Reviews, Interviews, and Podcasts celebrating the best Extreme Metal music

Category: Podcasts

  • Harsh Vocals – An Interview With Tómarúm

    Harsh Vocals – An Interview With Tómarúm

    On this special episode, we had the opportunity to interview Kyle Walburn, Brandon Iacovella, and Matthew Longerbeam, the guitarists and vocalists behind behind progressive black metal band “Tómarúm”. We talk about Tómarúm’s creative process, influences, touring, and more! Of course we also ask some deep dive questions about their latest album – Beyond Obsidian Euphoria….

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 32 – Five Desert Island Albums

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 32 – Five Desert Island Albums

    For our thiry-second episode, Christian brought the challenge to pick five albums that every metalhead should own, but during our discussion we agreed that there would be a consensus of mostly classics, so we pivoted and decided to pick our personal five “Desert Island” albums. Of course, we also discuss each of our top three…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 31 – Heroes From Hell

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 31 – Heroes From Hell

    Last week was Hell’s Heroes Metal Festival in Houston, and Christian traveled down to visit for it! For our thirty-first episode, we discuss our Hell’s Heroes experience at length, as well as our favorite albums from the past three weeks! To make up for the late episode release, we’re covering our top four albums each…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 30 – Disease Or Death Metal?

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 30 – Disease Or Death Metal?

    For our thirtieth episode, Christian brought a game to the show called “Disease or Death Metal”, where Justin has to guess whether a term is a medical condition or a song name. It’s pretty fun, and definitely informative. It might even give some bands out there some new track names! Of course, we also discuss…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 29 – Metal in Gaming

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 29 – Metal in Gaming

    For our twenty-ninth episode we decided to discuss our favorite metal inspired video games, or games that feature some very cool metal moments. This is definitely not a comprehensive list, so if there’s any you think we’ve missed or should play, please let us know! Of course, we also discuss each of our top three…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 28 – Starting a Band (With Bleak Barrow)

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 28 – Starting a Band (With Bleak Barrow)

    For our twenty-eighth episode, we decided to bring on a great group of guys who happen to live in Houston – The boys from Bleak Barrow! As you might remember, we featured their first single “Inviscerate” as an extreme submission on Episode 25 of the show, and they’re coming on and sharing another killer track…

  • Harsh Vocals – An Interview With Christian Larson of Hell’s Heroes & Necrofier

    Harsh Vocals – An Interview With Christian Larson of Hell’s Heroes & Necrofier

    On this special episode, we had the opportunity to interview Christian Larson – The man behind Hell’s Heroes music festival in Houston Texas, as well as the guitarist/vocalist for black metal band – Necrofier! We talk about everything that goes into making a festival like this work, how he plans the lineup, some of the…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 27 – Our Favorite Live Albums

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 27 – Our Favorite Live Albums

    Welcome to 2025! For our twenty-seventh episode, we decided to discuss our top five favorite Live albums. Some of these should come as no surprise to longtime listeners, but there are a couple of surprises! Of course, we also discuss each of our top three albums from the past two weeks as well as several…