#14 - Institutionalized

Shelley from Hate Meditations (https://hatemeditations.com/), Jerry from Scale it Back (www.youtube.com/@scaleitback1055), and Tyler join to discuss National Socialist Black Metal and related topics.

Causal chat about the lame institution of metal.

Casual Nietzsche chat with Jakob and Daniel.

Veteran metal writer Christopher Dick joins alongside Shelley for an interview about the inner workings of his writing career and happenings at Decibel Magazine.

We're back as if nothing happened to catchup on some of our top picks for 2025.Releases discussed:Cultic - LoreMessa - The SpinMouth of Madness - Event HorizonDissidence - Seven Crosses ImpaledHeruvim - MercatorMorax - The AmuletNecromaniac - Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites AbominableKæck - Gruwelijk OnthaalCóndor: Aurë EntuluvaThaumaturgy - Pestilential HymnsArktheos - CosmonolithNyreDolk - Barndommens hjemMusic featured at the end of the episode:Heruvim - Gnosis, from Mercator https://heruvim.bandcamp.com/album/mercator

We (Jason, Jakob, and Shelley) finally get around to Schopenhauer's aesthetics.

Just Jason and Jakob today! We discuss the epoch of metal as being prophetic and end up leaning heavily on Heidegger's concept of being-towards-death

We explore five important albums for death metal that embody LGBT -- Loving the Good, the Beautiful, and the True -- through a Platonist lens. Joining the discussion are Brett Stevens of DeathMetal.org and Paul of Condemner (TX).

We analyze "evil" from the points of theology, philosophy, politics, and metal

Brett Stevens from DeathMetal.org, Paul from Condemner, and Tyler from Necropolis BC join forces to rank albums that helped shape their unholy awakening.Album picks:Tyler:1. Deicide - Deicide2. Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet3. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales5. Gorgoroth - AntichristBrett:1. Iron Maiden - Killers2. Slayer - South of Heaven3. DRI - Dealing With It4. Prong - Beg to Differ5. Sepultura - Morbid VisionsJason:1. Morbid Angel - Covenant2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning3. Samael - Ceremony of Opposites4. Beherit - Electric Doom Synthesis5. Burzum - FilosofemPaul:1. Metallica -- And Justice For All2. Emperor -- self-titled EP3. Ildjarn -- Forest Poetry4. Mortem -- De Natura Daemonum5. Imprecation -- Theurgia Goetia Summa