The annual Montreal black metal festival Messe De Morte is in the books. We never made it out to La Belle Province ourselves, but it’s a yearly trek for our good bud and sister show Wrestling Night in Canada co-host “Ducky” Dustin Maruca. So this week we sat Mr. Maruca in the hotseat to the get the 411 on the fest. We go over the line up, the highs and…

Remember when you were a kid and you hated brussel sprouts? As you got older, your palette may change and evolve to where those evil little veggies may not taste so bad. The same can be said for musical tastes. Particularly towards specific artists or even entire subgenres. We all have those specific bands that really didn’t turn our crank at the time. But now you find yourself front row…

Dec. 6th is the last Bandcamp Friday of the year. One Friday a month, Bandcamp relinquishes their cut of all the sales on the site. Effectively giving the artists 100% of the profits. We’ve been big supporters of BCF for years now. So this week we figured we’d throw out some of our recommends to add to your collection. But don’t just take our suggestions. Run, don’t walk, to Bandcamp…

It’s no exaggeration when we state that we grew up in record stores. From our early teens right up to this writing, we had a variety of shops that were/are our homes away from home. These hallowed halls come with a variety of memories you just don’t get with streaming. So this week we figured we’d give these cherished shops a “Horns Up” and share some memories. For instance, some…

We admit it. We’re old. Actually, we prefer “music veterans”. We’re veteran enough to have consumed out music on all three physical media formats – vinyl, cassette and CD (and even a few 8 tracks lol). So with these formats we have a number of special albums that we shelled out for all three. Generally the lineage would be from vinyl to cass. to CD. But of course there’s no…

We here at RAM have always been vinyl conisseurs. But more and more people are discovering the joys of vinyl. It’s really heartwarming when we see the youth of today (that was totally intentional lol) digging thru the racks. That means there’s a lot of fertile minds that we feel, as veterans, should be doing our part to enlighten. Vinyl records have basic terminologies every collector should know. For instance:…

The passing of ex-Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno was the major topic on the hearts and minds of Metal Heads the world over. Mr. Di’Anno wasn’t just a great artist, he was a frontrunner and influence on an entire generation. So it’s only appropriate we dedicate our discussion segment to this legend. We go over how we first discovered The Man. Our fave tunes. And where we think he would…

Happy Halloween! We love this time of year. But not only for all the spooky season goodness. Our annual Halloween episode is always a barnburner. For the festivities this year we test Aaron’s horror film knowledge with an appropriate number of 13 trivia questions. We also pose the question “Would you buy any records from a serial killer’s collection?” And of course, we discuss the Ozzy HOF induction. Musically, we…

Love it or hate it, “Hair” Metal is always an interesting topic. Often the subject of ridicule from more modern fans, the impact the subgenre has had on music as a whole cannot be denied. So when Paramount+ dropped the new docuseries “Nothin’ But A Good Time: The Uncensored Story of 80s Hair Metal”, we jumped right on it. We go over all three episodes. But not with a fine…

Halloween isn’t just about collecting candy and cringy Wednesday costumes. Music plays a big part of the spooky season. Whether it’s awesome horror film soundtracks or horror related guitar rock n roll, music provides the perfect atmosphere sounds for your October. But over the years we’ve noticed some people’s idea of “Halloween” music doesn’t quite cut a drunken teenager at Summer camp. So this week we compiled some songs that…

Dec. 31, 1973, in the wilds of Australia, the legendary AC/DC played their very first gig. Effectively making 2024 their 50th (!!) anniversary. So obviously this is a big f’n deal. So we decided to give Angus and the Boys some time in our “Spotlight” episode. We go over some of our fave songs and albums, how we discovered the band and the (non) controversies. And of course the age…

The legendary Iron Maiden are one of the greatest musical artists of all time. And the 80s is where they reigned supreme. Not just on the live front where they still do. But on the record racks as well. “Powerslave” was the epitome of 80s Maiden. And it recently celebrated its 40th anniversary! So it’s a great time to feature this awesome album in our ongoing 1984 Albums Deep Dive….