There's Something About Metal

This very special Spooktober black metal edition episode introduces you to your new (temporary) hosts Markoth Exterminatus and Count Ammon Sanquinisto. Listen in as they discuss Spotify compensation for artists, Confession>BMTH >Architects, and what it really means to be TRVE KVLT. Don't forget to tell your ICP-loving friends about the show and we don't mean juggalos.

Listen in as two prestigious music school grads (allegedly) Marko & AJ talk about Spooktober's latest metal news and new releases. Five Flavored Fruit Punch has new music and replaced their guitarist, Bring Me the Horizon to release new music soon, Darkest Hour/Misery SIgnals virtual concert, and much more on today's episode! RIP Eddie Van Halen and may your legend live on forever. Don't forget to tell your goomah about the show!

Welcome back to TSAM Podcast! Questions answered: Are drive-in shows better than livestreams? Is attending a hardcore show ticket a waiver of liability? Which artists are pro/anti-Trump? Is Hawthorne Heights Marko's favorite or second favorite band? Huge new releases from Devildriver, Alpha Wolf, The Ocean, and singles from Within the Ruins, Intervals, and Stick to Your Guns. Don't forget to tell your Among Us impostor friends about the show!

The world is changing and Marko & AJ are trying to keep up. Listen in as the guys talk about GWAR at the drive-in, Job for a Cowboy back in the studio, Jasta Pasta, and a potential un-cancellation (?!). Hot new tracks discussed include - but are not limited to - Deftones, Dark Tranquility, and Napalm Death. Don't forget to tell your ahead-of-the-curve keyboard-playing little brother about the show!

Though the show is officially over the hill, so to speak, we must go on. Listen in as Marko and AJ have a discussion into the necessity of genres, and per the new norm - a couple livestream events to put on the calendar (Cradle of Filth, Lamb of God), new songs/albums galore, and a soupçon of sexual misconduct. RIP Jay White & Riley Gale Don't forget to tell your feminine product manufacturer about the show! (Disclaimer: TSAM nor its subsidiaries therein are sponsored by DivaCup™)

We've reached EPISODE 50 and it has been a ride! In this special episode, your steaming pile of cohosts discuss the smoothness of their brains and Metallica's true origins (Wal-Mart). The guys offer deep-dive perspectives on the new Within Destruction and Ingested albums as well as a full smorgasbord of new release material. Don't forget to tell your bowling alley shoe-rental dude about the show!

Are Mastodon and Gojira over the hill? How does one properly enjoy Meshuggah? Should Corey MF Taylor have been stopped before releasing his solo trash? All these questions and more answered on this episode of TSAM Podcast. Please visit saveourstages.com and write to your state reps to help small venues/promoters struggling during the pandemic. Don't forget to tell them about your favorite metal podcast while you're there!

Thanks for tuning your flappy bois and tympanic membranes to this spicy new episode! Tasty news includes BtBaM offering a FREE livestream (not even convenience fees!), Metallica is offering a contest and if you win - you win the opportunity to BUY the Super Deluxe Package of S&M2, and I the Mighty has apparently been CANCELLED! Don't forget to tell your geriatric geographer grandparents about the show! Today's episode is dedicated to the memory of Justin Lowe (After the Burial) and Chester Bennington (Linkin Park/Stone Temple Pilots/Grey Daze). Rest in peace, fellas.

Greetings fellow metal fans (feminine, masculine, and all between/beyond)! Check out Episode 47 as your hosts, Marko and AJ, struggle dearly to dial back the cursing. Beyond the usual sexual misconduct allegations and resultant cancellations, other headlines include Job for a Cowboy is gearing up for new material, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy collaborating, and Matt Heafy signs a solo deal with Roadrunner Records. Skeletal Remains dropped a new track, Static-X's Project Regeneration Vol. 1 officially released, and Ensiferum unleashes some melodic folk metal goodness. Happy 51st Lunar Landing Anniversary! Don't forget to tell your astrologist sister-in-law about the show!

Second episode post-quarantine and second episode chocked full of band/ band member cancellations. "Hide yo' kids, hide yo' wife cuz they rapin' everybody out here." Homewrecker, Attila, No Victory, and Dealer to name a few. Alternatively, Austin Carlile and CJ McCreery try to clear their names from past allegations. Some other news - Carach Angren has released the highly anticipated yet hard to pronounce Franckensteina Straetamontanus, Chris Adler started a new band, and Enterprise Earth dropped a surprise EP covering Lamb of God and Necrophagist tracks. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!

The boys are back in the TSAM house as the metal community is in strife. Listen in as Marko and AJ discuss what makes a weeaboo, the new Currents album, and the controversies aplenty. Many bands getting CANCELLED! (including but not limited to)The Ghost Inside, Memphis May Fire, and Varials. Stick around as this episode wraps up with your hosts' GUILTY PLEASURE songs of the week. Yikes!

Marko and AJ return for yet another episode of TSAM Podcast….but could this be the final episode?!? Nope! On this episode, the boys make some much needed changes to the Tour News section of the show and AJ brings in a new segment - Dishonorable Mentions (or as we like to call it Dishono Menchies). Dive in as the guys discuss the potential comeback of Job for a Cowboy, new releases from Emmure, Soilwork, Northlane, Carnifex, and much more! RIP Josh Booth (To the Grave) Don't forget to tell your DVD-lending, sea-faring, buccaneer friends about the show!

Don’t fret because Marko and AJ are back again with another jam-packed episode of TSAM. This show opens with a harrowing tale of AJ’s attempts to obtain precious band merch but is only met with theft and villainy! Later, the guys enlighten you on the extensive number of live YouTube and Twitch concerts as the pandemic situation continues. This episode features Marko and AJ’s elite and superior opinions about new releases from Volumes, Corelia, Firewind, Paradise Lost, and much, much more! Don’t forget to tell your local neighborhood package thieves (pieces of shit) about the show!

Another day another DJUICY episode of TSAM Podcast. Check out this episode as Marko & AJ scrape up any tidbits of tour news available and discuss a plethora of band losses from members leaving or passing awayy. This episode also features otherworldly new releases from the likes of Joshua Travis, Slaughter to Prevail, and The Ghost Inside, plus much, much more! Don’t forget to tell your mask quilting cousins about the show!

The quarantine continues and so does the podcast! Check out this episode as Marko & AJ slowly lose their minds from lack of human interaction. This episode is jam packed with new metal jams and another update of the ongoing Trapt Twitter Beef Saga for your self-quarantine entertainment. We urge you to go blast the plethora of tasty new tech death releases. Also, let us know if you notice any difference with the intro music ;) A special segment of this episode was set aside to discuss xIron Sharpens Ironx and their new album The Tragedy of Mankind available now on bandcamp and all streaming services 5/1/2020. Go support this project! "The Tragedy of Mankind" EP download: xironsharpensironx.bandcamp.com facebook.com/watch/Ironsharpensironmi/ Don’t forget to tell your home office accessories salesman about the show!

Quarantines are no match for this podcast! Check out this episode recorded from Marko & AJ’s respective homes, now complete with gorgeous hanging sheet backdrops. This episode is full of infectious news stories and metal community’s contributions to keep you busy in quarantine - Metallica Mondays, Knotfest Fridays, label samplers, and free music lessons! A special segment this episode was set aside to discuss Vampiric and the 2019 album The Magic of the Night. We urge y’all to go check out this fine project. Full album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvGxzKBf_4w Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vampiricband Bandcamp: https://vampiric.bandcamp.com/ Don’t forget to tell your Chipotle delivery drivers about the show!

This week's episode description has been canceled due to COVID-19 government mandate. Don't forget to tell your epithelial cells about the show! BUY MERCH AND DON'T GET RONA'D!

We've figured out how to switch between cameras! Welcome to the 21st Century! Marko and AJ discuss the Coronavirus world tour affecting much of the metal community - Knotfest Asia, Trivium, Lacuna Coil, SXSW. Lorna Shore may have a new permanent vocalist, Aborted has a new guitarist, and Nuclear Blast has a new distribution platform. Don't forget to tell your microbiologist colleagues about the show!

Thrash bands on rough seas, a medically induced coma, Viking metal mobile game, and proposed keg-hitting clinics featured this episode. Listen in as Marko and AJ discuss the multitude of new metalcore tracks and semi-in-depth reviews of new Suicide Silence and Reflections full albums. Don't forget to tell your ostrich poaching friends about the show!

Is this an obituary page in the local paper or an episode of TSAM? Many deaths in the metal scene including Diego Farias (ex-Volumes). On a brighter note, there's a plethora of new music (see list below, if we remembered. If not, new August Burns Red and If I Were You and feel free to skip new Lamb of God). Don't forget to tell your chip enthusiast cousins about the show! New Releases Reflections - Samsara The Black Dahlia Murder - Verminous Volumes - holywater Lamb of God - Checkmate Kill the Lights - Shed My Skin ABR - Defender Testament - Night of the Witch Muldrotha - To the Kingdom Underground CODE ORANGE - Swallowing the Rabbit Whole Static-X - Hollow Barishi - Blood Aurora Vader - Shock and Awe Trauma - Inside the Devil's Heart Nightwish - Noise Crossfaith - Endorphin Dynazty - Presence of Mind

Sinners aplenty discussed in today's episode - adulterers, sexual misconduct ors, sexual predators, and royalty withholds! However, a bright light hath shone on the bleak metal news, the alleged second coming of Michael Barr. Your hosts close the show with their songs of the week. This week's theme: concept albums. Listen in for in-depth discussions on two huge prog albums. Don't forget to tell your polyamorous lovers about the show!

The day has come - we have invested in cameras! You may end your endless speculation as to how Marko and AJ style their hair! (spoiler: both are combovers) As promised, the boys offer their NEW new year's resolutions and wallow in disappointment from their complete failure of last year's. Lorna Shore is back in the news, Australia is on fire, bassists lost in record numbers, and not everything is a "banger". Don't forget to tell your koala rescue team about the show!

On this special episode of TSAM, the boys . Djuiciest news: Slice the Cake is back, Gus Farias becomes Yung Yogi for good as he's kicked from Volumes, and CJ McCreery's (ex-Lorna Shore) exes band together and say, "We 'bout to end this man's whole career!" Marko & AJ wrap up the 2010's as they select songs of the week, the year, and of the decade. Don't forget to tell your local women's shelter about the show!

Marko and AJ back in action and better than every after the honeymoon delay. Dive right in with the latest tour news, band news, and new releases. Mad djuicy new tracks released this week (including but not limited to) Beneath the Massacre, Reflections, and Lorna Shore. Sad news as a few bands drop from tours for medical or undisclosed reasons (including but not limited to) Sevendust, Car Bomb, Silent Planet, Five Finger Death Punch. Don't forget to tell your Armenian genocide denying acquaintances about the show!

Join Marko & AJ this episode as they discuss two more bands offering the cruise experience, Kerry King (who?) selling signature guitar for an ungodly amount, and Panic! at the Disco joins the metal ranks. Later, the djuiciest news is revealed and your hosts' genitals are put in great peril thanks to the new Suicide Silence video. Don't forget to tell your Iranian refugee friends about the show!

On today's show, all temporal quantities are converted into fortnights. Listen in as Marko & AJ discuss all the latest djuice in the metal community. Highlights include Rage Against the Machine reunion, exclusive Emmure fanclub scheme, and the medical reason Ozzy can't die. As always, tell ya friends about the show and don't neglect to tell your respiratory therapist as well.

On this DJUICY episode of There's Something About Metal, Marko and AJ review the plethora of new albums (Jinjer, Bad Wolves, Fit for an Autopsy, Prison) and Rob Flynn (Machinehead) becomes a living meme. In other news, Chris Adler breaks silence about his departure from Lamb of God and "Necrobutcher" admits to wanting to murder "Euronymous" himself. It's spicy! It's juicy! It's TSAM! Don't forget to tell your friends and your VCR vendor about the show.

As promised, Marko and AJ got the deets on the Billboard 200 and how rankings are calculated. Check it out along with other news such as Lee McKinney solo tour to benefit suicide prevention, Slipknot slated to play two sets including latest album in its entirety, and a small Soundcloud rapper tries to steal Cattle Decapitation's artwork. Also, Dying Fetus song featured on South Park! Per the usual, don't forget to tell ya friends and the custodial artist at your nearest VFW hall about the show.

Listen in as Marko and AJ discuss the latest news and tracks. Dave Mustaine updates his throat cancer progress, James Hetfield has checked into rehab, KoRn's latest hits top 10 on Billboard's Top 200 but how is that even calculated?! The guys also review the latest and greatest mathcore has to offer (Car Bomb - Mordial). Don't forget to tell your city council members about the show!

Today's episode is brought to you by Big Al's Trigger Barn - keeping the modern drummer at inhuman BPM. Listen in as Marko and AJ rant/anti-rant about live shows, joke about meeting band members in real life (uwu Michael Keene

This week has new releases aplenty - including, but not limited to: Mayhem, Sirens & Sailors, oh and TOOL put out a new album or something. In other news - Infant Annihilator is now a Rings of Saturn tribute band and new Municipal Waste is a municipal waste of time. Meanwhile, everyone and their brother is touring. Don't forget to tell your second favorite VCR repairman about the show!

Damn, this episode is slammin’! Spite and As I Lay Dying have new songs out, Cannibal Corpse is touring with Thy Art is Murder, TOOL releases their first new song in 13 years! Listen in as Marko and AJ discuss the new Killswitch Engage, Slipknot, and Shadow of Intent albums. Don’t forget to tell ya purple bracelet sales person about the show!

Brace yourselves: your TSAM hosts are a week delayed which means they have three weeks to catch up on. It just so happens every metal band has some kind of new release and the guys discuss ALL OF THEM! As always, TSAM gives you current tour news and band news to go with it. Lamb of God has an official new drummer, Ghost BC and Ghost are the same band, Marko practices his pantomime skills, and the guys discuss the etymology of “chimerical”. Today’s episode also offers an in-depth history of Carnifex (in AJ’s words/opinion) as well as a full album review of their newest release World War X. Don’t forget to tell ya dogsitter about the show!

The boys are back in town with another episode from TSAM headquarters! Today, Marko and AJ discuss if Abbath is pronounced Abbath or Abbath. Current events include: Betraying the Martyrs lose all tour equipment in a car fire, Chris Adler set to return to the stage, and Suicide Silence release a live album from 2015 (pre self-titled). Later, the guys give their opinions on new albums from Auras and Brand of Sacrifice. Don't forget to check our Facebook and tell ya friends!

Greetings, fellow metallites and metallettes! Listen in to Episode 21 of the world's #1 metal podcast (voted by Marko & AJ's wives). Today's episode will give you a hankering for cheddar infused hot dogs, a sense of detest for venue ticket convenience fees, and a valuable lesson as to why new The Contortionist is objectively bad per our nostalgic standards. TBDM is touring with BLS, UABB is making their rounds, ITM on the road with MIW, and other assorted initializations. Don't forget to check out our Facebook page and tell ya friends!

Greetings listeners! Episode 20 is live and in stereo now. Marko and AJ are back at the TSAM House to discuss tour news, band news, and the plethora of new releases since last time. Despised Icon comes to town the same night as Periphery and AJ struggles with an existential crisis; how can he be at two places at once. The guys discuss free speech and Irish law. Finally, Marko & AJ delve into some new music featuring Time, The Valuator, Red, Carnifex, and Shadow of Intent.

On this episode, Marko and AJ discuss their thoughts on new music from Slipknot, Volbeat, Motionless in White and much more! Like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/TSAMPodcast #TSAM #Metal #Podcast

On this Episode, Marko and AJ discuss new music from Volumes, Myrath, Of Mice & Men, Northlane, Brand of Sacrifice and much more! Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TSAMPodcast #TSAM #Podcast #HeavyMetal

On this episode, Marko and AJ discuss new releases from After the Burial, As I Lay Dying, Spite, Motionless in White and AJ has a nervous breakdown over the new Five Finger Death Punch song! Also on the episode is tour news from Amon Amarth, All That Remains and more!

On this epsidoe, Marko and AJ discuss new releases from Enterprise Earth, After the Burial, Devin Townsend, Vlitmas, Knocked Loose, Abiotic, Obey the Brave and a full review of Periphery IV: Hail Stan!

On this episode, Marko and AJ discuss tour updates, band news and new releases from Fallujah, Any Given Day, Alpha Wolf, White Chapel as well as their song's of the week!

On this episode, Marko and AJ discuss the potential return of Vildhjarta, a plethora of tour announcements, new music from While She Sleeps, Demon Hunter, In Flames, Betraying the Martyrs, a colossul deathcore collaboration in Lowlife's single "Deadweight" and much more!

On this episode, Marko and AJ discuss new music from White Chapel, Mark Morton, Angelmaker, Crystal Lake, Dream Theater and more as well as discuss Tour news and their personal songs of the week!

On this episode AJ and Marko discuss upcoming tours and new releases in Metal as well as a review of the new August Burns Red EP Phantom Sessions and the new Periphery single Blood Eagle!

On this epsiode, Marko and AJ outline a new format for the show which includes tour updates, band-oriented news, new releases and song(s) of the week! AJ has a melt down over the new Whitechapel song, the guys give their reaction on the new pop album from Bring me the Horizon and more!

On this episode, Marko and AJ discuss new songs from Wage War, Holehearted, Jinjer, plus many more and go in depth to review the new Born of Osiris Album "The Simulation"

Marko and AJ return for the first episode of 2019 where they discuss some of their Metal and music new years resolutions and give their take on the Arch Enemy Photographer drama, plus much much more!

Marko and Aj are back again and this time AJ's got cats! Also on the episode AJ and Marko discuss some new music for the week and give some recommendations for new metal to incorporate into your life!

Its the post Thanksgiving episode! Marko and AJ discuss a few things that they are thankful for, bring you another week of new music suggestions and share what they have been listening to this week!

Marko and AJ are back for another episode of TSAM to discuss new releases in metal as well as some tasteful favorites they've been listening to this week.

Marko and AJ discuss new Born of Osiris and their thoughts on a double album, the new All That Remains album and much more on this weeks episode!