Nate Garrett's Big Riff Energy

Ending the In N Out vs Whataburger debate once and for all, remembering epic hangs with John Carpenter and Mel Gibson in the orbit of the world’s greatest burger joint, thoughts on hyped melodic death metal (via hardcore), overlooked musicians and bands throughout history, the unfortunate power of click bait, and more! Album of discussion: Freeways - Dark Sky Sanctuary (2024) __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to https://paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com https://spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

MAX CAVALERA, the ultimate ambassador and lifer for Big Riff Energy, takes us on a journey through a life of relentless riffs and unrivaled passion for extreme music. From recording early Sepultura as a young teenager in Brazil, to making the best re-recordings ever heard in metal as a seasoned veteran. His rollercoaster of a riff-centric life includes midnight album release signings for Chaos AD, revitalizing crucial extreme metal music with family, UFC champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira drawing energy from Cavalera riffs, and more! __________________________________________ Albums of discussion (Cavalera): Bestial Devastation (1985 / 2023) Morbid Visions (1986 / 2023) Schizophrenia (1987 / 2024) __________________________________________ Nate’s recommendations: Necrot - Lifeless Birth (2024) Sovereign - Altered Realities (2024) Civerous - Maze Envy (2024) __________________________________________ Tickets to the upcoming Cavalera tour: https://www.cavaleraconspiracy.net/tour Preorder the Schizophrenia re-recording: https://cavalera.bfan.link/schizophrenia.web __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to https://paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com https://spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

Steve Albini was one of the most important figures in music history. Memorializing a titan of pure BRE, detailing a Big Riff Selected Works from Albini’s unrivaled catalog, digging into the Vault Of Insane Stories and reminiscing about life-altering experiences recording at Albini’s Electrical Audio from 2008 - 2022 (including total unbridled mayhem during Barack Obama's presidental acceptance speech). Album(s) of discussion: Burning Witch - Towers (1998) Neurosis - Times of Grace (1999) Shellac - 1000 Hurts (2000) Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets (2001) Neurosis - The Eye Of Every Storm (2004) High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings (2005) Weedeater - God Luck And Good Speed (2007) Weedeater - Jason… The Dragon (2011) __________________________________________ Read “The Problem With Music” by Steve Albini: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-music __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to https://paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com https://spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

Answering a fan question about weed leads to a flashback of a life-altering failed attempt to break out of the simulation via psychotropic drugs. Also discussing a truly unique and captivating death metal album. Album of discussion: Civerous - Maze Envy (2024) __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to https://paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com https://spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

This epic interview with NOCTURNO CULTO is best experienced with the visual aid of our smiling faces (on YouTube): https://youtu.be/C-jgVTTxOyw Talking BIG RIFFS with the man himself, Ted Skjellum/ Nocturno Culto from Darkthrone. We discuss the new album "It Beckons Us All,” (out now on Peaceville Records), the steady evolution and thrillingly diverse eras of Darkthrone, how to conjure riffs from the depths of our souls with no regard for rules or expectations, the key to writing music that lasts for decades, breaking the chains of genre constraints and studio rental rates, developing an evolved black metal vocal style in order to withstand the cruel force of physical aging, hiking as a fuel source for riffs, the first-ever FOUR-PART Darkthrone guitar harmony, the subliminal power and mysticism of Fenriz lyrics, and MORE... Album(s) of discussion: A Blaze In The Northern Sky (1992) Transilvanian Hunger (1994) Sardonic Wrath (2004) The Cult Is Alive (2006) The Underground Resistance (2013) Old Star (2019) Eternal Hails (2021) It Beckons Us All (2024) __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to https://paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com https://spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

This episode was recorded remotely in downtown Austin. It is strongly recommended that you experience the episode with full visual accompinament on YouTube: https://youtu.be/roRFT2KCZr0?si=9V8MqB75jtFGIv5J __________________________________________ Join Outer Heaven as they take us on a cosmic journey through first-person UFO encounters, CERN large hadron collider-created alternate timelines, cryptid-infested forests of the rural tri-state area, Bohemian Grove owl god rituals, self-discovery as a defense against psychic warfare, and the never-ending quest for Big Riff Energy. THIS ONE’S A DOOZIE. Album of discussion: Outer Heaven - Infinite Psychic Depths (2023) __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: spiritadrift.bandcamp.com spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

Roasting the worst “metal” bands that have ever existed, highlighting the best metal releases of April 2024, and more! Albums of discussion: Necrot - Lifeless Birth (2024) High on Fire - Cometh The Storm (2024) Replicant - Infinite Mortality (2024) Whores - War (2024) __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: spiritadrift.bandcamp.com spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

Ranking the Top 5 (or 6 or 7) Crowbar albums and discussing the riff supremacy of Kirk Windstein in celebration of his birthday. Plus the top 5 most anticipated bands at the upcoming Austin Deathfest, catching up on backlogged emails, addressing the current status of Spirit Adrift (live performance and writing plans), and more! Album of discussion: Crowbar - Crowbar (1993) __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: spiritadrift.bandcamp.com spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

Reviewing the MASSIVE riff energy of the debut Coffin Storm album. Discussing how Coffin Storm channel the most exciting period of metal when trad metal, doom metal, thrash, extreme metal, hardcore, crossover, and the fledgling extreme metal styles were swirling in an exciting alchemical riff energy stew. Answering e-mails regarding The Sword, doom metal, merch cuts, combat sports, discovering Solitude Aeturnus in 1990s Brazil, and more! Album of discussion: Coffin Storm - Arcana Rising (2024) __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: spiritadrift.bandcamp.com spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

SOLITUDE AETURNUS DEEP DIVE! Is Solitude Aeturnus the best and/or most underrated doom band of all time? Ranking their discography, reviewing their set at Hell’s Heroes, examining their significance in the context of doom metal’s epic history. Plus a brutally honest review of a monumental letdown at Hell’s Heroes, answering your e-mails, assembling a fantasy all-star metal supergroup, and more! Albums of discussion: SOLITUDE AETURNUS full discography Into The Depths Of Sorrow (1991) Beyond The Crimson Horizon (1992) Through The Darkest Hour (1994) Downfall (1996) Adagio (1998) Alone (2006) __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: spiritadrift.bandcamp.com spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

Praising the decades-long, fearless, rule-breaking domination of Darkthrone, ranking my top 5 favorite albums by these black metal legends, appreciating the full-circle glory of hearing Spirit Adrift played on Radio Fenriz, getting poser checked by Phil Anselmo for wearing a Darkthrone tee, answering epic emails (including one from the frontman of the most brutal modern death metal band), and more! Album of discussion: Darkthrone - Old Star (2019) __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: spiritadrift.bandcamp.com spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

THIS EPISODE IS BEST EXPERIENCED WITH VIDEO: https://youtu.be/pVtIw1Q825M First Zoom guest ever! TJ Childers, drummer and mastermind of Inter Arma discusses what it means to be a lifer, the key to making impactful records that stand the test of time, favorite guitar amp, favorite Van Halen/Metallica/Morbid Angel records, what it was like blowing Foghat off the stage by the time he turned 10 years old, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s punk rock energy, and more! Album of discussion: Inter Arma - New Heaven (2024) __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: spiritadrift.bandcamp.com spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

Reviewing the epic Tank Crimes Brainsqueeze tour, featuring Dead Heat, Necrot, Ghoul, and Municipal Waste. Randomly running into the most exciting new Austin band at the gig in San Antonio, reviewing the new Judas Priest album, answering your e-mails, and more! Album of discussion: Mean Mistreater - Razor Wire (2024) __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@BornTooNate __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: spiritadrift.bandcamp.com spiritadrift.com __________________________________________

Discussing Nile's timeless technical death metal milestones. Answering MORE e-mails about the harsh realities of "rockstardom" and touring, thoughts on Machine Head, Rob Flynn vs. Phil Anselmo nonsense, Pearl Jam ticket prices, and more! Album of discussion: Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked __________________________________________ To move your question to the front of the line and get a guaranteed response on the podcast, send $10 to paypal.me/BigRiffEnergy. Include your question in the message, or send an e-mail to BIGRIFFENERGY@gmail.com. Thanks for supporting the podcast! __________________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: spiritadrift.bandcamp.com spiritadrift.com youtube.com/@SpiritAdriftMusic __________________________________________

Why do we wait until bands/big riffers are no longer around to voice our appreciation? Is High on Fire the only band with a perfect discography? Praising their new song, and the new album by fellow lifer big riffers The Obsessed. Answering profound and thought-provoking questions about the 10 most important/influential songs, the best Australian bands of all time, and more! Album of discussion: High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings (2005) ______________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@borntoonate ______________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com https://www.spiritadrift.com https://www.youtube.com/@spiritadriftmusic ______________________________________ Send questions, comments, online guitar lesson inquiries, or anything you'd like Nate to address on the podcast to: BIGRIFFENERGY@GMAIL.COM ______________________________________

Could this criminally overlooked Russian technical thrashterpiece be the single most underrated thrash album of all time? Praising the recent Nuclear War Now pressing of this infamous masterpiece, recounting first hand experience bringing Big Riff Energy to Russian soil, exploring the ways that universal BRE can defeat the power-hungry propagandists and psychotic leaders of military industrial complex centric superpowers, fielding EVEN MORE questions about everyone’s favorite topic (the state of the touring industry), and more! Album of discussion: А с п и д (Aspid) - Кровоизлияние (Extravasation) - 1993 ______________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@borntoonate ______________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com https://www.spiritadrift.com https://www.youtube.com/@spiritadriftmusic ______________________________________ Send questions, comments, online guitar lesson inquiries, or anything you'd like Nate to address on the podcast to: BIGRIFFENERGY@GMAIL.COM ______________________________________

Fielding questions regarding Kerry King, Acid Bath, New Wave Of Norwegian Thrash Metal, movies and how they relate to the creative process/big riff energy, and more! Album of discussion: Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light (2024) ______________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@borntoonate ______________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com https://www.spiritadrift.com https://www.youtube.com/@spiritadriftmusic ______________________________________ Send questions, comments, online guitar lesson inquiries, or anything you'd like Nate to address on the podcast to: BIGRIFFENERGY@GMAIL.COM ______________________________________

Eulogizing the mighty and beloved American hero Carl Weathers, proclaiming the end of the HM-2 era as society prepares to embrace the new dawn of a vintage Boss effects pedal resurgence, discussing racism in metal and how to separate the art from the artist, going nuclear on a grown man who walks around with a name like Gelal Necrosodomy, and more! Album of discussion: Black Breath - Slaves Beyond Death (2015) ______________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@borntoonate ______________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com https://www.spiritadrift.com https://www.youtube.com/@spiritadriftmusic ______________________________________ Send questions, comments, online guitar lesson inquiries, or anything you'd like Nate to address on the podcast to: BIGRIFFENERGY@GMAIL.COM ______________________________________

Reviewing a recently released masterpiece that firmly cements itself as the extreme metal album to beat in 2024, announcing a brand new Spirit Adrift release for Feb. 2 Bandcamp Friday, highlighting can’t-miss metal festivals and shows on the near horizon, exploring the best metal bassists/bass-centric bands, and more! Album of discussion: Sovereign - Altered Realities (2024) ______________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@borntoonate ______________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com https://www.spiritadrift.com https://www.youtube.com/@spiritadriftmusic ______________________________________ Send questions, comments, online guitar lesson inquiries, or anything you'd like Nate to address on the podcast to: BIGRIFFENERGY@GMAIL.COM ______________________________________

The quest for a Smashing Pumpkins audition, celebrating the downfall of the world's douchiest music publication, answering e-mails sent by Big Riffers from Australia to Brazil, breaking down one of the best metal albums of the last 20 years, sharing more industry grossness sent in by a nameless riffer from one of the best current metal bands, and more. Album of discussion: Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows (2016) ______________________________________ Find Nate: https://www.youtube.com/@borntoonate ______________________________________ Find Spirit Adrift: https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com https://www.spiritadrift.com https://www.youtube.com/@spiritadriftmusic ______________________________________ Send questions, comments, online guitar lesson inquiries, or anything you'd like Nate to address on the podcast to: BIGRIFFENERGY@GMAIL.COM ______________________________________