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Episode 3 - The Land That Time Forgot
The crew returns to explore Zen metal, debate re-recorded classics, and recount an awkward Paradise Lost VIP party. Plus: is modern indie pop just Journey in disguise?
Aaron Yurkiewicz
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It's the End of the Year As We Know it, and I Feel Surprisingly Fine.
As the final days of 2025 begin to wind down, this is the time of year where well adjusted adults often reflect upon the experiences and memories of the last 11 months and twenty-something days. With the relentless pace of the 24 hour news cycle, the seemingly endless parade of
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Drive Another Nail Into My Coffin Lid.
Rob's been trying to get me on the William Elliott Whitmore train for a while now, so I wasn't entirely surprised that he picked Hymns for the Hopeless from his bag of tricks for me to listen to this week. I have thoughts about it... As
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Balance, Bodies, and Baldwin
Art is not supposed to be safe. It’s been probably 20 years since I first heard that declaration, but man, does it still ring true today. We live in a timeline where for many of us, discomfort can be a choice. We can recoil into our own personal echo
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Episode 2 - Black Sabbath
Aaron and Rob discuss Black Sabbath, Ozzy along with the following albums: Black Sabbath, Seventh Star, Cross Purposes and The Devil You Know.
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Thank You For Everything.
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Nobody Cares That (Insert Band Name Here) Wasn’t at “Back to the Beginning”
It’s been almost 2 weeks since Ozzy and Black Sabbath graced the stage for (presumably) the last time, and since then I’ve had a fair amount of reflection about “Back to the Beginning”. Not just the magnitude of what the event signifies, i.e. the cessation of a
Episodes
Episode 1
Aaron and Rob discuss our early friendship over metal, Silent Echoes, Skull 3, The Spin, and Idag.
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Glenn Hughes Had an Amazing Head of Hair
Released in January 1986, Seventh Star was the 12th full length studio album from the mighty Black Sabbath. I’m pretty sure that I bought this record on vinyl at my local Albertson’s grocery store. My memory is hazy, but I recall that there was a cutout bin of
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CROSS PURPOSES is Better Than You Remember It
Fresh off of Black Sabbath’s colossal “Back to the Beginning” farewell sendoff, it’s hard to imagine a time when Sabbath wasn’t the biggest Metal band in the universe. If we rewind back to the mid/late 80’s, Black Sabbath was a mere footnote in the juggernaut
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Commiserating the Celebration
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