Metal Minutiae

Phil and Ray sit down with Ed from Aardvark to talk about what Aardvark have been up to and also discuss three classic albums important to Ed

Aardvark's coming Sydney show with Bengal Tigers

https://www.factorytheatre.com.au/event/bengal-tigers/

and Flitcraft with Bengal Tigers in Melbourne

https://theleadbeaterhotel.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/c2ae7bdb-3062-410f-bd46-99bef5801c70?Event=219393

No playlist for this episode but ...

Phil and Ray are back after a bit of a break with even more Secrets of Steel. Finally actually creating a part 2 episode to go along with all those part 1s from last year. Strap yourself in for some classic heavy metal ingredients and be sure to let us know about any excellent examples we missed, because we always want more!

The gigs Ray mentioned are:

Spectral Wounds, with Pestilential Shadows and Golgothan Remains June 13 at Me...

Phil and Ray discuss a wide range of bands that either maybe should have stopped, or they are grateful only had a brief period of being productive and grapple with the question, does not wanting more of a band you like make any sense? No, of course not. But we aren't always rational beings.

Upcoming gigs that were mentioned

Hobart March 8 Pestilential Shadows, Permafog, Midnight Odyssey, Portcullis https://tickets.oztix.com....

Phil and Ray are back in 2025 chatting with Stu from Silent Knight, while they are in town as the national support on Hammerfall's Australian tour. Stu was crashing on Ray's floor while he was in town, so we thought we might as well record an episode. This episode did require significant editing as Ray and Stu are brothers, and apparently like to bicker at each other, which is no fun to listen to - just ask Phil.

We cover Iron S...

We cover a lot of things in this one. And it is quite a long episode. It has been a while between episodes and a fair bit has happened in between with Nicko's retirement, Paul Dianno's passing, Solstafir, Opeth and Tribulation all with new albums that have elicited a range of opinions.

Ray mentions that Tarot are playing more shows as part of the album launch tour, but it appears that he may well have made that up. Follow Tarot...

Its Halloween next week so we thought we'd celebrate with some Helloween and Keep of the Seven Keys Part 1 and Part 2, as the first installment in what is becoming a series of first installments. This one we are calling Jewels of the Crown. Excellent heavy metal albums, that are probably appropriately rated, but we'll talk about them anyway because we love them.

Also discussed:

Austere - Beneath the Threshold and their upcomi...

Steel Assassins is almost upon us again. The yearly heavy metal festival held in Sydney by Dave Balfour at Metal Evilution. Get your tickets and be there in Nov 8 and 9 at The Bridge in Sydney

tickets

Episode playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HK4ImHg24QMEXbE1bbnTI?si=N3dYpGBcR7uROs-9ZBCs7g&pi=a-KvScuGkCT6On

Also discussed

• The quite heartwarming story of Phil's introduction to Deep Purple's Burn and the upcomin...

Phil and Ray are back and talking about albums they like that they think other people maybe don't like quite enough... or at least don't seem to talk about. Are we wrong? Are people always talking about them and we just live in a bubble that. Or are they terrible albums that people don't talk about for a damn good reason?

Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer

Mercyful Fate - Dead Again

Dissection - Reinkaos

Type O Negative - Dead Again

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Phil and Ray go and see Iron Maiden in Melbourne on The Future Past Tour. Some nostalgic chat about Iron Maiden before we headed out and then some initial responses directly after the show - audio quality while we are outside the stadium is a bit rough, as I'm sure you'd expect

Also, as a point of correction Nicko McBrain is actually 72 years old.

The Wickerman radio edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dfDkxHtT9I

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Ray has a chat with Dan Nahum about the upcoming Essence Festival taking place in Canberra September 27 and 28. Recorded at the Espy just before Dan went on stage with Altars so there is a bit noise from trams, traffic, punters nearby, an acoustic artist playing, Pete from Whitehorse joining us briefly... you know how it goes.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/essence_festival?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igs...

Phil and Ray talk about the bands that they feel like they should probably like more or just don't quite get. It turns out that they don't like each others favourite bands. Will this spell the end of the podcast and Phil and Ray's friendship? Doesn't seem like it.

Have a listen to some of the things we've been listening to over the last few months https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51HX07ZcHeIsBpNy9vUJiw?si=db576ccee10c40de

Foot Stompers, Bangers, Epics and Ballads. The four types of songs. In this episode Phil and Ray talk about the curious beast that is the heavy metal ballad. Why does such a thing exist when it seems like it is perhaps the antithesis of heavy metal? The answer, because sometimes they are quite good.

Also talked about:

New single from Tribulation, Queen as one of the top 10 non metal bands that heavy metal owes a great deal, ...

Phil and Ray discuss when the best time to be a heavy metal fan has been throughout history. More is more, or more not more? It is hard to know.

Also talked about

Bands:

Satan, Rotting Christ, Alcest, Death, Iron Maiden (always), Tarot

Gigs:

• Ulcerate, Pestilential Shadows, Altars https://www.ulcerate-official.com/#tour
• Disentomb, Abramelin + more https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/52409958-ac5e-4ccb-bc53-14686581...

Phil and Ray talk about why we like albums so much and playlists less, but there is a time and place for everything

Albums we mention that we've been listening to lately

Phil:

• Tarot - Glimpse of the Dawn https://hcrtarot.bandcamp.com/album/glimpse-of-the-dawn
• Freeways - Dark Sky Sanctuary https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/dark-sky-sanctuary
• Kontact - Full Contact https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/albu...

Episode 1 of the Metal Minutiae Podcast where we talk the myth of the debut album being the best album from bands. There were a couple of teething issues on the audio recording, i.e. Ray messed up. Apologies.

Some key things from the episode for your reference:

Cirith Ungol show

• Your Mate Bookings https://www.yourmatebookings.com/
• Cirith Ungol https://www.metalblade.com/us/artists/cirith-ungol/
• Night Demon https://www.nightd...