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PODCAST: Episode 959 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 4.25.2026 · Ghost Cult Magazine Podcast

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What's up everybody? Overnight Kifi is here.
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Unexpected late Night Live stream one of those.
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Nights. I've had a very tough week
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mentally and got a last minute invite to a show tonight.
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Which I'll talk. About in a bit, I went to see
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Ultra Sun at the Chapel in San Francisco and it was fucking
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phenomenal. So I implore you to catch them
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while they're on this US. Tour and deeply hope they come
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back. Stefano has passed by.
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What's up, Stefano? I'm just making sure everybody
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is here on all the. Streams.
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We'll see who shows. Up it's overnight, but it was
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kind of like, I hate to miss these things.
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They mean a lot to me. I need my community right now as
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I've like I said, had a tough. Week, so just, you know, hoping
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to do the damn thing and have a combo with you.
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All about rock and metal. You will either watch now or you
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will watch later. I'm not sure, but yeah.
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All right. So yeah, it's been a week from
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heck. Let me tell you, a week from
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hell. I had some personal problems,
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had some health problems, some mental health problems.
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And like I said, it was kind of one of those things.
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You know, maybe to a fault. I need this show.
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I need to do this show. It means a lot to me to be able
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to get to do these shows. We've been doing them since the
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pandemic came up during the the first few months of the pandemic
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where we were like, oh, you know, let's, let's do a weekly
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news show and connect with people 'cause we need to human.
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A little bit. Renee Ruin is here.
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What's up, Renee Ruin. Good to see you.
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Only usually see you in emails. So what do we do here?
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If you're new here? And you're watching this for the
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first time. I'm Kefi of Ghost cultman.com,
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your one stop shop for rock and metal news.
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We interview bands on our YouTube and podcasts.
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We. Break news all the time.
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We cover shows and festivals. All over the world.
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Including some shows this weekend and some festivals that
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we're. Going to talk to you all about.
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So as usual I have a little deck that I made that helps me kind
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of script. Out the show.
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What's up Jess? What's up Renee?
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Just in case you're feeling tipsy, I will drop.
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The tip coming in Robert Cheeto is here.
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Ghost 21472 is. Here.
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So it looks like TikTok, as usual, is bumping overnight.
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Deceptors is here. What's up?
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Sermon of Flies? Welcome.
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Welcome. We are following you, so yeah,
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let's do the damn thing. April 25th, Where did the month
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go? As usual, we start with the
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announcements and we've got. Some tough ones.
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What's up, sermon? Flies you're up late or early.
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I'm up late and early here in California, could not sleep and
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I'm wired and I've had a crazy. Week.
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So it was kind of like get the get this show done and move on
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with the rest of my shit. Some announcements We are the
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media partner of the Vodkan Metal battle, the Battle of the
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Bands. All over the world taking.
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Place to get a chance for bands, independent DIY bands to play
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Falcon Open Air, the longest running and best maybe metal
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festival in the whole world. And we're super.
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Proud of this. So this is coming up in a few
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weeks. The East Coast finals are coming
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up in a few weeks and they'll be hosted once again by my partner
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Omar. Gordy Mariah sucks.
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Serene Beauty LLC is here. Good to see you.
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All right, other things going on, we are still giving away
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tickets to see Echo and the Bunnymen live in Los Angeles at
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the Greek Theater. You have about 3 more weeks to
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enter. And then you're out of luck.
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But I've appreciated everybody for coming along and following.
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This is the killer show and killer tour.
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I'd love to go shout out. And happy birthday to our own
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Anita Frausto, who celebrated a birthday yesterday.
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I've been very fortunate to become friends with Anita and
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we've covered probably two dozen shows.
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Together in about two years. So super stoked to do more work
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in the future with Anita. Pretty sad news.
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Dave Mason, the Co founder of the band Traffic with Jim
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Kettner and Steve Winwood. A teenage Steve Winwood has
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passed away. He passed away asleep in his
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home after spending an entire day with his family and making
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dinner. Sure is cool fool.
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Is here. What's up?
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What's up? Jazzy Violet, Kim Belladise, a
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lot of Master Chief, a lot of people are here on TikTok and
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some on YouTube. I'm super stoked about it.
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Thank you so much for watching. We greatly appreciate it.
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And looks like even someone on Twitch, if you follow me, I'll
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follow you back when the show is over.
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TV's live is here and that is here.
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Bridge Baer, Fibonacci spiral killer name.
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So yeah, rest in peace to Dave Mason.
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Chances are if you're the current couple of generations,
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you don't know that Traffic is a super important band that kind
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of bridged the early classic rock era where they were doing
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kind of Blues rock and soul and then kind of transformed into
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kind of a folk rock thing. Also Steve Wynwood, who by
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himself became went on to become a solo artist and a legend.
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He gave a very loving tribute to his former bandmate and traffic
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has re formed multiple times over the years.
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So just a few years ago he might have been on tour.
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This week was also we like to do some metal history to start the
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show. This week was the anniversary,
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the 15th anniversary of the big. Four first American show.
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There's a second show that happened.
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On the East Coast in the fall, I was there.
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We'll talk about it when the time comes to do a celebratory
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live stream review of that show. BIG4 in Indio, CA.
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It's kind of where Coachella is. And it was.
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Epic. It was really a big deal for a
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long time, and there's a DVDI had the DVD and Blu-ray at 1:00.
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Point. Don't think I have it anymore,
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but maybe I can get it back. Also celebrating anniversary
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releases this week. The one year anniversary of
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Machine Heads Unatoned. Still pretty killer.
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I still listen to this. Record.
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Two Fear Factory record celebrating an anniversary this
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week. Of course, the classic Fear
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Factory Didger Mortal, which did have a record store day.
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Release that I picked up and we'll be talking about on my
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other podcast next week. This time next week.
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But also, yeah, in addition to that, also Archetype, which was
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a vastly different record with a partially different lineup to
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Fear Factory. I'm very much looking forward to
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the next Fear Factory record. Infinite Dynasty is here.
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Scarlet Lady is here. Rocky Rush Rib is here.
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What's up? What's up?
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Charles, William, welcome. Also celebrating an album
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release of Bursary. As I like to call them.
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War Bringer drop this banger. This is 20 almost 2015 years
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old. Weapons of Tomorrow.
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Pretty killer. Another prominent album in my
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formative years. I don't know about you if you
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love. The Rash Man, Ali's Next Couple
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or For You Testaments debut album The Legacy is almost 40
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years old next year. These albums have been reissued
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and remastered. And I'm sure they'll be more to
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come via their current label, Nuclear.
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Blast that has the rights to all the Testament music.
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Also released the same. Week in 1987.
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Death Angels. The ultraviolence.
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Unbelievable record for a bunch of teenagers.
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No, man SB is here. What's up?
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Man of Steel is here. Adam.
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Barkum is here, Slantera is here, Willie is here.
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A lot of people checking in on the TikTok.
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Must be probably early in the morning elsewhere.
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In the world, Gojira's debut album The Link was released this
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week in 2003. I have that on vinyl.
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Soul Flies debut album which is also almost 30 years.
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Old the debut self-titled album Soul Fly after Max Cavallera had
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left Sepultura. Quit Sepultura.
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Phenomenal record, still holds up today.
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I love this thing. Also, arguably Obituaries.
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Second best record or best record?
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Depending on your taste in old school death metal.
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The End complete, which I do love this album cover.
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Also saw them play this in full a few times, was terrific.
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Also saw them play slowly We Rot Live or most of it Scorpions.
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I always feel like the Scorpions album covers are kind of
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embarrassing, but this one's decent.
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Savage amusement with the lady, perhaps an Angel sitting atop a
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scorpion ready to Stinger in the butt.
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Oh, scorpion Scorpions also also Sodom subtitled album from 2006,
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I believe. Pretty pretty.
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Pretty much a banger. Sodom records still hold up to
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this day to me. So here is we'll drop the tip
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menu now it's oh you know if you're feeling tipsy, I
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appreciate it. We do indeed have money from
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advertising, however. However, we are always.
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Appreciative of tips. See, boom, got the tip menu
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My my, this here Anakin guy, maybe later someday later.
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Now he's just a small fry. Them good old boys are drinking
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whiskey and rye saying this will be the day that I die.
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Give you guys a little. Hopefully I don't get sued or
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shadow banned or injured for that little quotable there.
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We got some late night watchers here.
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Blackie Chan was here for a second.
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I'm sorry I missed you Blackie Chan.
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Otter 187 is also here, so that's tough to manage all
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these. Things anyway, you can drop us a
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tip if you're feeling. Tipsy, I appreciate it on to the
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features and we had some bangers this week on big in this guy
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Boop features this week include. In case you missed it a week
13:03
ago, A Planet Rock'n'roll is here.
13:06
We have an exclusive interview on our site with Zoe Marie,
13:10
Federer Shimerda and Marek Ashok Smerda, formerly of Cradle of
13:14
Film, talking all about their life after Cradle of Film.
13:18
Zoe Marie's new band or continuing band Catalyst Crime.
13:22
Ashok's continue composing work and guesting on tour with Lee's.
13:26
Eyes so pretty damn killer. Also also we did a live stream.
13:33
I did a live stream the other day talking about the new.
13:35
Slayer shows Are you excited about these Slayer shows?
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Would you go see Rain and Blood for its 40th anniversary if they
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expanded this tour? I do believe they will probably
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add more shows at some point or or book these shows into 2027,
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but so far we got four or five. Shows for slavery this year.
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User not found. That's pretty amusing.
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See what I did there? See what I did there?
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One more second. Also also this.
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Week we had just an incredible honor for me.
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I have been extremely fortunate to interview Aneka Van Geese
14:26
Burger and you definitely know her work from the gathering.
14:29
She's a lot of records with Devin Townsend and she also has
14:32
a vaunted solo career. She's in the midst of a three
14:36
EP. Concept release setup where
14:40
she's she last year released Lovey the life this year she
14:46
really released. Lemoore to her brand new EP The
14:49
Death. And now she is going to get to
14:52
work on Lemoore the Love and in the meantime she has been
14:56
touring heavily with The Gathering, which I think is
14:59
hella cool. I always loved that band and a
15:02
buddy of mine, Chris Ward, I don't know if he watches these
15:06
things, but Chris got me into heavily into the Gathering as
15:10
well as a bunch of other bands, so I've been very fortunate
15:15
about that. All right, in addition to Anneka
15:27
Van Giesbergen, we also dropped a brand new interview this week
15:30
with Corrosion of Conformity. We talked to Bobby Landgraf, you
15:34
know him from. Hockey and down as a touring
15:39
guitarist. And now he's the permanent
15:41
bassist. In Corrosion of conformity.
15:45
All right, there's also a podcast that comes along with
15:48
these shows. The show will be a podcast.
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We have exclusive content coming up on our podcast as well as as
15:56
well as new stuff. All these different live streams
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and shows we do do for our podcast.
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They become podcasts, so check them out Ward. 16 is here.
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What's up Ward 16? One of the coolest bands in the
16:11
UK. Also also my other podcast is
16:15
the Glacial musical podcast. Beer, medal and swearing
16:17
sometimes. Hockey sometimes.
16:19
Arena football for some reason. But mostly we review albums and
16:23
bands and series. This week our new episode is on
16:27
ACDC. Dirty Deeds done dirt cheap.
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Next week we'll be doing a chaser, get the beer and then
16:34
the chaser. We'll do the chaser episode on
16:36
Record Store Day. I have many mixed feelings about
16:39
Record Store Day. I briefly shouted it out a few
16:43
minutes ago. So yeah.
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Also also. Now it's time for the news
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rundown. And as usual, we start with
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festivals, and we are covering a banger of a festival this
16:53
weekend. Perhaps you're watching this
16:56
from Las Vegas, where Sick New World is.
16:58
Going to take place this weekend.
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I'm a huge fan of this festival. They took a year off.
17:04
I have some inside news about why that happened.
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Not what people think that Linkin Park and Metallica made
17:10
people not want to go. It's just absolutely not true.
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Was a timing issue but sick New World is back.
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Where our team is in Vegas already System of a down in
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corn, headlining with Bring me the Horizon, Evanescence,
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Marilyn Manson, Knock Loose, Cypress Hill, Mastodon and
17:28
filter with a ton of other bands.
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Ministry Acid Bath, AFI Cold Chamber Clutch Terror with a
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brand new Wow mouth tsunami orgy Glass draw failure Vows who I
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absolutely love Speed of light. Underoath Danny Elfman Wage War.
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Death Heaven. Melvins POD Carpenter.
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Brood Health. Kitty Norma Jean Lords of acid
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so many chained St. to I saw. A few months ago, phenomenal.
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And if you're interested and you want to pause, except on TikTok,
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we've got the running order will also be a preview post on our
18:03
website going up soon. They're really unless you're
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really into the Diablo stage, which is mostly hardcore and a
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bit of industrial and goth. If you just were concerned with
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kind of. More you know your average metal
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and new metal and other than knock.
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Loose. There were not really a lot of
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hardcore. Bands on the main.
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Stages The green stage and the purple stage, but the spiral
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stage is always the goth, industrial, new metal stage.
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There's not a lot of terrible overlaps except Kitty and Norma
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Jean COC and. Acid bath kind of overlap, which
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isn't great. Speed into Twin tribes, deaf
18:54
Heaven and Melvin's cold Chamber and health.
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Those are unfortunate. Otherwise, it's a pretty smooth
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day. Hydrate if you're out there, if
19:02
you're out there and drinking. Please make sure to hydrate and
19:05
do your thing, but do it safely. So we're covering that.
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Look for a review from us soon also and three was announced.
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This is your hair metal glam rock festival in Columbia, MD,
19:18
coastal Maryland outside of Baltimore Cinderella's Tom
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Keefer in Queens right Co headline along with Buckcherry
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white lion engine room faster Pussycat trickster and sound
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check rock Academy and there's AVIP kickoff party.
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Both did. There's AVIP kickoff party with.
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Quiet Riot and there's an after party with Steven Adler and
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Adler's Appetite, which always plays G&R covers.
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Also also Damnation Festival announced a bunch of new bands
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headlined by Cult of Luna and Satiricon Igor.
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Carcass and health. Crowbar Trypticon.
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Wolves in the Throne. Room.
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Walter Jericho, I hate God. Car bomb, benediction and more.
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We took a year off of covering this festival last year.
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I would love to cover it this coming year.
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We shall see. We do have quite a good.
20:08
Staff in the UK, especially in Manchester, who could cover the
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festival. Welcome to Rockville and Sonic
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Templar coming up in May. We'll cover those more.
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Soon Creed has announced the summer of 99.
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Fifth year in a row or 5th sailing?
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Third year in a row I believe Creed Breaking Benjamin 7 Does
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Zach Meyer solo Hoobastank Our Lady piece hinder fuel?
20:33
Drowning Pool fastball. Sponge the flies and ashes of
20:38
Billy. I would really love to go to
20:39
this. I've never been on a cruise.
20:42
I think I need to get on a cruise 1st and just get out
20:44
there and get my sea legs under me.
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But I used to work in the luxury travel and cruise industry, so I
20:51
think it'd be fun for me to be on a boat.
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I'm on a boat and prepare. The ground is coming up in
20:58
Toronto. Wish I could go to this just to
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see Svalbard. Unfortunately I cannot and also
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Maryland Death Fest is coming up really soon.
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The 21st edition of Maryland Death.
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Fest. And that's all the festival news
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this week. There will be more next week as
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we get open up into the. Later parts of the spring
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Slayer, man, in terms of concerts, this is the biggie.
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Slayer announced the shows. They kind of were teasing it on
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socials. They're already doing Rock
21:27
Lahoma, they're already doing some other festival stuff and
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they announced. It was meant to be two shows.
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And now they got added to Rockfest in place of Megadeth
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because Megadeth had a drop out. So rain and blood originally
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Friday. Friday I believe September 4th
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or Saturday September 4th and then Friday the 13th of
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November. And then they added a set a
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Saturday show for LA also. So pretty sold out already.
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I don't know if they're going to add any more, but you know,
22:02
looks like Slayer's back to at least do a few shows A.
22:04
Year at this point. We'll see.
22:06
What at what point does Metallica get down to that
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level? I do not know.
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We told you last week about the unholy Halloween show from Dimmu
22:14
Borgia, Satiricon and Enslaved. That show is now.
22:17
Completely sold out. Amazing new Dimmu Borgia album
22:24
coming soon. Are you pumped about it?
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I am Halloween continues its. 40th Anniversary North American
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tour. We just covered that show in New
22:34
York. Stay tuned for that coverage
22:36
coming soon to our site. There are a few shows left.
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Looks like Salt Lake City at the depot.
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I've been there. Amazing place to see a show.
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Seattle at the Paramount and San Francisco at the war field.
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Unfortunately, I. Will miss this tour.
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A Mon clock tour featuring a Monomarth and Death clock runs
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through the late May. We just covered this tour.
22:59
You can see coverage of this on our website.
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Really phenomenal, great job Isabella.
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It's category AKA Originate Designs productions.
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Plus if her normal isn't tour continues with Dave Hill.
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I'm going to this show in about 3 weeks.
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Super pumped. Chris Sutton, 283, is here.
23:20
But up but up but up. Flesh God Apocalypse continues
23:25
their tour supporting Avatar with some off dates.
23:28
In the meantime, Behemoth D aside and writing Christ in
23:32
Malaysian continue their tour. We will be covering this this
23:36
Sunday in Saint Louis. I caught this tour last week.
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I actually have some merch to show off from the tour and just
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absolutely phenomenal show on all levels except the sound at
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the venue I was at in San Francisco, which is trash. 7
23:51
dust and a tray You continue their tour and seven dust and a
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tray. You and Fire from the Gods are
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all playing. Festivals also hoping to catch
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one of these seven dust shows. Ginger is kicking off their
24:05
North American tour soon with Crystal Lake and Antheos.
24:08
Super big doings for Ginger, one of the albums of the year.
24:12
Last year in my opinion, the Dams announced the final
24:15
Damnation USA tour. The bands talking about their
24:19
advancing age, it's just not possible for them to continue to
24:23
tour like this anymore. And they did mention that one of
24:25
their members, their long time members, passed away last year,
24:28
so should be fun. We'll see if we can catch them
24:32
one more time. Ultra.
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Sun, I was just at this show, Ultra Sun in San Francisco.
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You need to catch this if you love synth wave and sort of
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danceable aggressive heartbeat stuff.
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Ken Kaltenbach, What up, bro? You are up either very late or
24:47
very early. Good to see you though.
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Buckwheat is here, Otay shadow is here, 392 Chaz is here.
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But can I help you? Well I'm up doing a late night
24:59
stream. I don't know, I can't sleep and.
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I had a terrible week. Gigi fan is here.
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What up, Gigi fan, good to see you.
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We're just doing the rock and metal news at a very strange
25:08
hour for most people. 319 Pacific Time for me.
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But Ultra Sun Man, what a phenomenal, phenomenal show.
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The Beast in You tour Great show tonight at the Chapel in San
25:20
Francisco. Port Shores also here.
25:25
Failure, who dropped their new album today we'll talk about
25:28
that in the New Music Friday segment, is kicking off a tour
25:32
soon. They're also playing Sick New.
25:33
World I'm very. Excited for this Legion Gorod
25:38
and special guests Abysmal Dawn are doing the Tekkit Easy Tour
25:42
2026. This will be this fall.
25:47
Kind of exciting. We just covered Olegion Drug
25:51
Church has kicking off their new tour with White Reaper, Spy and
25:54
Public Opinion this weekend. I believe the first show was
25:58
tonight actually in Detroit. And then they have also
26:00
announced a late European Tour in the year in September with
26:05
Downward and Liquid. Mic so that looks really fun,
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including some festivals. And.
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Headline shows that's really cool.
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Just a couple of other. Things in case you're a big
26:18
Edgar Allan Poe fan and you're in the New York City area, the
26:22
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, where he lived later in his life
26:26
before he moved back to Baltimore and parish there is
26:30
hosting the fall of the House of Slam cash prize poetry
26:38
competition. 10 people can enter.
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The top three winners will split the winnings starting today at
26:46
Poe Cottage at 4:00 PM at the Grand Concourse.
26:48
I used to live in that neighborhood briefly.
26:50
Pretty fun. You're nocturnal, you're
26:53
insomnias lasted for many years. Me too, me too.
26:56
I am doing really bad with my sleep apnea and my mental health
26:59
is not great right now. But the show tonight going to
27:03
see Ultra Sun. Kind of gave me a big lift.
27:05
I was listening to like Typo Negative All day today and
27:08
King's acts Which Girl, some of my and Pink Floyd, some of my
27:11
depression albums. Just another thing that's kind
27:14
of fun. Here in San Francisco at SF, MO,
27:16
MA they are having a sort of art bash where they in an auction
27:21
where they are having bands and artists play DJ's, singer
27:24
songwriters, folk artists and Shannon and the clams.
27:27
One of the coolest punk rock bands.
27:29
So super fun that they are one of the headliners of this art
27:32
bash at. The MO ma.
27:35
I think I'll be having a MO Ma date soon with my fiance.
27:39
You know what we need to do? We need to get the fuck out of
27:41
here immediately. I love this meme where aliens.
27:44
Come down and they land, and they see Jesus on the cross and.
27:47
They're like, Nope, gotta go. Fucking hilarious.
27:52
Anyway, just a reminder, if you're feeling tipsy and you
27:54
want to give us a tip, cool. If not, that's also cool.
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The show will always be free. I don't believe in paywalling
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things. Eli Santana.
28:00
What up, What up, What up, son? Phantom Cadaver is here.
28:06
But anyway, yeah, you know, because of contributions from
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folks like you, we're trying to build the DIY rock and metal
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community. There's so many fake Facebook
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accounts with fake news and bullshit that I am just striving
28:19
to stick to my journalistic ethos.
28:23
Whatever. That's maybe a waste of time,
28:26
Miss Queen Diva. Is also here too.
28:29
If I'm wasting my time, I maybe, but I hope we're still valued.
28:37
Yes, I am drinking at liquid depth at 3:23 AM.
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operate a business as a DIY enterprise without somebody to
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have your back unless you're a coder and a web dev.
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And Craig is those things and certainly a web dev expert.
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We're on all the. Things.
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We have a newsletter I send out every Saturday.
30:32
I will put myself back on screen.
30:35
Hey. So let's let's talk about the
30:39
news this week. There are some major stories for
30:42
I found this out tonight while I was at the show.
30:45
Bruce Kulick, the former guitarist of Kiss and Grand Funk
30:49
Railroad, had a major heart operation that he came through
30:55
great. Apparently he had a childhood
30:57
birth. Defect as a heart.
30:59
Ailment and he just found out about it not too long ago he had
31:03
kind of retired from touring and yeah he really he got his came
31:10
through great and he's going to get a full recovery.
31:12
But like you know, no joke men get your prostates checked get
31:17
your heart checked get your shit checked.
31:20
I know we're not great at and get your mental health in check
31:24
but I'm glad Bruce cool is going to be OK.
31:26
I can't take, I know people die as part of life, but I just
31:30
can't really. I can't really, you know, bear
31:35
more, you know, it's been so hard this year already with a
31:37
bunch of deaths. Ken writes on the gram almost
31:40
100%. We have to keep doing what's
31:42
true ourselves. Almost 0 support at times.
31:44
That's what separates the fake from the real.
31:46
But I guess also the rich from the poor, unfortunately.
31:49
Stay strong. Thank you, Ken.
31:50
You know, I say all the time that being in, you know, having
31:55
a DIY enterprise business to do independent rock and metal news
32:00
and journalism and interviews is like, just like when I had a
32:04
band, there's tremendous highs and there's crushing lows and
32:07
you just have to steal yourself. You have to be in this for more
32:13
than headlines and ink. And you know, we do thousands of
32:16
interviews a year and and hundreds of album reviews.
32:21
And sometimes the bands don't share anything and sometimes
32:23
they get, they go to Blabbermouth and they're
32:26
everywhere. And sometimes the bands share.
32:30
You know, we've been showing a lot of love.
32:32
We had an album review of Neurosis.
32:35
We had my interview with Neurosis has gone viral on
32:38
YouTube in our podcast with over 5000 views.
32:41
And they shared all of it, which is super nice, but it's just
32:45
something that they don't all do.
32:47
Thanks, Scott. For dropping by, I appreciate
32:49
you. Jay Hambo is also here.
32:50
Thank you, Ken. I appreciate your kind words
32:53
man. But anyway, Kulik is cool, and
32:58
he's back Live Nation. We told you last week that they
33:01
were after the US government literally bent over and spread
33:05
their cheeks for a Live Nation because they gave the president
33:08
$50 million toward his election campaign and the Department of
33:13
Justice with all the evidence that you could want to, you
33:17
know, force them to split up their monopoly.
33:19
The Department of Justice said, Nope, we're going to just close
33:22
the case with nothing else. And then a jury found Live
33:25
Nation and Ticketmaster libel of file, you know, operating a
33:32
monopoly and unfair business practices against music fans all
33:35
over the world. And of course, what happened
33:38
with Live Nation, all the major news outlets praised them and
33:41
said, oh, you know, like they shouldn't be split up.
33:44
They all, you know, they're all sucking on the team.
33:47
Of big business. It's really embarrassing what
33:49
happened has happened to. Major journalism in the world
33:52
right now. It's really fucking.
33:54
It's an absolute embarrassment and not in any kind of like an
33:58
embarrassment of. Riches.
33:59
It's the opposite. The Sofia werewolf is here.
34:02
What's up? So fuck Live Nation Canada.
34:06
Ruled this week that from now on they're not going to allow any
34:10
resale of any tickets for over. Fair value or face value?
34:15
So maybe someday New York, sorry, maybe someday America,
34:18
when we have a new government installed can re pursue Live
34:22
Nation. Basically, they got a slap.
34:24
On the wrist a $280 set, a $280 million settlement they paid in
34:29
April is like 4 days profits for them, $9 million.
34:33
Once again, fans are going to get some stupid vouchers that
34:36
don't fucking mean anything or won't really get you in it.
34:39
The commensurate amount of shows for the amount of pain they've
34:42
caused. You as a ticket.
34:43
Buyer and a fan. The Slayer tickets were
34:46
immediately gone. They never barely made it.
34:49
To. The public they were all gone in
34:51
the pre sale by bots. I can understand pit tickets if
34:55
there's only like 2 shows or three shows being like 4 or 500
34:59
bucks. I don't want to be in the pit
35:01
anymore. But like in a mosh pit?
35:03
At a major arena, you're going to pay, you know, if you were
35:06
going to see. Taylor Swift or Billy Joel
35:08
those. Tickets would be almost $1000
35:09
anyway, but even the rest of the tickets immediately that
35:13
escalator shit goes in and the tickets when we're up to
35:16
thirteen. 1400 bucks for nosebleeds.
35:19
Not even good seats where you might not even have a view of
35:23
the stage, are you? Fucking kidding me.
35:26
Embarrassing. So anyway, get your shit
35:28
together governments of the world, and stop this bullshit.
35:31
Anyway, Iron Maiden, we told you, recently got elected into
35:37
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and they will be inducted into
35:39
the Hall of Fame in a ceremony in the fall.
35:44
And they announced through their manager, Rod Smallwood, that
35:48
they will not be attending the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
35:51
Ceremony. Not because they are pissed.
35:53
Not because they're too good. For it because they're going to
35:55
be on tour in Australia when the concerts are taking place and
35:58
Iron Maiden does not cancel shows unless they absolutely
36:00
have to do to illness and even then, so you know, they will
36:06
probably appear by video or something.
36:08
Like a video message. And that doesn't mean that other
36:10
non current members of Iron Maiden cannot be at the.
36:13
Hall of Fame Nico Mcbrain and Blaise Bailey are.
36:16
Getting inducted, maybe then Paul Diano's family, maybe they
36:19
can all be there. Corn dropped their first new
36:23
song in four years today from the upcoming Diablo 4 expansion
36:29
pack soundtrack. I didn't know this was a thing.
36:31
I love Diablo 1-2 and three. I can't game anymore.
36:35
Because if I play games I'm never going to get any work done
36:38
and or get this stuff done so I cannot game.
36:42
I go down a rabbit hole with games on my phone or on my PC.
36:45
It's over. Game over man, game over.
36:50
System of a. Down has yet another song
36:53
joining the Billions Club and streaming.
36:55
I know that these streaming places are evil but good.
36:59
Reporting by our friends at Lamb, Goat and the PRP, who also
37:03
compiled a big list of this System of a Down's lonely day
37:07
becomes their third. Song to cross a billion streams
37:12
3 days Grace Animal I have become is now 8 times platinum.
37:18
The Pretender album by Foo Fighters is now double platinum.
37:24
Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun hit the billions mark.
37:28
Somehow, somehow, somehow, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Danny
37:32
California is quintuple platinum.
37:35
Jesus Christ, I'm not quite billions and Disturbs cover of
37:39
Sound of Silence is soon to cross the billion mark.
37:43
At 9 times platinum. Anywho, all right, But yes, sick
37:51
New World headlining gig tomorrow we will see.
37:55
And of course, sick new world Texas.
37:57
We'll see if System of a Down has further gigs down the line.
38:00
They did a huge tour of stadiums last year so.
38:08
Mark's middle minute is up very early on a or up in the middle
38:11
of the night. Elisa is here.
38:13
What's up? What's up?
38:13
I hope it's Elisa or Alyssa. Correct me if I'm.
38:16
Wrong. I am sorry if I am wrong.
38:22
Static X. Celebrated their very first gold
38:25
record for. Push it.
38:28
Congratulations to Static X continuing to tour.
38:32
Rest in power. Wayne Stanek.
38:36
Armored St. dropped the new single and video called Hit a
38:39
Moon Shot. I'm super pumped for the new
38:41
Armored St. album. Hannah's here What's up Hannah?
38:48
Devin Townsend dropped a new single and video Home at Night,
38:51
kind of from his upcoming orchestral album The Moth.
38:57
I've been a big follower and Patreon supporter of Devin
39:00
currently don't know if we're going to get a new interview
39:02
with him. We.
39:03
Didn't get one the last time. For the puzzle.
39:05
But I would love to get one. We've interviewed Debbie quite a
39:11
bunch of times. Butthole Surfers new album.
39:19
I did not have this on my bingo card, but we've known about this
39:22
for a little while. Butthole Surfers are dropping a
39:26
brand new album. They dropped a new single in a
39:27
video. This artwork is actually made by
39:29
the three remaining members of the band Butthole Surfers after
39:36
the Astronaut. And it's kind of like a Butthole
39:39
logo with like rectum marks. It's pretty great.
39:45
I'm here for it, man. I'm ready for.
39:47
I'm always ready for new. Butthole Surfers material.
39:49
Gotta tell you. All right, let's.
39:52
See what else what else to do do?
39:58
Mouse is going nuts Doo Doo. Oath.
40:01
Breakers Reya turns 10 years old this year and they are doing a
40:05
remix and a reimagining, but a remix and remaster of the album
40:11
that has a sort of renewed album and that's coming out and the
40:15
band is doing a huge world tour, hopefully eventually includes
40:21
the rest of North America beside Prepare the.
40:23
Ground in Toronto. Also also this was super fun, I
40:29
did not have this on my bingo card.
40:32
Either. Quicksand has a new album coming
40:35
out. I'm a huge fan of Quicksand and
40:38
Gorilla Biscuits and Youth of Today and Rival Schools and
40:41
anything Walter Shrifles does, but Quicksand put out two new
40:44
singles. They have a new album coming out
40:46
in June. I am here.
40:48
For all of. It and that is a band.
40:49
We will try to get a new interview with.
40:53
New books coming out this week. A book celebrating 40 years of
40:58
run DMCS raise in hell. Super pumped for that.
41:02
Out on Quarto books. Also from Quarto Books a The
41:07
definitive 50th anniversary of the Clash anthology book.
41:12
Which sounds super cool probably.
41:13
Try to get my hands on one of. These.
41:18
Venus Verona on Venus. I want to make sure I say that
41:21
greatly. Verona on Venus is a Los Angeles
41:23
band that features two former. Members of Devil Driver, Mike
41:28
Spritzer and Austin D Armand, who also was in Kamira for a
41:33
spell as their drummer at one point.
41:35
They played a show this week where they dropped new music, so
41:39
they performed new music live. Before it was released.
41:41
From their assumed second album that will be coming out.
41:45
At some point soon. This is super cool.
41:49
I didn't have this on my bingo card either because, you know,
41:52
sometimes these death metal fonts are so small I can't make
41:55
them out. Cerebral Hemorrhage, the old
41:57
school New York death metal band, is back.
41:59
And they are. Opening Maryland death Fest, now
42:02
that is fucking cool. So usually not a lot of late
42:05
additions to Maryland. Death Fest is usually late drop
42:08
offs. The Dam Builders was a killer
42:11
90s indie rock band. They put out new music.
42:14
They're putting out a new album, they dropped a new single. 100
42:18
demons. Announced the new album.
42:19
Drop the new single in video. Punchy, punchy.
42:21
Hardcore. Style Black Veil Brides have a
42:25
new single featuring Rob Flynn of Machine Head.
42:27
Rob Flynn doing all the features this year on top of tour.
42:31
Pretty killer. Restless Spirit is a band you
42:34
need to have on your radar. They're about to Co headlining
42:36
tour with our homies and Gozu. New interview coming soon from
42:40
Gozu and Restless Spirit has new music coming out too.
42:45
Also also Darkest Hour has resigned with Monarch Heavy.
42:49
You know, kind of like. Similar to you, when you're
42:51
trying to get a new job, the only way you can get a raise is
42:53
if you go to a new label. So, you know, shout out to.
42:57
Darkest Hour continuing to work with Monarch Heavy.
43:01
And yeah, I'm here for it. So very excited about Dark Star,
43:05
one of my favorite. Bands ever.
43:08
And maybe they'll get to work with John from Baroness again on
43:10
an album cover one of these days.
43:12
That'd be cool. They've done quite a few and
43:14
shirt designs and all the things.
43:17
Airborne dropped a new single and a new video and a penned a
43:22
letter to Lemmy. Airborne's your Hard Rock and
43:26
Aussie. Heavy metal, Hard Rock band in
43:29
the vein of ACDC and Motörhead and stuff like that.
43:31
And I'm a big fan. I interviewed Joel O'Keefe a few
43:35
years back at Aftershock Festival when he was there.
43:37
They. Were on a brief run of the.
43:39
States this new record is the self.
43:40
Titled Airborne Record. Usually yourself titled record
43:44
is either you don't have anything.
43:45
Else to say or it's a statement. This is what?
43:49
We're, you know, we're doing. This thing, this is what we're
43:51
doing so. Just fun and games, folks.
43:53
Just fun and games. All right, that's all the news
43:57
and now it's time for New Music Friday and as usual, I really
44:00
don't have. I don't know what to do with
44:02
this segment because anytime I try to play some music I just
44:04
get flagged and it bums me the fuck out.
44:08
So rather than play some music, I will not play music today
44:14
because it's also late in the middle of the night and I got
44:16
shit to do but like, go to bed. But let's do a quick run through
44:22
of the new music Friday. Pretty huge release day in the.
44:25
World for New Music Friday. Let's Just boom boom.
44:29
So albums that came out this weekend include 30 Denari Kindly
44:34
Plotting for a Riot, My Kingdom Records, Admiral, Sir Cloudsly,
44:38
Chevelle, The Trouble with the Shovel on Rise Above Records for
44:41
some psychedelic rock. Love that band Amity Affliction.
44:44
New album House of Cards for some metal core on Pure Noise
44:47
Records. Anubis, the heavy metal band
44:50
from LA now with two vocalist and from Morphoside on M Theory
44:54
Records. Great label.
44:57
Arm for the apocalypse. The earth is breathing.
44:59
Beneath Me on Church Road records for some extreme.
45:02
Metal. Atlantic Ridge self-titled on
45:05
Void Wanderer Records A Trey's new album, The End Is Not the
45:08
End on Spine Farm Records for some Hard Rock and metal.
45:10
Core. This one just absolutely killed
45:13
me. Man, to try to listen to this
45:15
today. At the Gates, The ghost of the
45:16
Future. Dead, The final album with
45:18
Thomas Limburg. Tompa just hurts my heart man.
45:22
Just hurts my heart that he's gone blind.
45:25
Dead 23. Deuteron on Peaceful Records.
45:29
Blood Countess. Imperatrix Sanguinis.
45:32
On dominance of darkness. Records.
45:35
To knock on torso have been I haven't heard from in a long
45:39
time. A Cry for the slain on
45:40
Apocalyptic Witchcraft records Death lands what's left now on
45:45
Epitaph records Devil's Cut Roadkill on Monarch Heavy Einar
45:51
Sulberg, who is the front person of.
45:56
Leprous his so new solo album I think his third box Occulta on
46:00
inside out music. Foo Fighters new album Your
46:02
favorite toy. Haven't listened to it yet on
46:04
Roswell. Records Gus G's new solo album
46:09
Steel Burner on Metal Department Records, Hookah via Misaria, 4
46:15
on Nuclear Blast Records, John Karabi, formerly of Scream and
46:19
Mötley Crüe. New Day on Frontiers.
46:21
Records. Let's see a few more.
46:24
Nequiant Everest for some New York City avant-garde death
46:28
metal. Nefarious Industries, Nixle and
46:31
Drought split toward dead temples.
46:34
Self released Nuclear Messiah. Black Flame on Cleopatra
46:37
Records. That's a big super group with
46:40
Chris Poland and a bunch of other people.
46:43
Let's see. Portrayal of Guilt.
46:44
New album Beginning of the End on Run for Cover Records.
46:48
Roman candle unadulterated on Sumerian records.
46:51
There's some. Hard Rock, Metal core, punk.
46:55
Sepultura's farewell EP released The Cloud of unknowing, I was a
46:59
big fan of it. I dig it.
47:01
We have a good review of that on our site. 6 feet under his new
47:04
album Next to Die. Not too interested in that, but
47:06
maybe you are Metal blade Records terrorist Keller new
47:10
album still suffer for some punchy punchy hardcore.
47:13
Their first album ever for Flat Spot Records and really the most
47:16
veteran band Flat Spot has ever signed.
47:18
They have mostly the new breed of.
47:21
Hardcore punk bands and crossover punk and for them to
47:25
have terror on their league was a big.
47:27
A bone MO, as we say in literary circles.
47:31
Also new albums by. Vardis 100 mph 79 revisited on
47:35
High Roller Records. Volkandra Beyond the will of
47:38
mortals on prosthetic records for some black and death metal.
47:41
That's the. Side band from Christian of
47:43
Obscura, Werewolf, Satanic Terror on Dominance of Darkness
47:48
Records, White Tundra Stories. From the Dark on Octopus Rising
47:52
Records witch piss the devil doesn't.
47:55
Burn on our Jewel records for some psychedelic stone and rock
47:58
and Rang Verwoden Dominance of Darkness.
48:01
I know things from Dominance of Darkness this week, so up and
48:04
coming label. Very, very cool.
48:06
All right, it's time for the mailbag.
48:09
And then I'm Audi. Late at night.
48:13
Oh wait, I don't need that, I need this.
48:15
Boom, there we go. I'm I'm tired and I don't know
48:17
what I'm doing and I lost one of my key lights but just in time
48:21
to unbox some. Stuff.
48:22
So let's just talk about some stuff I just wanted to show off
48:25
this week. I was giving these gifts out for
48:27
Christmas from you guys on TikTok.
48:31
You can look this up. I'll link it in the description.
48:33
These are giant sized volume and tone knobs to hold your whatever
48:38
your weed, your stash, your drugs.
48:41
But I put my guitar picks, some of my guitar picks collection in
48:45
here and also some other things like what's in here a cool.
48:47
Descendants patch I need to add to my battle base.
48:50
I think there's a pin of Jim Jones given to me by my fiance.
48:53
That I love. And let's just randomly show off
48:56
some pics. That I have here.
49:02
All right, this looks like it. Look like man.
49:09
Here's a Mastodon pick that's full from the Crack the Sky
49:14
tour. I have a whole thing of other
49:16
things. Here's a general Metal Blade
49:19
Records guitar pick, so some more famous ones right here.
49:23
Here's a green Jelly, a green jello pick from Slim Cessna of
49:28
Google, famous for Goo Goo muck. Here's a Metallica pic from the
49:34
World Wire tour and that's pretty cool.
49:42
And few other odds and sods as we say.
49:49
Oh kill kill a red beard wall. I was showing off some merch
49:52
they sent me recently. They also sent some guitar picks
49:54
along but I did not get the chance to show off.
49:57
So these are really fun. They're certainly fun and funny.
50:03
Giant tone and volume. I like volume more than you
50:08
know, my tone is important, Volume is important.
50:11
They're all important. Very cool.
50:17
That goes on my desk. What else do I have to show up?
50:20
So I went to. See that godless Ford?
50:22
Tour last week with Behemoth D Aside, Rotting Christ, and
50:29
Immolation and I got to say like the aside had some of the best
50:32
merch I've ever seen from that band.
50:35
They had certainly the most amount of merch.
50:37
I think the Behemoth merch was good, but it was limited in what
50:40
they had. And then Rotting Christ had some
50:42
terrific merch and in relation had some terrific merch.
50:45
If you've seen some of my other videos this week, I'm wearing my
50:48
Immolation shirt in that video. I also got an awesome Rotting
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Christ patch. This circle Rotting Christ patch
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black metal since 1989. I am putting a new vest together
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and then the merch Slinger for Immolation wrote this Immolation
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book. Kevin Stewart panko into
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everlasting fire. This is the official history of.
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Immolation and yeah man, I'm so pumped to read this.
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I'm in the middle of a bunch of books right now so I've been
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behind on my book. Reviews for ghost cold but.
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This I had gotten the PDF of this and read about 1/4 of it
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but I'm really excited to crack it physically and and you know,
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made my honorable mention list for last year but now I'll get a
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chance. To fully read.
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It and maybe review it. And that is our show in a very
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manageable 51 minutes in the middle of the night.
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If you manage to watch this, I'm so grateful for you.
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Thanks for hanging out with us. Yeah, man, 6 feet under, you
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know. Hey, Wendy Brick is up.
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What's up dude? I need to get some.
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Sleep. I haven't been sleeping.
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I'm having a tough week bro. But I'll see you soon.
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And Ken, thank you for being here.
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Yeah, man, I know. People still love 6 feet.
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Under and I know Jack helped write like an absolute crushing
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album. I just can't do Barnes anymore.
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Just me personally. It's not against him.
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He's a legend. We need him, you know, I don't
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want anything to happen to these older rock and metal guys.
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These that death metal lifestyle is going to get to some people.
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But anyway, that's our show. I'm going to go to bed soon.
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Thanks for watching. As I say every week at this
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juncture, the show is a tough time in the world.
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So please, take care of yourselves, take care of each
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other, Don't drink and drive. If you're going to a metal
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festival this weekend, like Sick New World or something, hydrate.
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Do you want to drink and get and party cool but hydrate.
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I'm Kefi at ghostcoldman.com. If you're new here, like and
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subscribe and all the things we appreciate you more to come and
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I'm out of here. Have a good night and a good
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weekend. Be safe.
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Peace One of these is the thing. No, interrupted there it is
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peace.