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And we’re back with more metal. This time the power metal of the Spaniards Dark Moor sets us on our journey, and the power is also present for PelleK from Norway later on in the show. Norway will also provide us with some progressive metal from Ishahn and some good old style black ... read more

And away we go again! Back to haunt your nightmares, the Metalcast returns with more metal than you can handle. Thanks to all our devoted listeners for messages of support and positive energies sent our way, all is now back on an even keel and the metal just keeps coming. From the sprightly ... read more

Hi, my name’s Tim. You may remember me from such episodes like…. most of them. Back in the day (anni 2006-2007), we used to have Crew Specials, where each MetalCast member presented his/her list of favourite bands (of that time, of their lives or otherwise). While I’ve contributed with a whole truckload of ... read more

Several strange names this time, or, lots of new stuff. Where people get those albums, I haven’t got a clue, but Kobe, Si and Marcus certainly have an “alternative” view on the market. What’s on offer? We’ve got the more melodic tunes from Saxon, Civilization One and Voodoo Circle. Next to those, you’ll ... read more

More Power Metal, less extreme Metal. Please welcome: Vandroya, Holy Grail, Inner Siege and Borislav Mitic. The Swiss band Shakra also brings a lighter, yet very rocking touch to the whole. The extreme(r) side is reserved for the Black Metal of Sonic Reign, the Doom Metal of Egypt, the semi-instrumental tunes of Long ... read more

So, 2012 is behind us and we’re ready to commence 2013. Yes, it’s already two months far, but even in accounting, the Metric Accountants  say that the year doesn’t always take off in January. For this first proper episode of 2013 we’ve got lots of extreme Metal, so to speak. You’ve got to blame Marcus ... read more

It’s this time of the year again, for the second time, as it’s part two of our view on the great stuff the previous year, in this case 2012, has brought us. As before, we’re dividing it over two episodes, as there was simply too much material and choices were hard to make. ... read more

It’s this time of the year again: our view on the great stuff the previous year, in this case 2012, has brought us. As before, we’re dividing it over two episodes, as there was simply too much material and choices were hard to make. For this first episode we’ve got for you: Sabaton, ... read more

“Nancy, stay off the mulled wine and announce the new episode!! No? Oh well, I suppose I’d better do it. Greetings, mortals. Lord of Time here. At this time of year I like to gather up my loins and dance a merry folk jig around the fire. To accompany me I summon forth ... read more

It’s been a few weeks, indeed, since our last episode. This due to our lives becoming a bit fuller, hence having to re-arrange our time schedules. But fear not, we have not forgotten you. In this new regular episode we offer another mix of various styles from the world of metallic sounds. Starting ... read more

As Polina would say: it’s been ages since we last had a Crew Special, where a crew member presents his/her 10 most preferred songs of the moment or of all time. This time our Lord Of Time aka Si eagerly wanted to present you his shortlist. No worries, it’s not all Black Metal. ... read more

Suggestions… we had a bunch of ’em on our list and since they were kinda piling up, we decided to bring them together into one specific episode. This means seven songs that have been waiting to get played, completed with three more tracks of very recent requests. Those requests come from listeners aka ... read more

Alrighty, time to come back to the present times. We’ve got new material from Prog masters Threshold, Russian Pagan Metallers Butterfly Temple and the Canadian Heavy Metal formation Striker. Also featured are NWOBHM/Doom Metal veterans Pagan Altar with the re-release of their The Time Lord EP. More Pagan Metal is provided by the ... read more

Several weeks ago Marcus had the idea of playing some old stuff again, from the 80s, but focussing on true/epic Metal (Heavy and Power mainly). Then again, so did Jared Parks, who suggested a generation special about the 80s and/or 90s. This request of course can span several genres, thus also Thrash, Progressive, ... read more

A new delivery of metallic goods has arrived, thanks to the delivery system from https://www.shiply.com/large-item-delivery/, whichi uses the best shipping labels. We’ve got the latest and last from the Swedish Doom veterans Candlemass, who are calling it quits in terms of studio albums. They’re currently playing gigs in support of their latest and ... read more

It’s summer time! Woohoo! Not that the sun is omni-present, as it gets beaten by the rain more often than not. but fear not, for the following divine (or demonic, however you consider them) may help get you through this dull period. If you’re in need of a stress reliever, then Outliar will ... read more

Time to travel again. This time we visit Luxembourg. A small country, but it does have a Metal scene, no matter how small or big. Of course, we have played some Luxembourgian Metal in the past and those bands are featured in this Nation Special again, also because our collections hold only very ... read more

Yes, we know, we should make another Special. But before we compile that one, we’ve got another regular sonic experience for you, featuring new material, obviously, by Moonspell, Dawn Of Destiny, Nachtblut, Shadowside, Vesperian Sorrow, Mercury Falling, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Carach Angren, Fever Sea and Heathen Beast. European bands (mainly German ones, that ... read more

What did we play last? Oh yes, soundtracks. Time to get off the Theme trail again and present you guys and gals with another regular offering of Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal and Doom Metal. We’ve got new material from Kreator, Unleashed, Sonata Arctica, Circus Maximus, Burzum, Saint ... read more

Beautiful weather, great to sit outside, have a beer, see a gig, etc… or catch up with your film/movie collection. Marcus from time to time posts a blog on movies he likes, but there are of course also artists and bands who provide music to the soundtracks. We’ve made two such specials so ... read more

Before we unleash another Special, the current episode revolves mostly about Norwegian and American bands. Norway sent 3 bands: Madder Mortem (Prog Metal), Mistur (Black Metal) and The Wretched End (Death/Thrash Metal). The USA countered with 4 bands: Yakuza (Avant-Garde Metal), Novembers Doom (Death/Doom Metal), Averse Safira (Black Metal) and New Eden (Power ... read more

And even after 250 episodes, we still are pleased to present you with new bands and new songs, be them from known European places, or American, or Asian, or wherever. Though there might be countries we haven’t played anything Metal from. In any case, tune in to hear about Pensées Nocturnes, Sigh (which ... read more

Back in February one of our listeners, Nathan Magus, suggested a Dragon Themed Special, since 2012 is said to be the Year Of The Dragon. We looked into our collections for songs about dragons. Of course the choices are legion, massive and more. There are many bands out there with songs that have ... read more

A new week, a new regular. We’ve got new stuff from Dragonforce, Jeff Loomis, Plutonian Shore and Brimwylf, a completely new band having just put out their first release. In addition, a few bands asked us to be played and so we are happy to present you with new tunes by Archenterum (which ... read more

A new week, a new episode. Yes, a little later, but we all lead busy lives and circumstances aren’t always favourable. But what’s a day in a human life? So, get set for another round of metallic variety. The more melodic side of things is represented by Dragon Guardian (Power Metal from Japan), ... read more

When other genres get metallized… here’s our third Cover Special. In any case, it’s usually interesting to see how Metal bands take on Pop, Rock and other kinds of songs. Metal bands covering other Metal bands occurs very often. In this newest episode we have stuff originally by King Crimson, Limahl, Tom Waits, ... read more

Metal bands write long songs, short songs, middlelong songs, epic songs, dramatic songs, and so on. We had a first episode with long songs (mininum 15 minutes per song) last year in episode 212. This time we present you the second Long Songs Special. Due to the length of the episode, we again ... read more

More Specials are planned, but as we don’t want to throw all our cards on the table, let’s play another regular. Next to the Thrash of Toxic Holocaust, the Black Metal of Himinbjørg, the Power Metal of Kaledon (a previously unreleased track, by the way) and Freedom Call, the Traditional Metal of Christian ... read more

A rather extreme episode this time, though there’s a nice balance between heavy riffs, thundering drums, happy melodies and bombastic operaticness. On the extreme side we have the Black Metal band Azaghal from Finland, the Death Metal formation Baht from Turkey and the Doom groupings XII Boar from the UK, The 11th Hour ... read more

Alrighty, people, take your history books. We’re starting way back in time, ten, maybe hundreds of years before the year of our Lord. The Lord Of Time will however NOT be your guide in this musical journey through ages past, as he’s taking the liberty to go skiing, now that everyone or most ... read more

Last January one of our listeners, Brandon Archer, indirectly suggested we make another Doom Special, Volume 3 then. Each year, like in other genres, new Doom releases come out, be them Death/Doom, Funeral Doom, Black/Doom, Stoner, Traditional, or otherwise. One band being more obscure than the other. But like always, we try to ... read more

Obsessed With Metal, pt. 2. The first was done in July last year. See here. As you can imagine, there are countless songs about Metal, hailing the music, the community, and more. And since there are also countless Metalbands, the choices remain legio. This time we selected Saxon, Gamma Ray, Destruction, Venom, Thunderbolt, ... read more

Back from Israel. We hope you enjoyed our little episode on that country’s scene. Time now again for another regular episode, featuring bands from various countries. Like Alcest from France, the Viking Metallers Enherjer from Norway, the Canadian Black Metal formation Urheimat, the Stoner band Orange Goblin from Si’s UK. Also from the ... read more

Time to travel again. Destination: Israel. This was suggested back in December by Shimi Youngester. And who better than our beloved Marcus and Si to compile the playlist? Tune in for an eclectic episode featuring Arafel, Winterhorde, Prey For Nothing, Kna’an, Acropolis, Orphaned Land, Melechesh, Gevolt, Bishop of Hexen and Amaseffer, whose 2nd ... read more

Winter has surely set in, now that large parts of Europe are having a not so wonderful experience with it (casualties, shelter, accidents, …). But for those unafflicted, there’s not only fire and heating, but also good ol’ Metal to warm those ears, but if your house is too cold consider getting some ... read more

Once upon a time, back in October 2010, one of our listeners going by the name of Rob Ankrom, suggested we make a Goof/Mirth Metal episode. In other words, it doesn’t always have to be serious songs. In Metal you can make a song about anything: love, life, war, peace, politics, fantasy, science ... read more

And we’re back for another year of qualitative Metal, no matter the style. Well, we haven’t played much Metalcore or some other styles, since we’re either not fond of it or just don’t have enough material or knowledge about it. 2012 is still young, so there aren’t that many releases yet. We’ll play ... read more

2011 is behind us. It has been a marvellous year in terms of releases. Many albums were put out, many new bands made it to the surface and oldies were against present to show that they’re not planning to call it quits at all. Amon Amarth, Stratovarius, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Devin Townsend Project, ... read more

2011 is behind us. It has been a marvellous year in terms of releases. Many albums were put out, many new bands made it to the surface and oldies were against present to show that they’re not planning to call it quits at all. Amon Amarth, Stratovarius, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Devin Townsend Project, ... read more

Alrighty, EP 233, the last before we take our annual winter break. We’ve got new Nightwish material, Folk stuff from Germany, Russia and Sweden (Lyriel, Severnye Vrata and Vintersorg), and more. For example, there’s Viikate who play Melodic Heavy Metal with Schlager Influence (talk about originality ), the UK formation Nine Covens delivered ... read more

The days are shorter, the temperatures are lower… frost is setting in. But there’s not only fire to warm you to, we’ve got another load of tunes to warm your ears to. The German Heavy/Power Metal band Iron Savior is back, indeed. The American Progressive band Cynic also released new material recently, as ... read more

We can keep this simple. Some time ago we got a suggestion from Blake Porter, one of our listeners: a True Norwegian Black Metal or Pioneers of Black Metal Episode. So, we put our two specialists in those domains to the test and they threw some names and songs on the table in ... read more

Days are shorter, temperatures decrease, it’s getting winter soon (still a few weeks away, though). The classical composer Vivaldi wrote symphonies about the four seasons, but the seasons also inspired and continue to inspire many Metal bands, be them Black Metal, Folk Metal, Power Metal, Doom Metal, and so on.The link with Pagan ... read more

EP 229, regular and varied. We’ve got 2 symphonic extreme Metal bands from Russia, the Black/Thrash outfit Abigail from Japan also made it onto the playlist. There’s of course the experimental Metal of the Norwegian formation Musth, for which our beloved Marcus wrote a review. Rhapsody Of Fire parted ways with half its ... read more

EP 228, the first in our quest to the “10th anniversary episode”. Let’s go! What have we got this time? Death Metal, Black Metal, Power Metal and even Deutschrock. Indeed, Deutschrock, or Rock ‘n’ Roll sung in German. The Brazilian Death Metal masters from Krisiun put out a new album recently, called The ... read more

2006-2011, a historical period in the era of podcats, eh, podcasts. Looking back at how we started, we’ve been through quite some rides. Lots of music to choose from, lots of bands, and many more songs. Big names, upcoming bands, bands that split-up, big projects, solo projects, and so on. Starting out as ... read more

The length of a Metal song is not important, though you can guess pretty correctly for certain genres. Doom and progressive are more prone to lengthy tracks, while other styles can keep it more moderate, like 4-5 minutes or even less. Many bands also have intros and interludes on their albums, which are ... read more

It’s almost there, our anniversary episode. We’ve received several reactions and suggestions so far, but we know you are many, so mail us or post on our Facebook if you haven’t done already. In other news, there’s a new episode ready. A bit more on the extreme side than normally, but that’s a ... read more

Another Special, yeehaa! Yes, the Legends of Metal. Anyone can instantly name tens of bands who have had a major impact on this great style of music. We made a Pioneers episode some time ago, where we focused on bands that started or were co-responsible for starting a specific style in the world ... read more

Done reading books? We hope not. But it’s good to take a pause now and then, be it from reading, music, work, study, or otherwise. Which means, time for some tunes again. Variety sure is present (again) this time, from Thrash over Death and Industrial to Power. There’s new stuff from Evile, Amebix, ... read more

It’s been almost two years since we last read something to you. Or better, played songs based on books, whether Fantasy, History, Philosophy, etc… And while it’s good to read and here too genres are subject to taste, we tried to put in a bit of everything in terms of literary works. Authors featured in […]