In the fifth episode of the Plague Rages Podcast, heavy metal writers Wolf Rambatz and Stephen David Stevenson-Davison talk about a bunch of junk including:
1:17: Plague Rages in the year 2525
2:41: HOUSEKEEPING: We’re moving the Album Listening Club to even-numbered episodes. Mayhem’s Grand Declaration of War will go down in Episode #6
3:41: It’s our anniversary, sort of
4:45: CORRECTIONS: Transverse myelitis, Metal Church’s living singers, dumb songs that have almost made me cry, and more
9:25: WHAT WE’VE BEEN LISTENING TO: Steve Dave starts us off with an incredible revelation about metal and Mortal Kombat
12:40: Steve Dave teases Wolf-Rayet, a new band he’s working with
13:09: Wolf highlights the new Hooded Menace album, The Tritonus Bell
15:55: Wolf loses his mind over the new Concrete Winds album, Nerve Butcherer
17:13 Steve Dave talks about the new Unto Others album, Strength
18:47: ERIK WAGNER RETROSPECTIVE: Trouble’s Psalm 9 and The Skull
26:18: Trouble’s Manic Frustration and Probot’s “My Tortured Soul”
29:08: Trouble’s Def American years and Trouble (1990)
33:45: Trouble’s Plastic Green Head and Lid’s In the Mushroom
36:12: The tweener years and Simple Mind Condition
40:08: The Skull and Blackfinger
48:05: Steve Dave’s impromptu list of Eric Wagner songs for new listeners:
Probot - “My Torture Soul”
Trouble - “At the End of My Daze”
Trouble - “Victim of the Insane”
Trouble - “Misery Shows (Act 2)”
Trouble - “The Wish”
51:00: Eric Wagner’s solo album
Music in this episode:
Miles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal, Video Game and Film Covers - “Candlemass - Crystal Ball 8-Bit”
Rogue Male - “Crazy Motorcycle”
Slough Feg - “Uncanny”
Hooded Menace - “Chime Diabolicus”
Concrete Winds - “Noise Trepanation”
Unto Others - “Heroin”
Trouble - “The Tempter”
Trouble - “Assassin”
Trouble - “Bastards Will Pay”
Trouble - “Come Touch the Sky”
Probot - “My Tortured Soul”
Trouble - “Psychotic Reaction”
Trouble - “Mr. White”
Trouble - “Plastic Green Head”
Lid - “Lid”
Trouble - “Pictures of Life”
The Skull - “Trapped Inside My Mind”
Blackfinger - “When Colors Fade Away”
Trouble - “Mr. White” (Live in Los Angeles)
Probot - “My Tortured Soul”
Trouble - “At the End of My Daze”
Trouble - “Victim of the Insane”
Trouble - “Misery Shows (Act 2)”
Trouble - “The Wish”
You can listen to a full Spotify playlist of nearly every song mentioned here.
Other media:
Tony! Toni! Toné! - “Anniversary”
Sealab 2021 - “Uh-oh”
The Immortals - “Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat)”
Citations:
“Interview Eric Wagner Trouble, The Skull” by Vlad Nowajczyk, published in Oldschool Metal Manic
“In-depth Interview With The Skull/Former Trouble Vocalist Eric Wagner” by Avinash Mittur, published in Metal Assault
“Exclusive Interview with THE SKULL Frontman Eric Wagner!” by Michael Juvinall, published in Horror Patch
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