Episode 1
Aaron and Rob discuss our early friendship over metal, Silent Echoes, Skull 3, The Spin, and Idag.
Here it is folks. Episode 1 has been edited and is live!
Strap in folks, it's a long episode. Here are the expanded show notes:
Our early friendship and shared love of music.
- Discuss podcast goals: share the love of music.
- Small discussion on genres.
- Shedding our metal purism.
- Discovering new music.
- Blood Incantation story.
- How we met in French class.
- Made up music (like Mozart and Bach).
- Thanks Mitch!
- Bands we listened to early on.
- Decorated Trapper Keepers.
- Swapping favorite bands.
- Our first concerts.
- The Campaign for Musical Destruction
- Dio, Lock up the Wolves tour
- Meeting our heroes.
- Early days of doom and death metal.
- Burning churches.
- Lightning in a Bottle.
- The state of music now.
- Finding new music without the internet.
- Aaron's pen pals.
- Getting physical media now.
- New Hardcore scene (there's still hope!)
00:35:00 Inhuman Condition, Gruesome, Death
Left, Death's Human album. Middle, Gruesome's Silent Echoes. Right, Inhuman Condition's Mind Trap.
Stream or buy the album:
Silent Echoes, by Gruesome
8 track album
Gruesome
- Started with Inhuman Condition, Mind Trap
- Review methodology
- Searching for physical copy, got Gruesome instead.
- Sounds like Death's Human.
- Thoughts on Inhuman Condition.
- Rising above mediocrity.
- The shared history of Massacre, Gruesome, Death
- Gruesome's surprise.
- Gruesome is a homage to Death
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgIwuy61YZg
- Rating, for Gruesome's Silent Echoes.
- Aaron gushes on Death's Human.
- Reflecting on Death's history and discography.
01:00:48 The Skull 3, by Legions of Doom
Stream The Skull 3
- Legions of Doom history (Eric Wagner and Trouble)
- Remaining members of Skull a tribute of Eric's.
- Its a "good" record.
- It serves as a tribute to Eric.
- Rob had high expectations...
- Eric may not have been finished with these lyrics / melodies.
- The Beatles?
- Rating.
01:16:14 The Spin, by Messa
Listen to The Spin
The Spin, by Messa
7 track album
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Members of The Road Crew received early access to Rob's Listening Notes for this Album.
- High hopes coming off the heels of Close.
- Their singles are the best tracks.
- Some new instrumentation.
- Rob love for them gushes.
- Rob reflects on seeing them live at Will's Pub.
- Aaron enjoys the record, shares positive notes.
- Transcendence in music.
- Discussion on lyrics.
- Motorcycle motif.
- Now on Metalblade Records.
- We calculate complex math.
- Lyrics on liner notes.
- Similarity with Paradise Lost ethos.
01:35:08 Idag, by Witchcraft
Listen to Idag
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Members of The Road Crew received early access to Rob's Listening Notes for this Album.
- Inspired by the sounds of old Pentagram.
- Discussion of previous albums.
- Spirit is a highlight.
- English and Swedish lyrics.
- Focus on the music.
- More organic production.
- Very emotional record.
- Magnus' voice is special.
- Boogie and Swing.
- We touch on grief and music.
- Christmas is dark.
- Rating
01:49:25 Ranking the Albums
| Aarons' Ranking | Rob's Ranking |
|---|---|
| Human | |
| Idag | The Spin |
| The Spin | Idag |
| Silent Echoes | Silent Echoes |
| The Skull 3 | The Skull 3 |
01:51:09 Surprise Picks
We discuss and give each other our surprise picks. Rob gives Meshell Ndegeocello's No More Water. Aaron gives Below the House by Planning for Burial.
For Aaron: Left, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, by Meshell Ndegeocello. For Rob: Right, Below the House by Planning for Burial
And to wrap things up:
