Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast

Ryan is back! We talk about video games, movies, music, shows, all kinds of random stuff. As you can tell from the title, the topics include Zelda, but there's much more than just that. Am I keeping it vague because I want to make it mysterious, or because I don't remember every single thing we talked about in this trainwreck? You'll have to find out!

As the title says, we are back! Well, trying to be. There's a lot of new releases to cover, ranging from After the Burial, Wintersun, Fire-toolz, Lo!, Fires in the Distance, and more. Plus a lot of cool people stuff to talk about. Hope you enjoy the brand new regular podcast that will totally come out consistently!

Hey all! We're back to life! Snapped back to reality, there goes gravity etc. We wrap up on our favorite stuff from 2022. Note that this episode was recorded near the end of 2022, so we may have some takes that are outdated and/or cancellable, like praising certain games made by certain creators, or joking about the downfall of a certain legendary hip-hop artist who blamed certain groups of people. What's even better is that, we will have two more even older episodes posted soon! Enjoy!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week, we do the Psycroptic deep dive. As per the title. Then, cool people time with a bunch of Edgar Wright movies, Metal: Hellsinger, and more. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week, we talk about music. Yeah, you read that right. In Flames, Fit For An Autopsy, Callous Daoboys, Aeternam, Surrealist, and Fallujah. Also the top 50 nu metal albums of all time. Then, cool people time with Rings of Power, Barbarian, Bodies Bodies Bodies, See, and Broken Pieces. Enjoy!   Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week, we tackle some moral dilemmas, mainly regarding supporting artists who perhaps have an imperfect moral track record. On a completely unrelated note, we talk about Machine Head, Cyborg Octopus, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Sigh, Enslaved, Between The Buried And Me, Allegaeon, Mastodon, Botch, and Neurosis. Then, cool people time with Cult of the Lamb, Prey, and Better Call Saul. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon!

As (not exactly) voted by our patrons, we have the Fear, And Loathing In Las Vegas deep dive! Arguably the most technical band out there, or definitely one of the most technical bands out there! Let's see if anyone notices me reusing the same blurb from the Archspire deep dive and not properly referring to the Japanese "electronicore" band that I really love. Also, cool people time with The Mortuary Assistant, Thymesia, Backpack Hero, Carter, and more. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week, we talk about new music. Shocking, I know. I wish I didn't have to keep writing these episode descriptions. You know how hard it is to continue to be creative and passionate about writing blurbs about a conversation you recorded a day ago, 271 times? Not that hard, to be honest. But still, it isn't exactly fun. Anyway, for SEO purposes and to get you to click on the episode, here are some things we talk about: Unprocessed, Ithaca, Touccan, Blind Guardian, Fellowship, Fallujah, The Algorithm, Cynic, Soulfly, Psycroptic, and In Flames. You could say that, even though the world is In Flames, I have to Cynically keep writing these descriptions to appease The Algorithm, but if this text would remain Unprocessed, I could let my Soulfly free and not have to worry about it. Anyway, we also talk about the early access HoMaM love letter Songs of Conquest, Bullet Train, the Paradox Games Grand Campaign, and Breaking Bad and Better Show Than Breaki-I mean Better Call Saul. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon!

As voted by our patrons, we have the Archspire deep dive! Arguably the most technical band out there, or definitely one of the most technical bands out there! Also, we discuss the 2018 Korean thriller Burning and 2022 American thriller Nope. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

As voted by me and Ryan, we have the Born of Osiris deep dive! But also, as voted by our patrons, we have the deep dive into the classic Korean thriller I Saw The Devil. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon!   By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week, we talk about some music, but also the responsibility of certain groups, like Asatru, which have some degree of overlap in iconography and ideology with various supremacist movements but claim to be against them; to examine their beliefs and how anyone can be a more responsible consumer of media. But yeah, also stuff like new music from Origin, Lamb of God (also funny discourse around this and bubbles in the metal scene), Greylotus, Conjurer, Sadist, Hyper Planet, and a bunch of other stuff. Then, cool people time with Weird West, Citizen Sleeper, Dune: Spice Wars, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and of course, The Boys Season 3 (spoilers!). Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon!

This week we have a very special treat! I got to interview one of my favorite artists, Karl Sanders himself of Nile. We talk about his upcoming solo record, Saurian Apocalypse, out on July 22nd. However, turns out we have a lot more in common, so we also talk about classic horror/sci-fi movies, his influences in Middle Eastern music and how he approaches that, his views on respecting cultural elements in his music, the responsibility of the artist to the listeners and more. Oh and also lizard people, ancient aliens, and his upcoming sci-fi novel about them. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Yeah, that title is sure a combination of words. This week, we do a deep dive on Nailbomb, Cavalera Conspiracy, Killer Be Killed, and G.A.A.D. And also the first few Kidz Bop albums. It's painful. Then, cool people time with Neon White. Enjoy! (we didn't) Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

As voted by our fans, we have the Shadow of Intent deep dive! Surely, one day we will finish the Cavaleration. But in the meantime, enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week, we talk about the way we think about music as work, earning a living from it, and bad takes on content versus art including one by Mike Shinoda. Also a good one by Adam Neely. Then, new music from Kmac2021, Karl Sanders, Doldrum, Aeternam, and GridLink. And finally, a bit on mental health from Hetfield from Metallica and Parkway Drive, and we mourn the passing of Alan White of Yes. Then, cool people time with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Top Gun: Maverick, and the Necron novel Twice-Dead King: Ruin by Nate Crowley. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

As voted by our fans, we have not the Cavalera deep dive part 3, but Arsis! A unique and underrated band who you should definitely listen to. You also get quite a few odd tangents on this one. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Discourse week! We talk about certain Polish bands who are out of touch and regressive, but also new music/updates from Misery Index, Origin, Polyphia, Oceans of Slumber, Soilwork, Limp Bizkit, and our favorite, Wintersun. And we lament the passing of The Black Dahlia Murder vocalist Trevor Strnad. Then, cool people time with Warhammer 40K Chaos Gate, Moon Knight, and the Essex Serpent. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

FINALLY THE TIME IS HERE. WE WILL LAUGH, WE WILL CRY. THE IN FLAMES DEEP DIVE. enjoy. Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Prog metal week, I guess. And by that I mean Haken, Ibaraki, Fallujah, and other notable prog metal bands like DRUGS, Guerilla Warfare, Darkane, and Veil of Maya. Then, cool people time with prog metal bands like Russian Doll 2 and The Northman. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

It's what it says on the can. Except there is no can. Just riffs. Allegaeon is a cool band. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This episode we finally spill the secrets on why albums from big bands get good reviews from big journalism outlets. Also, we actually talk about music from cool bands like Ibaraki, Nekrogoblikon, Meshuggah, Deserted Fear, Animals As Leaders, Ark, Soilwork (kind of, just let me have the SEO), and Opeth. Then, cool people time with Airborne Kingdom, Patrick's Parabox, The Batman, Severance and Mythic Quest. Enjoy!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This episode we totally do not talk about Ukraine, Russia, or fascist music. Not at all. Not certain labels who harbor fascist artists, not certain bands who try to profit off of the war, not at all. Anyway, this week we talk about Drudkh. But also, Sacred Son, Ibaraki, Allegaeon, Dream Theater, Conjurer, Hath, Persefone and Animus. Then, cool people time with Elden Ring. Enjoy! (episode recorded like a week ago, sorry, we'll get back to a regular schedule soon) Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

I really wanted to call this "Ometh Deep Dive" right after the last one but that would be bad SEO. Also yes, we are posting two back to back episodes, hope you enjoy! This one is about After the Burial, which we are both already really familiar with and we both love the band, so it's a different vibe from our usual deep dives! Let us know how you like that, and... Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This episode was from before I moved in Februray. Sorry it took so long to get it out! We talked about WAIT, Fit For An Autopsy, Enterprise Earth, Shadow of Intent, Ibaraki, Kaonashi, Wilderun, Allegaeon and Reliqa! Then, in cool people time, In Other Waters, Free Fire, Nioh 2, Peacemaker, and Other Side of the Box Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Ask and ye shall receive, the Opeth deep dive! Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we talk about new material from Venom Prison, Two Minutes To Late Night, Cynic, Sylosis, and Bent Knee. Also, an update on the World Chess Championship. Then, cool people time with Inscryption, Unpacking and Solar Ash. Enjoy!

Finally, as we've been working up to it for a while, we have the Trivium deep dive! Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we talk about new material from So Hideous, Silk Sonic, Animals as Leaders, Persefone, Silent Planet, and Bloodywood. Also, Axenrot departing from Opeth, a First Fragment interview that causes us to dive into what genres really mean, and of course, NFT nonsense. Then, cool people time with Army of Thieves and Arcane (the latter of which is brought to you by our resident League of Legends expert/addict Eden). Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

As part of the Max Cavalera Cinematic Universe Part 2, this episode is a deep dive on Soulfly! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we talk about new material from LIMP BIZKIT, Mastodon, First Fragment, Oddland, Sunless and Allegaeon.  Also, Neige from Alcest finally clears the air (not really) on his far right ties. Then, cool people time with Dune (again), Locke & Key Season 2, You Season 3, Midnight Mass (again, but seriously watch it), and the Guardians of the Galaxy video game. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Not only is this episode a deep dive on Sepultura, we also do a quick review of Dream Theater's latest album, A View From The Top Of The World! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we talk about new material from Wilderun, August Burns Red, Vildhjarta, Whitechapel, and Cynic. Then, Foundation, Squid Game (enjoy my rant), Far Cry 6, and League of Legends. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we talk about new material from Archspire, Animals as Leaders, Enslaved, Trivium, Rivers of Nihil, Mastodon, The Armed, Limp Bizkit, Frontierer and Full of Hell. Then, Midnight Mass, Malignant, Tenet, and Gnomon. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we finally do the Between The Buried and Me deep dive, as voted by our patrons! Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week, we have Paolo Gregoletto from Trivium over again! We obviously talk about their upcoming album In The Court of The Dragon, touring after the pandemic (because that's totally over, right?) and much more. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Regular episode time, which is less regular than the non regular episodes. In which we talk about new material from Between the Buried and Me, Leprous, Vildhjarta, Indistinct, Paledusk, and Deafheaven. Then, cool people time with Ghost of Tsushima, Road 96, Brand New Cherry Flavor, Beckett and See. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! We do the Machine Head deep dive, as voted by our patrons. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out!

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Regular episode time, which is less regular than the non regular episodes. In which we talk about new material from Between the Buried and Me, Leprous, Unprocessed, Cradle of Filth, Rivers of Nihil, Shadow of Intent, Devin Townsend, and Dream Theater. We also touch on the tragic passing of the […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we finally do the Blind Guardian deep dive, as voted by our patrons! A lot of power metal, but at least almost all of it is really good. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Regular episode time, which is less regular than the non regular episodes. In which we talk about new material from Between the Buried and Me, Leprous, Trivium, Ophidian I, First Fragment, Hacktivist, Born of Osiris, Mutherload, and Sallow Moth. Then, cool people time with Magic’s new D&D set, Loki, and […]

Ryan made me do it. MM6-368-RWG Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: Of Chaos And Salt is finally out, so check it out! 238 – Gold Cobra 10th Anniversary Right click here […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we finally do the Keep of Kalessin deep dive, as voted by our patrons! Come here for the fanboying and deep lore. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we have a special guest, Matt Greiner of August Burns Red! We talk about a bunch of things, including the band’s evolution over time, writing complicated songs and making them sound simple, what the band believes in, and how an artist grows together with their audience. This was […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Back on the grind with the half-year review. We talk about a few new releases, including Machine Head, Interloper, Ophidian I, and Structures. Then we talk about the albums we connected with so far in 2021 across various categories we just make upon the fly. Then, cool people time where […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we do the Meshuggah deep dive as voted by our patrons! And we have a very special guest joining us in Yogev Gabay of the Time Consuming Youtube series! Yogev has been analyzing the polyrhythmic intricacies of Meshuggah over the past month in his channel, so we figured […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we talk quite a bit about certain events that have been happening in me and Eden’s corner of the world. You know, the one. Also, some tonal whiplash into talking about Gears of War themed metal. You know, Hammer of Dawn. But also August Burns Red, Beyond Deviation […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we do the Dark Tranquillity deep dive as voted by our patrons! Also a discussion on Resident Evil VII_I_AGE. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook!Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content and stuff, support us on Patreon! By the way, the NYN album Entropy: […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we have new material from Gojira, Sein, At The Gates, Vildhjarta, Fractal Universe, Hannes Grossmann, Spiritbox, and Hatalom. Then, cool people time with Mortal Kombat, The One I Love, Calls, and Returnal. Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook!Or, if you want to get more involved, with exclusive content […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we have some good discussions about creativity, how artists engage with their fans, and how laying the formula of an artist bare can break them for the listener. Those discussions are pretty interconnected, and circle back and forth around our discussion of the week’s music, from Gojira, Moral […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! What the title says. It’s a deep dive into Fleshgod Apocalypse! The deep dive subject for this episode was chosen by our patrons on Patreon, and you can become one to vote on the next one as well! Enjoy! Join our community on Facebook! Looking for more content from Eden […]

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Back on track with the content. This week, we talk about new music from Gojira, Stortregn, Luna’s Call (kind of), Beast of Nod, Born of Osiris, Alustrium and Bodom After Midnight Then, cool people time with The Empty Man, Monster Train DLC, Doom Eternal DLC, Mundaun, Genesis Noir and Godzilla […]