Exploring Birdsong

Chapter 736 - "Warped Tour Is A Genre" ...as read by Derrick Ryan of Minute After Midnight Today we welcome Derrick Ryan from Minute After Midnight to the podcast. Minute After Midnight is a new artist on Fearless Records that’s slowly been releasing singles, including their latest, Unleash The Beast. Derrick talks about discovering metalcore and the life changing impact it had on him, the history of Minute After Midnight and how the project has evolved, how Machine Gun Kelly shifted the band’s sound and direction, learning to scream, the plans for the future and more!https://minuteaftermidnight.comDiscordPatreonSubstack Email: [email protected] Chapter 736 Music: Minute After Midnight - "Unleash The Beast"

Chapter 735 - "My Band Is My Favorite Band" ...as read by A Static Lullaby Today we welcome Joe, Kyler, and Nick from A Static Lullaby to the podcast! A Static Lullaby recently released a new live re-recording of And Don’t Forget To Breathe on Smart Punk Records. We discuss the band reuniting and how Kyler and Nick joined the band, the reason behind re-recording And Don’t Forget To Breathe, and the nostalgic response to the album, what new music looks like for A Static Lullaby, and more.https://astaticlullaby.netDiscordPatreonSubstack Email: [email protected] Chapter 735 Music: A Static Lullaby - "Nightmares Win 6-0 A Static Lullaby - The Shooting Star That Destroyed Us" A Static Lullaby - "Withered"

Chapter 734 - "It's Not Who I Was" ...as read by Nick Vicario of Smirk Today we welcome Smirk frontman Nick Vicario to the podcast. The new Smirk record, Speculative Fiction, is out today on Smoking Room Records. Nick talks about getting national coverage at the age of 12, his lifelong pursuit of creating music, moving across the country, wanting to create a more mature Smirks record, and more.https://smirk1.bandcamp.comDiscordPatreonSubstack Email: [email protected] Chapter 734 Music: Smirk - "Victimry" Smirk - "Cheap Greed" Smirk - "I Shall Be Released" Smirk - "Crime Pays"

Chapter 733 - "Disguise It In A Zombie Way"... as read by Felix Heldt from Dominum Today we welcome Felix Heldt aka Dr Dead from Dominum to the podcast! Dominum’s new album, Night Is Calling, is out this Friday on Napalm Records! Felix talks about falling in love with Slipknot and the appeal and downsides of being a masked band, letting their influences drive their sound more than any specific genre, the writing approach the band took on Night Is Calling and the balance between writing on theme and being relatable, and more.https://dominumofficial.comhttps://napalmrecords.us/collections/dominumDiscordPatreonSubstack Email: [email protected] Chapter 733 Music: Dominum - "The Circus Is In Town" Dominum - "We All Taste The Same" Dominum - "Doctor Doctor" Dominum - "Dark Melodies"

Today I have clips from every interview that aired in the month of June, including conversations with Jakob Hemstrom of Oh Hiroshima, Rikard Zander of Evergrey, Yegor Savonin of Fires In The Distance, Travis Shettel of Piebald, Danny Stillman of Drop Dead Gorgeous, Dimitri and JC of Lost In Kyiv, Ryan Begley of There Were Wires, Nicole Willerton of Amberian Dawn, Lynsey Ward and Matt Harrison from Exploring Birdsong, and Mirza Radonjica of Siamese!DiscordPatreonSubstack Email: [email protected] Music: Oh Hiroshima - "Servant Of All" Evergrey - "The Shadow Self" Fires In The Distance - "To You, Author Of My Fate" Piebald - "This Thing Is Old" Drop Dead Gorgeous - "Six" Lost In Kyiv - "Burst" There Were Wires - "Massive House Fire" Amberian Dawn - "The Vision of Dreaming" Exploring Birdsong - "42" Siamese - "Dark"  

Chapter 732 - "We Became More Of A Band" ...as read by Mirza Radonjica of Siamese Today we welcome Siamese frontman Mirza Radonjica to the podcast. The new Siamese album, dissolution, is out today on Long Branch Records! Mirza talks about his singing background and the journey he took getting into heavy music, Siamese making a musical and name shift at the same time, the lyrical direction of dissolution, and more.https://siamese.dkhttps://siamese.bandcamp.com/album/dissolutionDiscordPatreonSubstack Email: [email protected] Chapter 733 Music: Siamese - "Dark" Siamese - "Drown" Siamese - "Twisted"  

Chapter 731 - "That Feels Right" ...as read by Exploring Birdsong Today we welcome Lynsey Ward and Matt Harrison from Exploring Birdsong to the podcast! Exploring Birdsong’s debut full-length, Every House We Built, is out this Friday on Long Branch Records! We discuss the band meeting at school and the musical moments that sent them towards music as a profession, the themes and metaphors contained within Every House We Built, wanting the live show to be special, and more.https://exploringbirdsong.comhttps://exploringbirdsong.bandcamp.com/album/every-house-we-builtDiscordPatreonSubstack Email: [email protected] Chapter 731 Music: Exploring Birdsong - "42" Exploring Birdsong - "Romanticise" Exploring Birdsong - "Every House We Built"

Chapter 730 - "A Complete Rebirth" ...as read by Nicole Willerton of Amberian Dawn Today we welcome new Amberian Dawn front woman Nicole Willerton to the podcast! The new Amberian Dawn record, Temptation's Gates, is out this Friday on Napalm Records. Nicole talks about her love for all genres of metal, how cover songs led her to Amberian Dawn, bringing harsh vocals to the band’s sound, the lyrical themes on Temptation's Gates, and more.https://amberiandawn.comhttps://napalmrecords.us/collections/amberian-dawnDiscordPatreonSubstack Email: [email protected] Chapter 730 Music: Amberian Dawn - "Temptation's Gates" Amberian Dawn - "Unchained" Amberian Dawn - "The Vision Of Dreaming"

Chapter 729 - "Almost Like A Children's Book" ...as read by Ryan Begley of There Were Wires To we welcome There Were Wires drummer Ryan Begley to the podcast! The new There Were Wires record, Vessel, will be out next Friday, June 26th, on Iodine Recordings. Ryan talks about getting started in his career as a tattoo artist, discovering hardcore and the impact it had on him, the band’s relationship with Iodine, the details on the artwork for Vessel, and a lot more!https://therewerewires.bandcamp.comhttps://deathwishinc.com/collections/iodine-recordings/products/there-were-wires-vesselDiscordPatreonSubstack Email: [email protected] Chapter 729 Music: There Were Wires - "Massive House Fire" There Were Wires - "New Doom" There Were Wires - "Walking" There Were Wires - "I'd Lock You In A Dream"

Chapter 728 - "Warped Tour DC 2026" ...as read by Bryan Patton Today I have a recap of my time at Warped Tour in DC, including interviews with Cory Brandan of Norma Jean and Kelly Ogden and Luis Cabezas of The Dollyrots!DiscordPatreonSubstack Email: [email protected] Chapter 728 Music: Thrice - "Gnash" Norma Jean - "I The Planet" The Dollyrots - "Hot Mom With The Skinny Pants On" Initiate - "Waste Your Life"