A deeply reverent and slightly irreverent exploration of the history, philosophy, and future of the greatest musical genre in the world: Heavy Metal. But also it's funny.
Quinn gets to talk with Nick Schlesinger, a session drummer, author, teacher, and creative force behind a new musical project called "Human Crushing Machine." Check out the Official Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ERkAQO6UU7g?si=oVtcHO58b4GuWnqWVisit Human Crushing Machine's website for more info: www.humancrushingmachine.com
Quinn takes a truly deep-dive into the 2013 Post-Prog Masterpiece, Pelagial by The Ocean and one of his nominees for consideration as one of the Heaviest Songs of the Universe, Benthic: The Origin of Our Wishes. #TheOcean #TheOceanCollective #Pelagial
Quinn finally wraps up his introduction to Alternative Metal with Faith No More 'N friends before closing out the subject of California and the metal (as well as the metals) that come from America's most populous and prosperous state...
The first half of ...And Vol. 4 All's conclusion to our series on the element of Californium, the state of California, the sub-genre of Alternative metal, and something about Star Wars or the Homestead Act of 1862...
Quinn takes a luxurious road trip along the edge of the world in all of western civilization for this episode, as a way of getting to a metal sub-genre that has given us a handful of nominees for the Heaviest Songs of the Universe... but that we won't get to until next time. Meanwhile, here's a Heavy Metal podcast episode about the Red Hot Chili Peppers!
The conclusion to AV4A's Sleep-dive arc. Quinn covers De Vermis Mysteriis through Cometh the Storm by High on Fire, Advaitic Songs by Om and finally, The Sciences by Sleep with a coda of redemption for Mr. Matt Pike.
Quinn continues his Sleep dive through the discographies of Matt Pike's High On Fire and Al Cisneros' Om...
The AV4A Sleep-dive continues with the introduction of Matt Pike's High On Fire.
Quinn digs into Element 95 and the CARAVAN of Weed Priests who employ it to follow the smoke to the riff-filled land... SLEEP.
Quinn explores OUTER SPACE thanks to element number 96, Curium, named for one of the greatest figures in all of world history. There are a lot of reasons to be scared of space... and butt parasites are just the beginning.
Quinn digs down and finds 2 new Superheavy elements to explain the Birth of Heavy Metal and asks "Is The Heavy Fleeting?"
AV4A kicks off Season 3 with a search for The Heaviest Songs of the Universe by way of the historical-scientific search for the heaviest Elements of the Universe...
Highlights from the first 2 Seasons of Quinn paying tribute to the Prince of Darkness...
Quinn talks about Black Sabbath's sixth album in a clip from AV4A's 2-part Series on the first 8 records...
Quinn talks with lead vocalist and guitarist of the Denver-based band In The Company of Serpents (@ITCOSDoom) about the band's history, discography, and their newest release, A Crack In Everything. also, Merkabah, so... enjoy!
A brand new Video Mini-Pod wherein Quinn reviews 4 new records from 2025:Tavastland by HavukruunuGold by ScourGoldstar by Imperial TriumphantShadows of a Fallen Star (Part II) by Seven Sisters
Quinn talks with Jeff Morgan and Brittney Fugate of RWAKE...
Quinn chats with Robert, Henrik, Martin, and Erik from the Swedish Stoner-Doom Band Skraeckoedlan about their discography, creative journey, openness to adopting a 40+ year old American to just hang out with them...
Quinn chats with Victor Vicart, front man for the band DVNE on their discography, philosophy, and relationship with one very sexy spider...
Quinn gets to talk about Sludge, riffs, Indo-European etymology, shouting, and learns the difference between Ireland and Scotland with the band behind Colossal Oppressor, one of AV4A's four Albums Of The Year, TEN TON SLUG... MALLACHT an tSLODA, Mother-Punchers!!
Quinn's Albums of the Year Colossal Oppressor -Ten Ton Slug Vermilion Sky -Skraeckoedlan Nell Ora Blu -Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats Voidkind -DVNE
On Part 6 Quinn talks about death... the Universal Finality, not the band... and, like, a lot...
We are on the B Side of Alice In Chains 1995 self-titled album, their final studio record with Layne Staley also known as "Tripod" or "The Three Legged Dog Album" and we open up a can of sadness with MTV Unplugged...
WARNING: this episode contains a description of suicide. Quinn digs into the 3rd and final studio album to feature Layne Staley on vocals, the self-titled, criminally underrated, and just fucking glorious, Alice In Chains...
Quinn does Jar of Flies-- well, he doesn't do Jar of Flie-- you know what? Just listen to it...
Quinn deep dives into what happens with Alice In Chains after Dirt and during the lead up to Jar of Flies... Also, Shaq is my co-pilot...
Here is a short tangent that didn't make the cut on Part III. Quinn yells about his childhood home of Washington State and how a sub-genre of Heavy Metal changed it forever...
Quinn digs his way through the back half of one of the greatest albums ever recorded: DIRT.
Quinn hands you a shovel... time to dig some DIRT!!
Quinn covers the aftermath from the release of the band's debut album, Facelift, their tours opening for Extreme, Slayer, and, of course, Megadeth and then swim our way through Sap, and take the first shovel-full of Dirt.
Quinn covers the lead-up to and recording of Alice In Chains debut album, 1990's Facelift on Part II- Sides A & B.
Quinn gets the band together! Find out how Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, and Mike Starr met and got together for their first jam at the Music Bank in Seattle, the fecund cesspool from which Alice In Chains would emerge...
Quinn kicks off the final deep-dive of the Season with a look at musical and philosophical influences of Grunge, where popular, heavy music was in the late 80's, how Guns N Roses changed everything, and laid the groundwork for bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, and the subject of our series: Alice In Chains...
Quinn talks with Tom B., lead singer of the UK Sludge, Doom, Hardcore band Allfather about the band, their discography, musical influences, politics & poetry, and, of course, fire safety standards...
The Season 3 with a little look back on the best moments from Season 2 of ...And Vol. 4 All!!
The conclusion to our series on World War I & Heavy Metal in which Quinn discusses his new-found love of Iron Maiden, the Russian Revolution, the final battles of the War to End All Wars and a few thoughts on why this global conflict has become so important to the history, philosophy, and future of the genre.
Quinn covers the Battle of the Somme with Iron Kingdom by Somme and Passchendaele by Iron Maiden. Also, General Douglas Haig explains why he believes the horses are the future... so teach them well and let them lead the way.
The penultimate episode of our series on WWI.
We wade through the trenches of WWI on Part 2, Side B of our continuing series on the War to End All Wars... WARNING: Disturbing Content
Part 2 of the continuing series on WWI.
Quinn takes a thousand-yard stare into The Great War through the lens of Thrash and Black Metal.
Quinn embarks on a side-quest to explore The War to End All Wars with a little help from Heavy Metal...
The conclusion to our 6-Part Series on the life and works of Ronnie James Dio... #Dio #BlackSabbath #Dehumanizer
Quinn continues his deep-dive into the final Dio-Sabbath record, Dehumanizer...
The beginning of the end for our series on Ronnie James Dio as Quinn covers what has happened since Dio left Black Sabbath... and what happens when he returns!
Quinn continues the Holy Deep Dive into the first 2 solo albums from Dio, the man, and Dio the band... #HolyDiver #TheLastInLine
Quinn continues the Holy Deep Dive into Ronnie James Dio with Part 5: Heaven & Hell and The Mob Rules...
It's Heaven and Hell time!! Quinn digs into to Dio's maiden voyage with Black Sabbath...
Quinn continues the Holy Deep Dive into Ronnie James #Dio and his final album with #Rainbow Long Live Rock & Roll...
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