Lorehammer - A Warhammer 40k Podcast

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* From the thunderous bark of the reaper autocannon to the searing judgement of the lascannon, this episode dives deep into the ranged armoury of the Adeptus Astartes. We break down the sacred science, brutal purpose, and battlefield roles of the weapons that define Space Marine warfare, mass-reactive bolt shells, plasma annihilators, melta fire, gravitic horrors, and the heavy guns that shatter tanks and fortresses alike. Whether you’re here for lore, tabletop insight, or pure grimdark appreciation, this is a cold, methodical tour of how the Emperor’s Angels of Death prosecute war at range. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* From the thunderous bark of the reaper autocannon to the searing judgement of the lascannon, this episode dives deep into the ranged armoury of the Adeptus Astartes. We break down the sacred science, brutal purpose, and battlefield roles of the weapons that define Space Marine warfare, mass-reactive bolt shells, plasma annihilators, melta fire, gravitic horrors, and the heavy guns that shatter tanks and fortresses alike. Whether you’re here for lore, tabletop insight, or pure grimdark appreciation, this is a cold, methodical tour of how the Emperor’s Angels of Death prosecute war at range. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode, we crack open the Astartes armoury and get our hands bloody, diving deep into the melee weapons that define how Space Marines wage war up close. From the screaming brutality of chainswords and chainaxes to the cold, crackling lethality of power weapons and lightning claws, we break down not just what these tools do, but what they mean in the myth and doctrine of the Adeptus Astartes. These are not sidearms or backups—they are relics of belief, forged for wars where distance collapses and only dominance remains. Whether it’s a Primarch’s favored blade, a Chapter’s sacred pattern, or a claw built to tear tanks and titans alike, this episode explores why, in a galaxy of guns, the Emperor’s Angels still trust in the edge. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode, we crack open the Astartes armoury and get our hands bloody, diving deep into the melee weapons that define how Space Marines wage war up close. From the screaming brutality of chainswords and chainaxes to the cold, crackling lethality of power weapons and lightning claws, we break down not just what these tools do, but what they mean in the myth and doctrine of the Adeptus Astartes. These are not sidearms or backups—they are relics of belief, forged for wars where distance collapses and only dominance remains. Whether it’s a Primarch’s favored blade, a Chapter’s sacred pattern, or a claw built to tear tanks and titans alike, this episode explores why, in a galaxy of guns, the Emperor’s Angels still trust in the edge. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode, we dive into the sanctified thunder of the Imperium’s most iconic weapon: the holy bolter. More than just a firearm, the bolter is a consecrated engine of war, part relic, part machine, and fully devoted to the Emperor’s wrath. Each round is a prayer wrapped in steel, a mass-reactive benediction that blossoms in righteous fury the moment it strikes the unclean. From the reverent rites of loading to the booming litany of its recoil, the bolter embodies the faith and fury of the Adeptus Astartes. Today, we explore its origins, its sacred mechanisms, and why no other weapon so perfectly captures the brutal devotion of humanity’s angels of death. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode, we dive into the sanctified thunder of the Imperium’s most iconic weapon: the holy bolter. More than just a firearm, the bolter is a consecrated engine of war, part relic, part machine, and fully devoted to the Emperor’s wrath. Each round is a prayer wrapped in steel, a mass-reactive benediction that blossoms in righteous fury the moment it strikes the unclean. From the reverent rites of loading to the booming litany of its recoil, the bolter embodies the faith and fury of the Adeptus Astartes. Today, we explore its origins, its sacred mechanisms, and why no other weapon so perfectly captures the brutal devotion of humanity’s angels of death. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* This week, we dive into the brutal, knightly madness of the Knights of Slaughter, a homebrew World Eaters warband forged during the Great Crusade. Once allies of the Dark Angels, these berserkers adopted knightly codes, heraldry, and ritualised duels, but the Butcher’s Nails ensured their honour always ended in blood. From Juggernaut-mounted World Crusher Knights to oath-bound foot squads, every battle is a theatre of ceremony and carnage. We explore the 4 Orders of Battle, their 8 Codes of Slaughter, the 8 Litanies and Chants of War, iconic champions like Slaughter Lord Varak and the way this warband blends medieval chivalry with the unstoppable fury of Khorne. It’s honour, ritual, and sheer violence, told from the perspective of those who live it. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* This week, we dive into the brutal, knightly madness of the Knights of Slaughter, a homebrew World Eaters warband forged during the Great Crusade. Once allies of the Dark Angels, these berserkers adopted knightly codes, heraldry, and ritualised duels, but the Butcher’s Nails ensured their honour always ended in blood. From Juggernaut-mounted World Crusher Knights to oath-bound foot squads, every battle is a theatre of ceremony and carnage. We explore the 4 Orders of Battle, their 8 Codes of Slaughter, the 8 Litanies and Chants of War, iconic champions like Slaughter Lord Varak and the way this warband blends medieval chivalry with the unstoppable fury of Khorne. It’s honour, ritual, and sheer violence, told from the perspective of those who live it. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode we dive into the World Eaters of the 41st Millennium, not as a Legion, but as a shattered constellation of warbands born from betrayal, madness, and endless war. After Skalathrax broke them forever, the sons of Angron became killers without a banner, bound only by the Butcher’s Nails, old grudges, and a brutal idea of brotherhood that survives in fragments. We’ll talk about how these warbands function, how champions replace command structures, why Khârn the Betrayer looms over them all, and how loyalty among the World Eaters now means fighting beside someone until one of you dies. This is the story of what happens when a Legion built on discipline and shared suffering loses everything, except the need to kill. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode we dive into the World Eaters of the 41st Millennium, not as a Legion, but as a shattered constellation of warbands born from betrayal, madness, and endless war. After Skalathrax broke them forever, the sons of Angron became killers without a banner, bound only by the Butcher’s Nails, old grudges, and a brutal idea of brotherhood that survives in fragments. We’ll talk about how these warbands function, how champions replace command structures, why Khârn the Betrayer looms over them all, and how loyalty among the World Eaters now means fighting beside someone until one of you dies. This is the story of what happens when a Legion built on discipline and shared suffering loses everything, except the need to kill. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode, we dive headfirst into the World Eaters of the 30k era, a Legion forged in brotherhood, sharpened by discipline, and broken by tragedy. From their days as the War Hounds to their transformation under Angron, we explore how honour was measured in scars, chains, and shared blood rather than titles or ceremony. We’ll talk about the gladiatorial traditions, the Triumph Rope, the brutal logic of their command structure, and how loyalty to one’s brothers mattered more than survival itself. This is the story of a Legion that believed war was truth, brotherhood was law, and that the path to glory was always paid for in blood. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode, we dive headfirst into the World Eaters of the 30k era, a Legion forged in brotherhood, sharpened by discipline, and broken by tragedy. From their days as the War Hounds to their transformation under Angron, we explore how honour was measured in scars, chains, and shared blood rather than titles or ceremony. We’ll talk about the gladiatorial traditions, the Triumph Rope, the brutal logic of their command structure, and how loyalty to one’s brothers mattered more than survival itself. This is the story of a Legion that believed war was truth, brotherhood was law, and that the path to glory was always paid for in blood. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode, we follow Angron the Red Angel through the fires of the Horus Heresy and the Great Scouring, charting his descent from a broken Primarch into an avatar of endless war. We examine his role in the Shadow Crusade, his transformation into a Daemon Prince of Khorne, and the way his fury was unleashed across entire sectors in Horus’ name. From world-burning massacres to the final, futile attempts of the Imperium to contain him during the Scouring, this episode explores how Angron became less a commander and more a living catastrophe, an embodiment of rage that could no longer be controlled, only endured. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode, we follow Angron the Red Angel through the fires of the Horus Heresy and the Great Scouring, charting his descent from a broken Primarch into an avatar of endless war. We examine his role in the Shadow Crusade, his transformation into a Daemon Prince of Khorne, and the way his fury was unleashed across entire sectors in Horus’ name. From world-burning massacres to the final, futile attempts of the Imperium to contain him during the Scouring, this episode explores how Angron became less a commander and more a living catastrophe, an embodiment of rage that could no longer be controlled, only endured. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode, we dive into the brutal origins of Angron, the Red Angel, tracing his rise from enslaved gladiator on the blood-soaked sands of Nuceria to Primarch of the XII Legion during the Great Crusade. We explore how betrayal, loss, and the Emperor’s fateful choice forged a being driven not by loyalty or vision, but by pain and rage, and how the Butcher’s Nails transformed both Angron and his sons into instruments of relentless slaughter. From the shattered hope of the Eaters of Cities to the bloody conquests of the War Hounds turned World Eaters, this is the story of a Primarch who was never truly saved, only unleashed. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.* In this episode, we dive into the brutal origins of Angron, the Red Angel, tracing his rise from enslaved gladiator on the blood-soaked sands of Nuceria to Primarch of the XII Legion during the Great Crusade. We explore how betrayal, loss, and the Emperor’s fateful choice forged a being driven not by loyalty or vision, but by pain and rage, and how the Butcher’s Nails transformed both Angron and his sons into instruments of relentless slaughter. From the shattered hope of the Eaters of Cities to the bloody conquests of the War Hounds turned World Eaters, this is the story of a Primarch who was never truly saved, only unleashed. Lorehammer Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membership One Time Donations https://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcast Link to all Links https://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.*In this episode, we descend into the iron tombs of the Adeptus Astartes to explore the ancient and terrifying legacy of Dreadnoughts—war machines that are both revered relics and living sarcophagi. From their origins in the Dark Age of Technology to their relentless service in the 41st Millennium, we examine how fallen heroes are entombed in ceramite and bound to engines of unending war. We break down the major patterns and variants, the rituals that keep these ancients alive, and the grim honor of service beyond death. Join us as we uncover why, in a galaxy defined by decay and endless conflict, the Dreadnought stands as one of the Imperium’s most venerable and tragic weapons.Lorehammer Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membershipOne Time Donationshttps://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcastLink to all Linkshttps://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.*In this episode, we descend into the iron tombs of the Adeptus Astartes to explore the ancient and terrifying legacy of Dreadnoughts—war machines that are both revered relics and living sarcophagi. From their origins in the Dark Age of Technology to their relentless service in the 41st Millennium, we examine how fallen heroes are entombed in ceramite and bound to engines of unending war. We break down the major patterns and variants, the rituals that keep these ancients alive, and the grim honor of service beyond death. Join us as we uncover why, in a galaxy defined by decay and endless conflict, the Dreadnought stands as one of the Imperium’s most venerable and tragic weapons.Lorehammer Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membershipOne Time Donationshttps://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcastLink to all Linkshttps://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.*In this episode, we step into the crimson-lit sanctity of Sanguinala, the most sacred feast day of the Imperium, and frame it as a full Imperial Mass set within the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium. Through scripture, ritual, and solemn proclamation, we explore what it means to worship the Emperor as God, to remember the martyrdom of Sanguinius, and to reflect on sacrifice, redemption, and eternal vigilance in an uncaring galaxy.Lorehammer Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membershipOne Time Donationshttps://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcastLink to all Linkshttps://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k

*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Patreon, link below.*In this episode, we step into the crimson-lit sanctity of Sanguinala, the most sacred feast day of the Imperium, and frame it as a full Imperial Mass set within the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium. Through scripture, ritual, and solemn proclamation, we explore what it means to worship the Emperor as God, to remember the martyrdom of Sanguinius, and to reflect on sacrifice, redemption, and eternal vigilance in an uncaring galaxy.Lorehammer Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/c/lorehammer/membershipOne Time Donationshttps://paypal.me/lorehammerpodcastLink to all Linkshttps://linktr.ee/Lorehammer40k