This global crisis has radically altered a lot of things and the way we go about doing them. For musicians, it’s the lack of live performing and the challenges of trying to jam/write new material. For Season Of Mist recording artists Culted… well, not much has changed. With 3/4 of the line up hailing from Winnipeg, Canada, and the other 1/4 residing in Sweden, the entire band has never been…

First up, “Mount Carcass” is one helluva title! So it should only be fitting that it be the monicker of an awesome album. And.. written and recorded by an awesome band! That’s what we have with death metallers Endseeker’s new Metal Blade release (Apr. 16th). The band hails from Germany but have that Swedish HM2 sound. With all of our recent talk about that particular pedal, it was enough to…

“Never stop learning” isn’t just an old adage. It’s solid advice. When the Relapse debut from Richmond bashers Terminal Bliss came across our desk, it had us scratching our heads. “Brute Err/ata” is a unique monicker. And after cranking the record we knew we had to get the band on the horn and enlighten us. Prepping for our chat, we soon discovered we were going to enjoy a lot about…

Long time listeners will be all too familiar with our love of Decibel magazine. We’ve been avid readers for years and even have some on going in jokes on this very show about this amazing tome. When we came into contact with Decibel scribe Sean Frasier, we knew we had to sit down with him and hear all about our fave rag. On top of that, Mr. Frasier is also…

This week’s episode of Radioactive Metal is gonna put a spell on you! German metallers Wizard are one of the unsung heroes of Metal! They’ve been waving the genre flag since ’91 and are about to drop their 12th (!!) full lengther “Metal In My Head” via Massacre Records. The record is full of anthems that will get the fists pumping and the Horns waving! So when the record blew…

We’re convinced there’s more than one Matt Harvey. Somewhere about 10 years ago while on tour driving on a Texas backroad, Mr. Harvey was abducted by aliens. He was cloned then unleashed upon an unsuspecting Metal world. All of this is judging by the amount of creative output the man has given us. Most noted for his death metal band Exhumed, Mr. Harvey is involved in a number of amazing…

Believe it or not, Polish trad metallers Crystal Viper have just dropped their 8th (!!) full lengther. Their Listenable debut “The Cult” just hit the shelves giving the perfect opportunity for vox/axeperson Marta Gabriel to make her RAM debut. We go over the ins and outs of the new album plus we discuss working with Jack Starr’s Burning Starr and the band’s predilection for cover songs. You gotta hear the…

2020 was one helluva year! Now we can truly put the year that was in it’s Metal Godz forsaken grave with our annual tradition. The Rammy Awards is our year end take-the-piss-out-of-the-grammy awards. We basically share with all our listeners all of our faves in the categories that mean the most to Metalheads. Such as Fave Band, Album, Song, Live, New/Indie, Comeback and News Story. And of course, our always…

As 2020 started to wind down, the prevailing sentiment seemed to be that with the new year all the negativity will disappear and all will be hunky-dory. But as this week unfolded, 2021 seems to be picking right up where we left off. Enter our “Creature Feature”. The concept behind Seattle bashers Fvcked And Bound is very apropos. We’re all fvcked! And bound! And we’ve enlisted axeman Brian McCelland to…

In general, 2020 may have been a crap year. Here at the RAM offices the year will be a memorable one for the number of awesome artists that gave us a moment of their time. We’re going to keep the Crazy Train on the right track this year starting with this week’s legendary “Creature Feature”. The influence of the mighty Diamond Head is undeniable. Being one of the NWOBHM originals,…

Horns Up and Merry Xmas! To help all our beautiful listeners celebrate the holidays, we decided to do something new. This past Halloween we introduced our very first watch along. This season we present our inaugural listen along? (I guess.) The “We Wish You A Metal X Mas and a Head Banging New Year” Christmas compilations become a holiday staple around the RAM offices. An hour long, 2 record set…

Black metalled Scour are a unique beast. The line up consists of some of the top names in extreme music including (ex) Pantera, Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, and Misery Index. Slinging bass for this unholy alliance is RAM alum John Jarvis (AN). The Five Horsemen of the Musical Apocalypse have dropped their new EP, “Black” and Mr. Jarvis told us all about it. We discussed the “all star” concept, recording…