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This week we discuss Woods of Desolation's Torn Beyond Reason, and whheerreee have we been?! Album Discussion starts at : 0:40 Featured Discussion starts at : 26:49 Buy Woods of Desolation at their bandcamp: https://woodsofdesolation.bandcamp.com/ Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ Find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock or Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock Follow us and join in the conversation! And give us a 5 star review on iTunes if you like us!

This week we discuss the newest album from Middle Eastern black meatless Melechesh, Middle Eastern elements in metal, mixing musical genres, and whether death metal is a more limited genre that black metal in that regard. Album Discussion starts at: 8:38 Featured Discussion: 33:06 Official Melechesh site: http://www.melechesh.com/ Listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpAcHu3MhIrdfodbLnt6ftVRu0j_zcOHT Buy on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/enki/id956299226 Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ Find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock or Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock Follow us and join in the conversation! And give us a 5 star review on iTunes if you like us!

This week we discuss upcoming 2016 releases as well as bands that we'd like to see new releases from (but haven't announced any yet!) Discussion about 2016 albums starts at : 8:40 Discussion about albums we'd like to see starts at : 31:48 This week, Kate is listening to: Caspian - Dust and Disquiet.Listen: https://caspiantheband.bandcamp.com/album/dust-and-disquiet Blut Aus Nord - MoRT. Listen: https://youtu.be/aAZKo_cw7SI Adam is listening to: Fin - The Furrows of Tradition. Listen: youtu.be/eYBSjQLtXdU Owen is listening to: Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain. Listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs4GUA2N-EnQC49T9No5LBfaZmyPW5XJ4 Panopticon - Roads to the North. Listen: https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/album/roads-to-the-north Ethereal Shroud - They Became the Falling Ash. Listen: https://etherealshroud.bandcamp.com/album/they-became-the-falling-ash Mechina - Progenitor. Listen: https://mechinamusic.bandcamp.com/album/progenitor Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ Find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock or Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock Follow us and join in the conversation! And give us a 5 star review on iTunes if you like us!

This week we discuss ambient black metal masters Darkspace, programmed drums, Pandora's suggestion that Kate listen to Christian EDM, "why is Christian music so...bad?", satansatansatansatan, manufacturing music for a built-in audience, and Pagan bands Really Loving Nature. Album Discussion starts at : 14:45 Featured Discussion about Christian Music starts at : 39:50 Official site: http://www.darkcyberspace.com/ Buy Band at their bandcamp: https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/dark-space-iii-i This week, Kate is listening to: Blut Aus Nord - Cosmosophy 777. Listen: https://dmp666.bandcamp.com/album/777-cosmosophy Mustan Kuun Lapset - Talvenranta. Listen: https://youtu.be/1Z2RDaqYR6E Csejthe - Reminiscence. Listen: https://youtu.be/ZhleUj5n1CE Adam is listening to: Nile show!!! Stworz - Zagony Bogow. Listen: https://stworz.bandcamp.com/album/zagony-bog-w Nekrokrist SS - Four Chapters of Satanic Evil split. Sample: https://youtu.be/y5w33zURfM4 Endstille - Navigator. Listen: https://youtu.be/FLRB1HkP0yg Owen is listening to: Mechina - Progenitor. Listen: https://mechinamusic.bandcamp.com/album/progenitor Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything. Listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS5Klhr28INVrLSTcThXTSrYmuNSIx_nM Kid Cudi - Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven. Listen (or don't): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMOqpyVO0Oa1VWV0BdotwmbiSWR2yt12t Thrawsunblat - Wanderer on the Continent of Saplings. Listen: https://thrawsunblat.bandcamp.com/album/wanderer-on-the-continent-of-saplings Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ Find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock or Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock Follow us and join in the conversation! And give us a 5 star review on iTunes if you like us!

In which we each discuss our top 6 albums of the previous year. Owen’s top 6: 6. Ulvesang - self-titled, listen: https://ulvesang.bandcamp.com/album/ulvesang 5. Melechesh - Enki, listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpAcHu3MhIrdfodbLnt6ftVRu0j_zcOHT 4. Amiensus - Ascension, listen: https://amiensus.bandcamp.com/album/ascension 3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly, listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIen3IPVo_U30dpwJd2RDrPxYVXTplcq7 2. Ethereal Shroud - They Became the Falling Ash, listen: https://etherealshroud.bandcamp.com/album/they-became-the-falling-ash 1. Panopticon - Autumn Eternal, listen: https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-eternal Kate top 6 in alphabetical order Drudkh - A Furrow Cut Short, Listen: https://drudkh.bandcamp.com/album/a-furrow-cut-short Exxasens - Back to Earth, Listen: https://exxasens.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-earth Fear Factory - Genexus. Listen: https://youtu.be/cfIAqYhLSr0 Horn - Feldpost. Listen: https://hornlichterlischt.bandcamp.com/album/feldpost Panopticon - Autumn Eternal, listen: https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-eternal Toundra - IV, listen: https://youtu.be/EF78BCfRG9I Adam's 6: 1. Peste Noire - La Chaise-Dyable. Listen: https://youtu.be/sZWLlU0d5eM 2. Hermóðr - What Once Was Beautiful. Listen: https://hermodr.bandcamp.com/album/what-once-was-beautiful 3. Horn - Feldpost. Listen: https://hornlichterlischt.bandcamp.com/album/feldpost 4. Fin - The Furrows of Tradition, Listen: https://youtu.be/eYBSjQLtXdU 5. Ulfbehrt - L'aube D'une Nouvelle Ere. Listen: https://youtu.be/upjXAh2JcQM 6. Stworz - Zagony Bogów. Listen: https://stworz.bandcamp.com/album/zagony-bog-w

This week we discuss the classic Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, how many chances we give an album to see if we like it, why we might give an album a second or third chance, and the glories of Youtube compression. Album Discussion starts at : 10:10 Featured discussion starts on 37:30 Official site: https://www.thetruemayhem.com/ This week, Kate is listening to: Falkenbach, Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty. Listen: https://youtu.be/17YPncbYD-4 Kroda, Schwarzpfad. Listen: https://kroda.bandcamp.com/album/schwarzpfad Adam is listening to: Gratzug - Bei da Nacht. Listen: https://youtu.be/67E3mn_QHJQ Owen is listening to: Nokturnal Mortum - Voice of Steel, listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ZzqWhvOVA Panopticon - Roads to the North, listen: https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/album/roads-to-the-north Ulvesang - self-titled, listen: https://ulvesang.bandcamp.com/album/ulvesang Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ Find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock or Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock Follow us and join in the conversation! And give us a 5 star review on iTunes if you like us!

This week we discuss Nokturnal Mortum's Voice of Steel, their growth as a band and blending folk into their sound, NSBM and its shift into Pagan Metal, and Adam proposes a more comprehensive definition for NSBM. Album Discussion starts at : 9:48 Featured Discussion about NSBM starts at : 44:40 Official site: http://nokturnal-mortum.com/ Buy Nokturnal Mortum on their official site or at their bandcamp: https://nokturnalmortum1.bandcamp.com/ This week, Kate is listening to: csjethe - Réminiscence. Listen : http://records.eisenton.de/album/r-miniscence forteresse - Crépuscule D'Octobre. Listen: https://youtu.be/E8hfPgNXCmg Cloudkicker - The Discovery. Listen: http://cloudkickermusic.com/album/the-discovery Animals as Leaders - The Joy of Motion. Listen: https://youtu.be/g68hQ4zJ3t0 Adam is listening to: Kjeld - Skym. Listen: https://youtu.be/F8kcYtAAkDE Månegarm - Self titled. Listen: https://youtu.be/z0SPCd2TBJk Augrimmer - teaser for 2016 Album Moth and the Moon. Listen: https://youtu.be/5QindNwAfYE Owen is listening to: The Metroid Prime soundtrack, listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mziw3FQkZYg Ghost Bath - "Golden Number", listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg530raHyuo Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ Find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock or Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock Follow us and join in the conversation! And leave us a 5 star review on iTunes if you like us!

This week we discuss bands we used to listen to but wouldn't listen to now... including "phases", classic rock, radio pop, embarrassing old favorites, and how emotional impact changes over time. Featured Discussion starts at : 6:30 This week, Kate is listening to: Brume d'Automne - self titled. Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwqiusES0Q Waldstille - Mirrors of Dreams. Listen: https://youtu.be/zD3Zz2aLB5I Kältetod - Reue. Listen: https://klttd.bandcamp.com/album/reue-2 Vemod - Venter på stormene. Listen: https://vemod.bandcamp.com/ Adam is listening to: Same as Kate. Owen is listening to: Shaded Enmity - Forsaken and Forgotten, listen: https://shadedenmity.bandcamp.com/album/forsaken-and-forgotten Lethian Dreams - Bleak Silver Streams, listen: https://lethiandreams.bandcamp.com/album/bleak-silver-streams Animal Collective - "FloriDada", listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw2ssNnA_Es Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ Find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock or Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock Follow us and join in the conversation! And give us a 5 star review on iTunes if you like us!

Its been a few crazy weeks! Before we get back to our regular schedule here's a special bonus episode where we talk about some recent shows -- The yearly Montreal black metal festival put on by Sepulchral productions,Messe des Morts, and the Czech black metal Sekhmet! Thanks for your patience, everything will be normal again soon.

In which we discuss The Glitch Mob, electronic music, non-Euclidean geometry, Mary Lambert shows, the volume at concerts, encores, and more. Album Discussion starts at : 9:40 Featured Discussion about concerts starts at : 37:42 Official site: http://www.theglitchmob.com/ This week, Kate is listening to: Adam is listening to: Owen is listening to: Adele - 25, listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A&t=1m15s Mary Lambert in concert, listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqqqV50zaAc Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ We now have a Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock and a Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock So follow us and join in the conversation!

This week we discuss black metal masters Thorns and the need for music to drown out city life. Album Discussion starts at : 7:57 Featured Discussion about city life starts at : 43:50 Official site: http://www.thorns.no/ This week, Kate is listening to: Lost Soul - Atlantis. Listen: http://lostsoulpoland.bandcamp.com/track/atlantis Fear Factory – Multiple albums on shuffle Listen: https://candlelightrecordsusa.bandcamp.com/album/mechanize Fallout 4 Classical Radio - Example of gameplay: https://youtu.be/_cYusLPVGIg Adam is listening to: Lost Soul - Atlantis. Listen: http://lostsoulpoland.bandcamp.com/track/atlantis Owen is listening to: Panopticon - Autumn Eternal. Listen: https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/track/into-the-north-woods Ulvesang - self-titled. Listen: https://ulvesang.bandcamp.com/album/ulvesang Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ We now have a Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock and a Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock So follow us and join in the conversation!

This week we discuss Panopticon's Autumn Eternal, recap the recent Mgla show at the Middle East in Cambridge, and discuss what makes a band a "favorite band." Mgla Show recap starts at: 8:20 Album Discussion starts at : 13:44 Featured Discussion about "what makes a band a favorite" starts at : 47:00 Buy Panopticon at their bandcamp: https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/ or their bigcartel: http://panopticonmerch.bigcartel.com/ This week, Kate is listening to: White Zombie - Album. Listen: www.urlwhatever Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring. Listen: https://youtu.be/nvNKc0JfVgA Halo - Halo 1. Listen: https://youtu.be/Z5eobV_zyrc Adam is listening to: Ghremdrakk. Listen: https://youtu.be/GyyhIORX-50 Adam’s review: http://subjectedtometal.blogspot.com/2015/11/ghremdrakk.html Elite - We own the Mountains. Listen: https://elitenorway.bandcamp.com/track/rovnatt Owen is listening to: Ulvesang - Self Titled. Listen: https://ulvesang.bandcamp.com/album/ulvesang Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ We now have a Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock and a Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock So follow us and join in the conversation!

Another "Question" episode in which we discuss influential bands, downloading, Youtube, record stores, vocals and lyrics, and how to access music as a kid. Featured Discussion starts at : 4:00 This week, Kate is listening to: Eis - Bannstein. Listen: https://eis-de.bandcamp.com/album/bannstein Stuff for the episode! Listed below. Adam is listening to: Fear of Eternity. Listen: https://youtu.be/WUIO6GmVd3Q He's selling his copies on discogs: http://www.discogs.com/seller/ClericMetatron/profile Owen is listening to: Krallice - Years Past Matter. Listen: http://krallice.bandcamp.com/track/iiiiiiii Panopticon's back catalog: thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ We now have a Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock and a Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock So follow us and join in the conversation!

This week we discuss Saor's "Aura", and discuss rating albums. Saor discussion starts at: 6:00 Ratings discussion starts at 23:00 Saor bandcamp: https://saor.bandcamp.com/ Saor store: http://saor.bigcartel.com/ This week, Kate is listening to: Mp3 player on shuffle. Adam is listening to: Nadiwrath - Circle of Pest. Listen: https://drakkar-productions-official.bandcamp.com/album/nadiwrath-circle-of-pest Horn - Feldpost (preview track). Listen: https://youtu.be/02d8gIHIjxM Eïs - Bannstein. Listen: https://eis-de.bandcamp.com/album/bannstein Owen is listening to: Panopticon - Roads to the North, listen: https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/track/where-mountains-pierce-the-sky Panopticon - Autumn Eternal, listen: https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/track/into-the-north-woods Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: https://ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ We now have a Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock and a Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock So follow us and join in the conversation!

This week we look at a "question episode", discussing "When/Where do we listen to music? How does that effect the music we listen to? What are qualities of background music? Do we ever listen to music for fun anymore? Does being a musician effect how you listen to music?" And more! This week, Kate is listening to: Exxasens - Back to Earth. Listen: https://exxasens.bandcamp.com/ Hatsune Miku; kemu - Invisible. Listen: https://youtu.be/85HBE5kJQOQ Hatsune Miku; Yuuyu-P - Deep Sea Girl, https://youtu.be/710fakd_nW8 Adam is listening to: Mass Effect - Mass Effect 2. Listen: https://youtu.be/Xek-YnW63a8 Mp3 player on Shuffle! Owen is listening to: Chvrches - Every Open Eye, listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU9_0pxiDjY Nirvana - Nevermind, listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: https://ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ We now have a Facebook at: www.facebook.com/kvltureshock and a Twitter at: twitter.com/KvltureShock Come join in the conversation!

This week we discuss Mgła's new release "Exercises in Futility", moving release dates up based on the number of pre-orders, and address some listener feedback. Album Discussion starts at : 7:30 Featured Discussion on release dates starts at : 37:43 Listener Feedback starts at : 52:50 Mgła/Kriegsmachine site: http://www.no-solace.com/ Buy Mgła at their bandcamp: https://no-solace.bandcamp.com/ Or Kriegsmachine: http://ksmpl.bandcamp.com/ This week, Kate is listening to: Mgla - Groza. Listen: http://no-solace.bandcamp.com/album/groza-lp-2008 Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition. Listen: https://youtu.be/FsvpFU7KY7E?t=5m14s Hatsune Miku; WhiteFlame - Senbonzakura Listen: https://youtu.be/U0gAwCFHdEA Hatsune Miku; Tohma - Gaikotsu Gakudan to Rira. (the hardest level, probably) Listen: https://youtu.be/-fFRU9nnyD0 Adam is listening to: Isvind - Gud. https://folterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gud Peste Noire - La Chaise-Dyable Listen: https://youtu.be/sZWLlU0d5eM Autarcie - Retour en Crasse. Listen: https://youtu.be/AOLcJ4nSMW4 Owen is listening to: Windfaerer - Tenebrosum, listen: https://windfaerer.bandcamp.com/track/celestial-supremacy Intro/outro music courtesy of Ashen Wings: https://ashenwings.bandcamp.com/ We now have a Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/kvltureshock and a Twitter at: https://twitter.com/KvltureShock So follow us and join in the conversation!

This week we discuss Ethereal Shroud's debut album, "They Become the Falling Ash", and how appearing like a metalhead can have an effect on how one is treated. Album Discussion starts at : 2:40 Featured Question "how does looking like a metalhead affect how you are treated?" starts at: 34:20 Ethereal Shroud's bandcamp: https://etherealshroud.bandcamp.com Myke C-Town's midyear list mentioned by Owen: https://youtu.be/iJMogg21j2Y Correction: The band logo on the tape is actually slip cover. When you remove the slip cover, the cover IS the same as on the front of the CD. The cassette edition was limited to 100 copies. Thanks to Joe Hawker for informing us of this error. This week, Kate is listening to: Mgla - With Hearts Toward None. Listen: https://no-solace.bandcamp.com/album/with-hearts-toward-none-lp-2012 Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel. Listen: https://nokturnalmortum1.bandcamp.com/album/the-voice-of-steel-by-nokturnal-mortum-2cd Blaze of Perdition - Near Death Revelations. Listen: https://blazeofperdition.bandcamp.com/album/near-death-revelations-2 Mello Cam! Check it out: https://youtu.be/g8y6loruIrQ Adam is listening to: Peste Noire - La Chaise-Dyable Listen: https://youtu.be/sZWLlU0d5eM Autarcie/Baise Ma Hache split - Ultra Rural. Listen: https://youtu.be/trPRqtw2NEY Owen is listening to: Myrkur - M, listen: https://myrkur.bandcamp.com/track/h-vnen Panopticon - Roads to the North, listen: https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/track/where-mountains-pierce-the-sky Krallice - Years Past Matter, listen: https://krallice.bandcamp.com/track/iiiiiiii Tengger Cavalry - Ancient Call, listen: https://tenggercavalry.bandcamp.com/track/galloping-towards-the-great-land

Making sure our mics work and the sound quality is acceptable, we also introduce ourselves + outline our backgrounds in music.