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