. The Brazilian Death Metal masters from Krisiun put out a new album recently, called The Great Execution. Probably the most diverse album they put out so far? Also, Finnish Melodic Death Metallers Insomnium released the follow-up to Across The Dark. Last year the Italian Power Metal formation Secret Sphere released Archetype and is currently set to record a new album. But let’s venture into the Czech Republic for the Doom band Silent Stream of Godless Elegy and continue to Taiwan for the Black Metal of Chthonic, to then return to the UK for Dark Forest, Rosicrucian and Neonfly, while coming to rest in Brazil with Almah. Enjoy! Hosting: Si Tracklist: Si, Polina, Tim, Marcus 01. Neonfly – Spitting blood 02. Insomnium – Only one who waits 03. 9MM – Wenn Träume Fliegen 04. Krisiun – The Great Execution 05. Chthonic – Takao 06. Dark Forest – The Green Knight 07. Secret Sphere – All in a moment 08. Rosicrucian – Beneath the waves 09. Almah – Bullets on the altar 10. Silent Stream of Godless Elegy – Skryj Hlavu do Dlani