The Sons of Metal Podcast

The Sons of Metal Podcast


Episode #98: Stare Downward at the Rising Vermin

June 03, 2020

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.

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Ulcerate : Stare Into Death And Be Still (2020) 5:44
Ulcerate is a New Zealand-based extreme metal band formed in 2000. The band's sound is characterised by extremely technical death metal with extensive use of dissonance, time signature changes, and complex song structures.
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The Black Dahlia Murder : Verminous (2020) 19:12
The Black Dahlia Murder is an American melodic death metal band from Waterford, Michigan, formed in 2001. Influences for the band include heavy metal bands such as Carcass, Dissection, Darkthrone, Morbid Angel, The Haunted, In Flames, Judas Priest, and Megadeth. Vocalist Trevor Strnad has cited on many occasions that he is primarily influenced by Carcass in his vocal technique.
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