Plague Rages Podcast #4: At the Gates, Iron Maiden, ALC: Jorn's 'The Duke'
Description
In the fourth episode of the Plague Rages Podcast, heavy metal writers Wolf Rambatz and Stephen David Stevenson-Davison talk about a bunch of junk including:
2:09 : Wolf talks about the passing of Mike Howe (Metal Church), Dusty Hill (ZZ Top), and Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
2:45 : Steve Dave and Wolf talk about Mike Howe’s era of Metal Church
6:04 : Steve Dave and Wolf talk about Joey Jordison’s drumming
7:43 : WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO. Steve Dave talks about the upcoming Nite and Midnight Chaser records
9:53 : Steve Dave talks about how John Bush is good in Armored Saint but not in Anthrax
11:09 : Steve Dave talks about Hammers of Misfortune and, in particular, the new repress of The Bastard
13:20 : Wolf acknowledges that the Middle of the Year podcast is coming. Maybe. It’s August. Wolf screwed up
13:48 : Steve Dave and Wolf talk about the new At the Gates album, The Nightmare of Being
15:45 : Wolf asks if Steve Dave gets excited about event releases anymore, such as the forthcoming Carcass album, Torn Arteries
20:12 : Wolf and Steve Dave talk about the new Labored Breath album, Dyspnea
25:10 : IRON MAIDEN. Wolf and Steve Dave talk about the new Iron Maiden song “The Writing on the Wall” and the last Maiden songs they liked
29:48 : Wolf asks if new Iron Maiden even needs to be good
36:14 : Wolf and Steve Dave talk about the differing stakes for Iron Maiden and Judas Priest
39:48 : ALBUM LISTENING CLUB. Wolf introduces and then runs the stats on Jorn’s 2006 album, The Duke
41:19 : Wolf runs down Jorn’s pre-Duke history
43:26 : Wolf introduces the Jorn Lande drinking game
47:25 : Wolf and Steve Dave take a break to talk about Powermad, for reasons
52:33 : Wolf and Steve Dave talk about Masterplan
55:56 : Steve Dave shares an incredible Allen - Lande story
57:35 : Wolf and Steve Dave review The Duke
61:23 : Steve Dave has another incredible story about a bartender in Berlin
64:45 : Wolf takes a deep dive into The Duke’s lyrics and runs down his Top 5 WTF list
70:48 : Wolf’s insane list of dumb songs that make him (almost) cry
72:37 : Wolf complains about The Duke’s pacing and re-sequences the tracklisting
76:12 : Wolf runs down the aftermath, a snapshot of Jorn’s career after The Duke
79:34 : Steve Dave unveils the next ALC assignment, Mayhem’s Grand Declaration of War
Music in this episode:
* Metal Church - “Fake Healer”
* Metal Church - “Badlands” (Live at Wacken 2016)
* ZZ Top - “Cheap Sunglasses”
* Metallica - “Creeping Death” (Download Festival 2004, drum cam)
* Midnight Chaser - “Down For Whatever”
* Compressorhead - “Ace of Spaces” (early version)
* Anthrax - “Safe Home”
* Armored Saint - “Raising Fear”
* Hammers of Misfortune - “The Bastard Sapling”
* At the Gates - “Spectre of Extinction”
* Carcass - “Kelly’s Meat Emporium”
* Diskord - “Dirigiste Radio Hit”
* Helloween - “Skyfall”
* Labored Breath - “Pathogenesis”
* Iron Maiden - “The Writing on the Wall”
* Iron Maiden - “Rainmaker”
* Iron Maiden - “The Talisman”
* Raphael Mendes - “The Writing on the Wall”
* Judas Priest - “Firepower”
* Jorn - “Duke of Love”
* John Farnham - “You’re the Voice”
* Vagabond - “Key to the Rainbow”
* Drillos - “Alt For Norge”
* The Snakes - “What Love Can Do”
* Mundanus Imperium - “Distant Conglomeration”
* Powermad - “Nice Dreams”
* Ark - “Heal the Water”
* Millennium - “Power to Love”
* Jorn - “Starfire” (Starfire)
* Jorn - “Worldchanger”
* Beyond Twilight - “Hellfire”
* Masterplan - “Spirit Never Die”
* Allen - Lande - “Wish For a Miracle”
* Jorn - “Blacksong”
* Jorn - “Duke of Love”
* Jorn - “Young Forever”
* Jorn - “We Brought the Angels Down”
* Jorn - “End of Time”
* The Time - “Chili Sauce”
* Jorn - “Stormcrow”
* Jorn - “Running Up that Hill”
* Pentakill - “Lightbringer”
* Holter - “Walking on Water”
* Jorn - “Faith Bloody Faith”
* Mayhem - “In the Lies Where Upon You Lay”
You can listen to a full Spotify playlist of nearly every song mentioned here.
Other media:
* Return to Zork - Want Some Rye? Course Ya Do! (FULL MOTION SCENE)
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