The Metal Embassy Podcast Metal Chris

Metal Chris interviews Andrew Lee of Ripped To Shreds and talks about the band’s new album, Jubian, as well as some of Andrew’s other musical endeavors, including Pharmacist and Heavy Metal Shrapnel.

Metal Chris interviews Sgah’gahsowáh of the indigenous black metal band Blackbraid. Interview recorded 19 August 2022 via Skype.

Metal Chris interviews, via interpreter, Jaya of the Mongolian metal band The Hu while the band is on their Black Thunder US Tour. Interview recorded 11 May 2022 via Zoom.

Metal Chris interviews Josh Cayer, a First Nations Algonquin in Ottowa, Canada, that performs bass and vocals for the bands Longhouse and Dismal Aura. Josh goes in depth about the recent discovery of unmarked graves of indigenous children at schools across Canada.

Metal Chris speaks with Preston and Barbara, the vocalist and drummer, respectively, of the Nairobi, Kenya, based metal band Chovu on this episode. They cover a wide range of topics from African mysticism and mythology to what it is like to be a woman in a heavy metal band in Kenya.

Black metal from Bangladesh is this episode's theme when Metal Chris talks to Katatonic of the band Brajangngana about how he incorporates South Asian elements, along with mythology and history, into his music.