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Phil and Ray are back in 2025 chatting with Stu from Silent Knight, while they are in town as the national support on Hammerfall's Australian tour. Stu was crashing on Ray's floor while he was in town, so we thought we might as well record an episode. This episode did require significant editing as Ray and Stu are brothers, and apparently like to bicker at each other, which is no fun to listen to - just ask Phil.
We cover Iron Saviour, Atlantean Kodex, Dragonland and more. Playlist for the episode is here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02yzXsb4c2M6DMSnG04WbD?si=b8e2b0d14fe24c81
Check out Silent Knight https://silentknightband.bandcamp.com/
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We cover a lot of things in this one. And it is quite a long episode. It has been a while between episodes and a fair bit has happened in between with Nicko's retirement, Paul Dianno's passing, Solstafir, Opeth and Tribulation all with new albums that have elicited a range of opinions.
Ray mentions that Tarot are playing more shows as part of the album launch tour, but it appears that he may well have made that up. Follow Tarot on socials to stay in the loop though https://www.instagram.com/tarottasmania/
Episode playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WgRLFi1JQDGefBRW5fKWA?si=cbe4d31705434916
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Its Halloween next week so we thought we'd celebrate with some Helloween and Keep of the Seven Keys Part 1 and Part 2, as the first installment in what is becoming a series of first installments. This one we are calling Jewels of the Crown. Excellent heavy metal albums, that are probably appropriately rated, but we'll talk about them anyway because we love them.
Also discussed:
Austere - Beneath the Threshold and their upcoming Aus tour with Harakiri For the Sky courtesy of Your Mate Bookings https://www.yourmatebookings.com/uncategorized/3318/
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N4rLtjPzH0
Grand Magus - Sunraven
Halford - Resurrection
Ray's experience at Essence Festival
Phil talks Glenn Hughes and Black Jesus (separate gigs)
The playlist of things we've been listening to continues to grow and become more and more eclectic, so enjoy that here
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Steel Assassins is almost upon us again. The yearly heavy metal festival held in Sydney by Dave Balfour at Metal Evilution. Get your tickets and be there in Nov 8 and 9 at The Bridge in Sydney
tickets
Episode playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HK4ImHg24QMEXbE1bbnTI?si=N3dYpGBcR7uROs-9ZBCs7g&pi=a-KvScuGkCT6On
Also discussed
The quite heartwarming story of Phil's introduction to Deep Purple's Burn and the upcoming Glenn Hughes tourAnthrax's Fistful of Metal being a pretty good amount of metalThe 'big 4' having not great album covers for their first albumsBlacksound Records has a physical location coming siteSilent Knight and Valhalore (apologies for Ray mispronouncing that one, if you had to read his handwriting you'd know why) have been added as the supports for Hammerfall's upcoming Australian tourGrand Magus - pure heavy metal with a new album Sun Raven coming out Oct 18Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Phil and Ray are back and talking about albums they like that they think other people maybe don't like quite enough... or at least don't seem to talk about. Are we wrong? Are people always talking about them and we just live in a bubble that. Or are they terrible albums that people don't talk about for a damn good reason?
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
Mercyful Fate - Dead Again
Dissection - Reinkaos
Type O Negative - Dead Again
Also discussed
Phil's Megadeth revisit begins with Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!Mood Lifters - the Rush tribute show was in Melbourne 40 Watt Sun - Little Weight is going to be occupying Ray's stereo for a while, giving Warning's Watching From a Distance some respiteWintersun - Time IIIron MaidenBulletbelt Melbourne DethFest https://www.facebook.com/melbournedethfest/ line up has been announced. March 9th at the Corner Hotel with Left To Die, Pestilential Shadows, Gutless, Werewolves, Pizza Death, Midnight Odyssey and more Emu playing in Melbourne Sep 26 at Shotkickers but also playing all across the east coast at the momentTarot album launch tour kicking off in December. Playing the Gaso Dec 6 in MelbourneHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Phil and Ray go and see Iron Maiden in Melbourne on The Future Past Tour. Some nostalgic chat about Iron Maiden before we headed out and then some initial responses directly after the show - audio quality while we are outside the stadium is a bit rough, as I'm sure you'd expect
Also, as a point of correction Nicko McBrain is actually 72 years old.
The Wickerman radio edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dfDkxHtT9I
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Ray and Phil return with more Metal Minutiae! Setting aside our differences after last episodes clashing on bands. This time, talking about some of the key elements of heavy metal that we both love. The Secrets of Steel: Alchemical Ingredients for a High Quality Heavy Metal Experience. Part 1. Part 1 of how many? No one knows. They are secrets after all.
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Ray has a chat with Dan Nahum about the upcoming Essence Festival taking place in Canberra September 27 and 28. Recorded at the Espy just before Dan went on stage with Altars so there is a bit noise from trams, traffic, punters nearby, an acoustic artist playing, Pete from Whitehorse joining us briefly... you know how it goes.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/essence_festival?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
Tickets: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/cd26dd51-5ece-45d3-83de-56023e28e2d0
Festival Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7shu6UxUMoYz3fnh5oviRP?si=f9efd7a9840c41cf
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Phil and Ray talk about the bands that they feel like they should probably like more or just don't quite get. It turns out that they don't like each others favourite bands. Will this spell the end of the podcast and Phil and Ray's friendship? Doesn't seem like it.
Have a listen to some of the things we've been listening to over the last few months https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51HX07ZcHeIsBpNy9vUJiw?si=db576ccee10c40de
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Foot Stompers, Bangers, Epics and Ballads. The four types of songs. In this episode Phil and Ray talk about the curious beast that is the heavy metal ballad. Why does such a thing exist when it seems like it is perhaps the antithesis of heavy metal? The answer, because sometimes they are quite good.
Also talked about:
New single from Tribulation, Queen as one of the top 10 non metal bands that heavy metal owes a great deal, and reporting in on a few gigs attended in Melbourne over the previous couple of weeks.
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Phil and Ray discuss when the best time to be a heavy metal fan has been throughout history. More is more, or more not more? It is hard to know.
Also talked about
Bands:
Satan, Rotting Christ, Alcest, Death, Iron Maiden (always), Tarot
Gigs:
Ulcerate, Pestilential Shadows, Altars https://www.ulcerate-official.com/#tour Disentomb, Abramelin + more https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/52409958-ac5e-4ccb-bc53-14686581414e Storm Rider Festival https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/f5d1dff9-5e2f-48e1-bc91-54f163d7cbe3 Essence Festival https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/cd26dd51-5ece-45d3-83de-56023e28e2d0 Steel Assassins Festival https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/steel-assassins-2024-two-day-pass/168187Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Phil and Ray talk about why we like albums so much and playlists less, but there is a time and place for everything
Albums we mention that we've been listening to lately
Phil:
Tarot - Glimpse of the Dawn https://hcrtarot.bandcamp.com/album/glimpse-of-the-dawnFreeways - Dark Sky Sanctuary https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/dark-sky-sanctuaryKontact - Full Contact https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/full-contactRay:
Borknagar - Fall https://open.spotify.com/album/5nK2siMASeGKxTsX9GqY3vBruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project https://open.spotify.com/album/0tN7q7Xmt0qaoGElJ3GvqyWoods of Ypres - Grey Skies and Electric Lights https://open.spotify.com/album/0Rap0bS5EZeaKFoma3tjGsA whole bunch of other albums get talked about throughout the episode, given it is album focused. They should all be easy to find if you don't know them already. This is the clip of Rob Halford being the coolest guy on Earth that is mentioned though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMVV_HsHcX0
And some really long playlists for your next long drive if you like exactly the same music as Ray does:
rock songs for when people are over https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tvJfTdxU3rNyb6hT6aDid?si=0f92ae15985a4258metal playlist for when I don't want to choose things https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Ona2ZJHnAoUQGuUR1pMsb?si=1223a54322ad4907Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 1 of the Metal Minutiae Podcast where we talk the myth of the debut album being the best album from bands. There were a couple of teething issues on the audio recording, i.e. Ray messed up. Apologies.
Some key things from the episode for your reference:
Cirith Ungol show
Your Mate Bookings https://www.yourmatebookings.com/Cirith Ungol https://www.metalblade.com/us/artists/cirith-ungol/Night Demon https://www.nightdemon.net/Aardvark https://aardvarkheavymetal.bandcamp.com/Tarot https://hcrtarot.bandcamp.com/album/glimpse-of-the-dawnUpcoming Shows
Enforcer Tour TicketsHammerfall Tour Tickets Ulcerate and Pestilential Shadows TourAgalloch TourBastardizer The Duke Hotel Enmore June 21 Performing Enforcers of Evil https://bastardizer.bandcamp.com/album/speed-armageddonMetal Archives for the reviews stats Ray used
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Yeah, what the title says. More to come soon, but hey, it is a start
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