Shred Shack Podcast

Episode 106: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the new albums from Devin Townsend and Periphery before going into various forms of news featuring Machine Head, Manowar, StainD, Slipknot, Mushroomhead, Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne, Fozzy, In Flames, Korn, Iron Maiden, Death Angel, Lamb of God and many more. We discuss the Billboard Top 200 and Top 25 Hard Rock Albums of the week before closing the episode with a discussion about what makes a "metalhead."

Episode 105: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the new albums from Children of Bodom and Fallujah before going into various forms of news featuring Watain, Megadeth, Lordi, Agnostic Front, Phil Anselmo, Slayer, Demons & Wizards, Metallica, Lamb of God, Slipknot, Iron Maiden Nine Inch Nails and more. We continue to follow the crowdfunding for the new A Sound of Thunder blu-ray and close the show with a look at the Billboard 200 and Top 25 Hard Rock Albums of the week.

Episode 104: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the new albums from Demon Hunter, In Flames, Hell Night and Queensryche before diving into the previous two weeks' worth of various forms of news regarding the likes of The Prodigy, Motley Crue, Queen, Sacred Reich, Gwar, Rotting Christ, Dragonforce, Warrant, Metallica, Chris Cornell, Body Count, Saint Vitus, After the Burial, Sun O))) and many more before looking at this week's Billboard Top 200 and Hard Rock charts. We close out the show with a Best/Favorite/Worst/Least Favorite segment regarding our Ten Word Review bands of choice.

Episode 103: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the new albums from Candlemass, Overkill, Dream Theater, The Ghost Next Door, Archer Nation and Avantasia before diving into the previous two weeks' worth of various forms of news regarding the likes of Ghost, Fates Warning, Lords of Black, Mark Morton, Deftones, Epica, Slayer, Edenbridge, Napalm Death, Iron Maiden, Tank, Kittie and many more before looking at this week's Billboard Top 200 and Hard Rock charts. We close out the show with a discussion regarding the winner's of the recent Grammy Awards.

Episode 102: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the new album from Within Temptation before diving into the previous two weeks' worth of various forms of news regarding the likes of Kiss, Metallica, Five Finger Death Punch, Korn, Children of Bodom, Iron Maiden, Life of Agony, Kvelertak, Black Label Society and many more before closing out the show with a look at this week's Billboard Top 200 and Hard Rock charts.

Episode 101: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the previous two weeks' worth of various forms of news regarding the likes of All That Remains, Warbeast, Cannibal Corpse, Phil Anselmo, Udo Dirkschneider, Ozzy Osbourne, Ill Nino, Metallica, Eluveitie, Queensryche, Myrkur, Sworn Enemy and many more before taking a look at this week's Billboard Top 200 and Hard Rock charts. Dan talks about his experiences seeing Solitary Runaway, Zero the Hero and Se7en one evening as well as Carrie "Fukin" Asher and Jessikill the night before recording. We end the show Tobias Forge's dream Metallica setlist as well as concerns involving recent issues over payment from PledgeMusic.

Episode 100: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the previous two weeks' worth of various forms of news regarding the likes of Dillinger Escape Plan, Lamb of God, Sworn Enemy, Metallica, Killswitch Engage, Megadeth, Amon Amarth and many more before taking a look at this week's Billboard Top 200 and Hard Rock charts now that Christmas is over. We end the show discussing the continuation of band legacies as brands rather than letting things end.

Episode 099: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the previous month's worth of various forms of news regarding the likes of Cannibal Corpse, Accept, Judas Priest, Guns 'n' Roses, Sacred Reich, Black Sabbath, Five Finger Death Punch, Metallica, At the Gates, Overkill, Ministry, Opeth, Lamb of God and many more before take a festive look at this week's Billboard Top 200 and Hard Rock charts. We end the show discussing the recent announcements of the 2019 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well as the nominations for rock and metal categories of the Grammy awards.

Episode 098: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the previous month's worth of various forms of news regarding the likes of Dream Theater, Ronnie James Dio, Five Finger Death Punch, Metallica, Spinal Tap, Slipknot, Steel Panter, Blood Feast, Swallow the Sun, Abbath, Jinjer, Malevolent Creation, Born of Osiris, Rotting Christ, Rhapsody of Fire and many more before take a triumphant look at this week's Billboard Top 200 and Hard Rock charts. We end the show with a look-over of Loudwire's 15 Holiday Gift Ideas for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Fans.

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Episode 096: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the previous month's worth of various forms of news regarding the likes of Five Finger Death Punch, AC/DC, Voivod, Dio, Exciter, U.D.O., Metallica, Pearl Jam, Slipknot, Sodom, Flat Earth, Avenged Sevenfold, Motley Crue, Pantera, Epica, Amon Amarth, Rammstein and many more before we close out the show with a look at this week's Billboard Top 200 and Hard Rock charts.

Episode 095: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac fix a few mistakes from the previous episode before discussing the latest from KEN Mode, The Breathing Process and Cast the Stone. Various forms of news regarding the likes of Mastodon, Metallica, Motley Crue, Led Zeppelin, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Short Fuse 59, Godflesh, Queensryche, Candlemeass, Children of Bodom and many more are discussed before we look at this week's Billboard Top 200 and Hard Rock charts. We end the show with a discussion regarding who the next big names in heavy metal will be, as influenced by an article on MetalSucks.net.

Episode 094: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac fix a few mistakes from the previous episode before discussing the latest from Dance With the Dead, Exocrine, A Dying Planet and Zevious. Various forms of news regarding the likes of Huntress, Annihilator, Korn, Stryer, Aerosmith, Arch/Matheos, Rob Halford, Marilyn Manson, Warbringer, Sirenia, Shadows Fall, Max Cavalera, The Dark Element, Opeth, Disturbed and many more are discussed before we close out the show with a triumphant run through the Billboard charts.

Episode 093: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss where they've been for five months, the passing of Vinnie Paul, the latest albums from Tesseract, Night Flight Orchestra and Ghost, various forms of news regarding the likes of AC/DC, Danzig, Iron Maiden, Warrel Dane, Alex Skolnick, Stratovarius, Soulfly, Demons & Wizards, Venom Inc., Municipal Waste and more. The show gets closed out with a discussion regarding our thoughts on Tim Lambesis' return to As I Lay Dying.

Episode 092: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the last three weeks of general, recording, touring and charting news. We cap off the show with a discussion regarding WhatCulture's recent video "10 Heavy Metal Bands That Have Never Made a Bad Album," as requested by our friend Bird over at the 1-Up Cup.

Episode 091:  In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac are joined by Pat from the New York side of the Shred Shack to discuss the week of general, recording, touring and charting news regarding Marilyn Manson, Stone Sour, Judas Priest, Metallica, Sabaton, Killswitch Engage, Overkill, Dream Theater and more. We cap off the show with a discussion regarding artists and albums we unironically still love to this day, whether they be from the rock/metal genres or other.

Episode 90: In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss the last two weeks of general, recording, touring and charting news regarding Metallica, Kamelot, Devin Townsend, Mastodon, Stone Sour, Ozzy Osbourne, Killswitch Engage, A Perfect Circle, Deicide, Light the Torch, Kobra and the Lotus, Sevendust, Hammerfall, Clutch, The Sword and more. We cap off the show with a discussion regarding hard rock / heavy metal acts who allegedly "went soft" but still "rule."

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Episode 088: In this installment, two of your favorite heavy metal caballeros are joined by Lindsay Mac to discuss the last four to six weeks of general, recording, touring and charting news regarding various heavy metal artists. We cap off the show with a discussion of Metal Injection's 35 Most Anticipated Albums of 2018 list.

Episode 087: In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss the last four weeks of general, recording, touring and charting news regarding Alter Bridge, Gus G, Avenged Sevenfold, Ghost, Clutch, Megadeth, Phil Anselmo, Fates Warning, At the Gate, Unearth, Corrosion of Conformity, Suicidal Tendencies and more. We cap off the show with a discussion about the recently released list of Grammy nominations for Rock and Metal.