How do you follow up a legendary “Bucket List” interview? How about with a Juno Award winner! Joining last week’s “Creature Feature” Exciter at the Manitoba Metalfest was Canuck trad metallers Striker! So now is a great time to get caught up with former RAM alum vox Dan Cleary. We discussed winning said award and the “Strike Her!” gag from the classic “Airplane” flick. Last episode we took the Nuge…

Like the lady said…”We’re so excited!” First off, this is another milestone with episode 700!! Plus, we recently experienced a night of firsts at the recent Manitoba Metalfest. It was the first time the legendary Exciter played our neck of the woods. It was the first time we’ve seen the classic line up live. And finally, it was the first time we had the good fortune of getting drummer/vox Dan…

Heavy Metal comes in all shapes, sounds, forms and sub (sub) genres. But one constant is the electric guitar. The guitar epitomizes Heavy Metal. So if you’re not a well seasoned player, then the guitar could be taken for granted. Or at least to the point where, as fans, we don’t necessarily have a firm grasp on the instrument. 50% of us here at RAM are a said seasoned player….

Another Record Store Day is in the books! In our travels, we had a few misses. But the hits were nuclear! Apart from the cool new official releases, RSD is an overall experience. Hopefully with stories to tell for years to come. So this week we’re sharing said experiences and basking in our RSD treasures. Both official and unofficial. As well, with the arrival of the american idol “reality” type…

When a feature film that focuses on The Metal World is unleashed, it obviously gets said World rocking and rolling about it. Initial reports has the new Netflix flick “Metal Lords” to be a polarizing topic. This week we do a deep dive into this all too familiar story. In our “News, Views, and Tunes”, we hit the live front and drop a huge D.R.I. bomb. Musically, we crank new…

Mr. Dan Lilker recently announced that Nuclear Assault will be hanging up their leather spiked boots soon. Our interest in the outfit actually predates NA themselves as Lilker was the bassist on the Anthrax debut. So we’ve been a fan of the NY crew right from the get go. With this announcement, we felt it was a good time to pay tribute to NA. We go over all our fave…

The legendary Bruce Dickinson is a man of many talents. Most noted for his work in Iron Maiden, Dickinson has shown time and again that he’s so much more. So with such a storied life, Brucie Boy would obviously have a lot of stories to tell. Thus his spoken word tour. With the date in our area come and gone (with memories fully implanted in our brain), this week we’re…

The Curse has been lifted! The Plague has subsided! Praise be The Metal Godz! Concerts are back! We just enjoyed our first NinjaCat Productions show back after the lay off. Many more sonic assaults are looming on the horizon as well. So this episode we decided to share our “Dos and Don’ts” once everyone’s concert schedule hits full stride. Some of these we’ve touched upon before, mainly certain concert etiquette….

“Gimmicks” in the Metal World are nothing new. Some more recognizable examples are the KISS/King Diamond warpaint and Iron Maiden’s mascot Eddie. But there are a variety of bands that have their own ideas of trademarks that we may not even take notice. For instance, Kerry King’s arm spikes, Corpsegrinder’s neck and various guitarist’s signature designs. So we do a deep dive into all these. You’ll be surprised with what…

It’s that time again! The Juno Awards are fast approaching May 15th in Toronto. The Junos are Canada’s equivalent to the grammys in the US. Realistically, the only award Metalheads care aboot is the “HR/HM Album Of The Year” Award. Regardless of who brings home the gold though, the winners will be our listeners. As is tradition around here, we go over our picks and predictions with our “Will and…

On the surface, the question “What is Metal?” might seem a bit “Huh?” But the idea of exactly what Metal is can be as diverse as our beloved genre itself. Of course when thinking of Metal we think of the driving beats of the skins, the face melting riffs, the thunderous bass and the thought provoking (or just entertaining) lyrics. Metal (and punk/hardcore as well) is more than what you…

So America just had their big annual sportsball extravaganza – The Super Bowl. Did your team win? Do you care either way? The half time show seems to capture the attention of fans just as much as the big game. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to cater to the Metalheads/Punks. But dare to dream. Now obviously the Dying Fetus’ and Pig Destroyers of the world won’t be playing the half time…