Pedal To The Metal Radio The Podcast

Pedal To The Metal Radio The Podcast

A podcast where discuss the latest in Rock and Metal News

Episodes

July 21, 2025 28 mins

The podcast is back and now it's in video form as well. On this episode, we remember Chester Bennington on the anniversary of his passing. We talk about the cell phone at shows policy that Ghost has enacted before we go right into rock and metal news with stories on Laura Jane Grace, Snot, Biohazard, Cattle Decapitation, Dark Angel, The Acacia Strain, President, and so much more. We end the show with our Unsigned band of the we...

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Season 6 is finally here and we celebrate everything that is going on. I talk about my weekend spent with great bands like Nine Men's Misery and From Ashes Reborn as they recorded sets at the legendary Union Theatre in Attleboro, MA. I discuss the YouTube page before we get into our first Unsigned band (we only play Unsigned bands now) in Central Ohio's Echoes Of War. We talk some rock and metal news with stories on Cynic, ...

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April 29, 2025 25 mins

For today's Pedal To The Metal Theater film, we are checking out the 2019 smash hit Netflix biopic from director Jeff Tremaine in The Dirt. The film stars Douglas Booth, Colson Baker, Iwan Rheon, and Daniel Webber as they play the most decadent and notorious bands of the 1980's Motley Crue in this film based off the best selling book of the same name.

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April 3, 2025 19 mins

For today's episode, we are honoring the memory of the great actor Val Kilmer by checking out the 1991 Oliver Stone directed The Doors which sees Val embody the role of Jim Morrison. The film also stars Kyle MacLachlan, Kevin Dillon, Frank Whaley, Meg Ryan, and so many more. R.I.P. Val Kilmer (1959-2025).

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March 30, 2025 25 mins

For this week's episode of Pedal To The Metal Theater, we are checking out the classic 1992 film Singles, which was written and directed by Cameron Crowe and it evolves around this story of singles in Seattle trying to navigate their love lives deep in the epicenter of a musical revolution in the early 1990's. The film stars Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, Bill Pullman, and many more. Plus as a bo...

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It's the season 5 finale which means we have a super episode for all of you that features DETERIOROT and their track Read Between The Lies as the cover of the month. We also have Fuzzripper and Ancestor Of Kaos as the Hard/Heavy Bands of the week and to top it off we have Apolinara as this week's Unsigned Band of the Week. We also have plenty of rock and metal news with stories on Zakk Wylde, Matt Pinfield, Steve Lukather, ...

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March 16, 2025 28 mins

On the fourth episode of Pedal To The Metal Theater, we check out the breakout 2018 film Heavy Trip which was directed by Juuso Loatio and Jukka Vidgren and it stars Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen, and Max Ovaska as Impaled Rektum, a metal band from Finland who dreams of making it big. One day, they get the chance to play a big show in Norway, but a lot of obstacles stand in their way. Plus as a bonus tr...

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On this week's episode, we have Dethlores of Gehenna as our Unsigned band of the week. Plus we have L.A. Project and Vortex as our Hard/Heavy bands of the week and we have rock and metal news with stories on Faster Pussycat, Mastodon, In Vain, The Damned, Volbeat, Sleep Token, and much more.

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On this week's episode, we have This Is My End as this week's Unsigned Band of the Week plus we have Crucial Velocity and Whitechapel as this week's Hard/Heavy bands of the week. We also have rock and metal news with stories on Lesotho, Iron Savior, Decapitated, Hatebreed, Forbidden, Exodus, Carnifex, Haken, and much more.

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On the third episode of Pedal To The Metal Theater, we are checking out the 1985 horror film Hard Rock Zombies which is about a band called Holy Moses who travel to a conservative town to perform a show, but little does the band know what is in store for them in this strange town. The film was written and directed by Krishna Shah. For a bonus, we have a track from legendary singer Robin McAuley in Till I Die which is off of his fou...

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February 23, 2025 47 mins

On this week's episode, we have Jizzy Pearl's Love/Hate and Scour as the Hard/Heavy Bands of the Week. Plus, we have Radelmare of Finland as this week's Unsigned Band of the Week. We have rock and metal news with stories on Iron Maiden, Bleeding Through, The Black Dahlia Murder, Lacuna Coil, Tribulation, Lord, and many more.

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February 16, 2025 51 mins

On this week's episode, we have the band Imajjjin as this week's Unsigned band of the week plus we have Hellfire 76 and Dormant Ordeal as this week's hard/heavy bands of the week. Plus we have rock and metal news with stories on Black Sabbath, Ministry, Imperial Triumphant, Scorpions, Melvins, Napalm Death, and much more.

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February 11, 2025 23 mins

On the second episode of Pedal To The Metal Theater, we are checking out the 2022 Netflix exclusive filmMetal Lords which was directed by Peter Sollett and it stars Jaeden Martell (It/Y2K) and Adrian Greensmith as two friends who start a metal band as they navigate through high school on their way to a battle of the bands competition. For a bonus, we have a track for all of you from Thrash/Death Metal juggernauts Atrox Trauma in I ...

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February 7, 2025 51 mins

On this week's episode, we haveCrimson Asphalt as the Unsigned Band of the Week. We have Asasara and Beltfed Weapon as the Hard and Heavy bands of the week. We also have rock and metal news with stories on Ozzy Osbourne, Type O Negative, Exodus, Gojira, Record Store Day, Nekrogoblikon, and much more on this week's episode.

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January 29, 2025 27 mins

It's the very episode of Pedal To The Metal Theater where we check out a different heavy metal/hard rock related film and I talk about it. For the very first episode, we are checking out 1991's Shock Em Dead that was directed by Mark Freed and it stars Stephen Quadros as Martin, a loser who makes a deal with the devil to be the biggest rock star, but his love for Lindsay (Traci Lords) will prove to be a big distraction. For a bonus...

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January 24, 2025 46 mins

On this week's episode, we have My Haunted Past as the Unsigned Band of the Week. We have Midnight Fracture and Plague Of Stars as the Hard and Heavy bands of the week. We also have rock and metal news with stories on Bad Omens, Orange Goblin, Cradle Of Filth, John Sykes, Linkin Park, Belphegor, Nine Inch Nails, and much more on this week's episode.

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On this week's episode, we start the show by addressing the wild fires in California and a statement from Dez Fafara. We take a break to check out this week's Unsigned band of the week in Liquid Decomposition. We talk rock and metal news with stories on Exodus, Tommy Lee, Snot, and Alien Weaponry before we take a break to check out this week's heavy band of the week in Kosuke Hashida. We finish up on rock and metal news...

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The first episode of the new year and we are excited to bring you this one. We talk about Record Store Day and what changes need to be made and we also defend Knocked Loose and their performance on Jimmy Kimmel before we take a break to check out hardcore legends Enrage as they are the heavy band of the week. We talk about Andreas Kisser and his comments on Eloy before we check out this week's Unsigned Band of the week in Haze Mage...

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December 8, 2024 54 mins

On this week's episode, we talk about Record Store Day and what needs to happen to it. We also reminisce on the life of Dimebag Darrell on the 20TH Anniversary of his passing and we end the show talking about Nicko McBrain and his last show ever with Iron Maiden. The musical guests are Mad Wet Sea as this week's Unsigned Band Of The Week. Super Monster Party is this week's hard band of the week while Mass Punishment is this week's ...

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It's election day, so hopefully you are out there and voicing your opinion by voting. We have a great episode that features ⁠Deface The Dream⁠ as the Unsigned Band of the Week. We also have ⁠Rivers Of Nihil⁠ as the heavy band of the week and ⁠Vendetta XIII⁠ as the hard band of the week. We also have Rock & Metal News with stories on Primus, As I Lay Dying, Possessed, Morbid Angel, Dope, and so many more.

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