Location:
United States
Description:
Join hosts Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn in a bi-weekly conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of left-field rock and metal music.
Language:
English
Website:
https://radicalresearch.org/
Episodes
Episode 112 â We Mean You Harm: Hail Spirit Noir 2012-2021
4/25/2024
For its 112th episode, Radical Research travels to balmy Greece to investigate the cryptic evildoing of Hail Spirit Noir, whose hellbroth of black metal, prog, psychedelia, and witchery strikes a special chord with your hosts. We take a deep look at the bandâs first four albums and find ourselves more spellbound than ever before. There is no warding off the spell, so give in and join us in this most dangerous of meetings. Note I:
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Music cited in order of appearance:
âMountain of Horrorâ (Pneuma, 2012)
âInto the Gates of Timeâ (two moments) (Pneuma, 2012)
âBlood Guruâ (Oi Magoi, 2014) âSatan is Timeâ (Oi Magoi, 2014)
âThe Mermaidâ (Oi Magoi, 2014)
âMayhem in Blueâ (Mayhem in Blue, 2016)
âLost in Satanâs Charmsâ (Mayhem in Blue, 2016)
âThe Cannibal Tribe Came from the Seaâ (Mayhem in Blue, 2016)
âAlien Lip Readingâ (Eden in Reverse, 2020)
âCrossroadsâ (Eden in Reverse, 2020)
âAutomata 1980â (Eden in Reverse, 2020) âOn the Loose Againâ (Mannequins, 2021) ep. 113 preview: Thief, âPrankqueanâ (Bleed, Memory, 2024)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:05:49
Episode 111 â Immortalâs Blizzard Beasts: Convoking Nebular Dimensions
4/2/2024
For episode 111, Radical Research returns to its spiritual homeland of Norway. But on this trip, RR steers clear of the usual avant suspects and instead climbs the Mountains of Might to take a closer look at Immortalâs twisted and divisive fourth album, 1997âs Blizzard Beasts. Though optically outside of RRâs usual territory, the hosts make a compelling case for the albumâs inclusion in the annals of the weird. Please tune in but beware of Nebular Ravens and Frostdemons.
Note I: Although we failed to mention it, along with a resemblance or two to various riffs from Hellwitchâs Syzygial Miscreancy, we find parallels between Blizzard Beasts and any given Order From Chaos era, both vocally and musically. Not that Hellwitch or Order From Chaos directly influenced this album, but if Immortal had said so, we could see it. As you were. Note II:
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Music cited in order of appearance:
[all songs are from Immortalâs Blizzard Beasts, 1997]
âintroâ
âBlizzard Beastsâ
âNebular Ravens Winterâ
âSuns That Sank Belowâ âBattlefieldsâ
âMountains of Mightâ
âNoctambulantâ
âWinter of the Agesâ
âFrostdemonstormâ
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:00:45:57
Episode 110 â Steven Wilsonâs Intrigue Compilation, Dissection Part 2
3/17/2024
We continue our wander through the 4CD Intrigue compilation. This installment features 15 UK bands, several which weâd never heard of before (Art Nouveau, New Musik, Section 25). We hope this episode helps prove curator Steven Wilsonâs note that Intrigue operates on the âidea that conceptual thinking and ambition didnât suddenly evaporate after â77âŠambitious, weird and thrilling music was all around you in the â80s â if you looked in the right places.â Amen.
Note I:
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Music cited in order of appearance:
Intro: Brian Eno, âThird Uncleâ (Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974) [all snippets below are taken directly from the Intrigue compilation; the following indicates where the songs originally appeared]
The Sound, âI Canât Escape Myselfâ (Jeopardy, 1980) Joy Division, âThe Eternalâ (Closer, 1980) Swell Maps, âBig Empty Fieldâ (âŠIn âJane from Occupied Europeâ, 1980)
Art Nouveau, âEnemiesâ (unreleased, 1980)
Gary Numan, âThe Joy Circuitâ (Telekon, 1980) 23 Skidoo, âThe Gospel Comes to New Guineaâ (single, 1980)
Echo and the Bunnymen, âAll My Coloursâ (Heaven Up Here, 1981)
The Specials, âGhost Townâ (single, 1981) New Musik, âThey All Run After the Carving Knifeâ (Anywhere, 1981) New Order, âThe Himâ (Movement, 1981) The Associates, âWhite Car in Germanyâ (single, 1981)
Section 25, âHitâ (Always Now, 1981)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, âSealandâ (Architecture & Morality, 1981)
Japan, âTalking Drumâ (Tin Drum, 1981)
The Cure, âFaithâ (Faith, 1981)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:40:20
Episode 109 â Sighâs Weirdest! Let the Strangeness Do the Talking
3/1/2024
Sigh is unquestionably one of the weirdest bands in the metal realm. And since Radical Research skews weird, and since we are both fans of Sigh since the mid â90s, it seemed obvious that we would eventually do an episode featuring some of the very weirdest of Sighâs weird moments. SoâŠif you are down with our motto of Keep Metal Weird, you know what to do.
Note I:
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Music cited in order of appearance:
"Hail Horror Hail" (Hail Horror Hail, 1997)
"A Sunset Song" (Imaginary Sonicscape, 2001)
"Scarlet Dream" (Imaginary Sonicscape, 2001)
"Heresy II: Acosmism" (Heir to Despair, 2018)
"Satsui - Geshi No Ato" (Shiki, 2022)
"12 Souls" (Hail Horror Hail, 1997) "Amongst the Phantoms of Abandoned Tumbrils" (In Somniphobia, 2012)
âInvitation to Dieâ (Hail Horror Hail, 1997) âDiabolic Suicideâ (Scenario IV: Dread Dreams, 1999)
âThe Molesters of My Soulâ (Graveward, 2015)
"Seed of Eternityâ (Hail Horror Hail, 1997)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:00:50:53
Episode 108 â Non-Classic-Logo-Era Napalm Death, 1994-1998
2/14/2024
The body of critical study - and fan adoration - around the music of Napalm Death has concerned itself principally with the band's pioneering grindcore and its transition into the death metal of Harmony Corruption. But what of the band's wilderness years, the mid- to late-1990s? The 108th episode of Radical Research digs into what its hosts consider to be Napalm Death's most radical music, the four-album futurist blitzkrieg spanning the years 1994-1998. Get ready for some serious side-eye, Legions, as we cross over into the torn apart.
Note I:
In the episode, Hunter mentions Ian Christe's writing on the band's 1994 album, Fear, Emptiness, Despair. In Christe's Sound of the Beast, he writes that the album, "...started a fresh chapter in the history of a band whose membership half-life had once lasted no longer than an album side. Previous urban hardcore noise blasts were mowed by sophisticated guitar layering and innovative drum patterns. Their dissonance became a conscious component of the composition, not merely a side benefit of chaos, and the marriage of intense anger and calculation yielded a masterpiece of passionate, politically minded, negative realism."
Note II:
In an act of gall, the scalar dimensions of which could only be compared to the Pacific Ocean, Mont Blanc, and John Holmes' ballistic member, Christe includes Fear, Emptiness, Despair in his list of the 25 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time. The list includes other controversial entries, such as Morbid Angel's Formulas Fatal to the Flesh, and Dream Death's rarely-trumpeted but mighty Journey Into Mystery.
Note III:
In our excitement, we failed to mention the men who produced these albums. All were produced by the estimable Colin Richardson, except Fear, Emptiness, Despair, which was handled by Pete Coleman. Only one of these gentlemen have played flute on a Skyclad album.
Note IV:
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Music cited in order of appearance:
âThe Infiltraitorâ (Words from the Exit Wound, 1998) âPlague Ragesâ (Fear, Emptiness, Despair, 1994)
âPrimed Timeâ (Fear, Emptiness, Despair, 1994) âFasting on Deceptionâ (Fear, Emptiness, Despair, 1994)
âRipe for the Breakingâ (Diatribes, 1996)
âTake the Strainâ (Diatribes, 1996)
âDiatribesâ (Diatribes, 1996)
âBirth in Regressâ (Inside the Torn Apart, 1997)
âPreludeâ (Inside the Torn Apart, 1997)
âLowpointâ (Inside the Torn Apart, 1997)
âNone the Wiser?â (Words from the Exit Wound, 1998)
âTrio-Degradable / Affixed by Disconcernâ (Words from the Exit Wound, 1998)
âThe Infiltraitorâ (Words from the Exit Wound, 1998) Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:07:11
Episode 107 â The Saturnine Sleep: Tiamatâs A Deeper Kind of Slumber
1/28/2024
For a podcast that traffics in all things wild and mind-expanding, the subject of our 107th episode makes everything else feel stone-cold sober by comparison. The fifth album by Sweden's Tiamat, A Deeper Kind of Slumber, luxuriates in the wan, reclined possibilities of Leary biscuits and Psilocybin dreams. This episode paddles along the hallucinatory waters of Tiamat's final masterpiece and resolves itself to the album's irreconcilable mysteries.
Note I:
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Music cited in order of appearance:
Intro: âThe Arâ (Wildhoney, 1994)
âThe Southernmost Voyageâ (The Astral Sleep, 1991) âA Caress of Starsâ (Clouds, 1992) âDo You Dream of Me?â (Wildhoney, 1994)
âCold Seedâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997) âTeonanacatlâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997) âTrillion Zillion Centipedesâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997)
âThe Desolate Oneâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997) âAtlantis as a Loverâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997)
âAlteration X 10â (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997)
âFour Leary Biscuitsâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997)
âOnly In My Tears It Lastsâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997)
âThe Whores of Babylonâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997)
âKiteâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997)
âPhantasma De Luxeâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997)
âMount Marilynâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997)
âA Deeper Kind of Slumberâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:22:21
Episode 106 â New Metal Massacre: Horrendous, Afterbirth, Laster & Vemod
1/10/2024
We tend to skew toward the past in our explorations with Radical Research, uncovering sounds we feel are overlooked and/or underrated. Weâre breaking our usual time travel approach and focusing solely on some new metal music that thrilled us in 2023 and one very fresh entry for 2024. Itâs not 1986 or 1991 anymore, obviously, but 2023 was a great year for new music, metal and otherwise. Herein, we delve into the greatness that is Ontological Mysterium (Horrendous), In But Not Of (Afterbirth), Andermans Mijne (Laster), and The Deepening (Vemod). Metal lives? Metal lives!!!
Note I:
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Music cited in order of appearance:
Horrendous, âNeon Leviathanâ (Ontological Mysterium, 2023)
Horrendous, âPreterition Hymnâ (Ontological Mysterium, 2023)
Horrendous, âExeg(en)esisâ (Ontological Mysterium, 2023)
Afterbirth, âDevils With Dead Eyesâ (In But Not Of, 2023) Afterbirth, âVivisected Psychopompâ (In But Not Of, 2023)
Afterbirth, âHovering Human Head Dronesâ (In But Not Of, 2023)
Laster, âPoĂ«tische Waarheidâ (Andermans Mijne, 2023) Laster, âOnzichtbare Muurâ (Andermans Mijne, 2023)
Laster, âDoodgeborenâ (Andermans Mijne, 2023)
Vemod, âDer Guder DĂžrâ (The Deepening, 2024) Vemod, âThe Deepeningâ (The Deepening, 2024)
Ep. 107 preview: Tiamat, âAtlantis as a Loverâ (A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:10:11
Episode 105 â We Are Intrigued! Steven Wilson Curates âIntrigueâ Compilation & We Dissect [Part 1 of 4]
12/26/2023
For Episode 105, Radical Research follows the lead of musical polyglot and overachiever, Steven Wilson. Inspired by Wilson's recently-curated, Intrigue: Progressive Sounds in UK Alternative Music 1979-1989, this episode traces out the music found on the first disc of this four-volume edition, digging into such varied artists as Public Image Ltd., John Foxx, In Camera, and This Heat. This constitutes the first in a four-part series around Wilson's collection, which we will revisit occasionally throughout 2024. Should you have any interest in the rich mosaic of the late 1970s/early 1980s UK underground, tune in, turn on, and experiment out.
Note I:
As mentioned late in the episode, here is further reading on the Durutti Columnâs sandpaper packaging of their Return of the Durutti Column album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Durutti_Column
Note II:
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Music cited in order of appearance: intro: Peter Hammill, âNobodyâs Businessâ (Nadirâs Big Chance, 1975)
[all snippets in this episode are taken from the Intrigue compilation; the following indicates where the songs initially appeared]
Wire, âI Should Have Known Betterâ (154, 1979)
Bill Nelsonâs Red Noise, âA Better Home in the Phantom Zoneâ (Sound on Sound, 1979)
Magazine, âBack to Natureâ (Secondhand Daylight, 1979)
XTC, âComplicated Gameâ (Drums and Wires, 1979) Public Image Ltd, âCareeringâ (Metal Box, 1979) The Stranglers, âThe Ravenâ (The Raven, 1979) Punishment of Luxury, âPuppet Lifeâ (Puppet Life 7â, 1979) Ultravox, âAstradyneâ (Vienna, 1980)
Gang of Four, âContractâ (Entertainment!, 1979)
Simple Minds, âI Travelâ (Empires and Dance, 1980)
The Durutti Column, âSketch for Summerâ (The Return of the Durutti Column, 1980)
This Heat, âHealth and Efficiencyâ (Health and Efficiency [EP], 1980)
John Foxx, âBurning Carâ (Burning Car 7â, 1980) Robert Fripp and the League of Gentlemen, âCognitive Dissonanceâ (The League of Gentlemen, 1981) In Camera, âThe Fatal Dayâ (Fin [EP], 1982)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:02:04:42
Episode 104 â Diskord 2007-2021: Architectonic Death
11/19/2023
As is so often the case, Radical Research, for its 104th episode, finds itself in Norway, only this time to investigate the psycho-necrotic brutality of Osloâs Diskord. At once garage-y, asymmetric, and morbid, Diskord hawks death-wares that invite listeners to stroll through the hallways of the weird metal madhouse. Only death and Norway are real.
Note I:
Thanks to Tim Hammond for the Oscillations mp3s. We only had the vinyl and no digital version, and we knew who to turn to. Thanks Tim, you are a fucking champ! Note II:
Wagner was thinking âFunebrarumâ but said âEncoffination.â Please forgive a mind way too filled up with this otherworldly nonsense. Thank you. The point still stands, re: the rise of Funebarum and other similar combos in early Incantation mode around 2007.
Note III:
Wagner and Ginn are both huge fans of Autopsy up to and including Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves (2014). In fact, both, weirdly, believe that album to be the best of Era II Autopsy. Things after that are fine if all you want is more of that. But we wanted more than that. But goddamn we love the fuck out of Autopsy. Fiend for Blood FTW.
Note IV:
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Music cited in order of appearance: âPervasive Discreetnessâ (Doomscapes, 2007)
âReptilian Ancestryâ (Doomscapes, 2007)
âInstaurationâ (Doomscapes, 2007)
âOverseerâ (Dystopics, 2012)
âPsychotic Processâ (Dystopics, 2012)
âRambling Words from a Sore Throatâ (Dystopics, 2012)
âHorrid Engineâ (Oscillations, 2014)
âHermit Dreamâ (Oscillations, 2014)
âLoitering in the Portalâ (Degenerations, 2021)
âDragged for Coronationâ (Degenerations, 2021)
âGnashingâ (Degenerations, 2021)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:07:42
Episode 103 â Weâre After the Same Thing: Dead Horseâs Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers
11/8/2023
Death, humor, society? Who doesn't love these things? Radical Research certainly does! So, it should come as no surprise that we chose the second album by Houston, Texas' Dead Horse as the subject of our 103rd episode. Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers, released by Big Chief Records in 1991, plunders the remotest corners of thrash, hardcore, and mangled death as fodder for its singular brand of knee-slappin' brutality. Join us for this rather less than peaceful episode.
Note I:
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Music cited in order of appearance: all tracks from Dead Horseâs Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers, 1991
âCod Piece Faceâ
âTurnâ
âLa La Songâ
âLike Asrielleâ
âThe Latent Stageâ
âPeaceful Deathâ
âEulogyâ
âSnowdogsâ
âThe Lark Nestâ
âMedulla Oblongataâ
âAploâ
âRock Lobsterâ
âSawboneâ
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:03:52
Episode 102 â INTO ANOTHER with Brothers from Other Mothers
10/18/2023
Forged in the crucible of the Tri-State hardcore and thrash scenes, New York City's Into Another released three genre-defying albums that blend together -- seemlessly -- the disparate sensibilities of its members. The band's membership boasts a heritage that includes such stalwart acts as Whiplash and Youth of Today, though Into Another's rich, mystical rock hardly betrays those roots. Episode 102 of Radical Research does its best to reveal the treasures of this tragically-overlooked band.
Note I:
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Music cited in order of appearance:
âRobot Whalesâ (Into Another, 1991) âUnderlordâ (Into Another, 1991)
âWhile I Dieâ (Into Another, 1991)
âAs It Wereâ (Into Another, 1991)
âLaughing at Oblivionâ (Ignaurus, 1994) âMaritime Murderâ (Ignaurus, 1994) âWilliamâ (Ignaurus, 1994)
âMutate Meâ (Seemless, 1995)
âLocksmiths & Lawyersâ (Seemless, 1995)
âFor a Wounded Wrenâ (Seemless, 1995)
âCrossedâ (Omens, 2017)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:01:34
Episode 101 â Ambulance Chasing: Ulverâs âBlood Insideâ
10/6/2023
HUNTER's NOTES
After several years of perdition, silence, and melancholy, Osloâs Ulver, a totem of the Radical Research faith, released, in 2005, its sixth full-length album, the manic and panicked Blood Inside. The album has inspired divisive opinions and obsessive worship. Its nine songs come together like a house of mirrors, where every lunatic fantasy, every fear, every shameful ecstasy, is reflected and refracted back into the listenerâs ears. Radical Research takes a firm position in defense of the albumâs genius.
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Music cited in order of appearance:
âNot Savedâ (Silencing the Singing, 2001)
âSurfaceâ (Svidd Neger, 2003) âDoom Sticksâ (A Quick Fix of Melancholy, 2003) âDressed in Blackâ (Blood Inside, 2005)
âFor the Love of Godâ (Blood Inside, 2005)
âChristmasâ (Blood Inside, 2005)
âBlinded by Bloodâ (Blood Inside, 2005)
âIt Is Not Soundâ (Blood Inside, 2005)
âThe Truthâ (Blood Inside, 2005)
âIn the Redâ (Blood Inside, 2005)
âYour Callâ (Blood Inside, 2005)
âOperatorâ (Blood Inside, 2005)
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Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:10:58
Episode 100 â VOIVOD is the Engine That Powers Us
9/4/2023
2023 marks the 40th anniversary of Voivod, a band that are at the very heart of everything we do at Radical Research and everything we listen to as incorrigible music obsessives. In celebration, Voivod released Morgoth Tales, which finds the Mark V lineup (Snake, Away, Chewy, Rocky) covering songs from various past eras. For ourselves, we pay tribute by offering our longest and most in-depth episode yet, while also celebrating a landmark of our own. We invite all chaosmongers, nothingfaces, cockroaches and diehards across the schizophere to join us in celebration of the one, the only, the eternal VOIVOD!!!
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Music cited in order of appearance: [all Voivod except where otherwise noted] intros from War and Pain, Killing Technology, Angel Rat, The Wake âExperimentâ (Dimension Hatröss, 1988) âBlowerâ (War and Pain, 1984) âRipping Headachesâ (Rrröööaaarrr, 1986) Carnivore, âCarnivoreâ (Carnivore, 1985) âForgotten in Spaceâ (Killing Technology, 1987) Cave In, âDecay of the Delayâ (Jupiter, 2000) âCockroachesâ (Killing Technology, 1987) âPsychic Vaccumâ (Dimension Hatröss, 1988) âBrain Scanâ (Dimension Hatröss, 1988)
Wartech, "Virtual Reality" (demo 1991) âMissing Sequencesâ (Nothingface, 1989) âInto My Hypercubeâ (Nothingface, 1989) âInner Combustionâ (Nothingface, 1989) King Crimson, âLarksâ Tongues in Aspic, Part Twoâ (Larksâ Tongues in Aspic, 1973) âNuage Fractalâ (Angel Rat, 1991) Alchemist, âEscape from the Black Holeâ (Organasm, 2000) âClouds in My Houseâ (Angel Rat, 1991) Die Kreuzen, âBest Goodbyeâ (Cement, 1991) âBest Regardsâ (Angel Rat, 1991) âFreedoomâ (Angel Rat, 1991) âHorrorâ (Rrröööaaarrr, 1986) Rush, âNatural Scienceâ (Permanent Waves, 1980) Van Der Graaf Generator, âMan-Ergâ (Pawn Hearts, 1971) âMoonbeam Riderâ (The Outer Limits, 1993) âTime Warpâ (The Outer Limits, 1993) âPhobosâ (Phobos, 1997) âTemps Mortâ (Phobos, 1997) âNeutrinoâ (Phobos, 1997) âAwareâ (demo for unrealized 10th album, 2000) âFacing Upâ (Voivod, 2003) âDivine Sunâ (Voivod, 2003) âPolaroidsâ (Katorz, 2006) âCorps Etrangerâ (Target Earth, 2013) âIconspiracyâ (The Wake, 2018) âAlways Movingâ (The Wake, 2018) âQuest for Nothingâ (Synchro Anarchy, 2022)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:02:45:28
Episode 99 â The Four Freaks Roundtable: Jeff & Hunter + Thomas Nul & Brian Grebenz
7/28/2023
For 98 episodes, the pilots of Radical Research have gone it together. Mind you, the hosts have had some curatorial help along the way (Jason William Walton and Forrest Pitts, please take a bow). But on the eve of episode 100, Radical Research has called on two of its most stalwart allies, the estimable Thomas Nul and Brian Grebenz. Over the course of almost two hours, this veritable Roman Senate chews on the hard-hitting issues that occupy the minds of all right-thinking citizens of the Research Republic. We invite you to turn on and tune in to this symposium of sickness.
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Music cited in order of appearance:
Genesis, âDodo / Lurkerâ (Abacab, 1981) Black Sabbath, âThe Eternal Idolâ (Eternal Idol, 1987)
King Crimson, âDisciplineâ (Discipline, 1981)
Celtic Frost, â(Once) They Were Eaglesâ (Cold Lake, 1988)
A Forest of Stars, âPremature Invocationâ (Grave Mounds and Grave Mistakes, 2018)
Jethro Tull, âThick as a Brickâ (Thick as a Brick, 1971)
Slayer, âThe Final Commandâ (Show No Mercy, 1983)
Acanthus, âLe Frisson des Vampiresâ (Le Frisson des Vampires, 1971)
Journey, âOf a Lifetimeâ (Journey, 1975)
Unearthly Trance, âPenta(grams)â (In the Red, 2004)
episode 100 preview: Voivod, âTemps Mortâ (Phobos, 1997)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:50:21
Episode 98 â The Meads of Asphodelâs Guts Spun on the Loom of Judgment
7/1/2023
Formed in 1998 in the Hertfordshire region of England, The Meads of Asphodel are a special, experimental heavy metal band with many distinctive and beguiling qualities. So why did it take one of the Radical Research hosts 24 years to acquire a taste for the Meads? We donât have the answer, but in this episode, Jeff runs down all his favorite aspects of Meads while Hunter listens, corroborates and discusses this better-late-than-never obsession.
Note I:
This is from the main page of the Meads of Asphodel website, https://www.themeadsofasphodel.co.uk/: âExperimental extreme metal band The Meads of Asphodel believe in all peoplesâ right to live in peace, free from the shackles of inflicted dogma and servitude.â Damn straight!
Note II:
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Music cited in order of appearance:
âPsalm 666â (Damascus Steel, 2005)
âChristâs Descent into Hellâ (Brittania Infernus compilation, 2002) âA Healer Made Godâ (Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua, 2003)
âSend My Love to Maher-Shalal-Hash-Bazâ (Sonderkommando, 2013)
âJezebel and the Philistinesâ (The Excommunication of Christ, 2001)
âOn Graven Images I Glide Beyond the Monstrous Gates of Pandemonium to Face the Baptized Warriors of Yahweh in the Skull-Littered Plain of Esdraelonâ (Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua, 2003)
âBoiled in Hell Broth and Grave Dustâ (The Murder of Jesus the Jew, 2010)
âJew Killerâ (The Murder of Jesus the Jew, 2010)
âSword of the Eastâ (Damascus Steel, 2005)
âHourglass of Ashâ (Sonderkommando, 2013)
âBlack is Black & White is Whiteâ (Running Out of Time Doing Nothing, 2019) âLike Blood Shaped Flakes of Snowâ (Running Out of Time Doing Nothing, 2019) âNaziâ (English Punk Black Metal, 2010 split)
âMy Psychotic Sand Deityâ (The Murder of Jesus the Jew, 2010)
âAddicted to Godâ (The Murder of Jesus the Jew, 2010) âWeeping Tears of Angel Lightâ (The Excommunication of Christ, 2001)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:22:08
Episode 97 â Disembowelment Discography 1990-1993: A Burial In 14 Snippets
6/12/2023
Is heaviness a quantifiable aspect of music? Can a piece of music display such weight, such heft, that the listener can only accept its heaviness as fact? Radical Research says âYes,â and we are here to offer evidence. For our 97th episode, we take our second trip down under to survey the concise but mighty discography of Disembowelment. We invite you to join us as we dig into the cryptic horrors of this otherworldly music. But be warned: research rarely gets this heavy.
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Music cited in order of appearance:
âIntro â Mourning Septemberâ (Mourning September demo, 1990)
âImpoverished Filthâ (Mourning September demo, 1990)
âThou Messiahâ (Mourning September demo, 1990) âExtracted Nailsâ (Pantalgia â An International Death Metal Compilation, 1992) âRiver of Salvation (My Divine Punishment)â (Deep Sensory Procession into Aural Fate demo, 1991)
âAs Your Soul BefallsâŠâ (Deep Sensory Procession into Aural Fate demo, 1991)
âThe Tree of Life and Deathâ (Transcendence into the Peripheral, 1993)
âYour Prophetic Throne of Ivoryâ (Transcendence into the Peripheral, 1993)
âExcoriateâ (Transcendence into the Peripheral, 1993)
âNightside of Edenâ (Transcendence into the Peripheral, 1993)
âA Burial at Ornansâ (Transcendence into the Peripheral, 1993)
âThe Spirits of the Tall Hillsâ (Transcendence into the Peripheral, 1993)
âCerulean Transience of All My Imagined Shoresâ (Transcendence into the Peripheral, 1993) âOutroâ (Mourning September demo, 1990)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:07:47
Episode 96 â This is Not Some Stupid Quest: Disillusionâs Glorious âGloriaâ
5/18/2023
The Southeastern United States, from whence Radical Research is broadcast, has long prided itself on its sundry wrestling traditions. From the bare-chested hectoring of the SoCon to the gator-tangling of Central Florida, southerners approach wrestling with a sense of birthright authority. But today we face a new challenger: taxonomy. The second full-length album by Germanyâs Disillusion, the forbidding Gloria, is an oil-rubbed beast that slips away from our every attempt to ensnare it with our inadequate classifications. We invite you to tune in to our 96th episode and declare, once and for all, a victor in this battle of equivocation.
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Music cited in order of appearance:
[All selection from Disillusion, Gloria, 2006]
âThe Black Seaâ
âDread Itâ
âDonât Go Any Furtherâ
âAvalancheâ
âGloriaâ
âAerophobicâ
âThe Hole We Are Inâ
âSave the Pastâ
âLavaâ
âToo Many Broken Cease Firesâ
âUntiefenâ Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:08:08
Episode 95 â Bad-Ass Fusion Decapitations Part 3: Time to Kill
4/14/2023
Herein we present the third and likely final installment of our Bad-Ass Fusion Decapitations series. We repeat two bands previously featured on other episodes (Kraan, King Crimson) and bring you eight more missives from the deepest cosmos. Watch that noggin of yours -- the headhunters are abound tonight! Note I:
As noted within the episode, hereâs that link to âStudy the Greatsâ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIXBu_uoCQk
Note II:
As this is likely the final installment of Bad-Ass Fusion Decapitations, here are the first two, in case you missed them or want a refresher course:
Part 1: https://radicalresearch.org/episode-5-ten-bad-ass-fusion-decapitations-mahavishnu-orchestra-return-to-forever-colosseum-area/
Part 2: https://radicalresearch.org/episode-73-bad-ass-fusion-decapitations-part-2/
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Music cited in order of appearance:
Al Di Meola, âFlight Over Rioâ (Elegant Gypsy, 1977) Bruford, âBeelzebubâ (Feels Good to Me, 1978) Ian Carr, âRemadioneâ (Belladonna, 1972)
Ain Soph, âCrossfireâ (A Story of Mysterious Forest, 1980)
Transit Express, âDisparitionâ (Opus Progressif, 1976) Herbie Hancock, âPalm Greaseâ (Thrust, 1974)
Kraan, âRund Um Die Uhrâ (Wiederhoren, 1977)
King Crimson, âNeuroticaâ (November 22, 2017, Ann Arbor, Michigan) Mats/Morgan Band, âMin Hastâ (Live, 2001, recorded 1999)
Soft Machine, âHazard Profile, Part Fiveâ (Bundles, 1975)
Episode 96 preview: Disillusion, âDonât Go Any Furtherâ (Gloria, 2006)
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:00:58:12
Episode 94 â The Real Freakshow: Psychotic Waltz 1990-1996
3/18/2023
Over the course of its previous 93 episodes, Radical Research has banged, thrashed, and decapitated but never before has it waltzed. That ends now. Formed as Aslan in 1985, San Diego's Psychotic Waltz released four full-length albums in the â90s, each of which challenges all received notions of "progressive metal." Despite being one the most even-handed of metal bands -- not a weak link in the psychotic chain -- this episode pays particular attention to the uncanny, elegant guitar playing of Dan Rock and Brian McAlpin. Their entangled, spiraling guitar tendrils push the instrument to the point of apotheosis in the context of heavy metal. But there is room for all the rug-cutters at this hoedown. Put on your dancing shoes and come join us.
Note I:
Not anything to do with Psychotic Waltz, but weâve been informed thatâŠ.âHunter Wagnerâ is protagonistâs name in a concept album by a band called Scapegrace and their The Abyss Swallows album. https://scapegracebc.bandcamp.com/track/the-abyss-swallows
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Music cited in order of appearance:
âAnd The Devil Criedâ (A Social Grace, 1990)
âAnother Prophet Songâ (A Social Grace, 1990)
âI of the Stormâ (A Social Grace, 1990)
âOut of Mindâ (Into the Everflow, 1992)
âInto the Everflowâ (Into the Everflow, 1992)
âLittle Peopleâ (Into the Everflow, 1992)
âHaze Oneâ (Mosquito, 1994)
âColdâ (Mosquito, 1994)
âOnly Timeâ (Mosquito, 1994)
âFadedâ (Bleeding, 1996)
âBleedingâ (Bleeding, 1996)
âNorthern Lightsâ (Bleeding, 1996)
âMy Graveâ (Bleeding, 1996) Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:21:29
Episode 93 â The Sadus âSwallowed in Blackâ Track-by-Track Batshit-Crazy Attaaaaaack!!!
2/21/2023
When a member of a fringe Swedish death metal band makes a request, Radical Research heeds the call. To that end, RR episode 93 is a response to Philip Von Segebadenâs (Afflicted) appeal for a song-by-song analysis of Swallowed in Black by Californiaâs preeminent thrash metal assassins, Sadus. Though apparently a bit outside of the RR wheelhouse, our dissection will reveal traces of the weirdness upon which this house is built. Should poser-killing, gravity-defying metal violence be your poison, consider this your invitation to the Last Abide. If not, then Good Ridânz.
Note I:
The Steve DiGiorgio playlist from the History of Metal magazine (1994) mentioned around the 15-minute mark is as follows: Psychotic Waltz â A Social Grace
Black Sabbath â Never Say Die
Voivod â Nothingface
Ozzy Osbourne â Bark at the Moon
D.B.C. â Universe
Possessed â Beyond the Gates
Anacrusis â Screams and Whispers
Rainbow â Rising
Judas Priest â Screaming for Vengeance
Savatage â Sirens
Note II:
As mentioned, the name Sadus comes from the Frank Herbert novel, Dune. It appears to be the plural form of Sadu. The definition, from the Dune fan wiki: âamong the fremen the blessed company of heavenly judges. A Sadu presided over the traditional scales, which here weigh either the soul or the water rendered from the dead, for the scales formed the T of the Tau.â
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Music cited in order of appearance:
All songs from Swallowed in Black, 1990:
âBlackâ
âMan Infestationâ âLast Abideâ
âThe Wakeâ
âIn Your Faceâ
âGood Ridânzâ
âFalse Incarnationâ
âImagesâ
âPowers of Hateâ
âAriseâ âOracle of Obmissionâ
Radical Research is a conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of rock and metal music. This podcast is conceived and conducted by Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn. Though we consume music in a variety of ways, we give particular privilege to the immersive, full-album listening experience. Likewise, we believe that tangible music formats help provide the richest, most rewarding immersions and that music, artwork, and song titles cooperate to produce a singular effect on the listener. Great music is worth more than we ever pay for it.
Duration:01:03:26