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Swim against the mainstream with Local Locus, a podcast that puts the spotlight on local and underground heavy music. Hosts - Jake & Yustin

Local Locus Podcast


    • Jul 7, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 36 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Local Locus

    Precipitating Breakdowns

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 46:24


    S3E5. Precipitating Breakdowns.| Stitched - "Broken Mirror"; Violent Answer - "Unleashed" 4:45. Jake shows Yustin "SLUMTRACKS" by Stitched. 21:20. Yustin shows Jake "Self-Threat" by Violent Answer. (A video version of this episode may appear on the Local Locus YouTube.)

    Breaking the Formula

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 56:44


    S3E4. Breaking the Formula. Loose Ends W.M.B.D., Joel Heywood - "Oppressor"; Skull - "Deathless" 0:00. Jake and Yustin talk about beatdown hardcore bands like Knocked Loose and Kublai Khan. 8:43. BREAKDOWN OF THE WEEK. Yustin shows Jake "Manifest Destiny" EP by Loose Ends W.M.B.D. 22:45. Yustin shows Jake "Enemy of the Establishment" by ELIOZIE, and the boys talk about hiphop and deathcore. 38:50. Jake shows Yustin "Heimdal" by Enslaved. 46:30. Jake shows Yustin "The Great Descent into Hell" by Skull.

    AI-created? A hands-on test

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 27:09


    S3E3. AI-created? A hands-on test. Temptations for the Weak - "Become You"; Ritual Awakening - "Skeleton King" 1:16. Yustin shows Jake "Fallen from the Stars" by Temptations for the Weak. 8:20. Jake shows Yustin "Demon King" by Ritual Awakening. 17:38. Jake and Yustin apply the AI hands test to the album arts of this week's featured albums.

    Sci-fi, AI, and two cool guys

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2023 40:33


    S3E2. Sci-fi, AI, and two cool guys. Celestial Wizard - "Ice Realm"; F R A C T U R E, Xev - "soma"  0:00. Yustin and Jake discuss how they find new music and the impact of AI on art. 7:06. Jake asks Yustin what he thinks about the two newest Metallica singles. 10:43. Jake shows Yustin "Winds of Cosmos" by Celestial Wizard. 25:45. BREAKDOWN OF THE WEEK. Yustin shows Jake "sleepless" by F R A C T U R E.

    Back with Another "Normal" Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 53:18


    S3E1. Back with Another "Normal" Episode Tunturihauta - "Hurmos"; The Bearer - "Let it Burn" 0:00. Yustin tells Jake about his English writing ambitions. Jake and Yustin talk about Stephen King books. 23:00. Yustin and Jake catch up and reflect on 2022. 28:43. Jake shows Yustin "Tunturihauta" by Verilalpa. 37:40. Yustin shows Jake "Chained to a Tree" by The Bearer

    A Couple Dangly Bois

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 21:08


    Episode 30: I'm An Astronaut - "Human:Refined," "Gates of Misery," & "5T4T1C"; Endezzma - "Wild Glorior Death"; Neon Graves - "Blackout"

    Nu-Metalcore Wore Masks Before They Were Cool

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 30:24


    Episode 29: For Giants - "The Lucky Ones"; Seven Cities Dead - "Courage Under Fire" & "Fractured Dreams"; Breath of Wind - "Sakura"; Almach - "Dream Elegy"; Silence Speaks - "Hostile"

    10 Bands We Almost Missed in 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 57:48


    Episode 28: Jake and Yustin discuss twelve of the best releases of the worst year, from bands like Acherontas, AVOID!, S'efforcer, Symbolik, Ulcerate and more -- Perdition Temple - "Desolation Usurper"; Emuness - "SaviorSelf"; Xenobiotic - "Acedia"; Cohen - "Perish"; Call It Home - "White Flag"; Bog Wraith - "Flesh"; Fox Lake - "IYKYK"

    The "Normal" Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 37:52


    Episode 27: Jake and Yustin talk Ghostemane before diving into some Japanese metalcore, Greek black metal, and Texas hardcore --- Sable Hills - "Flood"; Katavasia - "The Tyrant"; Departure - "Common Denominator"

    Thanksgiving Scraps

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 48:28


    Episode 26: Tired Violence, Rickyjab - "Lonely" (Justin Bieber cover); Beyond Extinction - "God Complex"; Creak, Paul Collins - "Sullen"

    Thanksgiving Leftovers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 48:21


    Episode 26: Tired Violence, Rickyjab - "Lonely" (Justin Bieber cover); Beyond Extinction - "God Complex"; Creak, Paul Collins - "Sullen"

    Yustin Plugs His Mic in Halfway Through

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 43:17


    Episode 25: Suicide For A King - "Misconception"; Tithe - "Scum" & "Apostasy"; No Devil - "Feel Me"; Creak - "Eyes Without a Face"

    Jake, You're Being Igneant

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 34:59


    Episode 24: VOTOV - "Celf" & "Activating the Alteration"; Vulnere - "Granite Ziggurat"; Suffer UK - "Slither"

    Finnish? We're Just Getting Started!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2020 39:46


    Episode 23: Intoxicated - "Walled"; Belligerence TX - "Justificationofasuicideattempt"; Gorephilia - "Perpetual Procession"; Divisive - "Blackout"

    Dungeons & Dragons & Metal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 59:23


    Episode 22: Scavengers - "Self-Sacrifice Is an Art Form and You're Not Very Creative feat. Dafydd Richards"; Throne of Iron - "A Call to Adventure"; Legendry - "Heavy Metal Adventure"; The Wizar'd - "Master of the Night" & "Wizard's Revenge"; Ironsword - "Rogues in the House"; Hillsfar - "Jewel of the Moonsea"; Dark Forest - "The Midnight Folk"; Dexter Ward - "The Eyes of Merlin"; Smoulder - "Sword Woman"; Ironflame - "Gates of Evermore" & "Seekers of the Blade"

    That's Not My Name (feat. Kyle Richards from GraveBound)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 37:19


    Episode 21: GraveBound - "Phobia" & "Erase Me"; Perceptions - "Liar (Misery)" --- GraveBound VA's guitarist and vocalist Kyle RIchards talks live shows, Kyle stereotypes, and 2020 underground and big-name metalcore. Check out GraveBound's latest single, "Failure by Design," out late September!

    That's Not What Spunk Means

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2020 28:59


    Episode 20: Beyond Extinction - "Broken Throne"; Recorruptor - "The Funeral Corridor"; Gunned Down - "Nah Mate"

    Florida Man (feat. Chris Whited from Bodysnatcher/1776 Recordings)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 40:47


    Episode 19: Broadmoor - "Saki Yoshida"; Second Wind - "Thin Blue Crime" --- Beatdown hardcore and metalcore producer Chris Whited talks 2020 underground music, running a home studio, and drumming for Bodysnatcher.

    Local // Locus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2020 37:04


    Episode 18: Devastator - "Worship the Goat"; Ever Eden - "Senescence"; Entropy - "Void Walker"; Scolds - "Witch Hunt"

    You're Doing Great

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2020 38:54


    Episode 17: Convocation - "The Absence of Grief"; Death Courier - "Mourning Ecstacy"; Malist - "Tempest of Sorrow"; Among the Ruined - "Despite All Odds"

    Cauldron of Zombies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2020 41:54


    Episode 16: Detherous - "Make Them Die Slowly"; Stench of Death - "Grotesque Procession"; My Missing Half - "Before Waves and Rocks Catch Me"; Lantern - "Cauldron of Souls"; Away With The Seas - "With No Hope"

    Tylerd Violence (feat. Tyler Morris)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2020 42:57


    Episode 15: Tired Violence - "Hiraeth"; Misgiving - "Avoidance"; Live Burial - "Swing of the Pendulum"; Soulkeeper - "Heavy Glow"; Tooth & Nail - "Man in Ruin"

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    We Need Some Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2020 38:32


    Episode 14: Cryptic Shift - "Moonbelt Immolator"; THORN. - "Noctum"; Cauldron Black Ram - "Smoke Pours from the Orifices of the Crematory Idol"; Divine Hatred - "Paint Your Flag"

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    Ripping Guitar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2020 47:31


    Episode 13: End of Daze - "Tides"; Exit - "None of Our Business"; In Dying Hours - "Silhouette"; Ritualistic - "Hollowborn"

    TRAINER used PARLYZ HEAL

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2020 40:07


    Episode 13: Furious George - "Paralysis"; Foad - "Lucid Dream"; Paralysis - "Nihilist"; Loose Ends - "Blood on Your Hands"

    Jake Went to College

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2020 38:11


    Episode 11: Atavistia - "Through the Hollow Raven's Eyes"; HEARTPLACE - "Resonance"; Lesser Glow - "Red Ayrag"; Piss Poor TX - "Unfair Game (Knowthatiamgod)"

    Reap What You Sow

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 29:04


    Episode 10: Yriel - "Traitor"; Scavengers - "Catch Me if You Can"; Toothless - "Timeline: Eroded"; Words From Aztecs - "Grievous"

    Wizzardstorm

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2020 16:48


    Episode 9: Wizzardstorm - "The Marsh" & "Mongrel"

    Planet's Top 4 Deadliest Bands

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2020 30:40


    Episode 8: Written in Gray - "What's Done Is Done"; OUTRAGE - "Blood And Scars"; Falcifer - "Pain"; Hollowed Out - "Ego Suicide"

    GraveBound

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2019 25:09


    Episode 7: Flash Interview Ft. James Lovato of GraveBound; GraveBound - "Phobia"

    No Karate in the Pit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2019 38:55


    Episode 6: Basilica - "Burden"; Glasskey - "Conservation"; High Priest - "Creature"; This Last World - "Unreal City, Pt. 1: London Bridge"; Condescension - "Ghost of a Stranger"; Ocean of Plague - "Infinity"

    Take It To Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2019 37:24


    Episode 5: Flash Interview Ft. Take It To Heart; Sacrilegia - "Armoured Angel"; Dead To A Dying World - "The Seer's Embrace"; Take It To Heart - "Stain," "Invader," "Non-Fiction" & "Duality"; We Are Victory - "For Eternity"

    Looney Toons & Looney Tunes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2019 35:46


    Episode 4: Life Upon Liars - "Setting Stones" & "Breakdown"; As Your Body Remains - "Shinra"; Hologram - "Absurde"; Vorstreus - "Helder Water"

    Self-Dying Cars

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2019 34:40


    Episode 3: Blackhearth - "Tarker's Mills"; Suicide For A King - "Diver" & "Mirror"; Usurper - "Beyond the Walls of Ice"; Frosthelm - "The Sorceress"; Depressor - "Maggot Eyes"; With Crows - "Walk"

    Veggie // Core

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 35:19


    Episode 2: To Dust - "Shades"; As Pillars Fall - "Infinite // Finite"; Cut Both Ways - "Helpless As Hopeful"; Echo Of Silence - "Metanoia (A New Hope)"; Basilica - "Burden"; Hollow, I Am - "Bloodletting"

    I'd Like to Buy Another Vowel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 33:41


    Episode 1: Close to Nothing - "Perpetual Pain"; Rhythm of Fear - "Ritual Dementia"; Sewn Mouth - "In Lethargy"; Aoratos - "Thresher"; HEARTPLACE - "The Collapse"; Obscure Infinity - "Cosmic Disgrace"; Degrader - "Fang"

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