REQUIEM METAL PODCAST

This episode we're joined by Mike Johnston to discuss a band that is without a doubt responsible for influencing extreme music of all kinds from punk to grindcore, The Stooges. This first part we discuss the first two albums and also transition to a series of interview clips from Ron Asheton and Scott Morgan. Executive Producer: David Bean I Wanna Be Your Dog (3:28) The Stooges 1969 TALKSET 1 Band Name clip with Ron Asheton TALKSET 2 First Stooges clip with Ron Asheton TALKSET 3 Scott Morgan Clip 1969 (4:05) The Stooges 1969 No Fun (5:05) The Stooges 1969 We Will Fall clip with Ron Asheton We Will Fall (10:15) The Stooges 1969 TALKSET 4 Audience response clip with Ron Asheton Fun House clip with Ron Asheton Down on the Streets (3:42) Fun House 1970 Steve Mackay clip with Ron Asheton Fun House (7:46) Funhouse 1970 TALKSET 5 L.A. Blues (4:56) Fun House 1970

We don't often go to the Netherlands when coming up with show topics (although we should more often), but we thought it was high time that Pestilence got a little attention. Coming out of the mid-80s, they brought with them a thrash sensibility, but soon incorporated brutal/technical death metal elements, culminating in their Testimony of the Ancients album. This episode we're joined by frequent guest Chris Dick, as we navigate through their Consuming Impulse and Testimony of the Ancients records. Executive Producer: Matt Hirakawa Out of the Body (4:38) Consuming Impulse (1989) TALKSET 1 Dehydrated (3:07) Consuming Impulse (1989) Suspended Animation (3:30) Consuming Impulse (1989) The Trauma (3:20) Consuming Impulse (1989) Deify thy Master (4:51) Consuming Impulse (1989) Testimony (3:51) Testimony of the Ancients (1991) TALKSET 2 Secrecies of Horror (4:54) Testimony of the Ancients (1991) Bitterness (:30) Testimony of the Ancients (1991) Twisted Truth (4:00) Testimony of the Ancients (1991) Prophetic Revelations (5:21) Testimony of the Ancients (1991) Land of Tears (4:45) Testimony of the Ancients (1991) TALKSET 3 Presence of the Dead (5:50) Testimony of the Ancients (1991)

In 1991 a video was released that changed the lives of a handful of American metalheads... the Hard n Heavy: Grindcore Special! Literally months in the making, the following 85-minutes of "explicit everything" features interviews with: Albert Mudrian, Barney Greenway, Shane Embury, David Vincent and Nick Holmes along with clips of from the original 1991 video. This is without question, the most comprehensive exploration of a Hard n Heavy video. On a side note: If anyone knows how to contact Jennifer or Grob from Sonic Relief Promotions, please let us know! Executive Producer: Decibel Magazine Rhino Charge: An Introduction - Mark Rudolph & Jason Hundey Part 1 Hard n Heavy Memories: Albert Mudrian Part 2 Chuffed and Weakened: Barney Greenway Part 3 Pinged: Shane Embury Part 4 Santanic is Just One of Them: David Vincent Part 5 Egg in the Nest (or The Red Bandana): Nick Holmes Not a Pleasant Place: A Closing - Jennifer

Part 2 of our Best of 2011 coverage. The Siren (6:00) Graveyard Hisingen Blues TALKSET 1 Ghouls of the Endless Night (5:19) Bastard Priest Ghouls of the Endless Night Bitch (2:52) Toxic Holocaust Conjure and Command Crawling Death (2:39) Entrails The Tomb Awaits Evictionaries (2:53) Trap Them Darker Handcraft Crawling Man Blues (1:40) Brutal Truth End Time TALKSET 2 Superior (1:28) Rotten Sound Cursed God's Old Snake (6:25) Primordial Redemption at the Puritan's Hand All Blackened Sky (4:28) Demonaz March of the Norse Stargasm (4:40) Mastodon The Hunter TALKSET 3 Demons (6:44) In Solitude The World, The Flesh, The Devil

As has become a yearly tradition, we go through and spotlight our favorite releases of 2011 from the extreme metal world. Jason and I each picked 10 albums (there was a lot of crossover) and we also threw on a track from the new Opeth to discuss the merits or lack there of of this divisive record. The Lines in My Hand (3:45) Opeth Heritage TALKSET 1 Dirty Gore Whore (5:45) Autopsy Macabre Eternal Skin Crawling Progress (6:50) Deceased Surreal Overdose Cathedrals of Dread (3:52) Vallenfyre A Fragile King Celestial Spheres (5:26) Obscura Omnivium TALKSET 2 Beneath (7:00) Ulcerate The Destroyers of All Constellations (2:39) Tombs Path of Totality A Universe Without Stars (4:24) Junius Reports From the Threshold of Death Serpent Soul (4:35) Craft Void TALKSET 3 Adrift in the Ocean (10:16) Yob Atma

Before the retro-Thrash revival of the 2000's, there were a handful of death metal bands channeling the genre's energy and aesthetics. Witchery brought elements from Teutonic thrash, NWOBHM and Mercyful Fate, while keeping the barbarity of death metal. Featuring members of Satanic Slaughter, Seance, The Haunted, Opeth and Mercyful Fate, Witchery is a virtual who's who of metal royalty. Executive Producer: Rishi Gajria The Reaper (2:19) Restless & Dead (1998) Witchery (3:06) Restless & Dead (1998) TALKSET 1 The Hangman (4:00) Restless & Dead (1998) Awaiting The Exorcist (3:18) Restless & Dead (1998) Born in the Night (5:11) Restless & Dead (1998) The Howling (3:24) Witchburner EP (1999) The Executioner (3:16) Witchburner EP (1999) Witchburner (4:11) Witchburner EP (1999) TALKSET 2 The Guillotine (2:38) Dead, Hot & Ready (1999) The Devil and the Damage Done (3:52) Dead, Hot & Ready (1999) The Storm (3:34) Symphony for the Devil (2001) Hearse of the Pharoahs (5:07) Symphony for the Devil (2001) Immortal Death (1:33) Don't Fear the Reaper (2006) Legion of Hades (1:22) Don't Fear the Reaper (2006) TALKSET 3 The Ritual (4:03) Don't Fear the Reaper (2006)

What more can be said about Slayer? Well, that's kinda what we thought too. This episode has been a longtime coming and we had a certain amount of hesitation due to the fact that so much has already been documented about the band, but we ended up having quite a bit to say about this early era. Along with Celtic Frost and Venom, Slayer are one of the most important bands to help shape the extreme metal world. Executive Producer: SHAWNA PEREZ Evil Has No Boundaries (3:09) Show No Mercy (1983) TALKSET 1 Fight Till Death (3:36) Show No Mercy (1983) Final Command (2:32) Show No Mercy (1983) Show No Mercy (3:06) Show No Mercy (1983) Black Magic (3:58) Live Undead (1984) Die By The Sword (4:03) Live Undead (1984) Captor of Sin (3:32) Live Undead (1984) TALKSET 2 Chemical Warfare (6:01) Haunting The Chapel (1984) Haunting The Chapel (3:56) Haunting The Chapel (1984) At Dawn They Sleep (6:17) Hell Awaits (1985) Praise of Death (5:21) Hell Awaits (1985) TALKSET 3 Kill Again (4:56) Hell Awaits (1985)

After last week's dose of black metal, we figured it was time to represent some true "white metal". Nearly 11 years into their career, Trouble jumped leaps and bounds with producer Rick Rubin on their self titled 1990 album. Similar to Kyuss, Trouble was a band that didn't fit into any scene and really was ahead of it's time. Alternative rock was rising, thrash was waning and the extreme metal scene was on the verge of some mainstream representation. Trouble were an island among these other scenes and until years later, this album wasn't really appreciated like it could have been. Now long out of print, Trouble's Trouble is ripe for reissue. At the End of My Daze (3:13) Trouble (1990) TALKSET 1 The Wolf (4:33) Trouble (1990) Psychotic Reaction (3:15) Trouble (1990) A Sinner's Fame (4:18) Trouble (1990) The Misery Show (Act II) (7:21) Trouble (1990) TALKSET 2 R.I.P. (4:08) Trouble (1990) Black Shapes of Doom (3:47) Trouble (1990) Heaven on My Mind (4:09) Trouble (1990) E.N.D. (2:23) Trouble (1990) TALKSET 3 All is Forgiven (5:12) Trouble (1990)

Black metal seems to be of of the most conservative of genres, but also one of the most innovative. Craft falls into the later. They approach their songwriting through the lens of lo fi black metal (ala Darkthrone/Burzum) but manage to retain a high production value that doesn't lessen the impact of the music with spit and polish. Born from the land of Bathory, but owes more to their Norwegian brethren, Craft make a compelling case for destroying all mankind and matter. Executive Producer: Maria Koza Ablaze (5:18) Terror Propaganda (2002) TALKSET 1 Death to Planet Earth (4:25) Total Soul Rape (2000) Reaktor 4 (3:51) Terror Propaganda (2002) False Orders Begone (4:54) Terror Propaganda (2002) Fuck The Universe (5:00) Fuck The Universe (2005) TALKSET 2 Thorns in the Planet's Side (7:36) Fuck The Universe (2005) Terni Exusta: Queen Despair (2:43) Fuck The Universe (2005) Destroy All (2:55) Fuck The Universe (2005) Succumb to Sin (4:38) Void (2011) I Want to Commit Murder (5:12) Void (2011) TALKSET 3 Come Resonance of Doom (6:29) Void (2011)

We've arrived at part 2 of our Voivod coverage. This second half of their career sees the most turbulent upheaval of the core group. Members leave, a member dies, styles change and a new incarnation is born. Voivod scholar and friend of the show, Jeff Wagner join us again to discuss this truly crucial band. Intro (:54) Nothingface (1989) The Unknown Knows (5:01) Nothingface (1989) TALKSET 1 Nuage Fractal (4:00) Angel Rat (1991) Golem (4:47) Angel Rat (1991) Le Pont Noir (5:43) The Outer Limits (1993) Bio-TV (4:55) Negatron (1995) TALKSET 2 The Tower (6:10) Phobos (1997) Reactor (3:56) Voivod (2003) Polaroids (3:57) Katorz (2006) TALKSET 3 Volcano (6:05) Infini (2009)

Not often can you say that a band sounds like nobody else. Voivod are one of the rare cases where it's true. Formed in 1982 in Canada, Voivod have run the gamut of extreme metal styles, but have alway retained a very unique dissonance and mythology that are distinctly their own. Voivod scholar and friend of the show, Jeff Wagner join us this episode to discuss the first chapter of this truly crucial band. Condemned to the Gallows (:4:57) To the Death (1984) TALKSET 1 Live For Violence (5:12) War & Pain (1984) Horror (4:12) Rrröööaaarrr (1986) Killing Technology (7:36) Killing Technology (1987) TALKSET 2 Forgotten in Space (6:17) Killing Technology (1987) Chaosmongers (4:42) Dimension Hatröss (1988) Cosmic Drama (4:56) Dimension Hatröss (1988) Nothingface (4:14) Nothingface (1989) TALKSET 3 Into My Hypercube (5:04) Nothingface (1989)

Culled from members of Gorgoroth, Audrey Horn and Manngard; Sahg blend doom, rock n roll and psychedelia into a seamless package that is deceptively simple. But simple doesn't mean simplistic. More streamlined and thoughtful. Similarly to Pig Destroyer, they craft riffs that you'd swear you've heard before, but you can't place them. We delve into their full 3 album discography on this episode and shed some light on a band that is criminally underrated. In Through the Eye (:51) III (2010) Baptism of Fire (3:39) III (2010) TALKSET 1 Godless Faith (6:23) I (2006) Soul Exhile (4:39) I (2006) Boundless Demise (4:35) I (2006) The Executioner Undead (4:34) I (2006) TALKSET 2 Echoes Ring Forever (6:17) II (2008) Star-Crossed (6:25) II (2008) Mortify (3:57) III (2010) Burden (4:50) III (2010) TALKSET 3 Mother's Revenge (6:37) III (2010)

The New Wave of British Heavy Metal is filled with overlooked gems and one of the most overlooked until recently is Angel Witch's debut album. We discuss a few of their early offerings and the self titled album. How it's effected the thrash and extreme metal scenes and beyond. Flight Nineteen (5:55) Sweet Danger 7" (1980) TALKSET 1 Angel Witch (3:25) Angel Witch (1980) Atlantis (3:43) Angel Witch (1980) White Witch (4:48) Angel Witch (1980) Confused (2:52) Angel Witch (1980) Sorcerers (4:16) Angel Witch (1980) TALKSET 2 Gorgon (4:07) Angel Witch (1980) Sweet Danger (3:08) Angel Witch (1980) Free Man (4:44) Angel Witch (1980) Angel of Death (4:52) Angel Witch (1980) Devil's Tower (2:28) Angel Witch (1980) TALKSET 3 Baphomet (5:01) Metal For Muthas Comp (1980) Hades Paradise (4:39) Sweet Danger 12" (1980)

Part 2 of our Labor Day Special. We continue our set list of work-related tunes to celebrate the plight of the working man. Foreclosure of a Dream (4:17) Megadeth (1992) TALKSET 1 Live to Work (1:29) Crumbsuckers (1986) Work For Never (1:35) Extreme Noise Terror (1994) Worker Bee (:57) D.R.I. (1989) Be Your Own Boss (1:29) Disrupt (1990) Slaves to the Ground (1:11) Nasum (2003) Workhorse (3:46) Mastodon (2002) Workin' For Nobody (3:26) Boulder (1999) Smash Divisions (1:19) Disrupt (1994) Solidarity (1:17) Disrupt (1994) Work to Rule (3:19) Napalm Death (2008) TALKSET 2 Deadly Rhythm (3:34) Refused (1998) Slave New World (2:55) Sepultura (1993) Industrial Discipline (3:36) Fear Factory (2010) Millions Die For Money Making (2:02) Disrupt (1994) Profit Overshadows Need (1:35) Skitsystem (2002) Poor (1:46) Rotten Sound (2008) Starvation (:45) Siege (1984) Not Economically Viable (1:23) Graf Orlock (2006) Casualties of Greed (1:35) Dischange (1992) TALKSET 3 S.Y.L. (4:49) Strapping Young Lad (19953) I Am The Working Class (5:09) Darkthrone (2010)

Labor Day. A holiday that doesn't get a whole lot of attention for it's ties to music, but a little research has uncovered a wealth of labor-related material that celebrates the working class, the unemployed and the oppressed. Sit back and enjoy our two-part Labor Day Special! Working Man (7:10) Rush (1974) TALKSET 1 Do They Owe Us a Living (1:25) Crass (1978) The Slave (1:02) The Germs (1979) Working Men Are Pissed (1:19) Minutemen (1981) I Hate Work (:55) MDC (1982) Work to Consume (2:29) No Defenses (1984) Forced Labor (1:17) Circle Jerks (1986) Hungry Child (1:19) Corrosion of Conformity (1986) Slave (3:51) Amebix (1985) TALKSET 2 Don't Need Your Money (3:23) Raven (1981) (We ARe) The Road Crew (3:13) Motörhead (1980) Money (3:20) Tygers of Pan Tang (1980) God Damn Job (1:20) The Replacements (1982) Just Got Paid (3:35) Mastodon (2009) Money Stinks (:45) D.R.I. (1987) Beat the Boss (1:38) Doom (1989) TALKSET 3 Big Strong Boss (3:02) Swans (1983) Kill Your Boss (4:17) Eyehategod (1993)