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Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
The podcast Rolling Stone said "initiates profound discussions with rock and metal artists, allowing fans to discover the creative workflow of their favorite musicians and understand the factors that make the bands succeed or fall from fame." https://tinyurl.com/rollingstonecppod Kevin AKA the moshing mad man who isn’t tame or timid, derives his non-stop energy from rock & metal music. But that wasn’t the case in 2017, when he was depressed and almost ended his life, with music being one of his…
Episodes
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
EDM Meets Emo & Post-Hardcore: How Like Ghosts Is Creating Their New, Dynamic Sound
We have seen musicians and artists evolve their sound thorughout their careers all the time. There are always different reasons why artists do that, and those…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Meet Lucie Sue: The French Artists Inspiring Self-Love on New Rock Album "Battle Station"
We live in a world in 2025 that consists of many things that might not be the best for our own self worth. Social media is only showing us the highlights of…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Dinosaur Pile-Up's Comeback Story with "I've Felt Better" in 30 Minutes or Less with Matt & Kevin
If you were ever laid up in a hospital bed, seeing people with the same condition as you never leaving, what would that do to your will to fight? Would it…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Signs Of The Swarm & Deep Diving the New Album "To Rid Myself of Truth" | Interview
10 years is a long time being in a band and trying to make it in the music industry. It is something that very few people achieve, and even fewer succeed in…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
A Deep Dive Into the New Album 'Daybreak' by Woe, Is Me: Full Interview with Michael and Hance
Who would have thought that after over 13 years since their last album and breakup, that Woe Is Me would be back together as a band, but releasing a full…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How RoZY Made a Rebel Rock Anthem on New EP 'Welcome To The Show' & The Saga of the Broken Pinky
A special episode is here with our 3rd band to be featured on the Chord Progression Podcast for a 5th time. From their first time on the podcast all the way…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Aurorawave Invented "Reggaecore" & Possibly Became a Gateway Band with New Album 'Momentum'
What is reggaecore? Is it hardcore reggae music? Is it a blend of reggae music and heavier musical styings like metalcore? And what can a blend of those types…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How We Found a Pop Punk Band on the "Milwaukee Minnow": Gold Steps & Cheery Pop Punk Music
Supporting local artists and emerging artists in the music world is one of the most important things we can do as fans to propel the best bands around us to…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Dreamwake Blended Saxophone, Synthwave, & Metalcore on 2nd Album "The Lost Years": Interview
In the heavy music scene of 2025, we are seeing so many bands doing creative things with their music. Sleep Token is bringing an intense aura to metal…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
ACCVSED Interview: The German Metalcore Band Winning Over Every Live Crowd in 2025
When a new band hits the music scene and is about to release their first full length record, one fo the best ways to measure & predict how things will go for…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Is Fox Lake's New Album 'New World Heat' the Hardcore Album of the Year for 2025: Fox Lake Interview
It is no shock that hardcore music is having a moment right now. From the massive blow up in pop culture of Knocked Loose, the incredible rise of Kublai Khan…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Psycho-Frame's Debut Album Salvation Laughs in the Face of a Grieving Mother: "The Ride Won't Stop"
When a young band sees success, and that success continues to build, what does their mindset become? Some thrive in the situation as if they were destined to…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Weak Asleep: The British Pop Punk Band Who Will Travel All Over the UK to Stand Out?
Every young band and artist is looking for their way to making it big in the music industry. They want to be able to stand out any way they can in a world that…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How German Hardcore Band THROATCUT. Made Debut Album 'Resilience' Themselves Focused in Authenticity
Hardcore music keeps crushing it in the 2020's, but why is that? Of course there are many reasons for the increasing popularity of the genre and increase of…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Meet dead7: The St. Louis Metalcore Band Showing You What It Takes to Release a Debut Album
At one point in time, every band has had a dream to be signed to a great label and to release a debut album to show that their creative endeavors are both…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Calva Louise Beat the Odds & Made the Most Eclectic Rock Album of 2025 with "Edge of the Abyss"
Calva Louise is a complete enigma of a band that you will ever find. 3 band members from different corners of the globe somehow came together at the right time…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Inside TSS’s (The Sunday Sadness) New Album 'End of Time': Genre-Bending French Metal You Must Hear
Over the past 5 years, we have seen the French metal scene begin to really grow in relevance. We have seen Gojira explode in popularity thanks to their…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Royale Lynn Blends Country Background & Metal Love on New Album Black Magic
Rock & metal music have been seeing a large amount of artists blending their style with other genres to create a much larger sound and a more expansive idea of…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Why Hot Milk’s New Album 'Corporation P.O.P" Might Be 2025’s Album of the Year: Interview
Hot Milk is an enigma of a band like Sleep Token or Bring Me The Horizon. They are not comfortable being put in a box in regards to their music or their art…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Exploring Deadlands New EP 'Seven' with Kasey Karlsen & It's Focus on the 7 Deadly Sins
We all saw the emergence of Kasey Karlsen as an up-and-coming vocal powerhouse in the metal scene with her covers of Zombified by Falling in Reverse and To The…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Why Mugshot’s New Album 'All The Devils Are Here' Could Define Hardcore in 2025
Hardcore music is easily a genre on the rise in the heavy music scene, and in pop culture as well. Alpha Wolf, Kublai Khan TX, and thrown have all made their…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Dry Kill Logic Is Back After 20 Years: New Music, Live Shows & 2026 Album Plans
Dry Kill Logic has been away from music for 20 years. After releasing their most recent album back in 2006, the band has released 2 singles between then and…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Fallujah Wrote Xenotaph: Kyle Breaks Down Progressive Death Metal Writing
Writing a progressive death metal album might not be the easiest thing. But what might even be harder is when you join the band as the vocalist in the middle…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Jacob Charlton of Thornhill talks 'Bodies', Headlining USA Tour, & Why Heavy Music is So Popular
Why has heavy music been on a massive resurrgence in cultural relevance and popularity over the past 5 years? We could easily boil it down to a large number of…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How BSBTV Is Changing Music Discovery on Twitch & How To Get Your Music Featured
A large pilar of the Chord Progression Podcast has been to give as many artists in the rock and metal space a chance to be discovered by the largest audience…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How No Exceptions Landed a Show with Bad Omens | Music Industry Tips for 2025
Everyone knows that is is harder than ever to make it in the music industry as a band in 2025, and the likelihood of it getting any easier is rather grim for…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Wolves At The Gate's 6th Album Wasteland — Meaning, Themes & Songwriting Deep Dive
3 years ago, Steven from Wolves At The Gate joined us on the Chord Progression Podcast to talk about the band's 5th album, Eulogies, and we dove deep into the…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Defy the Tyrants Break Down Importance of Song Structure when going Viral & New Self-Titled Album
A hallmark of musicians, bands, and artists getting popular in the 2020's is having a song used for Tik Tok or on Instagram reels. Yes it is great when a piece…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Senna on Sharptone Records, Creative Freedom & Their 2025 Debut Album Release "Stranger Love"
The last time Senna came to the Chord Progression Podcast, they were just starting out on Sharptone records, finally cutting their teeth in the rock music…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Wounded Touch Interview: How New Album Explores Post-COVID Songwriting in Metalcore
It is only human that songwriting evolves over time, regardless of the genre. Rock music, metal music, any kind of heavy music really undergoes an evolution in…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Novelists is Thriving with New Vocalist Camille & 'Coda' New Album Preview
When any band changes vocalists, naturally fans are going to be rather vocally opinionated regarding the change whether they like it or not. But when that…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Starting Over in Metalcore: Resider's Journey From Deathcore to Modern Metalcore Sound
There are many musicians out there that start in one sound or genre, and then move to the next. It is not anything uncommon. But one of the hardest decisions…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
IV4 on Breaking Into Rock & Metal: Why She Left R&B for Heavy Music
Rock and metal music is for everyone, truthfully. It always has been from the authenticity of the sound, to the connection each song has to us, all the way to…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How NERV Became One of the Hardest Working Bands in Rock & A Look into the New 'LOST' EP
Doesn't it seem like NERV is on every tour that you see come to your town in the past few years? Doesn't it seem like they don't slow down and will continue to…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Behind 'The Host': Acres Discuss New, Dynamic Album & Recording with Landon Tewers (The Plot In You)
Imagine this scenario. You are in a band and are itching to release new music. So you travel to Michigan for only 4 weeks to record an album with one of the…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Bands Can Use Data to Grow Efficiently in the Digital Age | Interview with Valoria
With the amount of data and analytics tools available to every artist and band in the music industry, a focus on data is necessary to ensure the best growth of…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Nathan James Announces New Album, Talks YouTube Strategy & Leaving Photography Behind: Interview
Becoming one of the most desired entertainment photographers in the music industry, Nathan James to try something different. And if you are reading this…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Why Framing Hanley’s Legacy Matters More Than Streaming Numbers: The Return with Flowers EP
Where has Framing Hanley been since the release of their 2020 album Envy & what have they been up to lately? That either has you asking yourself 1 of 2…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Mayday Parade Interview: Reflecting on 20 Years of Pop Punk & New Album 'Sweet'
Mayday Parade has been around for 20 years, making music in the pop punk and emo genres that many people not only have had a personal connection with in their…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Magnolia Park Interview: VAMP Album Release, Bigger Tours & Showing Humanitarian Efforts
Magnolia Park has been considered one of the "Get to know them now before they get big" for a few years now. Their active rock blend with pop punk and alt rock…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Elvenking Concludes Epic 'Readers of the Runes' Trilogy with Luna & Making It in a Spotify World
Metal music has been undergoing many changes since the dawn of Spotify and the age of streaming. With more focus on the release of the single and staying…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
The Kids Are Pissed: Punk Rockers Debt Neglector Tackle American Politics on New Album "Kinda Rips"
It's 2025 in the United States of America, and it is fair to say that there is political division everywhere you look. No matter what side of the aisle you are…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Bleed From Within Talks New Album 'Zenith' & How It Is Their Most Expansive Album After 20 Years
20 years ago, Bleed From Within started out as a band humbly covering Lamb of God throughout Glasgow, Scotland. At this point in their careers, they have…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Luna Kills’ “Deathmatch”: The Rise of Finnish Nu Metal with A Massive Vocal and Sonic Range
Heavy music in rock and metal has continued to rise in prominence and become a powerhouse once again over the past few years. The reasons behind this have been…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Katerina Nicole Found Her Sound & Embraced Heavy Music Again: A Lesson in Self-Forgiveness
Life is funny sometimes. Every one of us have massive amounts of dreams that we want to achieve and go after in life, but so many of them go by the wayside for…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Uncured Built Massive Hype for Their Debut Album "Warpath": Interview with Rex & Zak
Any new artist that is trying to get as much positive buzz around their debut album as possible knows how tough of a task it is. Do you focus on the social…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Moon Fever Reinvented The "Album" in 2025: A Deep Dive into "Forever Sleep" and What Is To Come
The concept of the album in rock and metal has forever changed since the streaming revolution took over. As people, artists, and labels put more importance on…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Aaron Nordstrom (Gemini Syndrome) on Writing Unique Music For Your Band in 2025: Interview
Writing music is no easy task in the year 2025. At times it seems like artists past and present have either come up with the progressions and ideas that you…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Jager Henry Talks Finding His Own Sound & Defying Expectations | Chord Progression Podcast
When someone is the son of a well known musician such as Jason Bonham, and the grandson of legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, naturally people are…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Do Prompters Help or Hurt Live Music? Debating with Tory Smith of Black Box Prompter
One major goal of any musician is to make sure their live show is engaging, captivating, and a memorable experience for anyone in the audience. There are many…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Sorry X on Embracing Creative Freedom and Overcoming Online Negativity | Chord Progression Podcast
When we all discover a younger artist, we get the privilege of watching them grow and watching the sound they create evolve as time passes. Typlically, we see…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Whitechapel Makes Heaviest Album Yet? Inside "Hymns of Dissonance" with Guitarist Ben Savage
20 years into being a band is quite the accomplishment. Being the stallworts of deathcore for that entire time is another accomplishment in itself. And after…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Raven's Banquet Found Success in Just 2 Years | Tips for New Bands to Find Early Success
As a podcast, not only do we want to help you discover many great bands to get into in the rock & metal world, but we also want to deliver knowledge to all the…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Bonnie Trash: How Healing from Grief and Gothic Post-Punk Music Shaped Their New Album Mourning You
Music has a wonderful quality, regardless of genre, of being able to create a shared experience out of something increibly personal and individual. Listening…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
From Cyberpunk 2077 to Music Reality: The Dark’s Fresh Sound and Dystopian Society Message
There are sometimes when a band comes out of nowhere with something fresh, something new, that just has you wanting to scream YES! This could be caused by a…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Healing from Grief Through Music: All Systems Go! Discuss New EP 'Finding Closure'
Losing a loved one, or someone incredibly close to you, is never an easy thing to process. The grief can be overwhelming, and can easily have anyone…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
The Return of Traitors: Exorcising the Trauma of Tyler's Past Through New Album "Phobias"
Every now and again, we have an artist join the podcast to talk about their new music releasing, that gets so in-depth that you sit there, enamored that such a…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
Why Bleeding Through’s "Nine" Is Their Most Powerful Album Yet & The Concept of Dark Positivity
When you account for all the bands and artists that have ever made music and tried to succeed in their endeavors for life, a select few do. And amongst those…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How Velvet Chains Went from Grunge Covers to Rock Chart-Toppers with 'Dead Inside'
When we see a band begin to appear on radio and end a year charting on the Billboard Rock Charts, we have questions that need answering. Questions like who are…
- Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music
How "Keep Planting Flowers" Reignited Stick To Your Guns: A Look at a 2025 Album of the Year
The music world in 2025 is vastly different than it was before social media became a thing. Yes, there is a lot more opportunity to be discovered and be…