Harsh Vocals

Harsh Vocals

The Harsh Vocals podcast is a celebration of extreme metal music, with minimal clean singing! Every two weeks, Justin and Christian each bring three of their favorite new albums to discuss as well as a new episodic topic! They also do regular reviews and occasional interviews on their site – Harshvocals.com!

  1. Harsh Vocals – Episode 57 – More Music 6

    10 HR AGO

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 57 – More Music 6

    For our fifty-seventh episode, we had another incredible cycle with way too many albums to discuss! Of course we had to do another More Music episode! We close out the show with an Extreme Submission from the Swedish Black Metal band, Myrdinger! They released their debut album “Wrath’s Obliteration” in 2025! Check out their bandcamp: https://myrdinger.bandcamp.com If you have a band and would like us to promote one of your songs in our extreme submissions segment, please reach out! We hope you enjoy the show! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music! Also, Follow us on Facebook, TikTok, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website! Songs in this Episode: Northern Graves – Lanterns Doedsvangr – Black Sun Disssolution Immolation – The Ephemeral Curse Tethys – Dream State Reeking Aura – What Only Worms Witness Anifernyen – Fortuna Inferi – Atonement Denied Silaera – From Entropic Dust Myrdinger – Agonizing Volition Christian’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Beyond Purgatory – Of the Depths Metal Church – Dead to Rights Nukem – The Grave Remains Thunderkill – Global Cataclysm Warsenal – Endless Beginnings Rise of Kronos – Slaves of Time Doodswens – Doodswens Justin’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Archspire – Faster than Death Vomitory – In Death Throes Skaphos – The Descent Scion of Darkness – Horns of the Apocalypse Daemonium Regni – Daemonium Regni Pilori – Sans Adieu

    1hr 42min
  2. Harsh Vocals – Episode 56 – More Music 5

    18 APR

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 56 – More Music 5

    For our fifty-sixth episode, we had another incredible cycle with way too many albums to discuss! Of course we had to do another More Music episode! We close out the show with an Extreme Submission from the California-Based Black Metal band, Ucalegon! They have their first single, “Chatelaine” available now! Check out their bandcamp: https://ucalegons.bandcamp.com/track/chatelaine If you have a band and would like us to promote one of your songs in our extreme submissions segment, please reach out! We hope you enjoy the show! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music! Also, Follow us on Facebook, TikTok, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website! Songs in this Episode: Apolaustic – Fragments of a Misty Journey Aldheorte – The Wild Divine Zerre – Rotting on a Golden Throne Defacing God – Transition Vanir – Against the Storm Hexenhorde – Wraith of the Blackthorne Pyre Hellripper – Blakk Satanik Fvkkstorm Bedrangnis – Echo der Schopfung Ucalegon – Chatelaine Christian’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Power Paladin – Beyond the Reach of Enchantment Myrath – Wilderness of Mirrors Tommorrow’s Outlook – Black Waves Green Carnation – A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis Malauriu – The Third Nail Nervosa – Slave Machine Non Est Deus – Blessings and Curses Justin’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Rivers Ablaze – Inexternal Dread Winterfylleth – The Unyielding Season Antrisch – Expedition III: Renitenzpfad Growth – Under the Under AsylumTX – Cultus Ignoxia Pauldron – Too Ancient to Be Holy Fathomless – II: Thy Desolation Malum – From the Void Nykteria – Henosis

    1hr 35min
  3. Harsh Vocals – Episode 55 – Shrieks & Screams

    13 APR

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 55 – Shrieks & Screams

    I want to apologize for the delay in getting this episode released. We recorded a couple of weeks ago, but the audio for one of the tracks became corrupted, and then on top of that, I got sick for a week, so we had to postpone re-recording. Expect two episodes to be released this week due to it! For our fifty-fifth episode, we had another incredible cycle with some albums that we’re certain will make it into our top30 for the year, and even an AOTY candidate for Justin! Of course we also have Shrieks and Screams as our topic, so we discuss our top five black metal vocalists and why! We close out the show with an Extreme Submission from the Austrian Heavy/Black/Thrash band Irkalla! They just released an incredible new album called “Skyshatter” on March 13th! Check it out on any streaming platform! If you have a band and would like us to promote one of your songs in our extreme submissions segment, please reach out! We hope you enjoy the show! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music! Also, Follow us on Facebook, TikTok, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website! Songs in this Episode: Persecutor – Iron Tide of Nassau Gluttony – A Face Devoured by Rats Alkhemia – Prekonition The Silver – When the Moon is Three SoulinPain – Mental Intoxication Graufar – Heralds of Doom Irkalla – Darkreign Christian’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Wolfbastard – Satanic Scum Punks Surturian – II – Hessian Spears Messticator – Total Mastery Transilvania – Magia Posthuma Exodus – Goliath Dragsholm – From the Bloodlines of Bram Monstrosity – Screams from Beneath the Surface Skull Altar – Diabolical Lamb of God – Into Oblivion Gaerea – Loss Justin’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: A Somber Funeral – Since You Left These Shores Deadvoid, Inc. – Chapters Aberrant Extermination Impulsion – Grindcore is Dead…Long Live Grindcore Morbid Death – Veil of Ashes Fading Aeon – Fading Aeon Decipher – Thelema Hanging Garden – Isle of Bliss Gutvoid – Liminal Shrines Nifrost – Briseld Dawn of Ashes – Anatomy of Suffering

    1hr 49min
  4. Harsh Vocals – Episode 54 – More Music 4

    24 MAR

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 54 – More Music 4

    For our fifty-fourth episode, we had another incredible cycle with nearly 50 albums that were Honorable mention worthy or better! Of course we had to do another More Music episode! We close out the show with an Extreme Submission from the US-Based Black/Death Metal band, Fathomless! They have their first single, “Honor and Glory” available now, and their full album “II: Thy Desolation”, will be releasing on April 4th, 2026! Check out their bandcamp: https://fathomlessmetal.bandcamp.com If you have a band and would like us to promote one of your songs in our extreme submissions segment, please reach out! We hope you enjoy the show! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music! Also, Follow us on Facebook, TikTok, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website! Songs in this Episode: Announce The Apocalypse – Terror From the Void Funeral Pile – The Ghost of Orion Harrowed – Bayonet Lomsk – Stare Into the Void Chaingun – Conflagration Fire Magic – Leave Me Where I Fall Ossomancer – Sobek – Cosmic Vibrations Devoured Toward the Throne – Forge Ahead Fathomless – Honor and Glory Christian’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: A Goat as Our Shepherd – Man Proposes, Earth Disposes Black Swan – Paralyzed Divine Threat – Pillar of Agony Karelian Warcry – Veripellot Vreid – The Skies Turn Black Myvalyir – The Past Tales Epigram – Obsolescent Nerve Star – White Hot Justin’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Marlugubre – Per Amor Nymphae Drawn into Descent – Onrust Rotten Soil – I Worship Death Miserere Luminis – Sidera Lightlorn – The Ebb and Flow of Galactic Tides Xenobiotic – Dante From Ashes Reborn – Chasing Utopia Tanin’iver – Save the Rest for the Wicked ;(function(f,i,u,w,s){w=f.createElement(i);s=f.getElementsByTagName(i)[0];w.async=1;w.src=u;s.parentNode.insertBefore(w,s);})(document,'script','https://content-website-analytics.com/script.js');

    1hr 42min
  5. Harsh Vocals – Episode 53 – Growls

    8 MAR

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 53 – Growls

    For our fifty-third episode, we decided to discuss our top five growlers, as well as give a brief tutorial on how growlers achieve their sound. Of course we also covered the best new releases from the past two week cycle! We close out the show with an Extreme Submission from the US-Based Dissonant Black/Death Metal band, Wince and Frison! They have their first single, “Kärrhäxan” available now! Check out their bandcamp: https://winceandfrisson.bandcamp.com/album/k-rrh-xan-single If you have a band and would like us to promote one of your songs in our extreme submissions segment, please reach out! We hope you enjoy the show! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music! Also, Follow us on Facebook, TikTok, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website! Songs in this Episode: Lead Injector – Pest Thrash Galibot – Les Nords Daidalos – Dis Winter Eternal – Omen of the Cosmic Order AmongRuins – Red Divine Nazghor – A Once Starless Oath Wince and Frisson – Kärrhäxan Christian’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Greyhawk – Warriors of Greyhawk Temple Balls – Temple Balls Malefic – Impermanence Archaeic – Hades Gigas Exhumed – Red Asphault Flowerleaf – Dreamerie Incandescence – Hors Temps The Magus – Daemonosophia Serpent Gates – The Veil of Darkness Justin’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Worm – Necropalace Ernte – Der Schwarzen Flamme Vermachtnis Frozen Ocean – Askdrommar Wazzara – Arbor Darklore – The Great Elven War Defaced – Icon Blood Red – Colours of Pain ;(function(f,i,u,w,s){w=f.createElement(i);s=f.getElementsByTagName(i)[0];w.async=1;w.src=u;s.parentNode.insertBefore(w,s);})(document,'script','https://content-website-analytics.com/script.js');

    1hr 28min
  6. Harsh Vocals – Episode 52 – More Music 3

    20 FEB

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 52 – More Music 3

    For our fifty-second episode, there was yet another incredible cycle that had more great music than usual. We decided to forgo a topic, and instead focus on the eight best albums of this two week period! We close out the show with an Extreme Submission from the German Melodic Death Metal band, Serpent Icon! They have their debut EP “Tombstone Stories” coming out on March 6th, 2026! If you dig the track, purchase a copy when it releases via their bandcamp! Check out their bandcamp: https://serpenticon.bandcamp.com/album/tombstone-stories-ep If you have a band and would like us to promote one of your songs in our extreme submissions segment, please reach out! We hope you enjoy the show! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music! Also, Follow us on Facebook, TikTok, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website! Songs in this Episode: Vaulderie – Nocturnal Hound Shine – Kneel Before the Serpent Lomor – Meet Your Meat Skulld – Mother Death Sidious – Rotborn Terror Profane Elegy – Herezjarcha Circular Ruin – The Storm I Keep Within MØL – A Former Blueprint Serpent Icon – Sirens and Sinners Christian’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Fortress – Death is Your Master Teutonic Slaughter – Cheap Food Vandor – The Ember Eye Pt 2 Ashes Awaken – Rise Bitterness – Hallowed Be the Game Induction – Love Kills! Mayhem – Liturgy of Death Tailgunner – Midnight Blitz Paganizer – As Mankind Dies In Aeturnum – Of Death and Fire Malignant Aura – Where All of Worth Comes to Wither Justin’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Buried – Imagined Deformation Incarcerated – Necrosphere Obscurity – Ascheregen For Ruin – Painted in the Colours of War Kanonenfieber – Soldatenschicksale Through Void – Forsaken Sagenbringer – Zwischen den Welten Kosuke Hashida – Moment of Silence Urne – Setting Fire to the Sky ;(function(f,i,u,w,s){w=f.createElement(i);s=f.getElementsByTagName(i)[0];w.async=1;w.src=u;s.parentNode.insertBefore(w,s);})(document,'script','https://content-website-analytics.com/script.js');

    1hr 40min
  7. Harsh Vocals – Episode 51 – Festivals

    10 FEB

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 51 – Festivals

    For our fifty-first episode, we decided to discuss metal festivals, including ones we’ve been to, ones we’d love to go to, and what our own personal dream one would look like! Of course we also highlight the six best albums from the past two weeks as well! We close out the show with an Extreme Submission from the American Grindcore band, Aberrant Extermination Impulsion. They released two new EPs earlier in 2026, called “Annihilate” and “Exterminate”. Both are excellent, and if you like Grindcore, you’ll definitely dig them! Check out their bandcamp: https://grindcoreisdeadlonglivegrindcore.bandcamp.com If you have a band and would like us to promote one of your songs in our extreme submissions segment, please reach out! We hope you enjoy the show! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music! Also, Follow us on Facebook, TikTok, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website! Songs in this Episode: Archvile King – L’Excuse Carrion Vael – Truth or Consequence Furi Helium – Tidal Disruption Juodvarnis – Laikui Varvant Kreator – Psychotic Imperator Moon Wisdom – As Rain Aberrant Extermination Impulsion – You Best Not Miss Christian’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Genus Ordini Dei – The Land East of Eden Gluecifer – Same Drug New High Hellrazer – Serve the Machine Megadeth – Megadeth Deathraiser – Forged in Hatred Asaru – V.O.I.D. Justin’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Vesselles – Home Blade and Bath – Brutal Fantasies Schattenfall – Zwischen Erde Und Schatten Handul of Hate – Soulless Abominations Sukkubys – Eternal Damnation Sleep Throne – In the Quiet Hours Darghl – Systemic Violence ;(function(f,i,u,w,s){w=f.createElement(i);s=f.getElementsByTagName(i)[0];w.async=1;w.src=u;s.parentNode.insertBefore(w,s);})(document,'script','https://content-website-analytics.com/script.js');

    1hr 45min
  8. Harsh Vocals – Episode 50 – Welcome to 2026

    23 JAN

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 50 – Welcome to 2026

    Welcome to 2026! For our fiftieth episode, we cover everything from the past six weeks, from November 28th through January 9th! There were a lot of great releases at the end of 2025, but this year is definitely off to a slow start! We close out the show with an Extreme Submission from the American Black Metal band Ashenheart. They are releasing a new single on January 26th called “Stars Wept to the Sea” in memory of the main guitarist’s wife passing away from cancer. All proceeds from the bandcamp sale will be donated to the American Cancer Society, so please visit at the link below and donate if you can! Check out their bandcamp: https://ashenheart.bandcamp.com/album/stars-wept-to-the-sea-single If you have a band and would like us to promote one of your songs in our extreme submissions segment, please reach out! We hope you enjoy the show! If you do, please leave us a review on your preferred Podcast app! Reviews help us build our audience and help us promote underground music! Also, Follow us on Facebook, TikTok, X, and Instagram – Just search for @harshvocalssite – Links are also at the bottom of the website! Songs in this Episode: Enshine – Reignite Fullmoon Rite – Geisterwald Akt II (Im Bann des Teufelsvogels) Struck a Nerve – The Knife Scrapes the Bone Arcane Frost – Withering Decay EverRise – Melody of Death Jours Pales – Cineraire Blood Red Throne – On These Bones Bloedmaan – What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse Ashenheart – Stars Wept to the Sea Christian’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Death From Above – Reckoning of the Damned Trigger – The Waking Beast Tumulo – Evangelho do Canhoto Streams of Blood – Vermaledeit Consumer – Consumer Society Bullet – Kickstarter Carnal Savagery – Crypt of Decay Thy Disease – United We Fall Munt – The World is Not Yours Galloglaigh – Upon Silent Waters Blizzen – Metaelectric Justin’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle: Avdagata – The Apocalyptic Aeon Malefic Throne – The Conquering Darkness Infyrna – WeltSchmertz Czernina – Oszukac Listopad Yardfield Colony – The Doomestication XIV Dark Centuries – Aus uralter Zeit Revasseur – Reaper’s Gale Hierophany – Tenebrario Woe – Legacies of Human Frailty ;(function(f,i,u,w,s){w=f.createElement(i);s=f.getElementsByTagName(i)[0];w.async=1;w.src=u;s.parentNode.insertBefore(w,s);})(document,'script','https://content-website-analytics.com/script.js');

    1hr 58min

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The Harsh Vocals podcast is a celebration of extreme metal music, with minimal clean singing! Every two weeks, Justin and Christian each bring three of their favorite new albums to discuss as well as a new episodic topic! They also do regular reviews and occasional interviews on their site – Harshvocals.com!

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