Emperor is largely credited for being one of the foundational bands for symphonic black metal as a genre.  This week Dan and Joe explain why Emperor i...View Details

Roy Culver sits down with Dan tonight to discuss Roy's history with the heavy music scene. What it takes to enter the industry and how it has changed ...View Details

At the suggestion of Lance AKA The King of Metal, Dan and Joe decided it's time we talked about some Bad Brains.  Bad Brains is one of the most influe...View Details

Creativity is a word often used to describe any art form.  How many artists in the world truly embody creative freedom?  We ask this when trying to de...View Details

Antestor is one of the most important Christian metal bands to come out of the 90s Scandinavian metal scene.  With their own brand of “sorrow metal,” ...View Details

Morgoth was a hungry band who wanted to be as heavy and brutal as they come in the early 90’s death metal scene.  But, they didn't do that for some re...View Details

Eric Shirey joins the podcast on this episode to talk with Dan about his new label The Charon Collective, some of his history with Pluto Records and w...View Details

Pestilence is one of few key bands in the death metal scene that is still putting out albums to this very day. On this episode of Discography Discussi...View Details

Cave In has one of the most interesting musical arcs we have explored on this show so far.  How does a band go from being a garage hardcore band to be...View Details

Coalesce is one of if not the most important band to modern hardcore music.  If you enjoy bands like Norma Jean, The Chariot, or any other chaotic met...View Details

Egyptian themed death metal might not sound like a great idea on paper.  Nile is one of the most celebrated death metal bands of all time, and on this...View Details

Cynic may have a short discography, but they were and continue to be one of the most influential bands in “weird” extreme metal.  On this episode Dan,...View Details

Malevolent Creation has been a staple in the American death metal scene since the early 90s. Dan, Joe, and Geoff talk about the band’s inception as a ...View Details

Randy Torres, founding member of Project 86, and currently of NYVES sits down with Dan to talk about all things early Project 86.  We talk about the b...View Details

Geoff picks a great week to rejoin the podcast as we dig into the albums of Nevermore.  Nevermore is hard to describe, and impossible to pigeon hole. ...View Details

It's hard not to feel a little bit sleazy when talking about Mötley Crüe. In order to achieve a clear picture of the impact this band has had on metal...View Details

Point of Recognition is a very important band to the west coast Christian hardcore scene and possibly the hardcore scene at large.  With their own bra...View Details

Dan sits down with future hardcore legend Nathan Lehman.  Nathan is a wealth of hardcore knowledge, and one of the most passionate front men in the ga...View Details

Most of the time a super group is not the sum of its different parts.  Is it possible that Bloodbath is an exception to this rule?  Swedish death meta...View Details

It's been a long time since we covered a “sure thing” band.  Winds of Plague might just be that.  Winds of Plague was one of the first deathcore bands...View Details

Bryan Patton of As the Story Grows joins Dan and Joe this week to talk all about Emery.  Emery is one of the most prolific Tooth and Nail bands to com...View Details

This week on Discography Discussion Joe and Dan pull in subject matter expert Metal Jesus to talk about Def Leppard the proper way. When the time come...View Details

Scott Mellinger of Zao joins the podcast this week to discuss Morbid Angel, one of the most influential death metal bands of the 90s.  We figure out h...View Details

Innovation is a word that gets thrown around a lot on this show.  On this episode of Discography Discussion Dan, Joe, and Jon try to put every release...View Details

It didn't take long after the Testament episode for Dan and Joe to get back on a thrash binge.  Exodus presents their unique take on thrash metal, as ...View Details

Dan sits down with fellow podcaster Jeremy Dunlop to talk about interview styles, what makes a good guest, and how to succeed in the ever changing lan...View Details

Discography Discussion Episode 228: FILTER with LORIN KOZLOWSKI of ROACH KOACH - DISCUSSMETAL.COM On this episode of Discography Discussion we had to ...View Details

We finally heard your cries.  We decided to open up about Rage Against the Machine.  Is this band as influential as advertised?  Basically, yes, but t...View Details

Sometimes it can be weird to hear a bunch of random people on the internet critique your band.  Joel Bailey of Society's Finest experienced this, and ...View Details

You might not think that metal heads would like Finch.  However, if you are a fan of heartfelt and unpredictable hard rock music, you may be surprised...View Details