As someone who loves black metal AND unashamedly enjoys a bit of Sleep Token... I cannot wait to see the general public reception to this album. My review in the replies.

When Friday falls on the 13th, there's bound to be a bunch of killer new metal albums that weekend. Here's my five favorite and as always my favorite album art. Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

Only 5 of these CDs left! Get yours before its gone! fiadh.bandcamp.com/album/the-ye...

Y'all.... Tomorrow. 🫠

Just the tiniest amount of experimentation goes a long way when you're as generational as Lamb of God.

Wait... There's a hardcore scene in Alabama?! I had to find out more about this. Join us as Wielded Steel teach us about Alabama hardcore and why "Deathcore" should actually be hardcore & death metal. Episode 261 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #hxc #deathcore

Extreme metal and friendship! My write-up of the Rivers of Nihil concert with more photos! Link in replies. #concertphotagraphy #metal

It was an absolute pleasure to shoot 📸 one of my favorite bands of this generation @riversofnihil . If you get a chance to see them on tour. TAKE IT! They're firing on all cylinders. Write-up coming soon to the Heavy Metal Philosophy Substack.

Check it out! 😁🤘

A little bonus this week. I shot 📸 Rivers of Nihil a couple of nights ago, so there's pics and stories. Plus as always my five favorite new metal albums from the weekend. Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

This week, Alex Skolnick and Chuck Billy share Ozzy and Dio memories, plus they debate (kind of... It's weird... you'll see) on whether or not we have free will. Episode 260 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #trashmetal #testament

Weird music, heavy music, nostalgic music, evil music, fun music... The five best new metal albums of the week! Link in The replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

I think I'm over the melo-death riff. You know the one I'm talking about. Listening to today's release and I've heard it a lot.

Rob Zombie doing a whole lot of Rob Zombie things.... Like... A lot. Dropping this Friday, my review in the replies!

Metalheads, I love you. You're my favorite people, but there are 4 things I would change about us. We can do better. Episode 259 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #metalhead

I haven't had much time to celebrate my little wins lately. That's a good problem to have though. I've been toiling away on a very fun project that'll be hidden in the next episode. I'm very happy with how it turned out. Meanwhile, I just want to thank all of you. You made it possible. Thank you!🙏🤘

There ain't none of that soft stuff this week y'all. Come check out the weekend top 5 best new metal albums and the book recommendation for February. Link in replies!

Listening to today's new releases. There's a band called Belzebong. They have songs like 420 Horsemen and Hempnotized. Guys, I think they like 🌿

I'm reserving judgement on the new Arch Enemy. There's stuff I like here, but I'm gonna need more than one song.

Releasing this Friday. There's an embedded player in my review if you wanna preview a few tracks. Link in replies! #DeathMetal

I'm arguing that every sub-genre of metal contains some sort of cheese and/or cringe. We all just accept the stuff we like depending on what kind of metalhead we are. Episode 258 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, I'm pointing out the cheese in every genre! Links in replies. #metal #cringe

Happy Valentine's Day! This one is for people who obsessively love metal. The five best new metal albums of the week and sick art. Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

Straight up blackened thrash where the music does all the talking. Out this Friday, my review in the replies!

The release (kind of) of the Epstein files hasn't resulted in any justice. The DOJ says "it's not illegal to party with Epstein." That's infuriating but predictable, but where is our energy at? I've seen us angrier over less. Episode 257 of HMP, links in replies! #metal #cancelculture #epstein

What a fun night. Thanks Charli, it was very cool. 🤜🤛🤘

Damn I love Atlanta

The weekend best new metal albums show is back! Every Saturday I bring my five favorite new metal releases of the week. Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

Dropping this Friday. Click the link in replies for my review and a couple of preview tracks. 🤘

January is usually pretty dry for new metal releases, but not this year! We already have some AOTY contenders. Here's my five favorite new metal albums of January on episode 256 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #newmetal

Yo! Prosthetic is running a deal! Get that Fires in the Distance if you don't already. Summoning the Lich?! Yes please.

Southerners love when we get one or two days that are cold enough to have a fire, but chopping wood for 2 weeks is getting old!!!

Releasing this Friday. Link in replies with a select few songs you can stream.

Megadeth's Final Album Is A Harbinger of The Decline of Heavy Metal. I'll explain why on episode 255 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #heavymetal

It's cold in Georgia y'all! #cabininthewoods

Mixing Bach with Sci-fi prog death. I approve. Releasing this Friday. Review and sneak peak listening on my Substack. Link in replies!

Bandcamp just announced a ban on AI music. Are ethics driving the decision or business? Maybe both? An analysis of their payment model vs Spotify reveals incentives that might be why Spotify will never ban AI. Episode 254 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #ai #bandcamp #spotify

In the South, if it snows you must post pictures.

The one where an incompetent drunk botches a summoning ritual, causing mayhem but consequently causes zero threat to humanity. Link in reply.

"Valira, of Vesseles, identifies as a demon. Her prosthesis is like a reverse ecdysis."

The Core Kids Are Starting to Agree With Me?! I've started to see them make the same criticisms of "modern metal" that we've been making. Is a generational shift coming? Episode 253 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #metalcore #modernmetal

With the closing of Metal Digest, It's time to start putting my writings up on Substack. I've already posted a couple of my favorite articles I wrote for MD, and you can expect a few reviews coming soon. Do your boy a favor and subscribe (it's free)! 🙏🤘(link in replies)

When you mainly cover death and black metal, some genres can fall through the cracks, but there were some masterpiece records in styles I don't normally cover. Here's my five favorites from 2025! Episode 252 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies. #metal #oddball

And here we go again! The first New Metal Monday of 2026 is now live on my channel! Check out my first picks of the year below! #metalsky youtu.be/uZEVT4NGnzM

My five favorite prog metal albums of 2025., plus a brief question to you about what I should do going forward, now that Metal Digest is closed. Let's bring in the new year nerding out about metal! Episode 251 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies. #metal #prog #AOTY

If you ever dream of having a log cabin in the woods, dream of being rich first! This sucks.

It's the day after Christmas. Y'all know what that means? We 've got free reign to be as naughty as we wanna be for 6 days and it doesn't count!

I have a special mystery guest joining me, so we're getting two very different death metal top 5s of 2025. Why? Because it's episode 250 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, and what better way to celebrate than death metal!? Links in replies! #metal #deathmetal #AOTY

Y'all, I found it. This is the limit. This is too Caucasian.

I'm off tomorrow but I'm only gonna have one glass tonight 🥃

Some people will say my picks aren't 'trve" but they are truly my five favorite black metal albums of 2025. And I promise, I spend way more time in the woods than they do. Episode 249 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #blackmetal #cabininthewoods