Podcast Recommendations
As today is International Podcast Day, here are some of the podcasts that I listen to regularly.
Andy Social Australian musician Andy Dowling interviews people from all walks of life. The chats are quite detailed which make it a good listen during a run/walk. I am featured on Episode 196
Dumb and Dumbest A daily podcast (I have no idea how they do it) focused on the music business. Hosted by consultant Matt Bacon, Music Publicist Curtis Dewar and Social Media expert Keith Chachkes.
History in 5 songs with Martin Popoff Author Martin Popoff is a human encylopedia on rock and heavy metal music. He packs in a lot of trivia in a short time (Averages episode is 20 minutes). You will look at your favourite rock/heavy metal artist with different eyes after listening to each episode.
The Ex man Podcast Musician Doc Coyle (Bad Wolves, ex God Forbid) talks to professionals in the music world and other creative industries about the challenges and transitions of leaving monumental ventures. I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from the guests on the podcast.
Vox & Hops This podcast covers two things I really enjoy, metal music and craft beer. Host Matt McGachy, frontman of extreme metal band Cryptopsy interviews metal musicians and brewers in a casual manner, leaving one feeling that they are at the same table listening to the conversation.
Don’t forget to check out my podcast too – Horns Up
Indie as Fuck – Boxout.fm – Bombay Hardcore
Boxout.fm invited me to a be a part of “Indie as Fuck” a 24 hour showcase of Indian independent music on Independence Day. Here is one of the shows I put together
Bombay Hardcore is a movement that has been coming together over the past couple years. It is collective of hardcore punk bands based in Bombay. For this show I spoke to a couple of bands – Riot Peddlers & Pacifist and played tracks by a couple others – Death by Fungi & False Flag.
The Riot Peddlers are a 3 piece hardcore punk act. Formed in 2009, they are the first hardcore bands from India that I heard. The band have released 2 EPs, Sarkarsm and more recently Strength in Dumbers
Pacifist are a 5 piece post hardcore act. They have built a reputation in the past couple of years for their electric live act and also smashing debut release Greyscale Dreams
Track list
The Riot Peddlers – Sau Rupaiya
The Riot Peddlers – Untitled
Pacifist – Pedigreed
Death by Fungi – Black Lung
False Flag – Counterfeit
Death by Fungi – Die in Bombay
Indie as Fuck – Boxout.fm – Indian metal special
Boxout.fm invited me to a be a part of “Indie as Fuck” a 24 hour showcase of Indian independent music on Independence Day. Here is one of the shows I put together
For a special edition of Fistful of Metal, I am joined by journalist Anurag Tagat for a hour of Indian metal – death metal, modern metal and more. Hit play below
Track list
Aarlon – Vidroh
Killkount – Korpsified
Arseniic – Maraud
Moral Collapse – Sculpting The Womb Of Misery
Gihon – The Dance
Diarchy – Sunny Side Up
Trancemigrate – Cataleptic Bridge
Hollow Point – Downfall
If Hope Dies – Brand New You
Hell Hordes – Reckoning of Chaos and Beyond
Within Ceres – Our Oceans
Heathen Beast – Fuck The Economy (Modi Already Has)
Serpents of Pakhangba interview
Serpents of Pakhangba are an Avant Garde act with members split across the Indian cities, Mumbai and Delhi. A few days before their album release, I caught up with the band and asked them a few questions about how they got together, their writing process and also the album.
Serpents of Pakhangba is
Aruna Jade : Vocals, Keys, Kazobo, Words
Vishal J.Singh : Guitar, Guitar synth, Arrangement and Production
Manas Chowdhary : Didgeridoo, Electric Bass
Fidel Dely Murillo : Percussion
Fistful of Metal 14
2 hours of pulsating heavy metal from around the world featuring bands affected by the Coronavirus.
Exhorder – My Time Website Merch
Devilspeak – Unearth Hell Bandcamp
Rapture – Malevolent Demise Incarnation Bandcamp
Gatecreeper – From the Ashes Bandcamp Merch
Defeated Sanity – Suttee Bandcamp
Godless – Empty Graves Bandcamp Merch
Gutslit – Blood Eagle Bandcamp Merch
Ingested – Erotic Depravity Bandcamp Merch
Viscera – Immersed in Ire Bandcamp
Beneath the Massacre – Rise of the Fearmonger Bandcamp Merch
Origin – Sociocide Bandcamp Merch
Cattle Decapitation -Time’s Cruel Curtain Bandcamp Merch
Beyond Creation – Entre Suffrage Et Mirage Bandcamp
Bhayanak Maut – Shoreline Bandcamp
Void Vator – Monster Bandcamp
Iron Kingdom – White Wolf Merch
Kurokuma – The Tides of Time Bandcamp Gofundme
Abigail Williams – Into the Sleep Bandcamp Merch
hubris. – Dionysus Bandcamp
Insomnium – Valedicition Merch
Countless Skies – Tempest Bandcamp
Kvelertak – Crack of Doom Bandcamp Merch
The Stone Eye – Ventura Bandcamp
Almost Honest – Keystone Bandcamp
Haken – A Cell Divides Gofundme
Rainburn
Rainburn are a Progressive Rock band from Bangalore, India. In November last year, they released an Ep titled “Resignify” consisting of five reworked tracks from their album “Insignify”. I spoke to front man Vats Iyengar about the EP, their approach towards it, Progressive Rock and much more.
This interview was conducted before the EP release, but is now finally online because of Life and everything that comes with it.
Read the interview on The Metal Wanderlust
Tribute to Sean Reinert
Wrote a few lines as a tribute to the legendary drummer.
The recent passing of legendary drummer Sean Reinert at the untimely age of 48 has left a deep hole in the Metal community, and a few of the guys here decided they wanted to say at least something, so with deepest condolences to his family and friends, we say farewell to one of the true greats..
Mr. Swine.
2020 has been a bad year for legendary drummers, and we’re not even past the first month yet. First Rush’s drumming & lyrical powerhouse Neil Peart was taken from us, the shockwave of which is still being felt by the Rock/Metal community. And now, we have deal with the sudden passing of ex-Cynic/ex-Death drummer Sean Reinert, who much like Neil Peart, had legions of fans outside of just drumming circles. Sean’s talent behind the kit was so evident, that everyone acknowledged it, even if you weren’t a fan of Cynic…
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