Heavy Metal 101
By Eric Schwartz
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Your favorite podcast, wherein Eric, an expert, and John, a novice, explore, discuss, and argue about the history of heavy metal music. New episodes are available on the 3rd Monday of each month!
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Theme Music: Valhalla by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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Doomed for All Time: Doom Metal Fragmentation in the 1990s
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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To the Extreme Pt. 3- Swedish Death Metal
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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A Very Special Bonus Episode: The Chuck Billy (Testament) Interview!
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Power Metal* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Slayer!!!!!! (1988-2001)
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Patreon Sneak Peek: Heavy Metal Books!
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Are You Ready (For Something Nü)!?
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Good Night Sweet Prince (of Darkness)- The Life, Times, and Music of John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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True Crime and Heavy Metal: Jack the Ripper….
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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How Metal Got Its Groove Back: Pantera, Sepultura, and a 90's Heavy Metal Revolution
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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The One Where They (Finally) Talk About Led Zeppelin!
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Bonus Midsommar Madness: The Saga of Quorthon and Bathory...
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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The Elephants in the Room Pt. 2: Metal Up Your Ass (Metallica 1987-92)
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May 19, 2025 |
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The Elephants in the Room Pt. 1: Guns N’ ?!★꩜ing Roses (1989-92)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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The Decline and Fall of Glam Metal in the 1990s
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Patreon Sneak Peek: Heavy Metal Notebook 2/25
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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To the Extreme Pt. 2- Blood, Fire, Death, and Mayhem: The Rise of Norwegian Black Metal
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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A Very Special Bonus Episode: The Kory Clarke (Warrior Soul) Interview!
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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The Roots of Heavy Metal #3: The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll!
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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An HM101 Holiday Special Twofer: 1) Warrior Soul in the '90s! 2) Chrismukkah Metal Corner w/Eric and John!
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Everything Old is New Again: Early '90s Edition (Judas Priest, Megadeth, and Black Sabbath)
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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To the Extreme Pt. 1- The Early History of Death Metal and Grindcore
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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The 4th Annual Halloween Spooktacular Bonus Episode: Deathgasm and the Heavy Metal Horror Movie!
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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What’s the Alternative? (The Rise of Alt Metal)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Iron Maiden, in the First Time of the Bruce Bruce (1981-93)
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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A Very Heavy Metal 101 Listener's Guide to the Heavy Metal of the 1980s
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May 20, 2024 |
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Ronnie. James. Dio.
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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The 2nd Wave of American Glam Metal (Or, The One Where We Talk About Gn’F’nR!)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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We Need To Talk About Prog Metal
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Special Topics in Metalology: You Wanted the Best, You Got the 1980s Kisscography…
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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A 20th Century Curmudgeon’s Guide to 21st Century Heavy Metal: AOTY 2023, Baby!
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Heroes of the Metal Underground: 1980s American Independent Metal Bands with author Alexandros Anesiadis
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Women Who Rock Pt. 2: The Heavy Metal Ladies of the 1980s!
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Women Who Rock Pt. 1: A Prehistory of Women in Metal
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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The 3rd Annual Halloween Spooktacular: Long Live the King Pt. 2 (King Diamond in the 1980s)
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Metal Gets HUGE (Three Pop Metal Masterpieces from 1986/7)
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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The Thrash Metal Masterpieces of the "Big 4": 1986/7
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Enter Metallica (1981-84) with special guest, author Ben Apatoff
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May 15, 2023 |
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A Brief History of Glam Metal Part 2: The First Wave of Los Angeles Glam Metal (1981-85)
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May 01, 2023 |
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A Brief History of Glam Metal Part 1: Foundations of Glam and the Sunset Strip in the 1970s
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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The Roots of Heavy Metal #2: The Blues
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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When Metal Ruled the World: MTV and the First Pop Metal Explosion
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Special Topics in Metalology #2: Long Live the King Pt. 1- Mercyful Fate in the 1980s
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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A 20th Century Curmudgeon’s Guide to 21st Century Heavy Metal, Part 1: 2000-2001
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Subgenres Arise!: The NWOBHM in 1981
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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That NWOBHM Episode...
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Everything Old is New Again Part 2: Judas Priest, Motorhead, and more in 1980!
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Our 2nd Annual Halloween Spooktacular Bonus Episode: The Extreme Metal Project
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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Everything Old is New Again Part 1: Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne in 1980!
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Iron Maiden’s Gonna Get You!
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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A Seventies Sabbath Season Finale Spectacular!
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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A Very Heavy Metal 101 Listener's Guide to the Heavy Metal of the 1970s
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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The Roots of Heavy Metal #1: 18th and 19th Century Virtuosi/Composers (The Classical Roots of Metal)
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Heavy metal’s first musical genius: The story of Van Halen 1
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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That's Not Heavy Metal!
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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A Shock Rock Double Dose: The Image and Dark Theatricality of Heavy Metal
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Special Topics in Metalology #1: The Evolution of Death!
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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When punk and metal collided (aka Lemmy is god!)
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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What the hell is heavy metal?
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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February 13, 1970
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Heavy Metal 101: The trailer!
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Oct 03, 2021 |