Heavy Metal History: The Podcast

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Heavy Metal History is a weekly podcast, that is researched and narrated by Dustin "Wildcard" The ONLY podcast that goes through the chronological history of the Heavy Metal genre on a month by month album by album basis to see how it evolved and changed. On occasion there are guests from metal bands to discuss various influences and histories of their bands. Our aim is to bring you one of the most comprehensive and in depth podcasts about the entire history of the genre.

#8 August-September 1980

Feb 27, 2017

Welcome to this weeks episode of The Heavy Metal History Podcast.

We move forward to the months of August through September in 1980.
I once again cover a few punk rock records to show its importance of crossover within the metal genre. We see Black Flag’s first EP that was marred with line-up changes which the band...

#7 Mike Hill (Tombs)

Feb 19, 2017

Welcome to this weeks episode of The Heavy Metal History Podcast!

Our guest for this episode was Mike Hill from the band Tombs. Mike is also the host of the Everything Went Black and Necromaniacs podcasts.

We were honored to have Mike on this episode to talk about 3 albums that influenced him as an artist and person...

#6 May-July 1980

Feb 14, 2017

Welcome to this weeks episode of the Heavy Metal History Podcast.

This week we move ahead to May through July of 1980. In this 3 month span of history we see the rise of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene completely dominate everything in its path, with bands like Saxon, Accept, Krokus and Samson putting out...

#5 Derek Kerswill (Unearth, Shadows Fall, Downpour)

Feb 6, 2017

In this weeks episode of the Heavy Metal History Podcast we have our first guest! But alas, Matt also could not join this episode due to scheduling conflicts. Our guest this week was legacy act Derek Kerswill from many many bands such as Unearth, Seemless, Kingdom of Sorrow, The Ghost Inside and Shadows Fall. Derek...