Podcasts by Endless Metal Podcast
Heavy music is a vessel for endless connections—to music past and present—to lyrical content, philosophy, history, and beyond. With the relaunch in 2023, The Endless Metal podcast is co-hosted by Ben and Jeff, two close friends and former bandmates from the Philadelphia area. Now in or near middle-age, we share our continued devotion to extreme heavy music. We blend short snippets of heavy music and other content into a free flowing and open-ended conversation. We hope other kindred spirits from our neck of the woods in the Philly area and beyond will join us as well.
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Revolutionary Riffs: The Gift of Kannabinõid from 2023-12-09T00:36:36
We open with the killer RIFF slamming-heavy-AF track "Ootah" by the“Pop Doom” band Kannabinõid @kannabinoidband. Zooming in from Tailin, Estonia--a country with a remarkable history of struggle and...
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Light in the Suffering: The Gift of Oktas from 2023-12-01T21:14:07
We open with a snippet of "Light in the Suffering," a track from the Philly post-metal cello doom band Oktas's 2022 record The Finite and the Infinite; a mournful congregation of four talented musi...
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Promethean Wounds: The Gift of Aiwass from 2023-11-06T02:13:21
Ben welcomes Blake Carrera, mastermind behind the genre bending doom metal project, Aiwass. Hot on the heels of an epic new release, "The Falling," released on the excellent King Volume records, we...
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Sacred Destruction: The Gift of Oldest Sea from 2023-10-26T02:30:33
Ben and Jeff welcome Sam and Andrew Marandola of the ethereal and immersive doom group, @oldestsea . After seeing the band live for the first time in August at Philadelphia's legendary Kung Fu Neck...
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Heavy Catharsis: The Gift of A.L.N. of Mizmor from 2023-09-27T13:09:47
We had a really nice chat with A.L.N. aka Mizmor @whollydoomedblackmetal - the powerful blackened doom metal force behind a series of 4 deeply personal and cathartic records—including the recent ra...
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Heavy Intentions: The Gift of Aidan Baker/Nadja from 2023-09-01T17:56:12
Ben chats with one of his favorite artists in heavy music, the prolific (anti) guitarist, vocalist, and even flautist, Aidan Baker. Aidan is incredibly prolific artist who releases solo works under...
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Adam Wright of Crucial Blast Records Part 1 from 2023-08-14T19:59:56
Jeff and Ben are joined by Adam Wright, owner of one of the most important extreme music labels of the 21st Century, Crucial Blast Records. As artists who released records as part of the label's Cr...
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Sonic Journeymen: An Interview with Ufomammut from 2023-08-03T03:18:33
Jeff and I had the pleasure of talking to Urlo and Poia, founding members of the incomparable heavy psych-sludge band Listen
Andrew Corson of the Fathoming Heavy Podcast from 2023-07-19T19:46:57
Andrew Corson's Fathoming Heavy podcast was seminal for what Jeff and Ben have aspired Endless Metal to become--namely, a place where both deep appreciation for heavy music and shared bonds of frie...
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Surrender into Sound: An Interview with Steve Von Till from 2023-06-22T01:26:01
Steve Von Till is an American musician, songwriter, educator, and poet. He is best known as a singer and guitarist in the highly influential and genre defying collective, Neurosis, which has been ...
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The Gift of Endless Metal with Paul Kaplan of Candle$ from 2023-06-16T04:45:11
Jeff and Ben welcome Paul Kaplan, baritone guitar player from the San Diego sludgecore band Candle$. Paul and Ben go way back as colleagues, friends, and fellow metal heads. We get to hear about...
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Emotion Never Dies: An Interview with Greg Chandler of the Legendary Death Doom Band Esoteric from 2023-06-16T00:45:47
On this episode of the Endless Metal Podcast, we** are joined by Greg Chandler, one of the founding members of the seminal extreme death doom band Listen
The Gift of Endless Metal with Markisan Naso from 2023-06-06T01:15:49
We are joined by Markisan Naso, one of the boys from the always great Listen
Doom Therapy from 2023-05-24T23:50:19
Jeff and Ben prepare for an upcoming interview with Greg Chandler from the legendary death doom band Listen
Don't Call Me Dude! from 2023-05-24T20:37:35
Jeff and Ben were riffing on Voivod's recent show at Underground Arts in Philly--yep a little Listen
Cave(d) In from 2023-05-03T18:29:03
Ben opens the show with a few reflections about the phrase "endless metal" and the original inspiration for this show--namely, the upcoming Yob and Cave In concert in Philly! But Ben h...
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Endless Riffs and the Gift of Steve Von Till from 2023-03-13T05:19:07
Jeff and Ben riff briefly on great heavy riffs. But the real riffing is in the expansive dialogue that takes them from Slayer to the great jazz imprint ECM records and beyond. &nb...
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Endless Embrace: Windhand and Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou from 2023-02-22T02:29:09
Jeff and Ben begin with ongoing "metal origin stories." And then two "heavy immersions" into two of their favorite heavy releases of the past five years:
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Metal Origin Stories Part 1 of ????? from 2023-02-20T03:51:53
*The audio quality of this show was poor. However, we will improve it significantly on future episodes.
To kick off the reboot of the Endless Metal Podcast, Ben and Jeff--a...
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Endless Metal Podcast (Trailer) from 2023-01-28T20:50:01
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Fathoming Heavy Part 2 from 2021-03-24T21:37:29
The second part of a great dialogue with Andrew from the Fathoming Heavy podcast.
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Fathoming Heavy Part 1 from 2021-03-24T21:18:04
Andrew’s Fathoming Heavy podcast inspired me to cast myself. Listening to this interview conducted in June of 2018 inspires me to continue season 2! Here is the first 60 of 90 minutes. The audio is...
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The Black Death Part 2 from 2021-03-24T21:17:49
"Atra Mors" the monumental extreme funeral doom record by the seminal band EVOKEN provides the title of the first of several episides exploring a brand outsider music thst could not sound more fres...
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The Black Death Part 1 from 2021-03-24T21:17:28
"Atra Mors" the monumental extreme funeral doom record by the seminal band EVOKEN provides the title of the first of several episides exploring a brand outsider music thst could not sound more fres...
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Going to Candlemass Part 2 from 2021-03-24T21:17:09
Messiah Marcolin or Rob Lowe? Boring question. Both phenomenal and part of the great legacy of Candlemass. Ben continues the journey with reflections, readings from the likes of Caleb Wilde to the ...
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Going to Candlemass Part 1 from 2021-03-24T21:16:58
Candlemass is a portal into endless metal past and present. The journey begins now! Many thanks to D Franklin for his insightful article "Epicus, Metallicus, Deserticus" which Ben draws extensively...
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Marrow: Yob Part 5 from 2021-03-24T21:16:42
In the final episode of Marrow, Ben takes a deeper dive into YOB's landmark "Atma," "Clearing the Path to Ascend," and is stunned by Mike Scheidt's recent acoustic performance of "Marrow,"
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Marrow: Yob Part 4 from 2021-03-24T21:16:27
Ben dives in to Atma with a brief but almost healthy vouced intro to Yob's Atma. In episode 4B Ben will go much deeper into the record and also share some Yob fan stories from the Yob Kicks Ass Fac...
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Marrow: Yob Part 3 from 2021-03-24T21:15:51
Ben's primary point is on The Great Cessation. Yob's masterful return album after breaking up in 2004. Get the Anchor app to hear tge accomoanying tracks "The Great Cessation," "Silence of Heaven,"...
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Marrow: Yob Part 2 from 2021-03-24T21:15:37
Ben hits the clear button and explores early YOB—lyrically, musically, thematically—as well as reflections on Zen, Thich Nhat Hanh, and his own formal meditation practice.
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Marrow: Yob Part 1 from 2021-03-24T21:15:21
Ben gushes his love for the great long form doom band YOB. This is the band that really stoked his middle age fires to get heavily back into metal. Remember to download the Anchor Radio App to hear...
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Bottomless Well: Neurosis Part 4 from 2021-03-24T21:15:01
The last installment in the epic 4 part deep dive into Ben’s favorite band: Neurosis. We hear from the last 4 great records and also Harvestman and tracks from Von Till and Kelly solo woks! Downloa...
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Bottomless Well: Neurosis Part 3 from 2021-03-24T21:14:42
Ben focuses the whole episode on “A Sun that Never Sets.” Their last record before the birth of Neurot. A major milestone in the band’s intention and vision for what’s to come. Download the anchor ...
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Bottomless Well: Neurosis Part 2 from 2021-03-24T21:14:21
Ben hits pause and takes a much more detailed look at Neurosis records through the transcendent EP Sovereign. So yes there we won’t arrive at the well just yet! Get anchor radio app to hear full so...
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Bottomless Well: Neurosis Part 1 from 2021-03-24T21:13:02
Neurosis is the most influential metal band for understanding the present. Ben reflects on why he believes that and, in part 2, why he thinks Neurosis’s recent records are their best
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#19 Irony is a Dead Scene from 2018-06-27T01:47:29
This epsode plumbs no organized themes...Yeah we may get back to funeral doom...But I hope doesn't happen in an obvious way....Talking to kindred spirits about metal may lead somewhere or not...Her...
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#18 The Black Death Part 1b from 2018-06-05T07:42:56
"Atra Mors" the monumental extreme funeral doom record by the seminal band EVOKEN provides the title of the first of several episides exploring a brand outsider music thst could not sound more fres...
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#18 The Black Death Part 1a from 2018-06-05T07:41:50
"Atra Mors" the monumental extreme funeral doom record by the seminal band EVOKEN provides the title of the first of several episides exploring a brand outsider music thst could not sound more fres...
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#17 Going to Candlemass Part 2 from 2018-05-09T23:03:12
Messiah Marcolin or Rob Lowe? Boring question. Both phenomenal and part of the great legacy of Candlemass. Ben continues the journey with reflections, readings from the likes of Caleb Wilde to the ...
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#16 Going to Candlemass Part 1 from 2018-04-21T19:08:52
Candlemass is a portal into endless metal past and present. The journey begins now! Many thanks to D Franklin for his insightful article "Epicus, Metallicus, Deserticus" which Ben draws extensively...
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#15 YOB - Marrow (Atma-Present) from 2018-04-06T22:44:02
In the final episode of Marrow, Ben takes a deeper dive into YOB's landmark "Atma," "Clearing the Path to Ascend," and is stunned by Mike Scheidt's recent acoustic performance of "Marrow,"
Marrow: Yob Part 4B from 2018-03-11T05:41:50
Ben dives in to Atma with a brief but almost healthy vouced intro to Yob's Atma. In episode 4B Ben will go much deeper into the record and also share some Yob fan stories from the Yob Kicks Ass Fac...
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#13 Marrow: Yob Part 3 from 2018-02-26T03:30:25
Ben's primary point is on The Great Cessation. Yob's masterful return album after breaking up in 2004. Get the Anchor app to hear tge accomoanying tracks "The Great Cessation," "Silence of Heaven,"...
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#12 Marrow: YOB Part 2 from 2018-02-24T20:53:43
Ben hits the clear button and explores early YOB—lyrically, musically, thematically—as well as reflections on Zen, Thich Nhat Hanh, and his own formal meditation practice.
Hammered! Hooded Menace 2018 from 2018-02-19T00:12:18
Ben sits with jaw on ground. It’s only February and he may just have heard his favorite record of 2018: Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed by Hooded Menace. The 5th record by the Finnish death doom ...
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Hammered! New Metal 1 from 2018-02-16T22:49:59
“The Hammer” responded to Ben’s request with many incredible releases in 2018!!! So in our first update we hear from the doomy masterpiece “Slowgod Ii” by Grajo. Reminded of another greatly doom ba...
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#11 Marrow:YOB Part 1 from 2018-02-16T22:28:31
Ben gushes his love for the great long form doom band YOB. This is the band that really stoked his middle age fires to get heavily back into metal. Remember to download the Anchor Radio App to hear...
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#10 Bottomless Well 4 Neurosis from 2018-02-15T20:22:07
The last installment in the epic 4 part deep dive into Ben’s favorite band: Neurosis. We hear from the last 4 great records and also Harvestman and tracks from Von Till and Kelly solo woks! Downlo...
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#9 Bottomless Well 3 Neurosis from 2018-02-14T18:04:48
Ben focuses the whole episode on “A Sun that Never Sets.” Their last record before the birth of Neurot. A major milestone in the band’s intention and vision for what’s to come. Download the anchor...
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#7 Bottomless Well 2 Neurosis from 2018-02-11T19:30:57
Ben hits pause and takes a much more detailed look at Neurosis records through the transcendent EP Sovereign. So yes there we won’t arrive at the well just yet! Get anchor radio app to hear full so...
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#7 Bottomless Well 1 Neurosis from 2018-02-09T18:46:31
Neurosis is the most influential metal band for understanding the present. Ben reflects on why he believes that and, in part 2, why he thinks Neurosis’s recent records are their best
#6 Impossible Metal: Jute Gyte from 2018-02-08T23:19:11
Adam Kalmbach aka Jute Gyte makes impossible metal that is heavy as it is sonically jaw dropping. https://jutegyte.bandcamp.com http://www.invisibleoranges.com/trial-error-an-interview-with-jute-gy...
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#5 Doomed 5 Endless Seas from 2018-02-07T04:13:05
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#4 Doomed (Heartless Garden) from 2018-02-06T00:20:56
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#3 Doomed 3 (Cross the pond) from 2018-02-02T00:01:57
We jump in the pond and float into a small taste of the crushing tsunami of UK doom bands: Conan, Esoteric, and King Goat