Riffs Across Generations
Welcome to RIFFS ACROSS GENERATIONS. I am your host, Andrew. I have been metal since the day is long. Tracing back to the 80’s with tape trading, editing a fanzine (TIN BEAN FANZINE) and years as the growler for a Western Massachusetts death metal band (CLOT) I have seen the trends and sounds come and go. Joining me is our co-host Eli. I am an aspiring guitar wizard who loves to mess with all types of gear I am a metal head to the core. i was Born after the glory days of metal, but am forging ahead and creating the next generation of head banging to be louder and more brutal than ever. We cover the music from old to new, from Nuclear Assault to Cattle Decapitation and everything in between. Come on the journey with us and submerge yourself in the METAL JOURNEY ACROSS GENERATIONS!
Episodes
Holy smokes... we have Liz Selfish and Brenner Moate joining us to talk about BRAT, the scene, touring and life in general. We also discuss a couple of new tunes from Biohazard and Amorphis.
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In this episode we talk about the new Gwar Ep and the new album from Azure Emote. Angelripper from Sodom had some words about modern day recording. We also talk about the new Spinal Tap movie coming out. Our interview is with technical prog death thrash pioneer legend Kelly Shaefer!
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Eli and Andrew are back with some new music from Tampa's ENDURUS and Nashville's LENAX. We also talk a bit about SHADOWS FALLS day in Springfield MA and some messed up faux assassination stuff from MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE. We are also joined by the heavy as all get out AUTUMN LIES BURIED. Caution... this is a chaotic conversation and recording... what could go wrong with technology went wrong! Our apologies in a...
Eli and Andrew talk about some live show they have been to and are going to. We also discuss some new music from Forbidden, Sanguisugabogg and Cold Steel. Entombed are going into the studio as well as Sun Don't Shine. Finally our guest is Ritchie from the death, thrash, grind, punk, doom legends from Joplin, Missouri... GRAVEHUFFER!
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We discuss some new music from Autumn Lies Buried and The Haunted. We also discuss why Archspire left their label and went independent. Our interview this episode is with Carolina Perez, drummer from the old school death metal band Castrator.
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We talk about a couple of new songs from a couple of very seasoned bands. We also talk about what wrestling and Tool have in common. Our guests are 2 finalists in the Wacken Metal Battle Florida as well as James, the promotor of the battle here in Tampa, Tampa Metal Scene.
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New Dark Angel, whaaaat? Yep, new single dropped we talk about it. Also some Armored Saint news, some Priest tour news. We talk to a couple of bands hailing from Puerto Rico, LEFT-OVR and MOTHS. LEFT-OVR went to WACKEN OPEN AIR a couple of years ago and MOTHS is gearing up for the final CARIBBEAN BATTLE. We also have Jerry Orie from Piox Promotions talking about what it takes to organize and promote the WACKEN METAL B...
We have some new news on a band that hasn't played in awhile, Old Man's Child. Lars must be pissed because Napster is popping up again... really. We have some tunes from bands in the northern parts of the midwest. We talk worms, tears, pig noises and death metal with Wisconsin's own CASKET ROBBERY!
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We talk about the history of Wacken Fest, Wacken Battle of the Bands and what it takes for a band to get there. We are joined by Eric from TampaBayMetalScene, Taylor from Varanger and Thomas from Othalan.
In this episode we talk about the on-going Exodus front man saga. We also discuss welcoming back Savatage and prepare for the final Ozzy farewell. We talk about 3 new hardcore bands with different styles and new music releases. Evan from the hot "newish" hardcore band GatewayNY joins us to talk band, music and scene in upstate New York.
We discuss the growing awards show in the "518\413" and how it has pulled a lot of talent in for the night. We also discuss Zetro being out at Exodus and the return of Dukes. We have some new black metal to listen to and talk about. Voidrium, Pontifex and Claux join the podcast and talk about their artistic creations, black metal in general and the up and coming BAY OF FIRE BLACK METAL and ARTS FESTIVAL.
This is the final show of 2024 for Riffs and we are going out on top! We run through some music news about Dark Angel and a National Guitar Museum award. We also chat about a couple of new albums by Greylotus and Monolithe. We go back to the 70's and cover almost 50 years of metal with Tony Demolition Man Dolan from Venom Inc!
In this episode we talk about a new children's album with Alice Cooper, Slash and Rob Halford. We also talk about the crappy Mr Bungle news, some Archspire help wanted and Ozzy gets his due finally! We discuss the new albums by Immortal Bird and Ripped To Shreds. Finally... Nasty Ronnie from the legendary band Nasty Savage join us to discuss the new album and how the Nasty Music was born!
No band interviews this episode. Andrew and Eli discuss what is happening in the world of AI and how that looks for the metal community. We talk about Vitriol now being a 2 piece. You know you have made it when they write a book about you, congrats Immolation. We review some new music from Fulci, Peeling Flesh, Cemetery Filth and the Wounded Touch.
Eli and Andrew discuss the metal opening ceremonies to the olympics. We also discuss Iced Earth insurrectionist awaiting trial. All the way from TOGO we have the mighty Arka'n Asrafokor joining us to talk about all sorts of topics.
Lots of rumors floating around about Motley Crue not playing live, we discuss the latest about John 5. Tom Araya seems like he may not have been a very good bandmate in the studio. We discuss 3 new releases from Octoploid, Embryonic Autopsy and Hate The Adversary. Lastly, we are joined by VIRULENCE vocalist/guitarist Chris Defaut!
Eli and Andrew talk about the shows they recently attended, so many bands and one arena show. We discuss some new music and a new release that was recorded 35 years ago. What's with the Swedish water and why has this country produced so many bands? We also talk with Vincent from the mighty black metal band VOIDRIUM!
Besides reviewing some new music from Togo, Netherlands and the US, Eli and Andrew dive into some top stories of the day in metal music. A black metal museum goes up in smoke, some serious cash is being spent on a Death guitar and a new super group is in the making. If that wasn't enough we have the guitarist from 72 Legions on the pod!
Andrew and Eli discuss some new music and tours. We also talk about Dan Lilker's unlikely reunion with Anthrax after 40 years. Morrisound Studios gets an historic award by Hillsborough County. Lastly, we interview the death metal legend, Mike Browning of Nocturnus AD.
Andrew and Eli talk about some new metal releases. We go pretty deep to cover some music out of Ireland and Brazil as well as the US. We also talk about some metal news including Black Sabbath's Paranoid achievement. No interview this time around but we will give you a sneak peak into the guest on the next episode.
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