Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. Ethan McCarthy, vocalist and guitarist of @PrimitiveMan returns to the podcast to discuss what hima and the band have been up to over the past 5 years since he was last on.We talk about the new album "Observance" out now on @relapserecords mental health, AI, live sound, politics and so much more.

0:40 5 Years since being on the podcast

3:48 Working on other musical projects

7:00 Spiritual Poison Live show

10:00 Mental Health, Mortality and Social Media

20:00 Writing longer songs and attention spans

27:53 Ai bands, AI art and Anti-AI sentiments

40:56 Writing the new album

49:11 Backing tracks vs Live sound

56:00 Live Sound and using a sound person

58:34 Political themes of the record and the state of the country

1:14:00 End

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Mike Hill from Tombs returns to the podcast for his 3rd appearance. Mike has been a long time supporter of the podcast and his band has a new record coming out after 5 years called "Feral Darkness"

Mike and I discuss this time frame of writing and recording and the collaborative nature of this record. We also talk a little about horror films and Halloween.

Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Johnny Ciardullo vocalist of Carcosa (Also writes guitar for Carcosa and plays in Angelmaker)Johnny came on the podcast where we had an in depth conversation about the themes of the bands new album and a lengthy conversation about trauma and the importance of mental health.

0:20 Johnny’s Heavy Metal History

5:35 Playing different live vs on a record

7:00 Backing track discourse

16:00 Starting the band during Covid

24:20 Recording albums to perfection vs more “raw”

26:27 Writing for “The Axe forgets the tree remembers” and the concept of the album

32:58 Societal pressures of trauma and being more open

37:08 Trying new stuff on the new album

38:44 The album title and its meaning and the cover art

43:12 Andor and Star Wars talk

48:26 The writing process for Carcosa

51:26 Writing in Angelmaker

54:33 Guitar talk

56:35 Funny social media interactions

1:03:40 Supporting Carcosa and buying the new album

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