big riff energy

Reviewing the epic Tank Crimes Brainsqueeze tour, featuring Dead Heat, Necrot, Ghoul, and Municipal Waste. Randomly running into the most exciting new Austin band at the gig in San Antonio, reviewing the new Judas Priest album, answering your e-mails, and more!

Album of discussion:

Mean Mistreater  - Razor Wire (2024)

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Discussing Nile's timeless technical death metal milestones. Answering MORE e-mails about the harsh realities of "rockstardom" and touring, thoughts on Machine Head, Rob Flynn vs. Phil Anselmo nonsense, Pearl Jam ticket prices, and more!

Album of discussion:

Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked

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Why do we wait until bands/big riffers are no longer around to voice our appreciation? Is High on Fire the only band with a perfect discography? Praising their new song, and the new album by fellow lifer big riffers The Obsessed. Answering profound and thought-provoking questions about the 10 most important/influential songs, the best Australian bands of all time, and more!

Album of discussion:

High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings (2005)

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Could this criminally overlooked Russian technical thrashterpiece be the single most underrated thrash album of all time? Praising the recent Nuclear War Now pressing of this infamous masterpiece, recounting first hand experience bringing Big Riff Energy to Russian soil, exploring the ways that universal BRE can defeat the power-hungry propagandists and psychotic leaders of military industrial complex centric superpowers, fielding EVEN MORE questions about everyone’s favorite topic (the state of the touring industry), and more!

Album of discussion:

А с п и д  (Aspid) - Кровоизлияние (Extravasation) - 1993

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Fielding questions regarding Kerry King, Acid Bath, New Wave Of Norwegian Thrash Metal, movies and how they relate to the creative process/big riff energy, and more!

Album of discussion:

Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light (2024)

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Eulogizing the mighty and beloved American hero Carl Weathers, proclaiming the end of the HM-2 era as society prepares to embrace the new dawn of a vintage Boss effects pedal resurgence, discussing racism in metal and how to separate the art from the artist, going nuclear on a grown man who walks around with a name like Gelal Necrosodomy, and more!

Album of discussion: 

Black Breath - Slaves Beyond Death (2015)

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Reviewing a recently released masterpiece that firmly cements itself as the extreme metal album to beat in 2024, announcing a brand new Spirit Adrift release for Feb. 2 Bandcamp Friday, highlighting can’t-miss metal festivals and shows on the near horizon, exploring the best metal bassists/bass-centric bands, and more!

Album of discussion: 

Sovereign - Altered Realities (2024)

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The quest for a Smashing Pumpkins audition, celebrating the downfall of the world's douchiest music publication, answering e-mails sent by Big Riffers from Australia to Brazil, breaking down one of the best metal albums of the last 20 years, sharing more industry grossness sent in by a nameless riffer from one of the best current metal bands, and more.

Album of discussion: 

Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows (2016)

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Diving deep into three masterpieces of Hellenic Black Metal, brief studio update, responding to some of the most profound and compelling emails to date, naming the single best band post-2010, singling out OG New Orleans legends as #1 pick for tour mates, and more!

Albums of discussion:

Rotting Christ - Triarchy of the Lost Lovers (1996)

Varathron - Patriarchs of Evil (2018)

Varathron - The Crimson Temple (2023)

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Setting attack strategies for 2024, determining which NPR Tiny Desk performance has the Biggest Riff Energy, remembering a truly terrifying childhood friend, analyzing the potential riff energy of rap music, raging against leeches and vultures of the touring world, first ever on-air fistfight story, and more!

Album of discussion:

Mournful Congregation - The Incubus of Karma (2018)

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Last episode of the year! Reviewing 2023 and preparing for 2024. Discussing new songs + new project which will see the light of day next year. Lamenting the slew of untimely deaths in the wake of the plague years. Revealing the BIG SECRET of death metal guitar tone that “THEY” don’t want you to know. And more…

Albums of discussion: 

Pentagram - First Daze Here (1970s)

Pentagram - Relentless (1985)

Pentagram - Day of Reckoning (1987)

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Breaking down the recent Queens of the Stone Age show in Houston. Has there been a record made in the last 20 years that’s better than Songs for the Deaf? Will Josh Homme be the last ever rock star in music history? Have we made the concept of a rock star extinct in general? Other topics include the total irrelevance and uselessness of Jann Wenner/Rolling Stone Magazine, teenage chaos in Oklahoma, and meeting Dave Chandler in a New Orleans bar while visiting Jimmy Bower.

Album of discussion: 

Saint Vitus - Hallow’s Victim (1985)

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What did the Power Trip surprise set feel like in person? What was it like hearing Nightmare Logic for the first time with Riley Gale? Who is the best band in Austin, TX right now? How does the hyper-violent UFC Austin fight night relate to big riffs? Musings on physical violence, post-pandemic possibilities, aging, coolest sober rocker icons, and more…

Album of discussion: 

Deaf Dealer - Journey Into Fear (1987)

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What makes a record good? What makes a record remarkable? What makes a record great? Are there honestly more than 5 great metal albums released in any given year at this point? People will be listening to this one decades from now…

Email questions include discussions of Opeth, Deicide, southern culture, representation in metal, and more!

Cruciamentum - Obsidian Refractions (2023)

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Assessing the fallout from the Babymetal crybaby meltdown. Drawing parallels between obsession with pop culture, mental illness, and doomsday cults. The gradual extinction of cancel culture. Breaking down the 10 best “BIG DUMB RIFF” death metal albums… and more!

 Album(s) of discussion: 

Marduk - Panzer Division Marduk (1999)

Malevolent Creation - Envenomed (2000)

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Japanese idol industry creepiness infiltrating the “metal” world, AI public relations bots infiltrating my videos, Saint Vitus - Born Too Late vs. Trouble - The Skull track-by-track (sorta), and more!

Album of discussion: 

Black Sabbath - Headless Cross (1989)

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Tour announcement, musings on musical influences vs. originality, memories of the best shows ever witnessed at house parties/underground venues, and more!

Albums of discussion:

Wand - Ganglion Reef (2014)

Wand - Golem (2015)

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On this special Halloween episode, Nate answers more of your questions, teases upcoming touring plans, details a massive Spirit Adrift merch drop for the upcoming Bandcamp Friday, lists his choices for best current metal guitarists, discusses one of the best (and worst) horror sequels ever made, gives his thoughts on two of the best modern-day doom bands, and more.

 Album of discussion: 

Type O Negative - Dead Again (2007)

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Nate discusses the fact that Cannibal Corpse is the greatest death metal band that's ever existed. Other topics include encountering a wild Necrobutcher in his natural environment, seeing Baroness in Austin on their tour for the new album "Stone," analyzing what could be the most underrated Black Sabbath album, recounting scenes of chaos and madness during the first Pallbearer tour, the importance (or lack thereof) of music videos, and more fan questions.

Album of discussion

Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me (2003)

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Music, metal, heavy metal, doom metal, death metal, Nate Garrett, Nathan Raleigh Garrett, big riff energy, spirit adrift, traditional metal, trad metal

Nate details an epic e-mail correspondence with the bass player of old school traditional metal legends Deaf Dealer (AKA Death Dealer), discusses his favorite album artists/artwork, and shares his biggest takeaways from Soul On Fire (the biography of Peter Steele), including some full-circle personal moments.

 Album of discussion: 

Type O Negative - World Coming Down (1999)

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