Every other Friday, comedian Pedro Salinas (HBO Max) and guests dive deep into significant heavy metal albums.
Comedian Brandon Ream (NOSTALGIC FRONT PODCAST) joins the program to discuss Manowar's FIGHTING THE WORLD, a sweat-drenched ode to loudness and muscularity. Follow Brandon on Instagram. Podcast theme music by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Musician Jerome Burns (SARMAT) joins the program to discuss THE SICKNESS by Disturbed, a lively array of tight riffs, fast grooves, and legendary grunts. Follow Jerome on Instagram and YouTube. Podcast music by Count Morgulloch. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Jesse Case (JESSE VS. CANCER) joins the program to discuss Cannibal Corpse's TOMB OF THE MUTILATED, a pure expression of brutality and filth. Follow Jesse on Twitter and listen to his podcast. Podcast theme music by Count Morgulloch. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Chris Estrada (THIS FOOL on Hulu) returns to the program to discuss Black Sabbath's psychotic magnum opus, SABOTAGE. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "The Vitamin Store Stopped Carrying My Favorite Brand Of Turmeric Suppositories". Follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram. Check out THIS FOOL on Hulu. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Artist Seldon Hunt (Neurosis, Pelican) returns to the program to discuss Black Sabbath's fifth album, SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH, a shrill and unhinged work of icy gothic genius. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Work's Been Crazy For My Succubus Recently But I'm Pretty Sure She's Gonna Text Me Back". Check out Seldon's work. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Artist and musician Tanya Finder (SHADOWLAND) returns to the program to discuss Black Sabbath's VOLUME FOUR, a wandering and fuzzed out dream in which the mania, despair, and exhaustion of fame began to infest the band's compositions. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Jersey Mike's Management Refuses To Stop The Teens From Mocking My Satanic Pendants." Follow Tanya on Instagram and buy Shadowland's music on Bandcamp. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Angel Deradoorian joins the program to discuss Black Sabbath's MASTER OF REALITY, in which the legendary band deepened their sound, casting darker shadows and diving to lower fathoms. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "I Spilled Piping Hot Clam Chowder All Over My Grimoire". Buy DERADOORIAN's music on Soundcloud. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
On a very special Halloween edition of Networking With Satan, comedian and friend of the show Finn Straley (Hulu) joins the program to discuss the Marquis de Sade's THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM, one of the most infernal punishments ever perpetrated in the realm of fiction. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Spilling Tomato Bisque On Myself At The 11:25AM Screening Of Hocus Pocus 2". Follow Finn on Twitter and Instagram. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Django Gold (The Onion) joins the program to discuss Black Sabbath's PARANOID, one of the most important albums ever recorded. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "I Spilled My Bottle Of Women's Probiotics At Le Pain Quotidien". Follow Django on Twitter. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Canceled comedian Tony Zaret returns to the program to discuss Black Sabbath's debut album, the oozing plasmic soup from which the whole world of heavy metal was formed. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "It Hurts My Feelings When You Guzzle Demonous Ichor Without Me". Follow Tony on Instagram and Twitter. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Dr. Olivia Lucas (Professor of Music Theory at LSU) joins the program to discuss Meshuggah's OBZEN, a pummeling collection of the Swedish titan's most terrifying grooves. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Placed On Administrative Leave From Sexual Guzzlement Due To Unsatisfactory Curation Of Orgy Playlist". Read Dr. Lucas's scholarship here and here. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Musician and illustrator Tanya Finder (Shadowland) discusses Judas Priest's PAINKILLER, the apocalyptically unhinged fantasia of power, heat, and steel from 1990, and one of the most definitive metal albums of all time. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "They Shalt Suffer And Repent For Laughing At My Lactose Intolerance At The Demon Summoning." Follow Tanya on Instagram and listen to Shadowland on Bandcamp. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Django Gold (The Onion) joins the program to discuss Mahavishnu Orchestra's THE INNER MOUNTING FLAME, a chaotic jazz-rock masterpiece whose violently dazzling instrumentation influenced many artists in the realm of extreme music. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "I Drank Too Much Human Blood At The Polycule Dedication And Now I Have Uncontrollable Acid Reflux". Follow Django on Twitter. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Musician Vinny Ambert joins the program to discuss SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL, the melodic death metal masterpiece by At The Gates. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "I Pulled My Lower Back Again While Summoning Azathoth". Check out Vinny's band Breath of the Moor on Instagram. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Andrew Durso joins the program to discuss RIDE THE LIGHTNING, Metallica's cosmic leap beyond the juvenile raucousness of their debut, and the second entry in their unimpeachable 1980s catalog. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "They Keep Misspelling My Name On My Order At Jamba Juice." Stick around after Andrew to hear Certified Shred Consultant Jacob Lie discuss the theory and technique behind the album's towering title track, "Ride the Lightning." Follow Andrew and Jacob on Instagram and Twitter. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Visual artist Seldon Hunt joins the program to discuss POWERAGE by AC/DC, a charming and rough-and-tumble document of the band's early days before they became a world-beating colossus. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "The Waiter At Chili's Spilled An Entire Bottle Of Thousand Island Dressing On My Brand New Dracula Cape". Follow Seldon on Instagram and Twitter. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Mike Rainey (Dad Meat) joins the program to discuss the grim and groovy FOLLOW THE LEADER by Korn, the depressive kings of California's Central Valley. Thanks again to Count Morgulloch for this week's song, "No One Told Me There Was Latte Foam On My Nose At The Satanist Meeting". Follow Mike on Instagram and Twitter. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian C.W. Headley joins the program to discuss Bruce Dickinson's canonical debut with Iron Maiden, THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Wearing A New Pair Of Slacks And Immediately Spilling Lobster Bisque All Over Your Groin At Pret A Manger". Follow C.W. on Instagram. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian and musician Isabel Hagen joins the program to discuss Gustav Holst's THE PLANETS, a soaring orchestral exploration of the vasts of space and depths of the human soul. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Playing Computer Solitaire On Dual Screen Monitors At Le Pain Quotidien". Follow Isabel on Instagram and Twitter. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Tony Zaret joins the program to discuss NIGHTFALL, the bombastic masterwork by Swedish doom legends Candlemass. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Harassed By Teenagers At The Panera Bread Again While Trying To Edit My Grimoire Of Incantations". Follow Tony on Instagram and Twitter. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Charles Blyzniuk joins the program to discuss the Sgt. Pepper's of Limp Bizkit's discography, CHOCOLATE STARFISH AND THE HOT DOG FLAVORED WATER. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Getting A Piece Of Floss Stuck Between Your Teeth And Trying To Floss It Out And Then Getting Another Piece Of Floss Stuck Between Your Teeth". Follow Charles on Twitter and Instagram and subscribe to his Patreon. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Django Gold (The Onion) joins the program to discuss HOLY MOUNTAIN, the annihilating avalanche of groove, drone, and fantasy by stoner metal legends Sleep. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Contact Me Today For A Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity To Generate Up To $10,000 A Month By Getting Five Of Your Friends To Sign Up For A Vibrating Toenail Clipper Subscription Service." Follow Django on Twitter. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Ramsey Badawi (Worst Hour of the Week Podcast) joins the program to discuss Slipknot's chaotic and angst-ridden magnum opus, Iowa. Thanks again to Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "My Penis Whistles Like A Tea Kettle When It's Aroused". Follow Ramsey on Instagram and Twitter. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Artist and musician Tanya Finder (Shadowland) joins the program to discuss Diamond Head's transportive and melancholy Borrowed Time. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Saying ‘You Too' To A Concession Stand Employee After They Say ‘Enjoy The Movie' And Subsequently Suicidally Ideating Throughout The Entirety Of The 11:45am Screening Of Hotel Transylvania 4". Follow Tanya on Instagram. Count Morgulloch track produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Chris Estrada (THIS FOOL on Hulu) joins the program to discuss Power Trip's blistering masterpiece Nightmare Logic. Special thanks to Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, “Tearing Your ACL After Stepping Off The Sidewalk Weird Because You're Thirty-Eight Years Old”. Follow Chris on Instagram and Twitter. Count Morgulloch track produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Eliot Thompson (Pure Chaos Comedy) joins the program to discuss the icy and terrifying Filosofem by Burzum. Together we attempt to disentangle the significance of this musical work from the loathsomeness of its creator. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, “Getting Bonked In The Head So Hard A Vertical Protuberance Grows Three Feet Upward From Your Skull Accompanied By The Sound Of A Slide Whistle”. Follow Eliot on Instagram. Count Morgulloch track produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Steph Tolev (Netflix Is A Joke) joins the program to discuss System of a Down's manic masterpiece, Toxicity. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Accumulating $36,000 Of Debt On An Old Navy Credit Card." Follow Steph on Instagram and Twitter. Count Morgulloch track produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Finn Straley (Hulu) joins the program to discuss Mercyful Fate's frenetic, bombastic, and joyously hellacious Melissa. Thanks again to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, “Being In Such Close Proximity To A Powerful Shotgun Blast That Your Beak Gets Propelled All The Way Around To The Other Side Of Your Head." Follow Finn on Twitter and Instagram. Count Morgulloch track produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Dave Ross (Late Late Show with James Corden) joins the program to discuss Pantera's swaggering, uncompromising, and rhythmically intricate Vulgar Display of Power. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Being So Consumed With Lust That Your Eyes Pop Out Of Their Sockets And Your Heart Thumps Three Feet Forward Past Your Ribcage, Leading To An Extended Stay In The Hospital And A Battery Of Ophthalmological And Cardiological Tests (And Subsequently Drowning In A Pool Of Diarrhea)". Follow Dave on Instagram and Twitter. Count Morgulloch track produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Tony Zaret (Tony Zaret) joins the program to discuss Ozzy Osbourne's sleek, blistering, and lovably excessive Blizzard of Ozz. Then, board-certified Shred Consultant Jacob Lie (Adult Swim) takes us through the music theory and guitar techniques showcased in the album's masterpiece, "Mr. Crowley." Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, “Painting A Facsimile Of A Highway Tunnel Underpass Onto The Side Of A Cliff In Order To Trick And Capture Your Prey, Only To Watch Him Quickly Breeze Through It Unhindered, And Then Trying To Run After Him And Smashing Face First Into The Solid Rock (And Subsequently Being Defiled By Vultures)”. Follow Tony Zaret and Jacob Lie on Twitter and Instagram. Count Morgulloch track produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian and songwriter C.W. Headley joins the program to discuss Dio's spectacular, mythic, and virginally incandescent 1983 album Holy Diver. Follow C.W. on Instagram and Twitter. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, “Getting Your Right Hand Stuck In A Pot Of Honey And Then Getting Your Left Hand Stuck In A Cookie Jar And Then Getting Your Head Stuck In The Hollow Of A Tree (And Henceforth Being Defiled By Serpents Until The End Of Time)”. Count Morgulloch track produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian Deno DeMartino (BigShittingAss.com) joins the program to rehabilitate Metallica's confounding, infuriating, and disastrously inspired 2003 album St. Anger. Follow Deno on Instagram and Twitter. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Getting Powdered Cinnamon Stuck In Your Nostrils And Sneezing Non-Stop For Five And A Half Hours Thereby Thwarting Your Attempt To Bake Snickerdoodles (Meanwhilst Getting Devoured From The Inside By Ravenous Parasitic Anal Worms)". Count Morgulloch track produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Comedian and professional violist Isabel Hagen (The Tonight Show) joins the program to discuss Igor Stravinsky's eerie, violent, and primally exuberant masterpiece The Rite of Spring. Follow Isabel on Instagram and Twitter. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch. This week's theme song is called "Getting A Kernel Of Popcorn Stuck In The Back Of Your Throat And Dry Coughing So Hard You Lose Consciousness At The 1:15 PM Screening Of Disney's Jungle Cruise (And Subsequently Being Entombed Under Filth And Then Later Being Dug Up And Defiled)". Count Morgulloch track produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Django Gold (The Onion, Late Show with Stephen Colbert) joins the program to discuss Dream Theater's ridiculous, glorious, and unsettlingly seductive Images and Words. Follow Django on Twitter. Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch for this week's theme song, "Defiled By Vermin And Then Developing Feelings For The Vermin But The Vermin Thinking Of This As More Of A Casual Thing (And Subsequently Being Defiled By A Different Group Of Vermin)". Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Larry Garza (Comedia A Go-Go) joins the program to discuss White Zombie's groovy, wacky, and shredariffic 1992 album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One. Follow Larry on IG @larrygarzacomedy and Twitter @LarryGarzaComic. Donate to Larry's GoFundMe here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-garzas-vs-cancer-2021 Special thanks to house band Count Morgulloch. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf.
Chris Estrada (Comedy Central, HBO) joins the program to discuss Times of Grace by Neurosis. Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisEstrada85 and IG @chrisestradacomic. Theme song by Count Morgulloch. Count Morgulloch tracks produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf (@alexbasswolf on IG).
Finn Straley joins the program to discuss Death's final album, The Sound of Perseverance. Follow Finn Straley on Twitter and Instagram @finnstraley. Theme song and interstitial music by Count Morgulloch Count Morgulloch songs produced by Alex Amlie-Wolf (@alexbasswolf on IG)