Straight To The Core
Heavy metal inspired podcast. Reviews, interviews, discussions, debates, album reviews and most importantly... It's about the music. My name is Matt Massacre and Welcome to Straight To The Core. A podcast that's 100% about the spirit of heavy music. We are the Outlet for the Underground. New episodes weekly! Be sure to like, follow and subscribe!
Episodes
Hey everyone! This week is part one of our introductions to the bands that are going to be apart of our upcoming compilation Underground Outlet Volume 2: Midwest Unrest! Four bands to introduce to you all with a combined 11 tracks to jam out to this week!
First is Hour/Glass from Wichita, Kansas. We featured the song "Memories" from their 2021 EP "Confessions". In addition, their newest single "Hand of...
It's been TWO LONG YEARS. TWO. We are back! Its crazy how much time can slip by if you're not paying attention to whats going on around you! In this episode I briefly talk about where I've been the last 2 years. All the various different treats and tribulations that life has thrown my way to deter my focus on the podcast.
In true "Outlet for the Underground" fashion we have 2 amazing bands to share with ...
What is up everyone! We have our 2nd ever in-studio interview for your eardrums! Mikey Hodge, Rick Soeprasetyo, and Steve Smith of From Ashes To Embers join me for some shenanigans! We also feature their new single "A Lesson In Tragedy"!
UK Beatdown lads from Wolverhampton, UK join the Podcast where we review their new album "Matricide" which released to the world on March 26, 2021!
Part 4 of our Aussie Death Metal takeover has begun!
This week Steve, Paul and myself (Matt Massacre) discuss 3 more iconic death metal albums from the 90's
Bolt Thrower's - "War Master"
Entombed's - "Left Hand Path"
Carcass' - "Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious"
Featured Tracks & Artists:
Last Retch from Ontario, Canada with their track "Dead as Fuck"
Becoming the Entity from Mexico City, Mexico with their track ...
Part 3 of the Aussie Death Metal Takeover has begun!
This week is a bit different! Paul, Steve AND Matt Massacre discuss 3 more iconic (arguably underrated) Death Metal albums!
Pestilence's - "Testimony of the Ancients"
Massacre's - "From Beyond"
Morgoth's - "Cursed"
Featured Tracks & Artists:
Dehuman Reign from Germany with their track "Repay Your Debt in Blood"
Deviant Burial from Florida with their track "Posthumous Me...
Part 2 of the Aussie Death Metal takeover has begun!
This week Steve & Paul discuss
Deicide's - "Deicide"
Cannibal Corpse's - "The Bleeding"
Napalm Death's - "Harmony Corruption"
Featured Tracks & Artists:
Beekeeper from California with their track "Vegeta"
Virulent Scourge from Poland with their track "Plague Whispers"
Paranorm from Sweden with their track "Critical Mass"
Casket Grinder from Columbia with their track...
We are back! Steven O'Brien and Paul O'Brien of Australia's Aeons Abyss are TAKING OVER the podcast for a 4 part miniseries showcasing 12 of the most iconic "Old School" Death Metal albums of the 1990's. Along with the discussions, S2TC has always been about supporting the underground and being an outlet for the underground realm of metal. Unfortunately due to licensing and copyright restraints we cannot play any tracks from the cl...
What's going on everyone! This week we have Melodic Metalcore band Calibre from Tehran, Iran on the podcast! Yours truly will be reviewing their debut album "The Storm Inside" which released everywhere last December via Downfall Records!
Calibre YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazqoL_B_G-3DRA3fkhq-kw/videos
What's up everyone! This week for episode 41 I will be reviewing the new "self-titled" EP from Contaminated UK! Grade A UK Hardcore!
Contaminated UK YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCAiCll_KlgH6xmP83F95UA
This week I sat down with Korvus Blackwood, the one man mind behind all that is TrveSovereign for about an hour or so to talk about the new album "The Dewerstone". Arguably one of my top Black Metal releases of 2020! Some great conversation in this one! Be sure to check out the video version of this same interview via out YouTube channel!
https://trvesovereign.bandcamp.com/
Video Interview!
https://youtu.be/9g9roB9EtJ8
What's up everyone! As the title suggests with have 6 bands on this week, each with their own sick single to feature! Enjoy!
Sail Sludge Metal from Southwest, UK
Don't Get Comfy Hardcore/Deathcore from Rockford, IL USA
Gored Hardcore from Aberdeen, Scotland
Dark Desolation Black Metal from Bangalore, India
Burst Into Fire Metal from Sao Paulo, Brazil
Global Plague Metal from Indianapolis, Indiana USA
How's it going ladies and gents? First episode getting to use the new studio upgrades! WE got Futurephobia a Thrash/Death metal band from Bosnia on this week to do a full track by track review of their newly released EP "Last Rites" Emjoy!
Full Album Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ENzrqozJwA
Bandcamp: https://futurephobiabh.bandcamp.com/album/last-rites
Whats up guys and gals in this bonus episode of Straight To The Core I give a track by track review of the new 5 track concept album "Stages To Osiris" by Leeds, UK Instrumental Progressive Metal band Divided By Design!
Listen to the album here!
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/78Wes3REoFOYQ8uGWsYUtU
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/stages-to-osiris/1527933045
What up everyone this week I sat down with Liam, Joe, and Tom of Leeds, UK Instrumental Progressive Metal band Divided By Design! This is their record FOURTH appearance on the podcast! Crazy! They just released a new 5 track concept album titled "Stages To Osiris" that was released on August, 14th 2020! Video version of this interview is available on our YouTube Channel!
Stream "Stages To Osiris"
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/a...
Here it is folks! Welcome to Underground Outlet Volume 1! The first of many compilation albums released by Straight To The Core! There isn't enough gratitude in the world to represent the thanks I have to all 21 bands that are featured on this compilation. This compilation would not be possible without them. The compilation is also available on Bandcamp, SoundCloud and YouTube! Links are available via our LinkTree account! https://...
What's up everyone! Got another first for the podcast! Flatline, a Metalcore band from the UK, re-joins the podcast this week where we did a track by track review of their newly released EP "Monumental EP". The track "Paralysis" which is taken from this EP will be apart of our upcoming compilation "Underground Outlet Volume 1" that drops on Friday!
Welcome to Episode 34!
A first for the podcast! THORN a Death Metal band from Phoenix, AZ has graciously asked us to DEBUT their newest single "Häxan Womb" right here EXCLUSIVELY on the Podcast! This song is taken from their debut album "The Encompassing Nothing" which will release everywhere September 18th, 2020! Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for an exclusive video edited by yours truly! The album will also be ...
What is up everyone! Episode 33 coming in hot!
Corrosion TX NU-Hardcore from Dallas, TX join us this week to feature some tunes from their newest album "Lasting Resentment" including the track "Hung Jury" which will be apart of our upcoming compilation album!
https://www.facebook.com/corrosiontxhc/
King Abyss from Midlands, UK joins them to feature come crossover Thrash goodness from their 2018 release "...The Destroyer of Worlds" ...
What's going on ladies and gents! Double dose of UK Deathcore this week!
Suffer UK from Wolverhampton, UK joins us to feature tracks off of their new EP "Heavy Silence"!
https://sufferuk.bandcamp.com/
Joining them is one-man Deathcore band Cincinatti Bowtie from Bradford, UK to feature the newest single "Lost City" which will be apart of the new album "A Cataclysmic Nightmare" out this August!
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