Ho! Ho! Holy Shit! It’s that time again. But before we wrap up this year and unwrap some of Satan’s…uhm…Santa’s gifts, we’re gonna start your hooligan holidaze with another banging episode. This particular discussion topic we have to squeeze into this year. 2021 marks the 40th (!) anniversary of 1981. Those 365 days provided the Metal World with some key album releases, band formations and news stories. We go over…

At our ripe old age, your RAM hosts have been on this planet for as long as Heavy Metal itself. So, with the exception of the formation of the genre itself, we’ve pretty much seen the birth of all the significant sub genres. We remember well those first important, ground breaking records. So this week we decided to share the whys and wherefores of our beginnings with a.o. Black, Thrash,…

Even the most Kvlt of Metalheads have at least one “guilty pleasure”. That certain song or artist that they may choose to keep to themselves. Either from fear of embarrassment or reprisal from their homies. But that’s just a reflection of the open mindedness Metalheads possess. Metal may be the Trve love, but we find that many different genres make up our music collections. Here at the RAM offices, a…

If there is one thing we love the most about doing your fave radio show, it’s got to be asking our fave artists questions. Interviews are the life’s blood of this show. We love picking the brains of our esteemed guests and entertaining our listeners. The announcement of the Bruce Dickinson spoken word tour having a fan interaction Q&A segment got our creative juices flowing. One day we’d like to…

Oh, how the mighty has…risen! When we first discovered French metallers Gojira, they were pretty much just another underground outfit with loads of potential. Now over the years, thru hard rock and one killer release after another, these behemoths are one of Metal’s darlings. The new album “Fortitude”, debuted in top spots all through out Billboards relevant categories. And now the band is currently killing it on the road. Having…

What a pleasant surprise that none other than Bruce Dickinson is scheduled to be doing a spoken word tour. We’re sure lots of mainstream Iron Maiden fans are scratching their heads going “Huh? Who wants to pay money just to hear him talk?” The more underground fans already know how fun and interesting these type of shows are, having enjoyed Jello Biafra and Henry Rollins doing them for years now….

The kids have trick or treated. Costumes have been put away. Cherished memories of Halloween celebrations have been filed for ever. But all Hallow’s Eve ain’t over yet!! Here at the RAM offices, we’re not ready to release our demons into the Nov. 1st sunlight. So being a music show, we grabbed a Clawful of (some of our fave) Metal. All appropriate to keep your October spirits undead. In between…

Happy Halloween! The most wonderful time of the year is upon us! We’ve had another awesome October and it culminates now. The legendary Misfits are the quintessential Halloween band. And our Halloween weekend is being kicked off by catching a Misfits tribute act. Psycho 78 is a band of local “misfits” from a number of local punk bands. So we sat down with Evan, William, Scott, and Drew to talk…

“It’s Party Time!!” It’s no secret that the amazing zombie punk flick “Return Of The Living Dead” is an all time fave around the RAM offices. The classic horror comedy has it all – zombies, splatter, “Scream Queen” Linnea Quigley, and, of course, a kick ass soundtrack! So this Halloween season we ‘re going to pay tribute to ROTLD with another watch along. The idea is simple. Download this episode…

When we woke up this morning, it was ’83 all over again! The much discussed Satanic Panic era had the legendary Iron Maiden firmly placed as Public Enemy #1. Mainstream American media salivated over Bruce and The Boys break thru record “Number Of The Beast” do to it’s “controversial” (Ha!) monicker and artwork. Fast forward almost forty years later and we see some things never change. An Ontario high school…

“Two doctors walk into a bar…a pair of docs”. Ok, we’re mixing up bad jokes here but you get the idea. To the Metal World though, Paradox is an awesome veteran band spawned from the legendary 80s German thrash scene. Paradox have a new platter on the shelves in the form of “Heresy 2 – End Of The Legend”. A worthy sequel to their most famous record. So we sat…

Until now, Spanish thrashers Crisix were barely a blip on our musical radar. Well that’s on us. Once we investigated further we were blown away by their old school thrash. And the outfit’s new Listenable release “The Pizza EP” has been getting multiple spins in the RAM offices. So we got vox Juli Bazooka on the horn to explore this unique effort. We get into the concept of the record…