The Sons of Metal Podcast

It's the final episode of The Sons of Metal. CHR embarks on one last solo flight with new albums from Anaal Nathrakh and Aldious, checks out some indie grindcore from Anthropic, and prepares to enter Valhalla himself alongside Amon Amarth's appropriately-titled seventh album.

It's Doug's last show ever and the final B-Side. CHR opens the show with the blackened folk of Finland's Havukruunu and Doug closes things out with the tech-death onslaught of Canada's Beneath The Massacre.

It's Doug's last main episode, so CHR gifts him the ursine onslaught of Chicago's Bear Mace, while Doug opts for the heavy groove of Sweden's Orbit Culture. CHR picks a conceptually unusual indie pick with South Africa's Incarnate Deity, and Doug uses his final Valhalla pick to feature one of his favorite albums of all time, Opeth's 2005 album, Ghost Reveries. Additionally, CHR talks about the future of the show.

Doug opens the show with a semi-posthumous release from Static-X while CHR keeps it simple with some death/thrash from Sweden's Vampire.

The show opens with Doug dropping two bombshells, and follows it up with some slammy Russian death metal from Katalepsy. CHR slows some things down with some "jammy" doom metal from Pale Divine. In the indie segment, they listen to some punk-laden death metal from Argentina's Medium, and in Heavy Metal Valhalla, CHR brings back the Teutonic thrash with Sodom's third album.

CHR opens the show with female-fronted blackened thrash from France while Doug indulges his drunken, stupid side with some Scottish pirate metal

IT'S EPISODE ONE HUNDRED! This turns out to be a non-event (Thanks, COVID!), but still manages to be a fun show. CHR opens with some crossover/hardcore from the Cro-Mags while Doug indulges his "chugga-chug" side with Lamb Of God's newest. CHR gets slow and grimy in the indie segment with WeedWizard, while Doug highlights a forgotten band from the 1990s with Corrosion of Conformity's fourth album.

Doug opens the show with some mythological doom metal from Indiana with Wolftooth's sophomore album, while CHR goes a more metal-adjacent route with Wailin Storms's third release.

Still apart, but united in metal, CHR and Doug close out the double-digit episodes with some nü-hardcore from Code Orange and tech-death from Killitorous. In the indie segment, Doug introduces us to Hyborian's imaginatively-named sophomore album, and in Heavy Metal Valhalla, CHR opts for some classic English death metal with Benediction's third album.

CHR opens the show with some blackened death metal from Vredehammer while Doug throws some groove in his death metal with Abysmal Dawn.

As the hosts practice social distancing, CHR opens the show with the densely-produced death metal of New Zealand's Ulcerate while Doug opts for some Michigan melodeath from The Black Dahlia Murder. In the indie segment, CHR ventures to Bangladesh to check out the debut from Nawabs of Destruction. In Heavy Metal Valhalla, Doug looks at one of the most popular industrial albums from the 1990s with Nine Inch Nails' sophomore release, to mixed results.

Doug opens the show with the throwback classic power/speed onslaught of Germany's Stallion, while CHR drags him back to the U.K. to listen to My Dying Bride's newest death/doom outing.

As the hosts practice social distancing, Doug vents his frustrations through the new Body Count album, while CHR busts some stuff up to Testament's newest LP. Feeling everyone could use some guidance on life, Doug introduces us to the Deacons of Doom philosophy. Finally, CHR needs some comfort music from his past and revisits Tesla's second album.

CHR opens the show with some "psychedelic doomcore" from Germany's Warped Cross, and Doug checks out the latest release from industrial shock-rocker Davey Suicide.

CHR opens the show with the throwback sounds of The Night Flight Orchestra while Doug opts for some deathcore from Suicide Silence. In the indie segment, CHR checks out some experimental gothic metal from the French band Ulvånd. The gothic metal continues in Heavy Metal Valhalla where Doug highlights the 1991 debut from Type O Negative.

Doug opens the show with some environmentally-themed extreme metal from California's Cattle Decapitation while CHR takes the dairy theme to extremes with some glorious cheese from Sweden's Brothers of Metal.

It's Black Metal History Month, so CHR and Doug are serving up an episode full of blackened goodness. In the new album segment, Doug serves up some blackened melodeath from Machinations of Fate and CHR opts for some blackened thrash from Midnight. In the indie segment, China's Vengeful Spectre provide some folk-influenced black metal. Finally, in Heavy Metal Valhalla, they revisit the second album from Emperor, one of the pioneers of the Norwegian scene.

CHR opens the show with some slow, female-fronted doom from California's Brume while Doug picks up the pace with the old-school death-and-roll of Arizona's Gatecreeper.

CHR opens the show in Germany with the speed metal assault of StormWarrior while Doug brings us back to the states for some crossover thrash from Red Death. In the indie segment, CHR introduces some Amon Amarth-laced, Gothenburg-style melodeath from Russia with the band KillHammer. For Heavy Metal Valhalla, Doug reveals one of his favorite songs of all time on Ozzy Osbourne's second solo album.

Doug opens the show with some progressive German tech-death from Obscura, while CHR indulges some avant-garde black metal from Schammasch.

Doug and CHR open the show in NYC with the newest albums from hardcore stalwarts Agnostic Front and Japanese power metallers Galneryus. In the indie segment, Doug suggests some marijuana-laced death metal from Cannabis Corpse. For Heavy Metal Valhalla, CHR revisits some industrial-laced proto-metalcore (Is that a thing?) with Fear Factory's second album.

CHR opens the show with some German epic doom metal from the questionably-named Fvneral Fvkk, while Doug checks out the debut album from a Type O Negative spin-off band called Silvertomb.

CHR and Doug open the show in Scandinavia with new albums from Norway's Borknagar and Finland's Insomnium. In the back half of the show, they return to the USA with Texan death metal from Cleric and the bluesy groove of Maryland's Clutch.

Doug opens the show with the proggy post-metal/grunge of Tool's newest album, while CHR opts for some instrumental industrial with the latest release from Tyrant Of Death.

CHR and Doug open the show with Kentucky 'core act Knocked Loose and new material from classic thrashers Sacred Reich. In the indie segment, they look at some intricate melodeath from Spain with Eternal Storm's debut. In Heavy Metal Valhalla, CHR gets in the Halloween spirit with Moonspell's first album.

CHR opens the show on the lighter side of things with Volbeat's newest release, while Doug opts for some slammy deathcore with the newest Carnifex album.

CHR and Doug open the show with the epic folk of Finsterforst and the thrashy Zombie Apocalypse. In the indie segment, they look at some blackened crossover thrash from Indiana. In Heavy Metal Valhalla, Doug features some proggy sludge with Mastodon's second album.

Doug treads the boundary between melodeath and metalcore with Soilwork's newest album, while CHR goes for bombastic power metal with the newest Rhapsody offering.

CHR and Doug open the show with the goth-doom Bloody Hammers and more WWI concepts from Sabaton. In the "indie" segment, they look at some sludgy prog from Torche. In Heavy Metal Valhalla, CHR features the Blackmoore/Dio collaboration with Rainbow's second album.

CHR indulges his love of the weird with Italian band Embrace Of Disharmony while Doug reverts back to his melodeath tendencies with the newest album from Children Of Bodom.

CHR and Doug open the show with the bombastic Gloryhammer and the technical and melodic Allegaeon. In the indie segment, they look at some crusty death metal with Goregäng. In Heavy Metal Valhalla, Doug takes us back to a band bridging the gap between grunge and nü-metal with Deftones's second album.

CHR and Doug walk in each other's shoes as Doug opens the show with the Ukrainian death/doom band 1914 and CHR going for straight thrash with Ohio's War Curse.

CHR and Doug open the show with two different takes on death metal — the hardcore-influenced Misery Index and the melodic Viking tales of Amon Amarth. Doug introduces some complexity into the indie segment with the genre-crossing Hath, while CHR celebrates the 75th anniversary of D-Day with Sabaton's debut.

CHR picks up the pace from last month with Italian power metallers Frozen Crown while Doug gets slammy with the hardcore/thrash stylings of Sworn Enemy.

CHR and Doug open the show with new albums from Belzebubs and Truth Corroded. In the indie segment, CHR features an Italian death/thrash band, NecrUterO, and in Heavy Metal Valhalla, Doug indulges in some '80s sleaze with L.A. Guns's debut.

CHR opens the show with one of the saddest doom albums ever made in Trees of Eternity's solitary release, while Doug showcases some melodeath experimentation with the symphonic stylings of Meadows End.

CHR and Doug open the show with new albums from Whitechapel and Týr. In the indie segment, Doug features a Russian thrash outfit, Mental Slavery, and in Heavy Metal Valhalla, CHR takes us back to his youth to relive the glory(?) of Whitesnake's breakout album.

Doug opens the episode with progressive tech-death from Replacire, while CHR features a French death metal hybrid, Ad Patres.

CHR and Doug open the show with new albums from Candlemass and Lamb of God's guitarist, Mark Morton. In the indie segment, CHR features a one-man, multi-subgere project called Dying Embers, and Doug uses Heavy Metal Valhalla to showcase an early infusion of rap, metal, and hardcore with Biohazard's fifth album.

Doug opens the episode with a different take on stoner doom featuring the Canadian band Dopethrone, while CHR goes off the rails with the progressive grindcore (that's a thing?) of Norway's Beaten To Death.

CHR and Doug go progressive in this month's new albums with the metalcore stylings of Born of Osiris and the death/doom of Nailed To Obscurity. Doug grounds the episode with the straightforward thrashing of Battlegrave, and CHR celebrates Black Metal History Month with Ulver's debut album.

CHR and Doug revert to their guilty pleasures with CHR picking the Japanese all-female power metal band, Lovebites, and Doug picking stoner doom with the Indiana-based Wolftooth.

It's a new year, so CHR and Doug start out with their best and worst albums of 2018. After that is the normal episode format featuring the old-school death metal of Bloodbath, the nu-hardcore band Vein, the blackened death metal of Nattravnen, and a revisitation of the grunge era with Alice In Chains's debut album.

It's a new year, but CHR and Doug are pulling a pair of albums from last year. First up is the classic melodic death metal band Kataklysm, and the episode winds down with the hard rock side project, Northward.

Your Christmas present from CHR and Doug is a new episode featuring the technical death stylings of Psycroptic, the instrumental guitar shredding of Nita Strauss, the Southern-fried stoner doom of Wasted Theory, and a look back at the soul-crushing death/doom of My Dying Bride's second album.

Doug and CHR decide to revisit two albums that didn't make the cut on the main episode for various reasons. First up is the Finnish blackened thrash/punk band Bonehunter with their third album. After that, it's time for some progressive-tinged melodic death metal from Israel with Structural's debut album.

CHR and Doug mix things up this month with new albums from the multi-subgenre High On Fire and the technical death metal stalwarts, Revocation. CHR showcases the extremely talented power/prog band Immortal Guardian in the indie segment, while Doug takes us back to his youth and offers you the auditory equivalent of a fist to the teeth with Hatebreed's second album.

Doug and CHR decide to revisit two albums that didn't make the cut on the main episode for various reasons. First up is the classic Floridian death metal onslaught of Cannibal Corpse followed by the doom/drone stylings of the one-man Author & Punisher. Kinda seems like a reversal from last month, eh?

CHR and Doug feature the punk remake album from Suicidal Tendencies and the post-eleven-year hiatus album from Monstrosity. In the indie segment, Doug pulls in the German death metal band Supreme Carnage, while in Heavy Metal Valhalla, CHR throws some lyrically dark cheese from Sweden's Timeless Miracle.

Doug and CHR decide to revisit two albums that didn't make the cut on the main episode for various reasons. First up is the death metal/crust punk collaboration of Dave Ingram and Rogga Johansson, Down Among The Dead Men. Doug attempts to piss off CHR with the industrial/shock rock antics of Davey Suicide, but does he succeed?

CHR and Doug indulge their misanthropy with a pair of similarly-named albums from Swedish grindcore band Axis of Despair and international supergroup Sinsaenum. In the indie segment, CHR treads into Doug's territory with Switzerland's Soulline. Heavy Metal Valhalla gives Doug an opportunity to gush on some industrial-tinged nu-metal from Static-X.