The Metal Embassy Podcast

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Interviews with underground heavy metal bands from around the world.

Metal Chris


    • Oct 15, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    Metal Embassy - 014 - Andrew Lee of Ripped To Shreds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2022 37:49


    Metal Chris interviews Andrew Lee of Ripped To Shreds and talks about the band's new album, Jubian, as well as some of Andrew's other musical endeavors, including Pharmacist and Heavy Metal Shrapnel.

    Metal Embassy - 013 - Sgah'gahsowáh of Blackbraid

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022 44:25


    Metal Chris interviews Sgah'gahsowáh of the indigenous black metal band Blackbraid. Interview recorded 19 August 2022 via Skype.

    Metal Embassy - 012 - The Hu from Mongolia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2022 34:29


    Metal Chris interviews, via interpreter, Jaya of the Mongolian metal band The Hu while the band is on their Black Thunder US Tour. Interview recorded 11 May 2022 via Zoom.

    Metal Embassy - 011 - Longhouse from Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 36:30


    Metal Chris interviews Josh Cayer, a First Nations Algonquin in Ottawa, Canada, that performs bass and vocals for the bands Longhouse and Dismal Aura. Josh goes in depth about the recent discovery of unmarked graves of indigenous children at schools across Canada.

    Metal Embassy - 010 - Chovu from Kenya

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 28:04


    Metal Chris speaks with Preston and Barbara, the vocalist and drummer, respectively, of the Nairobi, Kenya, based metal band Chovu on this episode. They cover a wide range of topics from African mysticism and mythology to what it is like to be a woman in a heavy metal band in Kenya.

    Metal Embassy - 009 - Brajangngana from Bangladesh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 29:55


    Black metal from Bangladesh is this episode's theme when Metal Chris talks to Katatonic of the band Brajangngana about how he incorporates South Asian elements, along with mythology and history, into his music.

    Metal Embassy - 008 - Dr. Colossus from Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 29:46


    On this episode Metal Chris interviews Jono Colliver, guitarist and front man of the Australian band Dr. Colossus, a band that is as devoted to the Simpsons TV show as they are to writing jamming riffs.

    Metal Embassy - 007 - Apes of God from El Salvador

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 32:44


    On this episode Metal Chris interviews Rodrigo Salguero of the Salvadorian death/thrash metal band Apes of God. The band's vocalist was murdered on stage during a performance in 2019 and Rodrigo explains how the band managed to overcome this tragedy and continue on, even recording a new full length album that was just released in April.

    Metal Embassy - 006 - Tang Dynasty from China (Short Version)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 35:43


    Kaiser Kuo is a founding member of the first heavy metal band in China, Tang Dynasty, as well as his later band Spring and Autumn. In this shorter version of this episode, he talks with Metal Chris about the early days of heavy metal in China and his instrumental role in bringing heavy metal to the country. To listen to the longer version of this interview, with an extra 12 minutes of conversation with Kaiser, visit metalembassy.bandcamp.com

    Metal Embassy - 005 - Zalaam from Palestine

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 28:00


    Amir Jacob is the man behind the Palestinian black metal band Zalaam and this episode's interview with Metal Chris is Amir's first interview about his band. Amir gives insight into how his environment influences the music of Zalaam.

    Metal Embassy - 004 - Gloosh from Siberia

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 21:35


    On this episode Metal Chris interviews George Gabrielyan of the Siberia, Russia, based one man black metal band Gloosh and they talk about how nature and George's surroundings influence his music.

    Metal Embassy - 003 - Beastwars from New Zealand

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 26:24


    On this episode Metal Chris interviews Matt Hyde, vocalist of the New Zealand based band Beastwars, and talks about how his bout with cancer brought the broken up band back together resulting in Beastwars recording a new album just weeks after he finished his last chemotherapy treatment.

    Metal Embassy - 002 - Creative Waste from Saudi Arabia

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 32:20


    Saudi Arabia has only recently started to allow heavy metal shows and in this episode Fawaz Al-Shawaf talks about setting up the first above ground metal show ever in the country for his grindcore band, Creative Waste.

    Metal Embassy - 001 - Bantha Rider from Poland

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 28:30


    On this first episode of Metal Embassy your host Metal Chris interviews Krzysiek Lesiński of the Star Wars themed band Bantha Rider from Poland.

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