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The Sons of Metal Podcast CHR and Doug
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Every month CHR and Doug review six heavy metal albums. Each of them chooses a recent release, and then they talk about a small label/independent/unsigned band. Finally, in the Heavy Metal Valhalla segment, they feature a classic metal release every fan should have in his/her collection. As a second monthly episode, they review two random albums they happen to like. Their different ages, backgrounds, and tastes make for some interesting discussions on a wide variety of heavy music.
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Episode #103: Evoke the Dark God of Aggression
It's the final episode of The Sons of Metal. CHR embarks on one last solo flight with new albums from Anaal Nathrakh and Aldious, checks out some indie grindcore from Anthropic, and prepares to enter Valhalla himself alongside Amon Amarth's appropriately-titled seventh album.
Folks, it's been a pleasure entertaining you the last eight-plus years, and summoning the last bit of warmth from my icy, cynical heart, I thank all of you for your attention during this time. Whether you've been a subscriber since episode #1 or just recently discovered us, I hope we managed to both inform and entertain during your time with us.
Take care and be safe,--CHR
New Releases:
Anaal Nathrakh : Endarkenment (2020) 9:36
Anaal Nathrakh are a British extreme metal band formed in 1999 in Birmingham, England. Their sound is a complex mix of symphonic black metal, black metal, death metal, grindcore, and industrial.
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Aldious : Evoke 2010–2020 (2020) 19:43
Aldious is a Japanese all-female power metal band from Osaka, who formed in 2008. They have been labelled pioneers of the Girls Metal Band Boom that began in Japan in the 2010s.
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Local/Indie Band:
Anthropic : Architects Of Aggression (2020) 30:45
Anthropic are a grindcore band from from Buffalo, New York who are heavily inspired by 1980s grindcore, crust punk, and death metal.
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The B-Side #26: Warmonger
It's Doug's last show ever and the final B-Side. CHR opens the show with the blackened folk of Finland's Havukruunu and Doug closes things out with the tech-death onslaught of Canada's Beneath The Massacre.
The Albums:
Havukruunu : Uinuos Syömein Sota (2020) 5:02
Havukruunu is a Finnish duo who plays blackened folk metal very much in the vein of mid- to late-career Bathory, Rimfrost, and similar bands. Their music is grand in scope with multiple movements, choral elements, and other forms of bombast.
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Beneath The Massacre : Fearmonger (2020) 21:57
Beneath The Massacre is a Canadian technical death metal band from Quebec. They play extremely fast, and although the songs are relatively short, they pack a lot of material into just a few minutes.
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Episode #102: Fields of Reveries on the Theodicy of Nija
It's Doug's last main episode, so CHR gifts him the ursine onslaught of Chicago's Bear Mace, while Doug opts for the heavy groove of Sweden's Orbit Culture. CHR picks a conceptually unusual indie pick with South Africa's Incarnate Deity, and Doug uses his final Valhalla pick to feature one of his favorite albums of all time, Opeth's 2005 album, Ghost Reveries. Additionally, CHR talks about the future of the show.
New Releases:
Bear Mace : Charred Fields Of Slaughter (2020) 9:06
Hailing from Chicago, IL, USA, Bear Mace describe their sound as "planet crushing death metal". What started out as a cross between Bolt Thrower and Dethklok now incorporates more dynamic elements, such as those from later Pantera and mid-career Death.
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Orbit Culture : Nija (2020) 21:36
Orbit Culture are a Swedish melodeath/groove metal act who mix in some thrash and progressive elements into a unique sound.
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Local/Indie Band:
Incarnate Deity : Theodicy (2020) 34:39
Incarnate Deitiy is a conceptually unusual one-man act from South Africa. It's symphonic blackened death metal, but with Christian undertones. Even if you don't subscribe to the religious philosophy, the music should appeal to fans of SepticFlesh and early Dimmu Borgir.
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The B-Side #25: Regeneration Rex
Doug opens the show with a semi-posthumous release from Static-X while CHR keeps it simple with some death/thrash from Sweden's Vampire.
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The Albums:
Static-X : Project Regeneration, Volume 1 (2020) 3:14
Static-X is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, and was influental in the late-1990s/early 2000s nu-metal movement. After frontman Wayne Static's death in 2014, they found a significant amount of unreleased material that the remaining original members of Static-X put together into this new album.
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Vampire : Rex (2020) 15:47
Hailing from Gothenberg, Sweden, the anonymous quintet known as Vampire have been releasing a vicious combination of thrash and death metal since 2014.
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Episode #101: Consequence of Death In An Orange Medium
The show opens with Doug dropping two bombshells, and follows it up with some slammy Russian death metal from Katalepsy. CHR slows some things down with some "jammy" doom metal from Pale Divine. In the indie segment, they listen to some punk-laden death metal from Argentina's Medium, and in Heavy Metal Valhalla, CHR brings back the Teutonic thrash with Sodom's third album.
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New Releases:
Katalepsy : Terra Mortuus Est (2020) 10:55
Katalepsy is a Russian death metal band from Moscow. The group formed in 2003, and have lyrical themes centered around gore, violence, murder, and perversions.
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Pale Divine : Consequence Of Time (2020) 24:15
Pale Divine are a Pennsylvania-based doom metal band that has been around since 1995. Their sound invokes shades of Black Sabbath, Pentagram, and Trouble with some progressive elements reminiscent of Yes and Uriah Heep.
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Local/Indie Band:
Medium : Medium (2018) 36:18
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The B-Side #24: Curse Of The Fates
CHR opens the show with female-fronted blackened thrash from France while Doug indulges his drunken, stupid side with some Scottish pirate metal.
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The Albums:
Witches : The Fates (2020) 3:35
Formed back in 1986, Witches, known as the first French band in France with female guttural vocals, has been an on-again/off-again project with the vocalist being the only original member.
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Alestorm : Curse Of The Crystal Coconut (2020) 11:38
Scotland's Alestorm is possibly the most-recognized pirate-themed metal band today and are responsible for bringing the keytar back into vogue.
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