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Episode 176: Opeth - The Last Will And Testament Tour Part 2

A few years back we went to a show that should have had a killer line up, one we would love to see again. Opening was Khemis (our first time seeing them), followed by Mastodon (also our first time seeing them), and to close it out was Opeth (again, our “first” time seeing them). However, we kind of over indulge and left the show mid way into Opeth’s first song. Well- maybe it was the second song, who knows. Their songs can be quite long. In anycase, Opeth went on tour in 2025 to support their album; The Last Will And Testament. Karen had to miss this but Brian was able to go. So when they announced the second part of this tour in early 2026 Karen was excited to finally get to see them.

Episode 175: Left To Suffer

With so much sickness in this week's news segment we are more than ready to chat about the Left To Suffer show. What would be a night of great deathcore with a pinch of hardcore we got to see The Last Ten Seconds Of Life, LarcEnia RoE, Fr3ak, and the local band Beheading The Icon all in support.

Episode 174: Lord Of The Lost

On a cold winter’s night, a perfect way to warm up is with some live music. With some fun creepy goth/rock/metal songs. That's just what we have for our main topic this week, with our concert report from the Lord Of The Lost show. Joining them in support we got to see Wednesday 13 again and The Birthday Massacre for the first time. Also we cover this week's news (stories include the new band doPE), new music (with a killer cover by Uada), and we wrap up with the new concert announcements (including a tour from Dope - the original one you are thinking of).

Episode 173: Meat Loaf Cover Show

This week's concert report takes us back to the end of 2025 for our final show of the year. The headliner, American Hustle, played the classic Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf, followed by The Stem Lords playing the classic Billy Squier album Don't Say No. We also take a look at the merch table this week for a very unique EP from Party Cannon along with the week's headlines, new music, and of course the concert announcements.

Episode 172: Metal Cares Market and Kayo Dot

This is the first week of 2026 where we had more than one show to go to. The first was a bar show at Reggies with some avant-garde metal/rock bands. Headlined by Kayo Dot with support from Straya and William Covert Trio. For the second show, we head out to the burbs, Woodstock to be precise. This event was not only a concert but a market full of everything from music to oddities. This event was put on by Warp Corps, a local non-profit organization with the mission of combatting suicide, overdose and homelessness through music, art, and action sports. This amazing event featured performances by SVNTN, Wings Of Severance, Rotten Mouth, and Strident Escape. Join us as we recap these events and cover all this week's news, new music, and concert announcements.

Episode 171: Book Club II - Seven Deadly Sins by Corey Taylor

For our main topic in this episode we talk about Corey Taylor’s first book, Seven Deadly Sins. While it's not necessarily about music it has a few elements that tie back. Mostly that it was written by the lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour. In addition to the main topic we go over the past week's headlines and a stacked concert calendar with new show announcements.

Episode 170: Candlelight - Tribute to Metallica

With the start of the new year we decided to change up the format of our main podcast. In this episode we try a few new segments; news/headlines, new music, new concert announcements, new merch announcements, and our concert report for Candlelight’s tribute to Metallica.

Encore: New Show Format

With the start of a new year we are going to be playing with the format of our main podcast. Join us as we talk about the upcoming changes we have been thinking about. These changes are not set in stone, just us trying some new things for the show.

Episode 169: Year End Review - 2025

In what felt like a blink of an eye, 2025 has come and gone. A year that will be one of our personal biggest years ever. From not only the shows we saw or the places we visited, but for the music and people we met along the way. Join us as we take a look back at 2025 and share our top items in 13 different categories.

Episode 168: Avatar - In The Airwaves Tour

In this very special Christmas episode we look back at our last show of 2025, Avatar’s In The Airwaves tour. Well, it’s not necessarily a special Christmas episode, but we do have a new Christmas intro/outro and Christmas tree behind us. We do, though, talk about this Avatar show, where Alien Weaponry and SpirtWorld were the openers. This was also our first time seeing Avatar at a venue in Chicago other than House of Blues. Listen along to hear our thoughts on this experience.