Episodes

  • Ronnie. James. Dio.

    Ronnie. James. Dio.
    Apr 15 2024
    Wherein Eric and John explore the magnificent oeuvre of perhaps the most metal man who ever lived, the late, great Ronnie James Dio, from his career as an early rock and roll crooner through his iconic stints with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio. Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode: Music listening break #1: Dio- "We Rock" from The Last in Line (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8OapNNAuBI Music listening break #2: Ronnie Dio and the Red Caps - "An Angel is Missing" (1960) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew8MUT00aK0 Music listening break #3: Elf- "Never More" from Elf (1972) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXAUQWJuHa8 Music video break (x2!): Dio- "Holy Diver" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lvs2FzF64o and "Rainbow in the Dark" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrBUjXaRSUQ from Holy Diver (1983) Music listening break #4: Dio "The Last in Line" from The Last in Line (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTbRsGRWZW0 Music video break #2: Hear 'n Aid "Stars" (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZktrrqT1A0 Visit us at: ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast⁠ ⁠(you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: ⁠⁠heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠ Social media: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/heavy_101⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. See ya again soon!!! Episode underscore credits: "Final Battle of the Dark Wizards" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Adventure (Metal Version)| Royalty Free Medieval Fantasy Music Alexander Nakarada Music track: Herb by Piki Source: https://freetouse.com/music/ Royalty Free Background Music Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/yeti-music/casa-... Rock You (Eighties Classic Rock Instrumental) Music provided by RockSounds: / @rocksounds-nocophyrightmusic --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast/message
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • The 2nd Wave of American Glam Metal (Or, The One Where We Talk About Gn’F’nR!)

    The 2nd Wave of American Glam Metal (Or, The One Where We Talk About Gn’F’nR!)
    Mar 18 2024
    Wherein Eric and John return to some of Eric's most favorite historical stomping grounds, the epic history of that most maligned of heavy metal subgenres, glam metal, by delving into just what a vast assortment of bands, including Poison, Cinderella, the mighty Guns N' Roses, and many, many more, were up to in the late 1980s. Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode! Music listening break #1: Poison - "Look What the Cat Dragged In" from Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986) ⁠https://youtu.be/kPAlXQeaaKw?si=Talsl7SpldlWTdw4 Music listening break #2: Guns N' Roses- "Reckless Life" from Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_l-vk_FIII Visit us at: ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast⁠ ⁠(you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: ⁠⁠heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠ Social media: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/heavy_101⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/⁠⁠ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. See ya again soon!!! Episode underscore credits: Music by Elysium Audio Labs Track: “Neon Sunsets” www.elysiumaudiolabs.com License: https://bit.ly/3O4LLqf • 80s Background Music For Videos No Co... Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3as7DLr​ Symphonic Metal "Home" (Inspirational, Epic) Royalty Free Song! https://turbotunes.bandcamp.com/track/home 🔻 Song: Ethan Meixsell - Thor's Hammer [Rock] Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: • [Non Copyrighted Music] Ethan Meixsel... "Alexander Nakarada - Berserker" is under a Royalty Free license. / serpentsoundstudios Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: • 🌅 Royalty Free Epic Metal Music - "Berserker" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast/message
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • We Need To Talk About Prog Metal

    We Need To Talk About Prog Metal
    Feb 19 2024

    Wherein Eric and John go to some truly dark places, exploring one of Eric's least favorite metal subgenres, progressive metal, but come out the other side stronger, wiser, and having talked about an assortment of amazing artists including the "big three": Fates Warning, Dream Theater, and Queensrÿche, as well as Eric's pick for THE SINGLE GREATEST HEAVY METAL ALBUM OF THE 1980s!

    opening poem: Music by Walter De La Mare

    Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode!

    Music listening break #1: Rush- "Anthem" from Fly By Night (1975) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9h2H5Sgzfw

    Music listening break #2: Fates Warning- "Guardian" from Awaken the Guardian (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmDgdDXH944

    Music listening break #3: Queensrÿche- "I Don't Believe in Love" (the music video!) from Operation: Mindcrime (1988) ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3g6tTYoxM Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast⁠ (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: ⁠heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com⁠ Social media: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/heavy_101⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/⁠

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    Episode underscore credits:

    "Labyrinth Of Lost Dreams" by Darren Curtis

    "Disco Medusae" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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    "E Minor Power Metal Instrumental" (No Copyright Music)

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    "Snowfall"

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Special Topics in Metalology: You Wanted the Best, You Got the 1980s Kisscography…

    Special Topics in Metalology: You Wanted the Best, You Got the 1980s Kisscography…
    Jan 15 2024
    Wherein Eric torments John relentlessly, deep diving into the life and work of Kiss, the single most favorite band of Eric's misspent youth, in the 1980s. Throughout these "Special Topics in Metalology" episodes, we'll feature extended timeframes, more music, and even more verbal sparring, as we engage in deep dive explorations and analyses of challenging and esoteric subjects drawn from a wide swath of heavy metal history. Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode! Music listening break #1: "Creatures of the Night" from Creatures of the Night (1982)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSqKw32B320 Music listening break #2: "Hide Your Heart" (the music video!) from Hot in the Shade (1989)-⁠ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9EU4l2OHgU Feeling frisky!? Here is a playlist including every Kiss single in the 1980s: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3UdBKgLQaLsrkpCFtwfLuH?si=98bad53fdea84764 ⁠ Visit us at: ⁠https://anchor.fm/heavymetal101podcast⁠ (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: ⁠heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com⁠ Social media: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/heavy_101⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/⁠ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. See ya again soon!!! 70's Kiss narration underscore credit: "Scott Buckley - Legacy" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://www.scottbuckley.com.au Music powered by BreakingCopyright: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast/message
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • A 20th Century Curmudgeon’s Guide to 21st Century Heavy Metal: AOTY 2023, Baby!

    A 20th Century Curmudgeon’s Guide to 21st Century Heavy Metal: AOTY 2023, Baby!
    Dec 19 2023
    Wherein Eric, flying solo, takes a bit of a chronological detour, examining the heavy metal of the 21st century. On this edition, Eric surveys the very best albums of 2023, along with a pedagogical discussion of some of the many, many sub genres that comprise the metal of the 21st century, culminating in the official pick for HM101 Heavy Metal Album of the Year for 2023! Visit us at: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠(you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https:/⁠⁠/twitter.com/heavy_101⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠⁠ The Heavy Metal 101 blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://schwartzmuzak.wixsite.com/heavymetal101podcast/heavymetal101podcastblog⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ New Heavy Metal 101 episodes are released monthly every 3rd Monday. See ya again soon!!! Episode band links: Frozen Soul - Glacial Domination Autopsy: Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts Horrendous -Ontological Mysterium Tomb Mold- The Enduring Spirit Gorod- The Orb Cattle Decapitation- Terrasite Cryptopsy- As Gomorrah Burns Crypta - Shades Of Sorrow Ulthar - Anthronomicon / Helionomicon Fires in the Distance- Air Not Meant for Us Insomnium- Anno 1696 Godthrymm-Distortions Saturnus-The Storm Within Bell Witch- Future’s Shadow Part 1- The Clandestine Gate Marthe- Further in Evil Green Lung-This Heathen Land  Urne-A Feast on Sorrow Cirith Ungol- Dark Parade Night Demon- Outlaw Kvelertak- Endling Nita Strauss- The Call of the Void Within Temptation- Bleed Out Haken- Fauna Thy Catafalque- Alfold Overkill- Scorched Enforced- War Remains Hellripper- Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags Angra- Cycles of Pain Blackbraid- II Lamp of Murmuur-Saturnian Bloodstorm Leiþa- Reúe Panopticon- The Rime of Memory Wayfarer- American Gothic Blut Aus Nord- Disharmonium – Nahab Thantifaxath- Hive Mind Necrosis Dødheimsgard – Black Medium Current …And Oceans: As in Gardens, So in Tombs Gridlink- Coronet Juniper underscore music credits: opening: Music provided by Stock Music Links (stockmusiclinks.com) Licensed under CC BY 4.0: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ death metal: Cult of the Skull, Haunting of the Flesh- Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio, Final Battle- Credits: Uefa Euro 2020, Bulgari, Emergency, Canesecco (Veleno 8, Veleno 9, Voldemort, Fame Chimica, etc). doom: Atmospheric Doom Metal - ROYALTY FREE [No copyright Music] poweredBYGDK stoner: dazewitch' - A mon rha trad metal:"Trailblazer" by Omni Slim / @omnislim5381 pop metal:MELODIC METALCORE - ROYALTY FREE AMRPHIS prog/power metal: Havoc by PeriTune | http://peritune.comhttp://commons.nicovideo.jp/material/... Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... thrash: Thrash Metal Instrumental - Death Sentence // Royalty Free Copyright Safe Music White Bat Audio black metal: "Impact" Free Song (Symphonic Black Metal) TurboSol https://turbotunes.bandcamp.com/track/impact, snowfall - atmospheric/melodic black metal instrumental [free] pekarot, darkness - atmospheric/melodic black metal instrumental [free] pekarot grindcore: Gridlink- Ocean Vertigo (Karaoke Version) end music: Gridlink- Silk Ash Cascade --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast/message
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    44 mins
  • Heroes of the Metal Underground: 1980s American Independent Metal Bands with author Alexandros Anesiadis

    Heroes of the Metal Underground: 1980s American Independent Metal Bands with author Alexandros Anesiadis
    Dec 19 2023

    Wherein Eric rings in the holiday season in the best way possible: By exploring the esoteric underworld of 1980s American independent heavy metal bands with author Alexandros Anesiadis.

    Alex is the author of the fantastic new book Heroes of the Metal Underground: The Definitive Guide to 1980s American Independent Metal Bands. Purchase copies for yourself and 10 of your closest friends at: https://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Metal-Underground-Definitive-Independent/dp/1627311408

    Assigned Listening #1: Street Child- "Street Child" ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5P_Yuio2pc

    Assigned Listening #2 : Ruffians- "Fight For Your Life" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVaocBQeu0s

    Assigned Listening #3 : Decoy Paris- "Secrets of the Heart" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSVqXmgoPcw


    If you are interested in hearing more from these bands as well as others in Alex's book, the following is a fabulous resource for audio: https://metal-samples.com/

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    43 mins
  • Women Who Rock Pt. 2: The Heavy Metal Ladies of the 1980s!

    Women Who Rock Pt. 2: The Heavy Metal Ladies of the 1980s!
    Dec 19 2023

    Wherein Eric and John conclude their epic diptych exploring the music and stories of women who rock, taking a look at an assortment of amazing female heavy metal artists and their extraordinary music making in the 1980s. Opening clip: Wendy O. Williams Assigned Listening #1: Rock Goddess- "My Angel" https://youtu.be/ezQ6jDaC6Tc?si=DrrizhtdjJXyggxl

    Assigned Listening #2 : Wendy O. Williams- "It's My Life" ⁠https://youtu.be/J3AJq_a8ETc?si=-NEA49-pHqcc9zds⁠ Assigned Listening #3 : Warlock- "All We Are" https://youtu.be/SX-_-4yBFIg?si=Goqv9bSTHvx59yrt

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    1) 'Filaments' by Scott Buckley is under a Creative Commons license Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

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    3) ►ROYALTY FREE Rock Music Background / Sport Rock Background Music Royalty Free by MUSIC4VIDEO

    4) Symphonic Metal "Home" (Inspirational, Epic) Royalty Free Song!

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    5) [FREE] KAWAII METAL TYPE BEAT (Babymetal, PassCode) | "FINAL BATTLE" INSTRUMENTAL (Deville Producer) 210bpm/105bpm



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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Women Who Rock Pt. 1: A Prehistory of Women in Metal

    Women Who Rock Pt. 1: A Prehistory of Women in Metal
    Oct 16 2023

    Wherein Eric and John embark on an epic diptych exploring the music and stories of women who rock, first by delving into the prehistory of women in heavy metal via a look at of some of the monumental contributions of women to the wider history of rock music from 1938 through the 1970s. Opening clip: Joan Jett Closing clip: Lzzy Hale Assigned Listening #1: Sister Rosetta Tharpe- "Strange Things Happening Every Day" (1944) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4-22b72muY Assigned Listening #2 (sort of): Big Mama Thornton- "Hound Dog" (1952) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pam1eUkWfFM

    Assigned Listening #3: Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company- "Ball and Chain" (1968)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrF_nM9pknU Assigned Listening #4: The Runaways- "Cherry Bomb" (1976)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBvXpjudf8 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast⁠⁠ (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: ⁠⁠heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠ Social media: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/heavy_101⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc The Heavy Metal 101 blog: ⁠⁠https://schwartzmuzak.wixsite.com/heavymetal101podcast/heavymetal101podcastblog⁠⁠ New Heavy Metal 101 episodes are released monthly every 3rd Monday. See ya again soon!!!


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    1 hr and 3 mins