Open Metalcast

Open Metalcast: Indefinite Hiatus Announcement

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:31:00 -0400

This year would have marked the 11th anniversary of the first episode of Open Metalcast (August 17th, 2010 was the first episode debut). Over that time we've released 192 main episodes, 12 Instrumetalcasts, and 15 Club Metal podcasts. We've featured hundreds, if not thousands of artists during that time. And when I posted that the show was going on a Summer Hiatus I had every intention of continuing to make new episodes. I just needed a break to work on other things.

It's been two years since that announcement. What I thought would be a short break turned into a multi-month break. And honestly I haven't missed doing the show since then. Sure, there were the occasional twinge of wanting to put out an episode here and there but overall I feel like the show has run its course (for now).

Thank you to the bands who make this show possible. I hope you'll not only check out the bands in this podcast but also the bands they recommend. There's so many great musicians out there that need your support, now more than ever. Thank you to the labels that support and surface these bands to make them easier to find (Big shout-outs to Hypnotic Dirge, Discos Macarras, Nooirax, Irish Metal Archive, Torn Flesh Records, Core to the Core, and so many others who are constant sources of joy and great music.)

And most of all, thank you, dear listener, for helping me to make so many episodes for your enjoyment. Your support, recommendations, and downloads kept this show going, even when I was thinking of quitting. You're all the best, and I'm grateful to have such an amazing audience.

This isn't the end of Open Metalcast. The spirit may move me to once again tickle your eardrums with the best in Creative Commons metal music. When it does you'll be the first to know (RSS feeds are amazing for polling sporadic content). And I'm still looking for metal music (I'm a programmer by day, so I need something to help keep the programming flowing). I purchase most of my music via Bandcamp so that has the latest and greatest music that is currently filling my eardrums with music.

Until next time, whenever that may be.

Open Metalcast Summer Hiatus Announcement

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 20:16:00 -0400

Hey all,

Just wanted to give a quick announcement that Open Metalcast is going in hiatus for a few months. Part of it is because I've been a little burned out trying to get shows together every other week. I got to the point where I wasn't enjoying putting together a show. So I'm taking the summer off at the least. I might release a few odds and sods episodes in the interim so keep those podcatchers locked just incase an episode manages to escape into the wild.

Thank you all for your continued support of this podcast. Hoping to be back soon!

Open Metalcast Episode #192: Shuffle's Dozen

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 21:46:00 -0400

A dozen tracks, picked mostly at random by the caretaker of the Open Metalcast Library. The only criteria was they couldn't have been played in a previous epsiode. We have tracks from Demimonde, Wasting The Genesis, Traboute, TOAD, offense, CEMENTERIO, Vatican Falling, Pain Factor, Grimoff, Dantalion, Concrete Foundation, Beastmaker, and Tyson Boogie waiting for you.

(00:31) Dark Matter by Demimonde from Cygnus Oddyssey (BY-NC-ND)
(07:54) Development: Outbreak by Wasting The Genesis from Viral Supremacy (BY-NC-ND)
(11:02) Queila no día 2 by Traboute from Zuna (BY-NC-ND)
(14:48) Amphibious Overlord by TOAD from DRONE THRONE / TOAD (BY-NC-SA)
(18:07) Shining Dawn by offense from Aside (BY-NC-ND)
(25:29) Vestal by CEMENTERIO from Luna Hiena (BY-NC-ND)
(28:37) Dead End Dream by Vatican Falling from Famine (BY-NC-ND)
(32:00) Leave it Alone by Pain Factor from 8 Seconds (BY-NC-SA)
(37:28) Liar by Grimoff from Twisted Games (BY-SA)
(42:28) Onward to Darkness by Dantalion from Return to Deep Lethargy (BY-NC-ND)
(51:13) Common Waste by Concrete Foundation from Until the and. (BY)
(57:09) Midwich by Beastmaker from EP.6 (BY-NC)
(1:00:24) Rock Your City by Tyson Boogie from First Round (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #191: Odious Ouroboros

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:42:00 -0400

It's in the middle of April, just before tax time in the United States. The weather doesn't want to cooperate here at Open Metalcast headquarters, moving from sunshine and warmer temperatures to wintery-mix and chilly temperatures. But what you can rely on is some amazing Creative Commons metal music to help make life more bearable. And as Peculate to accurately points out: "April is the cruelest month". Indeed.

We have an amazing assortment of metal music in this episode, featuring music from Spiritual Deception, Cyranoi, SLAVE ZERO, Lamorte, Gmork, Drone Throne, Arkham Witch, and Peculate. It's an audible assault you won't want to miss.

(00:11) In Memory of Me by Spiritual Deception from Etemenanki (BY-NC-ND)
(05:25) Coalesce (ft. Ville Tikkanen) by Cyranoi from None (BY-NC-ND)
(09:46) I Defy by SLAVE ZERO from SLAVE ZERO - THE DEFIANT STAND (2002) (BY-NC-ND)
(13:37) Air by Lamorte from Vie (BY-NC-ND)
(15:55) VII by Gmork from Silentium! (BY-NC)
(20:31) Astro Binge by Drone Throne from DRONE THRONE / TOAD (BY-NC-SA)
(23:58) Legions of the Deep by Arkham Witch from Demos From the Deep (BY-NC)
(31:10) April Is the Cruelest Month by Peculate from None (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #190: Focus

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 23:34:00 -0400

Putting together an episode of Open Metalcast can sometimes be a challenge in focus for me. Sometimes I get distracted by the music that I'm looking for (woe be the rabbit holes that occur when I'm looking for the perfect tracks). Other times I can get distracted when I'm waiting for something to finish downloading or for an episode to finish encoding. It can get frustrating having all of those distractions competing for my attention. But when a show comes together and I'm previewing the tracks it can really energize me to completet he episode. And when you have bands like OVERRULED, EntröpiaH, Richard III, DANTALION, Discommand, Gods & Punks, Lojohh, and Kekal filling your ears you suddenly get laser focused on ensuring that folks like yourself can hear this episode as soon as possible. So sit back with your favorite podcast listening apparatus and give the music the focus it deserves.

(00:11) Evil Minds by OVERRULED from 2013 EP (BY-NC-ND)
(04:27) Hydra by EntröpiaH from Bestiarum Split w/ Test (BY-NC-SA)
(06:15) Woodflesh by Richard III from RICHARD III - Early Demos & Live (1990-92) (BY-NC-ND)
(10:15) Gloom and Doom by DANTALION from The Seventh Wandering Soul (BY-NC-ND)
(15:26) Tomorrow's Panopticon by Discommand from World Prison EP 2018 (BY-NC-SA)
(19:15) Dunes of Doom by Gods & Punks from Into the Dunes of Doom (BY-NC-ND)
(24:47) Tänä iltana by Lojohh from Tosikertomuksia havumetsien maasta (BY)
(29:25) Quiet Eye by Kekal from Quantum Resolution (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Save the Internet - Article 17 (was Article 13)

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 08:21:00 -0400

If you're in the European Union I urge you to take part in the Save the Internet Campaign. Save Your Internet is a drive to stop some particularly bad proposals that are floating around in the European Parliament. This will have severe consequences not only in the EU but also outside the EU. Hosting content could become incredibly problematic, and things like Open Metalcast could be affected.

I'm in the USA so I'm not represented, but if you are represented please make your concerns heard. Thanks!

Open Metalcast Episode #189: Unoctennium

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 23:52:00 -0500

The atomic number 189 denotes a hypothetical eka-superactinide called "Unoctennium", which sounds very similar to the fictional material called "Unobtanium". Unoctennium has not been observed in the wild yet, but should it exist it's already been named. What does this have to do with metal music? Not a damn thing, save for I'm writing up show notes for episode 189 and that was the most interesting thing that happened with the number 189 (other than some emperors and a pope dying) so this is tangentially related to metal. Plus it's kinda cool to think about metals that we think might exist but don't yet. Who knows, maybe we'll observe it in our lifetime. But what we can observe are tangible artifacts of amazing Creative Commons Metal Music. We have tracks from Dead Empires, Chaos in Paradise, Under Vultures, Zeugen der Leere, Eave, TRAIDOR, VSTRS, and Beastmaker to give your ear drums the Creative Commons metal music punishing they deserve. And you won't have to wait for science to catch up in order to discover these in the wild. Just give them a listen. Even better: check out the albums that these tracks come from and capture them in your own private archive. Do it for yourself, for the bands who make the music... hell, do it for science.

(00:10) The Form by Dead Empires from Designed To Disappear (BY-ND)
(05:18) Hearts Apart by Chaos in Paradise from Transversal (BY-NC-ND)
(10:56) To Follow the Wake by Under Vultures from Split with El Hambre - 7'' (BY-NC)
(13:09) Flammentraum by Zeugen der Leere from Erinnerungen an Theia (BY-NC)
(26:22) Staining the Ore by Eave from Banners to the Moonswept (BY-NC)
(32:28) Violento by TRAIDOR from Holocausto Cotidiano (BY-NC-ND)
(40:27) Brilliant Violence by VSTRS from Pandemonium Seesaw (BY-NC-SA)
(46:16) Skeletal Rider by Beastmaker from EP. 9 (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #188: Minimalist Metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 22:01:00 -0500

Nothing Special
Nothing Funny
Just some Creative Commons Licensed metal music
to blow your eardrums out.

We've got an amazing show lined up with an array of no-nonsense metal from Obskkvlt, Violblast, Homicidal Raptus, Debilitator, Absolute Zero, Kill Them With A Toaster, Vitne, and Abstract Void.

Enjoy!

(00:10) Demons by Obskkvlt from Blackarhats (BY-NC-ND)
(04:34) Painless by Violblast from Theater of Despair (BY-NC-ND)
(06:55) The Pride Sanitarium by Homicidal Raptus from Erotomanic Hallucinosis (BY-ND)
(10:45) Bloodsucking Freaks by Debilitator from Bloodsucking Freaks (BY-NC-SA)
(15:21) Left Becomes Right by Absolute Zero from Sign Us, You Bastards (BY-ND)
(20:05) Where's The Fucking Money by Kill Them With A Toaster from Brutal Family Presents: A Spanish Compilation 4 (BY-NC-SA)
(23:07) Destroyer by Vitne from Destroyer (BY-NC-SA)
(27:00) As I Watch the Sunset Fade by Abstract Void from Back to Reality (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #187: Tidy Metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:23:00 -0500

If seems the Marie Kondo bug has hit the Open Metalcast studios. We took all of the tracks in the Open Metalcast Archives and saw which ones still sparked joy. Or rather, which ones could stop vibrating long enough to put into the episode. We have some great Creative Commons-Licensed Metal for you, including tracks from Grey Heaven Fall, Violblast, Kekal, Amiensus & Oak Pantheon, Black Market Serotonin, 114 Kassandra, Sound of Ground, Katu Veo, and Seajeff. These tracks are ready to vibrate into your ear drums, and if you like them be sure to pass them along to a friend. They would be most grateful if you did.

(00:10) Swansong Of Your Dream by Grey Heaven Fall from ...grey heaven fall (BY-NC-SA)
(05:09) Wielders of fear by Violblast from Conflict (BY-NC-ND)
(08:55) Artifacts Of Modern Insanity by Kekal from 1000 Thoughts Of Violence (BY-NC-ND)
(14:44) Tanequil by Amiensus & Oak Pantheon from Gathering II (BY-NC)
(19:13) DeadByFiveOClock by Black Market Serotonin from Something From Nothing (BY-NC-SA)
(24:29) Lexicon Lies Dormant by 114 Kassandra from Life Rains the Hardest On Those Who Shine the Brightest (BY-NC-ND)
(29:42) Reboiled by Sound of Ground from Sick (BY)
(36:44) When the Trees Are Falling Down by Katu Veo from None (BY-NC-ND)
(41:45) Changes by C-jeff from Magenta (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #186: New Beginnings

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 07:00:00 -0500

Things have been rather erratic here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters. We've been rather lax in releasing the metal to you in a timely fashion. One could blame the holidays, but part of it was I was getting behind myself in a lot of things. But my hope in the coming year is that we'll have more metal to share with you and that metal will be prompt and piping hot when delivered directly to your earbuds. Kind of like pizza delivery, but without that awkward moment when you're tipping the driver. We have a great selection of metal from Grott, Mind Holocaust, NEPHRIDIUM, Morgana vs Morgana, Mirloblanco, Harbinger of Storms, Luca Deriu, and Robot(A) to tantalize your tastebuds.

Here's to a new year and many more moments of Creative Commons Metal Music.

(00:11) Kalt_Heiß by Grott from Schattenjahre (BY-NC-SA)
(02:22) Slay Them by Mind Holocaust from Full Eye Horror Reflect (BY-NC-ND)
(05:28) Sorrow Of The Heavens by NEPHRIDIUM from NEPHRIDIUM - THE GREAT WAVE (2008) (BY-NC-ND)
(10:02) Empezar, Cada Vez by Morgana vs Morgana from I. El Camino Inverso Hacia La Luz (BY-NC-SA)
(16:15) Somos el Poder by Mirloblanco from Reinas Salvajes (BY-NC-ND)
(20:32) Dustmen by Harbinger of Storms from Planet Dirt (BY-NC-SA)
(25:26) Eyes in the spirit by Luca Deriu from Mind Phaser: About the world (BY-NC-ND)
(33:02) Entry Velocity by Robot(A) from None (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #012: Last Minutes

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:54:00 -0500

As the last minutes of 2018 pass into history (or have already passed into history, depending on your location) I'm going to ensure that at least one Instrumetalcast episode releases this year (grin. Hope you enjoy!

(00:11) Pipeline by Nick Miller from Parallel Universe (BY-SA)
(04:04) No Leaf Clover by Tony Morales from None (BY)
(12:33) VII - Stille vernietiging by Omgeving from wijde wijdte (BY-NC)
(19:44) The Empire Never Ended by TRIUMPHS from Computer Man (BY-NC-ND)
(26:08) Not to Scale or Painted by Cloudkicker from None (BY)
(31:15) Battleships And Firm Handshakes by Gunfight Fever from Gunfight Fever (BY-ND)
(36:49) Muerto Sentado by LODO from LODO (BY-NC-ND)
(43:20) Brass Monkey by Mr Crispy from None (BY-NC-SA)
(46:23) Hybrid Mind by Culminated from Ajna (BY)
(50:14) 21st Century by Sons Of Apache from III (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #185: Wending Ways

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:24:00 -0500

This episode was going to be completely different. I'd selected a few tracks here and there, but upon hearing the latest Oak Pantheon / Amiensus split the show pretty much demanded a different course. What came together for the show surprised me and I hope it surprises you too. Never let it be said that sometimes things have a way of their own and the best we can do is get out of the way and let them take their final form.

We have a great selection of music from Oak Pantheon, NONE, Blank Faces, Kosmogyr, The Loom of Time, and Kraken to bring your ears along for the ride.

(00:11) A Demonstration by Oak Pantheon from Gathering II (BY-NC)
(07:18) Where Life Should Be by NONE from None (BY-NC)
(16:04) Exit: Me by Blank Faces from A Course Of Infinite Escape (BY)
(24:04) The Wane by Kosmogyr from Eviternity (BY-NC-SA)
(30:10) The Peons of the Cosmos by The Loom of Time from NihilReich (BY-NC-SA)
(36:49) 02-Reign of Chaos by Kraken from Book 1-Vengeance (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #184: Desktop Cat

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:09:00 -0400

Part of the fun in recording a podcast is trying to get everything done in one take without making mistakes. Sometimes that just happens, where I start to say a name of a band and then sound like I have marbles in my mouth. Other times there will be "technical difficulties" like having a cat decide that she needs to be up on the desk at the same time. But we never let these issues stand between you and the amazing Creative Commons Metal Music that awaits your ears. We have music from Hedphelym, EntröpiaH, Six is the God's Number, COMMUNION, Gmork, Recuerda Que Puedes Morir, Insidious Process, and Skankshot. Now if you'll excuse me there's a cat that is not letting me get these show notes typed up. I mean, it's only been an hour since she was last fed, and yet she's recording vocal parts for an amazing metal album. Roaaaawr indeed.

(00:11) Artificial Selection by Hedphelym from Infandous (BY-NC-ND)
(05:20) Ojos Vacíos by EntröpiaH from Cuantas Vidas (BY-NC-SA)
(08:18) Mammoth by Six is the God's Number from The Slower You Go the Bigger the Mess (BY-NC-ND)
(11:53) Crush The Atheism by COMMUNION from "Communion" (BY-SA)
(15:32) The Time when your Autumn Comes by Gmork from Nocturne EP (BY-NC-ND)
(19:22) Guerrilla Interior by Recuerda Que Puedes Morir from Recuerda Que Puedes Morir (BY-NC-ND)
(22:15) Sold Out Ideals by Insidious Process from Mirrors of the Dead (BY-NC-ND)
(26:04) Thanks But No Thank You by Skankshot from Skankshot (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #183: Temperate Zones

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 22:05:00 -0400

Here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters we're watching the final vestiges of summer come to a close as the chill of fall settles in. The crunch of leaves under foot greet us before the icy cold of winter stretches its fingers out to embrace us. And as anyone in wintery climates can tell you it's best to dress in layers for the cold. And what better way to layer up than with layers of Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music to warm your ears. We have an amazing show featuring Dark Devotion, Absolute Zero, Norilsk, Forge of Clouds, Wet Cactus, Opus of a Machine, The Capaces, and Kval. About the only thing that could make this show any better would be warm beverages, but until we figure out how to deliver those over the Internet we'll have to settle with what we have.

(00:10) Loss by Dark Devotion from Loss (BY-NC-ND)
(05:37) Mr. System by Absolute Zero from Torn (BY-ND)
(10:27) No Sacred Ground by Norilsk from Weepers of the Land (BY-NC)
(18:48) Mahakala by Forge of Clouds from Ordinary Death (BY-NC-SA)
(24:56) Full Moon Over My Head by Wet Cactus from Dust, Hunger & Gloom (BY-NC-SA)
(29:47) Up. Out. by Opus of a Machine from Stray Fire (BY-NC-ND)
(36:24) Poison by The Capaces from Rawness (BY-NC)
(41:10) Harhainen by Kval from Kval (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #182: Thoughts Become Air

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:20:00 -0400

Here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters we mourn one of the great broadcasters in the Detroit-are. Chris Felcyn was a broadcaster on WRCJ FM (a classical and jazz radio station) and hosted a show called "The Well Tempered Wireless". He was very knowledgeable about classical music and was an excellent storyteller. His shows were part listening room, part conversation, and part storytelling.

We honor Chris Felcyn by dedicating this episode to him. He likely never heard a second of this podcast (his idea of heavy metal was Verdi's "Requiem"), but he help inspire this show. He will be missed.

This episode features music by Skyglow, Colosso, Signals From Saturn, Potmos Hetoimos, Chamber of Torture, SCALD, The Neptune Power Federation, and Neurotech.

(00:12) Limitless Fog of Anguish by Skyglow from Thousand Years of Terror (BY)
(06:14) Acid Rain by Colosso from None (BY-NC-ND)
(11:03) Long / Division by Signals From Saturn from Continuance (BY-NC-ND)
(16:32) III. The Silicon Mirror by Potmos Hetoimos from Vox Medusae (BY-NC)
(22:57) Subjected to Disintegration by Chamber of Torture from Behead Before Interment (BY-SA)
(26:02) Inside The Machine by SCALD from SCALD - BORN WITH TEETH (Demo 1997) (BY-NC-ND)
(29:00) The Man From Tomorrow by The Neptune Power Federation from Lucifer's Universe (BY-ND)
(34:25) Thoughts Become Air by Neurotech from The Catalyst (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #181: Fallen Back

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 23:19:00 -0400

Here at Open Metalcast Headquarters we're nearing the end of summer and heading headlong into the most metal of seasons: Fall. Now you may say that Winter is the most metal of seasons, but I'd beg to differ with you. And because I'm doing the writing I get to say that it's Fall and there's very little you can do to dissuade me from this notion. What makes this season so metal? Other than leaves falling from trees, Halloween, and darkness falling ever sooner over the land I really can't think of much else. :) And we have an amazing collection of metal to lead you into fall. We have tracks from Muldjord, Petroglyphs, Colosso, Khayman, Angus Black, R.O.L.F., Maeth, and Oak Pantheon. So sit back, brew your favorite warm beverage and let the darkness fall over you.

(00:11) My Heart and Soul at the Summit of the World by Muldjord from A Cascade of Eventualities (BY-SA)
(04:20) Paralyzed by Petroglyphs from Ascension (BY-NC-ND)
(07:16) Perennial by Colosso from Rebirth (BY-NC-SA)
(10:45) Sunday Blues by Khayman from The Gentle Art of Self-Destruction (BY-NC-ND)
(18:07) All the Sins by Angus Black from Angus Black (BY-NC-ND)
(23:47) Materia Negra by R.O.L.F. from Taró de Muerto (BY-NC-ND)
(31:37) Everything is an orchid, by Maeth from Whaling Village (BY-NC-SA)
(43:16) Descend Into Winter by Oak Pantheon from From a Whisper (2018 Remaster) (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #180: Non-traditional Metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 22:52:00 -0400

One of the things that I really like about metal music is the variety of music in the genre. Sure there are purists out there who imprint on one record and expect everything else to sound like that one record, but there's a whole wide world of metal out there waiting to be explored. From the chromatic scales of the Middle-East to saxophones, keyboards, and folk instruments there's a broad range of things that metal will mix with (and mix well). This episode celebrates the wide world of metal with Creative Commons metal music from The Rinn, Avercage, Nuclear, Al-Namrood, Galaktik Cancer Squad, Hatalom, CABESTRO, and Woodscream. It's a veritable for the eclectic metal palette.

(00:11) Forgotten Dream by The Rinn from Stories Of The Green Fairy (BY-NC-ND)
(04:18) Bitter Dance by Avercage from Intense EP (BY-NC-SA)
(07:52) F.P.S.C. (Filthy Politicians Sluts Corporation) by Nuclear from Ten Broken Codes (BY-ND)
(11:17) Hayat Al Khlood by Al-Namrood from Ten Years of Resistance (BY-NC-ND)
(18:01) Ethanol Nebula by Galaktik Cancer Squad from Ghost Light (BY-ND)
(25:54) The Observer by Hatalom from Of Sorrow And Human Dust (BY)
(29:22) La Santa Muerte by CABESTRO from ¿Crónica de Sucesos? (BY-NC-ND)
(32:22) Witnesses of J by Woodscream from Octastorium (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #179: The Map is Not the Territory

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 22:33:00 -0400

At Open Metalcast Headquarters we take pride in putting together the finest Creative Commons Metal Music available. But sometimes an episode takes on a life of its own. What started off as a pretty straightforward episode suddenly took a few unexpected turns. Not only does this show feature new metal from the comfy realm of 2018 but it also features metal that was released between 1988 - 1990. That's like a century ago! We didn't even know they had the Creative Commons license back then (or even the Internet) but they managed to get it into our hot little hands by way of the Irish Metal Archive. How clever! In fact several of the releases range across the years. This episode features metal music from First Fragment, Vendetta Fucking Metal, Necrovile, Hitwood, tod., Human Pollution, Kekal, and MORAL CRUSADE. And rather than wait another 30 years for this music to arrive all you'll need to do is spend 40 minutes to enjoy it all. Cheaper than a road-trip and twice as fun. Hope you enjoy!

(00:07) Obsolete Ascendancy by First Fragment from The Afterthought Ecstasy (BY-ND)
(04:44) Hombre nuevo by Vendetta Fucking Metal from Inocencia Perdida (BY-NC-SA)
(08:27) Rampage in the Crematorium by Necrovile from The Pungency of Carnage (BY-NC-ND)
(12:20) My Path to Nowhere [feat. Carlos Timaure] by Hitwood from Detriti (BY-NC-ND)
(17:08) Hogwash by tod. from Orange (BY-ND)
(20:49) Ship of Fools by Human Pollution from Ort (BY-SA)
(24:57) Violent Society by Kekal from 1000 Thoughts Of Violence (BY-NC-ND)
(31:16) Act Of Violence (AAOV 1990) by MORAL CRUSADE from MORAL CRUSADE - DISCOGRAPHY (1988-1990) (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #178: Head in a Rocket

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:53:00 -0400

Here at the Open Metalcast headquarters were'coming up on the July 4th holiday. That can only mean one thing: a constant barrage of folks taking their hard-earned money and transforming it into displays of sound and color. That's all good for them but we prefer to celebrate freedom by taking our hard-earned cash and transforming it into displays of the most amazing Creative Commons metal music the net has to offer. Gathered in this episode are the likes of Beastmaker, Goddess Of Fate, Blot, Antisoph, VOR, filferro, BLACKWYCH, and GENTEMAYOR. And unlike a fireworks display you can re-play this again and again and even share it with your friends. Its 100% better to share than mosquito repellent and unlike that potato salad that's been out all afternoon it's only guaranteed to give you sick riffs, not sick... well, you get the idea.

(00:10) Colors Of The Dark by Beastmaker from EP. 1 (BY-NC)
(03:10) Demolition by Goddess Of Fate from A Reversal Civilization EP (BY-NC-ND)
(04:35) Hate by Blot from Blot EP (BY-NC-ND)
(09:19) Hypnoroom by Antisoph from Antisoph (BY-NC-ND)
(13:27) Black Goat by VOR from Depravador (BY-NC-ND)
(19:06) Light The Fuse by filferro from The Capaces - Rawness (BY-NC)
(21:15) Out Of Control by BLACKWYCH from BLACKWYCH - OUT OF CONTROL (1986) (BY-NC-ND)
(24:36) The Struggle: the Calf felt scared with his Emptiness by GENTEMAYOR from A Tragic Inter-Species Love Tale (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #177: Harnessing Chaos

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 23:52:00 -0400

Sometimes I like taking the whole Open Metalcast headquarters music library and put it on shuffle mode. This morning I decided to record an episode completely made up of these tracks. The only rule was that it couldn't be something that I already played on the show (funnily enough one track didn't make the cut because of that reason). This episode features tracks from Lords of the Trident, Thicket, Raging Steel, Mindwarp, Vanagloria, Gangrel, Colossal Figures, Digger, Mental Waste, tao te kin, and Dr. Zilog. I'm a little worried that the forces of chaos are going to put me out of a job making these playlists. Perhaps the computers really are taking over.

(00:35) Winds of the Storm by Lords of the Trident from Frostburn (BY-NC)
(05:00) Colombian Necktie by Thicket from Origin (Single) (BY)
(10:09) Altered Reality by Raging Steel from ST (BY-ND)
(14:33) Adrenochrome by Mindwarp from Mindwarp EP (BY-NC-ND)
(20:59) Resurgir by Vanagloria from Involución (BY-ND)
(25:01) Terrorizer by Gangrel from Gangrel Strike EP (BY-ND)
(28:28) Stone to Water by Colossal Figures from Clockwork Dilation (BY-NC-ND)
(34:24) Digger - Evidence [2009] - Y.K.I.B. Klauz by Digger from Evidence... is written in the noizz - Full Album (BY-NC-SA)
(39:10) Infection by Mental Waste from Meltdown (BY-NC-SA)
(39:54) Fragil by tao te kin from Abada (BY-NC-ND)
(47:05) The Speed of Bit by Dr. Zilog from Vulgar Fractions (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #176: Rules of Acquisition

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 23:20:00 -0400

Here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters we're always acquiring Creative Commons metal music for the show. We carefully select the finest CC-licensed metal music and run it through a scientific process to ensure the best listening experience possible. And this show is no exception, featuring music from Cara Neir, Epiphany From The Abyss, Anvil of Doom, Altars of Grief, ctrlBrain, Force Events!, Pyrit, The Neptune Power Federation, and Fuzz Forward. And we can pretty much guarantee that a certain Redmond-based software company won't purchase us for \$7 billion any time soon so we'll continue to bring you the best CC-licensed metal music available.

(00:11) Imperialist Design by Cara Neir from Stagnant Perceptions (BY-NC-ND)
(04:56) Generation Of the Hopeless by Epiphany From The Abyss from Generation Of The Hopeless (BY-NC-ND)
(09:58) Turn Your Back by Anvil of Doom from Turn Your Back EP (BY-NC-ND)
(15:35) Her Shadow is the Night by Altars of Grief from This Shameful Burden (BY-NC)
(22:12) Буря by ctrlBrain from Семь (BY-NC-SA)
(24:47) Отрешение / Тонуть или плыть by Force Events! from Force Events! (BY-NC-ND)
(28:29) Šina by Pyrit from Jazdec bez hlavy (BY-NC-SA)
(31:00) Wizard Lovin' by The Neptune Power Federation from Mano A Satano (BY-NC)
(34:44) Summertime Somersaults by FUZZ FORWARD from Out of Nowhere (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #175: Remember to Reminder

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 28 May 2018 23:05:00 -0400

Here at the Open Metalcast headquarters we're celebrating Memorial Day Weekend. It's a time of remembrance for those who fought for the freedoms that we in the USA enjoy. And one of those freedoms that I enjoy is sharing Creative Commons Metal Music with you. And this show is no different, with artists like Galactic Pegasus, Fountainhead, Necro-Cannibal Machinery, Terminal Man, Nolens, Crows, AgainstYouAll, and Die Leere im Kern deiner Hoffnung to bring the freedom of CC-Licensed music to your ears. And remember to support the bands in this show so they have the freedom to bring you more amazing music.

(00:11) Volenti Non Fit Injuria by Galactic Pegasus from Dysphoria (BY-NC-SA)
(03:47) 1. All Hail To Decay by Fountainhead from Fountainhead plays Despotic (BY-NC-ND)
(06:16) Sacrament by Necro-Cannibal Machinery from Fractures (BY-SA)
(12:46) El salto by Mosh from El filo (BY-NC-SA)
(17:17) Diamonds by Terminal Man from Body of Crisis (BY-NC-ND)
(20:50) #2 by Nolens from REJECT . SOMETHING (BY-NC-ND)
(22:09) Reach by Crows from Carry This Flesh (BY-NC-ND)
(25:06) Bringing You (Into My Chaos) by AgainstYouAll from None (BY-NC-ND)
(30:31) Das Leben ist komplex by Die Leere im Kern deiner Hoffnung from Das Leben ist komplex und Entropie real (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #174: Won't Fade Away

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 14 May 2018 22:29:00 -0400

I've made it no secret that the hardest part of putting together these shows is coming up with new and interesting things to put at the top of the episode. I mean, with metal like Godless Truth, Spawn of Annihilation, Throne of Botis, Catalytic, NONE, Antimelodix, Demiurgo, and Illuminus it's hard to come up with the right words to describe such amazing metal. It's like these blurbs almost fade away into the background radiation of such amazing talent. But ramble on I must until I get to a point where I feel like stopping. Hey, here looks like a good spot.

(00:10) Look Inside Your Pain by Godless Truth from Too Late to Stop My Hate (BY-NC-ND)
(06:36) Power and Glory to the Reason by SPAWN OF ANNIHILATION from Inquisitor of Lies (BY-NC-ND)
(13:27) Dismantled And Dissolved by Throne Of Botis from Hymns Of Homicide (BY-NC-SA)
(16:53) God Complex by Catalytic from The Fall (Full Digital Album) (BY-NC-ND)
(21:35) Bed the cold earth by NONE from Life has gone on long enough (BY-ND)
(29:19) Пропаганда (Propaganda) by Antimelodix from Хаос РФ (Chaos RF) (BY-NC-SA)
(34:05) Nadie a quien fallar by Demiurgo from La Virtud del Invitado (Capítulo 2) (BY-NC-ND)
(39:27) Endless by Illuminus from Endless (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #173: Combined Forces

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 21:43:00 -0400

Here at The Open Metalcast Headquarters we usually make an entire episode in one night. We'll toil over Audacity tweaking and adjusting until the perfect episode is ready for you to listen to. But sometimes we won't be able to finish the episode all at once and we'll leave it on the hard drive waiting to be unleashed. This was such an instance where we'd started the episode and then forgot that we had already uncorked the metal rocket-sauce before. But lest you think that we're somehow giving you stale metal, or twice-unblessed metal please rest assured that we ensure that all of the metal is vacuum-packed using only the finest artisinal magnetic media. And who wouldn't want to hear our fine selection of music from Tinnitia, Terrestrial Chaos, cranial incisored, Chivo, SUNNATA, No Hand Path, Kartzarot, and Ark Of Passage? It just goes to show that we will not rest until we bring you the best if Creative Commons Metal Music. Unless we do rest. Then we put it away until we can continue again.

(00:11) Второе небо by Ark Of Passage from Время жить и время умирать (EP) (BY-NC-ND)
(04:28) Nostradamus by Kartzarot from Kartzarot (BY-NC-ND)
(10:19) Birth of Decision by No Hand Path from An Existence Regained (BY-NC-ND)
(18:06) Outlands by SUNNATA from Outlands (BY-NC-ND)
(25:40) Wasted Time by Chivo from Waiting for so long (BY-NC-ND)
(30:45) Dreaming Illusion \~ Constructing Extinction by cranial incisored from None (BY-NC-ND)
(32:24) 02 - On The Verge of Humanity by Terrestrial Chaos from Pānoptikón (BY-NC-SA)
(35:57) Hydraulic Operated Machinaria by Tinnitia from Live at NomaNooirax Fest (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #172: Ringside Seat to Apocalypse

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sat, 14 Apr 2018 20:34:00 -0400

Here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters we're awaiting the next bout from Mother Nature and her minions of winter to deposit more wintery mix (read: ice) over the land. But the metal must flow and we have a great line-up of metal music for you. We have tracks from Within Destruction, Homicidal Raptus, Enthrallment, Kekal , Stolen Lives, Electric Valley, This Age, and Slugdge. Hopefully it'll keep your ears warm and filled with Creative Commons Metal Music goodness.

(00:10) Human Defect by Within Destruction from D E A T H W I S H (BY-NC-ND)
(03:33) Disemboweled in a Public Toilet by Homicidal Raptus from Erotomanic Hallucinosis (BY-ND)
(08:05) Fruits of Pain and Blue Sky by Enthrallment from People from the Lands of Vit (BY-NC-ND)
(11:59) Blessing In Disguise by Kekal from Acidity (BY-NC-ND)
(17:33) Budoucnost sviní by Stolen Lives from Budoucnost sviní (BY-NC-ND)
(20:07) War of Cosmos by Electric Valley from Two Realities at War (BY-NC-ND)
(27:15) Fri[End] by This Age from 'Till The End Of Time (BY-NC-SA)
(32:08) Eyehatesalt by Slugdge from Born of Slime (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #171: Engines of Metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:16:00 -0400

Apparently there is something going around the Open Metalcast headquarters that is wreaking havoc upon your beloved host. But the engines of metal must rage on, and rage on they shall in this episode. We have music by Head Cleaner, Incinerator, Drop Out, With Teeth, GLAM, S3V3N, Marche Funèbre, Rotten Casket, We Exist Even Dead, Oblivion's Garden, and Kraanston to help sooth those sinuses with the echoes of metal music. By the end you'll be smelling in infrared from the heat generated in your ear-holes, guaranteed.

(00:11) What Normality Means? by Head Cleaner from Of Worms and Men (BY-NC-ND)
(02:32) Slaughter by Incinerator from The Stench of distress (BY-SA)
(06:14) Cabezas Huecas by Drop Out from Drop Out (BY-NC-ND)
(07:38) Waltz by With Teeth from Captives (BY-NC-ND)
(10:53) Crisis Atomica by GLAM from Veneno en sus flechas (BY-NC-SA)
(12:14) Termites by Most Likely Forever from S3V3N (BY-ND)
(16:08) Capital of Rain by Marche Funèbre from Into the Arms of Darkness (BY-NC)
(24:54) In Search Of The Perfect Skin by Rotten Casket from Emerged From Beyond (BY-NC-ND)
(30:28) Self-Reflected by We Exist Even Dead from Meet No End (BY-NC-SA)
(34:56) My Revolution by Oblivion's Garden from Outbreak (BY-NC-ND)
(42:24) Cargo Cult by Kraanston from Dead Eyes EP (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or walk in to their Skype conversation like you just don't care. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #170: Waving and Drowning

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 21:01:00 -0400

Here at Open Metalcast Headquarters we've prided ourselves on being punctual with the delivery of Creative Commons Metal Music to your bloodstream via our easy-to-listen podcast format. But sometimes the deliveries are a later than we would like and this episode is much later than it should have been. But fortunately good metal doesn't spoil while you're waiting and we have an amazing line-up of Creative Commons Metal ready to give you that much needed infusion. We have music from The Derision Cult, Solem, Beyond Exile, Altars of Grief, Black Autumn, Concince, Wombripper, and Bones of Minerva. And you won't have to go to the post office to pick it up.

We'll be back soon another special delivery of metal music later this week.

(00:11) Get Out! by The Derision Cult from No Esteemed Deeds (BY-NC-ND)
(04:14) A Blessing In Disguise (Demo) by Solem from Demo 2013 (BY-NC-SA)
(08:34) Unhallowed by Beyond Exile from Immortal (BY-NC-ND)
(11:31) Desolation by Altars of Grief from Iris (BY-NC)
(17:27) The Wait by Black Autumn from Rauhnacht MMXVII (BY-NC-SA)
(24:22) Грязь больших городов / The Scum of Big Cities by Convince from Падение / Decline (EP) (BY-NC-SA)
(27:01) Immolation Rites by Wombripper from From the Depths of Flesh (BY-NC-ND)
(30:56) Fear is a biscuit by Bones Of Minerva from Blue Mountains (BY-NC-ND)

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #169: Strategic Metal Heist

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:08:00 -0500

Recently we at the Open Metalcast headquarters watched an episode of "Dirty Money" where they talked about the heist of the Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve in Canada. Barrels of syrup were removed and in their place were placed barrels of water. And they would have gotten away with it too had the barrels not started to rust and shown signs of being handled more roughly than normal syrup barrels. What does that have to do with metal music? Ummm. Well, we went into our Strategic Creative Commons Metal Music Supply to bring you out the finest in Creative Commons metal music. And what we found wasn't barrels of water but barrels of great music by Forgenheim, Abhorrent Castigation, Spiritual Deception, (EchO), Moron, BlackStar, and Iron Kobra. Once we found tracks from these bands we loaded them into this here podcast and shipped them off to your podcatcher of choice, where you can listen to them on-demand. And since you're listening to these metal music bits you can be secure in knowing that we've pretty much used up this metaphor and hope you enjoy the music.

(00:11) Kinderlied by Forgenheim from Kinderlied (BY-SA)
(04:48) The Tree of Knowledge by Abhorrent Castigation from Throne of Existential Abandonment (BY-NC-ND)
(07:59) De Rerum Humana by Spiritual Deception from Spiritual Deception EP (BY-NC-ND)
(12:18) Omnivoid by (EchO) from Devoid Of Illusions (BY-NC-ND)
(20:39) Ghosting by Coma. from Agony | Hophek (BY-NC-ND)
(26:03) Pytanie by Moron from Świt EP (BY)
(29:18) Fight by BlackStar from From The Ashes (BY-NC-ND)
(35:04) Kerker und Drachen by Iron Kobra from Kerker & Drachen (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or give them a bottle of maple syrup. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #168: Salutations

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 23:05:00 -0500

Welcome back to Open Metalcast where we kick off 2018 with more of the great Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music that you've come to know and enjoy. We've got an amazing line-up of music to start off 2018 including tracks from Thicket, Internal Damage, RKC, Advent of Bedlam, Si Non Sedes Is, Iceaxe, Demon Bell, and Allochiria. We might not have rung in the new year together but we can sure buckle-up and enjoy the ride.

(00:10) Unleash The Beast by Thicket from Tides Of Pestilence (BY)
(05:04) Doomed by Internal Damage from Split with Skruta (BY-ND)
(07:08) Step up to Die by RKC from Roadkill Carnivore (BY-NC-ND)
(09:57) Creatures of Yore by Advent of Bedlam from None (BY-NC-SA)
(14:50) La quinta musicale, il calore e il colore verde by Si Non Sedes Is from Father of all lies (BY-NC-ND)
(24:53) Dolores [Single] by Iceaxe from None (BY-SA)
(33:17) Bombing Hellfire by Demon Bell from Steel Sorcery EP (BY-ND)
(37:40) Cracking Fractals by Allochiria from Throes (BY-NC-ND)

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #19

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 22:46:00 -0500

I'm alone...

(00:14) Disappear by Mordida from The Wind Ashes (BY-NC-ND)
(04:40) Утро (Synthematika Edit) by Spin Provider from Synthematika One (BY-NC-ND)
(09:04) O.B.M.P.S.F. (Smoke Breath) by D1sh1tu from RE-BirtH (BY-SA)
(13:59) Riders on the Storm by My Woshin Mashin from Evil Must Die (BY-NC-SA)
(18:11) Dancefloor Satellite (Over Russia) by Aeon Sable from None (BY-NC-ND)
(23:58) The Flame of Faith by Neurotech from The Catalyst (BY-SA)
(27:35) Dernières prières à Pluton by Cyclikweetos from Injection C-19 (2017) (BY-NC)
(31:26) High by Dyman from Suns of Neurons (BY-NC-SA)
(34:26) Parasite War by Patient Zero from Transgressor (BY-NC-SA)
(38:27) Lichtjahre Entfernt (Mr. Bovaine Remix) by P24 from Synthematika Three (BY-NC-ND)
(42:43) Dancing With Wolves by DEgITx from Red Flower (BY)
(47:11) FATES by cYsmix from FATES (BY-ND)
(51:38) A Box Of Spiders (Dark Web Edit) by Sinewinder from Enter The Vortex (BY-NC-SA)
(56:45) Sunward by Scott Fox from Infinite & Indivisible (ft. Scott Fox) (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Clothe your feeble shells with their merchandise. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #167: Chewy Center

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:33:00 -0500

If you're anything like me you pretty much started the holiday season already sick of holiday music. Worse, you likely have seen all of the top albums of the year lists that you care to see. Here at Open Metalcast we like to be a refuge from all of that nonsense. (2017 has been enough of a pain for all of us already). All we care about is giving you the finest in Creative Commons Metal music. And with artists like Nuclear, Rapid Dominance, The Machinery of Other Skeletons, Mavradoxa, Skyforest, Eschatos, Pūrpura, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard there's plenty of music to satiate even the most carnal of metal desires.

(00:11) Corporate Corruption by Nuclear from Formula For Anarchy (BY)
(04:27) Constrictor by Rapid Dominance from Premonition EP (BY-NC-ND)
(09:00) Blackness by The Machinery of Other Skeletons from Hatred For Man (BY-NC-ND)
(14:06) Burning Wings, Withered Leaves I by Mavradoxa from Mavradoxa / Deafest Split (BY-ND)
(24:01) Autumnal Embrace by Skyforest from Unity (BY-NC-ND)
(32:10) The Night of the White Devil (part I, II & III) by Eschatos from MÆRE (BY-NC-SA)
(46:48) Two Skies by Pūrpura from Storm I (BY-NC-ND)
(54:49) Crumbling Castle by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard from Polygondwanaland (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #166: Journeys of Metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0500

Sometimes when I'm listening to a lot of music my mind wanders. It's really easy to get lost in some of these auditory soundscapes. And this episode presents quite the journey starting with Âstillian, Deaden, NASHGUL, Deathsurrection, Incinery, Carbono, Ceremony of Darkness, and Forja as your guide. It's a show you'll want to make sure stamps your passport.

(00:10) Shrouded in the Wild by Âstillian from Waves at Dusk (BY-SA)
(06:23) Skin of Sores by Deaden from Feast on the Flesh of the Dead (BY-NC-ND)
(10:18) La última lacra by NASHGUL from Nashgul / Warmaster 7" Ep (BY-NC-ND)
(12:51) Shut Up by Deathsurrection from Corpus (BY-NC-ND)
(15:37) Destroy The Gods by Incinery from Dead, Bound and Buried (BY-NC-ND)
(22:07) Intergalactic Orgy Reflected By Psycho-Atomic Nihilist Forms in Altered Self-Divine Obliteration by Carbono from Siphonophorae (BY-NC-ND)
(27:56) Face Of Ruin by Ceremony of Darkness from Flesh of the Witch (BY-NC-SA)
(36:05) Víbria by Forja from Tornant de la Batalla (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #165: Analog Hole

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:02:00 -0500

Over the lifespan of digital music there has been a constant desire to control the copying of the data. Various watermarking and copy-protection schemes were put in place to ensure that folks wouldn't share music. But no matter how protected the data there was always a weak link between the digital realm and the realm where you could listen to music. That was referred to as the analog hole; the moment when the digital signals become sound waves that your ears and brain perceive as music.

Luckily for us in the Creative Commons realm we can still share digital copies of our favorite music. We don't have to worry about exploiting the analog hole; it's just another part in the enjoyment of our music.

We've got a great collection of Creative Commons Licensed metal music lined up for you in this episode. We have music from Plague Mass, Imminent Attack, Mosh, Norilsk, Mindslaved, Desdinova, Machete, and Snake Thursday. It's a show you'll be happy didn't stay locked in the digital realm forever.

(00:10) The Prisoner by PLAGUE MASS from Living Among Meat Eaters (BY-NC)
(03:24) Work Buy Die by Imminent Attack from Welcome to my Funeral (BY-SA)
(05:28) Esta vez by Mosh from Impune (BY-NC-SA)
(09:30) Ghosts of Loss (Passage pt. I) by Norilsk from Le Passage des Glaciers (BY-NC)
(14:35) Sphere by Mindslaved from The Self Paragon (BY-SA)
(21:23) Marsiferum by Desdinova from Dead Space (BY-NC-SA)
(26:14) My Own Way by Machete from Machete -s/t- (BY-NC-ND)
(30:33) More Than Human by Snake Thursday from Iter (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #164: A Little of Each

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 22:57:00 -0500

When putting together an Open Metalcast show sometimes they take on a life of their own. While I try not to make "themed" shows some sections tend to get a bit of a theme to them. Sometimes the theme is to try not to have much of a theme at all for that section and instead throw together a lot of similar yet different musical styles together. This is one such episode where each song is slightly related to the song that preceded it. But when you have a collection of artists like Khroma, Demimonde, Locus Mortis, Gateway to Hell, Deep Space Destructors, Illuminus, GERANIÜM, and Potato Hate Explosion sometimes you just have to throw caution to the wind and let the music take you where it will.

(00:11) Chariots by Khroma from Chariots - single (BY)
(04:04) Event Horizon by Demimonde from Cygnus Oddyssey (BY-NC-ND)
(09:23) Psalm I by Locus Mortis from Funeral Hymn (BY-NC-SA)
(12:55) Scorched Earth by Gateway To Hell from Clovers E.P. (BY-NC-ND)
(18:30) Journey To The Space Mountain by Deep Space Destructors from Psychedelogy (BY-NC-ND)
(26:19) Haven by Illuminus from Lost Souls (BY-NC-SA)
(31:28) Haters Hate by GERANIÜM from Split LP w/ LINK (BY-NC)
(38:20) Cherryhouse by Potato Hate Explosion from Flowerviolence (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #163: Strictly Non-Palindromic

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:40:00 -0400

We got a little off-schedule from the last show but it was most certainly not because of a lack of great metal music. So much great music was released lately including brand new Hela and split between Ah Ciliz and Chiral from Hypnotic Dirge Records. This episode features tracks from Ósserp, Catalytic, Expain, Hela, Tornet, Le Mur, Ah Ciliz, and Urizen. It's a show chock full of Creative Commons Metal Music you won't want to miss!

(00:09) Entre regnes by Ósserp from Al meu pas s'alça la mort (BY-NC)
(04:36) The Oppression by Catalytic from The Fall (Part 1) (BY-NC-ND)
(08:09) They Live by EXPAIN from Pinching Nerves (BY-NC-ND)
(13:02) Mother of Monsters by HELA from Death May Die (BY-NC-ND)
(22:27) Tornet XVI by Tornet from Tornet XVI (BY-NC-ND)
(29:08) Diente de León by Le Mur from El Brote (BY-NC-ND)
(32:06) Cascadia by Ah Ciliz from Origins (BY-NC)
(40:01) A Budding Consciousness by URIZEN from Universe:Red (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #162: Infinite Possibilities

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:06:00 -0400

Every time I think about the varieties of sound that are conveyed by 16 bits at 44.1KHz it boggles my imagination. So many bits, so many possibilities. One moment it can play brutal death metal, the next a brief punk song, and then smooth sludge metal. It can encompass guitars, drums, organs, voices; you name it - it can do it with incredible fidelity.

We have a great show of amazing Creative Commons metal lined up for you. We have tracks by Deadeye Dick, VULTURYON, Colorblind, Enuma Elish, Phantom Elite, Heavy Temple, Blank Spell, and the crushing Hammond Organ of Mount Atlas.

(00:11) Temporal Bliss by Deadeye Dick from Crestfallen (BY-NC-SA)
(03:38) Eight Corners of Slaughter by VULTURYON from Coordinated Mutilation (BY-NC-ND)
(06:24) Without the blues by Colorblind from Without the blues (BY-NC-ND)
(10:55) Where there was once a soul by Enuma Elish from An Endless Tomorrow (BY-NC-ND)
(14:59) Wasteland by Phantom Elite from None (BY-NC-ND)
(19:55) In The Court of the Bastard King by Heavy Temple from Chassit (BY-NC-ND)
(25:41) Vines by BLANK SPELL from Miasma LP (BY-NC-SA)
(28:35) Titan by Mount Atlas from Titan (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #161: Judicious Use of Headphones

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:30:00 -0400

This episode is a tribute to those little bits of plastic, metal, and silicone that help keep us sane during the day. This is also dedicated to the friends of the show that help keep it going via sending albums via the Bandcamp wishlist. Between headphones, friends, and music what more could one ask?

We've got a great show to exercise your headphones, including tracks from Dropthehammer, Photonoid, anal botox, Odradek Room, MOTOR, Dendrites, Thunderhag, Inhaling the Plague, and Neverside. Plus it's CC-licensed so you can exercise your friends headphones as well.

(00:11) New Fire Of Prometheus by Dropthehammer from Abortus Dei (BY-NC-ND)
(02:00) Alpha Centauri by Phobonoid from s/t (BY-SA)
(06:35) primordial squealing by anal botox from vaginal rhinoplasty (BY-NC)
(08:33) Mirror Labyrinth by Odradek Room from A Man of Silt (BY-NC)
(14:51) Good Evening (This Is Over The Top) by MOTOR from Motor [Full Length] (BY-NC-ND)
(16:49) Breath by Dendrites from Dendrites (BY-NC-ND)
(21:06) Monday by Thunderhag from None (BY-NC-ND)
(24:55) Slithering Embrace by Inhaling The Plague from Man Made Epidemic (BY-NC-ND)
(27:41) Fiunte by Neverside from This Is Our Gun (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #160: Longer Brief Thoughts

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:48:00 -0400

Sometimes short and sweet is the order of the day. Sometimes there's more to be said.

This episode is on the shorter-end of the spectrum but that doesn't make it any less potent. Especially with bands like humanhostbody, Crowned In Flesh, Throne of Botis, Old Man Wizard, Neptuniam, Cyborg Octopus, Wombripper, and Noble Beast pushing the limits of awesome Creative Commons metal.

Perhaps we should re-brand it as concentrated or ultra-strength?

(00:10) Grom Odprtih Ran by humanhostbody from Split 12" by Human Host Body & Storm Of Sedition (BY-NC-SA)
(02:44) Lurid Union by Crowned In Flesh from Burials (BY-NC-ND)
(06:37) Eternally In Torment by Throne Of Botis from Eternally In Torment (BY-NC-SA)
(11:53) The Blind Prince by Old Man Wizard from Innocent Hands / The Blind Prince (BY-NC-SA)
(14:41) Self Martyring by Neptuniam from Poetry Of Creation (BY-NC)
(18:13) Pukefeast Inc. by Cyborg Octopus from Primordial (BY-NC-ND)
(23:36) Morbid Aberration by Wombripper from Wombripper / Torn Apart (Split) (BY-NC-ND)
(29:01) Disintegrating Force by Noble Beast from Noble Beast (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or do their laundry. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #011: Reflections

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 01:23:00 -0400

It's been over a year since we brought out the last Instrumetalcast.

Time to rectify that.

(00:46) Resonance Cascade by Seversun from New World Chaos (BY-ND)
(03:51) Deciduous Glory by Psychendoscope from Chronicle: 1998 (BY-NC-SA)
(09:32) Minueto Disconforme by Datura Metel from Datura Metel (BY-NC-ND)
(12:46) Ekerot by Poly-Math from Melencolia (BY-NC-SA)
(22:22) one day you will teach me to let go of my fears by sleepmakeswaves from in today already walks tomorrow EP (BY-NC-SA)
(28:36) Tabor's Head by Mount Sherpa from Tabors Head (BY-NC-ND)
(34:49) Insert Coin by Phonocaptors from Danse Macabre (BY-NC-ND)
(38:49) Loki - Origin of Fate_Initiation Rites by Loki from The Road To Wisdom (BY-NC-SA)
(41:56) Götterspeisedämmerung by Plastic Violins Of Darkness from Plastic Violins Of Darkness (BY-NC-SA)
(54:11) Hz of the Unheard by kevel from Hz of the Unheard (BY-NC-ND)
(1:04:00) Wolves Beyond The Border by Terraformer from Creatures (BY-NC-ND)
(1:10:47) LODO - Paliza by HELA / LODO from Split LP (BY-NC-ND)
(1:17:31) ASTERIAI by The Great Cold from The Great Cold (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #159: Metal Journeys

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 23:42:00 -0400

Sometimes i get lost in the music. Sometimes I involuntarily stop what I'm doing and just listen to the music. In this episode we have plenty of metal music to get lost in. We have tracks by Demimonde, Hekatombe, Seversun, Sarin, Epra Astera, Akaitsuki, Coma., and Lèpoka. Caution: Use caution while listening to this music. Might cause you to lose track of time, miss your exit, or God-knows-what. But you have our guarantee that this is the finest Creative Commons Metal you'll hear this episode.

(00:11) The Generation Ship by Demimonde from Cygnus Oddyssey (BY-NC-ND)
(06:36) Blanco Humano by Hekatombe from Next Stage (BY-NC-ND)
(11:09) Just Low by Seversun from New World Chaos (BY-ND)
(15:35) Low Moon by Sarin from ᴅ ᴀ ʀ ᴋ ᴇ ʀ ʟ ᴀ ᴋ ᴇ s (BY)
(26:06) Solo Christo by Epta Astera from Semper Reformanda (BY-SA)
(33:08) Castle in the Sea by Akaitsuki from Akaitsuki (BY-SA)
(40:08) Bridges by Coma. from Phantomschmerz (BY-NC-ND)
(46:08) Orfeo by Lèpoka from Folkoholic Metal [2014 album] (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or give them a ride to their next gig. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #158: Don't let up

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:37:00 -0400

Sometimes it's easier to let go. Sometimes it's easier just to put down the sword and stop fighting. Sometimes it's easier to just let the hordes run right over you. Sometimes it's easier to let them win.

It's harder to fight. It's harder to give them hell every step of the way. It's harder to fight for every scrap of land you take back, every idea you hold dear, every single fucking note in every song.

This show is dedicated to the bands and labels that keep making Creative Commons Metal music. Don't let up. Ever.

(00:10) Sea Of Illusions by Necrosy from Perdition (BY-NC-ND)
(04:13) Dissimulate by Beyond The Extraction from EP (BY-NC-SA)
(07:20) INQVITATVS by ARSON from None (BY-NC-SA)
(13:27) And the Night Swept Us Away by Wildernessking from ...And the Night Swept Us Away (BY-NC-ND)
(18:52) Progressive Revolution by Phthartic from The Sleeper Has Awoken - [Remastered] (BY-NC-ND)
(24:17) Intruder & Holy Hate by Dew Of Nothing from Doubleueird (BY-NC-SA)
(29:07) Don't Look In The Basement by The Transylvania Troubadours from Don't Tell Mom That Everybody's Dead (BY-NC-ND)
(34:33) All Light Has Since Escaped Me by Ancient Tundra from All Light Has Since Escaped Me (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or buy their entire doscography. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #157: Third of July

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 23:28:00 -0400

Over here in the USA we're planning on celebrating yet another year of independence by finding anything that goes boom and setting it on fire. And much in that spirit of freedom and independence we here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters have lit the proverbial fuse on an amazing collection of music. We've collected tracks from Worselder, Fortune Drives to Vegas, ReRaise, The Unwritten, Dark Habits, Affres, Goatfather, and Drakum. It's a show that is bound to impress and possibly frighten the small furry creatures in your house.

(00:08) Paradigms Lost by WORSELDER from PARADIGMS LOST - Single (BY-NC-ND)
(05:44) Harm's Way by Fortune Drives To Vegas from None (BY-NC-ND)
(10:06) Parasite by ReRaise from None (BY-ND)
(15:06) Vertigo by The Unwritten from Insight (BY-NC-ND)
(18:08) Porcelain Dreams by Dark Habits from Cave Paintings (BY-NC-ND)
(20:36) A Side by Affres from Brouillard (BY-NC-ND)
(34:40) Black Goat by Goatfather from None (BY-NC-ND)
(42:16) Wall of Deadly Trolls by Drakum from Trollmin (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or light an entire display of fireworks in their backyard. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #156: Screaming into the void

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:19:00 -0400

There's a saying "if you stare at the void the void stares back at you". But what if you scream at the void? What if you play loud music (such as this fine episode here) at the void?

Hey, stop looking at me like that, you void you.

We've got a great episode of Creative Commons licensed metal lined up for your (and your void's) listening pleasure. This episode includes new music from Canvas Black, Sartoraaus, Stabbed, Sarin, Celacanto, Sechem, Tornado Kid, and Mavradoxa. It's a show that will have the void rocking while it stares back at you.

(00:10) End of an Age by Canvas Black from Destructive Herd Mentality (CC-BY-NC)
(04:40) The Tragic Death of Sarpaedon by Sartoraaus from Eclipsing Sartoraaus: Book One (CC-BY-ND)
(09:55) Becoming by Stabbed from Long Way Down (CC-BY-NC-ND)
(15:16) Ice Wrought by Sarin from ᴅ ᴀ ʀ ᴋ ᴇ ʀ ʟ ᴀ ᴋ ᴇ s (CC-BY)
(20:31) Rashaverak by Celacanto from Celacanto (CC-BY-NC-SA)
(23:47) Raise Your Flask by Sechem from Renaissance Of The Ancient Ka (CC-BY-NC-ND)
(27:13) Silver or Lead by TORNADO KID from Hateful 10 (CC-BY-NC-ND)
(31:41) Crimson Waves of Autumnal Flame by Mavradoxa from Lethean Lament (CC-BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or buy up their merch table. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #155: Musical blender of great joy

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 23 May 2017 12:02:00 -0400

This episode fetures new tracks from Seversun, Cara Neir, Qdesh, and Nolens. Plus we have a track from the upcoming souble-album "Palimpsests" by Vin de Mia Trix. And while we were mixing up styles we decided to throw in some tracks from Sick of Hailstone, Reason, and Dejadeath to reacquaint you with these amazing albums. It's a show you won't want to miss!

(00:11) Maruta by Seversun from New World Chaos (BY-ND)
(06:42) Distant by Reason (f.k.a. Obsequy) from Thoughtcrime (BY-NC-SA)
(09:33) Tripolar Hater by Dejadeath from Satan Is Losing Momentum (BY-NC-ND)
(14:32) Stained Grey Bones by Cara Neir from Split with Caïna (BY-NC-ND)
(18:03) Encrucijada by Qdesh from Secuestrado (BY-NC-ND)
(23:17) #2 (demo version) by Nolens from Rebirth . Among . Slaves (BY-NC-ND)
(24:36) Pictures by Sick Of Hailstone from The Story Of A Lullaby (BY-NC-ND)
(29:36) Pharmakos by Vin de Mia Trix from Palimpsests (BY-NC)

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #154: Make Mine Metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 08 May 2017 23:30:00 -0400

Here at the Open Metalcast headquarters we keep our ear to the ground of the metal world to hear the double-bass-drum rumblings within. So when we heard news that there was a release by Necrosexual we were intrigued. When we found out was also Creative Commons Licensed material we knew we had to have it on the show. When we also found that the latest release by the magnificent Eruption was also CC-licensed we could hardly contain our enthusiasm. Add to that the release of Skinlepsy's full album, AutotheisM, Gustav Eisen, F41.0, Noituma, and oblivion and you'll wonder how we can still stand upright after the onslaught of amazing metal. But stand we shall, and we shall deliver you the finest in Creative Commons Metal Music with this latest episode. Plus we havea promo code for saving yourself some money when supporting one of the bands. It's an episode you won't want to miss.

(00:11) The Mentor by Skinlepsy from Dissolved (BY-SA)
(05:04) Reborn In Convulsion by AutotheisM from Hives MMXVII (BY-NC-ND)
(08:57) The Lair Where No Light Enters by Necrosexual from None (BY-NC-ND)
(12:18) Drones by Eruption from Cloaks of Oblivion (BY-NC-ND)
(17:29) Intersubjectivity by Gustav Eisen from Quantum Leech - Demo 2017 (BY-NC)
(21:06) Alpha by F41.0 from F41.0 - Bürde (BY-NC-ND)
(29:22) 7. Revontulet by Noituma from Ruoto (BY)
(35:26) Haunted Lady by oblivion from FRAGMENTS OF AN EVOLUTION (BY-NC-SA)

We have a special promo for the F41.0 - "Bürde" album. Save 20% off of the price of the digital or physical release:

Digital: Head to https://geisterasche.bandcamp.com, add "Bürde" to your cart, and use the promo code openmetalcast4 to save 20% off of your purchase.
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This is a limited-time offer so hurry on over to claim your copy.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #153: Modern Medicine FTW

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:07:00 -0400

Greetings fellow inhabitants of this great ball we call "Earth". I have spent the past few days on allergy medicine, antibiotics, and nasal steroids so if this episode seems a little extra-punchy there's a good chance that's the reason. It's also a somewhat shorter show than normal, but what's in there will likely damage your speakers with it's intensity. Everything in this episode is more packed than my sinuses. We've got music from Wombripper, Tiempos De Ira HC, Technickill,m Ekstasis, Vazio, Dew of Nothing, Nuclear and Kaballah waiting to shake loose any crap that might be hanging on in your earholes. It's a guaranteed prescription to give you the maximum allowable dose of metal without a prescription in an easy-to-download format.

(00:11) Through The Blood And Fire by Wombripper from Infected Tomb (BY-NC-ND)
(03:30) Jamás podrán by Tiempos De Ira HC from 2017 - Nacidxs para vencer (BY-NC-ND)
(05:08) Crows Ultimatum by Technickill from None (BY-NC-ND)
(09:08) Kontrolle by Ekstasis from Wirklichkeitsraster (BY-NC-ND)
(13:08) Eterno vazio by Vazio from Vazio (debut EP 2017) (BY-NC)
(19:06) 04 Outsider by Dew Of Nothing from Outsider (BY-NC-SA)
(23:02) Apátrida by Nuclear from Apatrida (BY)
(29:02) Presence by Kabbalah from Revelations (BY-NC-ND)

We have a special promo for Ekstasis' "Wirklichkeitsraster" album. Save 20% off of the price of the digital or physical release:

Digital: Head to https://geisterasche.bandcamp.com, add "Wirklichkeitsraster" to your cart, and use the promo code openmetalcast3 to save 20% off of your purchase.
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This is a limited-time offer so hurry on over to claim your copy.

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or hop on stage to provide much-needed air guitar support. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #152: Death By Algorithms

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 23:33:00 -0400

There are many algorithms that are now monitoring and making decisions in our lives. We're constantly bombarded with algorithms telling us what we should like, where we should drive, and what food would be best for us to eat. But here at Open Metalcast we hand-select all of our metal releases from internet-sourced bands from around the globe. Bands like Timetrap, Bloodgod, Oracle, Nemsis Sopor, Mursa, Tromort, Mystic Moss, and Alpha Brutal. Our carefully trained technicians select only the finest blend of Creative Commons Metal for you listening enjoyment. It may take a little longer than an algorithmic selection but we like it that way and hope you will to. Now available in your local podcatcher/

(00:11) Κούκλες πορσελάνης by Timetrap from Χρόνια σιωπής (BY-NC-SA)
(05:00) Valar Morghulis by Bloodgod from Catharsis (BY-NC-SA)
(08:30) Burn the Nameless by Oracle from None (BY-NC-ND)
(15:15) Despot by Nemesis Sopor from MMXL (BY-NC-ND)
(22:20) The Worming, Pt. II by Mursa from Ectopic (BY)
(33:50) Tierra Prometida by Tromort from Camino de la Sangre (BY-NC-ND)
(39:38) Unlike the minds by Mystic Moss from Unlike The Minds (BY-NC-ND)
(48:07) Alien by Alpha Brutal from Upgrade (BY-NC)

We have a special promo for Nemesis Sopor's "MMXL" album. Save 20% off of the price of the digital or physical release:

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Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or share these artisanal bits with your friends. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #151: Keep Away From Open Flame

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:17:00 -0400

Sometimes when putting together an episode I don't want to stop putting together the music. Everything flows together so well that jumping in would be an intrusion. But there's lots to talk about with this episode so hopefully you'll listen through to the end.

We've got a show packed with music by Frostreich, Tromort, the latest by Allochiria, Advent, Wrack, Human Collapse, and Aeon Aphelion. It's a show you won't want to miss!

We have a special promo for Frostreich's "Join the Wind" album. Save 20% off of the price of the digital or physical release:

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(00:54) Anxiety by Frostreich from Frostreich - Join The Wind (BY-NC-ND)
(05:15) Origen by Tromort from Camino de la Sangre (BY-NC-ND)
(10:02) Lifespotting by Allochiria from Throes (BY-NC-ND)
(16:11) Transhumanic Hell by Advent from Transhumanic Hell (BY-NC-ND)
(24:26) Scars by Wrack from Gram und gleißende Wut (BY-NC-ND)
(34:31) Deep by Human Collapse from Subarctic Nocturnes: Doomed to Be [Volume I: 2015] (BY-ND)
(46:50) Ophitic Doctrine by Aeon Aphelion from Visions of Burning Aeons (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #18

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:37:00 -0400

[caption id="attachment_1513" align="alignright" width="300"] Artwork by Posthuman Studios; illustrated by Danijel Firak. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike License[/caption]

Cortical stacks scrambled. Can't get a decent thought together. Must warn the others about the delivery.

(00:21) Eradication Procedure by Alchemy from The Machines Will Kill Us All (BY-NC-SA)
(05:41) Machine II (SynElectro Mix) by Room 101 from The Gadfly::Remixed (BY-NC-SA)
(09:19) Spadlem by MSHAA from Jak w Niebie Tak i Na Ziemi (BY)
(12:27) Blackout by Stasis Device from Fading Structures (BY-NC-ND)
(18:25) Could've, should've would've by netra from Ingrats (BY-NC)
(23:23) Things I Do (Future Invasion Mix by Technomancer) by Alpha Point from Alive CDM (BY-NC-ND)
(28:29) Party Line by N-616 from Futurepolis (BY-NC-ND)
(32:09) Bits Of Color by Anachronist from RGB (BY-ND)
(37:20) Screamstreaming (e-shock) by D1sh1tu from RE-BirtH (BY-SA)
(42:26) Psychological Warfare by Marc Broude from Sirona Mixtape #7 (BY-NC-ND)
(48:18) Like Nothing Happened by Nick Haggard from Glitch (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #150: One Five Oh

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:58:00 -0400

Welcome to the 150th episode of Open Metalcast, where we've been exploring the world of Creative Commons Metal Music for lo these many episodes. I'm sure there's a way to check to see how many songs and bands we've uncovered together but frankly I'd rather concentrate on bringing you the best in Creative Commons Metal Music. And this episode delivers on that promise with music from Dismalfucker, Dancerobot, Mortals Path, Cuerno, Cerderben, Vukodlak, Constrictor, and netra. There's something for everyone in this episode. Here's to many more episodes ahead!

(00:09) Whistle while you get worked by DISMALFUCKER from DEMO (BY-NC-ND)
(02:21) Эйнхерий by Dancerobot from Протагонист (BY-NC-SA)
(05:58) My Own Hell by Mortals Path from Mortals Path (BY-NC-ND)
(10:16) Caught by CUERNO from Rec Comtal (BY-NC-ND)
(21:03) Words of Lies by Verderben from Spearhead of Wrath (BY)
(25:11) Alea Iacta Est by Vukodlak from Lycanthropic Aspirations (BY-SA)
(29:20) The Days I Dreamed Of Bliss by Constrictor from The Days I Dreamed Of Bliss (EP) (BY-NC)
(38:04) Everything's Fine by netra from Ingrats (BY-NC)

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #149: Chaotic Neutral

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 22:28:00 -0500

Welcome friends to the 149th episode of the podcast we humbly call "Open Metalcast". In this chapter our hero discovers that the old man in the tavern was indeed a sorcerer who sent him in search of the best in Creative Commons Music. He scoured the internet and discovered eight new tracks, which he stuffed into his knapsack and dragged back into town. Feast your eyes upon such treasures by the likes of Human Ashtray, Maleek, BloodeviL, Tinnitia, Sunvoid, Lacrima, Death of a Poet, and Isyocel. It's a 42 minute journey that only requires your headphones, your podcatcher of choice, and a place to listen to it. Chips and beverages optional.

(00:11) Post Mortem Nihil Est by Human Ashtray from Exile (BY-NC-ND)
(07:08) Abismo by Maleek from Despertares (BY-ND)
(11:29) Biowar by BloodeviL from Promo 2012 (BY-ND)
(16:00) Break by Tinnitia from Ep 2008 (BY-NC-ND)
(21:29) The point of no return by Sunvoid from Through the Dazzling Illusion (BY-SA)
(27:59) Backwards by Lacrima from A Story From Limbo (BY)
(32:05) Euphoria by Death of a Poet from None (BY-NC-ND)
(37:41) The worst is yet to come by Isyocel from The worst is yet to come (feat CNX Apocalyps, Minotaur Project) (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or buy copies for all of your friends. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #148: Dunbar's Number

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:09:00 -0500

According to Wikipedia (who is never wrong) Dunbar's Number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. Dunbar put that number at 148, which is usually rounded to 150. Whether that's true or not is not ours to debate here, for our purpose is to provide you with the finest Creative Commons Metal the Internet has to offer. And we have nine bands we love in this episode, including Skinlepsy, a return of Narada, Mycelia, the latest from AATHMA and Santo Rostro, Talsur, Aethyr, netra, and a dip into the archives with Goat Father. So while you may only be able to have meaningful relationships with 148ish people you can still relate to 58 minutes of the best Creative Commons-licensed metal. Just remember to write every now and again.

(00:11) Perfect Plan by Skinlepsy from None (BY-SA)
(05:17) Cadavers In The Pit by Narada from Dead Waters (BY-NC-ND)
(08:37) Legacy by Mycelia from DAWN (BY-NC-ND)
(14:06) Atash by AATHMA from AVESTA (BY-NC-ND)
(20:33) Hylonome by SANTO ROSTRO from The Healer (BY-NC-ND)
(27:49) Seas of Doom by Talsur from Slough of Despond (BY-NC)
(37:08) Into the Grey Woods by Aethyr from Uncanny Valley (BY-NC-SA)
(46:18) Everything's Fine by netra from Ingrats (BY-NC)
(52:42) A Road Paved With Corpses by Goatfather from Hipster Fister (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or give them a backrub. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #147: Salt the Earth

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:16:00 -0500

It's mid-wintertime here at Open Metalcast Headquarters. Part of the fun of winter is the snow that inevitably shows up during this time. One of the ways to counteract the snow in this climate is to put down prodigious amounts of salt on the roads. The salt is pretty corrosive and gets everywhere. So, what does this have to do with Creative Commons-licensed metal music? Consider this show an assault in the making that will scatter metal music in your ears (See what I did there?)

We have a great line-up of music from Cirrhose Atak, Technickill, Brokenhead, Vera, Thesauros, Space Unicorn On Fire, and Vihmana. We also have a sneak-preview of a massive 45 minute black metal opus from Obitus, which is available for pre-order from Hypnotic Dirge Records.

It's a show you won't want to take with a grain of salt. Or miss for that matter.

(00:10) B.O.P.E by Cirrhose Atak from S/T (BY-NC-ND)
(01:50) Hellskull Valley by Technickill from Promo 2017 (BY-NC-ND)
(05:23) Chronophobia by Brokenhead from A Prompt And Utter Destruction (BY-NC)
(10:01) Qualia by Vera from Ghost Aircraft (BY-NC-ND)
(15:31) Void by Thesauros from Index (BY-NC-ND)
(22:26) Let's Go to Space by Space Unicorn On Fire from Gallop Through the Stars (BY-SA)
(25:32) Carros Solares by Vihmana from Templo (BY-NC-ND)
(31:57) SAMPLE1 - Slaves of the Vast Machine by Obitus from Slaves of the Vast Machine (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or shovel out their car during a snow storm. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #146: Jump In Anytime

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 20:01:00 -0500

Ever have one of those moments when you don't know when to jump into a conversation? Where the time to speak doesn't happen for a while? That's what happened with this episode. Normally I jump in after the first few tracks but it didn't seem right. And really, where would you interrupt such a great line-up of music from Dantalion, Feral, Abriosis, Totem Skin, Anopheli, and Sedulity? I don't know the answer to that, but I do know this show is ready and waiting for your podcatching software of choice to download. Just make sure to leave yourself plenty of time to listen all the way through. You'd really hate to interrupt this set of amazing Creative Commons Metal Music.

(00:09) 03.Crimson Tide by Dantalion from ...And All Will Be Ashes (BY-NC-ND)
(07:09) Virus by Feral from Alter Ego (BY-NC-ND)
(14:40) Between the Bridge and the Water by Abriosis from Tattered and Bound (BY-NC-ND)
(22:41) Reckless Recluse by Totem Skin from Weltschmerz (BY-NC)
(26:21) Trade by Anopheli from The Ache Of Want (BY-NC)
(34:37) Seven Cities by Sedulity from The Valley of Dying Stars (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or just buy up everything they've ever made. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #145: Quietly entering 2017

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:54:00 -0500

First off, congratulations on making it to 2017. :)

We decided for this episode to just shut up and announce the song titles at the end of the show. That way we can let the music speak for itself. So you'll hear some great music from Wasted Heroes, Digger, Muldjord, Stellarvore, Zombie Destrüktion, Nimrud, Black Autumn, and Pressor. Definitely check this out and kick off 2017 with some of the best Creative Commons metal the net has to offer.

(00:25) Living For The Moment by Wasted Heroes from Living For The Moment (BY-SA)
(05:16) Digger - Evidence [2009] - Bendalian by Digger from Evidence... is written in the noizz - Full Album (BY-NC-SA)
(10:30) The Pebble and the Stone by Muldjord from The Reissue of My Soul (BY-SA)
(15:40) L'Année terrible by Stellarvore from L'Orgueil des drapeaux et des flammes (BY-NC-SA)
(19:27) Grinding the Spleen by Zombie Destrüktion from Tales of Morbid Mummification (BY-NC-ND)
(22:44) Sarahu by Nimrud from Sarahu (BY-NC-SA)
(29:29) Rauhnacht MMXVI - II by Black Autumn from Rauhnacht MMXVI (BY-NC-SA)
(35:32) Royal Witch by Pressor from Pressor / Diazepam / Soom (BY)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or [FUNNY]. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #144: Closing out 2016

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 21:09:00 -0500

It doesn't feel like the end of 2016 is upon us. It also doesn't feel like this should be the last regular episode of 2016. Yet, here we are.. But we're going out with style, with brand new music from Dejadeath, Agónica, and Minenwerfer. We also have tracks from Ishmael, Silent Path, Last Dive, Dehumanizing Process, and an ear-worm from Martes Mártir. And while we bid a farewell to 2016 we'll be back first-thing in the new year with more Creative Commons Metal Music to blast your ear-holes into the new year.

(00:11) Voluntary Servitude by Dejadeath from Satan Is Losing Momentum (BY-NC-ND)
(03:43) The King Of Worms by Agónica from Collapse (BY-NC-ND)
(09:04) Iron Cross (Ostfront 1915 Version) by Minenwerfer from Ich hatt einen Kameraden (BY-NC-SA)
(12:28) III by Ishmael from Second Perception (BY-NC)
(23:21) Grey Dolls from Nowhere by Silent Path from Mourner Portraits (BY-NC)
(29:51) Last Dive by Last Dive from Firstborn (BY-SA)
(34:30) Enslavement by Dehumanizing Process from Supremacy (BY-NC-ND)
(39:24) Fantasmagoria by Martes Mártir from CARCASA (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or leave a present for them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #143: Cat on the Desk

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 16:19:00 -0500

This episode brought to you despite the efforts of Pixel to prevent it from happening.

(00:11) Conflict by Violblast from Conflict (BY-NC-ND)
(03:44) Deceiving The Host by Wasting The Genesis from Viral Supremacy (BY-NC-ND)
(06:33) Expiation by Screaming Savior from Semblances of the Void (BY-NC-ND)
(12:05) The Awakening by Catchlight from Amaryllis (BY-NC-SA)
(17:22) Dancer in the Sky by SILUETLESS from Drifting (BY-NC-SA)
(24:55) RAISING HELL by Galderia from Royaume de l'Universalité (BY-SA)
(28:41) Drone by Ov Hollowness from Drawn to Descend (BY-ND)
(37:40) Jupiter's Moons by The All Seeing Hand from Sand To Glass (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #142: Thankful

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 21:44:00 -0500

We're coming up on the Thanksgiving holiday here in the USA and I wanted to take a moment to thank you for listening to this humble podcast of Creative Commons Metal Music. It's a privilege to bring you this episode every couple of weeks and though some episodes take a little more to put together than others, seeing folks download the episode warms my heart. We have a great episode lined up with new music from the upcoming Sonus Mortis album, as well as music from Æons Collide, Effigy, Monster Coyote, Neila, PhaZer, Shady Bliss and Seal of Beleth. It's an episode you won't want to miss.

(00:09) I See Humans But No Humanity by Sonus Mortis from Hail The Tragedies Of Man (BY-NC-ND)
(08:24) Epiphany by Æons Collide from None (BY-SA)
(14:25) Cessation Of All by Effigy from Eugenics (BY-ND)
(18:47) The Worst Blind by Monster Coyote from NECKBREAKER (BY-NC-ND)
(24:57) Tronos ardiendo by NEILA from "Tronos ardiendo" LP (BY-NC)
(30:18) No Remedy by PhaZer from Un(Locked) (BY-ND)
(35:28) Thanks For The Ride by Shady Bliss from Old Boy (BY-NC-SA)
(42:18) Death In Eden by Seal Of Beleth from None (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or thank them for making their music Creative Commons Licensed. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #141: V.O.T.E.

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:43:00 -0500

If you're even remotely aware of a country called the United States of America you'll no-doubt know that November 8th is our election day. We've had a barrage of campaign calls from celebrities who likely would never call me otherwise (Seriously, lose my phone number). We've also had non-stop election coverage in every medium known to man (I think they're even using the Rosetta stone to craft messages for any voters who might only read hieroglyphs). Whatever your political stripe, denomination, or leaning: please vote if you can.

Regardless, here's 49 minutes of the best Creative Commons Licensed Music as a (temporary) respite from the United States of America's political machinations.

V.O.T.E.: Very Over This Election.

(00:11) Eye of Providence by Violent Eve from A Great Day (BY-NC)
(04:17) Beneath by Roads to Nowhere from Lifeless (BY-NC)
(08:23) In the Master's Fire by Chateau from Moons Over the Slaughter (BY)
(13:41) VI by Sanctus Daemoneon from The unaVOIDable (BY-NC-ND)
(18:35) The Writer's Farrago by SILUETLESS from Drifting (BY-NC-SA)
(27:34) Exit Wounds by That Of A Lion from Amalgamation (BY-NC-ND)
(35:25) Terrorball by Room 101 from The Gadfly (BY-NC-SA)
(41:21) Verne by Maeth from Shrouded Mountain (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or vote them for office. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #17

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 07:00:00 -0400

All Systems Go. Punch It!

[caption id="attachment_1444" align="alignright" width="125"]From the game “Eclipse Phase” (c) Posthuman Studios, LLC. used under the CC-BY-NC-SA license.[/caption]

(00:12) Sick Nation TV by The Derision Cult from Born Into This (BY-NC-ND)
(05:24) Ms. Hearty by ctrlBrain from Don't Press Any Key. Use CTRL (BY-NC-SA)
(08:04) Lost Generation by Freaky Mind from Crawl EP (BY-NC-ND)
(12:25) Deus Ex Machina by Barnum from Devices (BY)
(16:41) Divided Bliss by Neurotech from In Remission (BY-SA)
(21:27) Regret Your Past And You Reject Your Self by reakt[ion] from We Are The Cause Of Our Own Despair (BY-NC-SA)
(25:28) Land Of Desperate by [Sin.Thetic Squad] from Synthematika Four (BY-NC-ND)
(30:27) Berlin by The Stroj from Metafonik (BY-NC-SA)
(34:22) Daniel Neun - Mein Kreatives Manifest (Wacht auf) by Daniel Neun from Mein Kreatives Manifest (Wacht auf) (BY-ND)
(39:02) Hands of God by Pain Factor from 8 Seconds (BY-NC-SA)
(43:20) Area S'Minty One by We Be Subarashii from S'Mint: The Hentai Soundtrack (BY-NC-ND)
(46:47) Moonlight Sonata by cYsmix from Escapism (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or reshare this episode with your friends. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #140: Like and Reshare

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 21:29:00 -0400

Here on the 140th episode of Open Metalcast we invoke the spirit of social media and implore you to share this episode as widely as possible with your friends and networks. You're lovely people and I adore each and every one that downloads this episode. But I'm sure there's someone in your circle of friends that might like this episode as well. And what better way to tell them about this show than by sharing this episode with them? That's one of the tenets of the Creative Commons License: Sharing. So share the goodness of bands like Sonder, Helix Nebula, Vampire Squid, Anagnorisis, Dioivo, We Exist Even Dead, Manic Adrift, and Spiral with your friends. And tell them to reshare this episode. Much like the tape-trading networks of old we can (legally) get the word out about these bands instead of keeping them all to ourselves. Thank you!

(00:11) Apathocracy by Sonder from Source (BY-NC-ND)
(04:32) Night Angel by Helix Nebula from The Last Lights of a Dying Universe (BY-NC-SA)
(09:30) Sea's Control III: Broken Stern'm by Vampire Squid from Sea's Control (BY-NC-ND)
(13:48) Disgust & Remorse, Pt II by Anagnorisis from Peripeteia (BY-NC-ND)
(21:38) Cegos by Dioivo from Dioivo (BY-NC-SA)
(26:02) Meet No End by We Exist Even Dead from Meet No End (BY-NC-SA)
(30:10) Fiend Within by Manic Adrift from Towers (BY-NC-ND)
(34:49) The Seer by Spiral from AMAE (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or tell your friends about them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #139: Something Old, Something New

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 22:25:00 -0400

For this episode we wanted to go back into the archives to find a few albums we wanted to revisit, like Carnivora, Unholy Quest, Idlemine, and Sonus Mortis. We've also picked up some brand-spanking new tracks from Harrow, Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys, Northwoods, Lacrima and Cara Neir. It's 40 minutes of metal music you won't want to miss!

(00:10) Blindfold by Northwoods from S/T (BY-NC-ND)
(02:46) Manipulate by Carnivora from Eternal (BY-NC-ND)
(06:28) Death Waits by Unholy Quest from The Dark Queen (BY-NC-ND)
(10:54) Song of Seasons by Harrow from None (BY-NC)
(17:26) Almanac by Lacrima from A Story From Limbo (BY)
(22:21) Halo Of Grey by Cara Neir from Guilt and His Reflection (BY-NC-ND)
(26:33) Wicked n Wild by Idlemine from In Life (BY-NC-SA)
(30:34) The New Holocaust Hypocrisy by Sonus Mortis from War Prophecy (BY-NC-ND)
(37:30) Come Black Magic - Single by Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys from None (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or like their Facebook page. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #138: Just Begin Again

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 21:47:00 -0400

No matter how bad things get, sometimes you just need to begin again.

We have some great music ahead for you, including tracks from Cremosity, Ruins of Humanity, PhaZer, Nightosaur, Hippie Doon Squad, Nocturnal, Thesauros, and strozek. It's a show you won't want to miss!

(00:11) Machines against flesh by CREMOSITY from Witness of human brutality (BY-NC-SA)
(04:03) Enemy in the mirror by Ruins Of Humanity from Enemy in the mirror (BY-NC-ND)
(07:56) The Last Warrior by PhaZer from Un(Locked) (BY-ND)
(12:51) Bow Down to Thy Destroyer by Nightosaur from Set Fire To The Mountain (BY-NC-ND)
(19:49) Hobo by Hippie Doom Squad from Live Volume (BY-SA)
(24:20) Nocturnal - Desert paths by Nocturnal from Grey lands (EP) (2016) (BY-NC-ND)
(28:27) Abyss by Thesauros from Index (BY-NC-ND)
(36:10) color of the street by stroszek from wild years of remorse and failures (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or buy them drinks. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #137: Chapter's End

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:03:00 -0400

I got off my schedule for releasing episodes, so this episode is a little late. It also comes on the heels of me losing my job, so some of the tracks reflect my mood. We have brand new Colosso from their album Obnoxious (which is anything but, and shows a music unit tightening up their already tight sound). There's also music from Patrons, Within Destruction, offense, Jack's Slave, Lunarscathe, Black Monolith, and Rock Heroes. It may be the end of a chapter for me, but here's to the next chapter and more metal to come!

(00:11) To Purify by Colosso from Obnoxious (BY-NC-ND)
(03:47) Tři Závěti by Patrons of The Rotting Gate from The Rose Coil (BY-SA)
(11:19) Plague of Immortality (Feat. Dean Lamb of Archspire) by Within Destruction from Void (BY)
(15:47) Seating On Distress by offense from Aside (BY-NC-ND)
(22:12) Stronger & Stronger by Jack´s Slave from Stronger & Stronger (BY-NC-ND)
(25:41) Tainted Well by Lunarscathe from Westward (BY-NC)
(31:26) Victims & Hangmen by Black Monolith from Passenger (BY-NC-ND)
(35:32) Japan by Rock Heroes from None (BY)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #136: Low-Earth Orbit

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 22:44:00 -0400

I don't tend to do "themed" episodes much, but decided after downloading a ton of stoner / doom / sludge metal to compile a little journey for you. Once the seatbelt sign goes off please feel free to move about the cabin. Enjoy your trip.

(00:57) Plastikleuten (Part I & II) by Pyramidal from Dawn in Space (BY-NC-ND)
(11:17) Tar spilled on sand by Chu from Air Water Viscousness (BY-NC-ND)
(23:02) The Trick To Letting Go by Landskap from III (BY-NC-ND)
(29:32) Sun Up by SONNÖV from Caballo Perdedor (BY-NC-ND)
(40:04) Last words of Walter Kovacs by CABEZA DE CABALLO from Dölmenn (BY-NC-ND)
(47:42) Diferentes Formas de Ostras by Picaporters from El Horror Oculto (BY-NC-SA)
(53:10) Excuse Me, I Have to Go to Space Now by Mindwarp from Mindwarp EP (BY-NC-ND)
(58:31) Steinsopp by Steinsopp from Steinsopp (BY)
(1:06:07) The Giant by Palm Desert from Songs from the Dead Seas (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. Just do it. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #16

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 23:58:00 -0400

Ugh. What the hell happened. Oh shit, has it been that long since the last episode? I hate lack. Downloading latest transmission:

[caption id="attachment_1415" align="alignright" width="300"] From the game "Eclipse Phase" (c) Posthuman Studios, LLC. used under the CC-BY-NC-SA license.[/caption]

(00:25) Victimized by Deconbrio from The Art of Violation: Part One (BY-NC-SA)
(04:53) Army Of Arseholes by Maximum Sexy Pigeon from Unfit For Human Consumption (BY-NC-ND)
(07:22) Here Is No God by Silicon War Sector from Téchne (BY-NC-ND)
(11:41) Мать Героина by Invisible Devastation from ID EP (BY-NC-ND)
(17:15) Winter Storm (Industrial Version) by DEgITx from Winter Storm (BY)
(20:02) omnicide by Promonium Jesters from EP2010 (BY-Nc-ND)
(27:52) Daily Grind by subQtaneous from Sirona Mixtape #7 (BY-NC-ND)
(33:34) As Pitch As Black by Intrasonic from At The End (BY-NC-SA)
(38:05) Metal Men by Electric Zoom from Horror Show (BY-ND)
(40:45) Потрать Себя by HAGAT from Десять Монстров (BY-NC-ND)
(44:25) Adrenalin by Antichrisis from Not Fade Away (BY-ND)
(50:16) Overload by The Kolour Kult from AS220's Spring Sampler 2013 (BY-NC-SA)
(53:44) Believe by Another Destiny Project from The Meaning Of Life (BY-NC-SA)

I'd like to thank you for checking out this episode of Open Metalcast and remind you it's the bands that make this show possible so head to the shows, buy a T-shirt or give them an Octomorph for Christmas.

Whatever it takes, let them know that you care, thank them for making their music Creative Commons licensed, and tell them you heard their music here on Open Metalcast .com. Also, if you have any music you'd like to suggest for the show, send it my way at craig@openmetalcast.com. And be sure to check out the other great podcast episodes at openmetalcast.com, where you can hear every episode back to episode number one. Thanks for listening.

Download complete. Still not 100% current. God, I hate lack. Need to find my contacts. Transmission ends.

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Six years of Open Metalcast

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:16:00 -0400

Today marks the sixth year since the first episode of Open Metalcast. It's been quite a journey and I thank you all for accompanying me on it. We've found a lot of Creative Commons Metal Music along the way, and I hope there are many more episodes of discovery together.

Rather than bore you with statistics of how many tracks we've played or hours of music we've generated I just want to invite you to keep listening and sharing these episodes. We've barely scratched the surface.

Here's to many more years to come!

Open Metalcast Episode #135: Bite-sized metal satisfaction

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:48:00 -0400

Here at the Open Metalcast headquarters we're looking at the throes of summer as it winds down for the year. This is the time where people plan out vacations and other assorted trips and really don't have much time for much else. We here at Open Metalcast understand your busy schedule and have set up nine tracks of metal for you in a small, easy to digest format. And what a selection we have for you, including tracks from Last Fear, Artificial Construct, Rather Be Alive, Napalm Strike, Chisme Animal, Traboute, and ČudNoReĐe. We even snuck in some brand new Mean Messiah for you. And while Open Metalcast sort-of-celebrates it's sixth year we also celebrate five years of Discos Macarras with a track by Memest from their 5 Years of Doom and Dark Sounds compilation. It's a show that moves at the pace of your busy lifestyle in easy-to-share MP3 and ever-so-trendy OGG. Available wherever fine podcasts are purveyed.

(00:11) Experimental Supremacy by Last Fear from Incidents (BY-NC-ND)
(04:20) Salvation by Artificial Construct from Dead Space (BY)
(06:57) SILENCI by RATHER BE ALIVE from Reedició Demo 2012 - Rather Be Alive (BY-NC-ND)
(11:58) No Lives Matter by Napalm Strike from No Lives Matter (BY-NC-ND)
(14:17) B-Grade Hero (B-Grade B-Side) by Mean Messiah from Let Us Pray EP (BY-NC-ND)
(17:05) Te Esperaré by Chisme Animal from Alétheia (BY-NC-SA)
(22:14) Bestas sen ferrar by Traboute from Flúe (BY-NC-ND)
(26:11) My Friends by MEMEST from 5 Years of Doom and Dark Sounds (BY-NC-ND)
(33:23) Rančić na speedu by ČudNoReĐe from Dno je sve rjeđe (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or head on tour with them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #134: Short on Words, Long on Metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:11:00 -0400

Trying to finish up this episode before heading to bed (which tends to be a theme, as I try to get these out before I hit the hay). Decided to start this episode with some of the more epic tracks and mix things up a bit. We have the first two tracks from Aktarum's Game of Trolls, followed by a soaring track from Skyforest. Then we finish off the set with the epical tale of Daedalus and his ingenious wings which doomed his son when the son flew too close to the sun. And then four crushing tracks by Chamber of Rotrute, Depths of Black, Rebel Wizard and Sysmo Finish off the second act. And you won't want to miss the post-metal track by Wreck and Reference that sounds both unique and familiar and downright good. It's a show you won't want to miss!

(00:10) Opening Game by Aktarum from Game of Trolls (BY-SA)
(01:21) Game of Trolls by Aktarum from Game of Trolls (BY-SA)
(05:32) Cosmic Drifter by Skyforest from Unity (BY-NC-ND)
(12:32) The Wings of Ingenuity by The Loom of Time from Admirable, O Daedalus, Your Son (BY-NC-SA)
(21:21) The Riot of Cadavers by Chamber of Torture from Cadaverous Omen (BY-SA)
(24:46) Human (feat. Anton Nikolaev) by Depths Of Black from Human Fucktory [EP] (BY)
(28:42) A place to rest the dead inside is never to be found by REBEL WIZARD from Invocation of the miserable ones (BY-SA)
(31:40) Krakatokalipsys by Sysmo from RxDxCx (BY)
(36:07) Flight But Not Metaphor by Wreck and Reference from Indifferent Rivers Romance End (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or write a short blurb about them for your local paper. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #133: Internet of Metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 23:57:00 -0400

The Internet is a great thing, bringing together metal from across the globe. Where else can I easily find music from bands and labels from Spain, Italy, Sri Lanka, Norway, Canada, and California? And where else could you find the finest Creative Commons Metal Music the Internet has to offer? This episode features Santa Marta Golden, Anopheli, Funeral in Heaven, Codo, Ignota Palabra, The Electric Mountain, Overclock , and XÄCKSECKS. So go support the Internet of Metal and pick up these releases. And be sure to let me know if you find any more Creative Commons Metal. It's a big internet after all.

(00:10) F.A.D.E. by Santa Marta Golden from Resilience (BY-NC-SA)
(05:40) Acts Of Man by Anopheli from The Ache Of Want (BY-NC)
(12:51) The Origins of Evil [Abhaawaya] by Funeral in Heaven from Shanthikarma [Live EP ; 2010] (BY-NC)
(19:31) Douchebag by Codo from Super-Magic Powerful (BY-NC-ND)
(26:34) Met Golem by Ignota Palabra from EP III (BY-SA)
(30:04) Mother by The Electric Mountain from The Electric Mountain (BY-NC-SA)
(34:43) Fire (demo) by Overclock from None (BY-NC-SA)
(40:47) XÄCKSECKS - TOMBSTONE CHOKE FEAT. THE TOILET by Xacksecks from DOTD018 - XÄCKSECKS - GLOW (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or help them commission an artist for their upcoming album. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #10: Overdue

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 23:40:00 -0400

It's been way too long since the last Instrumetalcast episode, so to make up for it we've selected nine tracks for over an hour of instrumental metal bliss. We have tracks from Release the Long Ships, Psygnosis, Sioum, Black Autumn, Cloudkicker, set and setting, Dead Empires, Arrrggh!, and DEgITx. So push play and let the music take you on a Creative Commons Metal Music journey.

(00:10) Tesla And Tunguska by Release The Long Ships from Holocene (BY-ND)
(05:03) FIIIX 3.0 by Psygnosis from AAliens (BY)
(16:44) and Technological Advancements by Sioum from Yet Further (BY-NC-SA)
(27:19) In The Rains Of June by Black Autumn from Losing The Sun (BY-NC-SA)
(32:19) Trim Splint by Cloudkicker from Woum (BY)
(35:28) Spiraling Uncertainties by set and setting from Equanimity (BY-NC-ND)
(43:05) House of Light (featuring Nick Lee) by Dead Empires from Secret Snakes / Silent Serpent (BY-ND)
(58:59) Ssniff! by Arrrggh! from Sanscuisiphonia (BY-NC-ND)
(1:03:25) Game Not Over by DEgITx from Between Death and Stars (None)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or light off firecrackers in the shape of their name. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #132: Thank you for being a fan

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 23:25:00 -0400

One thing that most bands will tell you is that they keep making music for their fans. That's true of podcasts as well. You're part of the reason I do this podcast. Yes you, the one with the really neat smartphone. And you, the one who listens on the website. And I see you, site that re-broadcasts our content. Seriously, it's because of you that we all keep doing this. So give yourself a pat on the back for being awesome. Because if it weren't for you I'd be playing this all by my lonesome. Kudos!

We have a great show lined up for you, including new music from Fall of Man, Red Raw, Kudai, Subterranean Disposition, Defying, Holistic Hobos, Mesmer, and Dr. Zilog. It's a mixture of metal I hope you enjoy and share with your friends.

(00:10) Remain In My Eyes by Fall Of Man from Sculpting an Era of Decadence (BY-NC-ND)
(04:56) Shut Up and Obey by Red Raw from Shut Up and Obey (BY-NC-ND)
(11:31) Beelzebub by Kudai from VII (BY-NC-SA)
(16:00) Wooden Kimono Fixative by Subterranean Disposition from Contagiuum and the Landscapes of Failure (BY-ND)
(26:53) Irreversible by Defying from The Splinter of Light We Misread (BY-NC-SA)
(34:05) Baby Chainsaw by Holistic Hobos from Deaf Proof / Holistic Hobos Split (BY-NC-ND)
(42:36) Tyrant by Mesmer from Mesmer EP (BY-NC-ND)
(49:58) Fractured Fractals by Dr. Zilog from Unknown Command (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or carve their name on your abdomen. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #131: Late-night Metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:07:00 -0400

Here at the Open Metalcast headquarters we burn the midnight oil (not the band, but the proverbial midnight oil) scouring the net to bring you the finest Creative Commons Metal Music. But we know that putting in these long hours brings in some of the best metal around. And what a haul we have for you this episode! We have tracks from Warheat, Vengeance Today, Cursed Sun, Oak Pantheon, Maestus, Venturheim, Sun Worship, and Atavismo. It's a show you wont want to miss!

(00:10) Planet Terror by Warheat from Planet Terror (BY-NC-SA)
(02:43) Saffron by Vengeance Today from Rest In Piss (BY-NC-ND)
(03:55) The Vultures by Cursed Sun from CURSED SUN - Premonitions (2012) (BY-NC-ND)
(10:00) Dawn as a New Day by Oak Pantheon from In Pieces (BY-NC)
(16:43) Weeping Granite by Maestus from Voir dire (BY-NC-SA)
(24:44) Fade by Veturheim from Vicious and Violent (BY-SA)
(29:18) Perihelion by Sun Worship from Pale Dawn (BY-NC-SA)
(37:30) Haribo by Atavismo from ATAVISMO & GRAJO split (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or start a Kickstarter with them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #130: Continuing Voyages

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 23 May 2016 23:38:00 -0400

Quick Program Note: If you are listening / viewing this on Metal Injection I encourage you to check out Open Metalcast for the latest episodes of Open Metalcast. This is the last episode of Open Metalcast that will be broadcast via Metal Injection. It's been a great ride and I'd like to thank Rob and the rest of the Metal Injection crew for giving this podcast the opportunity to share with you. To celebrate the journey thus far (130 episodes and no end in sight) I compiled thirteen tracks (it's my lucky number, what can I say?) spanning some old favorites as well as new favorite artists from the podcast's history. We have tracks from Expectativa Zero, Thicket, Abaddon Incarnate, VRADEMARGK, Norilsk, Release The Long Ships, Psygnosis, The Neologist, Iron & Stone, Codo, APPOLLONIA, Jackalopes, and Neurotech. it's a show you won't want to miss!

(01:04) Enemigos de Dios by Expectativa Zero from Re-evolución (BY-NC-ND)
(05:15) Shadow of the Witch by Thicket from Tales From The Tomb (BY)
(09:52) 1756 by Abbadon Incarnate from INTOXICATED Vol.4 (2006) (BY-NC-ND)
(12:21) Undesired Funeral by VRADEMARGK from The Black Chamber (BY-NC-SA)
(16:43) Potsdam Glo by Norilsk from The Idea of North (BY-NC)
(22:57) Feathers And Bones by Release The Long Ships from Holocene (BY-ND)
(28:13) Lost in Oblivion by Psygnosis from Human Be[ing] (BY)
(37:57) The Future Screen by The Neologist from The Inward Expansion (BY)
(42:46) Rising Tides by Iron & Stone from Maelstrom (BY-NC-ND)
(46:55) Tirabuzon by Codo from Strictly For The Ladies (BY-NC-ND)
(51:58) Elizaberri by APPOLLONIA from Dull Parade (BY-NC-ND)
(56:18) Rumble downtown by Jackalopes from Jacksploitation (BY-NC-SA)
(1:02:17) Fear the Fear by Neurotech from Stigma (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or do whatever it takes. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #129: Traditional / Experimental

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 09 May 2016 22:08:00 -0400

While the Open Metalcast interns scour the net for Creative Commons Metal Music (contrary to popular belief it's not just one person searching Bandcamp on the Monday Evening before the show drops. Nope, not that at all) we've noticed a lot of tags for the music we find. One tag that can be a mixed bag is "experimental", which can lead to some truly unique music, or can lead to something that sounds akin to, well, something else. Fortunately our crack team of interns (and not one guy on a Monday Evening) have steeled him, er, themselves against such sonic barrages to bring you the finest in Creative Commons Metal Music. Plus we have some straight up metal to punish your earholes. We have tracks from Maleceptor, Back to R'lyeh, VII ARC, Goatfather, La Agonía de Vivir, The Grajo side of the latest ATAVISMO & GRAJO split, Batchlight, and Cratylik Feat BassToss. We can't thank our interns enough for taking a few hits here and there for the team, and once we clean up the mess maybe we can have some more.

(00:11) Maggot Infested Munter by MALECEPTOR from Digest the Damned (BY-NC-ND)
(03:45) Warnings by Back To R'lyeh from The Awakening / Last Fight of the Primordial (BY-NC-ND)
(10:13) DΩXA by VII ARC from DΩXA (BY-NC-ND)
(15:15) As The Crow Cries by Goatfather from Hipster Fister (BY-NC-ND)
(19:11) Sitio by La Agonía de Vivir from LADV01 - ASEDIO "el último invierno" 12" (AGOTADO / SOLD OUT!!!) (BY-NC-ND)
(21:26) Feeding Our Demons by Grajo from ATAVISMO & GRAJO split (BY-NC-ND)
(27:38) Criminals by Catchlight from Amaryllis (BY-NC-SA)
(34:01) Maître après mètres ft BassToss by Cratylik Feat BassToss from None (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or do whatever you need to do to make them happy people. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #128: Unintended acts of human kindness

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:05:00 -0400

This week I got a strange note from one of my friends who wondered if I was moving in. Apparently on my recent order of CDs from Hypnotic Dirge Records I accidentally left it on the last shipping address I used. That address was his address from when I last sent him some CDs for Christmas. I had a few moments of confusion until I realized what was going on. But it all worked out because these were albums that I know he'd like anyway, so in a way it was an unintended act of human kindness. So Hypnotic Dirge Records got another order from me, and my friend got some amazing music. The moral of the story? Buy more music, share more music, and support the bands you love, even if it's unintentional. What is intentional is the collection of tracks we have for you this episode. We have tracks from Shardana, The Look of Time, Twisted Wrath, Negative Voice, Mahidevran, and a brand new track from SUNNATA. Send them to all of your friends who will listen (and the friends who won't listen. ;) ).

(00:10) Shardana (Kadesh) by Shardana from No Cadena, No Presoni, No Spada, No Lei (BY-NC-ND)
(03:15) The Pinnacle of Hypocrisy by The Loom of Time from NihilReich (BY-NC-SA)
(07:52) To The Sword by Twisted Wrath from Madman's Chorus (BY-NC-ND)
(11:35) Instant by Negative Voice from Cold Redrafted (BY-ND)
(17:44) Karma by Land Of The Sun from Land Of The Sun (BY-NC-ND)
(23:03) Parable by Mahidevran from Singl Parable (BY-NC-SA)
(30:27) Zorya by SUNNATA from Zorya (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or surprise your friends with their music. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #127: No Limits

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:41:00 -0400

One of the best parts of doing a podcast about Creative Commons Metal Music is I'm only answerable to you, the fans. I don't have to try to fit my show into pre-constrained time limits, and I don't have to fit the songs around commercials. And because it isn't over the air I don't have to make ham-fisted attempts at bleeping things out that might offend sensitive ears. It's just you and me sharing music the way music should be shared; among people who care about the music and the bands who make it. This episode features a brand-new EP from show-favorites Wildernessking, (who apparently don't rest in South Africa ;) ). We also have new music from Reliever, Reluctant Mortem, The Sad Bastard Book Club, Totem Skin, WendigoPsychosis, and Pyramidal. And the Open Metalcast Vaults found a neglected track from Dead in Montana. So do your part and download this episode to see how far you can push your limits. And do your friends a favor and share with them as well.

(00:10) So Be It by Reliever from Exile (BY)
(05:00) Winter of the parasite by Dead in Montana from Goliat & Dead In Montana (BY-NC-ND)
(07:11) Hidden In A Barrel by Reluctant Mortem from The Allure Of A Dying Soul (BY-NC-ND)
(14:41) Birth by Wildernessking from Levitate (BY-NC-ND)
(19:27) Entropy Hits on the Seventh by The Sad Bastard Book Club from And the Sirens Sang of a Time When There Were No Foghorns (BY-NC-SA)
(26:30) Always Ire by Totem Skin from Weltschmerz (BY-NC)
(31:07) Zum Fressen gern by WendigoPsychosis from Herzblut (BY-NC-ND)
(37:48) Motormind by Pyramidal from Jams From the Sun (Pyramidal & Domo Split LP) (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or set up a fan website dedicated to them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #126: Good Looking Music

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:43:00 -0400

One of the things that I really enjoy about putting together Open Metalcast episodes is picking up music from around the globe. There's a ton of bands putting out not only amazing music but also amazing physical musical artifacts to enjoy. One band in particular is Psygnosis with their latest album: "AAliens". The artwork on this LP is amazing, and a lot of thought and care went into putting this together. I also picked up "Exist" by Cyranoi, which comes in a beautiful digipack CD case with great music and great artwork to boot. And even though not every band puts out physical media there's still a lot of care that goes into producing artwork to catch the most jaded metal fan's eye. Do yourself a favor and click on the links below. There's a lot of work that goes into making these albums, and I'm sure Psygnosis, dOwnhill, Domestic Terror, Decaying Continuum, Cover of Night, Involución, Moron, and Cyranoi would appreciate it if you not only gave their albums a peek, but also a listen. Hopefully this show will give you a taste of what you can expect to not only hear but see as well.

(00:07) Abiogenesis by Cyranoi from Exist (BY-NC-ND)
(04:48) Film by Moron from RZEKA EP (BY)
(08:22) Cuervos de la Tempestad by Involución from Adelanto 2016 (BY-NC-SA)
(11:48) Through Pine and Aspen by Cover of Night from Cover of Night (BY)
(18:40) Expending Humanity Within by Decaying Continuum from The Burden of Entropy [Demo] (BY-NC-ND)
(22:42) Domination Through Systematic Invasion by Domestic Terror from War Crimes (BY-NC-ND)
(26:00) The Harpy's Nest by dOwnhill from dOwnhill (BY-SA)
(32:43) Man ov Steel by Psygnosis from AAliens (BY)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or gaze longingly upon their artwork. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #125: One, Two, Five

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:00:00 -0400

One thing that I didn't miss while Open Metalcast was on hiatus was writing the short blurb that precedes the listing of tracks in the show notes. Part of that is because sometimes I don't have much to add to an already great set of music. And this show is no exception, with tracks from Rain On Their Parade, Goliath, Muldjord, Broken God, Icarus Crash and Separate Sun. Plus we have one more track from the Apierogon album by Polygons. But the main reason I don't like writing these is because I have to come up with superlatives for songs like Apocalyptic Witchcraft by show-favorite Petrychor. And really, how much more can you say about a band that can craft 26 minutes of black metal and still keep your attention? You'd be overdrawn from the superlative bank and have to see a teller to take a loan out. So rather than read me try to sell you on listening to this episode I think we'd both be happier if you just download episode 125 of Open Metalcast and we'll call it even. No charge; just the finest Creative Commons Metal Music this here Internet has to offer.

(00:10) Mojave by Rain On Their Parade from Wonderlights (BY-NC-ND)
(03:30) @Recooperated (Ft. Todd Jones of Nails) by Goliath from Darkest Dawn (BY-NC-ND)
(07:36) Hateful by Muldjord from The Reissue of My Soul (BY-SA)
(12:45) Drifters by Broken God from Monolith (BY-NC)
(21:29) Ruta Dorada by Icarus Crash from Erizos (BY-NC-SA)
(26:37) Clock on the wall by Separate Sun from If you don't wanna howl at the moon... (BY-NC-ND)
(31:13) Apeirogon III: Emergence by Polygons from Apeirogon (BY-NC-SA)
(35:55) Apocalyptic Witchcraft by Petrychor from Apocalyptic Witchcraft (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or have them play a show in your home country. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, as well as news, videos, interviews, reviews and more.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #124: Returning We Hear the Metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 06:00:00 -0500

Eight months ago Open Metalcast went on hiatus. The short of it was because my father-in-law was needing more elder care and we needed to shore up resources for his care. Unfortunately he passed away last year. This show is dedicated to him, even though he likely never heard it or knew it existed. We miss you, Dad.

So I have eight months to catch up on of sharing Creative Commons Metal Music with you. Let's get started with music from Phylogeny, The Afterthought Ecstasty, Sonus Mortis, Wildernessking, Negative Voice, Akaitsuki, two tracks from EWÏG FROST, and Lèpoka.

It's good to be back, though I wish it were under better circumstances.

(00:12) Seizure of the Tremoctopus by Phylogeny from Phylogeny (BY-SA)
(04:55) Paradoxal Subjugation by First Fragment from The Afterthought Ecstasy (BY-NC)
(10:04) The Crypt Of The Death Prophet by Sonus Mortis from War Prophecy (BY-NC-ND)
(16:32) With Arms Like Wands by Wildernessking from Mystical Future (BY-NC-ND)
(24:47) Limitation by Negative Voice from Limitation [single release] (BY-NC)
(30:09) Ryujin by Akaitsuki from Akaitsuki (BY-SA)
(34:00) A1-The Railroad to Hell by EWÏG FROST from The Railroad to Hell EP (BY-NC-ND)
(36:32) A2- Black Rollin' Thunder Clouds by EWÏG FROST from The Railroad to Hell EP (BY-NC-ND)
(41:26) Beerserkers by Lèpoka from Beerserkers [2016 album] (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or give them a hug. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, as well as news, videos, interviews, reviews and more.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast: Hiatus Announcement

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:04:00 -0400

Hey all,

After some deliberation I'm putting the show on temporary hiatus. Reason being life is getting in the way of making the show you deserve to hear.

We've had a good five year run and I fully intend to bring you many many more years of the best in Creative Commons Music. But now is not that time, and the show will suffer in the interim.

That doesn't mean we won't have some special episodes when the mood arises; far from it. But the regular every-other-week transmissions are not happening until further notice.

Nobody is more bummed about this than I am, and I'm looking forward to when I'm able to share music with you. That's important to me, but other things need to take precedence.

Take care and stay metal!

-- Craig

Open Metalcast Episode #123: Five Years Young

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:30:00 -0400

Open Metalcast was released five years ago on August 17th, 2010 and we thought it would be a great idea to do something special for you our faithful listeners and aficionados of Creative Commons Metal Music. So we got thinking: what could we do to show you how much we love you, the audience, and do something special to celebrate this momentous occasion. Five hours of music? A track from all of the bands we've played on this show? Severed Fifth's Jono Bacon parachuting into each and every one of your homes? While we chucked around these amazing (and somewhat scary) ideas we decided to do the one thing that keeps you coming back for mote: keep bringing you great Creative Commons licensed metal music. We've got tracks from Kekal, Panchita la Pistolera, A Grave On Mars, Death of a Poet, Othismos
Another Destiny Project, Throne of Malediction, Let It Flow, Did You Just Hex Me?, Betrayal, and BlackStar. So rather than serve us restraining orders or testing your intestinal fortitude we'll serve up 50 minutes of crushing metal to tantalize and appease your craving for Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. Here's to five years and many more to come!

(00:00) Scream by BlackStar from From The Ashes (BY-NC-ND)
(03:42) And Now You're A Slave by Betrayal from Black Magic Whore (BY-NC-ND)
(09:06) If I Do That I'll Fall Down by Did You Just Hex Me? from Did You Just Hex Me? (BY)
(12:07) Fragments by Let It Flow from Fragments (BY-NC-SA)
(16:38) Through the Sorrow (single) by Throne of Malediction from None (BY-NC-ND)
(21:56) Nessuna promessa di cambiamento by Othismos from L'odio necessario (BY-NC-ND)
(26:10) Final Surrender by Another Destiny Project from None (BY-NC-SA)
(31:23) Saying Goodbye (Re-Release) by Death of a Poet from None (BY-NC-ND)
(35:02) Track 1 Demo by A Grave On Mars from A Grave On Mars (BY-NC-SA)
(39:48) centro by Panchita la Pistolera from PINITO (BY-NC-ND)
(45:49) Neutrality (alternate mix) by Kekal from Luka EP (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or make a five-years-running podcast featuring them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #122: Don't know when to stop

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 23:50:00 -0400

Ever have one of those days where you just want to keep the music going and don't want it to stop? That's what happened with this episode. It's understandable when you have such great bands as deafheaven, Eschatos, Seal Of Beleth, Beastmaker, Fodastic Brenfers, KDC, Rebel Wizard, Envig, Azgard, and Vinnum Sabbathi in your playlist. Heck, you just forget to stop the music and announce all of the great songs until the very end of the episode. Well, maybe you might. Not that I'm speaking from experience here, but sometimes the music just flows so perfectly you don't want it to stop and you can't figure out where to stop. So sit back and enjoy the episode and relax: I couldn't figure out where to stop either.

(00:11) From the Kettle Onto the Coil by deafheaven from None (BY-NC-ND)
(06:39) In Whole Alone Is Good And Elsewhere Nowhere by Eschatos from The Grand Noir (BY-NC-ND)
(14:08) Nightmares by Seal Of Beleth from s/t (BY-NC-ND)
(24:05) Heathens by Beastmaker from Beastmaker (BY-NC)
(28:35) Esparro by Fodastic Brenfers from Québec (BY-NC)
(31:14) Rutwaltz by KDC from The Veracity of Solitude (BY-NC-ND)
(32:56) Suffocate the earth with the wizard cape of negativity by REBEL WIZARD from Negative Wizard Metal (BY-SA)
(37:09) Thralldom Awaits by Envig from Warmachine (BY-NC-ND)
(39:49) Be a Man by Azgard from At the Break of the Day (BY-NC-SA)
(43:38) HEX II: Foundation Pioneers by Vinnum Sabbathi from Fuzzonaut Split (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or package their track with nine other songs. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #121: Shuffle mode

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:21:00 -0400

Ever have one of those days where you just decide to put your entire library on shuffle and see what happens? That's what happened with this episode. I narrowed down the library to just the Creative Commons Metal Music, turned on shuffle and hit "play". What you're hearing is a (mostly) shuffled version of what is in the Open Metalcast archives. This episode has a mix of different artists, featuring Colosso, Aborym, Exiled From Eden, Trocotombix, Black Autumn, Pr4nA, The Foetal Mind, Frozen Dust, Petrychor, Concatenate, Omainen, and Thou. Some of these haven't been on the show in a while and others are more recent. So sit back and let the realm of randomness take you on an hour-long journey of Creative Commons Metal Music.

(00:42) Four Edges Of Deceit by Colosso from Foregone Semblances (BY-NC-SA)
(04:59) V by Aborym from Psychogrotesque (BY-NC-SA)
(10:37) Genocide by Exiled From Eden from Eve of the End (BY-NC-SA)
(14:13) Reza Hindrakesuma by TROCOTOMBIX from Psicopompos (BY-NC-ND)
(16:03) The Threefold Life by Black Autumn from Aurora - Morgen Rothe Im Auffgang (BY-NC-SA)
(21:38) Desert sand by Pr4nA from Pr4nA (BY-NC-ND)
(26:20) Total Chaos by The Foetal Mind from The Grand Contraction (BY-NC)
(29:32) Into the Night by Frozen Dust from Reincarnation (BY-SA)
(33:21) Ceaseless White by Petrychor from Makrokosmos (BY-NC-ND)
(39:18) Priorities by Concatenate from Concatenate's Concatenated Stuff (BY-NC-SA)
(43:16) The End of Time by Omainen from Shades of Grey (BY-NC-SA)
(49:09) The Song of Illuminate Darkness by Thou from Ceremonies of Humiliation (BY)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or buy their cat pet food. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #15

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:57:00 -0400

Have taken a bulk carrier in stasis to avoid detection enroute to Neptune. This is our last transmission until we arrive. Unsure what we will find but hoping to blend in with some Extropian or Scum collectives until this all blows over. Wish us well.

Stasis disturbed. Link damaged. Backup engaged. Transmitting... Transmitting... Transmitting...

(00:23) Distractions by Deconbrio from The Art of Violation: Part One (BY-NC-SA)
(03:58) Quien by Echovolt from Odds On The Underdog (BY-NC-ND)
(07:56) Culture Shock by Patient Zero from Transgressor (BY-NC-SA)
(11:25) Pwning the network by Dopestarsinc from Ultrawired (BY-NC-SA)
(15:02) Leviathan by Silicon War Sector from Téchne (BY-NC-ND)
(19:05) Dealer by MSHAA from Android 2014 (BY-NC-ND)
(22:34) Transcendental by Neurotech from Infra Versus Ultra (BY-SA)
(26:43) Darkest Side by N-616 from Darkest Side (BY-NC-ND)
(30:41) Mein Name ist Legion by Die Leere im Kern deiner Hoffnung from Zeit ist eine Illusion (BY-SA)
(34:37) Dancing with Shadows by Opened Paradise from Occult (BY-NC-SA)
(38:36) Skeptik by LAHO from Escape from the Dying Star (BY-SA)
(42:39) Tunguska! by Maximum Sexy Pigeon from Unfit For Human Consumption (None)
(46:21) Dancing in fire by NANOCULT from Nirvana (BY-NC-ND)

I'd like to thank you for checking out this episode of Open Metalcast and remind you it's the bands that make this show possible so head to the shows, buy a T-shirt or give them new shells to upload to.

Whatever it takes, let them know that you care, thank them for making their music Creative Commons licensed, and tell them you heard their music here on Open Metalcast .com. Also, if you have any music you'd like to suggest for the show, send it my way at craig@openmetalcast.com. And remember to check out all of the great metal podcasts on Metal Injection, where you can hear all of their great podcasts, as well as news, interviews, videos, and more. Thanks for listening.

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Open Metalcast Episode #120: Live until 120

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:37:00 -0400

Browsing through Wikipedia for subjects for titles for the show I stumbled upon something I didn't know (isn't that always the case with Wikipedia?) Apparently Moses lived to be 120 years old. So the way to wish someone long life would be "Live until 120" Which is apropos for the 120th episode of our long-running podcast bringing you the finest in Creative Commons metal music (with no end in sight, knock on IKEA desk). This episode brings us the other half of the HELA / LODO split with a track from LODO, as well as tracks from Humanity Defiled, Unholy Quest, Немiга, Grimalkin, Extincion, Soundcrafters, and Sallow. Just remember to listen at respectable volumes so when you turn 120 you can still listen to this great music.

(00:09) field hospital/overt mutiny by humanity defiled from circling the drain (BY-NC-ND)
(02:17) The Dark Queen by Unholy Quest from The Dark Queen (BY-NC-ND)
(07:02) Немiга - Моя Игра by Немiга from Больше Угара EP (BY-SA)
(10:28) LODO - Cristocolmado by HELA / LODO from Split LP (BY-NC-ND)
(15:38) You Don't Get It by GRIMALKIN from s/t (BY-NC-ND)
(18:16) Entropia by EXTINCION from O Martelo da Morte (BY-NC-ND)
(21:23) Chaos by Soundcrafters from Catharsis In Chaos (BY-ND)
(25:39) Ashes Fell To Earth by Sallow from II: Corpses & Ruins (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or bring them air conditioning. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #119: Works of Fire

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:39:00 -0400

Tonight was the Windsor–Detroit International Freedom Festival, AKA "The Fireworks". Unfortunately we're also getting some bad weather in this area so they did the fireworks earlier than normal. What does that have to do with this show? Not a damn thing. But what this show does have is nine spectacular songs hidden inside it's encoded bits, including tracks from Ósserp, TEETHING, HOT SKULL, Black Autumn, Rain On Their Parade, Thicket, ROSY FINCH, and B.I.T.E. So if you see flashes before your eyes and hear cracking noises it's probably not the fireworks but the sound of your head banging along with these tracks. And now you know.

(00:10) Heretant enemics by Ósserp from Sang i Sutge LP (BY-ND)
(03:46) We Were Friends by TEETHING from Ralph EP (BY-NC-ND)
(05:12) Loneliness by HOT SKULL from Melancholy Blossoms (BY-NC-ND)
(07:31) 'Tis Roock, 'Tis Enckel Wint by Black Autumn from Black Autumn / Veldes - Split (BY-NC-SA)
(13:02) Old World Blues, New World Hope by Rain On Their Parade from Wonderlights (BY-NC-ND)
(17:05) Murder Machine by Thicket from Tales From The Tomb (BY)
(21:47) Sexkinesia by ROSY FINCH from Witchboro (BY-NC-ND)
(29:15) DIRTY SICK VICE by B.I.T.E from ROCK INTO THE NIGHT (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or set off fireworks around their trailer. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #118: 15 minutes or more of fame

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 23:42:00 -0400

This week I'll be seeing Rush in concert for their 40th anniversary tour. One of the reasons Rush is one of my favorite bands is they bucked the trends. On the album 2112 they released the now legendary concept track "2112" which clocked in at over 20 minutes. This was despite their label stating they didn't want any more concept songs. Despite this the album is now regarded as a cultural treaure in Canada and the band is still going strong 40 years later. So much for listening to the conventional wisdom.

All of the tracks in this episode are over 15 minutes in length as a tribute to all of the bands that buck the trends, ignore conventional wisdom, and play the music they want to play. This episode features tracks from Cementerio, Doodsangst, NUTRITION, Schattenbrandung, Deep Space Destructors, and Psygnosis.

So poke a finger in the eye of the collectivist mentality and treat yourself over an hour and a half of the best Creative Commons music the net has to offer.

(01:02) CEMENTERIO - "Consumidos Por Las Probabilidades" + "Y Acabamos En Un Afluente" + "El Cielo os Banaba" by Boue Records from MENTAT / CEMENTERIO (BY-NC-SA)
(19:07) de zekere afgrond by Doodsangst from de zekere afgrond (BY-NC-ND)
(34:15) I by NUTRITION from TERMINUS OCCULTUS (BY)
(50:45) VII by Schattenbrandung from I - Apophänie (BY-NC-SA)
(1:06:36) An Ode To Indifferent Universe by Deep Space Destructors from III (BY-NC-ND)
(1:21:42) Liquid Nebuula by Psygnosis from Anti-Sublime (BY)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or see them in concert. What a concept! Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #117: Technical Difficulties Be Damned

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 26 May 2015 00:31:00 -0400

Ah the joys of computers. Can't really do a show without one but damned if this computer wasn't being a bit of a pain in the ass by filling up the root partition (and of course not telling me until it completely shit the bed in the process). But with things mostly back to normal we can talk about the amazing episode we have lined up for your ears. We have new tracks from Shooter, Vemm, and Bolesno Grinje, Lux, Evacuate The City, Afterwind, and Alturuk, as well as brand new material from Galactic Pegasus (which was sent to me by a fan of the show through Bandcamp. Thank you so much!). So while computers can be a pain to work with they rare one of the best ways to listen to this show. So fire up your favorite podcatcher and listen to the best Creative Commons Music the net has to offer.

(00:09) Shooter - RECHARGED - 03 Issues Of Faith by Shooter from Recharged (BY-NC-SA)
(04:23) Everybody by Vemm from Very excited Mad musicians (BY-NC-ND)
(08:30) Tragovi na duši (Traces on the soul) by Bolesno Grinje from Chronicles from the tomb (BY-NC-SA)
(12:31) Full Measure (ReDux) by Galactic Pegasus from Homecoming (BY-NC-SA)
(15:57) Fear Leads to Hate by Lux from HATE (BY-NC-ND)
(20:16) Recollection by Evacuate The City from The Catastrophe (BY)
(24:05) Games of the Tyrants by AFTERWIND from Tyrants (BY-NC)
(31:25) People of the Montagnes by Alturúk from Malheurmiel (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or send their msuic to your favorite podcast. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #116: Larks Returning

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 12 May 2015 01:05:00 -0400

Some sad news to report with this episode. Apparently the album "Larks" is the last "Returning We Hear the Larks" album for the foreseeable future. But "Larks" is an excellent album comprising of re-recorded versions of popular songs spanning the career of Returning We Hear the Larks. Hopefully it won't be the last we hear of this amazing band. And while we end this episode on a bit of a downer we have 45 minutes of ear-punishing Creative Commons Metal starting with a brutal track from Austin Deathrip, Alexander Oden, Manakel, Polygons, Fallen to Flux, and TORT. Add to that a brand new EP from Deep Space Destructors and you have a broad swath of metal music to check out and support.

(00:10) Antisignum by AUSTIN DEATHTRIP from None (BY-NC)
(03:49) Primal Shadow by Alexander Oden from The Culmination (BY-NC-ND)
(08:10) Impostor by Manakel from Oscuridad (BY-NC-ND)
(11:34) Apeirogon I: Singularity by Polygons from Apeirogon (BY-NC-SA)
(15:57) Relapse by Fallen to Flux from From the Outside, Looking In (BY-ND)
(20:40) Cry of the Damned by TORT from II (BY-NC-ND)
(27:47) Journey To The Space Mountain by Deep Space Destructors from Spring Break From Space EP (BY-NC-ND)
(37:51) Prologue: Stheno; Slain by Hand of Gods by Returning We Hear the Larks from Larks (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or buy their cross-stitch patterns on Etsy. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #115: Slightly Overdue

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:21:00 -0400

It's been a few weeks since the last Open Metalcast episode dropped from the skies to shove pitchforks of amazing metal into your earholes. But suffice to say we're back and ready to grant your eardrums the best in Creative Commons Metal Music. We have the latest from The Burial Chamber, Eternal Dream, Interceptor, tao te kin, Dahkma, Logic of Denial and Orphans of Dusk. So sit back, relax, and let the pitchforks poke where they may.

(00:09) Fuckinsaurus by The Burial Chamber from Turbulent Circle (BY-SA)
(04:11) Eternal Dream - Neoclassical Fantasy by Eternal Dream from Reign Of The Skies (BY-NC-ND)
(09:30) Run Like Hell by Interceptor from None (BY-NC-ND)
(13:40) Once Again by SANTO ROSTRO from II: The Bleed (BY-NC-ND)
(22:02) Exilio by tao te kin from Abada (BY-NC-ND)
(30:35) Eulogy by Dakhma from Raze (BY-NC-ND)
(36:20) 01 - Immaculate by Logic Of Denial from Hymns Of Acrimony - Promo MMXV (BY-NC-ND)
(41:51) Nibelheim by Orphans of Dusk from Revenant (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or turn their music into Karaoke. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #114: The Spaces In-Between

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:03:00 -0400

This episode we decided instead of our normal format we'd try something similar to our neglected (and long overdue) Instrumetalcast episodes and just let the music play straight through. Part of this was tracks selected for this episode lent themselves better to being played with just enough space left in-between them to breathe. This episode features an amazing line-up of tracks from Frigoris, Doodsangst, Odradek Room, Lotus Eater, The Scimitar, WOHEDNESS, Ladder Devils, Screaming At The Sun, and finishes up with the latest from Palm Desert. It's a mix of blackened death metal and doom that breathes best with a pair of headphones.

(00:24) Im Keim ertrunken by Frigoris from Wind (BY-NC)
(07:47) de naamloze ziel by Doodsangst from de zekere afgrond (BY-NC-ND)
(11:48) Inflorescence of Silence by Odradek Room from Bardo Relative Reality (BY-NC)
(18:08) Red Desert by Lotus Eater from Sanctum of the White Lotus - EP (BY-NC-SA)
(24:48) Void Traveler by The Scimitar from Doomsayer (BY-NC-ND)
(31:27) Usurping the Throne by WOHEDNESS from WOHEDNESS (BY-NC-ND)
(35:29) Hunt For Life by Ladder Devils from Clean Hands (BY-NC-SA)
(38:45) Singularity by Screaming At The Sun from Screaming At The Sun (BY-NC-SA)
(45:19) No pain No sorrow by Palm Desert from Pearls from the muddy hollow (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or play their music so loud your neighbors' ears bleed. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #113: Title Goes Here

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 00:58:00 -0500

It's late here at the Open Metalcast headquarters and we're getting ready to release another jam-packed episode of some of the most crushing Creative Commons metal the world has ever heard. All that stands between us and heading to bed is coming up with a description of what treasures await you in this episode. But how do you describe 9 tracks of the best in Creative Commons Metal? You could start by listing off each of the bands that contribute their amazing music to form a Voltron-esque colossus of metal: Unholy Quest, Omnioid, Azgard, Rotten Casket, Norilsk, Atten Ash, Forgenheim, Concrete Foundation, and Avenger Kills. You could mention that this episode is 45 minutes of head-crushing metal. And you could mention that the bands really need your support to continue making this music. That would do it. Hey, it looks like we already wrote up our description and introduction. Woo hoo! Now if only people will download and share this episode so everyone will know what great Creative Commons Metal Music sounds like. (This is where you download the episode and play along.)

(00:10) Avenger Kills by Avenger Kills from Главное - Жизнь (BY-SA)
(04:19) 03 - Concrete Foundation - Until The End by Concrete Foundation from Until the and. (BY)
(10:12) 03 Dungeon Farmer by Forgenheim from Monschajin (BY-SA)
(14:52) See You...Never by Atten Ash from The Hourglass (BY-NC)
(21:10) Japetus by Norilsk from The Idea of North (BY-NC)
(29:20) Leeches Of The Cross by Rotten Casket from Simply Rotten Death (BY-NC-ND)
(35:30) Free Fall by Azgard from Bogdanchyk's Porridge (Remastered) (BY-SA)
(38:42) Sculptures Of Malignancy by Omnioid from Sculptures Of Malignancy (BY-NC-ND)
(43:53) I Can't Understand Death Metal by Unholy Quest from Rise Of The Fallen (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or drive them to their next gig. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #112: Frostburnt

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:31:00 -0500

Here at Open Metalcast Headquarters we're well in the throes of the six more weeks of winter some fucking rodent predicted. Much like watery tarts distributing swords is no basis for a system of government, determining the length of winter based on rodent vision is... huh? What do you mean Groundhog Day was two weeks ago? And we're already well past Twelfth Night, Valentine's day, and Presidents Day too? Hell, before you know it we'll be cursing at egg-and-chocolate-shitting bunnies. But what's always timeless is the great metal we have for you this episode, including the long-awaited new album from Lords of the Trident, as well as the latest from Satyrasis, Kolony, Encircle, Norilsk, and Unholy Quest. We also have music from Psygnosis, and a EP that was released earlier this year by Black Autumn. It's the perfect mix of Creative Commons metal that you won't want to let slip away.

(00:11) Waltz for a Marionette by Satyrasis from ...Of The Dead (BY-NC-SA)
(08:28) Sledge That Shit by Kolony from Sledge (BY-SA)
(12:39) Abysswalker by Encircle from Lost Chronicles (BY-NC-SA)
(16:49) Knights of Dragon's Deep by Lords of the Trident from Frostburn (BY-NC)
(21:25) Planète heurt by Norilsk from The Idea of North (BY-NC)
(28:58) Rise Of The Gods by Unholy Quest from The Dark Queen (BY-NC-ND)
(32:50) The Judgement by Psygnosis from Sublimation (BY)
(43:55) Rauhnacht by Black Autumn from Rauhnacht EP (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or schedule their tour to hit shows in warmer climates. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #111: Eleventy One

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:44:00 -0500

Welcome friends to the eleventy-first episode of Open Metalcast, a rather respectable episode number for a podcast. We also managed to get a respectable amount of snow outside the Open Metalcast headquarters, which unfortunately meant a lot of shoveling because SOMEONE never decided to pick up a snow blower for such occasions. Apparently he was too busy picking out great Creative Metal music for this episode including tracks from Savagery, Afterwind, Osmium Guillotine, Archonaut, Æons Collide, HELA, Sarin, HELLIÖN, and Peculate. There's almost an hour's worth of music in this episode; perfect for that longer morning commute or for when you're trying to push your way out of the snow-covered driveway. Whatever your weather patterns though you'll find great music waiting for you in this episode.

(00:10) Against The Grain by Savagery from Hard Merchandise E.P (BY-NC-ND)
(03:55) Games of the Tyrants by AFTERWIND from Tyrants (BY-NC)
(09:36) Phobophobia by Osmium Guillotine from Osmium Guillotine (BY-NC-ND)
(15:57) Siren by Archonaut from Duchess (BY-NC-ND)
(21:48) Epiphany by Æons Collide from None (BY-NC)
(27:51) HELA - The End of Times by HELA / LODO (Upcoming rel.) from Split LP (BY-NC-ND)
(38:41) Monograph by Sarin from Burial Dream (BY-ND)
(47:01) Attack by HELLIÖN from What the Fork...? (BY-NC-ND)
(51:55) This Sick Beat by Peculate from This Sick Beat™ (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or buy them a snow blower. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #110: Volt

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:45:00 -0500

We're back from a brief hiatus to make you grateful you still have hearing, still have electricity, and still have enough bandwidth to download over 40 minutes of the best Creative Commons licensed metal music the world has to offer. We have such amazing bands as Nucleus, the latest from Gabezia, Day40, an upcoming release from TORT, Fitcage, SIYLIT, as well as the very latest and long anticipated albums from Oyabun and Snake Thursday. And just in case that wasn't enough we have crazy shit from Soom. It's an episode that will shake you up more than a bad ground on a wet stage. Shocking!

(00:10) Cube by Nucleus from Hegemony (BY-NC-SA)
(03:23) Atabismoa by Gabezia from Bilanx (BY-NC-SA)
(06:33) Naturicide by Day40 from Naturicide EP (BY-NC-ND)
(10:47) Cry of the Damned by TORT (Upcoming release) from II (BY-NC-ND)
(17:55) godly Hypocrisy by Fitcage from Cholera (BY-NC)
(20:17) Ignorance Is Slavery by SIYLIT from UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN OBJECT (BY-SA)
(24:29) Silver & Steel by OYABUN from The Hiss (BY-NC-ND)
(29:52) Ego Trip by Snake Thursday from Iter (BY-NC-ND)
(35:00) Камінь | The Stone by Soom from Ніч на полонині (BY)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or buy the band a generator for when the power goes out. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #109: No Quarter

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 00:17:00 -0500

If you're anything like us at the Open Metalcast Headquarters you've had it up to your eyeballs with the shitty covers that pass for Christmas music. Instead we present 10 of the finest Creative Commons Metal tracks from across the globe, including Argentina, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, and The United Kingdom. We have music by Los Buscadores del Movimiento Perpetuo, Die Leere im Kern deiner Hoffnung, Wolfshead, Omainen, Exelerate, ASZL, Si Non Sedes Is, Trysth, and Zaria. Pop this episode into the stereo at your holiday gatherings, and share it with everyone who appreciates great metal music. It's the perfect antidote to the saccharine-sweet crap playing at the mall. And from everyone here at Open Metalcast we wish you the best of the holiday season and look forward to ringing your eardrums in the new year!

(00:03) Trascender by Los Buscadores del Movimiento Perpetuo from Mil Días de Viaje (BY-NC-ND)
(04:47) Zeit ist eine Illusion by Die Leere im Kern deiner Hoffnung from Zeit ist eine Illusion (BY-SA)
(09:48) Sword of Fire by Wolfshead from Sword of Fire (Christmas 2014 Super Blowout Edition) (BY-NC-ND)
(16:00) Shades of Grey by Omainen from Shades of Grey (BY-NC-SA)
(22:21) Sentenced World by Exelerate from E0 (BY-SA)
(26:47) Cimientos corroidos by ASZL from Tendencias Suicidas (BY-NC-ND)
(28:39) Il Drago by Si Non Sedes Is from Father of all lies (BY-NC-ND)
(33:11) Spine of Snakes by Trysth from Soulchambers (BY-NC-ND)
(40:54) Temnina by Zaria from Po poti življenja (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or give everyone a copy of their music. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #108: Remembering legends

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:34:00 -0500

This week not only marked the 10th anniversary of Dimebag Darerel's death (which seems like it was only yesterday) but also the passing of one of the legends of video games: Ralph Baer. Were it not for the innovations of both Dimebag and Ralph Baer the world would never have known the amazing music of Pantera, and the video game industry as we know it might never have happened. What does this have to do with the show? Not a damn thing but as someone who grew up on games and metal it felt important enough to mention. What this episode does have though is some of the finest Creative Commons metal the net has to offer, such as Vicky Polard, Fitcage, The Departed, Bloodhunter, Dystrophya, Proyecto Hombre, Offense, and Lou Quinse. So share this episode, support the bands, and remember those who made the things you love.

(00:10) Si, il vio, verlo, usconi by Vicky Polard from Mutt (BY-NC-ND)
(05:17) Abyss Districts by Fitcage from Split 7'' w / Internal Damage (BY-NC)
(06:26) The Ocean Will Drag Us Down by The Departed from The Departed II (BY-NC-ND)
(12:18) THE BLOODY THRONE by BLOODHUNTER from BLOODHUNTER (BY-NC-ND)
(16:08) Stigmata by Dystrophya from Decayed Skull (BY-NC)
(20:56) Que la Historia No Se Repita by Proyecto Hombre from Abre Los Ojos (BY-NC-SA)
(24:16) I DESIRE by offense from That Frail Addiction to Life (BY-NC-ND)
(30:57) Rondeau de la Forca by Lou Quinse from Rondeau de la Forca (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or buy all of the merch on their table. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts atÂ Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #107: Post-Turkey Sleep Disorder

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 23:51:00 -0500

It's the week after Thanksgiving here at OMC headquarters and we couldn't be happier to have yet-another-holiday in the rear-view mirror. Not that we didn't have fun with Thanksgiving, but the lead-up to getting things sorted meant this episode is dropping one week later than it should be. And if you're anything like us you're still recovering from day n+1 of leftovers. But never fear freedom-loving metalheads, because we've lined up some music to help ween you back from your turkey-induced comas and kick you back into high gear. And what a collection of music to give thanks for, including brand new music from Cloudkicker (apparently not content with only releasing the brilliant Live with Intronaut album last week). This episode also features music from 100 Veces Fauna, Mursa, Nightosaur, Show Me a Dinosaur, Underthals, remastered Oak Pantheon, and the triumphant return of Drakum.

(00:12) 100 VECES FAUNA - Carne Viva by 100 Veces Fauna from 100 VECES FAUNA (BY-NC-ND)
(03:57) Eve of the Goat/Day of the Goat by Mursa from MRSA (BY-NC)
(12:24) The Shocking Tale of Wilson Pinnafore by Nightosaur from Set Fire To The Mountain (BY-NC-ND)
(19:19) Sky Guide by Cloudkicker from Little Histories (BY)
(22:02) Drawing The Line by Show Me A Dinosaur from Dust (BY-NC-ND)
(29:40) Qualm by Underthals from Sand Whale EP (BY-NC-ND)
(35:03) Architect of the Void Pt II by Oak Pantheon from The Void (2014 Remaster) (BY-NC-ND)
(43:11) Torches Will Rise Again by Drakum from Torches Will Rise Again (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or prepare them an epic Thanksgiving dinner. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #106: Wikipedia Fail

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:59:00 -0500

It's no secret I find writing the introductions to these episodes the hardest part of creating the episode. The music has never been a problem as evidenced by the 8 tracks featured in the show. Nope, the worst part is trying to come up with something witty and wonderful to tempt you, the reader, into downloading this episode (which you very well should as there's 30 minutes of great Creative Commons Metal Music waiting for you at that handy little download link. And I've mentioned one of my tricks for finding ideas for the episode text comes from Wikipedia. Well, it appears the only interesting things happening around the number 106 are related not-particularly-interesting years in the Roman Empire. And while that might be interesting to some folks I'm not prepared to go into any great depth about how year 106 brought the Indian ambassador to Rome. No matter how you slice it that's not going to be terribly interesting at all. A better use of that attention would be checking out the tracks from Raide Mort, Trainwreck, Brain Remocal, Rather Be Alive, Silence Equals Death, Born of the Stars, Appollonia, and Dirty Greed in episode 106. And if enough folks check out this episode perhaps we could get Wikipedia to accept an update to 106 as "an episode of OPen Metalcast noted for its high quality CC-licensed music and for bitching about Wikipedia". One can hope, can't they?

(00:11) The Chosen Ones by Raide Mort from A Terrible Mass Of Living Corruption (BY-NC-SA)
(04:17) Worn Out by Trainwreck from Fresh Air / Dead Lungs (BY-NC-SA)
(08:02) Death Paradigm by Brain Removal from Reborn from Voidness (BY-NC-ND)
(11:55) Sense Fugir by Rather Be Alive from ResiliÃ¨ncia (BY-NC-ND)
(15:50) What Doesn't Kill You... by Silence Equals Death from Cometieron 2 Errores (BY-NC-ND)
(19:59) Energy Vampire by Born of the Stars from Let Go (BY-NC-ND)
(24:00) Strange Blooms by APPOLLONIA from Dull Parade (BY-NC-ND)
(29:16) Show Me Your Gun by Dirty Greed from From Dawn... (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or subscribe them to tons of junk-mail catalogs. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts atÂ Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 atÂ Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Catapult the Dead

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:18:00 -0500

Recently we got the chance to speak with Ben Hiteman from the band Catapult the Dead. Catapult the dead released their album "All is Sorrow" which consists of a single 37 minute track intended to be listened in one sitting,. We spoke with Ben about the creation of the All is Sorrow album, the formation of the band, and about their upcoming projects and tours.

(04:19) Nothing Comes From The Well - All Is Sorrow Pt 1 by Catapult The Dead from All Is Sorrow (BY-NC-ND)
(13:56) Sacrament - All Is Sorrow Pt 4 by Catapult The Dead from All Is Sorrow (BY-NC-ND)
(27:40) Servitude - All Is Sorrow Pt 6 by Catapult The Dead from All Is Sorrow (BY-NC-ND)

We'd like tot hank Ben and Catapult the Dead for taking the time to talk with us. Learn more about the band and how to score some great merch over at https://catapultthedead.bandcamp.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #105: Analysis Paralysis

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:21:00 -0400

Ever felt like you can't make a decision about something? That happened to me recently when trying to put together this show. It seems October is the month where a lot of bands release their music so I had over 20 tracks set up to play in this show. I couldn't decide which ones to put into the final show so I made some tough choices and bumped some tracks to future episodes. But talk about being spoiled for choice! There's new music from show-favorites Memest, along with new music from Delyria, Deathsurrection, Colorblind, Narada, Phthartic, Sunnata, and Híbrido. Hopefully you won't have as hard a choice to decide to listen to this episode as they're all great bands with stellar tracks waiting to pummel your ears.

(00:10) Delyria - Assyduobabylonese by Delyria from None (BY-NC)
(03:50) Erase by Deathsurrection from Embrace your fate (BY-NC-ND)
(07:21) Never sober by Colorblind from We couldn't agree on a fucking title (BY-NC-ND)
(11:44) FLESH CONSUMED by LAPIDATED from LAPIDATED - "THE STENCH OF CARNAGE" (BY-NC-ND)
(15:21) Sons Of Kashyapu And Kadru by Narada from Dead Waters (BY-NC-ND)
(18:23) Dark Universe by Phthartic from The Sleeper Has Awoken - [Remastered] (BY-NC-ND)
(23:23) Seven by sunnata from Climbing the colossus (cd ed.) (BY-NC-ND)
(30:27) The Man Who Never Cries by MEMEST from Bastards and Liars (BY-NC-ND)
(35:46) La canción del marginado by Híbrido from Híbrido (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or invite them to your upcoming Halloween Party. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #104: Drawing a blank

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:04:00 -0400

Ever have one of those weeks where you completely blank out on something that you need to do but can't for the life of you remember what that was? Unfortunately I completely blanked out on releasing the latest episode of Open Metalcast for most of September. Whoops. But in that time bands have released an amazing amount of music; enough for several shows. So I apologize for the delay but hopefully the music will more than make up for it. First up is the straight-up thrash of Nuclear, followed by the amazing talents of Latvian band Deodium. Fallen to Flux winds up the first set and then Nami brings the progressive death metal while Mystic Place winds alternative and progressive rock together into an amazing combination. Black Autumn's latest release "Losing the Sun" finds us navigating the doom-laden reaches of the brilliant M. Krall. Destierro drag us back into thrash territory, and Echovolt charges forth with industrial-strength metal that will, well, blow you away. Winding up this episode is Magma Dragon featuring members of The Dark Clan / Stromkern telling you about their Pathfinder character. It's a show you will agree was worth the wait

(00:10) Inner Hate by Nuclear from Inner Hate (BY)
(07:59) Playing With Fire by Fallen to Flux from Piece by Piece (BY-NC-SA)
(12:26) The Beholders by Nami from The Eternal Light Of The Unconscious Mind (BY-NC)
(20:16) Thousand Miles by Mystic Place from Eternal Voyager (BY-NC)
(25:08) St. Elm's Fire by Black Autumn from Losing The Sun (BY-NC-SA)
(31:42) Llanto by Destierro from DESTIERRO "Ö–rlog" LP (BY-NC)
(35:37) Blow Us Away by Echovolt from Odds On The Underdog (BY-NC-ND)
(40:55) Rune Giant by Magma Dragon from Full Attack Action (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or do a four hour jam session with them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #103: Labor Pains Redux

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 23:43:00 -0400

Over in the USA we're coming off of celebrating Labor Day which is a day where some folks get to they day off while others get to go in to work. It's a crazy little holiday but it gave me some extra time to peruse the net for the best in Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. And we have a great episode lined up with music from Legions, Cleaver, Storm Cry, Ancient Emblem, Catapult The Dead, Deep Sea Thunder Beast, Lucifer In The Sky With Diamonds, Schematics for Gravity, and Cryogen Second. So whether you're returning to work or haven't left you'll have plenty to keep your ears busy.

(00:11) State Of Hypnosis by Legions from Apparition Songs (BY-NC-ND)
(03:23) Searching for tragedy by Cleaver from Leur sauvage poussÃ©e (BY-NC-SA)
(07:12) The SYS by Storm Cry from Beginning Of Darkness (BY-NC-SA)
(13:26) My unique law by Ancient Emblem from Throne with no god (BY-NC)
(18:13) Sacrament - All Is Sorrow Pt 4 by Catapult The Dead from All Is Sorrow (BY-NC-ND)
(23:09) Mountain Tops Are Future Islands by Deep Sea Thunder Beast from S/T 2012 (BY-NC-ND)
(28:23) How To Fix Things by Lucifer In The Sky With Diamonds from The Shining One (BY-NC-SA)
(31:12) The Prospect of Vanishing by Schematics for Gravity from Absence of Weight (BY-NC-SA)
(39:41) Rust And Remain by Cryogen Second from Rust And Remain (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or buy them a pizza. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #102: Party Tardy

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 23:51:00 -0400

Things have been rather busy a the Open Metalcast Headquarters as of late. We had one of the storms of the century rip through our neighborhood last week. Fortunately we didn't have too much damage but we still had to do some impromptu moving of some waterlogged stuff. We're just getting things back to some semblance of normal around here, which means we're ready to bring you the Creative Commons Metal Music you crave. We have brand new Deep Space Destructors off of their cleverly named album III, as well as a long-overdue appearance by GUM. Throw in new tracks from Acherontia, LeHunt, X-ethos, Old Enemies, and Abriosis and you'll have plenty of metal to share with your friends. Plus a surprise re-appearance by Drakum (last seen in episode 39) with a re-interpretation of their classic track "Around the Oak" rounds things off. Sometimes the best things in life are worth waiting for after all.

(00:10) A Gathering by Oak Pantheon from Gathering (BY-NC-ND)
(06:33) Repudiate The Lies by Abriosis from Tattered And Bound (BY-NC-ND)
(12:34) Always by Old enemies from old enemies (BY-NC-ND)
(16:40) Water by GUM from But Woman Monkey (BY-NC-ND)
(23:59) Beyond The Black Star by Deep Space Destructors from III (BY-NC-ND)
(29:35) Actividad Terrorista by X-ethos from Simplicitatus Complexus (BY-NC-ND)
(33:50) False Moments by LeHunt from The Empty Space In Which We Live (BY-NC-SA)
(37:03) Human by Acherontia from Kings of the world (BY-NC-SA)
(42:32) Around the Oak (bitmap remix) by Drakum from Around the Oak (single) (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make up some awards to give them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #101: Room 101

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 23:46:00 -0400

In the novel 1984 there is a room called Room 101 wherein the "Ministry of Love" subjects prisoners to their worst fears, phobias and nightmares. Apparently George Orwell named it after a meeting room at the BBC where he would be subjected to tedious meetings. Episode 101 is far from tedious though, although there may still be nightmares, fears and phobias lurking within these files. If you're afraid of snails or slugs you might want to avoid Slugde's latest album Gastronomicon. Malignant Tumor might also conjure fears of disease, but that's more likely the sound of your head getting crushed. If you're afraid of spectral hounds (or of Welsh myth) then Cwn Annwn might be your trigger. Technophobia sufferers may wish to take Silicon War Sector's advice about Techno Ethics to heart, while those fearing the unseen may want to avoid Rorshack. Necrophobic and geometriphobic listeners won't find comfort in Triumphant Skull (or in Studying the Spheres), nor will they want Visio Mortis. Those who have an irrational fear of Spiral Mountains will want to seek help immediately. And those who fear punk music will certainly want to escape prior to Stars Burn Stripes's Songs About Escapism. But other than those caveats there is nothing more to fear within the confines of the aural bit-stream awaiting you. Unless you're afraid of the best Creative Commons metal music on the planet. There's no hope for you then.

(00:11) Gastronomicon by Slugdge from Gastronomicon (BY-NC-ND)
(08:06) Overdose&Overdrive by MALIGNANT TUMOUR from OVERDOSE&OVERDRIVE (BY)
(11:01) Stay Forever by Cwn Annwn from Metamorphosis (BY-NC-ND)
(15:55) Techno Ethics by Silicon War Sector from TÃ©chne (BY-NC-ND)
(20:05) Invisibles by RORSHACK from None (BY)
(24:09) Exile, Welcome Home by Spiralmountain from Sycophant / Exile, Welcome Home (BY-NC-ND)
(26:14) Studying the Spheres by Triumphant Skull from Triumphant Skull (BY-NC-ND)
(33:01) In Sickness Buried by Visio Mortis from In Sickness Buried (demo) (BY)
(38:25) Challenge Accepted by Stars Burn Stripes from Songs About Escapism (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or head to various podcasts to talk about them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #100: Triple-digit-metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:13:00 -0400

Open Metalcast celebrates our milestone episode release with the release of episode 100. I had a few ideas floating around for what I could do with this episode. I thought of doing a retrospective episode highlighting artists played on the show. Perhaps it could be over several episodes? Several ideas percolated through my mind but ultimately one idea won out: just release a damn episode and say "hey, it's episode 100" in the notes for the episode. So here we are, along with new music by VRADEMARGK, Paroxysm, The Machinery of Other Skeletons, Legions Ablaze, Soulless Child, Marasme, and Everybody Row. Finishing up the show is a 13 minute opus by the band Petrychor which is unlike anything I've heard in quite a while.

Thank you all for listening and being a part of the past 100 shows. Here's to 100x100 more! Keep it metal and keep it open!

(00:11) Anima Invictus by VRADEMARGK from The Black Chamber (BY-NC-SA)
(05:24) Croyances ImmaculÃ©es by Paroxysm from VORACITE (BY-SA)
(09:21) Enervate by The Machinery of Other Skeletons from Beyond the Circular (BY-NC-SA)
(14:15) End of Days by Legions Ablaze from Welcome Your Oblivion (BY-ND)
(17:50) Dead Luck by Soulless Child from Witches and curses (BY-NC-SA)
(22:06) Relapse by Colossal Figures from Clockwork Dilation (BY-NC-ND)
(27:45) Cop de GrÃ cia by MARASME from De Llums i Ombres (BY-NC-ND)
(34:40) Coming Out Clean by Everybody Row from The Sea Inside (BY)
(38:23) Planets Born of Human Ash by Petrychor from Makrokosmos (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or do a 100 episode show about their music. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts atÂ Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 atÂ Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link atÂ craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #99: Jury Duty

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:22:00 -0400

There's a tradition in the United States of America that folks are called upon to serve as jury in court cases. Fortunately I wasn't called this time around so I have some extra time to bring you the best in Creative Commons License Metal Music. This episode features brand new music from Colosso and Muldjord as well as music by In My Shiver, Black Monolith, Epitimia, Treitim, Aathma, Skein and Macabre Demise. But unlike trials in the USA we'll let you judge for yourself which of these albums you'll be downloading later on (You can download them all and share them with your friends as well. Don't worry, it's legal!)

(00:10) Circles Of Defeat by Colosso from Foregone Semblances (None)
(02:52) Drain by In my Shiver from Delicate Poison (None)
(09:43) Adhere by Black Monolith from Passenger (None)
(18:36) Delusion II - Ataraxia by Epitimia from (Un)reality (None)
(24:45) 1000 Km. by TREITUM from 1936 (None)
(34:58) Valpur by AATHMA from Deadly Lake (None)
(44:21) Parasitoid by Skein from Of Wings Unfolding (None)
(50:49) Full of Hate by Macabre Demise from Walk This Death (None)
(59:32) A Thousand Paths by Muldjord from The Color of My Soul (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or offer to sit in for their Jury Duty. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Program note: Open Metalcast episode delayed

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 22:23:00 -0400

Hi all,

The next episode of Open Metalcast is going to be delayed a bit. Have been pretty busy lately and my will to put together a show has been sapped. I hope this will give everyone a chance to catch up and pick up the albums from the previous episodes.

We'll be back shortly with more of the great Creative Commons metal music you've come to expect. Count on it!

Open Metalcast Episode #98: Instrumetalcast #9

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 01:07:00 -0400

Dear Fans of Open Metalcast. I have a confession to make. It has been six long months since the last Instrumetalcast. Six months you've had to wait for arguably one of the more popular channels of Open Metalcast. I have failed you time and time again to bring you the best Creative Commons Licensed Instrumental Metal Music. No more. Your long wait is over, and as penance I have compiled almost an hour and thirty minute apology with such bands as Steamforged, Brunt, Alpha Male Tea Party, Town Portal, Dust Storm Warning, Cloudkicker, Black Market Serotonin, Another Destiny Project, Epitimia, T-Rex Quiet, Pervy Perkin, J.C.Vogt, SONNÖV, Cancer Killing Gemini, The L-Train, and Colosso. Hopefully this will tide you over until the next Instrumetalcast episode, which should hopefully arrive before the end of this year. Shownotes after the break.

(00:43) Atlantis: Trenchbound Majesty by Steamforged from Atlantis - Trenchbound Majesty (BY-NC-ND)
(05:49) Rabbit Of Cannabong by Brunt from Brunt (BY-NC-ND)
(12:20) You Eat Houmous, Of Course You Listen To Genesis by Alpha Male Tea Party from Droids (BY-NC-SA)
(15:58) Cool Face Doom Service by Town Portal from Chronopoly (BY-NC-ND)
(20:59) Dune (Instrumental Jam Session) by DSW from Dust Storm Warning (BY-NC-ND)
(28:36) You could laugh forever but never end up happy. by Cloudkicker from Subsume (BY)
(38:01) Singularity by Black Market Serotonin from Something From Nothing (BY-NC-SA)
(41:39) Apollo 13 by Another Destiny Project from Metodo Paranoico-Critico (BY-NC)
(46:39) Rebirth by Epitimia from (Un)reality (BY-NC)
(50:51) Trees Of The Desert by T-Rex Quiet from T-Rex Quiet (BY-NC-SA)
(56:26) Peanut Butterfly by Pervy Perkin from Ink (BY-NC-SA)
(1:01:53) A Lonesome Hero (Instrumental) by J.C.Vogt from A Lonesome Hero (Single) (BY-SA)
(1:05:57) maurota by SONNÃ–V from Hay Una Luz (BY-NC-ND)
(1:13:06) Christcontrol (instrumental) by Cancer Killing Gemini from It Only Hurts When We Breathe (Instrumental) (BY-NC-SA)
(1:17:12) Scene 5: Battle of Sun and Moon by The L-Train (and friends) from Moonrise (BY-SA)
(1:19:45) The Epiphany (instrumental) by Colosso from Peaceful Abrasiveness (None)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or create a one hour and thirty minute podcast of their music. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast #97: Time immemorial

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 26 May 2014 23:08:00 -0400

Time was in the early days of the Internet there weren't many options for finding new music. However once better bandwidth came about the Internet became a wonderful and strange place indeed. Where else could one find a Symphonic Metal Opera album about My Little Pony (that's actually really good)? And where else could you find more a seemingly endless source of metal music from talented bands like Napalm Strike, Obsidian Throne, Wildernessking, Old Wainds, Lycanthia, Maniac Butcher, and the inimitable deafheaven? Fortunately you don't have to go searching for all of these bands on the Internet and can add a sampling of each to your collection with just a simple click or via your podcatcher. How times have changed indeed.

(00:11) Riding Through The Darkest Woods... by Maniac Butcher from Masakr (BY-NC-ND)
(04:30) Time Feeds this Wound by Lycanthia from Oligarchy (BY-NC)
(10:58) Insane stellar race by Old Wainds from Nordraum (BY-NC-ND)
(15:44) Sunbather by deafheaven from Sunbather (BY-NC-ND)
(25:58) The Devil Within by Wildernessking from The Devil Within (BY-NC-ND)
(35:58) Black Hole in Human Form by Obsidian Tongue from A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time (BY-NC)
(44:28) Mind Control by Napalm Strike from Aiming Down the Sights (BY-NC-ND)
(50:10) Scene 4: Lunar March by The L-Train (and friends) from Moonrise (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or set up a memorial for your favorite band. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #96: Proggy Weather

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 12 May 2014 23:42:00 -0400

Many years ago when I was heavily into Dream Theater I stumbled upon a band that sounded interesting but was unable to hear their music (this was before Youtube made it insanely easy to hear most of mankind's recorded output). The band was Spock's Beard and I bought several of their albums sight-unseen from the Thoughts mailing list admin (Thanks, Lisa!). Fortunately in this day and age with sites like Jamendo and Bandcamp you don't have to guess what an album sounds like and once I heard the band Anasazi's "Drop Dead Silence" I was immediately reminded of Spock's Beard and that moment when The Kindness of Strangers (and not just the album) set me on another musical rabbit-hole. Speaking of proggish rabbit holes, we also have a proggish track from Wall of the Eyeless, as well as crushing tracks from FLYING RENOS, Avolation, CABEZA DE CABALLO and Umor. And if you like your metal with a little King Crimson / Frank Zappa then the latest from Peculate will fit the bill quite nicely. And it thrills me no end when I see bands that I know release material under a Creative Commons License so I'm thrilled to welcome Arsis to the show. So if you like multiple time signatures, thoughtful music, and crushing riffs you're ini for a treat. Cape and Mellotron not required.

(00:11) drop dead silence by anasazi from 1000 yard stare (BY-NC-ND)
(05:56) FLICKER by Wall Of The Eyeless from Wimfolsfestta [Demo] (BY-NC-ND)
(15:39) Global Insanity by FLYING RENOS from Massive (BY-NC-ND)
(20:51) Worship Depraved by Arsis from As Regret Becomes Guilt (BY-NC-ND)
(23:52) An Intricate Balance by Avolation from Core To The Core Compilation Vol. 2 (BY-NC-ND)
(27:27) Volcanic Spell by CABEZA DE CABALLO from Iron and Wood (BY-NC-ND)
(34:36) Sandstone by Umor from Held Us Silent For A Moment (BY-NC-SA)
(44:56) Extra Varnish Please by Peculate from In Two (A) (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or offer to send the band's music to random folks on the Internet. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #95: Here I Stand

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:46:00 -0400

Things are starting to return to normal at the Open Metalcast compound. We return to our usual show schedule with 8 tracks of awesome Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. Episode 95 features tracks from Pyrit, All Your Lies, Endtape, Cara Neir, The Conjuration, Thou, Zeugen der Leere, and the Hammond-Organ explosion of The Grave Dolls. Shownotes after the break:

(00:10) PÃ¤ste by Pyrit from Jazdec bez hlavy (BY-NC-SA)
(03:28) Mindless by All Your Lies from Demo (BY-NC-ND)
(07:11) Get Up by Endtape from Ready To Go (2013) (BY-SA)
(11:53) Closing Doors by Cara Neir from Portals to a Better, Dead World (BY-NC-ND)
(15:29) Profane by The Conjuration from Surreal (BY-ND)
(19:34) Here I Stand Head in Hands by Thou from Ceremonies of Humiliation (BY)
(27:31) Anomie by Zeugen der Leere from Seelenwanderer (BY-NC-ND)
(36:11) The Mountains Of Beyond by The Grave Dolls from Calypso (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or send them fresh cut flowers. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 atÂ Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #94: Post Pycon Ham Hangover

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:36:00 -0400

Regular listeners of the show may notice this episode posting later than normal. That's because the normal posting date was during Pycon and I was hanging out in beautiful Montréal Canada enjoying the largest gathering of Python developers in the world. And I'm recovering from Easter weekend and a ham hangover. But lest this devolve into your typical blog post we've compiled 8 tracks of some amazing metal music, starting off with Sam Whitaker (feat. Jake Barnes of the Final Chapter), as well as brand-new music by EWÏG FROST. We also have the amazing new album by electronic black-metalers Psygnosis, and the jazz-influenced black metal of Schattenbrandung. There's also post-metal sludge from Wovka, the groove-djent stylings of Pursuance, and the groove metal of Azoah. Capping off the show is the catchy prog-metal of Pervy Perkin. So feel free to move about this episode freely, and be sure to make copies of the music for your friends. Just don't get too spooked at the gremlin ripping off the wings. I think I need a drink to calm my nerves.

(00:10) Natural Force [Feat. Jake Barnes of The Final Chapter] by Sam Whitaker from None (BY-NC-ND)
(04:10) The Boys Are Back by EWÏG FROST from Dirty Tales (BY-NC-ND)
(06:03) Noesis by Pursuance from The Spiral Dynamic (BY-NC-ND)
(11:06) Δrowning by Psygnosis from Human Be[ing] (BY)
(21:28) III by Schattenbrandung from I - Apophänie (BY-NC-SA)
(28:13) Sleep Eater by Wovoka from None (BY-NC-ND)
(36:22) Al Kepun by Azoah from Azoah (BY-NC-SA)
(42:21) The End of the Beginning by Pervy Perkin from Ink (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or take them to a week-long programming conference. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #93: Headless Chicken

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:06:00 -0400

It's been one of those weeks here at the Open Metalcast Headquarters where you have to wonder "what next?". It's enough to make you feel like a chicken with your head cut off. Though with the amazing Creative Commons metal music in this episode it's more like the chicken had its head ripped clean off; especially with the likes of power-metalers Noble Beast and Twilight Messenger leading the way. Not far behind though is a new track from Headwires, and the long-awaited new album from Galactic Pegasus. Then the darker tones of Fenris, the crushing heaviness of Victim of Depravity, and the brutal Cementerio wrap up the episode before a long-awaited and very overdue return of the prog-metal master Lascaille's Shroud with an opus that was successfully funded on Indiegogo (why didn't anyone tell us about this? Argh!) It's an episode more loaded with metal than last Thanksgiving's turkey. Shownotes after the break:

(00:09) Master of Depravity by Noble Beast from Noble Beast (BY-NC)
(05:07) Fireball by Twilight Messenger from The World Below (BY-NC-ND)
(09:11) Prepare For War by Headwires from None (BY-NC)
(13:23) Abyssal Plain by Galactic Pegasus from Pariah (BY-NC-SA)
(18:07) Nazgûl by Fenris from Across the Darkened Skies (BY-ND)
(22:02) Your Truth by Victim of Depravity from The Contradiction (BY-NC-ND)
(24:37) Muerte por omniscencia by Cementerio from LUNA HIENA (BY-NC-ND)
(28:47) Awakened: Not Even Remembered by the Dust of Stars by Lascaille's Shroud from Interval 02: Parallel Infinities, The Abscinded Universe (BY-NC-ND)

Special thanks to Metal Bandcamp for the recommendation to pick up Noble Beast. Be sure to check out their series on Metal Injection for the best metal music that Bandcamp has to offer.

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or have them move in with you. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #92: Melt

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:44:00 -0400

We're starting to see a thaw at the Open Metalcast headquarters and with it is the realization that maybe we'll make it through this winter after all. Fortunately the Internet connection has stayed strong (knock on fake-wood) so we've been able to scurry through the net to find the finest in Creative Commons Metal to help keep your ears nice and toasty warm. Joining us this episode are trakcs from Trocotombix, We Are Idols, Recursion, Skein, Larion, Oblivion's Garden, Oblivion, Cara Neir, Poison (thankfully not the hair-metal band) and a return by Captain Three Leg. Ten tracks of metal waiting for you to download and headbang (or more likely shovel) to while we wait patiently for spring to arrive.

(00:11) Povero Palomo by TROCOTOMBIX from Psicopompos (BY-NC-ND)
(03:52) 1961 by We Are Idols from No Apologies (BY-NC-SA)
(06:57) Hue Manic by Recursion from Color Theory (BY-NC-ND)
(13:36) Larva by Skein from Of Wings Unfolding (BY-NC-SA)
(20:12) Dawn (Zarya) by LARION from Stones Of Past (BY-NC-SA)
(23:20) Catch Me, I'm Falling by Oblivion's Garden from Seed (BY-NC-SA)
(29:02) Inception by OBLIVION from XENOPATH (BY-NC-ND)
(31:44) To Sprout From Decay by Cara Neir from Split with Flesh Born (BY-NC-ND)
(34:07) Yog Sothoth by Poison from Into The Abyss (BY)
(43:28) How Many Inches Did You Get Last Night? by Captain Three Leg from split w/ Flvx Capacitor (BY)

Huge thanks to Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff for the amazing spot on their show. Check out the handiwork of two of my favorite game designers / writers and their always informative podcast delve into game design, history, food, Canadian politics and more. Check it out and be sure to tell them Open Metalcast sent you!

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or start a new metal genre in their honor. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

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Open Metalcast Episode #91: Spring Forward

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 21:50:00 -0500

My least favorite "holiday" of the year is when Daylight Savings Time happens. For no apparent reason most of the known world decides to arbitrarily shift their clocks one hour ahead. This results in me losing an hour of sleep which makes me rather angry. And when I get angry there's nothing I want more than a bunch of metal music blaring in my ears. Which, coincidentally this episode delivers with artists like Colosso, Carnivora, Muldjord, Allochiria, Iskra, and Sun Worship. It also welcomes the return of favorites Galactic Pegasus and PLATZDARM. But lest we stay angry there's Оргия Праведников to pull us back. And while I will reluctantly spring forward with the rest of the world don't expect me to be all happy about it.

(00:11) Thou Shalt Not Be Benevolent by Colosso from Abrasive Peace (BY-NC-SA)
(04:41) Human Decimator by Carnivora from Eternal (BY-NC-ND)
(08:43) Armygeddon2009 by Muldjord from Hate Breeds Hate (BY-NC-ND)
(12:56) Double Game by PLATZDARM from Double Game [single] (BY-SA)
(19:47) Draw The Line by Galactic Pegasus from None (BY-NC-SA)
(23:30) We Crave What We Lack by Allochiria from Omonoia (BY-NC-ND)
(30:36) Thieves Of Life from Split w/Doom Siren [Album] by Iskra from (Single) (BY-NC-ND)
(33:41) The Absolute is Becoming by Sun Worship from Elder Giants (BY-NC-SA)
(42:27) Шитрок by Оргия Праведников from Шитрок (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, buy some physical media from the bands, or name a 30,000 Siberian Virus after them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

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Open Metalcast Episode #90: Long Playing Record

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 22:57:00 -0500

A friend on IRC (Hi Greg) thought it might be neat to have an episode of post-rock / post-metal music. He might get his wish some day because apparently I can't leave well-enough alone without mixing things up with sludge, doom, desert, and black metal. So Greg, I'll get to that post-rock show sometime in the near future. But to make up for it this 90th episode is made up of 9 tracks around 9 minutes long weighing in at 90 minutes (seeing a pattern here?) Featuring music from HELA, Morgue of Saints, Anagnorisis, Allochiria, Show Me A Dinosaur, EVILHORSE, Bong Breaker, DOLMENN, and SONNÖV there's a little something for everyone in this episode.

(00:47) Horizonte De Sucesos by SONNÖV from Hay Una Luz (BY-NC-ND)
(10:35) Grim Reaper by DOLMENN from I (BY-NC-SA)
(19:47) Mountain by Bong Breaker from MOUNTAIN (BY-NC-ND)
(30:11) The Path Must Be Walked by EVILHORSE from Cabeza de Vaca (BY-NC-ND)
(41:58) Bhopal by Show Me A Dinosaur from Dust (BY-NC-ND)
(50:10) Archetypal Attraction To Circular Things by Allochiria from Omonoia (BY-NC-ND)
(59:31) Death Mimics Life by Anagnorisis from Beyond All Light (BY-NC-ND)
(1:08:52) Desert Jam by Morgue of Saints from Monolith (BY-NC-ND)
(1:19:50) Flesh Ceremony by HELA from Broken Cross (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, buy some physical media from the bands, or name a winter storm after them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #89: New Music Smell

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:48:00 -0500

Call me an old fogey but I still get excited to tear open the shrink-wrap of a brand new album, especially when it's from a band that I enjoy like Deep Space Destructors album II. Part of the joy was listening to their bonus track Sykli which I believe is only available on CD. But I know some of you have eschewed the physical realm for the more tidy and sanitary digital realm so with Deep Space Destructors' kind permission I've included it in this episode. And lest you miss that new-music smell we also have new tracks from Chiral, Grey Heaven Gall, Nemost, Mahidevran, Azgard, Eschatos, and Hesus Attor. And rather than dispose of the wrapper when you're done you're encouraged by the artists to share with your friends. So until we can send new-music smell over the Internet this is the next best thing. Shownotes after the break:

(00:10) Eternal Winter Day by Chiral from Winter Eternal (BY-NC-SA)
(03:58) Последняя песнь твоей мечты by Grey Heaven Fall from Grey Heaven Fall - Серые небеса осени 2008 (Demo) (BY-SA)
(09:04) Sardanapale by Nemost from The Shadow's Trail (BY-NC-ND)
(12:58) My way by Mahidevran from Singl My way (BY-NC-SA)
(18:44) Azgard - Будь Мужиком by Azgard from Будь Мужиком (BY-NC-SA)
(22:28) One That Divides The Time by Eschatos from Hierophanies (BY-NC-ND)
(29:03) Sykli by Deep Space Destructors from II (BY-NC-ND)
(41:29) Bombono Vox by Hesus Attor from State Of Downfall (2013) (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, buy some physical media like the album II, or paint their logo on the front of a snow plow. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #88: Palindromic Repdigit Piano

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 22:42:00 -0500

One of the ways that I try to get around writing one of these introductions to an episode (which is coincidentally the hardest part about putting together an episode) is to take a peek at Wikipedia to see if there's anything interesting related to the episode number. Apparently 88 is considered by the Chinese to be a number of fortune and good luck which is something that I wish for you as you listen to this episode. As luck would have it there's 8 tracks in this episode as well full of the best Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music the net has to offer including MUERTE POR MIL CORTES, The Conjuration, Sick Of Hailstone, Lothorian, Deep Space Destructors, Sarin, Mighty Zazuum, and Another Destiny Project. But lest you think this is "bye-bye" for Open Metalcast feat not: there's still plenty of music to explore. And as long as there's a Wikipedia there'll be something for you to read along with it. Shownotes after the break.

(00:10) Ojos by MUERTE POR MIL CORTES from Muerte Por Mil Cortes (BY-NC-ND)
(04:11) Gozu by The Conjuration from The Human Condition (BY-NC-SA)
(08:24) Lullaby by Sick Of Hailstone from The Story Of A Lullaby (BY-NC-ND)
(13:27) Welldweller by Lothorian from Welldweller (BY-NC-ND)
(18:20) Spacy Phantasy by Deep Space Destructors from II (BY-NC-ND)
(27:54) Mosque by Sarin from House of Leaves (BY-ND)
(33:00) Chemtrails by Mighty Zazuum from State Of Downfall (2013) (BY-NC-SA)
(40:33) The Virus Of Illusion by Another Destiny Project from Metodo Paranoico-Critico (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or explode a meteor over their home town. Wait, that's not good. Nevermind. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #87: Yellow Snow

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 20:50:00 -0500

Well 2014 has started off rather cold and snowy at the Open Metalcast bunker. Fortunately the network connection has withstood the elements and we've been able to find some great music to start off the new year right. We've got music by At Daggers Drawn, Firestorm, Just Another, Coalest, NAJA, DSW, and a killer piece from Mean Messiah. And though we don't have any scientific proof I'm pretty sure headbanging can prevent frostbite. OK maybe not, but it does make the day go by quicker when you're stranded at home. And remember "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy".

(00:10) Gaia (Thou Shalt Not Kill) by At Daggers Drawn from Ignition (BY-NC-ND)
(04:51) Through The Fire by FIRESTORM from Sands Of Time (EP) (BY-NC-ND)
(09:01) Where to by Just Another from Polarities (BY-NC-SA)
(13:44) Monochrome by Coalest from Magnolian Root (BY-NC-SA)
(17:29) Brain Detonation by NAJA from No Escape From Yourself (BY-NC-SA)
(22:52) Space Cubeship by DSW from Dust Storm Warning (BY-NC-ND)
(29:16) The Last Ride by Mean Messiah from Hell (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or piddle their name in the snow. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #8: Lost Time

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:00:00 -0500

It's been way too long since the last Instrumetalcast so to make up for it here's an extra-long episode for your listening enjoyment. Hopefully it'll tide you over into the new year where these episodes will be more frequent. Shownotes and more after the break:

(00:27) Continuum by CRYOGEN from Continuum (BY-NC-ND)
(05:21) A Dæmon Hunted/The Flight of Perseus by Returning We Hear the Larks from Far-Stepper/Of Wide Sea [Instrumental] (BY-SA)
(18:43) Movement 2 - Andante by Daniel Bautista from Symphony No. 2 in B minor, Op. 16 (BY-SA)
(25:40) The Land Of Shadows - The L. O. S. Theme by The Land Of Shadows from Dark Romantika (BY-NC-SA)
(29:32) To Break Is Divine by The Reptilians from The Breakers (BY-NC-ND)
(32:20) The Existential Frame by Tony C from The Existential Frame (BY-NC-ND)
(39:29) Faces by Concatenate from A New Start (BY-NC-SA)
(46:06) Penumbra by Isaac Herrera from Return to the past (BY-NC-SA)
(49:45) Departure (and Arrival) by Skyed Pillars from None (None)
(59:03) Hurricane by Rob Johnson Music from Throw The Sun Into The Sea (BY-NC-SA)
(1:01:40) Phantasm by Diometrix from How Do Things Inspire (BY-NC-SA)
(1:05:19) Far And Wide by Ray Montford from Many Roads (BY-NC-SA)
(1:10:23) The End of Progress by mystakin from The End of Progress (BY)
(1:15:07) Ours Is The Fury by Fad ed Line from Ours Is The Fury (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or buy up their entire back-catalog as a holiday present to yourself. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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Open Metalcast Episode #86: Cult of the New

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:14:00 -0500

The term "Cult of the New" is a term used in the boardgame circles to (sometimes derogatorily) refer to people who are constantly in search of the latest releases at the expense of ignoring some of the older releases. This show is about putting on the brakes for a bit and slowing down to re-listen to some of the bands that we've featured on the podcast before such as Rase, Neverside, Panic.0, Inordem, Nuestros Derechos, Overlord, Les Chants de Nihil, Anthemon, Spawn from Deceit and Rezistor. And we welcome back Amity in Fame who recently released their stellar sophmore album "Through" under a Creative Commons License. So enjoy another spin of these amazing tracks and be sure to find a spot in your library for these albums. Because if you haven't heard them before they're still new to you. Shownotes follow:

(00:09) Operation enduring freedom by Raze from Man vs machine (BY)
(04:03) The Black and the Crude by Neverside from This Is Our Gun (BY-NC-SA)
(07:55) Panic by Panic.0 from Panic (BY-NC-ND)
(12:29) Intacto by INORDEM from La Miseria de Dios (BY-NC-SA)
(17:36) Schizophrenia by Nuestros Derechos from Adrift (BY-NC-ND)
(21:19) The Undead Cantata by Overlord from The Undead Cantata (BY-NC-ND)
(24:32) 06 Les Chants de Nihil - Dissidence Decadente by Les Chants de Nihil from Siore Immelstorn Records - Black Metal Compilation Volume 1 (BY-NC-ND)
(32:12) Print Of The Sand Glass by ANTHEMON from Kadavreski [2005] (BY-NC-SA)
(41:09) Squat The World by Spawn From Deceit from Woven Promises - Unraveled Victims (BY-NC-SA)
(42:41) De Partea Mea by Rezistor from Beware the Silent (BY-NC-ND)
(48:03) The Kraken by Amity in Fame from Through (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, but whatever you do make sure you don't forget it mid sentence. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Club Metal Interview Episode: Patient Zero

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:43:00 -0500

Welcome back to Open Metalcast, bringing you the best in Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. I am the host of the Club Metal portion of the podcast and today we have a special guest. We worked hard to set up this interview over space and time and I am delighted to be able to present to you an interview with none other than the band Patient Zero. You might not know them now but in the future. your future. this is a big deal. Let's just say that we're lucky to have this chance to speak with a classical artist such as them. I apologize in advance for the transmission quality but because of the extreme time delay, causality, and the price of using The Time Phone it is the best we can do. So without further delay here is our interview with Patient Zero. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

I Never Cared from Diabolus Ex Machina (BY-NC-SA)
High Tech Low Life from the forthcoming album: Cyber Psychosis
Eins from Curse and Regret (BY-NC-SA)

We’d like to thank Patient Zero for taking the time to talk with us on Open Metalcast. Learn more about the band and their fortcoming album Cyber Psychosis at Patient Zero.

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Open Metalcast Episode #85: Timey wimey, wibbley wobbly stuff.

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 23:34:00 -0500

Rushing to get this episode out the door because the night I normally have to get the episode put together will be full of me catching the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who on the big screen. No spoilers, please. But what we do have is an episode chock full of some amazing artists starting with the anticipated release of the new Cryogen album "Continuum" (which is quickly becoming a favorite here). We've also got music from Desvirginizagore, Aborym, Rejekts, Soundcrafters, CEMENTERIO, One Paper Left, Digger, and Vampire Squid. You might say this episode is bigger on the inside, but you won't need to be the President of Galifrey to... OK, OK, I'll stop now. Shownotes after the break.

(00:11) Synthetic Essence by CRYOGEN from Continuum (BY-NC-ND)
(03:46) Eyaculador de Infeccion Putri by Desvirginizagore from Eyaculador de Infección Putri (BY-NC-ND)
(09:22) III by Aborym from Psychogrotesque (BY-NC-SA)
(14:06) Fango by Rejekts from Sirona Mixtape #7 (None)
(16:17) Get Out by Soundcrafters from Catharsis In Chaos (BY-ND)
(20:41) Rafagas ante tus ojos by Boue Records from CEMENTERIO "S/T" (BY-NC-SA)
(25:13) (PER)VERSION by One Paper Left from Reset (BY-SA)
(28:39) Digger - Evidence [2009] - Shnaps by Digger from Evidence... is written in the noizz - Full Album (BY-NC-SA)
(34:25) Oh The Clamity by Vampire Squid from Sea's Control (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a pepper mill with their name on it. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast #84: The Wave of the Voyage

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:06:00 -0500

One of the items that the Voyager 1 Spacecraft sent along with it on its voyage outside of our solar system was a gold-plated. It's probably the only gold compilation album in existence trhat features Mozart, Chuck Berry, and indigenous music from across the globe. Plus it has a wicked B-side that shows aliens how to find us should they be able to figure out the code. Luckily your computer should be able to figure out the bits that make up the latest Open Metalcast show so you won't need to figure out some alien recording technology to make it work. And rather than indigenous music from across the globe you'll be able to hear music from Ceremonial Castings, KROM, Kain, Machina, Taste of Hell, Longed for FUsion, Gutteral Slug, Extincion, and Electric Frankenstein. Plus you'll be able to hear it long before any alien intelligence will be able to hear that record no matter how slow your modem is. Shownotes follow:

(00:10) Reborn Through the Bestial Flame by Ceremonial Castings from Immortal Black Art (BY-NC-ND)
(07:22) Reacharound Rambo by KROM from Chaotic Evil (BY-SA)
(10:14) Marionetas by Kain from Revelaciones (BY-NC-ND)
(14:47) A síndrome de Nerón by Machina from A síndrome de Nerón (BY-NC-SA)
(18:24) Rotten inside by Taste of hell from Demo 2007 (BY-NC-ND)
(21:40) Dreamers Reality by Longed for Fusion from We´ll never decay (BY-NC-ND)
(27:01) Isolated Insanity by Guttural Slug from Megalodon (BY-NC-ND)
(30:13) Marcha Fúnebre by EXTINCION from O Martelo da Morte (BY-NC-ND)
(35:13) Injected by Electric Frankenstein from Dead and Back (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or put their music on a golden record and shoot it into space. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #83: Highly Cototient Prime Numbers

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 01:03:00 -0400

When looking up the number 83 on Wikipedia for the 83rd episode of Open Metalcast, I ran across some number facts. Apparently "83 is the sum of three consecutive primes (23 + 29 + 31) as well as the sum of five consecutive primes (11 + 13 + 17 + 19 + 23)." It's also a highly cototient number. What does that mean? Hell if I know, but I do know this episode has some highly charged metal to detonate inside your ear canals. We've got music from Beta Decay, The Rinn, Ceremony of Darkness, Lost Lands, Obsolete Theory, new Project: Roenwolfe, The Exiled, and Uboa to help with that tinnitus problem you may be having, plus some excellent Prog Rock from elevii to close out the show. (Just think of it as math core with flutes. ;) )

(00:11) Body of Habit by Lost Lands from Lost Lands -Body of Habit (BY)
(03:29) The Wraith Beyond by Obsolete Theory from The Wraith Beyond (BY-NC-ND)
(06:44) Sentience by The Exiled from Break The Chains EP (BY-NC-ND)
(11:09) The Trader of Pain by Project: Roenwolfe from Neverwhere Dreamscape (BY-NC-ND)
(16:14) The Rinn - Voices by The Rinn from Voices from the past (BY-NC-ND)
(20:00) Apocalypse by Beta Decay from Shadows in the night (BY-NC-SA)
(23:52) Decay by Ceremony of Darkness from Flesh of the Witch (BY-NC-SA)
(28:09) I Will Choke You Until You Like It by Uboa from Jouissance (BY-NC)
(37:40) Candela by elevi from elevii (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or use them for the soundtrack of your cat-on-Roomba action videos. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Halloween 2013

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:31:00 -0400

Welcome to the third Halloween Episode of Open Metalcast, where we unleash the strange, the wicked, and the bizarre to thrill, excite, and scare the candy-corn right out of you. There's plenty of music here for your Halloween party, or for grabbing the candy bags from those slow-poke kids. Whatever your hearts desire this Halloween we have your soundtrack covered.

(00:08) The Rotting Revolt by Dark Asylum Music from Midnight (BY-NC-SA)
(01:17) Spiderlady by Covered In Bees from Portland Death Punk, Vol. #1: Portland Is For Lovers (BY-ND)
(05:49) I, Zombi by Gore Obsessed from Halloween Massacre (BY-NC-ND)
(07:10) Necroborg by Crypticus from Dedicated to the Impure (BY-NC-ND)
(09:11) Propagating the Witch by Ceremonial Castings from Immortal Black Art (BY-NC-ND)
(14:37) Gala Monster Rally by The Young Werewolves from Cheat the Devil (BY-NC-SA)
(16:40) Bloody Mistress by Darkside of Innocence from Infernum Liberus EST (BY-NC-ND)
(22:40) My Love Belongs In A Straitjacket by Name The Creature from The Some Who Are They (BY-NC-ND)
(27:23) freaks from the other side by Spiritual Dissection from The Dark Side Of Mankind (BY-NC-SA)
(31:03) Meet Dick Dangerous by Funkmouf Brown from Funkmouf Brown Attacks!!! (BY-NC)
(34:35) Dunkelheit by Cultes des Goules from The story of Dagon (BY-NC-ND)
(39:28) Whitewood by Aeon Aphelion from Visions of Burning Aeons (BY-NC-ND)
(47:55) Crowd of Fools by Patient Zero from Post-Industrial Revolution (BY-NC-SA)
(52:43) ADVERMIX - Evil One by ADVERMIX from GATES TO TRANSYLVANIA (BY-NC-ND)
(57:18) Heresy by Woodrue from Bones, Bile and Black Blood (By-NC-ND)
(1:00:21) Sunny the Mummy by Mummifier from Advanced Mummification Procedure (BY)
(1:03:33) Werewolves by The Horror Cast from Cities of Deception (BY-NC-ND)
(1:08:42) You're My Little Mellowcreme Pumpkin by The Radicals from Halloween Rhymes and Children's Crimes (By-NC-ND)

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Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or use their music to woo Azathoth (it's better than those damned flutists). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

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Open Metalcast Episode #82: Caught in a loop

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 01:02:00 -0400

One of the most dangerous places for me is inside of a record store. It's like throwing a hyperactive child into a candy store: before you know it my arms are filled with new and used CDs and I'm busy trying to figure out which will make the cut. This show is no different: I thought I wasn't going to have enough material to make the show, and suddenly I had more than enough. But my problem is your gain, as we have three upcoming tracks from various albums, starting with Cryogen's latest album (available for pre-order), a single from Napalm Strike, and Peculate's on-going album based on the works of Peter Kropotkin. We follow that with four great stoner / doom masterpieces from Discos Macarras' stable of excellent artists, starting with Santo Rostro, Hera, Oyabun, and finishing with Lowshake. Closing out the show is a warning about those cute demonical creatures that may be lurking in your house at this moment by Leka. It's a show you definitely won't want to miss, and might get you taking a trip (virtual or otherwise) over to the record store. Just make sure you save enough money for cat food. Shownotes after the break:

(00:11) Contagion by Cryogen from Continuum (Kickstarter preview) (BY-NC-ND)
(03:12) Deities of Death by Napalm Strike from Deities of Death (BY-NC-ND)
(06:31) Mutual Aid by Peculate from The Anarchist Prince (BY-NC-SA)
(09:17) Blood Run by SANTO ROSTRO from Santo Rostro (BY-NC-ND)
(17:14) March of the Minotaurs by HELA from Broken Cross (BY-NC-ND)
(25:38) Brontosaurus Blues by OYABUN from Gods & Dogs (BY-NC-ND)
(30:42) Bleed For You by LOWSHAKE from Hopeless Desires (BY-NC-ND)
(37:04) The End Starts Now by Leka from Catopia (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or do a three-act puppet show for them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #082 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #082 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Episode #81: Shut up and shut down

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 01:06:00 -0400

I'm not sure what shutting the US government will prove to anyone, but I hope it doesn't mean that the Internet will shut down any time soon. Otherwise how will I get you this phenomenal Creative Commons Music? Carrier Pigeon? Hopefully not, as there's a lot of music in this episode, including tracks from Amaroth, Desert Icons, The Reptillians, Bisento, Endless Heights, Etherbeer, NUTRITION, and a receont convert to the Creative Commons scene: Gabezia. But rest assured I have my carrier pigeons on stand-by just-in-case. You never know when they might come in handy.

(00:10) Labyrinth of Greed by Armaroth from False Vision (BY-NC-SA)
(04:20) Black Cat Bone Blues by DESERT ICONS from None (BY-NC-SA)
(09:01) Inspirational by The Reptilians from The Breakers (BY-NC-SA)
(15:09) Romans by Bisento from Hinterlands (BY-NC-SA)
(21:47) Lady Wisdom by Endless Heights from Lady Wisdom (BY-NC-SA)
(24:49) El Hoztil by Etherbeer from El Hoztil (BY-NC-ND)
(27:29) Dragon Kings by NUTRITION from AGGLOMERATION [2009-2012] (BY)
(34:22) Victor by Gabezia from Gizakia Etsai (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or shutdown the government on their behalf. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #081 (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Episode #80: Going Viral

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:51:00 -0400

It was my birthday last weekend, and as part of my celebration I not only got the opportunity to watch one of my friends get married, but I also got a nice little cold to go with it. So the Open Metalcast studios are a little under the weather. But the show must go on, as it were, and the best Creative Commons metal music available is the best prescription for what might ail you. We've got a mix of great metal from Taketh, Kudai, NUTRITION, Neverside, Civil War, Patrons of the Rotting Gate, Hellcrawler, and Black Horde to infect your ears with the best the net has to offer. And much like a cold you are encouraged to share this with as many of your friends as you can. Shownotes after the break:

(00:10) Moving on by Taketh from Ignorance is strength (BY-NC-SA)
(04:04) Fobia by Kudai from Hutsa (BY-NC-SA)
(07:13) Eye Of The Anunnaki by NUTRITION from AGGLOMERATION [2009-2012] (BY-NC-SA)
(13:20) The List of Lives I've Broken by Neverside from This Is Our Gun (BY-NC-SA)
(19:55) Jaded Minds by Civil War from Jaded Minds (BY-NC-SA)
(22:13) Clandestine Fractures by Patrons of The Rotting Gate from The Rose Coil (BY-SA)
(27:22) Yet Again The Greed Of Man by Hellcrawler from Wastelands (BY-NC-ND)
(32:37) Afterschool by Black Horde from Dwyer (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make an app for their smartphone. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #080 (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Episode #79: Labor Pains

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 23:08:00 -0400

In my never-ending quest to put things off until the very last minute (a habit carefully honed over the mumble mumble years of my existence) I'm putting this show together mere moments before the Tuesday that it normally releases. Of course that day is Monday, which is a holiday here in the United States, so that means I'm later than usual. But I'm glad that I did, because this episode managed to catch the brand-new release from Anima Adversa's latest album. We also have new releases from Herlathing, as well as new releases from Antoniogarciavazquez, Sons Of Sin, Radler, Limitless, and Chewrafa. It's an episode you won't want to miss, especially after the post-holiday hangover you'll be nursing at work tomorrow. Shownotes follow:

(00:10) Juegos de Guerra by Anima Adversa from El Sueño de los Justos (BY-NC-ND)
(06:39) Metamorfosis by Antoniogarciavazquez from Orígen (BY-NC-SA)
(10:00) Escondida en ti by Sadai from 6DÍAS (BY-NC-ND)
(14:17) Whore Of Babylon by Sons Of Sin from Rebelations (BY-ND)
(17:47) Radler - Recediver by Radler from The Recediver (BY-NC-SA)
(21:34) Lass Mich Gehen by Herlathing from Alva Und Die Nachtgespenster (BY-NC-SA)
(26:24) Limitless - Burning Heaven [Single 2013] by Limitless from Burning Heaven [Single 2013] (BY-NC-SA)
(31:51) End Has Come (Menu) by Chewrafa from Arson & Plunder Soundtrack (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or create a national holiday dedicated to their hard-working musicianship. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #079 (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Episode #78: Sportball Surprise

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 23:58:00 -0400

I plead complete ignorance over all matters sportball or otherwise sports-related (save for hockey season when the Detroit Red Wings are doing well that season). So seeing an EP of sportball-related songs come across my desk isn't that intriguing. But when it's a CC-licensed album of tightly crafted sportball songs that also comes across the Metal Injection desk, then I take notice. I also take notice when I see new albums from some of my favorite artists like Mountain Mirrors and Agónica. And my other dirty little secret is I wanna get more Attractive Eighties Women songs because they seem to have carjacked Mojo Nixon's tractor and gone on one hell of a joyride. Plus we have awesome tracks from Grey Heaven Fall, Dust Tria, Sunken, Nameless, and Samsara. It's like a duffel-bag of sportball things to be sportballin' with and... yeah, OK, I'm done. Shownotes after the break.

(00:11) Your Angels by Mountain Mirrors from Asylum Acres (BY-NC-SA)
(02:53) Серые небеса осени by Grey Heaven Fall from Grey Heaven Fall - Серые небеса осени 2008 (Demo) (BY-SA)
(08:34) The Endless Cycle by Dust Trial from The Endless Cycle (track) (BY-NC-SA)
(18:10) My mythomane by Sunken from Flooded (BY-NC-SA)
(21:26) Hekla by Nameless from Thy Fall (BY-NC-SA)
(24:58) Barless Prison by Agónica from A New Onset (BY-NC-ND)
(29:21) Broken toy by Samsara from Blank Shapes (BY-NC-ND)
(33:25) (I Wanna Get) Gay Married by Attractive Eighties Women from E Pluribus Aewsome (BY-NC-SA)
(39:04) STOP FUCKING BUNTING by Puig Destroyer from PUIG DESTROYER (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or buy them a case of beer. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #77: Express Lane (12 items or less)

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:46:00 -0400

Ever gone to the store for just one thing, and realized at the checkout lane that you have more than one thing to purchase? That's what happened with this episode. I already had most of the episode ready to go, but a quick trip to Bandcamp and Jamendo net so much more music that I decided to throw in a few more songs this episode. There's something in here for everyone, so give it a listen, and whatever you do don't look at the credit card receipt OK? Shownotes after the break.

(00:11) Martyr by Wolf Hollow from (Single) (BY-NC-ND)
(03:32) Cage of Sorrow by Limitless from Cage of Sorrow [Single 2013] (BY-NC-SA)
(07:38) The Lonely Mountain by Set Sail Armada from (Single) (BY-NC-SA)
(11:36) Individuation by Obsidian Tongue from A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time (BY-NC)
(20:04) मातृ (mātṛ) by Vin de Mia Trix from Once Hidden From Sight (BY-NC)
(28:58) No Mercy by The Uncrowned from The Uncrowned EP (BY-SA)
(32:54) Breakdown by Throne of Malediction from (Single) (BY-NC-ND)
(38:35) Idea RAM by Picaporters from Elefantes (BY-NC-SA)
(43:24) Tyrannus Politicus Maximus by Psykoanalyysi from Kivitys EP (BY)
(44:29) Man/Machine by Lords of the Trident from Chains on Fire (BY-NC-ND)
(51:39) No Justification for War by The Symbioz from Unpromising Pictures of Today (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a Monopoly game with their band as the theme. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #76: Shut up and mosh

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:20:00 -0400

After a brief hiatus we decided to make up for it by just blasting your eardrums with non-stop metal music. In that spirit we only have four words for you: "shut up and mosh". Oh, and one more sentence, but that's it. Show notes after the break. There, that should do it.

(00:25) Force fed resistance by Dejadeath from ¡¡¡Viva dios!!! (BY-NC-ND)
(04:47) Austin Deathtrip - Cain by Austin Deathtrip from Texas Bulldozer (BY-NC-SA)
(08:15) 02 - Зеркала (Mirrors) by Prospekt69 from Judgment Day 7"EP (BY-NC-ND)
(11:18) Perfect Storm by Agónica from [Single] (BY-NC-ND)
(16:58) Hook Torn Flesh by Atominated from World Without Flesh EP (BY-NC-ND)
(20:35) The soul destroyer by BloodeviL from Promo 2012 (BY-ND)
(26:24) Plan of Attack by Lords of the Trident from Plan of Attack (BY-NC-ND)
(31:49) Ікона by Azgard from Ікона (Сингл) (BY-NC-SA)
(35:25) Suffer Peacefully by Peculate from Pax Tecum (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or have Madame Tussauds make a wax figurine of them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast: Brief Hiatus

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 22:23:00 -0400

Hey everyone,

Just a quick note that Open Metalcast is taking a brief hiatus for this week. We'll return, ready to bang heads, crush skulls, and give you the finest in Creative Commons Metal music on 7/23.

Hope to see you then!

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #14

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 23:28:00 -0400

Too long have we waited in the shadows, hoping for a change that never comes. The time to wait is over, now it is time to act.

(00:24) My Life Last Breath by Acumen Nation from Anticore (BY-NC-ND)
(04:06) Machine Vision by I:Scintilla from Optics (BY-NC-ND)
(08:42) No Longer (feat. Nyku Decode) (Mind-Sex Mix by Freaky Mind) by Dirty Bird 13 from Mix Collector (None)
(16:09) Cyber Female by Fetish’ist from Synthematika Four (BY-NC-ND)
(20:27) Triumph by Neurotech from (Single) (BY-SA)
(24:13) Drinking Air by Cyborgs On Crack from Drinking Air With Eyes (BY-NC)
(28:24) I've Sold Your Organs on the Black Market to Finance the Purchase of a Used Minivan by Everything Goes Cold from Prepare To Be Refrigerated (BY-NC-ND)
(33:09) Collision by AlibiTrax from Synthematika Four (None)
(36:07) Satan Is Going To Visit This Party by Freaky Mind from More Manifests (BY-NC-ND)
(40:58) Cybergeist by Crytek from Synthematika Four (BY-NC-ND)
(45:15) Vulgar Fractions by Dr. Zilog from Vulgar Fractions (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or put their music onto a USB key in a time capsule. Wait, do we even have USB keys in the future? Apparently 8 inch floppy disks are all the rage now. Well, whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Special thanks to MP3 Tribute for liberating some of the albums in this show.

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #13 (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Episode #75: The Sun Never Sweats (But I Do)

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:35:00 -0400

Summer has hit hard here at the Open Metalcast studios, and unfortunately there isn't any air conditioning in here. It's 87F in here, and while the fans are going full-tilt, there's some comfort in knowing this episode has some of the finest Creative Commons Metal music the net has to offer. including some hot-off-the-presses Returning We Hear The Larks, as well as Project: Roenwolfe (one of the many bands from Masters of Metal Productions), Slash Dementia, The Multiverse Concept, Marker Beacon, Falsos Positivos, Nuestros Derechos, and Spawn From Deceit. So while the Sun may never sweat, I can assure you that you'll work up a sweaty metal frenzy listening to this show.

(00:10) Persian_Tales by Marker Beacon from Dead Frequencies (BY-SA)
(04:20) Defying Inertia by The Multiverse Concept from Defying Inertia (BY-NC)
(08:05) Death, My Friend by Nuestros Derechos from Adrift (BY-NC-ND)
(12:19) Nascence in the Caverns of Mount Olympus by Returning We Hear the Larks from Far-Stepper/Of Wide Sea (BY-SA)
(18:49) Roanoke by Project: Roenwolfe from Roanoke (BY-NC-ND)
(21:43) Fuerza by Falsos Positivos from Fuerza 2012 (BY-NC-SA)
(24:17) Sciencs Is Superior by Slash Dementia from Symptoms Are... (BY-SA)
(28:56) Happiness by Spawn From Deceit from Woven Promises - Unraveled Victims (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or buy out their entire discography. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #74: Heavy Stones

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:51:00 -0400

74 is the atomic number of Tungsten, which is Nordic for "Heavy Stone", and perfect to title this episode of Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. There's a little something for everyone, whether you're into the sludge of Spaceking; the speed the soaring power metal of Judicator, ApócryphA, or Diary of Destruction; the folk metal hybrids of Hok-Key and Калевала, the melodic metal of Trihexyn; or the what-the-hell-was-that of Lambda Shaman. Whatever your tastes, you'll find great Creative Commons Licensed music ready to illuminate your ear-holes that you can share with your friends.

(00:11) SpaceKing by SPACEKING from In the Court of the Spaceking (BY)
(05:52) Vomitando Miedos by ApócryphA from A Los Motores Del Metal (BY-SA)
(09:49) All For You by Trihexyn from Of Death And Desire (Demo) (BY-NC-ND)
(15:46) The Elector by Judicator from Sleepy Plessow (BY-NC-ND)
(21:36) Men Blunder - Diary of Destruction by Diary Of Destruction from Démo 2009 (BY-NC-SA)
(24:52) Bomb It by Lambda Shaman from EP (BY-NC-ND)
(30:35) Судный день by Hok-key from R.I.P. (BY-NC-ND)
(36:39) Речка к Реченьке by Калевала from Кудель белоснежного льна (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or give them a magazine subscription. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #074 (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Cryogen

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:17:00 -0400

Recently we got the chance to speak with Ryan Conner of the melodic death-metal band Cryogen. Cryogen are currently Kickstarting their new album Continuum. We spoke with Ryan about their current discography, and how you can help make their new album a reality.

(05:26) The Pain We Endure by CRYOGEN from This Nightmare (BY-NC-ND)
(12:54) Episode 666 (In Flames cover) by CRYOGEN from Psalms of Deceit (re-release) (BY-NC-ND)
(24:10) Agnosis by CRYOGEN from Despara (BY-NC-ND)
(38:56) Break these Chains by CRYOGEN from Psalms of Deceit (re-release) (BY-NC-ND)

We'd like to thank Ryan and Cryogen for taking the time to talk with us on Open Metalcast. Learn more about the band, and how you can help make their new album Continuum a reality at https://cryogenband.com.

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode - Cryogen (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Episode #73: Magic Smoke

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 29 May 2013 00:57:00 -0400

There's an old saying in electronics that refers to releasing the magic smoke whenever you do something to fry a piece of hardware. Well, my laziness got the best of me, and I released the magic smoke on my trusty desktop computer's motherboard when I swapped out a power supply without pulling the old modular cables. So, this episode is later than usual, but hopefully a belated music-filled episode is better than no episode, and there's a bunch of great stuff in this episode, including new Kudai, new WirgHata, along with tracks from CHOSEN, Havok, and Oak Pantheon. There's also tracks from Cooked Pears, Дубль Пусто, and Forgenheim. But what's really a thrill for me is being able to play the band of someone I've chatted with online for many years who is a member of a band that might be familiar to you: Dropdead. I've been asking for years for them to make something Creative Commons, and finally they're part of the AS220's Spring Sampler 2013 (which is released under a Creative Commons License). With so much great music packed into this episode hopefully you'll agree that it's better late than never, and hopefully I'll remember that just because it fits doesn't mean it'll work. Shownotes and links down below:

(00:57) Paths Of Glory by Dropdead from AS220's Spring Sampler 2013 (BY-NC-SA)
(02:34) Т.Ж.Н.З.Н.Н.Н by Дубль Пусто from Classc+Anal (BY-NC-SA)
(06:06) Ezin ahaztu by Kudai from Harezko dorreak (BY-SA)
(10:09) Diminishment by CHOSEN from RESOLUTION (BY-NC-SA)
(15:20) Aspen by Oak Pantheon from From a Whisper (BY-NC-ND)
(21:40) Damned Soul by Cooked Pears from Sugar Blast (BY-NC-SA)
(26:56) Wahrheit Alternative (Demo) by Forgenheim from Trash or Treasure (BY-ND)
(28:57) A Pyrrhic Victory for Humanity by Havok from Apathy Esplanade (BY-NC-SA)
(35:21) Shuttered Room (single) by WirgHata from 2013 - Shuttered Room (single) (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, but please don't release their equipment's magic smoke. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #72: Allergic Reactionary

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:21:00 -0400

Ugh. It's full-bore allergy season here, and apparently everything is being marked for death by my body. So to celebrate (?) we've lined up 8 tracks of music loud enough to make even the most stuffed ears hear clearly. And lest you think it's just the allergy medicine talking near the end of the episode, yes, that's just Judicator singing in German for their upcoming album. And you're probably over Crabcore, but are you ready for Duckgrind? It's an episode you won't want to miss, no matter how much cough syrup you've had.

(00:10) Rise Above The Fallen (Demo) by Beneath a Crimson Sky from None (BY-NC-ND)
(05:31) Cownhayne Lane by Donnie Brasco from Young Lives (BY-NC-SA)
(08:52) Slumlord by Immoralist from Widow (BY-NC-ND)
(12:02) Scumbag by Gift Giver from Daddy Issues (BY-NC)
(15:15) Tienen Miedo by Grito from Resistiendo al Silencio (BY-NC)
(17:56) Sirocco - Mael Suthain by Sirocco from Lambay (BY-NC_ND)
(23:45) Wenn Kronen Zerschmettert Sind by Judicator from Wenn Kronen Zerschmettert Sind (BY-NC-ND)
(32:10) Subhuman Propaganda by Artists Formerly Known As Idiots from Duckgrind Blitzkrieg (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or offer to kickstart their Kickstarter to Kickstarter their Kickstarter.. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #71: Unconventional

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:36:00 -0400

Finishing up this episode while recovering from the amazing convention known as Penguicon which happened this weekend. One of the highlights was one of the staff members dressed in corpse-paint and a hula skirt behind a Tiki bar. That's pretty unconventional, but what's even more unconventional (outside of being, well, outside of the convention) is the cadre of chaos we have in store for you in this episode. There's new stuff by Substance Black, Black Market Serotonin, and Samsara, as well as music from Masakari, cells, The Symbioz, Autarch, and one of my new favorite unconventional bands Toumaï. So get those headphone ready for a ride your ears won't soon forget. Shownotes and links to the bands follow:

(00:09) Tide Will Turn by Substance Black from Tide Will Turn (BY-NC-ND)
(05:56) XIV. The Voiceless by Masakari from The Prophet Feeds (BY-NC-SA)
(10:05) lost for lust by cells from promo (BY-NC-SA)
(13:16) Perception by Samsara from UNO (None)
(16:52) Шлях поневірянь by The Symbioz from Шлях поневірянь (BY-NC-ND)
(19:57) An Exodus by Autarch from The Death of Actiacus (BY-SA)
(26:50) The End Of History by Black Market Serotonin from Something From Nothing (BY-NC-SA)
(35:47) Madness in Mind by Toumaï from SAPIENS DEMENS (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or offer to do their taxes for them next year. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #70: Metal Taxing Mad

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:07:00 -0400

Tax season is over (is that why my wallet feels lighter? Must be a new weight loss program.) Hopefully this season was kind to you, but if even if it wasn't, we still have the finest Creative Commons Licensed metal music to suit whatever mood the tax folks put you in. This show is pretty straightforward (unlike the tax code) with 8 awesome bands ready to tear your ear-holes a new one, including new music from Sedulity, Bronze, and Legions Ablaze. You might not be able to deduct the damage your house will withstand from you moshing around, but at least you'll feel better.

(00:11) Ruthless Game by Halberd from Ruthless Game (BY-NC-SA)
(03:44) Ascension by Vile Regression from The Pattern Evolves (BY-NC-ND)
(07:33) The Hive by Legions Ablaze from (forthcoming album) (BY-ND)
(11:56) Cachafaz by Random from Todo.s los colores del (BY-NC-SA)
(17:56) All I Want by Grimoff from Twisted Games (BY-SA)
(25:32) Its up to you by Nocreeps from Metal-Libre.org Origins I (CC-BY-ND)
(28:53) Throw up instead by Bronze from Bronze (BY-NC-ND)
(35:15) The Valley of Dying Stars by Sedulity from The Valley of Dying Stars (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or offer to do their taxes for them next year. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #69 - Pranky Cranky

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:47:00 -0400

Are the April Fools Jokes done yet? Seems every April Fools I want to disconnect from the Internet and find a secret, undisclosed bunker until it's all over. Fortunately we were able to pick up some great music before the April Fools nonsense really took effect, and were able to bury ourselves in our headphones while the "jokes" flew overhead. And we have some serious metal music for you, with the first EP from Keoma kicking off the show. There's also some great tracks from Kill the Klown and Panic.0, along with the sludgy goodness of Iron and Stone. Morgana vs. Morgana bring their amazing synthesis of Tool to the fore, and The Land of Shadows haunt the darkest places of your soul, but despair not, for Karlahan bring us out of the depths with their brand of Symphonic Death Metal. And we learn what the experimental tag is really for with Fanttasma's amazing music. No joke, this is some of the finest Creative Commons metal music. Shownotes follow:

(00:10) A Time For You by Keoma from A Time For You - EP (BY-NC-SA)
(05:29) Kill the klown - Hateful by L'angolo della follia from L'angolo della follia special edition 11-11-11 (BY-NC-SA)
(10:05) Butchers Of Souls by Panic.0 from Panic (BY-NC-ND)
(14:07) Glaciers by Iron & Stone from Maelstrom (BY-NC-ND)
(18:41) De Lo Inevitable by Morgana Vs Morgana from ...de lo inevitable (BY-NC-ND)
(26:37) The Land Of Shadows - Flowers Of My Life by The Land Of Shadows from Dark Romantika (BY-NC-SA)
(36:00) Twilight by Karlahan from Metal-Libre.org Origins I (BY-NC-ND)
(42:48) Life is War by Fanttasma from Another Sleepless Night (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or sacrifice the bodies of the April 1st pranksters to them. Wait, that’s not good. Nevermind. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #68: Tributes and Compilations

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:09:00 -0400

Back when there were record stores, there were some places that sold compilation albums of different artists. Sometimes they were full priced, and other times they were either inexpensive or free. There's also certain magazines like Metal Hammer, Terrorizer, and PROG that also ship with compilation discs. I always look forward to these discs because they give me a chance to sample bands I might not otherwise hear. Our friends at Metal Libre have put together a series of (currently four) compilation albums showcasing some of the best of Creative Commons Metal Music. Lots of these bands have featured on here, but what's really great is there's stuff I haven't heard yet, and will check out later on. Similarly the folks at Irish Metal Archive have similarly put together a staggering compilation of artists hailing from Ireland. Definitely check out these compilations, and give these bands some support. And lastly there's a great project over at MP3Tribute.com where Jairus Kahn of Ad·ver·sary is compiling a tribute to Aaron Swartz and his legacy by compiling 100 previously non-CC albums and releasing them under a Creative Commons License. it's unfortunate this is in the face of Aaron taking his life, but we close out this episode with one of the tracks from this project. You can find that track and all of the great CC-Licensed Metal Music in the shownotes:

(00:09) Metaphysical Contradiction by CHOSEN from RESOLUTION (BY-NC-SA)
(07:15) Waiting by Ophyra from Post Mortem (BY-NC-ND)
(13:21) Destiny Invited by Dusk by Serpenthia from Metal-Libre.org Origins I (BY-NC-SA)
(17:55) Oscuro renacer by Aesir from Metal-Libre.org Origins I (Copyleft (CC-BY))
(21:41) Funeral Rites by Overlord from The Undead Cantata (BY-NC-ND)
(24:22) M-16 by Napalm Strike from Demo 2013 (BY-NC-ND)
(26:29) Calabozos by Bukowski from Split w/ Bestial Vomit & Grind Bastards (BY-SA)
(29:01) Snipe The Lamb by AeSect from Irish Metal Archive (BY-NC-ND)
(35:09) Anchorite by Acumen Nation from Transmissions From Eville (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or pick them up a beer at their show. Wait, that's not good. Nevermind. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode 67: Musical Centrifuge

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:13:00 -0500

While putting together this week's episode for Metal Injection Radio I noticed a lot of material that I had on my disk for a while but hadn't put into an episode. So I picked a sample of the material you will hear on Metal Injection Radio this week and put it together in this episode. So give it a spin, and check out more great Creative Commons Metal Music during the Open Metalcast show on Metal Injection Radio.

(00:10) War Of Hate by Weird Blend from Weird Blend (BY-NC-SA)
(02:44) Those Who Bear The Scars by PLAGUE MASS from Visitation (BY-NC)
(07:38) The Great Fatsby by The Armed from These Are lights (BY-NC-SA)
(12:18) Enigma by Ipsilon from Zero (BY-NC-ND)
(20:32) ДАЙ МНЕ ЖИТЬ by ReconQuistA from ДАЙ МНЕ ЖИТЬ (сингл) (BY-NC-SA)
(25:24) Invisible Future by Strangelet from And You Will Never Be The Same (BY-NC-ND)
(29:42) Kamikaze Virtuel by Lambda Shaman from EP (BY-NC-ND)
(35:50) Trasmerana by Xera from Lliendes (BY-NC-ND)

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Masters of Metal

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:32:00 -0500

Recently we got the chance to speak with Tony C. of the band Judicator, and one of the founders of the label Masters of Metal Productions. Masters of Metal Productions started off as the label offshoot of the Masters of Metal Forum, and has grown into a much larger metal music label. We spoke with Tony about the band Judicator, the beginnings of Masters of Metal, and how the label continues to grow and find new talent.

(06:30) Heroes and Villains by Judicator from Heroes and Villains (BY-NC-ND)
(22:18) King of Rome by Judicator from King of Rome (BY-NC-ND)
(37:03) Dreams: Romancing My Own Demise by Lascaille's Shroud from Interval 01: Parallel Infinities - The Inner Universe (BY-NC-ND)
(52:34) Cacophony by Steamforged from Fractured Singularity (BY-NC-ND)

We'd like to thank Tony C. and Masters of Metal for taking the time to talk with us. More information about the bands featured in the show, visit Masters of Metal Productions, and check out the online community over at Masters of Metal.

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Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Khadaver

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:07:00 -0500

Welcome to a special interview episode of Open Metalcast. Recently we got the chance to speak to Nihil from the band Khadaver. Khadaver is a four-piece band from Slovakia. Khadaver fuses metal and electronics in a cyber-metal industrial hybrid you won't want to miss. We talked about the formation of the band, the album "New World Disorder", and about the band's future plans.

Music played in the show:

(06:12) Binary Runners by Khadaver from Binary Runners (BY-NC-ND)
(17:43) New World Disorder by Khadaver from New World Disorder (BY-NC-ND)
(30:23) Kampfbereit by Khadaver from New World Disorder (BY-NC-ND)

We'd like to thank Nihil and Khadaver for taking the time to talk with us on Open Metalcast. For more information, visit their website: khadaver.com, where you can watch their video New World Disorder, as well as find links to their Facebook page, and more.

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Open Metalcast Episode #66: Meteoric Sonic Boom

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:00:00 -0500

Apparently there was a meteor that exploded with enough force over Russia to break windows and cause all sorts of problems for people. Hopefully your neighbors' windows will be strong enough to withstand the sonic detonation awaiting you in this episode. And there's plenty of music in this episode with two longer tracks from Lacaille's Shroud and Visions of Tragedy. Lest you think this is another "Long Songs" episode, we finish off with some shorter fare from New Folder, Head Takers, HYDRA, Keoma, The Arapahoes, and finish off with The Navidson Record. Come to think of it, you might want to reinforce your own home with all of this great Creative Commons Metal Music in this episode.

(00:10) Evolve: Transcendental Cyber-Eroticisms by Lascaille's Shroud from Interval 01: Parallel Infinities - The Inner Universe (BY-NC-ND)
(12:09) Rebellion by Visions Of Tragedy from Visions Of Tragedy (BY-ND)
(23:15) Точка отсчёта by New Folder from Время жить и умирать (BY-NC-ND)
(29:42) Face The Threat by Head Takers from Beyond The Shades (BY-NC-ND)
(34:41) DAME TU ALMA... (SOY EL CORDERO) by HYDRA from EXTINCIÓN (BY-NC-ND)
(38:17) BKD by Keoma from Otvot's Orbit (BY-NC-SA)
(44:22) Pray by The Arapahoes from II (BY-NC-ND)
(49:11) Enter the Rancor by The Navidson Record from Ruffians (BY-NC-ND)

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #65: Bowl of Super

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:04:00 -0500

Apparently there was a power outage during the Super Bowl that lasted around 34 minutes. I wish we'd known earlier, because this episode of Open Metalcast weighs in around 39 minutes of Creative Commons Metal Music. Instead of dead air waiting for some sportball to resume, you could have been listening to all of the great music in this show. Alas, they probably filled the time with useless banter and commercials. At least you'll be able to hear some of the finest Creative Commons Metal Music around. And you can share it with your friends outside of a private home exhibition.

(00:10) Caught in your freedom by Dark Confessions from Century of blood (BY-NC-ND)
(03:42) CORRUPTED BY TIME by Vrademargk from Transition to Nowhere (BY-NC-SA)
(09:06) In to the shadow by Luca Deriu from Mind Phaser: About the world (BY-NC-ND)
(15:47) Stay Awake by kurouma from Untitled (4) (BY-NC-ND)
(20:47) Canilla Libre by ApócryphA from Convicción Salvaje (BY-SA)
(25:49) ADVERMIX - War Inside my Head by ADVERMIX from GATES TO TRANSYLVANIA (BY-NC-ND)
(29:39) Surreal Images by Sedulity from Integral Spirits (BY-NC-ND)
(36:51) Kerstin by SOB Pariassound from Particulary interested in the advanced matematics (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or send them the millions you would have spent on a Superbowl Ad. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #64: Technical Debt

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:37:00 -0500

In memory of Aaron Swartz, whom I never met, but without whom this show would not be possible.

(01:13) Inherent by Decode the Design from Chaos Lanes EP (BY-NC-ND)
(05:48) Only Suffering is Free by Anagnorisis from Ghosts of Our Fathers (BY-NC-ND)
(10:35) Politicold by Severed Fifth from Liberate (BY-NC-SA)
(22:34) Free by Ex Animo from Sentience (BY-NC-ND)
(29:11) Time for a change by Become Wrath from Crush them (BY-NC-ND)
(35:52) IBRIDOMA - Face to Face by UNDERGROUNDZINE from SOUNDS FROM HELL (BY-NC-SA)
(39:10) Revolución by Mercyless from Siempre fuertes (BY-NC-ND)
(43:12) Liberate You by Derek Jordan from Humanist EP (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or do whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music. Please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #63: Fine Vintage

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:34:00 -0500

2013 is going to be a great year. Don't believe me? Well, for starters, in this first episode of 2013, we have over 45 minutes of awesome Creative Commons metal music to ring your eardrums into the new year. Hopefully your new year resolution isn't giving up metal, because you won't want to miss these great releases. And if your New Year's Resolution is being more generous, you're in luck, because you can share these tracks with your friends, neighbors, or whomever you like. Just make sure to give credit to the artists. Shownotes and links follow:

(00:10) Kampfbereit by Khadaver from New World Disorder (BY-NC-ND)
(03:58) Four by Manuscriptum from EP (BY-NC-ND)
(08:21) Wicked Fate by Raging Steel from Raging Steel EP 2012 (Coming soon) (BY-ND)
(14:09) Grindpa by Mordotua from Grindpa Single (BY-NC-ND)
(17:18) Heroes and Villains by Judicator from Heroes and Villains (BY-NC-ND)
(29:01) Iter ad lucem pt. I by Urna from Iter ad lucem (BY-SA)
(38:10) Mother Tree by She Was The Universe from Mother Tree (single 2012) (BY-NC-SA)
(44:44) The Night The Cylons Landed by Dr. Zilog from Vulgar Fractions (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a vintage wine with their logo on the label. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Holiday Apocalypse 2012

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:43:00 -0500

Some believe the Mayans predicted the end of the world will happen this Friday. But what would cause the world to end? Asteroids? Global Warming? In our holiday episode, we find it's far, far worse than that, and only Santa's Christmas Elves have the power to stop the oncoming apocalypse. It's a race to find out what unspeakable horrors await the fate of humanity!

(02:26) Blue Christmas by Bobnoxious from Ho Ho Ho (BY)
(04:15) The World Ends (before christmas) by The Data Body from Volume Two [2012] (BY-NC-ND)
(06:39) Ho Ho Whatever by Pigboat from Float (BY-ND)
(11:15) Happy Group by We 9 Guys from I Wanna Join the Circus EP (BY-NC-ND)
(11:46) Christmas Chainsaw Massacre by Totally Pissed Off from Volume Two [2012] (BY-NC-ND)
(12:42) Dark Xmas by Dark Harvest from Dark Harvest (BY-NC-ND)
(15:12) Coventry Carol by Extar from Tunnel (BY-NC-SA)
(17:26) Christmas special 2011 by Vvsmusic - music & more from Christmas special (BY-NC-SA)
(22:13) Sandy The Christmas Ghost by Kindergarten Hazing Ritual from Volume Two [2012] (BY-NC-ND)
(23:43) Smells Like Christmas Spirit by The Experiments from Smells Like Christmas Spirit (BY-NC-SA)
(26:23) Slay Bells by Jason And The Kruegers from Volume Two [2012] (BY-NC-ND)
(29:21) End Of Days by Severed Fifth from Liberate (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or clear out their merch table. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

(addtl music: Angst by RacheEngel, XmasMan vs the Packs 04 by Cyborgjeff (both BY-NC-SA))

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #13

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:44:00 -0500

Four months since last transmission. Stop. Must make next transmission or face termination. Stop. Last transmission of this solar year. Stop. Message Ends.

(00:24) 21st Century Antichrist by Khadaver from New World Disorder (BY-NC-ND)
(04:28) Biorobot (refined) by Kuroshio from Biomechanic (BY-NC-ND)
(09:35) Another Empty Day by Patient Zero from Post-Industrial Revolution (BY-NC-SA)
(13:50) H. Zombie - El Dia de los Muertos by H. Zombie from Mutation (BY-NC)
(18:37) A Clouded Mind by Neurotech from Decipher Vol. 2 (BY-SA)
(22:08) Homicide by Cystem Cex from Synthematika One (BY-NC-ND)
(27:30) Morality (mind.area rmx) by Fabious Corpus Act from disorder | ep (BY-NC-SA)
(32:55) Stupid Game by Heet Seas from [4] (BY-SA)
(37:58) Faceless Ape by Alchemy from A Very Alchemy Christmas (BY-NC-SA)
(41:48) Lovesongs (feat. Axel Zabel) by The Glass Spider from Resistance (BY-NC-SA)
(46:12) Tonight by Etage Neun from Synthematika Two (2010) (BY-NC-ND)
(49:35) VHELENA PROJEKT vs. KHAOSPHERE-Born in chains(remix) by VHELENA PROJEKT from FLESH RIOT (BY-SA)
(53:34) New World by Whitar from Synthematika One (BY-NC-ND)
(58:20) Vaseline for the Vomit Queen by Cancer Killing Gemini from The End Of The Beginning (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or do whatever you 21st Century humans do to share music. Oh really? How Quaint. Well, whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

(sfx: Scuba 1)

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Open Metalcast Episode #62: Tap-dancing on the ceiling

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:24:00 -0500

Our cat appears to have recovered from her surgery, because she was driving me insane by turning off my computer while producing this episode. But, as they say, neither snow, nor sleet, nor tap-dancing cat on the UPS button can stop the metal from flowing. Or is that the mail? Anyway, we have 9 of the finest Creative Commons metal tracks waiting to tap-dance on your eardrums, so let's get to it before the cat turns off the UPS again.

(00:09) Burn the Candle at both ends by No More Silence from Through my eyes (BY-NC-SA)
(03:34) See It Through [Your Weakness] by By Any Means from By Any Means (Demo EP) (BY-NC-ND)
(07:15) Tenfold True by Breaker from The More I Want, The More I Get (BY-NC-SA)
(12:19) Face Disillusions by The Brutal Deceiver from Birth Of A Decline (BY-NC)
(15:05) Anton Lavey Dressed As Uncle Sam by Inhaling The Plague from Man Made Epidemic (BY-NC-ND)
(16:51) Jimmy's Got A Gun by Enemy Noise from No Control, No Parade EP (BY-SA)
(19:04) Trato cerrado by Dinamyca from Demo 2012 (BY-NC-SA)
(23:29) Pussycat, Pussycat, Kill, Kill, Kill by Pigboat from Float (BY-ND)
(27:39) Piece of Shit by We 9 Guys from I Wanna Join the Circus EP (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a viral video of your cat dancing on the turntable with their album playing. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Open Metal Records

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:45:00 -0500

Welcome back to Open Metalcast, bringing you the best in Creative Commons licensed metal music. Recently we got the chance to speak with Benjamin Soubeille. Benjamin is a man of many hats. He's one half of the the band Sanctuarii, and has a solo project: "Megaptere". On top of that, he's founded his own record label: Open Metal Records (no relationship to this podcast), with the goal of releasing Creative Commons licensed metal music. We spoke about the Open Metal Records label, his musical projects, and the future of the Open Metal Records label.

(05:22) Labyrinth Within by Sanctuarii from The Temple (BY-NC-SA)
(15:00) My Beloved Chaos by Megaptere from Timelines And Coercion (BY-NC-SA)
(32:43) WAR by Megaptere from Timelines And Coercion (BY-NC-SA)

We'd like to thank Benjamin for taking the time to talk with us. Learn more about Open Metal Records at their website: https://openmetalrecords.weebly.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #61: Instrumetalcast #7

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500

Things have been a little busy around the Open Metalcast compound, so this episode is actually comprised of tracks I was hoping to put together for the next Instrumetalcast episode. Hopefully this will satiate your primal lust for Creative Commons music, and the hunger for another Instrumetalcast with one combined episode. And while these songs have been in my backlog for a while, they're by no means back-burner material, with the latest by Cloudkicker, Depths, The Multiverse Concept, Judd Madden, and a whole slew of instrumental music for you to enjoy. Shownotes follow:

(00:57) What Doesn't Dream by Memoirs from We Fall Apart - Single (BY-NC-SA)
(04:45) Isochronisms by Aardfish from Isochronisms (BY-NC-SA)
(08:08) Big Boss by Depths from Pizza Party EP (BY-NC-ND)
(12:04) IV: The Dying Fire (Feat. P. Lixxx) by Black Metal Bicycle from Save For All Things (BY-NC-ND)
(14:47) From the Balcony by Cloudkicker from Fade (BY-NC-SA)
(19:28) The Winds Cease To Sail by The Multiverse Concept from Conversations With The Boatman (BY-NC)
(23:39) Silence by The Foetal Mind from The Grand Contraction (BY-NC)
(29:52) King Drought by Judd Madden from Artesian (BY-NC)
(37:01) Prenatal Memory by Sheol from I, The Cosmos - Preview (BY-NC-ND)
(40:35) Filmscore by The Dino Haak Collective from Filmscore (BY-NC-SA)
(43:54) Revolt (instrumental) by Louis Lingg and the Bombs from Punk Instrumentals (BY-NC-SA)
(46:14) A Change In You (Instrumental Version) by Born of the Stars from Born of the Stars (BY-NC-SA)
(49:39) My Dark Passenger by It Dwells Within from Relics From A Broken Fair (Instrumental) (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or use your savings from Black Friday and Cyber Monday to shower them with gifts. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #60: Time Saving Daylight

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:25:00 -0500

60 episodes. 60 seconds in a minute. 60 minutes in an hour. What does it mean? I'm not sure, but I do know this is the 60th episode of Open Metalcast, and it will spin your ear drums around like a record player on 78rpm. We've got brand new music from Samsara, Manuscriptum, Born of the Stars, as well as The Canyon Observer, and more music from Atsphear, Era Vulgaris, and Leka. Plus we dig into the Jamendo vaults and find some Nippercreep to funk things up a bit. Forget saving daylight, just use that extra hour you got from Daylight Saving Time and give yourself an hour listening to the finest Creative Commons music the net has to offer. And be sure to make a copy for your friends, and follow the links after the break:

(00:11) Ignorance is bliss by Samsara from Blank Shapes (BY-NC-ND)
(02:59) Circle of time by Manuscriptum from EP (BY-NC-ND)
(08:05) One Day by Born of the Stars from Born of the Stars (BY-NC-SA)
(12:59) Empire by Atsphear from Redshift (BY-NC-ND)
(22:31) Just Ask Yourself by Era Vulgaris from INTOXICATED Vol.4 (2006) (BY-NC-ND)
(27:08) Part I: As We Surrender To Lust by The Canyon Observer from Chapter II: These Binds Will Set You Free (BY-NC-ND)
(34:40) NIPPERCREEP-Ca_craint by NIPPERCREEP from Combustion (BY-NC-SA)
(37:56) Consumption by Leka from Grievance (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make make a clock with their name on it. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: The Neologist

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:58:00 -0500

Welcome back to Open Metalcast, bringing you the best in Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. Recently we got the chance to speak with Devin and James of the Neologist. The Neologist is a two-piece band that has produced exceptionally faithful covers of songs from In Flames and Soilwork, as well as two awesome full-length albums. We spoke to them about their first album, "The 26 Letters of Your Universe", their latest album "The Promise of Eternal Separation", the origins of the band, and what goes into making their music.

Music played in the show:

(06:13) Cyclical Timing by The Neologist from The 26 Letters of Your Universe (BY)
(21:24) Subterranean Creatures by The Neologist from The Promise of Eternal Separation (BY)
(33:28) Innate Supremacy by The Neologist from The Promise of Eternal Separation (BY)

We'd like to thank Devin and James for taking the time to talk with us. For more information about the band, check out their website (https://www.theneologist.net) and their Bandcamp Page (https://theneologist.bandcamp.com)

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Open Metalcast Episode #59: Storm and Drive

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:43:00 -0400

While Hurricane Sandy delivers hopefully the last of her Frankenstorm-like powers upon the East Coast, we have our own Creative Commons Metal storm brewing. And while we won't have reporters telling you the obvious "it's wet out here", we do have some of the finest music the net has to offer waiting to unleash upon your earholes. So hunker down, and let the net share the best in Creative Commons Metal with you.

(00:11) The Storm by Atsphear from The Storm (BY-NC-ND)
(04:42) Страх / Fear by Bridge to Burn from Demo (BY-SA)
(07:35) Sysiphe by Dust Trial from Sysiphe (BY-NC-SA)
(13:54) Dirtying The Cloth by Pogrom from INTOXICATED Vol.4 (2006) (BY-NC-ND)
(17:28) I Fear For You by Slave Zero from INTOXICATED Vol.4 (2006) (BY-NC-ND)
(20:40) Bitchcraft by Snake Thursday from Cruise Mode (BY-NC-ND)
(24:55) Satan's Grave by Skitzo from Hellavator Musick (BY-NC-SA)
(31:08) Heavy Metal Subgenres by Paper Ceilings from etc. (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a donation to the Red Cross in their name. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Halloween 2012

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:48:00 -0400

Welcome to the second of our Open Metalcast Halloween episodes, where we bring you Halloween music scare you. Heck who are we fooling; it's music to listen to while you steal candy from kids who can't outrun you. Whatever your poison this Halloween, we have some Creative Commons licensed metal to sooth the savage beast better than a bowl of candy corn.

(01:21) Werewolves by The Horror Cast from Cities of Deception (BY-NC-ND)
(06:29) Leatherface by Skitzo from Synusar'sukus (BY-NC-SA)
(09:46) My Little Monster by Obsidian Shell from Evershade (BY-NC-SA)
(14:39) Bong Zombies by Sonic Pulse from Lager Than Life (BY)
(20:20) Burning the Asylum by Sweet Teen Killing Machine from Sweet Teen Killing Machine (BY-NC-SA)
(23:41) Halloween by The Young Werewolves from The Young Werewolves (BY-NC-SA)
(25:26) Halloween by Patient Zero from Post-Industrial Revolution (BY-NC-SA)
(30:06) Horrible Escape from Planet Earth! by Dark Asylum Music from Psycho-Vampires from Space (By-NC-SA)
(35:18) Real Vampires Don't Sparkle (But They Do Wear White And Dance mix) by The Dark Clan from Real Vampires Don't Sparkle (BY-NC-ND)

(Additional effects: Whip crack, The Temple by Out Of Orion (Ox3) from The Dunwich Horror: H.P. Lovecraft (BY-NC-SA))

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or use their music to woo Azathoth (it really liked it last year). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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Open Metalcast #58: Original Sins

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:33:00 -0400

In South American mythology, the number 58 is usually associated with curses misfortune, allegedly because of the association with the 58 original sins. Luckily, the number 58 in this context means another set of great Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music for your aural pleasures. We have brand new music from show-favorite PhaZer, as well as some new favorites like Leka, No Mans Legion, Sanctuarii, and Pursuance. Also some more great music by Broken Clown, Circle of Moebius, and Black Cohosh finishes up the episode with their blend of folk and hardcore. Folk-core? Whatever you call it, it's definitely not one to miss. So indulge your ears in this episode, and visit the band pages in the show notes.

(00:10) Stand Your Ground by No Mans Legion from Stand Your Ground (BY-NC-SA)
(03:44) I've Been Shot by PhaZer from Rockslinger (BY-NC-SA)
(08:11) Dreamers by Pursuance from Precursors (BY-NC-ND)
(12:15) Midnight In The Garden Of Ghandi And Steiner by Broken Clown from Houses Of The Homely (BY-NC-ND)
(16:35) Destitution by Leka from Grievance (BY-SA)
(21:26) My Soul by Circle Of Moebius from The Inexorable Walk (BY-SA)
(26:12) One Thousand Ordeals by Sanctuarii from The Temple (BY-NC-SA)
(35:15) The Sow Is Mine by Black Cohosh from Black Cohosh (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or take them out for Sweetest Day. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #57: Terra Incognita

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:48:00 -0400

These are the continuing voyages of the podcast Open Metalcast, continuing to bring you the finest Creative Commons musical treasures from distant Internet sites. And we have some treasures indeed, with 8 superb tracks for your listening edification, including one from Texas rockers Atomic Opera, and their 1999 album Alpha and Oranges. If you like Kings X or Galactic Cowboys, you'll definitely want to listen through to the end of this episode.

(00:09) The Fall of an Empire by The Neologist from The Promise of Eternal Separation (BY)
(04:38) Hyperion by Galactic Pegasus from Mirages EP (BY-NC-SA)
(08:52) Behind Selfishness by Stealy from New Reality (BY-ND)
(12:24) Labyrinths of Stone by Garüda from Labyrinths of Stone E.P. (BY-NC-ND)
(20:45) It by Oak Pantheon from From a Whisper (BY-NC-ND)
(29:16) Santa Marta Golden by Santa Marta Golden from El Fallo Humano (BY-NC-SA)
(33:26) Changing Shadows by YTBP Backers group from Time Shifting Echoes (BY-NC-ND)
(39:38) Spinning by Atomic Opera from Alpha and Oranges (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or take them out for Sweetest Day. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #56: Reminder to Remember

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:28:00 -0400

(00:09) Disemotional by Mixture from Disemotional (BY-NC-ND)
(05:05) Plague And Fire by Discreation from Plague And Fire (BY-NC-ND)
(08:35) What I've Become by Killwire from Empty Cell Demo (BY-NC-ND)
(12:10) Iron and Wood by Cabeza de Caballo from (Single) (BY-NC-ND)
(17:14) Never Forget by Ruin of Remembrance from Second World (BY-NC-SA)
(22:16) Forgone by Lycanthia from Oligarchy (BY-ND)
(29:40) Big Crunch by The Foetal Mind from The Grand Contraction (BY-ND)
(37:01) Space Dojo 2 (Billy and the Breakers - Firebird) by Jake Kaufman from Double Dragon Neon (BY-NC-SA)

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Open Metalcast Episode #55: Long Song

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:26:00 -0400

Extra-length songs for your listening pleasure.

(01:32) KRUH Z OHNĚ A OCELI by DROM from Hectop (BY-SA)
(12:18) Вместо них by PLATZDARM from Сквозь стекло (BY-NC-SA)
(21:20) Tehomoth - Make me Believe by Tehomoth from Demo (BY-NC-ND)
(32:18) Cover of Smoke by Iron Thrones from Visions of Light (BY-NC-ND)
(44:22) Seattle by Cloudkicker from Fade (BY-NC-SA)
(54:26) 04.Psychocean - Embryonal Confinement by Psychocean from Embryonal Confinement (BY-NC-ND)
(1:04:58) Xeric Ascension by YURT from Archipelagog (BY-NC-ND)
(1:20:06) Ein wilder tanz im Licht der Sterne by Galaktic Cancer Squad from Strange Spheres of Hyperborea (BY-NC)

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Open Metalcast Episode #54: The Morning After

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:35:00 -0400

(00:11) Der Einzig by Iskra from European Tour Demo (BY-NC-ND)
(03:32) Progeny Of Panthalassa by She Was The Universe from Progeny Of Panthalassa (BY-NC-SA)
(08:10) Lusitania by Minenwerfer from Nihilistischen (BY-NC-SA)
(12:39) Abscondence by Thakandar from Shattered (BY-NC-SA)
(18:33) Dystopian Sequence I: Simulations by Envisionist from Dystopian Sequence (BY-NC-ND)
(24:23) Only Suffering is Free by Anagnorisis from Ghosts of Our Fathers (BY-NC-ND)
(29:10) Tactful Annihilation by Cara Neir from Sublimation Therapy EP (BY-NC-ND)
(29:52) The Lunatics by Mr.Booze from Greetings from the middle finger (BY-NC-SA)
(36:17) Stretch the Wall by Giantwall from Stretch the Wall (BY-NC-SA)

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #12

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Re-sleeve yourself in your best recreational model and enjoy the best the future has to offer.

(00:20) TAXIM - Ware Mensch by Taxim from Metarail (EP) (BY-NC-SA)
(04:21) Unconditional (feat. Tanja Ravljen) by Neurotech from test (BY-SA)
(08:02) Flower and the Bone (feat. Lisa Johansson - Draconian) by GrimFaith from Hearts and Engines (BY-NC-SA)
(12:30) Invisible Force by Reizstrom from Invisible Force (BY_NC-ND)
(16:38) Alive by Alpha Point from Alive CDM (BY-NC-ND)
(20:25) Till I Get You by MIND:|:SHREDDER from Synthematika Three (BY-NC-ND)
(24:37) Fight (Na-Hag Remix) by Freaky Mind from More Manifests (BY-NC-ND)
(30:35) Connective Tissue by StrommoussHeld from Connective Tissue (BY-NC-SA)
(35:01) Demons Of The Past by Insane Prototype from These Seven Words Do Not Mean Anything (BY-NC-SA)
(38:45) I Have a Tuba by Kobi LaCroix from Grapefruit Teeth: A Compendium of Industrial Dixieland Tone Poems for Fiddle and Fire Hydrant, Chapter 1: Rise of the Hyena People (BY-NC-SA)

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Intro sound: remix #1 of 33711__acclivity__excessiveexposure.flac

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Open Metalcast Episode #53: Bye-Curiosity

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:30:00 -0400

Landing this episode of metal like NASA lands probes on Mars: hard, fast, and using a lot of parachutes.

(00:11) Journey by Black & White from Rock 'till Dawn (BY-NC-ND)
(03:54) DEJAME VOLVER by SeekInside from SeekInside EP (BY-NC-SA)
(08:01) Beyond The Black Hole by Sonic Pulse from Lager Than Life (BY)
(14:39) Hail To The T.V. Screen by One Last Word from Thrones (BY-NC-ND)
(18:42) Silence After All by Discrepancy from Starry Dynamo In The Machinery Of Night (BY-NC-ND)
(23:33) The Time Has Come - Diary of Destruction by Diary Of Destruction from Démo 2009 (BY-NC-SA)
(28:10) Leave me by That Was Yesterday from Sorrowind - Ep (BY)
(34:18) Arachnids In Bloom by The Porcelain from Arachnids In Bloom Single (By-NC-ND)

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Open Metalcast Episode #52: Sleepless in the Prattle

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:30:00 -0400

(00:08) Sleepless by Naked Brown from Naked Brown (BY-NC-SA)
(03:59) Inmortal by INORDEM from La Miseria de Dios (BY-NC-SA)
(08:44) Dead Tooth Grime by Crown the Liar from Dead World Anthology (BY-ND)
(12:01) We Fall Apart (Featuring Mike Semesky) by Memoirs from We Fall Apart - Vocal Single (BY-NC-SA)
(18:16) Criminal by Surface Our Sanctuary from Criminal - Single (BY)
(23:21) Parasit by Herlathing from Parasit - EP 2012 (BY-NC)
(27:38) Will nicht sein by Children of Eris from 2012 (BY-SA)
(34:48) 05 - I Don't Always Make Grind Songs, But When I Do, They Have Long, Ridiculous and Pointless Titles by Vomit Soup from Grindcore Concerto In Drop-C (BY-NC-SA)

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Open Metalcast Episode #51: 60 Minutes to Midnight

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:29:00 -0400

(00:11) A New Day by Ex Animo from Sentience (BY-NC-ND)
(04:09) Divide and Conquer by nolife from Divide And Conquer (BY)
(06:50) Into The Hollow by EYeOvIsIs from Into Thee Eye Ov IsIs (BY-NC-SA)
(10:45) Grítale al Cielo by Midgar from Sombras del Mañana (BY-NC-SA)
(17:23) Checkmate by Existen from Checkmate (BY-NC-ND)
(24:36) À venir by Burnogson from À venir (BY-NC-SA)
(27:41) Dorozhenka (Road) by Risha from Dorozhenka (Single) (BY-NC-ND)
(33:12) We Are the Vikings by Kobi LaCroix from Grapefruit Teeth: A Compendium of Industrial Dixieland Tone Poems for Fiddle and Fire Hydrant, Chapter 1: Rise of the Hyena People (BY-NC-SA)

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #11

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 07:30:00 -0400

Your future self sent you a mixtape. "Echoes of the future being played in the past. These are future echoes, the music of the future."

(00:14) Rechenka (River) by Risha from Dorozhenka (Single) (BY-NC-ND)
(03:59) Christcontrol by Cancer Killing Gemini from It Only Hurts When We Breathe (BY-NC-SA)
(08:04) Boxmakers (pre-release version) by URIZEN from Boxmakers (single) (BY-NC-ND)
(13:22) Transition by Haeckeflosse from Disagree (BY-NC-SA)
(17:20) TAXIM - 2011 (Alternate Version) by Taxim from 2011 (BY-NC-SA)
(22:04) Kenosis by Alpha Point from Equilibrium Path (BY-NC-ND)
(27:37) Function by Outsight from Synthematika Three (BY-NC-ND)
(32:20) The Keys (Deconstructed remix by Deconbrio) by Unwoman from Unremembered (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or send a mixtape to your past self so you can have something awesome to listen to. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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Open Metalcast Episode #50: Hardcore beginnings

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:30:00 -0400

(00:11) Human Waste by Abortion Autopsy from Human Waste (Demo) (BY-NC-ND)
(03:05) Гламур И Пафос (Cover Version By UNGRACE) by Diversant:13 from Пафос И Гламур EP (BY-NC-ND)
(06:39) Earth Juice by Henry Spencer from Henry Spencer (BY-ND)
(12:00) Spin the black circle by Mutant Sperm Quartet from The Swell Pubic Hair Trimmer (BY-NC-ND)
(14:35) Green Sea of Darkness by Atrocitus from Atrocitus/Ex-Breathers Split (BY-NC)
(16:52) The City Of Pyramids by Cathar Eclipse from Deus Ex Hominis (BY-NC-ND)
(20:52) Southeast First by Ghostlimb from Confluence (BY)
(23:37) Bullet as a Pledge by Six Days of May from Pneumatic Ego (BY-NC-ND)
(29:20) Britney Spears Sex Riot! by The Reptilians from Britney Spears Sex Riot! (BY-NC-SA)

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Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Eraless

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Recently we got to speak with Derek, Cody, and Jordan from the band Eraless. Based out of the mountains of Tennessee (where if you say you're in a band, you'd better whip out the banjos), Eraless released their completely self-produced, and self promoted album "Dawn". They talk about the production of the album "Dawn", a little history about the band, their use of the Creative Commons License, and their upcoming live show on June 21st with Abnormality, Unspoken Triumph, and Aortic.

Songs played during the show (all from the album "Dawn", BY-NC-ND):

Figures in the Sky
The Unobtainable
Eclipse

We'd like to thank the members of Eraless for taking the time to talk with us!

Pick up "Dawn" by Eraless at Bandcamp.com, and learn more about the band at their website: https://eraless.com.

Also check out their upcoming live show at Ziggy's 706 Cherokee blvd. Chattanooga, TN on June 21st at 9pm, as well as their other live shows. More info at https://www.eraless.com/events.html.

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Open Metalcast Episode #49: Under my treads

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:00:00 -0400

I've got you under my treads.

(00:10) Eye of the Beerholder by Sonic Pulse from Lager Than Life (BY)
(06:07) Subterranean Creatures by The Neologist from The Promise of Eternal Separation (BY)
(10:06) Lighthouse by Myron`s Invention from Nine Stories (BY-NC-ND)
(14:53) Once More... (DEMO) by The Final Chapter from Old and New (BY-NC-ND)
(18:07) Fatal bazooka by Snake Thursday from Orgasmocosmica (BY-NC-ND)
(22:40) Bruto Mecánico by Los Cuatrocientos Golpes from Bruto Mecánico (BY-NC-SA)
(26:57) A Call in the Forest by Necroblast from Hail Death (BY-NC-SA)
(33:36) Chemicals for Public by Tabula Rasa from 2012 Pre-album Singles (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or create an Orgre Kickstarter Tank with their name on it. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #6: Tragedy of Slow and Low

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 31 May 2012 22:43:00 -0400

In memoriam.

(00:10) Anchors by La Mar from La Mar (BY_NC-ND)
(07:35) Summer by Adam Emanon from Subterranean (BY-SA)
(13:10) Riptide by Judd Madden from Drown (BY-NC-ND)
(22:41) This is My Adopted Daughter Margot by Juan Herrera from admire audrey - 2011 Sessions (BY-NC-ND)
(27:46) Glaciers by Spiralmountain from Glaciers [single] (BY-NC-ND)
(32:29) Line-Trap [Instrumental] by Returning We Hear the Larks from Line-Trap [Single] (BY-SA)
(37:46) Black And Dirty Heart (instrumental) by Flurries from My Darling, The Glass Was Always Half Empty (instrumental) (BY-NC-SA)
(41:28) Movement 4: Allegro ma non troppo by Daniel Bautista from Symphony No. 1 in A minor, Op. 12 (BY-SA)

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Open Metalcast Episode #48: Come in Peace

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:00:00 -0400

We come in peace.

(00:11) La Miseria de Dios by INORDEM from La Miseria de Dios (BY-NC-SA)
(04:59) Sleep No More by sHIT for bRAINS from Broken Vow (BY-NC-SA)
(08:48) Go Away by Rezistor from Beware the Silent (BY-NC-ND)
(12:47) Figures In The Sky by Eraless from Dawn (BY-NC-ND)
(17:51) Ojos del mal by Vanagloria from Involución (BY-ND)
(21:54) Oncoming War by Moray Eel from Psycho: Delusion (BY-NC-ND)
(27:37) Declare by Vice Lords of Valhalla from Vice Lords of Valhalla EP (BY-SA)
(31:49) A New Revelation by URIZEN from Universe:Red (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or create a hot dog brand with their band name on it. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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Open Metalcast Episode #47: Quick and dirty

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:00 -0400

(00:11) Wheels of death by Sins n Bliss from From Heaven (BY-NC-SA)
(05:25) Splašky v žilách by Stolen Lives from split LP w/ Lahar (BY-NC-ND)
(07:52) Red Passion by Rapid Fire from Rapid Fire (BY-SA)
(13:30) Snake by Xes Dreams from NC - 17 (BY-NC-ND)
(18:03) I Will by La Mar from La Mar (BY-NC-ND)
(20:56) Street Sweeper by Harbinger from Slumgullian (BY)
(23:46) Open my eyes by Skellot from Idolothyte (BY)
(28:39) Neck Swaying Threat by Jaked off shorts and loaded heads from Flamingo Room (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or set up a Google Hangouts on Air with them whenever they get that set up again (not bitter, nope). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #047 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #047 (OGG)

Transition to Archive.org complete

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:17:00 -0400

I just uploaded the last few files to Archive.org this morning. If everything went according to plan, we should have every single file from Open Metalcast up on Archive.org (save for some special announcements). If you notice a link on this site still pointing to this site, please let me know. I'll probably do one last sweep to make sure, and once that's done, I can put that project to bed.

All future episodes will have their audio files distributed via archive.org. Please let me know if you run into any issues.

Thanks for listening!

Open Metalcast Episode #46: Live music live at Penguicon (Live)

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Open Metalcast was filmed live before a studio audience. Actually, this was recorded live in front of a podcasting panel I did at Penguicon. Thanks to everyone who came out to participate! To celebrate, this episode features all live music:

(00:11) Cannibal Legion LIVE by Spike the tomb from Live at the Altar Bar (BY-NC-ND)
(04:28) Patricia(live) by HOME from EP Re-release (BY-NC)
(09:40) Kill With a Vengeance (live) by Skitzo from Hellavator Musick (BY-NC-SA)
(14:11) ...And The Sky Came Falling Down (live - 11/12/2010) by Iron Thrones from (single) (BY-NC-SA)
(21:22) bumsville by CAPS from live in the windowless room (BY-NC)
(24:26) Paint it black by Steam-Hammer from Livedemo 2011 (BY-NC-ND)
(27:01) Solitaire [Live] by EVL from Strong Rock: LIVE! (BY-SA)
(29:35) Fallen Star by nocreeps from Livealbum @ Autumn Rock 4 (18.10.08) (BY-SA)
(35:39) Apocalyptic Sunshine High by The Reptilians from Official Live Bootleg ONE (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or cosplay them at the next Penguicon. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode 046 (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #10

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:30:00 -0400

...It's done by machines 'cause they don't make mistakes. -- KMFDM.

(00:44) Damage is Done by Neurotech from Decipher Vol. 1 (BY-SA)
(04:56) Biopunk by Return To Base from Return To Base EP (BY-NC-ND)
(08:35) The World(outside) ft.TheSiren'sAllure by BURN the Water from ESCHATOLOGICAL (BY-NC-SA)
(11:47) Corruption (feat.EMPTY) by Mind.area from Means to an end | ep (BY-NC-SA)
(15:43) LOGICAL TERROR - Gender 3000 by UNDERGROUNDZINE from SOUNDS FROM HELL (BY-NC-SA)
(19:11) Liquorstore by The Easton Ellises from EP One (BY-NC-SA)
(22:56) Masquerade by Deconbrio from Obsessions of a False Idol (BY-NC-SA)
(27:34) About Red Riding Hood by Red Princess from About Red Riding Hood (single) (BY-NC-SA)
(31:29) Humanist by Derek Jordan from Humanist EP (BY-NC)
(34:42) Lost And Found by PURPLE FOG SIDE from Project:Rentgen (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a genetically enhanced ape that yells their name while climbing the Empire State Building. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #10 (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Episode #45: Casu consulto

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:00:00 -0400

(00:11) A New Day by Elegance Decay from We Are The Pirates of Underground (BY-NC-ND)
(04:06) Haesitatio by Crimson Blue from Innocense (BY)
(10:43) Vanity Of Darkness by Diablery from The Eye (BY-SA)
(16:56) First Cracks by Soulless Child from Debutt (BY-NC-ND)
(21:27) Spread the Will by Thakandar from Shattered (BY-NC-SA)
(26:41) Miro Al Sol by Morgana vs. Morgana from Sol Invicto (BY-NC-ND)
(33:09) PLANTAS by Wantungfrito from W.T.F. (BY-NC-SA)
(37:23) Navia, goddes of magic water (Ode in a blues soul death metal) by Lugum from Galaico (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make some copies for your friends. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode 045 (MP3)

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The best problems to have (link updates, and a heart-felt thank you)

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:21:00 -0400

Just a quick update to let everyone know that I'm moving the archives of Open Metalcast to the best place I can think of for archiving. Heck, it even has archive in the name. Yes, I'm moving the links to archive.org, which should hopefully lighten the bandwidth load on the server (which has been performing admirably in the past few days. Yay, Linode!) and move it somewhere where it can be kept in perpetuity. The new listeners from Metal Injection have literally used up 1/3 of my bandwidth allocation for this month, which is awesome on the one hand, but is pretty unsustainable in the long-term. So, hopefully this will keep the bandwidth bills low, and keep you in the awesome Creative Commons metal you've come to expect from this show.

Note: You don't have to update your links or RSS feeds. This should all work transparently to you.

If you have any problems downloading any of the shows, please let me know (craig@openmetalcast, or leave a comment below). It's a slow process to move everything, but in the long run it'll hopefully nicer for all of us.

Thank you for all of the downloads! You're all making some great problems to have. :)

Open Metalcast Episode #44: Infected Injection

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Open Metalcast is now a part of Metal Injection. This episode highlights just a sampling of the artists and songs have been played on previous episodes of Open Metalcast. So, if this is your first time here, it's a great place to start!

(02:05) Agnosis by Cryogen from Despara (BY-NC-ND)
(07:49) Imported by Irate Architect from Visitors (BY-NC-SA)
(11:18) The Dark Design by Iron Thrones from Visions of Light (BY-NC-ND)
(17:18) Gamonal by Anima Adversa from In Saecula Saeculorum (BY-NC-ND)
(22:59) The Second Flood by Moray Eel from Priest Hunter (BY-NC-ND)
(27:34) Ascend by Of The I from Balance Instars (BY-SA)
(32:10) Inject Me by Neurotech from Antagonist (BY-SA)
(36:12) We're goin' in. We're going down by Cloudkicker from Beacons (BY-NC-SA)
(41:25) Balrog Boogie by Diablo Swing Orchestra from The Butcher's Ballroom (BY-NC-ND)
(45:17) Больше нечего терять! by Калевала from Ведьма (BY-NC-ND)
(51:49) Politicold by Severed Fifth from Liberate (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make some copies for your friends. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode 044 (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #5: Synthetic Organic

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:00:00 -0400

(00:30) The Coalition by Spiralmountain from Spiralmountain (BY-NC-ND)
(05:36) Egypt Signals by It Dwells Within from Relics From A Broken Fair (BY-NC-ND)
(11:59) Ablaze Within by Epoch Crysis from Rex (BY-NC-SA)
(16:12) We Fall Apart by Memoirs from We Fall Apart (Single) (BY-NC-SA)
(22:11) The Ground of All Being by Zarathustra from Yugen (BY-NC-ND)
(29:23) (Re-)Emulate by dot three from Biosynthesis - Volume I (BY-NC-SA)
(34:49) Toska by Broken Cities from Parable (BY-NC-SA)
(41:14) El Caracazo by Carnaval from Tennis Football Basketball (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or share them with your friends. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #5 (OGG)

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Open Metalcast Episode #43 - Signs

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:00:00 -0400

(00:11) Katatonia by 108 Not from 108 Not (BY-NC-SA)
(03:42) Taste the Blood by Skitzo from Synusar'sukus (BY-NC-SA)
(07:38) Pyrophile by Spike The Tomb from Gods Be Forgotten (BY-NC-ND)
(11:33) Repent by Severed Fifth from Liberate (BY-NC-SA)
(15:39) Darker Days by All Hallow's Evil from What Prayers Cannot Heal (BY-NC-SA)
(20:32) Last Battle of a Hero by Eternal Dream from The Fall Of Salanthine (BY-NC-SA)
(25:13) Phantasmagoric by Wraithshadows from Concerto Dei Morti (BY-NC-SA)
(29:36) Two Benefits by Demon Steed from Demon Steed (BY-NC-SA)
(33:18) How To Get Signed To Sumerian Records (Redux) by Spiral Mountain from (Single) (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or book them for your next St. Patrick's Day celebration. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode 043 (MP3)

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Blooper

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:22:00 -0500

If you managed to download episode #42 earlier today, congratulations: you have a collector's item. Apparently I forgot to edit out one of the mistakes that I made in the second track announcement. Cherish it. :)

The episode is updated with the correction.

Open Metalcast #42 - Life, The Universe, and Something Else

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:50:00 -0500

(You can't have everything, but you can have another episode just before the world ends. Drink up!)

(00:11) Agents Of Betrayal by LOST WORLD ORDER from Parasites (BY-NC-ND)
(04:28) Barriers by From The Hallows from 2012 Demo (BY-NC-SA)
(07:39) Ingrained Mind Phimosis by Eviscerated Entrails from Promo 2012 (BY-NC-SA)
(10:18) Go to hell by Scoldt from Timeworn (BY-NC-SA)
(13:39) Hexagon by Social Black Yelling from Riot Will Find a Way (BY-NC-SA)
(17:14) Dva hroby by Stolen Lives from split LP w/ Lahar (BY-NC-ND)
(20:04) False Way by SkyRoad from False Way (BY-SA)
(25:08) Dog Shit and Puppy Love by Kettleblack from Kettleblack (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or burn a copy for your friends to take joyrding. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #42 (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Episode #41: Downbeat be damned

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0500

(00:10) Santcuary by Rapid Dominance from Premonition EP (BY-NC-ND)
(04:32) My Vice by Skellot from Idolothyte (BY)
(09:51) An Obsequy For Thought by Reason from Thoughtcrime (BY-SA)
(14:25) Starry Dynamo In The Machinery Of Night by Discrepancy from Starry Dynamo In The Machinery Of Night (BY-NC-ND)
(18:06) Dice Game by Home from EP Re-Release (BY-NC)
(22:48) Magmatism by Psychocean from Embryonal Confinement (BY-NC-ND)
(29:46) The Last 24 Hours by Obsidian Shell from Renaissance (BY-NC-ND)
(37:20) Justify by EsprieM from Only Madness (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or have a festival with dirigibles in their honor. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #41 (OGG)

Open Metalcast #41 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #9

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0500

Be Mine.

(Note: this episode is a little more NSFW than most. Please take that into account when listening.)

00:24 Cyber Girl by Freaky Mind from No More Manifests (BY-NC-ND)
04:29 E.V.O.3 - Cyberlover (extreme version) by GrimFaith (BY-NC-SA)
09:05 Objects are Women by Sentient Machine from Sentient Machine (BY-NC-ND)
12:05 Puppet Love by Dreams Divide from Synthematika Three (BY-NC-ND)
16:38 Puppet (Enchanced) by deZeption from Synthematika Two (BY-NC-ND)
21:37 PVC Slut by Purple Fog Side from Project Rentgen (BY-NC-ND)
25:38 Princess by Patient Zero from Screen Saviour (BY-NC-SA)
29:53 Artificial by Technomancer from Synthematika Three (BY-NC-ND)
34:51 Synthetic Angel by Pheromone from Invincibility (BY)
39:08 You're Fake, I'm Real by Systemshock from Virus Electro (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or buy them an E.V.O.3. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@decafbad.net.

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #9 (MP3)

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Samples used:

Open Metalcast Episode #40 - Over The Hill

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0500

(00:10) Mammals 2012 [feat. Siddharth Basrur and Sunneith Revankar] by Spiral Mountain from Spiralmountain (BY-NC-ND)
(04:37) Man vs Machine by Raze from Man Vs Machine (BY)
(09:08) Ghosts by Ophyra from Post Mortem (BY-NC-ND)
(15:12) Machines of War by Severed Fifth from Liberate (BY-NC-SA)
(19:09) On A Chain by Overdub from Overdub (BY-NC-ND)
(27:48) Electrocuted by Prajna from Lost in the Void (BY-NC-SA)
(31:51) Take Me Over by Serenades from Father (BY-NC-ND)
(36:38) Tennis Football Basketball by Carnaval (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or buy them a dozen roses. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #40 (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Severed Fifth - Liberate

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:05:00 -0500

Recently we got the chance to speak with Jono Bacon of Severed Fifth about their long-awaited release "Liberate". The album is the result of a successful community fundraising effort, which raised money to help the band to bring out a proper studio release of the demo album "Nightmares By Design". We spoke with Jono just before the rehearsal for the band's upcoming release party on Feb 3rd. We talked about the making of "Liberate", as well as the future of Severed Fifth and Creative Commons-licensed music.

Tracks played in this show:

End Of Days
They Prey

Jono and Severed Fifth were the first interview we did on Open Metalcast, and as always we're thrilled to have him on the show. Thank you, Jono, for taking the time out to talk with us!

You can purchase the new album "Liberate" from the Severed Fifth Website (https://severedfifth.com) as well as find upcoming shows, T-Shirts, and more information about the Severed Fifth project. If you'd like to help the band make their studio rent, check out the Fair Pay section of the site, and let them know.

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Severed Fifth - Liberate (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Severed Fifth - Liberate (OGG)

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: On Wings of Wax

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0500

Recently we got the opportunity to speak with Adam Kluga, the sole member of the band "On Wings of Wax". Adam (who hails from Melbourne, Australia) produced and recorded the album "The Escape", which chronicles the flight and eventual fall of the Greek Tragic Hero, Icarus. We spoke with Adam about the tern Djent, his recording set up, and why playing live music isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Songs in this episode (BY-NC-SA):

The Descent
Secrets
Where there's Smoke

We'd like to than Adam for taking time to talk with us. Learn more about On Wings of Wax on their Bandcamp page (https://onwingsofwax.bandcamp.com) and follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/onwingsofwaxmusic.

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: On Wings Of Wax (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: On Wings Of Wax (OGG)

Update: OGG Files should be working now

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:33:00 -0500

Apologies to those of you who were unable to download the OGG files. Turns out Nginx doesn't support OGG out of the box (or at least the version I installed didn't). Please let me know if you are still having problems getting to the OGG-versions of the episodes.

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Sentient Machine

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0500

Sentient Machine mixes together elements of Metal, Disco, Industrial, and Electronic Music together in a unique, yet oddly familiar way. We talked about their debut album, their plans for their new album, and about James Brown's New Year's Eve Bash.

Tracks played on the show (all tracks BY-NC-ND):

James Brown New Year's Eve Bash
Objects Are Women
Architecture Man

We'd like to thank Adam for taking the time to speak with us. For more information about Sentient Machine, visit their website at https://sentientmachine.net, and download their album at https://sentientmachine.bandcamp.com.

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Sentient Machine (MP3)

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Open Metalcast Episode #39 - Catch-up, Must've Heard and Relish

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:25:00 -0500

00:11 Across Tundra (Ode To Vanebride) by One Last Word from Thrones(BY-NC-ND)
04:15 Strength from Failure by The Departed from The Departed(BY-NC-ND)
09:29 The New Age Of Redemption by Ever-Frost from The Awakening(BY-NC-SA)
13:38 Collector of Dead Souls by Cryogenic Implosion(BY-NC-SA)
18:25 Cathexis by Of The I from Balance Instars(BY-SA)
26:26 Just Excuses by Memories Lab from Stronger Than Hate(BY-NC-SA)
31:22 Healer and Death by Moray Eel from Priest Hunter(BY-NC-ND)
34:47 Let Darkness Fill the Sky by Everfailed from Dissected Entity E.P. 2011(BY-SA)
39:23 Around The Oak by Drakum from Around The Oak (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or start an internet meme with them as the punchline. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@decafbad.net.

Open Metalcast #39 (OGG)

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Stop SOPA / PIPA

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:40:00 -0500

Open Metalcast survives solely on using other folks content to create a show that you enjoy. Laws like PIPA and SOPA threaten shows like Open Metalcast because sites like Bandcamp, Jamendo, and Magnatune are vulnerable to overarching copyright protection. Without those sites, this show no longer exists.

Please consider supporting the efforts of the EFF (https://www.eff.org/action) and contact your congress-person to tell them that you vigerously oppose SOPA / PIPA.

Thank you.

Craig Maloney (Head cook and bottle washer, Open Metalcast)

Updated site

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:04:00 -0500

Hello, everyone,

I've updated the server for Open Metalcast to use Nginx instead of Apache. Please let me know if you run into any problems accessing files from the site. Hopefully it'll be transparent to you. :)

Open Metalcast Episode #38 - Destination Unknown

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0500

(00:11) Beware the Silent by Rezistor from Beware the Silent (BY-NC-ND)
(04:16) Slash Dementia from Wheels of Babylon (BY-SA)
(05:34) Road Rage by Braddock from Strikes Back (BY-NC-ND)
(09:23) Skulptura by Substance Black from Skulptura EP (BY-ND)
(14:13) Myths of the Iron Iconoclast by One Last Word from Thrones (BY-NC-ND)
(18:10) Mobius Strip by The Illusionary Contortionist from Euphoria (BY-NC-ND)
(24:35) Requiem (For the Fathomless Void of Redemption) by Arcana Coelestia from Le Mirage de l'Idéal (BY-SA)
(34:00) Inspirational by The Reptillians from Official Live Bootleg One (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or adopt their lead singer. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@decafbad.net.

Open Metalcast #38 (OGG)

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #8

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:13:00 -0500

Welcome to the last thing you'll hear before 2012.*

(00:20) Blue Screen Planet - Part I - Axiom by Neurotech from Blue Screen Planet (BY-SA)
(10:18) Kill by Freaky Mind from No More Manifestsa (BY-NC-ND)
(15:00) Вторжение (SNTK2 Version) by Invisible Devastation from Synthematika Two (2010) (BY-NC-ND)
(19:07) Destiny, Oh Please by Patient Zero from Post Industrial Revolution (BY-NC-SA)
(23:13) Brainwashed to Kill (Vocal Mix) by X-Protocol from Divided we Fall (BY-NC-ND)
(30:10) Copycat by Deconbrio from Obsessions of a False Idol (BY-NC-SA)
(34:11) erase your hopes by PHEROMONE from Invincibility (BY)
(38:50) Voidwalker by Substance Black from Skulptura (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or give them your bonus check (assuming you get one). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@decafbad.net.

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #8 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #8 (OGG)

* Actually, the last episode of Open Metalcast you'll hear before 2012. ;) We'll be back in 2012 with more episodes!

Open Metalcast Episode #37 - Post Holiday Stress Disorder

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500

00:11 Greed for Anomaly by Unhealer (BY-ND-ND)
04:06 The Hungerer by Crypticus from The Rites Of Infestation EP (BY-NC-ND)
06:07 Thin the Herd by Suburban Syndromea (BY-NC-SA)
09:58 Hard to Forget by Starve from A Chosen Hollow (BY)
13:00 My stars II - Colours of your little universe by Neko Nine from Summer is you (BY-NC-ND)
16:56 imber by Metsu from as the earth drinks (BY-NC)
21:58 Rubicon by Wildernessking from The Writing of Gods in the Sand (BY-NC-ND)
27:52 James Brown New Year's Eve Bash by Sentient Machine (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or play them at your New Year's Eve Bash. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Open Metalcast #37 (OGG)

Open Metalcast #37 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Happy Holidays 2011

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500

Your case of holiday cheer has arrived!

01:20 You Ruined Christmas by Bobnoxious from Ho Ho Ho (BY)
03:33 Merry Friggin' Christmas by Alchemy from A Very Alchemy Christmas (BY-NC-SA)
08:56 A Spaceman Came Travelling by Black Market Serotonin (BY-NC-SA)
14:25 No Gelt, No Glory by Gods of Fire from Hanukkah Gone Metal )BY-NC-SA)
18:00 Metally XMas by Dom the Bear (BY-NC-SA)
21:43 Christmas Eve Eve by Paul and Storm from It Might Be Xmas (BY-NC-SA)
23:52 Christmas with Nanowar by Nanowar from Made in Naples (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or write their name in the snow (but don’t you eat that yellow snow, Nanuk, no no). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@decafbad.net.

Open Metalcast: Holiday 2011 (MP3)

Open Metalcast: Holiday 2011 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Episode #36: Phobia Nouveau

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500

00:11 The road killer by Taste of Hell from Demo 2007 (BY-NC-ND)
04:23 Eyes by Everfailed from Dissected Entity EP (BY-SA)
09:12 A Carnal Ritual of Self-Asphyxiation by Antipope from House of Harlot (BY-SA)
14:26 3rd eye by Dream Fool Disease from Dream Fool Disease (BY-NC-ND)
19:54 Thousand smiling clowns by Sheol from I, The Cosmos - Preview (BY-NC-ND)
23:50 Apocryphal Dreams by The Land of Shadows from Dark Romantika (BY-NC-SA)
29:00 Post-Life Crisis by Archana from Roundabout II (BY-ND)

(I know some of the links aren't working right now while Jamendo figures things out. Please let me know if you want a copy of the album, and I'll get it to you somehow).

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or name your new thousand clown phobia after them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #4: Permission Granted

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500

00:11 You and yours by Cloudkicker from Let yourself be Huge (BY-NC-SA)
05:23 Absolutely by Dark Harvest from Dark Harvest (BY-NC-ND)
10:41 Turbofuck by Turbolance from Eyes (BY-ND)
16:30 Watch the Sky Fall by Encircle from Watch the Sky Fall (BY-NC-ND)
21:35 Post-Life Crisis by Archana from Roundabout - The Instrumentals (BY-ND)
25:55 FLAMING MASS OF PAIN (instrumental) by EVERFAILED from Biological Order (BY-SA)
28:53 The Hornets' Revenge by Mindless Hope from The Hormets' Revenge EP (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or write their name in the snow (but don't you eat that yellow snow, Nanuk, no no). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@decafbad.net.

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Open Metalcast Episode #35: Turkey Hangover

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:05:00 -0500

00:11 Devastation by Hellcrawler from Wastelands (BY-NC-ND)
04:25 Just One (Single - 2011) by Rygel from Just One (BY-NC-SA)
09:30 calmo by Patrulha 66 from Revolution (BY-NC-SA)
12:42 Blood Bubbles by Tokks Voitto (from their forthcoming album) (BY-NC-SA)
17:29 Second Face by Dawid Mika from Insomatix - Period of Shadow (BY-NC-ND)
24:26 Плакали небеса by Kpu3uc from Прожигая Жизнь (BY-NC-ND)
28:30 Tyson Boogie by Tyson Boogie from First Round (BY-NC-SA)
34:10 Weight of the Feather by Anthemon from Kadavreski(BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or skywrite their name over your neighborhood. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Special thanks to those folks who contributed musical requests for this show: Tokks Voitto, Ben (for the Tyson Boogie), and special thanks to our friends at Metal-Libre for the pointer to Kpu3uc. We really appreciate it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #7

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:22:00 -0500

Warning: This episode may expand your horizons and blur your thoughts on cyber-metal.

00:11 Goals by The Dark Clan from Free Stuff (BY-NC-ND)
04:38 Year Of The Bull (In The Land Of Shit) by W.O.M.B from Stateless Steel (BY-NC-SA)
08:35 Human Conception by NKVD from DEGENERATION (BY-NC-ND)
14:19 Room 502 by SOZ from Demo (BY-SA)
19:25 Run Stupid Loser by Turbolance from Eyes (BY-NC)
24:23 Vasectomy by Trojan Horse Rotovator from Silk Sour Side (BY-NC-ND)
28:18 Decomposition by Doomdozer from Decomposition (BY-NC-SA)
32:15 Örök Tél by Tears of the Nightflower from Competition EP (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or name your brand new ear-worm after them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@decafbad.net.

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Open Metalcast Episode #34: Something for everyone

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:15:00 -0500

There's a little something in here for everyone.

00:10 Dead Girls by Nihil Quest from 1.1 Splendid Isolation (BY-NC-SA)
05:07 Night of the Long Knives by The River Neva from Chemistry of Holocaust (BY-NC-ND)
08:57 Drunk and Buried (Beyon the Grave) by Freakhate from Demo 08 (BY-NC-SA)
13:22 Desert Sand by by Pr4n4 from Pr4na (BY-NC-ND)
18:02 Bismark by 1 inch Bullet from epidemic (BY-NC-ND)
22:14 Today and Evermore by Eboracum from Eboracum (BY-NC-ND)
28:18 Cannibal Hotel Nº4 by Seyver from Cannibal (BY-NC-SA)
32:50 Tank Vs. Spaceship by Covered in Bees from Portland Steel (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or tell two friends about them, and then they'll tell two friends about them, and so on, and so on, and... Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com

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Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Carthasy

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:15:00 -0500

Recently we got the chance to speak with Lindsay from the band Carthasy. Carthasy hails from Perth, Australia, and just released their new EP, Apertures on Bandcamp. A perfect description of the band is on their site:

Some bands try very hard to please you. Carthasy are not one of those bands. Carthasy’s experimental hard rock doesn’tsubscribe to any formula: schizophrenic two-minute assaults hold an uncomfortable truce with atmospheric seven-minute slow-burners. You might have to make an effort, but you know the rewards will be worth it.

Songs featured in this episode (BY-NC-SA):

Crawl
Apertures
Inhale

We'd like to thank Lindsay for taking the time to speak with us, and a big thanks to the band for making their music Creative Commons licensed. This is a great EP, and I'd highly recommend putting on some decent headphones and getting lost in this music. Really great stuff.

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Open Metalcast #33: March of the Umlauts

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:30:00 -0400

Brought to you by the letter ü.

00:11 Ceremonial Surgery by Crypticus from The Rites Of Infestation EP (BY-NC-ND)
03:58 Exist By Program by Mirrors Of Obsidian from Imminent Chaos Complete (BY-NC-ND)
08:49 Meeting at Jabol by Random from Todo.s los colores del (BY-NC-SA)
16:00 Homorapiens by Antipathiea from Eye Of The Storm (BY-NC-ND)
19:49 Medicine For Your Sickness by Distress of Ruin from Demo 2011 (BY-NC-SA)
24:25 The Unrivalled Times by The Horror Cast from Cities of Deception (BY-NC-ND)
29:02 Barras y estrellas by Degeneraos from Veneno dentro (BY-NC-ND)
32:19 Convicted of Conviction by Sküll Hammer from Pay It In Blood (BY)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or name your Halloween candy hangover after them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Halloween 2011

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:30:00 -0400

Gimme your candy and nobody gets hurt.

00:11 The Temple by Out Of Orion (Ox3) from The Dunwich Horror: H.P. Lovecraft (BY-NC-SA)
01:23 The Scariest Song Ever! by Voodoo Puppets from Voodoo Puppets (BY-SA)
03:25 3 days by Eglyn from /Random (2011) (BY-NC-ND)
07:41 The Black Unknown by Akem Manah from The Testament of Sealant Mound (BY-NC-ND)
13:53 The Puppet pt 1 by Pi Mezon from A Lone (BY-NC-SA)
18:18 Dracula's Landing by Dark Asylum Music from Psycho-Vampires from Space (BY-NC-SA)
21:24 (Man with a) Clockwork Heart by The Dark Clan from Free Stuff (BY-NC-ND)
25:13 Angst by RacheEngel from Hurt (BY-NC-SA)
29:13 Fear_and_Pleasure by SOZ from Demo (2011) (BY-SA)
32:48 Fundamental Love by Doomdozer from Soul Solution (2009) (BY-NC-SA)
37:13 evildead by iosael Purple Project from Electronic Vampires (BY-NC-ND)
40:19 The Curse Of Yig by Khymeras from Ulthar (BY-NC-SA)
45:13 The Girl With The Octopus Arms by Covered in Bees from Portland Steel (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or use their music to woo Azathoth. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast #32: Cold Comforts

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:30:00 -0400

As opposed to Southern Comforts:

00:10 Delete Humanity by Cryogenic Implosion from Creation of the New World (BY-NC-SA)
04:41 Black and Red by Soundcrafters from Catharsis in Chaos (BY-ND)
08:24 40 days by Quarantine from 40 Days In Hell (BY-ND)
13:17 Breeding an Army by Tokks Voitto from Formation (BY-NC-SA)
19:14 Within the Night by The Nail from Imperfection (BY-ND)
22:59 Dammi la tua anima by Dominus Parcarum from Inferno (BY-NC-ND)
28:02 Gaping Asshole Dipped in Honey by Infected Womb from Hail Sagan (BY-NC)
30:30 Key to Nowhere by Carthasy from the forthcoming album Apertures (BY-NC-SA)

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #6

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:30:00 -0400

I created this show before I heard of the passing of Steve Jobs, but this show is dedicated to the memory of not only Steve Jobs, but to the other visionaries of the computing industry. Our world would be radically different without them. Thank you.

Think Different.

00:33 Mind Assault by Whitar from Equilibrium Path (BY-NC-ND)
04:52 Птаха by Risha from Птаха (BY-NC-ND)
08:46 Reptile by Hatemagick from The Reptilian Suicide (BY-SA)
13:22 P3DA (feat. Miss13) by Diversant:13 from Пафос И Гламур EP (BY-NC-ND)
17:09 Devil's Playground (SNTK2 Version) by [Sin.thetic Squad] from Synthematika Two (2010) (BY-NC-ND)
21:58 Another Day by Switchface from The Face-Off (BY-NC-ND)
25:41 serial by Ratio Log from The Ratio Log (BY-NC-ND)
30:08 fields of destruction by Simplefixty from Nightmares (BY-NC-SA)
34:26 Awake by Speed Science from Ph III: Awake (BY-NC-SA)
38:34 Jekyll und Hide by Bodo Gölnitz from Jekyll und Hide - Die Single (BY-NC-SA)
43:08 D.N.A. by NKVD from DEGENERATION (BY-NC-ND)
49:09 Kink Drop by Heet Seas from Live At Home (Session 1) (BY-SA)

Sound effects: Disk, Score, Activity, Computer, UFO, Telecom, Tape

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or name your second Beowulf Cluster of Mac Minis after them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast #31 - Angels and Demos

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:30:00 -0400

Workin' them angels.

00:11 I Forgot Who I Am by Under the Abyss from Album 2011 (BY-NC-ND)
05:51 Slave of mind by Zora from Scream Your Hate (BY-NC-ND)
09:18 Come With Me by Danforth from Demo Opus One (BY-SA)
11:37 Danceparty Chainsaw Massacre by Destruction Ritual from Destruction Ritual Demo 2011 (BY-NC-ND)
15:23 Planeta Estúpido by Lama Negra from Planeta Estúpido (BY-NC-SA)
17:42 Male Zoo by Horda from Horda (BY-NC-SA)
20:47 Frontpage Killer by Gangrel from Metal Hunters (BY)
25:04 Frog in a Blender by Broken Clown from Houses of the Homely (BY-NC-SA)
29:37 Cannibal Eyes by After Many Days from After Many Days (BY-NC-SA)
37:05 Angel by Harbinger from the Quebec Album (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or invite them to your neighbor's friend's cousin's co-worker's son's bar mitzvah. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #3: Driftin'

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:30:00 -0400

Drift along on a metal music journey...

00:32 What a stupid clown! by Eglyn from Eglyn (BY-NC-ND)
03:45 Paamayim Nekudotayim by Under The Hat from Under The Hat (BY-NC-ND)
06:36 ytech by TURBOLANCE from YTECH (single bonus) (BY-ND)
12:35 Lucsor by Piedra from Antiperro (BY-NC-SA)
17:41 Cyber Punked by The Alien Mike ET from Psychobabble (BY-NC-SA)
25:40 Strumming Bass by Broken Cities from Flux (BY-NC-SA)
33:21 Entranced by Encircle from Watch The Sky Fall (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or tattoo them on your heart. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #30 - Curly Shuffle

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:30:00 -0400

I can neither confirm nor deny that some of these tracks were picked at random. :)

Autumn by HiHate from Against All (BY-NC-SA)
Outlaw by Countdown from Outlaw (BY-NC-SA)
Instinto by Overdry from El Último Camino (BY-NC-ND)
My Way by Damsel Down from Now We Rise (BY-NC-SA)
Tremors by Omniavatar from United Earth (BY-NC-ND)
Rajat kiinni by Slash Dementia from Race Against The Machine (BY-SA)
Dracula by ToadStooL from Egyptomania (BY-SA)
How Jaxon Zimblers Stomach by Jaked off shorts and loaded heads from Feeding the Future (BY-NC-SA)
Yesterdays Assholes (are the Idols of Today) by Riot Agents from Who Cares! (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or become a fan of them on their Jamendo page (click on the artist, and click on the heart icon). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #29: Funk in Public

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:30:00 -0400

Just a little funky...

Crear Sombras by Pachamama from Pachamama (BY-NC-SA)
Give me Hell by Drop Alive from Drop Alive (BY-NC-ND)
UN SEGUNDO LARGO by Seekinside from Seekinside EP (BY-NC-SA)
Time by Circle of Moebius from The Inexorable Walk (BY-SA)
Beyond the Horizon by Malhazard from Beyond the Horizon (BY-NC-ND)
Back at the Moon Street by Aygan from Neural Groove EP (BY-NC-SA)
Asshole Rocket by The Jimmy Hofer Band from Alphatier (BY-NC-SA)
Police officer by SOB Pariassound from Noodles and Commercial TV (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or bake a cake for them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Interview: Amity in Fame

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:38:00 -0400

Recently Tom Ray and I interviewed Michael from Amity in Fame on the Music Manumit podcast. I had a great time with the interview, and the interview was very casual and interesting. The episode is here if you're interested. Definitely check it out!

Thanks to the Doug and Tom for inviting me to participate!

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #5

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:27:00 -0400

This episode created under the influence of Panopticon, the latest book in the Eclipse Phase RPG series. If you like the transhuman vibe, definitely check it out. Plus they offer Hack Packs containing high-resolution versions of some of the artwork in .PSD format. It's all Creative Commons Licensed as well, and we know you love that Creative Commons goodness.

Keep It Together by Shadowjack from The Industrial Years 1997-2005 (BY-NC-SA)
rust [long] by Promnioum Jesters from EP2010 (BY-NC-SA)
Тай by Red Princess from Тай (BY-NC-SA)
Electro Havoc by Bodycall from Synthematika 2 (BY-NC-ND)
Sunday Revolutionary Modulation by department of distortions (BY-NC-SA)
Welcome to the Mayhem by Blut Reaktor from In Limbo (BY-SA)
Pray for Nothing by Pillar 7 from Pillar 7 (BY-NC-SA)
In my eye(s) by Eraser Phokz from Pathetic (BY-NC-ND)
Biologie by Alfons Bauer from Bauer VS Bauer (BY-NC-SA)
Death Loop Vacuum by Dexter Gizmo from Don't Waste Yourself (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or name your uplifted chimpanzee after them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Unicode the hard way

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:14:00 -0400

You may notice something new in the posts on Open Metalcast. Go ahead, look around a bit. Notice anything different?

If you said that all of the posts that have Cyrillic text in them are now displaying properly, you'd be right.

After ~~constant nagging~~ kind prodding by Cyberkiller in the Open Metalcast group, I decided to have a go at getting the Unicode set up properly for this Wordpress instance. You'd think this wouldn't be a herculean task, but man, it's a pain in the ass. Regardless, you should see much better Unicode support in the future.

In all seriousness, I want to thank Cyberkiller for the gentle prodding. This has been a pain point for a while, and I'm glad that's finally over.

If you notice any issues with the site, please feel free to let me know. I might not act on it right away, but I'll at least give it a look. :)

Open Metalcast Episode #28 - Ozark Harp Trumps Accordion

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:30:00 -0400

Just so you know...

Into the Great Ravine by Blind the Carrier from into The Great Ravine (BY)
Madre Tierra by Aracner from 2 Canciones EP (BY-NC-SA)
The Beginning of Everything by The Departed from The Departed (BY-NC-ND)
...In The Aeons by Last Eternal Breath from From A Tormented Soul (BY-NC-ND)
Hidden by Obsidian Shell from Evershade (BY-NC-SA)
Raison D'Être by stentor from I:1-13 (BY-NC-SA)
Оставайся, Мальчик, С Нами! by Эпоха Странствий from МультПарад (BY-NC-SA)
Калевала by Калевала from Кукушкины дети (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or rent out a skywriter to write their name in the sky. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com

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Open Metalcast Episode #27: One More Time

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0400

Just a small sampling of some artists that I wanted you to hear one more track from their albums:

Serious Killer by PhaZer from Kismet (Promo) (BY-SA)
Маски by PLATZDARM from Сквозь стекло (BY-NC-SA)
Mirror Entropy by Cryogen from Despara (BY-NC-ND)
All is Blank by Ritual of Rebirth from Of Tides and Desert (BY-NC-ND)
Deteriorate To Gain by The Apocryphal Order from The Apocryphal Order (BY-SA)
Maldicion by Semilla Animal fro Escarnio (BY-NC-SA)
Noah's Ark by Thornwill from Implosion (BY)
Destructive Device by Mindflow from Breakthough (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a tramp-stamp with their name on it. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #26: Last Train to Crazyville

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:51:00 -0400

All aboard!

The Hidden by Cryogen from Despara (BY-NC-ND)
Someone Set Your Voicemail From Stun To Kill by Freighter from Freighter (BY-NC-ND)
ke gore ke soy by Semilla Animal from ESCARNIO (2011) (BY-NC-SA)
Phantom Servant by Tears of the Nightflower from Competition EP (BY-NC-SA)
Spilled My Mind (ft The Fresh Prince of Darkness) by Sweet Teen Killing Machine from Sweet Teen Killing Machine (BY-NC-SA)
Who Killed My Dog by With All the Rage from A Good Day To Die (BY-NC-SA)
Lobisome by Demodeus from Lugubre Existencia (BY-NC-SA)
Free Software Song 2 by Jono Bacon (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or send them pictures of your friends planking their name on a busy street. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Episode #25 - The Big Four of Creative Commons Metal Music

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0400

It's finally here! The Big Four of CC Metal, as chosen by listeners of Open Metalcast

Runner's Up

Wandering by Antipathiea from Pre Release Sampler (BY-NC-ND)
High Pulse Rate by Irate Architect from Visitors (BY-NC-SA)
Across a Frozen Hell by Spiritual Dissection from Mors Ultima Ratio (BY-NC-SA)
Club Silencio by Gandhi's Gunn from Thirtyeahs (BY-NC-SA)
Nanowar by Nanowar from Into Gay Pride Ride (BY)

My Picks:

Haiku by Amity in Fame from Dinner for One (BY-NC-SA)
Last Breath by Hangman from The Gallows (BY-ND)
Three Blocks by Sekshun 8 from Black Winged Butterfly (BY-SA)
And the Sky Came Falling Down by Iron Thrones (BY-NC-ND)

The Big Four

Infralove by Diablo Swing Orchestra from The Butcher's Ballroom (BY-NC-ND)
Vae Victis by Mental Killing Spree from Vae Victis (BY-NC-ND)
They Prey by Severed Fifth (BY-SA)
It's bad. We're hit, man, we are hit by Cloudkicker from Beacons (BY-NC-SA)

Thanks to everyone who voted! This was a lot of fun for me to put together, and I hope you enjoyed it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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(additional intro effects: boom, record, Blue Bossa. Additional thanks for proof-hearing the intro to Juan Rodriguez and MarkDude on #severedfifth).

You still have some time to get your votes in

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:50:00 -0400

Just a reminder that we're coming up on the release date for Episode 25, so if you want to get in your votes for the Big Four of Creative Commons Metal, you have less than a week to get them in! Send them my way at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Thanks!

Open Metalcast Episode #24 – Title Track

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:00:00 -0400

I promise it's not because I was lazy, it just sort of happened that way. Honest. :)

Three Betrayals Toward Modern Man by The Hollowmen from Three Betrayals Toward Modern Man (BY-NC-ND)
Reflection of God by Tuchulcha from Reflection of God (BY-NC-ND)
Imperfection by The Nail from Imperfection (BY-ND)
Of Tides and Desert by Ritual of Rebirth from Of Tides and Desert (BY-NC-ND)
Tres anys by Projecte Atzucac from Tres anys (BY-NC-ND)
Race Against the Machine by Slash Dementia from Race Against the Machine (BY)
Gangsters by Green from Gangsters (Fuck the Illuminati) [Single] (BY-NC-SA)
The Dying Wizard by Gods of Fire from The Phoenix (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or vote for them in theJamendo Awards. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #4

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:47:00 -0400

Antagonist by Neurotech from Antagonist (BY-SA)
Antithetical (Single Mix) by Cryogen Second from Synthematika Two (BY-NC-ND)
Hear them Whisper by Ghostfog from Hear Them Whisper (single)(BY-NC-ND)
No More by Dead Channel from UN-X-PRESSED (BY-NC-ND)
Battlefield Of Love (Per Aspera Gentle Vision) by Mental Discipline from Fallen Stars CDM (BY-NC-ND)
Lovesongs (feat. Axel Zabel) by The Glass Spider from Resistance (BY-NC-SA)
The Keys (Deconstructed remix by Deconbrio) by Unwoman from Unremembered (BY-NC-SA)
Critical Stop by Patient Zero from Screen Saviour (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or invite them to play at your singularity party. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #4 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #4 (MP3)

Open Metalcast - Episode 23: Fighting Narwhals.

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:00:00 -0400

I managed to lose my entire music collection due to some stupidity on my part, but luckily I saved the playlist that I'd come up with earlier. Hope you enjoy!

Serving the Cowards by OVIF from Devast (BY-NC-ND)
Burnt & Broken by Dark Confessions from Century of Blood (BY-NC-ND)
Incoming Attack by Heaven Can Wait from Heaven Can Wait (BY-NC-SA)
In Saecula Saeculorum by Anima Adversa from In Saecula Saeculorum (BY-NC-ND)
I am by Reasons for Eternity from Prepare to Charge (BY-NC-ND)
Goddamn Asskicking Well by Terrordome from Shit Fuck Kill (BY-NC-ND)
Black Metal is Dead! by Mors Tua from Fortress (BY-ND)

Special thanks to Metal-Libre. Check out their blog for more great freely-licensed metal albums!

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or write a blog post about how you think they could kick the shit out of the Death Star. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #23 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #23 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Special Announcement

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:00:00 -0400

Hey everyone,

Listen to the following special announcement, and send me your Top 4 Creative Commons Metal Bands that you've discovered on this show. I'd like to compile these for Episode #25 so we can have a Big 4 of Creative Commons Metal.

Send them to craig@openmetalcast.com.

And also please consider sending the bands that you choose \$5 each via Jamendo, Bandcamp, or whatever means you can. They really need your support!

And remember to thank them for making their music Creative Commons Licensed!

Open Metalcast Special Announcement (OGG)

Open Metalcast Special Announcement (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #22 - Under the Wire

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:00:00 -0400

Sweet Mary by Moray Eel from Priest Hunter (BY-NC-ND)
Evil Incarnate by Cynicism from Portrait Of Extinction (BY-NC-ND)
Pestilent Ones by Antipathiea from Pre Release Sampler (BY-NC-ND)
Memories by MindwhispeR from Demo (BY-NC-ND)
Red Dust by Desdinova from Dead Space (BY-NC-SA)
Orpheus by Sybell from Forbid (BY-NC-ND)
First three tracks from Sebkha-Chott from Nagah Mahdi - Opuscrits en 48 Rouleaux (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or shave their name into your cat's fur. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #22 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #22 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Episode #21 - I need to see your ID

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 17 May 2011 08:00:00 -0400

21 episodes in means we'll be able to drink without having to make a fake ID. Woo hoo!

Death Prophecy by Enforces from The Executioner (BY-NC-SA)
Black War by RESILENCE from The Strongest Decides (BY-NC-ND)
The Blooming decay by Picture from The Dwelling (BY-ND)
Caperucita by Psicodelicia from Frenética Autodestrucción (BY-NC-ND)
Walk the Twisted Line by Random from prrimo, the [EP] (BY-NC-ND)
Flimmern by The Nuri from Music Box (BY-NC-ND)
The Wanderer by Drakum from Around The Oak (BY-NC-SA)

Open Metalcast Episode 21 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Episode 21 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #3

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 13 May 2011 08:00:00 -0400

Brought to you by mind-controlled cat ears.

Still Alive by MIND:|:SHREDDER from Synthematika Two (2010) (BY-NC-ND)
Screen Saviour by Patient Zero from Screen Saviour (BY-NC-SA)
His, Yours, or Mine (All Epiphanies) by Unwoman from Unremembered (BY-NC-SA)
Rzeka by Projekt Niewidzialne Swinie from Projekt Niewidzialne Swinie 1st Album (BY-SA)
A Second Dose by Tranquilizer from Synthematika Two (2010) (BY-NC-ND)
Love Annihilator - 29 Milliseconds Of Baphoonery by [dK] from Love Annihilator (BY-NC-SA)
Necrotic Generation - The Gatekeeper by Necrotic Generation from The Gatekeeper [Single] (BY-NC-SA)
My Soil (feat. GNOME) by Dirty Bird 13 from Girl With The Knife EP (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a toxic meme with their name as the payload. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast: Club Metal 003 (MP3)

Open Metalcast: Club Metal 003 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Episode 20: Live from Penguicon 2011

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 03 May 2011 08:00:00 -0400

This episode was recorded live in front of participants at Penguicon 2011 that came to my Podcasting 101 panel. Thank you to everyone who came out to the panel, and watched me put this episode together! You all rock!

Beyond Perception by Empyreon from NYC Sucks, Volume 2 (BY-NC-ND)
World Extinction by Extinctionist from All Flesh Must Be Eaten (BY-NC-ND)
Raise The Dead by Theorized from False Hope Of Tyranny (BY-NC-SA)
In a deep silence by Embrace my Ruin from A lullaby for a dying man (BY-NC-SA)
Asphalt by Ghostlimb from Infrastructure (BY)
Creature Of Night by Dark Eternity from The Last Way To The End (BY-SA)
I am Your New God by Systematic Sickness Kin from Systematic Sickness Kin (BY-NC-SA)
Cthulhu Fhtagn by Throng of Shoggoths from Nauseated and Terrified for the Future Demo (BY-NC-ND)

Update: Special thanks to Doug from Music Manumit for the pointer to the NYC Sucks Vol 2 album!

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or do an interpretive dance on the plight of humanity to their music.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode 020 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode 020 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #2

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:00:00 -0400

Synthetic perfection for the discriminating transhumanist.

Paralyzed by Invalid Love from Liquid Time Zero (BY-SA)
Wake up Sleeper (Bad Dreams Never End Remix) by One Dice from Wake up Sleeper (BY-NC-SA)
planet terror by PIKOL from Moutons de panurge (BY-SA)
The Man Who Believed To Be Free by Ostenvegr's Travel from Brainsick World (BY-NC-SA)
Rapid I Movement (featuring Bless 1) by Micronaut from Callisto (BY-SAMPLING+)
Gametime (davaNtage Remix) by e:o:nity from Paranoid (Limited Edition) (BY-NC-ND)
Terrified by CrimsonFaced from Captain Freak (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or name your first terminator robot after them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Club Metal 002 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Club Metal 002 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Cloudkicker

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:00:00 -0400

Recently we got the chance to speak with Ben Sharp, aka Cloudkicker. Cloudkicker released their latest album "Beacons" in September of 2010, and it has become one of my favorite "Djent" albums. Ben and I talk about the origins of Cloudkicker, his take on the Djent label, and I learn the source of the titles on the album. If you enjoyed the music from Instrumetalcast #2, you'll definitely want to check this out!

Music in this episode:

Hold On
Push It Way Up
Amy, I Love You

Here's the article I mentioned in the interview from Ask Earache about Djent, featuring Cloudkicker.

Open Metalcast Cloudkicker Interview (MP3)

Open Metalcast Cloudkicker Interview (OGG)

Open Metalcast Episode 19: There Will Be Potassium

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:00:00 -0400

This episode brought to you by the atomic weight of potassium, found in rich supply in foods like parsley and bananas. That information brought to you by Wikipedia. You're welcome.

Beyond The Depraved Scope Of Salvation by The Apocryphal Order from The Apocryphal Order (BY-SA)
Simulating the Living by Castrensis from Brutal Discipline (BY)
Good day to die remastered by Mass Murder Machine from Becoming the horror (BY-NC-ND)
Ashes by empty look masses from Time of the whisperer (BY-NC-SA)
Aliados by shaistrek from Revolucion y Metal (BY-SA)
Dual God by Kaiowa from Subliminal Doctrine (BY-NC-SA)
Thy Fall by Nameless from Thy Fall (BY-NC-SA)
Fuck Morrisey, Fuck the Smiths, Fuck the Cure by Owen Hart from Earth Control (BY)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or play their music on your show for your local public access channel (party on, Wayne). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode 019 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode 019 (OGG)

Program Updates (Cloudkicker, Penguicon, and more)

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:56:00 -0400

Well hello there! It's been a while since I last wrote one of these, hasn't it? The good news is there's plenty of news and exciting events coming up for Open Metalcast, as well as some show updates.

I'll be interviewing Cloudkicker this week, and hopefully releasing the results of that interview on Friday (that's the goal anyways). Cloudkicker, if you're not aware, is an amazing band hailing from Ohio, and in my mind is one of the foremost bands in the Djent scene. I'm really looking forward to this interview. If you have any questions you'd like asked during the interview, send me a note over at craig@openmetalcast.com.
It seems you really like the instrumetalcasts and the Club Metal shows, so expect some more of those in the coming months.
I'll be recording the 20th Open Metalcast in front of a live audience at Penguicon on April 30th, 2011 at 11am. As Greg Grossmeier put it so eloquently: "For those that do not yet know, Penguicon is a combination Free/Open Source conference plus Science Fiction convention. Not many other events can boast a past participant list that includes Cory Doctorow, Chris DiBona, Neil Gaiman, Jono Bacon, Jon “maddog” Hall, and Steve Jackson". If you're not already going to Penguicon, you'll need to at least register for a day-pass, which you can find on the registration link on the Penguicon Site.

Also, a quick program note: You guys ROCK! Thank you for all of the music suggestions, and conversations on identi.ca. If you haven't joined the Open Metalcast group in identi.ca, or friended the show on Jamendo, what are you waiting for? Check out the links in the sidebar, and be a part of the show! We love to hear from you!

That's all for now. Just finished up episode 19, and now it's time for the pre-flight verification.

Thanks for listening! \m/

Open Metalcast Episode 18: We will rock you

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:30:00 -0400

Dipping more into the rock side of heavy metal with this episode:

Awaiting for Chaos by Advent of Bedlam from Behold The Chaos (BY-SA)
Going Slow by Gandhi's Gunn from Thirtyeahs (BY-NC-SA)
Lemmy's Heart (bonus track) by Rebolt from Made In Spite EP (bonus edition) (BY-NC-SA)
Watch the Burn by Sekshun 8 from Black Winged Butterfly (BY-SA)
The Strongest Decides by RESILENCE from The Strongest Decides (BY-SA)
Crawling Back in by Deathalizer from It Dwells Within (BY-NC-SA)
Seagull Pain by Evil Country Jack from Jack's Country (BY-NC-SA)
rock'n'roll hall of fame by pornophonique from 8-bit lagerfeuer (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or write their name in Round-Up on your lawn. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode 018 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode 018 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #1

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:00:00 -0400

Untouched by human hands for your listening pleasure.

Play by Cyber Snake from Dolls & Lovers (BY-NC-SA)
Alles ist gesagt (version 2007) by all:my:faults from neo.NøiR (BY-NC-SA)
Discipline by Nine Inch Nails from The Slip (BY-NC-SA)
Fragment by Virtual Victim from Transmission (BY-NC-SA)
So Far (Luna Sequence Remix) by XXX Car Ride from The Wait is Over (BY-NC-SA)
Kalt by Chronique from Lost Horizon (BY-SA)
Nu Dead Pretty by Mach FoX from Nu Dead Pretty (BY-NC-ND)
The Ultimate Bio Commando by Cibernetica from The Ultimate Bio Commando (BY-NC-SA)
Кибернетичекая эра by Mirror Of Death from Кибернетичекая эра (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or implant them into your biochip. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Club Metal #1 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Club Metal #1 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #2: Groovy Djent

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:00:00 -0400

No words, just music.

Benediction by Sonorant from Sacrificial Soul EP (BY-SA)
Goryo by Hand of Fatima from Obake (BY-NC-ND)
New Cycle Day (bonus track) by Sequence The Silence from Bipolar Llama (BY-NC-ND)
Push it way up! by Cloudkicker from Beacons (BY-NC-SA)
IV: Of Spectres and Angels by Returning We Hear the Larks from Ypres (BY-SA)
Mehari by Albatros from Pentadelia (BY-ND)
Eyesland by 7BZH from The Sacrifice (added) (BY-NC-ND)

(UPDATE: One of the tracks from the previous version of the show was not CC-licensed. Updated the episode so now all tracks are CC-licensed. Thanks to Doug from The Music Manumit Podcast for letting me know!)

Special thanks to the Iron Thrones forums for pointers to some of the albums you're hearing in this podcast. (Check outthis thread here).

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or play them inside your local aquarium (Fish love djent). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

(Also, check out Returning We Hear the Larks latest EP. It's not CC-licensed, but definitely give it a listen).

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast Ep. 2 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast Ep. 2 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Episode 17: With a little help from my friends

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:00:00 -0400

Nobody's There by Commander Blop from Goldfish Memory (BY-NC-SA)
Born into a Grave by Ceremony of Darkness from 13 (BY-NC-SA)
Oaks by Aathma from The Call of Shivà (BY-NC-ND)
In Search Of God by RENUEN from A Letter From Hell (By-SA)
Straight Away by Beta Decay from Shadows in the night (BY-NC-SA)
Dispuestos a Romper by Metal Slug Band from Metal Slug Band (BY-NC-ND)
Fuerza Astur by Ness from Fiesta (BY-SA)

Special thanks to the Iron Thrones forums for some of the albums that will be coming your way! (Check out this thread here)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a mashed potato sculpture of their latest album cover. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Ep 17 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Ep. 17 (OGG)

License mix-up

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:26:00 -0400

Hey folks,

I've noticed that I've been mistakenly marking each of the podcasts for Open Metalcast as BY-NC-SA (By Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike). This is unfortunately not the license that I was intending to use, nor is it compatible with some of the artists that we've released, which use the No-Derivatives license clause.

So, I've gone back and re-marked each of the episodes accordingly.

I hope this does not dissuade anyone from listening to this podcast, nor do I wish you to stop listening to the artists. I think of this show as the vehicle for you to check out the artists involved and have your own relationship with them. I don't want you to try cutting their work out of this podcast to use. Heck, the sound-quality is good, but sometimes it's twice-compressed mp3 files. :)

So, by all means, if you like something you hear on this show, head to the artist's site and download it from there.

Hopefully there's no hard feelings, but if there are, send them my way at craig@openmetalcast.com and we'll talk.

And by all means, please keep your podcatchers locked in to Open Metalcast!

Open Metalcast Episode 16: Live in front of a studio audience

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:00:00 -0400

This episode was recorded live as part of a talk on how to put on a podcast at the Michigan UNIX Users Group (MUG). Special thanks to MUG for letting me show them the inner workings of this podcast.

(And the shirt that I was wearing? Iron Thrones, of course. ;) )

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or do a flashmob to spell out their logo. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode 016 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode 016 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Enslaved to Machines

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:00:00 -0500

Anthony Oliver from Enslaved to Machines recently sent me a link to their debut album, Critical Disrupt. I wanted to play the album, but it wasn't licensed as Creative Commons at the time, so I asked them to release it under Creative Commons, and they agreed. Pressing my luck, I asked Anthony if he'd do an interview with us on Open Metalcast, and he also agreed. Here is the interview with what promises to be an innovative band from my home state. Check it out!

Here's a video of the drum-pad drum machine mentioned in the episode.

Songs featured in this episode:

FED
Mirror
Incorp\$erated

Open Metalcast Interview: Enslaved to Machines (OGG)

Open Metalcast Interview: Enslaved to Machines (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode 15: Alchemical Machines

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:30:00 -0500

Abduction Starfleet by T3CHN0PH0B1A from Abduction Starfleet web-single (BY-NC-ND)
Cybertribe by Lefthander from Knock out dose (BY-SA)
I Fight Evil with Evil by Antipope from Desert (BY-NC-SA)
Incorp\$erated by Enslaved To Machines from Critical Disrupt (BY-SA)
dead end eyes by Irate Architect from Visitors (BY-NC-SA)
fells like spew forth by Spiritual Dissection from The Dark Side Of Mankind (BY-NC-SA)
Bring The Pain (ft. Famus Kem Str8 jacket) by XXX Car Ride from The Wait is Over (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or do a flashmob to spell out their logo. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link atcraig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #15 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #15 (OGG)

Severed Fifth album update, and a plea for help

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:10:00 -0500

Jono from Severed Fifth mentioned this morning that the album is coming along great. The drum tracks are absolutely rocking. Unfortunately, the guys need about \$2,000 to finish up the album. If you're aware of how studios work, you can't just park where you left off, and pick up later; they need the money soon. If you liked what you heard on the Nightmares By Design album, please consider paying for it. And if you already have donated and can spare some more, please consider sending them some more. Everything you can give helps make the re-release of the album that more of a reality.

Head to https://www.severedfifth.com/pay/ and support the band so they can give you a head crushing album of the highest caliber!

Thanks!

Open Metalcast Episode #14: Waiting To Devastate You

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:00:00 -0500

Thanks for waiting for this episode while we wait for the DNS servers to catch up!

Artifice Martyrdom (Radio Edit) by Saint Avarice from Malice to Alice (BY-NC-SA)
Ladrón de Sueños by Skydancer from Pozo de Lagrimas (BY-NC-SA)
En vain by Carmina from Demo (BY-NC-SA)
Consumed By Blood by Execute My Liberty from The Cursed Way (BY-NC-SA)
feeling the void by Irate Architect from Visitors (BY-NC-SA)
Fed Up With War by Nonsense from Burning Inside (BY-NC-ND)
Proctologue by Ass Burners from Blasting Poo Armageddon (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a didgeridoo tribute band to them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode 14 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode 14 (OGG)

Welcome to the new server

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:12:00 -0500

If you're seeing this, you're now pointing to the new server. Welcome!

Program Notes: OGG Vorbis in the house

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:33:00 -0500

Wanted to tell everyone about the new OGG Vorbis feed. If you look on the right of the site, you'll see the MP3 and OGG feeds. Using the power of a slightly modified plugin, I now have the power of separating the feeds into the default feed (.mp3) and .ogg for the "audio and freedom connoisseurs".

And so you don't have to go hunting for it, the .ogg feed is available from here:

https://feeds.feedburner.com/OpenMetalcast/ogg

And for those who are curious what the changes were to the plugin, I've included those as well:

sil-enclosure-mimetype-filter.php

PLEASE let me know if you run into any problems with the feeds.

Open Metalcast Episode #13: Balls, Chunk, and Pseudophedrine

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:00:00 -0500

Had a bout of allergies this episode (ah, the joys of Michigan winters), so the voiceovers are a little short and sweet (and hopefully coherent. :))

Also, due to popular demand, I'm posting a .ogg formatted file. I didn't get a chance to play with any plugins, so please let me know if downloading these files are rougher than they should be.

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or change your conference call music to their album. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #13 (MP3 file)

Open Metalcast Episode #13 (OGG file)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Iron Thrones

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0500

Iron Thrones is a band that we've featured on several previous episodes of Open Metalcast, and I'm thrilled to present to you an interview that we did with Steve Henningsgard of Iron Thrones. In this interview, we talk about the history of Iron Thrones, the latest EP "The Wretched Sun", and why the band chose to use the Creative Commons license. It's an interview you won't want to miss!

Songs featured in this episode:

Cover of Smoke (from Visions of Light)
Against the Grain (from The Wretched Sun)
Illumination (from Visions of Light)

Remember to check out their website at https://ironthrones.com, and follow them on Twitter (@ironthrones).

Open Metalcast: Iron Thrones Interview (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #12: Will it blend?

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0500

Just press Puree:

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or name your firstborn after them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #12

Program Notes

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:40:00 -0500

Just finished uploading the latest Open Metalcast Episode (Episode #12, can you believe it?) Lots of great metal in this episode. I'm really looking forward to you hearing it. Should drop early morning on Tuesday.

I mentioned on the Open Metalcast identi.ca group (What? You didn't know about that? Well, head on over, and join fer cryin' out loud) that I was thinking of putting up .ogg files as well as .mp3 files. I'd love to hear what format you'd like to hear Open Metalcast in. Leave me a comment on this post for your preference.

I'm looking forward to bringing you an interview with Iron Thrones in the coming days. Their album "The Wretched Sun" is an awesome album, and I'm thrilled to get the chance to talk with them.

And, as always, I want to hear what Creative Commons metal you're listening to. I'm always looking for new artists and albums to feature on the show. Send me a note at craig@openmetalcast.com. Also, if your band would like an interview on the show, send me a note, and we'll see if we can work something out.

Stay metal, and stay "tuned" for more episodes of Open Metalcast!

Open Metalcast Episode #11: This One Goes to 2011

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0500

First episode of 2011, and I get to make a cheesy reference to Spinal Tap. What more could you ask for? Oh, yeah, the music, of course:

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or help spread the word by shaving your cat with their name and posting photos on Flickr (only with your cat’s consent, please). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #11

Open Metalcast Episode #10 - 10x10x10x10

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Stop shaking the Christmas presents, or you might just break them. Here you go, here's a extra big helping of metal for you to listen to while you wait to ambush Santa Claus:

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or help spread the word by shaving your cat with their name and posting photos on Flickr (only with your cat's consent, please). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #10

Upcoming OpenMetalcast Episode #10

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:34:00 -0500

Tomorrow marks a very special episode of Open Metalcast. This is our 10th episode of Open Metalcast, and it marks a milestone for the show. Not only have we brought you 64 tracks of bone-crushing metal music (not including the upcoming monster of Episode #10), but I've been able to have interviews with great friends like Jono Bacon of Severed Fifth. Plus, we have you magnificent people listening to the show, commenting on it, and creating an amazing open metal community. I'm extremely grateful for every tweet, comment, and request sent into the show. Definitely keep those coming!

Episode #10 will weigh in at over an hour of music, and includes almost all new artists never heard on the show before. Which brings me to another part of the show that I'm proud of: few repeating artists. Of those 64 tracks, only a handful are the same artist. That's an amazing amount of metal music in there, all Creative Commons licensed. However, there's a lot of great metal music that didn't get played by those artists, so I'm going to lift a little personal ban that I set, which was to try to not play the same artist twice. In upcoming episodes, you'll hear more tracks from the artists that we've already played, as well as new artists. The show is a musical journey for me, and I hope you enjoy the ride!

Most importantly, I want to thank every one of the bands that have put out this great music to make this show possible. They are the sole reason the show exists, and without them, it'd just be me and the microphone. So please support the artists in the show. All of the links to the bands have a way to support the band, so head on over there, click on the links, and support those who make the music and this show possible.

Looking forward to crushing your skulls in 2011 with the finest Creative Commons Metal!

Open Metalcast #9 - Heavy Metal Religion

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:41:00 -0500

Remember to "pass the plate" and support these fine artists that make this show possible:

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or profess your undying love in rhyming couplets on their website. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #9

Open Metalcast Episode #8 - Potpourri

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:00:00 -0500

(Insert some lame excuse relating to American Thanksgiving for this episode being released one day early. :) )

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or help spread the word by tattooing them on your ass. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #8 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #7: Very Metal Noise Pollution

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:00:00 -0500

With apologies to Pop Will Eat Itself. ;)

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #7 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #6: Moved by hate

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:15:00 -0400

This show brought to you by several burly guys in a U-Haul.

Please support the bands in this show!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #6

Open Metalcast: Instrumetalcast #1

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:18:00 -0400

And now for something a little bit different:

Please support the bands in this show!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #1 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #5: Escape to Brutality

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:46:00 -0400

This show is brought to you by the word "Brutal".

Please support the bands in this show!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #5 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Severed Fifth

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:22:00 -0400

Severed Fifth's new album "Nightmares By Design" is scheduled for a world-wide release on October 11th. We caught up with Jono Bacon to talk with him about the first Severed Fifth album, "Denied by Reign", and ask him about what to expect with the new album "Nightmares by Design". We also get his thoughts on forming a live band, touring, and the Creative Commons License.

Edge of Design from Denied by Reign
The Blackening from Nightmares by Design
Foretold Revelation from Nightmares by Design

Remember to check out Severed Fifth live at the Pine Street Sports Bar on October 1st, and download the new album "Nightmares by Design" on the release date (October 11th).

Special thanks to Jono for taking the time out to speak with us, and for giving us a taste of the new album!

Open Metalcast Severed Fifth (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #4: Half of a dozen, and a Severed Fifth of another

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:32:00 -0400

OK, bad puns aside, here's the tracklist for Episode #4:

Special bonus preview!

End of Days by Severed Fifth (Preview)

Please support the bands in this show!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open MetalCast Episode #4 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #3: MC

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:16:00 -0400

Show Notes for Episode #3:

(Yeah, I know... every one of the bands either starts with an M, or a C. That was purely accidental. :) )

Please support the bands in this podcast!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Episode #3 (MP3)

Open MetalCast update (Where we're headed)

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:04:00 -0400

Posted the second episode of Open MetalCast (Available from fine websites everywhere, as long as they're this site). Hope you enjoy this episode. This one was fun because I did some exploring looking for music for the latest Lococast episode and got into some pretty deep recesses of Jamendo. All of the artists on this episode are available from Jamendo. Still looking for some feedback from folks on some great Creative Commons metal artists, so if you have some pointers, feel free to let me know. My greatest fear is running out of artists, but I know there's a bunch out there waiting to be found, so send them my way.

Also, hoping to schedule an interview in the next few weeks for a special episode. Stay tooned!

Open MetalCast Episode #2: Further down the rabbit hole

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:37:00 -0400

Show Notes for Episode #2:

Please support the bands in this podcast!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open MetalCast Episode #2 (MP3)

Open MetalCast Episode #1: Open the Gates

craig@openmetalcast.com (Craig Maloney) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:54:00 -0400

Welcome to Episode #1!

Show Notes:

Please support the bands in this podcast!

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #1