Shred Shack Podcast

Episode 066: In our first installment of 2017 and our first in nearly a month, your favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss some old business regarding Disturbed and Tony Iommi before discussing the latest from Revel in Flesh, Broken Soul, Red I.V., Alluvial, Gone is Gone and Halestorm. General, recording, touring and charting news for Metallica, Megadeth, Saxon, Hammerfall, Trivium, Vektor, Judas Priest, Immolation, Darkest Hour, Suicide Silence, Life of Agony and more. Chris discusses Orange Goblin frontman Ben Ward's crowdfunding campaign to assist the families affected by the recent employment cuts at Team Rock LTD before giving an update on the YouCaring campaign for Mike Williams of EyeHateGod, which Dan follows with an update on the campaign to fund the tenth anniversary release from Seven Kingdoms. Chris and Dan discuss the handful of shows they saw during the hiatus, including Sonata Arctica, Leaves Eyes, Omnium Gatherum and Jessikill (at Alamo City Music Hall), Killstorm, Target 7 and Broken Soul (a

In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros cut right to general, recording, touring and charting news for Circle II Circle, Ronnie James Dio, ELP, Disturbed, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Sepultura, Soundgarden, A Perfect Circle, Kreator, Testament, Guns N Roses, Opeth, Superjoint, Metallica, Megadeth and more. Chris gives an update on the YouCaring campaign for Mike Williams of EyeHateGod and Dan discusses the already-funded-but-it-wouldn't-hurt-to-contribute campaign for a tenth anniversary release from Seven Kingdoms. Chris and Pete discuss their hardships trying to attend the Children of Bodom show at the Aztec Theatre before Dan recounts his experience catching Enceladus, Target 7, Zero the Hero and The Infamists that same night. Pete discusses Violet Cold as his Social Media Highlight before the trio review the Grammy nominations for Best Metal Performance, Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album.

In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros take a look at the latest albums from Ash Borer and Krullur. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists before Chris gives an update on the YouCaring campaign for Mike Williams of EyeHateGod. Pat and Reece offer up their list of Top Ten Univerally Panned Albums That Weren't That Bad. Chris reviews Napoleon for this week's Social Media Highlight segment before we close out the show with a response to our discussion last week, reviewing the things for which we are NOT thankful in heavy metal.

In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros take a look at the latest albums from Oni, Sister and Martyrdod. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists. Chris gives the final word on Gwar's crowdfunding campaign for their comic book series and an update on the YouCaring campaign for Mike Williams of EyeHateGod. Chris and I discuss our experience seeing Queensryche, Armored Saint and Midnight Eternal at Alamo City Music Hall the previous week. Chris triples down on the Social Media Highlight segment to compensate for his lack of preparedness in the last few weeks, educating us on Blackwater Drowning, A Broken Frame and She Pulled the Trigger. We close out the show with a festive discussion about the things for which we are thankful in heavy metal.

In this brief installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros take a look at the latest albums from Devilment, Diabulus in Musica, Protest the Hero and Ion Dissonance. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists. Chris gives an update on Gwar's crowdfunding campaign for their comic book series and brings up the YouCaring page for Mike Williams of EyeHateGod who is in need of a liver transplant. Pat and Reece on the New York side of things offers up a list of the top ten metal songs about dangly parts (seriously... don't judge).

In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros take a look at the latest albums from Arkona, Cognition, Deathspell Omega, Sirenia, Superjoint and Animals as Leaders. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Metallica, Rhapsody of Fire, Soilwork, Motley Crue, Babymetal, Armored Saint, Arch Enemy, System of a Down, Overkill, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn and more. In the midst of the news, Chris gives an update on Gwar's crowdfunding campaign for a comic book series. Pat and Reece on the New York side of things offers up a list of the Top Ten Funny Heavy Metal Songs. The show closes out with two I Saw a Show segments wherein Pete reviews Ho99o9, Health and Deafheaven at the Paper Tiger and Rival Sons and Black Sabbath at the AT&T Center.

In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros take a look at the latest albums from White Swan, Hammerfall, Civil War, Burial in the Sky and Attila. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Anvil, Rush, Eagles of Death Metal, Monster Magnet, Mastodon, Mayhem, Metallica, SepticFlesh, Rex Brown, Judas Priest, Six Feet Under, Alcest, Alter Bridge, Sabaton and more. In the midst of the news, Chris gives updates on Gwar's crowdfunding campaign for a comic book series and Jason Becker's forthcoming music project. An I Saw a Show segment has us discussing Target 7 (this week's Social Media Highlight), Raven Outlaw and the always entertaining Forever Town before we close out the show with a look at numbers 25 through 1 of Loudwire's Top 50 Live Rock and Metal Acts of All Time.

In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss some old business regarding Avenged Sevenfold before taking a look at the latest albums from Serpentine Dominion, Avenged Sevenfold, Testament, Theocracy, Crowbar, Helmet, Ulcerate, Anaal Nathrakh, Tower, The Answer, Paint in Exile, Car Bomb and Beyond Threshold. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Steve Vai, Five Finger Death Punch, Metallica, Adrenaline Mob, Iron Maiden, Six Feet Under, Sepultura and more. In the midst of the news, Chris gives the details on Gwar's crowdfunding campaign for a comic book series before updates are given on previously mentioned campaigns by Jason Becker, Silent Civilian and A Sound of Thunder. Pat, Reece and Joe on the NY side of things offer up a new Top Ten list in the form of Top Ten Heavy Metal Halloween songs. Chris gives a brief update on Apothica before discussing Upon a Burning Body as this week's Social Media Highlight.  The show closes o

In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss some old business regarding Vince Neil before taking a look at the latest albums from  Dillinger Escape Plan, Iron Mask, Red Fang, Theatres Des Vampires, Goes Cube and Korn. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Lord Mantis, Fozzy, Avenged Sevenfold, Omnium Gatherum, Trap Them, Cradle of Filth, Nails, Demon Hunter, Skeletonwitch, Kreator, Trivium, Life of Agony, Alice Cooper, Lamb of God, Katatonia, Accept, Flotsam & Jetsam, Twisted Sister, System of a Down, Pop Evil, Opeth and more. In the midst of the news, Chris and I gives updates on the crowdfunding campaigns for forthcoming projects from Jason Becker and A Sound of Thunder before discussing the potential future crowdfunding for the band Silent Civilian. Pat and Reece on the NY side of things offer up an interview with Jason Rockman of Slaves on Dope as well as an accompanying list of the Top Ten Heavvy Metal Comeback Albums. We carry

In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros review the latest albums from Gabriel and the Apocalypse, The Devil Wears Prada, Thy Catafalque, Gatecreeper, Anciients, Meshuggah and Alter Bridge. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Primus, Sylosis, Quiet Riot, Slipknot, Mastodon, The Devil You Know, Conquering Dystopia, Abbath, Deicide, Protest the Hero, Darkest Hour, Amorphis, Korn, Trivium, The Black Dahlia Murder and more. In the midst of the news, Chris discusses the crowdfunding campaign for Jason Becker's forthcoming project before Dan gives an update on the ongoing crowdfunding campaign for A Sound of Thunder's forthcoming covers album and relays some recent struggles of and fundraising attempts by Bill Manspeaker of Green Jelly. Pat and Reece on the NY side of things offer up an interview with Gareth Murdock of Alestorm as well as an accompanying I Saw a Show segment of their performance that same evening. We close out the sh

In this installment, a returning Pete gives his opinion on the Baroness concert discussed during the last podcast. Chris and Pete review the latest albums from The Agonist, Skálmöld, Brant Bjork, Winterfylleth, Evil Invaders (OFFICIAL), Epica, Oathbreaker, Alcest, Decivilize and Opeth. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Disturbed, Iced Earth, Kings of Chaos, Korn, Cellar Darling, Rhapsody of Fire, Revamp, Amon Amarth, Suicide Silence, Motley Crue, Grave Digger, Hammerfall, Delain and more. In the midst of the news, Dan gives an update on the ongoing crowdfunding campaign for A Sound of Thunder's forthcoming covers album. Pat and Reece on the NY side of things offers up a new Top 10 list in the form of the Top 10 Political Heavy Metal Songs. Invoking the Abstract and ADE are discussed during this week's Social Media Highlight before we close out the show with a little game of trivia for Chris and Pete.

In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss some old business regarding Vince Neil before reviewing the latest releases from Source, Operation: Mindcrime and Every Time I Die. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Metallica, Slipknot, Jimmy Page, L.A. Guns, Death, Extreme, Overkill, Hellyeah, Xandria, Cattle Decapitation, Superjoint, Iron Maiden, Eyehategod and more. In the midst of the news, we introduce a new segment where we follow and give updates on ongoing crowdfunding campaigns, starting with A Sound of Thunder's campaign to fund a forthcoming album of cover songs. Turma and Denihilist are discussed during this week's Social Media Highlight before we close out the show with a reairing of the I Saw a Show segment from Pat and Reece regarding catching Blind Guardian and Grave Digger on one night and Devin Townsend on another followed by Chris' thoughts on the Baroness show at the Paper Tiger on Saturday.

In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros celebrate the return of Pete by having him weigh on his own list of albums that changed his life as an extension of the previous week's discussion before reviewing the latest releases from Heaven Shall Burn, Ghost, Finsterforst and Tesseract. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Dead Cross, Scorpions, Y&T, Guns n Roses, Bolt Thrower, In Flames, Nightwish, Demon Hunter, Black Sabbath, Infectious Grooves, Deep Purple, Eluveitie, Korn and more. Unearthed Elf and Arctic Sleep are discussed during this week's Social Media Highlight before we close out the show with a brief discussion of Chris' Top 3 Heavy Metal Albums of August 2016.

In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss old business regarding The Misfits and The Ghost Inside before taking a look at the latest from Evergrey, Monkey3 and Devin Townsend. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Bring Me the Horizon, CKY, Architects, Metallica, Motley Crue, Sirenia, Arch Enemy, Mastodon, Saxon, Crowbar, Gojira, Leaves Eyes, Korpiklaani, Black Dahlia Murder, Napalm Death, Dillinger Escape Plan, Fates Warning, Prophets of Rage and more. Cyrax is discussed during this week's Social Media Highlight before we close out the show with our lists of ten albums that changed our lives.

In this installment, your three favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss old business regarding Pete Way, The Ghost Inside and Tony MacAlpine before taking a look at the latest from Skeletonwitch, Daniel Lioneye, Meshiaak, Myrkyr, Powerwolf, Delain, Essential End, Make Them Suffer, X-Method, Sabaton and Soilwork. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for including Faith No More, Fear Factory, Avenged Sevenfold, Anthrax, Five Finger Death Punch, Metallica, Megadeth, Iced Earth, Superjoint, The Alex Skolnick Trio, Saxon, Leaves Eyes, Dirkschneider, Obituary, In Flames, Havok, Animals as Leaders, Children of Bodom, Overkill, Nile and more. Grimrik and Televators are discussed during this week's Social Media Highlight before we close out the show with our thoughts on all things new with Metallica regarding their new single and forthcoming album.

In this installment, your three favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss old business regarding Dokken, Led Zeppelin and Tony Iommi before taking a look at the latest from Deadlock. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for including Ozzy Osbourne, Anthrax, Metallica, Amaranthe, Cradle of Filth, The Sword, Hammerfall, Kobra and the Lotus, Pantera, Overkill, Emperor, Amorphis and more. Pat and Reece on the NY side of things offer up the Top 10 Metal Songs About Real People before discussing the experience of catching both the Summer Slaughter Tour and seeing Volbeat at Coney Island. Celtachor and Nadima? are discussed during this week's Social Media Highlight before we close out the show with our discussion about Metal Injection's Ten Heaviest Songs Released Before Metal Was a Thing list.

In this installment, your three favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss old business regarding Black Sabbath and The Ghost Inside before taking a look at the latest from Bloody Hammers. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for including Amaranthe, Dio Disciples, The Devil Wears Prada, The Raven Age, Charred Walls of the Damned, Jason Newsted, Dream Theater and more. Pat and Reece on the NY side of things offer up a new BrootalToob segment highlighting Adam Massacre before throwing down their picks for the Top 10 Heavy Metal Supergroups. Road Hard Rebels, Mushroom Honey, Heaven's Tragedy and Erudite Stoner are discussed during this week's Social Media Highlight before we close out the show with our discussion regarding our Top 3 Heavy Metal albums of July 2016.

In this installment, your three favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss old business regarding Led Zeppelin, Vince Neil and Temple of the Dog before taking a look at the latest from Zodiac, Seek Irony, Sinsaenum, Harakiri for the sky, Valient Thorr, Barb Wire Dolls, Jinjer and the Stone Kings. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for including Sabaton, Armored Saint, Jon Oliva, Faith No More, Extreme, Danzig, Metallica, Meshuggah, Kataklysm, Alcest, Iron Maiden, Tesseract, Sevendust and more. Pat and Reece on the NY side of things offer up a new BrootalToob segment highlighting Jeff Winner before throwing down their picks for the Top 10 Best Uses of Heavy Metal Songs in Movie Soundtracks. Utopia Banished is discussed during this week's Social Media Highlight before we close out the show with an I Saw a Show discussion about catching the Road Hard Rebels, Mushroom Honey, Heavens Tragedy and Forever Town at Zombies Bar this past weekend.

In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss old business regarding the Hollywood Vampires before Chris offers his thoughts about the latest from Periphery and Revocation. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for various artists. Pat and Reece on the NY side of things offer up a new BrootalToob segment highlighting Ten Second Songs before throwing down their picks for the Top 10 Best Heavy Metal Cameos in Movies and Television. Eyes in the Void is discussed during this week's Social Media Highlight before we close out the show with a discussion inspired by an editorial on MetalSucks about the merits (or lack thereof) of album sequels.

In this short and sound-trouble-ridden installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros discuss old business regarding Rikki Rockett, The Ghost Inside and Life of Agony before Chris gives his opinion on the new EP from Scour. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists. Pat on the NY side of things closes out the show with an interview he had with Simon Wright (ex-AC/DC, ex-Dio, Geoff Tate's Operation Mindcrime and Hellion).