Cullen and Mason chat with Chris Ratzlaff, the frontman for Fallstar. We chat about Fallstar's new album, their complex record label history, and much more.

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Cullen and Mason with the legendary metalcore band, Zao. We chat about their history, their new album, and much more.

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Cullen and Mason chat with the massively influential rock artist, Suzi Quatro. We chat about her new album, her 57-year old legacy, and even her ghost friend, Richard.

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Cullen and Mason chat with Seth Roberts, the frontman for Watashi Wa. We chat about Watashi Wa's history, being on Tooth & Nail Records, and their upcoming album.

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Cullen and Mason chat with Dave Elkins and Zach Gehring from Mae. We chat about Mae's history, their future plans, and what music inspires them.

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Cullen and Mason chat with Tommi Holappa, the guitarist for Swedish stoner rock band, Greenleaf. We chat about Greenleaf's upcoming album, their musical influences, and why Swedes love coffee so much.

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Cullen and Mason chat with Greg Jehanian, the bassist of the legendary indie band, mewithoutYou. We chat about mewithoutYou's history, the evolution of Greg's faith, and the band's future plans.

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Mason chats with Seth Hecox, guitarist for the legendary Christian heavy metal band, Becoming the Archetype. We chat all about Becoming the Archetype's history, how Seth's faith has changed over the years, and potential new music.

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Mason and Cullen chat with Cody Golob and Brandon Baun from The Drowned God. We chat about their new album coming out soon, the inspiration behind their music, and much more.

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Cullen and Mason chat with Reese Roper, the lead singer of the massively influential Christian ska band, Five Iron Frenzy. We chat all about Five Iron Frenzy's new album, why Jesus isn't a Republican, and why he likes white microphones more than white people ;)

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Cullen and Mason chat with David Sittig, bassist of Impending Doom. We chat about Impending Doom's legacy in heavy metal music, their history, and upcoming album.

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Cullen and Mason chat with the band members of Young Mountain, an up and coming Swedish hardcore band. We talk about the European heavy music scene, their upcoming album, and an oyster book their frontman wrote.

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Cullen and Mason chat with two up and coming artists, Julio from Age of the Abstract and Jelani. We chat about the long process of creating Age of the Abstract with Julio and the jazz influences in Jelani's new EP.

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For the first episode of 2021, Cullen and Mason chat with Maggie Heath and Tyler Heath from the popular folk band, The Oh Hellos. We chat about the history of the band, their most recent EP project, and much more.

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Cullen and Mason chat about their top 5 favorite albums of 2020. Will your favorite artist make an appearance on their list?

Episode Timestamps:

-Episode Introduction: :35
-Cullen's #5 album of 2020: 4:52
-Mason's #5 album of 2020: 5:34
-Cullen's #4 album: 6:38
-Mason's #4 album: 8:37
-Cullen's #3 album: 9:58
-song from Cullen's #3 album: 12:05
-Mason's #3 album: 15:03
-song from Mason's #3 album: 17:22
-Cullen's #2 album: 20:44
-song from Cullen's #2 album: 23:37
-Mason's #2 album: 26:36
-song from Mason's #2 album: 28:23
-Cullen's #1 album: 30:39
-song from Cullen's #1 album: 32:11
-Mason's #1 album: 36:39
-song from Mason's #1 album: 38:47
-honorable mentions and albums to look for in 2021: 43:14

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Cullen and Mason chat with Justin Hieb, the lead vocalist and guitarist for Weathered. We talk all about their new album, what it's like to be one of the few non-metal bands on Facedown Records, and Justin's connections with the Taco Bell chihuahua mascot.

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Cullen and Mason chat with two up and coming artists, Ryan David Menghini and Jared from Heliocentric. We chat about Ryan's emo influences and his upcoming album and how Heliocentric was Jared's senior thesis.

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Cullen and Mason chat with Imani Givertz, who is a renowned photographer. She has photographed many bands, including Silent Planet, Comrades, and many more.

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Cullen and Mason chat with Sonny Sandoval from the hugely influential alternative band, P.O.D. We talk about P.O.D.'s legacy, how they got Katy Perry to record a song with them, and their new album they're writing.

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Cullen and Mason chat with Craig Mabbitt, the lead vocalist of Escape the Fate. They chat about Escape the Fate's upcoming album, Craig's sobriety, what Star Wars character he would be, and much more.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason chat with Chris White and Daniel Smith, the director and music composer respectively of the upcoming film Electric Jesus, a comedy spoofing 80s Christian heavy metal. We chat all about the process of making the film, how they made the music, and how they got Brian Baumgartner from The Office to play in the film.

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In this episode Mason chats with the frontman of the influential Canadian progressive metal band, Voivod. We chat about their new live album, their influence on progressive metal, and why Dave Grohl loves them.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason chat with Joe Calderon and Grayson Hurd from the Solid State band, Lightworker. We chat about their new album, what it's like to be signed by Solid State, and geek out over Tooth and Nail bands.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason chat with Evan Baker and Jesse Gentry from American Arson. We chat about their new album, the influence of punk music on protest movements, and why it's better to be a duo than a band.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason chat with Pustulus Maximus from GWAR. We chat about the dynamics of being a band of aliens, why they want to destroy the human race, and all things rock 'n roll.

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In this Cullen-less episode, Mason chats with Michael Sweet, the frontman for the historic Christian heavy metal band Stryper. We chat about Stryper's new album, Even the Devil Believes, as well as Stryper's history and legacy.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason chat with Ronnie Winter from The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. We chat about the history of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Ronnie's faith, and their brand new EP.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason chat with Shane Oschner from the bands Hands and Everything in Slow Motion. We chat all about the history of both bands, as well as the new Everything in Slow Motion album coming out soon.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason chat with HM Magazine owner and editor, David Stagg. We talk about the history of HM Magazine, its legacy, and the ethos that runs through it today.

This episode also marks the launch of our partnership with HM Magazine. We are extremely grateful to HM for partnering with us.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason chat with Victor Huckabee who is the creator of Archibald from the award-winning children's show, Archibald's Next Big Thing.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason talk to Matthew Ellis, one of the guitarists of A Hope for Home. We chat about the history of A Hope for Home, new music they're coming out with soon, and much more.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason are joined by Hayden Trobee from the band, Tigerwine. We chat about their new album and being a band during a pandemic.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason talk with the frontman from metalcore band A Plea for Purging, Andy Atkins. We chat all about A Plea for Purging and all the things he's up to these days.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason chat with Jeremy Schaeffer from Earth Groans about their new music, what it's like to be a band from South Dakota, and much more.

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In this episode Cullen and Mason talk to comedian Timmy Williams from sketch comedy show, The Whitest Kids U' Know.

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In this Cullen-less episode, Mason talks with Laura McElroy of Comrades about Comrades' new album, For We Are Not Yet, We Are Only Becoming, and much more.

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