The Great Metal Podcast

Welcome to a new format for the Great Metal Podcast. We are pulling together highlights of things we've done in the past for a little more of a structured and fast pace show. Today, we discuss emotion in metal. Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we hit up the metal emotions.Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com and let us know what you think of the new show. 

The Grammys has a supposed 350 “Experts” in various musical fields determining what categories nominees go in. Turns out none of them have heard of metal, so we are back again with the real Grammys for our third annual Metal Edition.Join the 3 REAL experts, Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we award the REAL Grammys to actual metal bands. Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

The new year is under way and the metal is already tearing through the ether! Let’s check out the top 10 metal releases for January 2023.Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss the metal the new year has brought us. Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

Metal has more in common with classical music than you might realize. Don't let people tell you metal is just noise! Teach them the refined sounds of metal. Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss the more classical music to fuel your metal creativity.    Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

Is listening to and playing metal just a hobby? Can it be a career? Can it make you enough money to quit your day job?Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss the surprising day jobs of rock stars before they made it.   Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

We know why metal is so good, but what makes Christmas music so endearing? And why do they blend together so well? And more importantly, can it really be HEAVY METAL? Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss some of the best Christmas metal.  Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

Metallica may be the undisputed king of metal when it comes to dollar bills, but do they actually write the best riffs? How does Lux Aeterna compare to other 2022 riffs? Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss some of the best metal riffs of the year. Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

What's more metal than the sound of cold, hard industry? Today we chat about the sounds and bands that define the industrial metal genre. Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss what defines Industrial Metal!Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

Band you love change their tune? Feeling like maybe they care less about the music than just the money these days? Where do you draw the line between authentic musical advancement vs placating the masses? Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss what it means to sell out!Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

The mainstream music industry does not understand metal. At all. Like, zero percent. After reading a Rolling Stone article that listed Led Zepplin, AC/DC, and Rush as “heavy metal”, the Metal Evangelist Luke went into a rage and nearly destroyed the entire city (or at least the hamburger he was eating at the time).It’s time that someone set the mainstream music industry straight on what is and what is not metal, and who better to do that than the metal head community. So GMP put out polls on some of the most popular artists that the mainstream calls metal to see if the metal community agrees.In this episode, the Metal Evangelist and Shredmaster Scott will reveal the tantalizing results and discuss.Join us and together we will pave this candy pop world with metal asphalt!

"What'd they say?" Sometimes you mishear a lyrics, and you just can't hear it any other way. How our minds make madness of lyrics is the topic of today's great metal podcast. Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss misheard metal lyrics. Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

Every so often we like to check out up and coming metal bands and one of the best ways to determine that is to find out what the fans are listening to.Luckily, we get a lot of recommendations of bands and songs from our faithful listeners and we want to share them all with the world, although, not going to lie, some of you guys listen to some weird shite. We've (somewhat) randomly selected 11 of your top picks for today's show.So buckle up and join the GMP boys as we explore the metal that you are consuming!Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

These are riffs, intervals, melodies, lyrics that send shivers down your spine. Get ready to have your face melted and your breath taken away.Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss metal that is so good it sends shivers down your spine. Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

Can a pop band write a metal song? In this episode, we've found some that have tried. Do they succeed? You decide!Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss when pop bands try to write metal.Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

Some songs just don't appear live, and today we dig into why that is. Turns out, there can be a variety a reasons, from too technical to too emotional. Metal songs stretch ALL bounds of difficulty. Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss the Forbidden Metal Songs we never hear live!Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

With enough energy to blast your balls off, Power Metal is all about getting pumped up. Today, we discuss the power of this genre! Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss Power Metal. Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

As America celebrates Independence Day, we celebrate the great metal it has produced, and how that metal came to be. Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss Patriot Metal. Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

Today we dive into women with some technical chops, specifically in the shred guitar department. Get ready for some face melting solos!Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss lady shredders.. Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

We check out the itunes top charts for metal, and discuss what's popular today and our thoughts on it. Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss what's trending today (and maybe what should be trending). Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com

Sometimes you just need a little inspiration for writing that next killer riff, and what better inspiration than a killer flick? Today's episode is all about metal songs inspired by Hollywood hits!Join Metal Evangelist Luke, Shredmaster Scott and Just Pete as we discuss what sort of insane metal was inspired with Hollywood's best. Shoot us topics, thoughts and ideas to greatmetalpodcast@gmail.com