I Hate Music

I dare you to take this down, Spotify!  I dare you!  Yes, we played two songs on this episode in fair use, and I dare you to take it down!  You can’t stop us!  Regardless, we here at IHM suffered an unplanned break from recording, but now we are back and ready for 2026!  We have lots of changes and ideas for this coming year so hang on - a new and improved IHM is coming soon!

In this very special episode we discuss and play some...

You’ve seen her behind the mixing board working with bands such as Front Line Assembly, Corrosion of Conformity, Blood Incantation, and Agalloch.  She’s toured with Alice Cooper and Judas Priest.  She consistently makes your concert experiences sound better and you should thank her for it.  She gives the craft the respect it deserves, and furthers the craft itself with her care, precision, and attitude.  You should thank her for th...

*UPDATE* It happened again!  Spotify, our podcast host, removed this episode from streaming services throughout the world.  You can still find the original episode with all music intact on YouTube, but we’ve had to remove all music from this episode to keep it on streaming.  We are currently looking for a new podcast host to alleviate this issue.

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We don’t know exactly what happen...

We don’t know exactly what happened with Episode 101, but we share what we do know, explain the situation, theorize on why it happened, and cross our fingers it doesn’t happen again with this episode.  We also dive into some listener emails, answer the latest 666 Degrees of Separation, as well as discuss our favorite movie soundtracks and extreme metal literature.

Pro Tools rears its ugly head and crashes Nick’s system a couple ...

*UPDATE* The original version of this episode was removed from all streaming services worldwide due to “recent changes with the music rightsholder.”  This was the case with all three songs we played on this episode.  This has never once happened to us before.  Our only recourse was to remove the songs and re-publish.  If you want to hear this episode with the songs, please visit us on YouTube where you can find it there.  

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In this very special episode of I Hate Music, we field a litany of listener emails and end up discussing various topics such as Autechre’s current tour, the My Favorite Murder podcast, the importance of Marc Maron, and explore the question on everyone’s mind - does Castle Metal even exist?

Ghosts came up again and killed Nick’s mic about 20 minutes in, but don’t worry, we fixed it, we got this.

@ihatemusicpodcast @autechre @m...

There are ghosts in the machine, metal in our hearts, and Beherit in our ears.  On this episode we discuss a wide variety of topics from metal comic books, to IHM’s 8th birthday, Dave Matthews and Idles, advocacy for the Recording Academy, and we celebrate our 100th episode!

Tune in, turn up, and drop out.

@ihatemusicpodcast @protools @davematthews @nflcomics @idles @beherit

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Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick W...

We are back after an unintentional summer break!  Sometimes life gets in the way, and we had a very busy summer so in this episode we share stories of our summer travels featuring places such as The U.K. for Fortress Fest, California for the Agalloch/Emperor shows, Serbia, Montana, as well as Brazil, Mexico and more.  

We discuss the shows we saw and performed, the food we enjoyed and did not enjoy, the beers we quaffed and possibly...

It has been a while since we’ve delved into some listener emails, and since Hunter Ginn was in town for Agalloch rehearsals, we asked him to join us.  He appears in this episode as a ghostly, disembodied spector.  Regardless, some familiar topics arose such as AI, and Buckthead, but we also reveal our answers to the 666 degrees of separation segment, and discuss comments and questions posed by listeners.

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Andy Whale and Bolt Thrower defined a genre.  Even in 2025 those names are said with reverence and massive respect.  There is only one Bolt Thrower, and only one Andy Whale.  However, Andy’s career did not stop with Bolt Thrower as he also played with Memoriam, Darkened, and DeathCollector.  

Now, Andy is creating electronic music, drumming for the fun of it, and enjoying family time.  Join us as we discuss touring, the metal scene ...

Kelly Shaefer and Atheist blazed a trail in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s that has inspired throngs of technical metal bands to this day.  The band was entrenched in the Floridian Death Metal scene in its heyday, yet Atheist remained one of a kind; truly unique.  In 2025 Atheist is more popular than ever.  They are working on a new album and hitting the road hard.

In this very special episode we talk to Kelly about the longevity of A...

Johnny Valles is a rising star in the extreme metal scene.  He is currently drumming for, or has drummed for, many spectacular metal bands and is possibly best known as Blackbraid’s live drummer and for drumming for Max Cavalera’s Go Ahead and Die.  Most importantly, Johnny is a really great guy, a good friend, an awesome drummer, and we are delighted to have him join us.

So, grab a drumstick, put on your helmet, crack open a Waterl...

Apparently Australia loves us, and we definitely love them. More letters from down under, some music from our koala loving friends, and hopefully the last time we will ever talk about Dethklok.

Join us for listener emails, music, and a brand new segment. Kyles and Gwar rejoice!

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Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz.

"I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli.  I Hate Music image by Jori Apedaile.

Ending so...

Here at I Hate Music we love love. Today is Valentine's Day so maybe today we will even love music! Most musical genres are known, and perhaps even defined by, love songs. But what about metal? Are ballads the only type of song in metal that has the theme of romantic love? Do bands like Cannibal Corpse have love songs? What defines a love song? What are some great love songs?

In this episode we dive into love in metal, love in music...

You mustard about the ketchup! More ketchup over here, please! Yes, more ketchup, but also talks about the Paul Masvidal (Cynic) and MoonBladder tour, listener emails, what we've been doing and what we've been listening to, and our main man Jason Walton is now 50!

Don't let the door hit ya, 2024! We talk about our highs and lows in 2024 as well as discuss our favorites from the year in music, film, literature, and food.