Vlad kicks off Black Metal Week by talking to Frank "The Watcher" from English atmospheric, post black metal band Fen about Frank's journey into black metal, the 90's Norwegian Scene, Satanism in metal, the "Winter" album, the effect of environment of music, the British black metal scene, Cradle of Filth, the modern music industry, where it may be headed in the future and much more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fen_(band )
https://fenuk.bandcamp.com/
Vlad talks to sludge metal 2 piece hog punching machine StFenton The Tainted about their latest album Jaw of the Tyrant Hills, extreme music, the dark side of folk and country music, Roald Dahl, black metal, punk influence on music and then take a deep dive into Metallica and where they went wrong which descends into a great chat about metal generally.
https://stfenton.bandcamp.com/
Vlad chats to electronic music producer, arranger and percussionist Chris Thompson. As well as his solo career Chris has been a Performer with Alarm Will Sound, Tyondai Braxton, American Contemporary Music Ensemble
the topics include Chris' new album, drum & bugle corps, nostalgia, the Lot Hero Video, Alarm Will Sound, classical musical influence on electronic music and much more.
https://chrispthompson.bandcamp.com/releases
Vlad talks to Ugo and Marta from Silent Chaos about coming out of the prog rock scene, the album Micro, archetypes, technology and its effect on us, music as ritual, Greek philosophy, Plato, and how we're unfortunately in the kali yuga.
https://silentchaos.bandcamp.com/album/micro
In episode 19 Vlad talks to Klaus Morlock about vintage horror films, myths, Aleister Crowley, urban legends, Bethany's Cradle, Harry Houdini, the 19th century spiritualist movement, the Goatman legend, Laurel Canyon and the hippie movement, writing music for imaginary films, circular and linear time, Kurt Vonnegut and so much more.
https://klausmorlock.bandcamp.com/
Vlad talks to Michael F Ninethousand from your new favourite industrial band Chrome Corpse of about industrial/EBM, jazz & industrial music, the rise of home recording and it's pros and cons, under produced vs. over produced music, furry biopunk occultism, cassette culture and much more.
In episode 17 Vlad talks to Griffin Duffey (Hevel) about ambient music, music for stress relief, minimalism, visual art, nostalgia, Griffin's other band Curfue, the advantages about being an indie artist, internet music scenes, Bandcamp, the importance of supporting indie artists and much more.
https://hevelmusic.bandcamp.com/
In episode 16 Vlad chats to Gary War about his new album Gaz Forth, we take a deep dive into nostalgia, optimism, pop music (and how it's a dirty word), abstraction in music, hyper-literal culture, the 27 club, Charles Bukowski, Coldplay and the military industrial complex, minimalism, cassettes, the future of the album & the possible future music industry.
http://www.garywar.com/
https://garywar.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/gary-war
In episode 15 Vlad chats to Eric Hernandez from noise rock/alt metal powerhouse Wrong, we look towards the forthcoming album Feel Great, about drawing together diverse influences, what really makes music heavy,the rise of international bands, visual art, building a community, the punk DIY ethic, how record labels are changing, being on a label vs. being indie, Amber Mark, working at the independent vs the corporate level, the upcoming Torche album, musical bonds grown over time deep fried mars bars and musical fight clubs.
https://wrongriff.bandcamp.com/
In episode 14 Vlad talks to Justin Mank (Ranseur) about dungeon synth from the roots of it to the modern revival, black metal we talk about the role of fantasy in music, minimalism, the early 2000's doom scene, the latest album "Goblin Music", the occult, Peter Carroll, meeting Z'ev and his influence on music, shamanism and percussion, giving away knives and more.
