By the time of writing this, we’re more or less up and running over on our re-branded podcast Skulls of Wrath.

www.skullsofwrath.com

We’ve changed names, mostly due to that fact that we were becoming increasingly aware that “Heavy Metal Wanaka” was not representative of what we had intended for the podcast- or rather it was too evocative of an operation that was outside the bounds of where we saw ourselves.

I am, of course, fully aware that within the spectrum of Heavy Metal, as a music genre, branding and titles hold little specific weight in and of themselves- beyond certain niche genre protocols, and that any seemingly nonsensical (i.e. out of context) name will/can be given life and value by the band. For example, just think of some massive legends of the genre; Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Pantera etc, the power and appeal etc of the name / brand is the work, blood, sweat & tears of the bands behind the name.
It is bearing this in mind that I feel more comfortable moving forward with the podcast under the, again, seemingly nonsensical, if not a touch cheesy (in a heavy metal sense) name of Skulls of Wrath.

The Audio only portions of any Heavy Metal Wanaka podcast or interview are lost, due to administrative failures of our previous audio host; luckily, from the outset I made sure to try and include versions posted to Youtube- freely available for anyone for listen to.
Speaking of Youtube, through all the upheaval of rebranding, we will be maintaining the same youtube channel / page, albeit with a title change, so in theory all the old links should still remain valid.

Welcome to the Heavy Metal Wanaka Podcast, episode 3 (S3).

In this episode I speak with NZ heavy stoner / desert rock band Hault. The full band is on the line, Mike, Sean & Grant, talking all about the band, their self titled EP (out now!) and more!
https://www.facebook.com/hault333.co.nz/
http://www.hault.co.nz/
https://hault-music.bandcamp.com/

The second interview this episode is with Lupus, guitarist and vocalist for hard retro rock band Kadavar. Their new album, Rough Times, is out now!

Other segments, beyond the Q&A nonsense, is an impromptu Album Recommendation for Auckland band Setentia’s debut album “Darkness Transend”

Also, I saw Black Sabbaths “The End of the End” Live movie / Doco in a theatre. Was cool, I talk about it for a minute or two.

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Welcome to the Heavy Metal Wanaka Paodcast for Episode 2 on Season 2. This time I feature interviews Helmuth, vocalist for Austrian Blackened death metal band Bephergor, talking about their new album, “Totenritual”.
Also, I have my talk with Nicolas Delestrade from French progressive metal band, Novelists, talking about their new album ‘Noir”.

In addition to that I have a product review of some Grimfrost Beard Oil (&comb) from grimfrost.com
https://grimfrost.com/collections/beard-oil/products/beard-care-set-horn

As well as a wee talk / run down on the recently new Slipknot movie, and it’s one day only screening in cinemas- that I managed to catch.

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Welcome to Heavy Metal Wanaka.

Here I have my second interview from the Heavy Metal Wanaka Podcast Ep.2 S.2, with Nicolas Delestrade from young French Progressive Metal band, Novelists.
Novelists second album, “Noir’ is our now.

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Welcome to the Heavy Metal Wanaka Podcast

Today we have the show notes for the lead interview of Heavy Metal Wanaka Podcast Ep.2 S2, with Helmuth from Austrian band Belphegor.

The new Belphegor album, “Totenritual”, is out now via Nuclear Blast records.

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Welcome to the Heavy Metal Wanaka Podcast; the first episode for our second season!!

Search ‘Wanaka’ in any podcast app on your phone (iOS or Android) to find us- at the moment, we’re the only show that comes up!!

This episodes lead interview is with Doug ‘Prime’ from Bloodnut.
Link: heavymetalwanaka.com/2017/09/02/bloodnut-doug-on-heavy-metal-wanaka/

Our throwback interview is with Jarkko, bass player for Korpiklaani!
Link: heavymetalwanaka.com/2017/09/02/jarkko-from-korpiklaani-on-heavy-metal-wanaka-throwback/

This is the first proper HMW attempt at putting together a long-form podcast- what’s become a more typical of the format it seems: you know the type, it seems that any given US comedian etc etc seems to have one.

I’m more or less just introducing some of the segments on the podcast, but in for NEWS we had;
– Bulletbelt– new album art unveiled. (facebook post)
– Christchurch’s Blindfolded and Led to the Woods– new single premiered on metal injection dot com http://www.metalinjection.net/video/blindfolded-and-led-to-the-woods-song-video-for-meth-tooth-is-extremely-violent

heavymetalwanaka.com/2017/09/02/bloodnut-doug-on-heavy-metal-wanaka/

heavymetalwanaka.com/2017/09/02/jarkko-from-korpiklaani-on-heavy-metal-wanaka-throwback/

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Welcome to a throwback interview for Heavy Metal Wanaka.

This time I revisit my chat with Jarkko- Bass player for one of my all time favourite folk metal bands, “Korpiklaani”, all the was from Finland. If I remember, the band were about to embark on a tour of NZ & Australia back in 2013 or so.

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Welcome to Heavy Metal Wanaka.

This audio, an interview with Doug ‘Prime’, the Bass playing Vocalist for Auckland (NZ) Sludge metal / doom punk band, “Bloodnut” is the full version of a slightly abridged version that would feature on the music / mixcloud show as well as long-form podcast that makes up Episode One of Season Two for Heavy Metal Wanaka.

Bloodnut’s second album, “St Ranga” is available now via bloodnut.bandcamp.com

They’re worthwhile checking out, and when you pick up the album, or a shirt or patch- of which 10% of proceeds go to charity, tell ’em Dale from Heavy Metal Wanaka sent you.

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Welcome to the Heavy Metal Wanaka Podcast.

We have a real treat in this episode, as we have Tony ‘The Demolition Man’ Dolan talking all about the new / upcoming album ‘Avé’ from his latest band ‘Venom Inc’, a band consisting solely of former Venom members (i.e. Mantas & Abaddon rounding out the line up alongside The Demolition Man.) and carries the torch for their original intent from their original run in Venom.

 
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