Category: Podcasts
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Harsh Vocals – Episode 21 – Influential Metal Albums Part1
For our twenty first episode, we decided to talk about the most influential metal albums throughout history. This is only part one of a three part podcast, where we cover everything we consider important from metal’s origins throughout 1995. We’ll cover 1995 through 2005 on the second part! Obviously we can’t discuss every possible album,…
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Harsh Vocals – An Interview With Kyle Chapman of Blighted Eye
On this special episode, we had the opportunity to interview Kyle Chapman – The guitarist, vocalist, and one of the songwriters behind progressive death metal band “Blighted Eye”. We talk about Blighted Eye’s creative process, influences, future, and more! Of course we also ask some deep dive questions about their debut album – Agony’s Bespoke….
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Harsh Vocals – Episode 20 – Discovering New Music
For our twentieth episode, we decided to talk about how we discover new music. We go into detail about all the resources that we use to help us build our weekly playlists, as well as how we find worthwhile older music that we might have missed. We may have different methods, but we also both…
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Harsh Vocals – Episode 19 – Religion in Metal
For our nineteenth episode, we decided to talk about Religion in Metal. As an atheist, is there any real difference between Christian metal and Satanic metal? How important is religion as it relates to the music? Should metal musicians be subject to scrutiny for their beliefs? We discuss it all at length. Of course, we…
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Harsh Vocals – Episode 18 – Imagery in Metal
For our eighteenth episode, we decided to talk about Imagery in Metal. How important is the look of a band? How important is the art that is used for album covers? Does one approach give a band more or less credibility? How does that same imagery apply to the listeners? We discuss it all at…
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Harsh Vocals – Episode 17 – Stereotypes in Metal
For our seventeenth episode, we decided to talk about Stereotypes in Metal. We discuss the few positive stereotypes, as well as the predominant negative ones. We even speak about our personal least favorites, and some surprising situations we’ve encountered recently that involved stereotypes. Of course, we also discuss each of our top three albums from…
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Harsh Vocals – An Interview with Jim and Todd of Amiensus
On this special episode, we had the opportunity to interview Jim Benson and Todd Farnham – The guitarist, vocalist, and bassist behind progressive black metal band “Amiensus”. We talk about Amiensus’ creative process, influences, collaborations and growth. Of course we also ask some deep dive questions about their latest opus – Raclamation Pt 1 and…
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Harsh Vocals – Episode 16 – Metal In Pop Culture
For our sixteenth episode, we decided to talk about Metal in Pop Culture. We discuss our favorite representations of metal in Movies, TV shows, and Video Games, as well as displays of metal on a global stage. Of course we also touch on Gojira’s amazing performance to open the 2024 Olympic games. We also discuss…