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09/19/22 • 52 min
Wherein Eric and John take a look at what the mighty Black Sabbath (Heaven and Hell) and the newly musically single Ozzy Osbourne (Blizzard of Ozz) were up to as a new decade dawned.
Assigned Listening #1: Black Sabbath- "Heaven and Hell" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FRA7UXlGu8
Assigned Listening #2: Ozzy Osbourne- "Mr. Crowley" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0RE230PlX4
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Iron Maiden, in the First Time of the Bruce Bruce (1981-93)
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08/19/24 • 63 min
Wherein Eric and John return to the fray, exploring the extraordinary music making of Iron Maiden in their first Bruce Dickinson fronted period, 1981-93. Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode: Music listening break #1- "The Trooper" from Piece of Mind (1983) https://youtu.be/4VZbjrDwQ28?si=7rIZSnnsjQYHPH_Z
Video break #1: "Can I Play With Madness" (1988) https://youtu.be/Kvqr366Op3k?si=D5sXFYScBJNBAeMs
Video break #2: "Fear of the Dark" live from Rock in Rio (2001) https://youtu.be/epYKVcHrVr0?si=gznoMXr2u1UPyJwz
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01/02/23 • 19 min
Wherein Eric, flying solo, takes a bit of a chronological detour, examining the heavy metal of the 21st century in smaller, bite-sized chunks. On the inaugural journey of this new bonus series of HM101 mini-episodes, Eric takes a look at some of the finest music of a brand new century, way back in 2000-2001. These 20th Century Curmudgeon's Guide to 21st Century Heavy Metal bonus episodes will be periodic short, sweet, and particularly goofy discussions of more recent bands, trends, albums, and songs in heavy metal.assigned listening #1: Vader- "Wings" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQM4A41weqAassigned listening #2: Converge- "Distance and Meaning" https://youtu.be/H_Ida5HP714suggested albums from this episode: 2000: Dio- Magica, Halford- Resurrection, King Diamond- House of God, Iron Maiden- Brave New World, Immolation- Close to a World Below, Nile- Black Seeds of Vengeance, Decapitated- Winds of Creation, Enslaved- Mardraum: Beyond the Within, , Nevermore- Dead Heart in a Dead World, Electric Wizard- Dopethrone, Deftones- White Pony, In Flames- Clayman, Children of Bodom- Follow the Reaper, Vader- Litany 2001: Ensiferum- Ensiferum, Windir- 1184, My Dying Bride- The Dreadful Hours, Devin Townsend- Terria, Kreator- Violent Revolution, Pig Destroyer- Prowler in the Yard, Neurosis-A Sun That Never Sets, Tool- Lateralus, Opeth- Blackwater Park, System of a Down- Toxicity, Converge- Jane DoeVisit us at: https://anchor.fm/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: [email protected] Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ Regular new episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. See ya again soon!!!
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02/03/25 • 32 min
Wherein Eric transcends the very fabric of reality as we know it and takes full advantage of the extraordinary opportunity to interview one of his great musical heroes, Kory Clarke of Warrior Soul, discussing the earliest portion of his music career, Warrior Soul's iconic 90s albums, and what he and the band are up to these days.
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"Sequel" from 24 Ways of Looking at a Piano by Eric Schwartz
Everything Old is New Again: Early '90s Edition (Judas Priest, Megadeth, and Black Sabbath)
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11/18/24 • 63 min
Wherein Eric and John rhapsodize over three of the greatest heavy metal albums ever made, Judas Priest's Painkiller, Megadeth's Rust in Peace, and Black Sabbath's Dehumanizer, in an episode so great that even John doesn't hate it. Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode: Music listening break #1- Judas Priest "Painkiller" from Painkiller (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hadGUw2tpk Music listening break #2- Black Sabbath "TV Crimes" from Dehumanizer (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUFREEJiGeQ Not a listening break, but, of course, if you don't know Megadeth's iconic Rust in Peace you'll need to remedy that as soon as is humanly possible: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lBLXRW43EViiE9xRRCR6l1Ghtj1Ko6Mhc&si=NBGcAmLSVkEs9GEz Please do consider joining us at our shiny, new Patreon page for just $3/month! Not only will you gain access to exclusive content, but you'll also get that sense of pure joy that can only come from supporting the world's wackiest, most insightful heavy metal podcast. Link below: http://patreon.com/HeavyMetal101 Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: [email protected] Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.tiktok.com/@heavymetal101podcast https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. Thanks for listening! Underscore credits: Music: Valhalla by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Song: Cherry Metal License: Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 https://soundcloud.com/arthurvost Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com Funny Song | Comedic Background Music | Silly Chicken FesliyanStudios Background Music https://fesliyanstudios.com Death/Thrash Metal Riffs - Fight Like Hell // Royalty Free No Copyright Music White Bat Audio Atmospheric Doom Metal - ROYALTY FREE [No copyright Music] poweredBYGD ©Music provided by Nature Healing Society© Watch the original movie here: • 432Hz Meditation & Relaxing Music
A Seventies Sabbath Season Finale Spectacular!
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04/22/22 • 72 min
Wherein Eric, John, and very special guest author and Sabbath scholar Nolan Stolz pick up right where we left off on episode #1, exploring 1970's Black Sabbath from the release of the seminal Paranoid through Never Say Die! and Ozzy's departure at the end of the decade.
Music listening break #1: "Children of the Grave" from Master of Reality https://youtu.be/X01Envh1kSA
Music listening break #2: "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath https://youtu.be/yuVmjv22Nqc
Music listening break #3: "Air Dance" from Never Say Die! https://youtu.be/vh7cGW_elQ0
Never fear! We shall return after just a short break for season #2, wherein we will explore the heavy metal of the 1980s. For updates on the next season you can:
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Please do click the following link and check out Nolan's fabulous, indispensable book, Experiencing Black Sabbath: A Listener's Companion https://rowman.com/isbn/9781442256910/experiencing-black-sabbath-a-listener's-companion
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10/21/24 • 71 min
Wherein Eric and John deep dive into the moldering early history of American death metal and British grindcore, exploring the fetid formative tales of an assortment of bands including Death Possessed, Morbid Angel, Obituary, Deicide, Napalm Death, and Carcass.
Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode: Music listening break #1- Possessed "Death Metal" from Seven Churches (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hadGUw2tpk
Music listening break #2- Morbid Angel "Chapel of Ghouls" from Altars of Madness (1989) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUFREEJiGeQ
Music listening break #3- Carcass "Exhume to Consume" from Symphonies of Sickness (1989) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGDTwit60xo
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The Thrash Metal Masterpieces of the "Big 4": 1986/7
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08/21/23 • 65 min
Wherein Eric and John return for season three with a bang, exploring the seminal works of the "Big 4" of American thrash in 1986/7, Metallica's Master of Puppets, Megadeth's Peace Sells...But Who’s Buying?, Slayer's Reign in Blood, and Anthrax's Among the Living.
Assigned Listening #1: Metallica- "Battery" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvW4OQFA_UY
Megadeth: "Peace Sells" the video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdEupVsL07E
Assigned Listening #2: Slayer- "Angel of Death" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7cWi41XGCM
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Metal Gets HUGE (Three Pop Metal Masterpieces from 1986/7)
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09/18/23 • 55 min
Wherein Eric and John take a scenic tour through the cassette collection of a young Eric, and explore three of the biggest pop metal hit albums of the mid-1980s: Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet, Whitesnake- Whitesnake (aka 1987), and Def Leppard- Hysteria.
Assigned Listening #1: Bon Jovi- "You Give Love a Bad Name" (the video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ
Assigned Listening #2: Whitesnake- "Here I Go Again" (1982 video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSlSaGcc0QM "Here I Go Again" (1987 video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF8RHM1OCg
Assigned Listening #3: Def Leppard- "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (the video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIB9Y4OFPs
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New Heavy Metal 101 episodes are released monthly every 3rd Monday, though stay tuned for the forthcoming bonus annual Halloween Spooktacular available 10/2/23. See ya again soon!!!
We Need To Talk About Prog Metal
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02/19/24 • 65 min
Wherein Eric and John go to some truly dark places, exploring one of Eric's least favorite metal subgenres, progressive metal, but come out the other side stronger, wiser, and having talked about an assortment of amazing artists including the "big three": Fates Warning, Dream Theater, and Queensrÿche, as well as Eric's pick for THE SINGLE GREATEST HEAVY METAL ALBUM OF THE 1980s!
opening poem: Music by Walter De La Mare
Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode!
Music listening break #1: Rush- "Anthem" from Fly By Night (1975) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9h2H5Sgzfw
Music listening break #2: Fates Warning- "Guardian" from Awaken the Guardian (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmDgdDXH944
Music listening break #3: Queensrÿche- "I Don't Believe in Love" (the music video!) from Operation: Mindcrime (1988) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3g6tTYoxM Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: [email protected] Social media: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast https://twitter.com/heavy_101 https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/
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How many episodes does Heavy Metal 101 have?
Heavy Metal 101 currently has 48 episodes available.
What topics does Heavy Metal 101 cover?
The podcast is about Music, Music History and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Heavy Metal 101?
The episode title 'Everything Old is New Again Part 1: Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne in 1980!' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Heavy Metal 101?
The average episode length on Heavy Metal 101 is 55 minutes.
How often are episodes of Heavy Metal 101 released?
Episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are typically released every 27 days, 22 hours.
When was the first episode of Heavy Metal 101?
The first episode of Heavy Metal 101 was released on Oct 3, 2021.
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