Radioactive Metal 717: Between The What And Rust

The #1 topic on the lips and minds of Metalheads right now is the new Megadeth album. The majority of the sentiment so far seems to be positive. A return to the glorious 80s Megadeth sound and swagger. So after giving “The Sick, The Dying…And The Dead” a few spins, we made our selves ready to give our thoughts. Our verdict…Sorry, no spoilers. In our “News, Views and Tunes”, we…

Radioactive Metal 716: Begrime And Punishment -interview with Begrime Exemious

The mighty Begrime Exemious are back!! With an awesome new Dark Descent Records album “Rotting In The Aftermath” fresh on the racks, the Canadian deathsters hit the road. No strangers to this show, axe/vox Derek Orthner was cool to sit down with us and give us all the Begrimey details. In our “News, Views and Tunes”, we discuss catching the classic “Jaws” in the theatre. In 3D, no less! And…

Radioactive Metal 715: Music Milestones

As fans of our beloved genre, we have certain special moments. Musical milestones, if you will. Our first album, first gig, first pit, the first time you saw a young lady flash her…well, you get the drift. This week we go over what we consider these special moments, sharing our experiences on the way. In our “News, Views, and Tunes”, we decide if Snowy’s KISS Kollection makes the kut and…

Radioactive Metal 714: Momentous – interview with The Manitoba Loud Music Awards

As musical connoisseurs, the live front is where we’re most at home. Live shows or concerts have some traditional moments that get us pumped and raise the hair on our necks. Right before we wreck them. There’s a reason the audience erupts once the lights go down, for example. So we go a list of moments that make the concert experience so momentous. As well, we learn that we are…

Radioactive Metal 713: New and Used

When it comes to the live front, music of the tried and true has been outdrawing the new stuff for quite awhile now. But now “Classic” tunage has recently overtaken the new stuff at the sales counter too. So this week we do a deep dive investigation into the whys and wherefores and try to figure it all out. In our “News, Views, and Tunes”, we dissect a rather polarizing…

Radioactive Metal 712: Nuthin’ But A Number

“Time flies when you’re having fun.” That’s an old adage we learned as young ‘uns. But it gets more and more trve once you get to our age. A lot of key albums, band formations and significant events happened literally decades ago now. But honestly a lot of these seem like they happened just “a few years ago” now. Namely, the first minus Ozzy/Dio Sabbath album dropped 39 years ago….

Radioactive Metal 711: Stoked, Chuffed, Dodgy, Etc

Who says Heavy Metal isn’t educational??!! Yes, the lyrical content has delved into social and political issues over the years. But they’ve also had us listeners reaching for the dictionary and introduced a number of phrases and expressions. So this time ’round we share a (very condensed) list of said words and expressions that first came to our attention thru the Power of Metal! We’re so “stoked”! In our “News,…

Radioactive Metal 710: Deth Redefining – interview with Detherous

Redefining Darkness recording artists Detherous recently returned to town. The tour was suppose to be in support of a brand new album. But alas… Undeterred, these good Canadian boys still killed it every night and were eager to chat. We caught up with vox/axe Damon MacDonald. We discussed the response to the previous “Hacked to Death” album and the not so glamorous life on the road. In our “News, Views…

Radioactive Metal 709: The Pantera Panic

The Numero Uno topic of discussion on every Metalhead’s mind right now is the controversial issue of the Pantera reunion. It seems to be a very polarizing issue. One side is claiming “No Brothers, No Pantera”. While the other is looking forward to it. So we decided to go over all the ifs, ands or buts. Which includes if this is a “tribute” act or not and the participation of…

Radioactive Metal 708: Stranger Things Visited

Season 4 of the Netflix series “Stranger Things” had The Metal World captivated. Our beloved genre played such a key part in key character’s character and in memorable sequences. So we knew we had to focus some major attention towards it. Besides, we’re the original Eddie Munson! We discussed how we related to the time period, “The Satanic Panic” backdrop and which songs would bring us out of the Upside…

Radioactive Metal 707: Howling At The Moon – interview with Deadwolff

Now here’s an outfit that makes us howl! T.O.’s Deadwolff impressed us last year when their self titled EP came across our desk. The ‘Wolff are a cool Canadian trio heavily influenced by the early 80s HR/NWOBHM with a modern flare. So when they recently came through town we jumped at the opportunity to turn a Wednesday night into a Saturday night! We sat down with the entire pack and…

Radioactive Metal 705: Father Punk – interview with Day Glo Abortions

If you’re listening to this on Day One, Happy July 1st – Canada Day! There’s no better way to enjoy the holiday than with an interview with a legendary Canadian punk band. Day Glo Abortions are no strangers to RAM. Vox/Axeman Murray The Cretin has graced us with his presence so often now we should just set up a cot beside our recording mic. It was a long sweltering night,…