XXXVI. Hood Up Conversation (Reviews- Issues, Spite, Kublai Khan TX)
The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)
Release Date: 10/08/2019
The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)
This week Sam and Marcos celebrate Motionless In White's Wrestlemania performance, anoint Imminence the future of metalcore, welcome back Jordan Fish, party out with Scene Queen and 6arelyhuman, plus lots more! Reviews: Imminence (17:55), Northlane (35:48), Greyhaven (44:16) and Belmont (54:20). News: Motionless In White, Architects, Wage War, In Hearts Wake, Scene Queen, 6arelyhuman, Cane Hill and more starting at (1:01:18). Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: Playlist: Youtube: Discord: Merch: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: TikTok:
info_outline SOTS x Too Close To Touch: The Story of For KeepsThe State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)
We sat down with Kenny and Mason of Too Close To Touch to discuss their new, and final, album For Keeps and the journey they embarked on to release this pivotal final chapter of the band's career. Listen to For Keeps: Follow the band on Instagram: --- Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: Playlist: Youtube: Discord: Merch: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: TikTok:
info_outline TWENTY ONE PILOTS GET SWEATY, GERARD WAY GETS SPOOKY, BAD OMENS OWN THE HARD ROCK CHARTS & MORE!The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)
This week Sam and Marcos present to you a MEGA EPISODE! We talk Twenty One Pilots being unstoppable right now, Gerard Way's new horror comic, Bad Omens trampling every other rock band on the charts, reviews of new albums from Sum-41, Erra, Alpha Wolf, and While She Sleeps plus is the barricade responsible for crowd surfers, Stand Atlantic drop an anthem and lots more! Reviews: While She Sleeps (26:02), Sum-41 (1:01:26), Alpha Wolf (1:38:01) and Erra (1:52:47). News: Twenty One Pilots, Stand Atlantic, Mothica, Bad Omens, Gerard Way and more starting at (2:17:36). Become a Patron to gain...
info_outline THE STORY SO FAR RETURN, WAGE WAR ARE READY TO EXPLODE, A DAY TO REMEMBER'S BIG NEW TOUR & MORE!The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)
This week Sam and Marcos welcome The Story So Far back to the throne, discuss a divisive new song from Wage War, watch Thousand Below's continued ascension, review new albums from GHØSTKID and Wristmeetrazor, plus is America ruining Australian bands, should we stop going to festivals and start a family, every metalcore band will betray us and lots more! Reviews: GHØSTKID (24:51) and Wristmeetrazor (36:00). News: The Story So Far, A Day To Remember, Wage War, Thousand Below, Red Handed Denial and more starting at (52:31). Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: ...
info_outline SLIPKNOT'S NEW DRUMMER, ANIME PUNK SHOW ENDS IN ARRESTS, BABYMETAL'S MEGA COLLABORATION & MORE!The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)
This week Sam and Marcos suggest new drummers for Slipknot, breakdown the anime punk show disaster, review new albums from Kid Kapichi and Windwaker, plus Babymetal has an Avenger's level team up, De'Wayne gets naked, Jeris Johnson might be on to something and more! Reviews: Kid Kapichi (15:52) and Windwaker (30:29). News: Babymetal, De'Wayne, Jeris Johnson, Joyce Manor, Vended and more starting at (36:32). Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: Playlist: Youtube: Discord: Merch: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: TikTok:
info_outline THE FINAL TOO CLOSE TO TOUCH ALBUM, ROWING IN THE MOSH PIT, SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY ARE NEXT UP & MORE!The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)
This week Sam and Marcos discuss the final album from Too Close To Touch, debate rowing in the mosh pit, plus cover new music from SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Like Moths To Flames, Night Verses, Alpha Wolf and more! Reviews: Too Close To Touch (21:08), Floyd (47:13) and Makari (1:00:39). News: SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Like Moths To Flames, Night Verses, Alpha Wolf and more starting at (1:09:29). Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: Playlist: Youtube: Discord: Merch: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: TikTok:
info_outline TWENTY ONE PILOTS ARE BACK, JIMMY BUTLER JOINS FALL OUT BOY, AN INTENSE BRING ME THE HORIZON & MORE!The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)
This week Sam and Marcos talk about Twenty One Pilots lore, Jimmy Butler coming off the bench to play in Fall Out Boy, Bring Me The Horizon summoning demons, Knocked Loose going biblical, preview a new single from The Devil Wears Prada, reviews of new albums from Blind Channel and Defocus, plus lots more! Reviews: Defocus (23:15) and Blind Channel (30:50). News: Twenty One Pilots, Fall Out Boy, Bring Me The Horizon, Knocked Loose and more starting at (45:18). Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: Playlist: Youtube: Discord: Merch: Twitter: Facebook: ...
info_outline LINKIN PARK UNEARTH FIRE, MGK GETS REAL, I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME REVIEW & MORE!The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)
This week Sam and Marcos talk about Linkin Park keeping Chester alive, Machine Gun Kelly continuing his transition back to hip-hop and the blackout tattoo, should Warped Tour return, Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium soft launching their future together, the return of Crossfaith, reviews of new albums from I Don't Know How But They Found Me, Jazmin Bean, and Paledusk, plus the four best metalcore albums of all time and more! Reviews: I Don't Know How But They Found Me (23:57), Paledusk (42:34), and Jazmin Bean (54:45). News: Linkin Park, Machine Gun Kelly, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium,...
info_outline TWENTY ONE PILOTS ARE TEASING US, SLEEP TOKEN SIGN TO A MAJOR, WHILE SHE SLEEPS MAKE CINEMA & MORE!The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)
This week Sam and Marcos try to decipher the new Twenty One Pilots mystery, wonder what could change with Sleep Token signing to a major label, are in awe of While She Sleeps, wonder about the upcoming all female project from Pvris, and lots more! Reviews: The Requiem (30:33), Bloom (49:25), and The Wiseman's Fear (1:03:31). News: Sleep Token, Twenty One Pilots, Dayseeker, While She Sleeps, Pvris and more starting at (1:16:41). Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: Playlist: Youtube: Discord: Merch: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: TikTok:
info_outline PARAMORE GET HISTORIC GRAMMY'S W, SPIRITBOX GET ROBBED, BAD OMENS RULE THE CHARTS & LOTS MORE!The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)
This week Sam and Marcos debate what the appropriate time is to begin queueing for a concert, talk about Paramore's historic Grammy win and Spiritbox getting robbed, review new albums from nothing,nowhere., CVLTE., Galleons, and Normandie, plus Bad Omens rules the billboard charts and lots more! Reviews: nothing,nowhere. (23:55), Galleons (37:22), Normandie (48:42), and CVLTE. (1:05:46). News: Paramore, Spiritbox, Bad Omens, The Ghost Inside, Like Moths To Flames and more starting at (1:17:28). Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: Playlist: Youtube: ...
info_outlineSam and Marcos review new albums from Issues (1:18:30), Spite (1:10:22), and Kublai Khan TX (1:02:08)! Talk big news from Breathe Carolina, Poppy, Fire From The Gods, Royal Coda, Chase Atlantic, Alazka, Chapel, Set It Off, Bring Me The Horizon, Ice Nine Kills, and more. Plus Sam attends a Maggie Rogers concert and Marcos is dying of Nasopharyngitis!
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Thanks to Paul Hannum for our theme song (and Zakk Merrell for the revision).
Song Clips-
Alazka- Dead End
Breathe Carolina- Like This
Chapel- Friends
Dead Crown- Twenty Four
Fire From The Gods- Make You Feel It
Issues- Rain
Kublai Khan TX- Boomslang
Left Behind- Peeling Wax
Likun & Mal Compris- Paranoid
Ocean Sleeper- Light In My Dark
Poppy- I Disagree
Royal Coda- Becoming The Memory
Spite- Incarcerated
Thornhill- Where We Go When We Die