Butt Metal Blast Cast

In this episode, the Bidet Blast Boys™ analyze a dream in which there is a meta movie called OSHA: The Movie starring Mel Gibson as a worker so dedicated to work that he was willing to work even while mortally wounded. The Boiz™ dive deep into the etymology of rizz and jizz only to realize that they are actually cognates (not really), and, as a result, the Boyz™ prepare themselves for the oncoming war between the Rizzers, the Jizzers, the Rizz Jizzers, and the Jizz Rizzers. The Boice™ explore the possibility of Egyptian nu-metal as well as other ethnic-inspired nu-metals through the song “The Evil Inherent in Us All” by Karl Sanders. FINALLY, the Boyez™ explore the possibilities and ethical quandaries presented by AI as applied in metal and beyond!

(NOTE: this episode was recorded at the end of Summer 2021 and was lost to the annals (read: anals) of Butt Blast history as editing other, more timely episodes took priority. Enjoy!) The Buddhist Blatt Boizst™ pontificate over the influence of Kyuss, especially the butt rock vocal stylings of John Garcia. They play a true or false quiz game based on an absurd, but somewhat typical, self-serious black metal elitist interview with Satyr from Satyricon. They also touch upon the ethics of lucid dreaming of a fan fiction world in which fictional characters are murdered. Finally, they hypothesize that the counter-serve restaurant by the name of Twisted Fresh (aka Twiztid Fresh) is just a chaotic, Insane Clown Posse-inspired restaurant whose tagline is “We’re REALLY fucked up”. WHOOP WHOOOOOP!!! How does Wulf actually eat his pizza? Will the Inverted Cross-Examiner puke by the end of the episode? Will Professor Grindstein finally watch the videos of David Ellefson masturbating? Find out on this previously LOST episode of the Butt Metal Blast Cast!

Have you seen teenagers recently wear ball chain necklaces, black lipstick, baggy jeans, and Slipknot shirts? Have you wondered what's with all of the bounce rhythms infiltrating metalcore over the last few years? Oh, you haven't heard? NU-METAL IS BACK! Are you just as confused as we are? Did you, like us, put all of your money on ska coming back whereas nu-metal wasn't even on the bingo card? In order to elucidate the resurgence of nu-metal, Judge Dredd talked with Holiday Kirk, the self-proclaimed CEO of nu-metal. Holiday is the editor-in-chief of the Nu Metal Agenda, the host of the Nu Metal Agenda podcast, and the man behind Twitter and Instagram's crazy ass moments in nu-metal history accounts. Why have the conditions been ripe for the current nu-metal resurgence? What are the challenges of promoting and marketing music in the age of social media under the dwindling influence of big record labels? Can the resurgence of nu-metal mark the return of metal and rock music's prominence to mainstream audiences? What can extreme metal musicians and bands learn from nu-metal? Why is Chat Pile nu-metal? These questions and more will be answered in this episode of the BUTT METAL BLAST CAST! Holiday Kirk's Links Nu Metal Agenda website: https://numetalagenda.com/ Nu Metal Agenda podcast: wherever you stream podcasts Nu Metal Agenda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/numetal_agenda Nu Metal Agenda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/numetal_agenda/ crazy ass moments in nu-metal history on Twitter: https://twitter.com/numetal_moment crazy ass moments in nu-metal history on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/numetal_moment/ Personal account on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HolidayKirk

The Butt Blasters™ have not one, not two, but THREE special guests by the names of CJ, BC, and Mark of the Beast. CJ is a longtime friend of the show and, together with BC, plays in the atmospheric post-black metal band Marsh of Swans. Mark of the Beast is also a longtime friend of the show and is both our resident bad lyrics analyst as well as our kvlt credibility maintainer. In this episode, the Budd Bladd Boi™ dive deep into Heartwood, Marsh of Swans’ debut full-length. We explore the process of the album’s creation, the conceptual framework behind the album, and why the band’s next album will be lo-fi psychedelic black metal with a horn accompaniment recorded in a missile silo in Wamego, Kansas. The Butte Blazzterz™ and special guests also analyze bad lyrics from across the metal spectrum as well as the kvlt credibility of different aspects of human culture. Is fast food black metal? Is weed black metal? There is only one way to find out: by listening to the newest episode of the BUTT METAL BLAST CAST. Marsh of Swans links: Marsh of Swans Bandcamp: marshofswans.bandcamp.com Marsh of Swans Facebook and Instagram: @marshofswans Marsh of Swans Twitter: @marsh_of_swans

Have you come across a map on social media showing the ratio of female to male metal musicians by country? Or have you seen a bar graph showing what months the most metal albums are released annually? If you have, there is a good chance that you have come across data visualizations created by Metal Stats. In this episode, the Boo Boo Butt Boys™ Judge Dredd and Wulf interview Metal Stats about his process for scraping and shaping data from Metal Archives while controlling for variables. They discuss the eternal questions regarding regionalism in metal, such as the infamous Denmark Paradox (a.k.a. in light of having produced Mercyful Fate, why did Denmark never produce black metal to the same degree that the rest of their Scandinavian brethren did?). We also explore the relationship between a country’s GDP and metal produced by that country. Finally, we investigate why both creators and viewers of data visualization need to think critically about data that is being presented. We make references to many maps and graphs, mostly created by Metal Stats, throughout the episode. Check out the links below to see them for yourselves! Episode References: Map of countries by metal bands per capita Metal bands in Finland per capita by municipality Comparison of metal bands per country per 1 million people and country average happiness scoreEuropean metal vs. non-metal albums statistics Deep dive and analysis of the trifecta Ratio of female to male metal musicians by country (1 female:100 male ratio) Metal databases beyond Metal ArchivesMetal release counts over time by release type (LP, EP, video, box set, etc.)Metal release type breakdown by percentage of all releases by subgenre Metal band name length distribution How many albums have metal bands typically released? How many bands have metal musicians typically been in? (does not include live members) How many members do metal bands typically have?Metal album release count by day of the year Number of bands compared to how long it takes them to release their debut How much time do metal bands typically take between albums?Network of similar artists with "technical" genre tag Metal Stats' Socials: app.flourish.studio/@metalstats Twitter: https://twitter.com/Metalplots Wordpress: https://metalstats.wordpress.com/

In this episode, the Bud Bladt Bloi™ Judge Dredd, Wulf, and the Inverted Cross-Examiner take on guest Ian Chainey's Metal Archives-based game Tic Tac Dio. You will hear the Bust Blatt Beauze™ utter unforgivable blasphemies as they excavate the deepest recesses of their minds to unearth the most obscure metal trivia and knowledge of six degrees of metal separation necessary to play the game. Which Butt Blaster will have the fastest Tic Tac Dio run? Which Butt Blast will end up in the rare recursive Brazilian loop? Which Butt Blaster will have a break from reality and, instead of Tic Tac Dio, choose to play with madness? In this game of Tic Tac Dio, three Butt Blasters enter, ONE BUTT BLASTER LEAVES! Links: Tic Tac Dio Boards from the Episode: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R_Il-cN4QLep_W_ieHUpp0_SrZXHbeHX?usp=sharing Tic Tac Dio explanation and directions: https://www.stereogum.com/2231511/shall-we-play-a-game-tic-tac-dio/columns/the-black-market/ Ian's Black Market Column on Stereogum: https://www.stereogum.com/category/columns/the-black-market/ Ian's Substack: https://plaguerages.substack.com/ Ian's Podcast Plague Rages: https://open.spotify.com/show/3kBzFYGqxCa0zuZHu6kiCT Ian's Podcast Runout Grooves: https://open.spotify.com/show/4wCrs5NDnT9ykW94AUr05R Nu-Metal Agenda: https://open.spotify.com/show/4jLSnvzewSFPWciJV0VBA4

The Butte Blazzt Beauz™ reflect on their existential anxieties (or lack thereof) over aliens in light of the recent congressional hearings and two VERY, VERY credible posts from Reddit and 4Chan. In order to waylay their alien anxiety, they discuss their capacity to eat chicken wings followed by a lively game testing their knowledge of both band and weed strain names. Finally, they explore the sordid history of the Jackoff Kings, the greatest fictional rap group that has ever lived.

The Butt Blast Boyez™ explore the Headless Horseman-themed metal of Sleepy Hollow and neighboring Tarrytown while trying to figure out what the hell is up with Northeastern United States geography. They also provide their beef jerky siqq piqqs and discuss the different tiers of weed that drug dealers named Snake and Sorgen can sell you.

The Butt Blastin' Boyz™ dive deep into the discography one of the most legendary and influential death metal bands of all time: the Ancient Ones themselves...MORBID ANGEL. Is Illud Divinum Insanus redeemable? Is it ACTUALLY the worst Morbid Angel album? Why must there be so many interludes? Is Trey Azagthoth ok? AND...what is THE BEST Morbid Angel album? These questions may not be answered by any mere mortals...but they MUST be answered by the Butt Blasters™!!!

In this episode, the Butt Blast Beauz™ Judge Dredd and Wulf talk with Gene Meyer of Bandit. Gene is not only the vocalist of one of the best grindcore bands around today but he is also a therapist (specializing in helping metal/hardcore musicians and fans) and a stand-up comedian (specializing in exploring the absurdities of dating metal and hardcore fans)! The Butt Blasters™ interrogate Gene about Bandit's excellent new debut full-length, Siege of Self, and the process that the band goes through to write new music. But the Boyz™ and Gene also discuss the potential benefits of psychedelic therapy, the Theater of Cruelty as a foundational concept for the metaphysics of live performances, and constructing and analyzing the narratives we tell about ourselves.

The Butt Blastin' Boiz™ explore whether psychics are just magic therapists, they ponder if Dying Fetus album covers could be mistaken for red-state death metal, and they speculate how much weed Bongzilla can smoke before not being able to perform their music. Plus, the Butt Beaus™ get their fortunes read by their in-house Level 1 Tarot Mage! This and more in Episode 22 of the Butt Metal Blast Cast!

The Butt Blast Boize™ (along with returning guest and friend of the show Gorn) explore the dark underbelly of drug use and drug laws (and drug-fueled competitive eating), hypothetical impossible genres, and what happens when you vomit in the pit at an Amon Amarth show.

In this episode, we have a very special guest by the name of Ian Chainey (a.k.a. Wolf Rambatz). Ian has been writing about metal for approximately 20 years with publications such as Stereogum and Invisible Oranges, as well as with his own Plague Rages substack containing the Booster and VaccZine newsletters. He is also a co-host of no fewer than THREE podcasts: Plague Rages, Nu Metal Agenda, and Runout Grooves. We put Ian through the BUTT BLAST GAUNTLET with a series of impossibly difficult questions to answer. What does regionalism look like in metal today? What does the future of metal journalism look like? Why did Danish black metal never take off in the wake of Mercyful Fate’s success and wide-ranging influence? Who are the musicians behind metal’s longest-enduring mystery, the Lords of the Crimson Alliance? These questions and more WILL BE answered on this episode of the Butt Metal Blast Cast. Stereogum's Black Market monthly column: https://www.stereogum.com/category/columns/the-black-market/ Plague Rages Substack: https://plaguerages.substack.com/ Plague Rages Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3kBzFYGqxCa0zuZHu6kiCT?si=9745afcdbe274e50 Runout Grooves podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4wCrs5NDnT9ykW94AUr05R?si=72e7feeb187d436a Nu Metal Agenda podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4jLSnvzewSFPWciJV0VBA4?si=9c49920e44d7470f

In this episode, the Butt Blast Boiz™ dive deep into a formative band for the whole gang: the legendary ithyphallic pharaohs of death metal brutality and technicality themselves: NILE. With the foundational question "What does 'brutal' mean to us within the context of metal?", the Butt Blast Beaus™ determine ONCE AND FOR ALL what the most brutal Nile of ALL-TIME is. The Butt Blasters also discuss the ins and outs of being an amateur Egyptologist, the Egyptian dungeon synth of Karl Sanders' solo material, and why ling cod and motion sickness don't mix well. To put it plainly: the Butt Blasters are ithyphallic for Nile

Shelby Lermo (currently of Vastum, Ulthar, Human Corpse Abuse, Naughtskeid, AND A SECRET BAND HE'S LEGALLY NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT) joins the Butt Blast Boyz™ as they discuss his move to Washington D.C. from the Bay Area, his musical projects past and present, and his recovery from throat cancer. Vastum: https://vastum.bandcamp.com/ Ulthar: https://ulthar666.bandcamp.com/ Human Corpse Abuse: https://humancorpseabuse.bandcamp.com/album/xenoviscerum Naughtskeid: https://naughtskeid.bandcamp.com/releases

The Butt Blast Boiz™ discuss the impact that Metal Archives has had on them as well as on the larger world of metal, they determine whether Deeds of Flesh is the ultimate run-of-the-mill death metal band, and they analyze lyrical trends in black and death metal

In this episode, the Butt Blast Boyz™ talk about the potential for Slipknot to exploit fan labor, analyze the ethics of the Pantera reunion, and deconstruct the dad outfit preferred by reunited thrash from around the world. They also dive into the sick new releases from Ancient Enemy and Old Grey Horror. Check out the links below! Ancient Enemy Bandcamp: https://ancientenemy.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: @ancientenemy.rise YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCar6lPP__AvmAwhS5W4UqDA Old Grey Horror Bandcamp: oldgreyhorror.bandcamp.com/ Official: https://www.oldgreyhorror.com/ Instagram: @oldgreyhorror Twitter: @oldgreyhorror

Listen as the Butt Blast Boyz speculate whether Rule 34 applies to pornogrind, hypothesize that pop-punk is just proto-Depressive Suicidal Black Metal, and analyze the internet’s most confounding band: Etienne Sin

Join the boys as they explore the intricate differences between Disgorge (Mex) and Disgorge (USA) via an ill-fated quiz. They also compare and contrast the taco-eating habits of Disgorge (Mex) with those of Disgorge (USA) and discuss the inevitability of the Disgorge meme wars

In this episode we FINALLY get to the bottom of who is the HOTTEST MAN IN METAL!