Into The Necrosphere

This week, Jonas Holmberg, vocalist for Swedish blackened hardcore outfit This Gift Is A Curse, joins the podcast to talk about their blistering new album, "Heir", released on Season of Mist in March. We explore Covid’s impact on the band, how Jonas’ career outside the music industry fuels his songwriting, we discuss the band’s creative process and much more.   Then it’s on to a solo news rant where I answer your questions, including ranking my top five Swedish death metal albums, spotlighting bands primed for a comeback, and explaining why I haven’t launched a Patreon. Plus, I check out new tracks from Kaamos Warriors, Sodom, Gaahl’s Wyrd, Gruesome, and Full of Hell, and I weigh in on Machine Head’s latest public humiliation.   PLUS - we have another Premiere on the Sphere, featuring Turkish true black metal act Ash Magick with an exclusive track from their upcoming album, “Rituals of the Anathematic East”.   Please support the bands featured on this episode THIS GIFT IS A CURSE: https://thisgiftisacurse.bandcamp.com/ [https://thisgiftisacurse.bandcamp.com/]   SERPENTES: https://serpentes.bandcamp.com/ [https://serpentes.bandcamp.com/]  RED HARVEST: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057788554463 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057788554463]     Pre-order the new ASH MAGICK ALBUM, “Rituals Of The Anathematic East” https://apocalypticwitchcraft.bandcamp.com/ [https://apocalypticwitchcraft.bandcamp.com/]

The legendary Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed joins the podcast this week to talk about this year’s edition of Milwaukee Metalfest.  We get into the ins and outs of running the festival, curating the line-up and more.  I also get an update on the next Hatebreed album, Stormbreeders of Death and I ask perhaps the most important Jasta-related question of them all: why have we not had another Icepick album.   Then Matt Priso of Conspiracy X, Spells Ov Torment and SIK joins to co-host the weekly news rant.  We round up the latest singles by Horn, Signs of the Swarm, Death Angel, Helheim, and for judgment, and Matt updates me on the status of all his musical projects.     PLUS: Sydney, Australia’s Anoxia are here to crush skulls with “Rule By Cold Steel”.   Please support the bands featured on this episode HATEBREED: https://hatebreed.bandcamp.com/ [https://hatebreed.bandcamp.com/]  ICEPICK: https://icepickhardcore.bandcamp.com/ [https://icepickhardcore.bandcamp.com/]  ANOXIA: https://anoxiadeath.bandcamp.com/ [https://anoxiadeath.bandcamp.com/]  DEICIDE: https://deicide.bandcamp.com/ [https://deicide.bandcamp.com/]    Milwaukee Metalfest Tickets   https://therave.com/metalfest [https://therave.com/metalfest]

David Stepanavicius of death metal juggernauts, Atrae Bilis, joins the podcast this week to chat about their sophomore effort, “Aumicide”.  We deep-dive into “Warfare”, the new movie by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, discuss our shared experiences of relocating from our home countries, the Australian metal scene and much more.   On the weekly news rant, I check out the latest tracks by Ondfodt, …And Oceans, Celestial Sanctuary, Caustic Wound, Pelican and Pandemia.  I also answer your questions, including my favourite pro wrestling moments, gym playlists, some of my own personal bad metal takes. PLUS: no less than two Premieres On The Sphere, with world firsts of brand new tracks by Trivax and Conspiracy X.   Please support the bands featured on this episode ATRAE BILIS:  https://atraebilisdeath.bandcamp.com/ [https://atraebilisdeath.bandcamp.com/]  DESTROYER 666: https://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/destroyer-666/ [https://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/destroyer-666/]   Pre-order links: “The Great Satan” - TRIVAX: https://trivax.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-satan [https://trivax.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-satan]  “Blood Aggression” - CONSPIRACY X: https://conspiracyx.bandcamp.com/ [https://conspiracyx.bandcamp.com/]   Check out my ‘Pain Is Weakness’ workout playlist here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BW6MWim3NWtgLRoddwyYO?si=d4688addea5948d8 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BW6MWim3NWtgLRoddwyYO?si=d4688addea5948d8]

This week Steve Jansson, Edward Gonet and Enrique Sagarnaga of Philadelphia blackened thrash outfit, Daeva, join the podcast to discuss their “Through Sheer Will & Black Magic” debut and how the band got together.  We also explore how professional wrestling connects to black metal, weigh the merits of writing in the rehearsal space and much more.   Later in the show, it’s on to the weekly news rant where the latest cuts by Cryptopsy, Lord Belial, Vader, Hexvessel, Skaphos, Cadaver and more.  I offer a scathing rebuttal to a recently published list of the best black metal albums of the decade so far, and I share my thoughts on Nick Wallwork’s departure from Winterfylleth.   PLUS: Lord Humungous join the pantheon of legends who have featured on my Unsanctioned Filth segment.   Please support the bands featured on this episode DAEVA:  https://daevarock.bandcamp.com/  LORD HUMONGOUS: https://lordhumongous.bandcamp.com/   NOCTURNAL GRAVES: https://nocturnalgraves.bandcamp.com/    The Trve Best Black Metal Albums Of The Decade So Far Akhlys - “Melinoe” The Antichrist Imperium - “Vol 3: Satan In His Original Glory” Horna - “Nyx - Hymnejä Yölle Kuier” Misthyrming - “Med Hamri” Panzerfaust - “The Suns of Perdition Chapter 2: Render Unto Eden” Utkena - “Nex Fornix” Selbst - “Relatos De Angustia” Inferno - “Paradeigma” Funeral Mist - “Deiform” Inquisition - “Veneration of Medieval Mysticism And Cosmological Violence” RUÏM - “Black Royal Spiritism – I – O Sino da Igreja” Trivax - “Eloah Burns Out” Slidhr - “White Hart!” Darvaza - “Ascending Into Perdition” Aversio Humanitatis - “Behold The Silent Dwellers” Cloak - “Black Flame Eternal” Bythos - “Cthonic Gates Unveiled”  Drugoth - “Battles May Cease But War Is Forever”  Marduk - “Memento Mori” Tombs - “Under Sullen Skies”

The legendary Paul Ledney of Profanatica makes his long overdue debut on Into The Necrosphere this week.  Profanatica has just released their new EP, “Wreathed In Dead Angels” through Hells Headbangers.  Paul is also a four decade veteran of extreme and underground music, who has literally seen every trend you can imagine - and was more than happy to share his unique perspective on the evolution of death and black metal, along with discussing a host of other topics. Then it’s on to the news rant and this week I’m rounding up the latest singles by Thronum Vrondor, Dark Angel, Baest, Gaahl’s Wyrd, Necrophobic, Sodom and others for judgement.  I also comment on the recent attempt to cancel Glenn Danzig, Metallica appearing ever-so-smug on the teaser to their latest documentary, and I answer more of your questions.   PLUS: a premiere on the sphere courtesy of Australian war metal brigade, Deathorde. Please support the bands featured on this episode PROFANATICA:  https://profanaticasom.bandcamp.com/  HELLHAMMER: https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/  DEATHORDE: https://www.instagram.com/deathorde/