Heavy Metal Philosophy
By Jon Barbas
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Episodes: 166
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An exploration of philosophy with heavy metal themes. The intersection between the dark, powerful, and introspective. Tune in every Tuesday!
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#164: Metalcore vs Death: A Tale of Two Different Concerts.
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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#163: Where Do Punk and Metal Stand Today? Black Tusk Give A Way Forward!
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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#162: Folterkammer: Operatic Black Metal Music About Dominatrix Women!
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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#161: Is Listening to Only Heavy Metal Healthy?
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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#160: Has Ingested Gone Full Deathcore On Their New Album?
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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#159: Death Metal Fan Discovers Metalcore: Boundaries and While She Sleeps
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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#158: Historian Death Metal Band Teaches Me Surprising Facts About Medieval Torture!
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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#157: What To Do When You Hate The Opening Band?
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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#156: Don't Judge a Black Metal Band's Music By Their Looks!
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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#155: AI Album Art is Bad, But What I've Learned About AI Is Even Worse!
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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#154: Job For A Cowboy Achieve Epic Comeback: A Deep Dive into Moon Healer!
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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#153: Terence McKenna Inspired Band, Profiler's Nu-Metal Album About Truth!
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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#152: Facing Certain Death: A Philosophical Perspective - Exocrine Interview
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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#151: How Alice in Chains & 90s Grunge Inspired Metallica Load & Reload!
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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#150: Sleep Token vs Five Finger Death Punch: David Burke's Analysis!
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#149: How To Get a Second Chance in Music, Lions At the Gate Interview!
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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#148: "Who Would Win in a Fight, Nietzsche or Kant?" Q&A Episode!
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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#147: Cancer Christ: Blasphemer or Christian Revolutionary? My Interview!
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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#146: Looking Back at 2023, A Weird Year in Metal!
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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#145: Top 5 Extreme Metal Albums of the Year 2023!
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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#144: 2023's Black Metal Scene: The 5 Best Albums of the Year!
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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#143: Unveiling the Top 5 Progressive Metal Albums of 2023: A Deep Dive
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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#142: 2023's Death Metal Scene: The 10 Albums You Can't Miss!
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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#141: Discover the 5 Best Thrash Metal Albums of 2023!
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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#140: Deep Research Into Why Slipknot Fired Jay Weinberg + New Drummer Rumor
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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#139: The Philosophy of Metallica The Black Album: Anguish, Rage, & Profit
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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#138: I Love Atlanta! Cannibal Corpse & Mayhem Bring Out the Freaks!
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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#137: Joy & Disaster After Wolves in the Throne Room, Blackbraid, & Gaerea
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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#136: Massive Tour! Lacuna Coil, Fear Factory, and Lions at the Gate!
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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#135: Sarah King Breaks Down Money She Makes On Tour, Merch Cuts, Live Nation
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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#134: Overthrow Has One of the Heaviest Songs on My Playlist
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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#133: Beaver Mosh: Christian Childhood, Extreme Metal, Identity & Free Will
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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#132: Cavalera & Exhumed: A Blood Soaked Metal Show Like No Other!
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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#131: How Is Cannibal Corpse Still Brutal At This Age? Chaos Horrific!
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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#130: Baroness Stone: New Sound in Contrast to Gold and Grey!
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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#129: The Most Unique Metal Live Show. Baby Metal and Dethklok!
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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#128: Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar Honest Spoiler Free Review
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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#127: Unleashing the Beast: An Exclusive Interview with Exmortus!
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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#126: They Might Be the Weirdest Band in Death Metal! Horrendous Interview.
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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#125: Why Amon Amarth Will Go to Hel Not Valhalla. Heidrun Video Analysis
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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#124: Amazing Guitar with One Drawback! Jericho Fusion 7 Ignition Review
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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#123: Five Reasons Why Sevendust is the Best Nu-Metal Band
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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#122: What Finn Mckenty Got Right, Versus What He Got Wrong on Metal
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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#121: How to Enjoy Extreme Metal; My Top 5 Gateway Bands
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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#120: Is Nita Strauss the Last Guitar Hero?
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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#119: This Awful Metallica Lyric is My Worst Philosophy Pet Peeve!
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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#118: Vexed Might Be the Next Big Female Fronted Extreme Metal Band
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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#117: Three Famous Dads of Heavy Metal: What We Can Learn From Them
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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#116: Why Does So Much Great Goth Rock Come from Finland?
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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#115: Avenged Sevenfold New Album: Their Growth Led Here!
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May 30, 2023 |
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#114: Why All Rap Metal Bands Are Terrible, Except This One!
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May 23, 2023 |
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#113: The Philosophy of Sleep Token: The Big Trick They Pulled!
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May 16, 2023 |
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#112: Mega Monsters Tour! Mastodon, Gojira & Lorna Shore Live Show Review
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May 09, 2023 |
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#111: How Did Currents & other Metalcore bands Get Huge Without Us Knowing?
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May 02, 2023 |
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#110: If You Love Young Metallica and Slayer, You Need to Hear Enforced!
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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#109: A New and Better Way To Judge Metallica 72 Seasons
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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#108: Two Major Corporations Tried to Keep Me From My Dream Guitar!
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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#107: How Opeth's Blackwater Park Changed My Life, The Best Gateway Album!
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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#106: The Philosophy of Metallica. The Truth about ...And Justice for All.
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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#105: 1st Concert Pics, Rotting Christ, Carach Angren, UADA, & Gaerea
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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#104: Black Metal vs Death Metal. Which is Heaviest? Which is Better?
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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#103: New Metallica Single, Gojira Merch Prices, & Huge Show Update!
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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#102: Meet Fae, the Death Metal Mum!
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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#101: Metallica Piano Covers Reveal What's Missing in Their New Music
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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#100: I Want to Fight Ronnie Radke! - Heavy Metal Philosophy Episode 100!!
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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#99: Lindsay the Amazing Metal-head Historian You Need to Know!
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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#98: Why You Should Ignore Music Critics, HINT: It's Not Due to Opinion
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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#97: The New Metallica Single Worries Me About the New Album 72 Seasons.
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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#96: 8 Things I Love and 8 Things I Hate About Modern Metalcore
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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#95: Meet The Best Six Female Death Metal Vocalists You Should Know!
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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#94: The Hidden Philosophy in Metallica's Legendary Master of Puppets
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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#93: Metal Coming in 2023 to get Excited About!
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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#92: Looking Back at 2022. Crazy Year in Metal History!
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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#91: Bonus Episode! Mos Generator on Valuing Time and Changes in Rock.
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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#90: Crowd Sings Christmas Song in Cannibal Corpse Pit + Show Review
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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#89: Metal Album of the Year! Top 10 Best 2022
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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#88: Top 5 Best Gift Buying Guide for Metal Fans, Number 3 is Practical!
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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#87: An Epic Fantasy World w Thrash Metal Music? High Command Interview
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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#86: He Wrote the Book on Death Metal, a fun Tom Coles Interview!
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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#85: Is Dream Unending The Most Positive Band in Doom Metal?
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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#84: Deron Miller Doing It Better This Time! 96 Bitter Beings Interview
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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#83: What is Cinemacore? The Gloom in the Corner Story Time.
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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#82: Rivers of Nihil Concert Could've Been Bad, Instead it was Amazing!
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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#81: Lamb of God Overcame Their Only Weakness. Omens Review
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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#80: Should Legendary Bands Stop Making New Albums and Only Tour?
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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#79: Metal-heads Keep Sending Pics of Their Wives & It's So Wholesome!
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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#78: Shadows Fall and Anthrax Lead Guitarist Launches New Band. Does it Rock?
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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#77: How I Left Christianity and Got Into Extreme Metal.
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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#76: The Best Fallujah Album? Empyrean Review & Interview w Scott Carstairs!
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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#75: I'm Anxious. Will the New Behemoth Album Be Good?
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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#74: Is it Unfair to Compare New Albums to Old Legendary Records?
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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#73: Why Does Spotify Censor Metal Album Art But Not Podcasts?
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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#72: Did Deceivers Win Me Back on Alissa Era Arch Enemy?
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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#71: How Are Some Metal Bands Still Brutal When They're Old?
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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#70: Christian Listens to Black Metal, Funny Advice from Satanic Magician?
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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#69: When Solar Goes Wrong, Can I Get Help Out Here?
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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#68: Is The Pantera "Reunion" Moral? Comparing Other Bands for Truth.
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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#67: The Metallica Stranger Things "Controversy" Reveals Truth About Society
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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#66: The Philosophy of Gojira; Examining Tera Icognita
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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#65: Going From Metal Head Philosopher to Horror Movie Actor?
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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#64: The Top 3 Best Next Generation Death Metal Bands 2022
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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#63: Why Do Metal Bands Love Dark Souls Games?
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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#62: Getting Online Harassment or Bullying on Social Media? Here's The Truth and Strategy.
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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#61: Uvalde Failure, Has This Taught Us The Truth About Police?
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May 31, 2022 |
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#60: Will This Album Solidify Septicflesh As An All Time Great Band? Modern Primitive Review.
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May 24, 2022 |
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#59: What's Missing In The Argument About Cancel Culture, Behemoth vs Decapitated.
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May 17, 2022 |
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#58: I Saw Deftones After A Death Metal Show. I Never Expected The People.
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May 10, 2022 |
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#57: How Can Rammstein Not Be Metal? + 1 Year Anniversary Episode
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May 03, 2022 |
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#56: Are Diverse Concerts Better? Behemoth, Arch Enemy, Napalm Death Concert Review
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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#55: Machine Gun Kelly More Popular Than Meshuggah? What That Says About Us.
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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#54b: An A-Religious Chaplain In Spiritual Service to Metal Heads? Pt. 2 (James Clarke Interview)
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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#54a: An A-Religious Chaplain In Spiritual Service to Metal Heads? Pt. 1 (James Clarke Interview)
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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#53: Would You Tour With A Murderer? As I Lay Dying Tour Announcement.
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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#52: Meshuggah's Best Album But Not My Favorite. Immutable Review.
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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#51: Horror Movies and Death Metal, Rob Mello & Rebecca Rinehart Interview
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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#50: Why Do Metalheads Love Lovecraftian, Eldritch, Cosmic Horror?
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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#49: Ghost Splits The Metal Community? Tobias Forge Hates New Metal?
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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#48b: The Philosopher of Death, Is All Metal Music Existentialism? Part 2 (David Burke Interview)
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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#48a: The Philosopher of Death, Is All Metal Music Existentialism? Part 1(David Burke Interview)
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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#47: How Do You Make Content When You're Worried About World War 3?
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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#46: Is Gatekeeping Good Actually?
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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#45: Even If You Don't Like It, You Need To Listen To Zeal and Ardor! (Album Review)
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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#44: College Professor Argues in Favor of Pedophilia. My Rebuttal.
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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#43: Ex-Cannibal Corpse Singer Hates New Death Metal?
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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#42: Is Rock Dead? Nik Nocturnal Response.
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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#41: Fit For An Autopsy Oh What The Future Holds Review
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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#40: Will the Metaverse Become The Matrix?
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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#39: Life and Death, My New Year Plans.
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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#38: The Philosophy of The Matrix Resurrections. (Spoilers)
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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#37: The Matrix Resurrections Movie Review (Spoiler Free)
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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#36: Simulation Theory and My Expectations For The Matrix Resurrections
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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#35: Album of the Year 2021 and Riff of the Year!
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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#34: Living Life with Chronic Pain
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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#033: Mastodon and Opeth Concert Review
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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#032: Gratitude Saved Me. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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#031: Brass Against Should Not Have Apologized For The Pee Pee Incident
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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#030: A Metalhead Where He Doesn't Belong
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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#029: Mastodon Hushed and Grim Review
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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#028: The Philosophy of Metallica: Part 1 Ride the Lightning
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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#027: Are Comedians Today's Philosophers? Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr Review
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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#026: When To Make a Change
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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#025: The Art Of The Murder Ballad w Guest Sarah King
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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#024: Rivers of Nihil The Work Review and Response to Twitter's Critiques.
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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#023: Death of Friend
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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#022: Sub Plots In The Matrix That I Hope Are In Matrix 4.
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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#021: Why Work? What Is The Value of Work?
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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#020: Jinjer Wallflowers and Hooded Menace The Tritonus Bell Review
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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#019: What No One Is Saying About Afghanistan
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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#018: The Philosophy and Ethics of Hunting with guest Dr. Gray Barbas
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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#017: How Two Stories About Reputation and One Opeth Album Prove There's No Free Will and Only Luck.
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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#016: The Best Week in Metal
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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#015: How to Be Lucky
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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#014: The Last Filler Episode (Short Update on Progress)
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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#013: This Is A Filler Episode Because I'm Moving
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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#012: Is Karma Real?
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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#011: My First Concert Back Since Covid
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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#010: I Went to Mexico. It Didn't Go As Expected.
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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#009: What Is The Meaning of Life?
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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#008: Hedonism While Adulting.
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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#007: What Memorial Day Means to Me
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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#006: What Makes A Good Person?
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May 25, 2021 |
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#005: How to Be Positive When The World Sucks.
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May 18, 2021 |
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#004: He Converted to Catholicism as an Adult?
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May 11, 2021 |
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#003: Cannibal Corpse Violence Unimagined Review
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May 03, 2021 |
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#002: Do You Have Free Will? And How to Get More!
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May 03, 2021 |
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#001: What is Heavy Metal Philosophy?
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May 03, 2021 |