Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we have Nick! Also some news. Kadinja‘s new album DNA, covering nu metal classics. Metallica‘s recent tour cancellation, Morbid Angel guitarist Richard Brunelle passing away, and the This Patch of Sky situation. Also new material from Babymetal, Leander, and Blut Aus Nord. Drewsif‘s video on creativity. The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s Calculating Infinity turning 20. Then, cool people time with Ad Astra, Undone, and Elvia Wilk’s Oval. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 178 – #ReleaseTheCervantesCut https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep178.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Some good stuff, some not so good stuff. Decide for yourself! Gone In April, Shaped In Dreams, Leprous, Borknagar, Nile, Despised Icon, Jacob Collier, Weeping Sores, Melodicka Bros. Then we do cool people time with It Chapter 2, Hbomberguy’s video about Director’s Cuts, and Don’t Let Go. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 177 – Vile Memetic Rites https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep177.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we talk about some new music, finally! Fit for an Autopsy, Leprous, Wrvth, Syncatto (and also Artificial Language), Moron Police, Unleash the Archers, and Shaped in Dreams. Then we do cool people time with Midsommar’s extended director’s cut, The Boys, Control, The Expanse, On Becoming A God In Central Florida, and the Craft Sequence. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 176 – Nobody Watched The Lost Room https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep176.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we don’t really talk about metal. Instead we talk about tech companies, ethics, machine learning, how your data is harnessed, and how the public conversation around this. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 175 – Big Data Energy https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep175.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Back to a regular week. Some discussion about the new Slipknot and Northlane albums, Humanity’s Last Breath and the intellectual equivalent of that scene from Venom where Tom Hardy dives in the lobster tank, and Tool/King Crimson coming to streaming services. Along the line, we do some bullshit philosophy on what happens to art when you can recreate it, what is the difference between music as written and music as recorded, the aesthetic of what you do and don’t hear on the recording, and a lot more. Then, cool people time with Midsommar, Fargo and The Boys. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 174 – 400 Pages of Seinfeld Sheet Music https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavy

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week there’s a bit of a twist. You’ll see what I mean. The topics of discussion are long first songs, and the intricacy of writing chug-heavy music that seems simplistic. Some of the discussed artists include Periphery, Machine Head, Native Construct and Heart of a Coward. Then, cool people time with Super Mario Maker 2. My maker ID is LPS-QH8-94G. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 173 – Solo Project https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep173.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! We discuss Manowar‘s rant, Metallica‘s alleged scalping, new music from Unprocessed, Korn, WRVTH, The Number 12 Looks Like You, Wormed, and Jacob Collier. Also ArcTanGent festival, and the new Heavy Blog shirts! Then cool people time with Raven Stratagem, and some SDCC hype. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 172 – Socialism-Mandated Metallica Shows https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep172.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! We’re alive! We discuss the Batushka split, Keep of Kalessin, Unprocessed, The Ghost Inside, Disillusion, Opeth, Babymetal, and an acoustic cover of Trivium (zombie chord video here). Then, cool people time with Stranger Things, Spider-man, Crawl, The City of Folding Faces, and more. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 171 – auto_generated_podcast_171.mp3 https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep171.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we have some news and announcements. The black metal poser who burned a church, Megadeth frontman Mustaine’s throat cancer, Facebook’s prevention of The Ocean monetizing their climate change-related video, Slipknot and Five Finger Death Punch launching new lines of products, Borknagar and Insomnium having new releases coming up, and Unprocessed. Then, cool people time with Neon Genesis Eva-GET IN THE ROBOT SHINJI, The Terror, and Charles Stross’s Laundry Files series. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 170 – Cool Angle’s Thesis https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep170.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it o

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week I am dialing in from an unusual location. We have a bunch of items to discuss, including Iron Maiden suing the creators of the game Ion Maiden, Metallica playing the national anthem, video of domestic abuse from the Vektor frontman surfacing, This Gift Is A Curse, Howling Sycamore, Shrek slam band The Ogre Packet Slammers, Wormed, Wait, Brand of Sacrifice, Season of Mist moving to on-demand shirt printing, and Cody’s chaotic meme playlist. Then, cool people time with Designated Survivor, Chernobyl (we go into some good discussion about nuclear energy), Surviving Mars, Killing Eve, and The Society. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 169 – I’m On A Boat https:/

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week I am joined by Vishal J. Singh and Derick Savio Gomes of Amogh Symphony! We talk about the writing process, the band’s history, creativity, the Indian indie movie scene, and a lot more. Enjoy! One thing to note: Derick’s audio glitched our early on so the bit of the podcast until he first speaks had to be edited and cut down, getting rid of some amazing banter. The dynamic of the conversation might be a bit weird up to that point, I tried my best. The rest is totally fine and a great time! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 168 – Amogh Symphony Feat. Vishal J. Singh & Derick Savio Gomes https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep168.mp3 Right click here to do

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week Ahmed and I discuss the music composition software Guitar Pro, its impact on metal, and how a musician’s process affects their music in subtle ways, what technicality and virtuosity even is (relevant Adam Neely video), and more. Then we do a deep dive on Sekiro and Dark Souls 2. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 167 – Guitar Professional https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep167.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Eden is finally back, but this time I’m derailing. We talk about new music or videos from Trivium, Vale of Pnath, Shokran, Slipknot, Immortal Guardian, Disentomb, Conjurer, Iron Maiden, and maybe Amaran. Then, cool people time with A Plague Tale: Innocence, What We Do In The Shadows, Sekiro, and Under the Silver Lake. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 166 – Vale of Djnath https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep166.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Eden is finally back, but this time I’m derailing. We talk about new music from Dreadnaught, Inanimate Existence, Babymetal, Warforged, Xenobiotic, Flub, and Destrage. Then we talk about the Threatin lawsuit, Mayhem signing with Century Media, and Demons & Wizards coming back. Also some philosophy, cool people time with Detective Pikachu, Chernobyl, Charles Stross’s Laundry files, Hannu Rajaniemi’s Summerland and Re:publica. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 165 – Djestures https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep165.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Regular co-host Cody and I get together to discuss Metallica playing St. Anger stuff live, and then go into an extended conversation about metalcore. Its history, the subgenres, its evolution, and what our favorite bands in the genre are. Mentioning a few artists for SEO purposes: Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, August Burns Red, Underoath, Lamb of God, Converge. Then we discuss Avengers Endgame with full spoilers, and this video about it. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 164 – What Even Is Metalcore? https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep164.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week, we have little content. Even less than usual. New music from After the Burial, Fractal Universe, Allegaeon, Masvidal, The Odious. Also Adam Neely on busking, the Vmbrella teaser, and cool people time with Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure and Lancer. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 163 – Bizarre Content https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep163.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Back on the grind with new music. Fractal Universe, Hacktivist, Krosis, Whitechapel, Amogh Symphony, and Enterprise Earth. Then we discuss Matt Heafy’s guitar strap for reducing back strain, the neural network that generates Archspire music, Eden’s Devin interview, and the passing of Michael Eikenaar of Nihill and Dodecahedron. Then, cool people time with Sekiro, Hob, and The Occupation. Also this mashup. Enjoy! Apologies for the audio issues. Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 162 – I’m Not Staple https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep162.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week, we are joined by Se’nam Palmer of Crispin Wah to discuss basically one subject: a certain pair of pants with a certain logo. Of course, this turns into an extended conversation about the usage of symbology and ideology in metal. Enjoy. Apologies for the audio issues. Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 161 – Trash Fire feat. Se’nam Palmer https://s3.amazonaws.com/heavypodisheavycast/ep161.mp3 Right click here to download audio file. Check out this link to listen to it on iTunes. RSS feed -NT

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! We have a bunch of new proggy music this week, including Devin Townsend, Periphery, Equipoise, and Hannes Grossmann. Also Nekrasov. We also cover some sad/weird stories like the passing of Viraemia bassist Scott Plummer, and Static-X doing a tour with their vocalist replacing Wayne Static wearing a Wayne Static-but-with-dead-skin-looking mask. Yeah. Also this Magic: The Gathering trailer with an emotional Linkin Park cover, and some random live clip of Metallica with Cliff. Then cool people time with, you guessed it, Santa Clarita Diet, Arrested Development, Sekiro, Hitman 2, and Texorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia. Enjoy! Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 160 – I Couldn’t C

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! We don’t have a lot of news this week, so instead we engage in a long and in-depth discussion about machine learning, the origin of creativity, the notion of free will, sentience, and more (all inspired by Adam Neely’s analysis of Google’s Bach Harmonizer)! Also Jordan Rudess‘s solo album, The Black Dahlia Murder self-reflecting, Trivium‘s remake of Pillars of Serpents, new music by Amon Amarth and Fleshgod Apocalypse, and this weird headline about Limp Bizkit. Then we do an extended discussion of Jordan Peele’s new movie Us. Full spoilers, which we give a warning about, but yeah. Enjoy! Also: Looking for more content from Eden and Heavy Blog in general? Why not sign up for The Heavy Word, our twice a month newsletter? It includes metal recommendations, article spotlights and general discussion on science fiction, art, culture and more! Sign up here! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 159 – Free Will And Machine Learning https://s3