030: I DID IT ALL FOR BEING DOWN WITH THE NU-METAL MOUNTAIN DEW A.D.I.D.A.S. PANTS SICKNESS (an interview with the CEO of Nu-Metal Holiday Kirk)
Release Date: 01/16/2024
037: 8-BIT COSMIC HORROR IN MIDI BLACK METAL (an interview with Shelby Lermo)
Butt Metal Blast Cast
In this episode, Judge Dredd and Wulf talk to returning guest Shelby Lermo. Shelby writes, records, and performs in a plethora of bands, including Ulthar, Human Corpse Abuse, Thanatotherion, and most recently: NAILS. During our talk, Shelby compares touring in the United States with touring in Europe. With Shelby, the Booty Blasting Boyz™ pontificate why small-town shows can be some of the best shows. They explore why cosmic and existential horror are the greatest horrors of all, and how they relate to the themes behind the newest Thanatotherion album. Finally, the Butte Blasters™ hear the...
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036: WAR METAL IS HELL! RATIONING TORTILLA SOUP AND ROOK PIE WITH CRYPTOFASCIST WARTIME HOUSEWIVES (ft. GORN)
Butt Metal Blast Cast
In this episode, the Bud Blazting Boyz get to the bottom of the issues that really matter: what are their favorite soups, and what kind of metal do their favorite soups match most closely to? They investigate the Venn diagram showing the overlap of wooks, those who have sacred geometry tattoos, and those who sell the best weed. They discuss how sports are just a civil representation of war for societies’ warrior castes. Finally, they critique the crypto (and sometimes not so crypto) fascism prevalent in war metal. Also, Judge Dredd gets more drunk in this episode than in any other...
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035: WRESTLING WITH THE SHIP OF THESEUS ON A SEA OF HOT DOG FLAVORED WATER
Butt Metal Blast Cast
In this episode, Wulf and Judge Dredd are coming hot off the heels of their interview with Garry Brents of Memorrhage (Ep. 34), so the Boyze™, joined by Professor Grindstein, delve into their ongoing obsession with the return of nu-metal. In addition, they analyze how genres generally evolve from underground rawness to mainstream gloss. They also explore the “Ship of Theseus” paradox as it relates to band membership: how many times can band members change and still remain the same band? Finally, they dive deep into their siqq piqqs for professional wrestlers. Ooo yea, brother!
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034: NU-METAL MAGIC: THE GATHERING OF THE RPG FAITHFUL (AN INTERVIEW WITH GARRY BRENTS)
Butt Metal Blast Cast
In this episode, the Butte Blazzst Boyezzz™ talk with a very special guest by the name of Garry Brents. Garry is the prolific solo artist behind projects such as Sallow Moth, Homesick, and Gonemage, as well as being one half of underground legends, the now-defunct Cara Neir. However, Garry is currently probably most well-known for Memorrhage, a project that incorporates a healthy dose of 90s nu-metal magic combined with metallic hardcore, grind, and industrial metal influences. Memorrhage has been covered by a wide array of underground metal publications as well as national news outlets,...
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033: MANDATORY AI-GENERATED OFFICE METAL AS PART OF NEW OSHA POLICIES, PT. 2
Butt Metal Blast Cast
In this episode, the Butte Blazzter Beaus™ Wulf and Judge Dredd create a horrorcore/black metal crossover band generated completely by AI. The Boyezz™ ask AI for their backstory, the album title and cover of their debut, and the bands they have beef with. Much of this is generated in the style of Joe Pesci’s character from Goodfellas with undertones of Lovecraftian horror, capeesh? The Boyst™ consider the various pronunciations of "gyro" and why Clevelanders might have a claim on having the correct pronunciation. Wulf and Judge Dredd also ask AI to predict how Mötley Crüe’s new...
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032: MANDATORY AI-GENERATED OFFICE METAL AS PART OF NEW OSHA POLICIES, PT. 1
Butt Metal Blast Cast
In this episode, the Bidet Blast Boys™ analyze a dream in which there is a meta movie called OSHA: The Movie starring Mel Gibson as a worker so dedicated to work that he was willing to work even while mortally wounded. The Boiz™ dive deep into the etymology of rizz and jizz only to realize that they are actually cognates (not really), and, as a result, the Boyz™ prepare themselves for the oncoming war between the Rizzers, the Jizzers, the Rizz Jizzers, and the Jizz Rizzers. The Boice™ explore the possibility of Egyptian nu-metal as well as other ethnic-inspired nu-metals through the...
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031: BINAURAL PEPTO BISMOL-LACED PIZZA-EATING REBEL DIARRHEA EXTRAVAGANZA (THE TWIZTID FRESH LOST EPISODE)
Butt Metal Blast Cast
(NOTE: this episode was recorded at the end of Summer 2021 and was lost to the annals (read: anals) of Butt Blast history as editing other, more timely episodes took priority. Enjoy!) The Buddhist Blatt Boizst™ pontificate over the influence of Kyuss, especially the butt rock vocal stylings of John Garcia. They play a true or false quiz game based on an absurd, but somewhat typical, self-serious black metal elitist interview with Satyr from Satyricon. They also touch upon the ethics of lucid dreaming of a fan fiction world in which fictional characters are murdered. Finally, they...
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030: I DID IT ALL FOR BEING DOWN WITH THE NU-METAL MOUNTAIN DEW A.D.I.D.A.S. PANTS SICKNESS (an interview with the CEO of Nu-Metal Holiday Kirk)
Butt Metal Blast Cast
Have you seen teenagers recently wear ball chain necklaces, black lipstick, baggy jeans, and Slipknot shirts? Have you wondered what's with all of the bounce rhythms infiltrating metalcore over the last few years? Oh, you haven't heard? NU-METAL IS BACK! Are you just as confused as we are? Did you, like us, put all of your money on ska coming back whereas nu-metal wasn't even on the bingo card? In order to elucidate the resurgence of nu-metal, Judge Dredd talked with Holiday Kirk, the self-proclaimed CEO of nu-metal. Holiday is the editor-in-chief of the , the host of the ...
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029: MIDWEST BLACK METAL IN A MISSILE SILO ON LIKE 12 HITS OF ACID (an interview with Marsh of Swans ft. Mark of the Beast)
Butt Metal Blast Cast
The Butt Blasters™ have not one, not two, but THREE special guests by the names of CJ, BC, and Mark of the Beast. CJ is a longtime friend of the show and, together with BC, plays in the atmospheric post-black metal band Marsh of Swans. Mark of the Beast is also a longtime friend of the show and is both our resident bad lyrics analyst as well as our kvlt credibility maintainer. In this episode, the Budd Bladd Boi™ dive deep into Heartwood, Marsh of Swans’ debut full-length. We explore the process of the album’s creation, the conceptual framework behind the album, and why the...
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028: DIABOLICAL DATA VISUALIZATIONS ON THE 10TH SUBLEVEL OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (an interview with Metal Stats)
Butt Metal Blast Cast
Have you come across a map on social media showing the ratio of female to male metal musicians by country? Or have you seen a bar graph showing what months the most metal albums are released annually? If you have, there is a good chance that you have come across data visualizations created by Metal Stats. In this episode, the Boo Boo Butt Boys™ Judge Dredd and Wulf interview Metal Stats about his process for scraping and shaping data from Metal Archives while controlling for variables. They discuss the eternal questions regarding regionalism in metal, such as the infamous Denmark Paradox...
info_outlineHave you seen teenagers recently wear ball chain necklaces, black lipstick, baggy jeans, and Slipknot shirts? Have you wondered what's with all of the bounce rhythms infiltrating metalcore over the last few years? Oh, you haven't heard? NU-METAL IS BACK!
Are you just as confused as we are? Did you, like us, put all of your money on ska coming back whereas nu-metal wasn't even on the bingo card?
In order to elucidate the resurgence of nu-metal, Judge Dredd talked with Holiday Kirk, the self-proclaimed CEO of nu-metal. Holiday is the editor-in-chief of the Nu Metal Agenda, the host of the Nu Metal Agenda podcast, and the man behind Twitter and Instagram's crazy ass moments in nu-metal history accounts.
Why have the conditions been ripe for the current nu-metal resurgence? What are the challenges of promoting and marketing music in the age of social media under the dwindling influence of big record labels? Can the resurgence of nu-metal mark the return of metal and rock music's prominence to mainstream audiences? What can extreme metal musicians and bands learn from nu-metal? Why is Chat Pile nu-metal? These questions and more will be answered in this episode of the BUTT METAL BLAST CAST!
Holiday Kirk's Links
Nu Metal Agenda website: https://numetalagenda.com/
Nu Metal Agenda podcast: wherever you stream podcasts
Nu Metal Agenda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/numetal_agenda
Nu Metal Agenda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/numetal_agenda/
crazy ass moments in nu-metal history on Twitter: https://twitter.com/numetal_moment
crazy ass moments in nu-metal history on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/numetal_moment/
Personal account on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HolidayKirk