Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium

Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium

Often Imitated, never duplicated. Over 115,000 Listens and counting to my archives! The Podcasts account of "Japan Nick" from Japan Nick's Quarantine Podcast and Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium online exclusively for the time being. 11 of my interviews are on Blabbermouth. I have 63 articles published in the Aquarian Weekly. Visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Japan-Nicks-Rock-and-Metal-Pandemonium/145419538831730 facebook page. http://www.theaquarian.com/author/nick-perkel/ http://twitter.com/JapanNick

  1. JNQP 87 071022 Gates To The Morning Interview

    07/11/2022

    JNQP 87 071022 Gates To The Morning Interview

    JNQP 87 071022 Gates to the Morning Sean Meyers interview Gates to the Morning is a New Jersey based black metal project founded by Sean Myers They have just released their second album Walk Between Worlds which is the first album in a planned trilogy of albums. ( 2019’s Return to Earth was the debut album but not part of this trilogy) We discussed songs from the album such as Moon in the Mid Day Sky, Paradigms Fall, Chapel Perilous and Chasing the Shadows. The philosophy of the song title Return to Earth was examined. We spoke about the cover photo. We finished the dialogue with a discussion of how to know as an artist when a song is finished.

    12 min
  2. JNQP 86 052222 Villins Bodies Interview

    05/27/2022

    JNQP 86 052222 Villins Bodies Interview

    JNQP 86 052222 Villins Bodies Interview We spoke about how their past year was and how their song "Bodies developed. We spoke about the feeling of Alice In Wonderland in different mediums. We finished things up with a discussion about the Akashic Records and how they would use it.

    13 min
  3. JNQP 85 050822 Heterochrome Interview

    05/13/2022

    JNQP 85 050822 Heterochrome Interview

    Japan Nick's Quarantine Podcast Episode 85 050822 Heterochrome interview JNQP 85 050822 Heterochrome Interview We spoke with Heterochrome’s Mida and Arash to hear about their early years growing up as music fans in Iran. We heard about how they were led to music through their families. They spoke about how the band formed. We covered the various countries the album was recorded in from Iran, Finland, Canada, Spain, and South Korea. We spoke about instruments native to Iran they would like to see more of in today’s music like the Taar, Santoor, and Kamaancheh. We spoke about different songs recorded for the album. I inquired if they plan to write about the struggles of Asian Americans as well as Ukrainians. They was discussion about performing at the Shab Shanheba Festival. We finished things off with some dialogue about their most cherished Heterochrome possession.

    50 min
  4. JNQP 84 050522 Sweden Blister Brigade Interview

    05/06/2022

    JNQP 84 050522 Sweden Blister Brigade Interview

    Blister Brigade is a 4 piece rock band from Sweden. We heard them tell stories about getting their first instruments and valuable lessons they learned from being in the music education program growing up. We heard about how Blister Brigade formed. We spoke about their new single "Carousel," and the band's history with the establishment. We also spoke about their writing process for their music.

    22 min
  5. JNQP 83 041922 Madrost Tanner Poppitt Interview

    04/23/2022

    JNQP 83 041922 Madrost Tanner Poppitt Interview

    JNQP 83 041922 Madrost Tanner Poppitt Interview We spoke with Madrost Guitarist/vocalist Tanner Poppitt about his first guitar. He told me about how valuable the lessons he had when he was younger shaped him as a musician. He told me about the history of his band and favorite memories over the years. I asked him about his favorite guitarist, the best album they were on and what made the album so amazing. We talked about writing/recording techniques using odd time signatures, experimenting with arpeggios, palm muting and things of that nature for the writing of Charring the Wrotted Earth? We spoke about the origin of Poppitt’s Corner and what makes a great podcast as well as viewpoints on his 3 favorite interviews he had recorded. We spoke about his favorite podcast. We also delved into his favorite print zine in his collection. We chatted about most cherished California albums. He told me his favorite Madrost related possessions. We spoke about his favorite urban legend or ghost story from Southern California.

    35 min
  6. JNQP 82 032722 MO Gravehuffer Richie Randall Interview

    04/02/2022

    JNQP 82 032722 MO Gravehuffer Richie Randall Interview

    This is the second interview with Gravehuffer’s guitarist Richie Randall from Missouri. The first one was in July 2020. Since then the band has released another split in 2020 with Souls of Hades containing 2 songs from the Your Fault album sessions. We talked about the lyrics on the new album (NecroEclosion) containing many elements of historical content. We spoke about in depth the tracks Ghost Dance, Sights to the Sky, and Smaller than Death. Ghost Dance speaks about the Wounded Knee Massacre from the nineteenth century. Sights to the Sky is about astronaut Buzz Aldrin's life. Smaller Than Death is about legendary superstar wrestler Andre the Giant. We ended the dialogue with a fun urban legend from the South.

    37 min
  7. JNQP 81 031422 NJ Midnite Hellion Interview

    03/25/2022

    JNQP 81 031422 NJ Midnite Hellion Interview

    Drew Rizzo is the drummer and founder of Midnite Hellion(2011). We spoke about Drew getting his first drumkit and schooling he received over the years. He has been trained to play the piano, violin, tenor saxophone, and trombone. On his own he learned to play the drums, bass and guitar. In his High School years, he studied drums under Tony DeNicola. He got accepted into college playing tenor saxophone. He told me about his sound system to listen to music. During the playback for Kingdom Immortal he listened back on different sound systems to check the levels. We discussed which three albums Alex Perialas was a part of that made him realize Alex was the right choice to record his album. Drew discussed how he wanted an old school approach to recording this album and was not recorded with a click track. All the preproduction was done before the sessions with Alex. A lot of the album was recorded on a 1980 Les Paul Custom that Alex had at his studio. We discussed the Lich King show in Baltimore as well as thoughts on the current national/worldwide concert discussion after Japan’s Loudness show was postponed to 2023. He spoke about his most cherished musical possessions which do include some major Megaforce related rarities. We finished the dialogue with a fun urban legend from New Jersey.

    17 min
  8. JNQP 80 030622 Mexico Ungodly Rest Interview

    03/18/2022

    JNQP 80 030622 Mexico Ungodly Rest Interview

    Japan Nick's Quarantine Podcast Episode 80 030622 Interview Ungodly Rest interview. Ungodly Rest is a black metal band from Mexico. I had an interview with their singer Peste Nocturne. We spoke about his influences as well as favorite Mexican metal bands. There was mention of Greg Wilkinson producing the album.

    19 min
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Often Imitated, never duplicated. Over 115,000 Listens and counting to my archives! The Podcasts account of "Japan Nick" from Japan Nick's Quarantine Podcast and Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium online exclusively for the time being. 11 of my interviews are on Blabbermouth. I have 63 articles published in the Aquarian Weekly. Visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Japan-Nicks-Rock-and-Metal-Pandemonium/145419538831730 facebook page. http://www.theaquarian.com/author/nick-perkel/ http://twitter.com/JapanNick

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