Fistful of Metal # 30
My guest on this episode is Clarence from Singapore melodic death metal act Assault. The band released their album In Aevum Et IIustrata on 30 June via Eastbreath Records. I spoke to vocalist Clarence ahead of the release about the album and much more.
Track list
- Death Tribe – Blacked Out
- Assault – Enslavement to Torture
- Assault – Oration of Lies
- Witchseeker – Nights in Tokyo
- Dharma – Cintāmaṇicakra Dharani
- That’s not self help – Just with one visit and some appliance
Horns Up Podcast – Picks of 2021 so far
We are already 6 months into the year so on the Horns Up podcast, Animesh and I decided to picked our favourite albums of the year so far on Music on our Mind
Tune in to find out picks
Here are our pick (in alphabetic order)
- Ad Nauseam – Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
- BigIBrave – Vital
- Boss Keloid – Family of The Smiling Thrush
- Cannibal Corpse – Violence Unimagined
- Crypta – Echoes of the Soul
- Devin Townsend – Devolution Series 1 Live in Leeds
- Fear Factory – Agression Continuum
- Gojira – Fortitude
- Harakiri for the Sky – Mære
Tune in to Horns Up on your favourite podcast platform for your weekly dose of metal.
Fistful of Metal # 29
As part of the Fête de la Musique last month on Boxtout.fm, I spoke to Auré and Butch from French metal act AkiaveL about their 2nd album “Væ Victis”, French metal and much more.
Track list
Wasted Land – Fade Away
Akiavel – Frozen Beauties
Akiavel – Zombie
Gojira – Born for one thing
Albatross – The Neptune Murders
Fistful of Metal # 28
My guest on this episode is comedian and Banger TV host Blayne Smith and we talk about their new series Heavy Metal Hitchhiker and play some tunes.
Heavy Metal Hitchhiker is the first comedy series from Banger Films, the creators of Metal: A Headbangers Journey & Metal Evolution
Track list
Primitiv/ For King Primitiv – Squishy and Spongy
Hellripper – Hells rock and roll
Ripped to Shreds – In Mourning
Heavy Sentence – Age of Fire
Out of Hand – Exhility
Assault – Oration of Lies
Fear Factory – Disruptor
Fistful of Metal – Boxout.fm India Covid19 fundraiser
This weekend is a special episode of Fistful of Metal. It is a part of the India Covid19 fundraiser stream on Boxout.fm.
My guest is Dan Tompkins from Tesseract/White Moth Black Butterfly
The stream is for 72 hours and features a line-up of over 100 artists & DJs from over 20 countries, all contributing with exclusive sets & performances to help raise funds for the current COVID-19 crisis in India.
To donate visit – https://boxout.fm/fundraiser The page will be live till 19th May.
All proceeds from the audio-only broadcast will be donated to GiveIndia, a not-for-profit organisation actively working across India to help COVID-19 patients, their families and healthcare workers at this time of extreme crisis.
Check out the full line up below
Update: The conversation was part of the latest episode of the Horns Up podcast. Tune in below.
Bandcamp Recommendations – 2nd April 2021 #BandcampFriday
New month, New Bandcamp Friday. Here are my picks from February and March
New singles from post hardcore act Pacifist. Can’t make a choice between the two so get both of them.
Since there is a new White Moth Black Butterfly album out next month. Check out their debut album. Name Your Price.
Primal death metal from a new band featuring members of the /death/doom act Jupiterian. Another awesome death metal release this year from Everlasting Spew
Relentless crossover thrash from UK. These songs would be a treat to hear live. H/t to Allfather for sharing this.
More Death metal. International act features the bassist of Defeated Sanity. 37 minutes of intense riffs and deep growls, released by the ever reliable New Standard Elite.
Canadian label Hypnotic Dirge are donating 20% of all sales today to the Raven Trust
https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/news/bandcamp-friday-fundraiser-friday-april-2-2021
One of my favourite acts from the past decade are releasing a concept album next week. Don’t judge it by the single as the album needs to listened as a whole.
Fistful of Metal 25
2nd Anniversary of Fistful of Metal on Boxout.fm Guest on this episode, Satyajit Gargori from Dead Exaltation. We talk about their debut album Despondent, play music from their influences and what’s on his current playlist.
Tracklist
Dead Exaltation – The Psychology
Cryptopsy – Slit Your Guts
Cattle Decapitation – Time’s Cruel Curtain
Dearth – Writhing In Cellophane Cages
Defeated Sanity – Propelled into Sacrilege
SHINDA SAIBO NO KATAMARI – Ostriched Existence
Cannibal Corpse – Inhumane Harvest
Dead Exaltation – Despondent
Humanity’s Last Breath – Glutton
