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AOTY season starts now! We begin the series by voting on our favorite breakdowns, shredders, skin pounders, and brutal records in the 2025 Nik Nocturnal awards. Episode 247 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #AOTY #nocturnalawards2025

Have you voted yet? How about your cat? Use your Mee Maw's email address too! 😆🤘

This will be the last weekly Top 5 Best New Metal Albums show of 2025. We're transitioning into AOTY season, but we're doing it with a bang!! Giveaways, crushing number 1, and awards stuff. Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

Listening to today's new metal releases and there's a band called Mourning Wood. 😒

I'M F0CKIN NOMINATED FOR THIS YEAR'S NIK NOCTURNAL AWARDS!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯 Look at the other nominees! Big time creators, I'm just honored to be on the list. It would be nice to have a good showing though. Vote at link in replies!

Whenever one of my episodes reaches bigger audiences I find people who hate screaming 😆🤘

Rick Beato said Metal is dying, which predictably pissed off metalheads, but what if he has a point? The underground is thriving, but is that enough? Let's discuss it on episode 246 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #rockisdead

What the fuck?!

I've changed my mind about AI. I'm now ready for our robot overlords. Humans obviously do not deserve any freedom or autonomy. Neo was wrong. Agent Smith was correct. My misanthropy cannot be measured with conventional means. I hope this person gets diarrhea forever.

Finally getting around to celebrating 25k this week, plus my five favorite absolutely gnarly new metal albums that dropped on the weekend. Thank you everyone, link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

I'm done arguing if AI "art" is legitimate, theft, or even quality. None of that matters anymore. There's only one thing that matters now. Episode 245 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #ai #art

My boys were fighting. Made em hug it out. 😾🐱

Not only do we have new metal albums this weekend, but also a way to be helpful as a metal community. Join me for my five favorite new metal albums and a way to give back, link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

I wrote some technical documents for my day job. The company later brought in a high dollar consultant. That guy submitted a document that was three times the size of mine and he claimed to have done it in a week when it took me three months. 1/3

I'm not against masked bands. I'm a fan, until the industry starts using anonymity to exploit hungry musicians. Unmasked: Which Metal Bands Are Artists And Which Are Frauds? Episode 244 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #masked #metal

Update on the chicks 🐣, looks like we got a total of five new birds from the sister wives. 4 are black and one is yellow. Momma hens are doing great. 😁 *Bonus chicken butt on last pic* #cabininthewoods

Let's start November with some killer new metal albums. Here are my five favorites that dropped this weekend, link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

I heard loud cheeps last night while taking the dogs out and I knew momma had her first chick!🐣 #cabininthewoods

I'm relatively new to Hardcore so who better to teach me the history than one of the pioneers, Roger Miret of Agnostic Front!? Roger is talking history, what he thinks of today's hardcore bands, and their new album Echoes in Eternity on ep 243 of HMP, links in replies! #hardcore #metal

Last week was rough. Thanks for the validation Grammarly. #writer

The most stacked metal album release date of the decade! I've been doing this since the pandemic and it's not even close. Here are my five favorites with a few special Halloween treats. Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

My Halloween costume 🎃

22 reviews submitted this week. Never before in my life have I ever dreaded Halloween. Heard some killer stuff though! 🤘

Why are metalheads hostile towards rap? There's an obvious answer, but that's not interesting. I explore some of the other reasons in episode 242 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #rap #hiphop

Fellow writers... How we feeling this week? Halloween on a Friday! My inbox is insane!!

October is so stacked! And we still have Halloween coming! I had a hard time picking, but here is my five favorite new metal albums from the weekend! Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

The next Mick Gordon project looks siiiiccckK!! 🤘🤘 youtu.be/Wr-kLx-ZPhM?...

Being a podcaster is like having a disagreement with your wife. A couple days after the episode airs you kick yourself and think "I should have said it this way!!" 😩😆

Wasn't expecting this milestone for another month or two. But this week's episode blowing up shot me across the line. Thank you everyone. Any suggestions for how we commemorate? #milestone

A Deep South Asian Metalhead Responds To Andrew Lee On Racism in Metal. Episode 241 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #Asian

The volume and quality of new metal albums dropping this weekend was insane! And it's not even Halloween yet! Here's my five favorites! Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

I wrote 19 reviews this week. I need a tea and a cuddle.

It's been 30 years since the last Coroner record but they're finally back and showing why they were so ahead of their time! Join us as I ask them why it took so long and analyze the lyrics of the new record Dissonance Theory on ep 240 of Heavy Metal Philosophy! Links in replies! #thrash #comeback

In the office today. No one knows but me. #iykyk

The October rush is in full swing. That means stacked weekends of new metal albums! Here's my five favorite and my favorite album art. Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

I saw these kids pull a stunt at a Behemoth concert that stole the night and forever etched into my memory. One of the most punk things I've ever seen. Now years later they are blowing up and I got to reminisce with them on episode 239 of HMP, links in replies! #numetal #sillygoose #atlanta

This week's New Metal Monday is now live on my channel! Check out my picks this week and share with your pals! 🤘🏻 Much love 💜 #metalsky youtu.be/nzCHu2gnnD0

Sharing my nachos with my porch pets 🐔😁🤘 #cabininthewoods #chicken

October is finally here! And the first weekend of the month brings us some killer new metal albums. Here are my five favorite and my favorite album art. Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

Interesting direction for Lamb of God. I dig it! 🤘 youtu.be/MEb49Q9ZRGo?...

I got to sit down with the executive producers of Dark Side of the Ring and Hulu's 'Into The Void' metal documentary series! These dudes know metal! Episode 238 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #hulu #documentary

This week's New Metal Monday is now live on my channel! Check out my picks this week! I love listening to and recommending new metal albums to you all 🤘🏻💜 #metalsky youtu.be/3gwe8lAOyF8

It's that time of year where I have to have a stick in front of me when I walk through the woods. IYKYK

I'm back home but I caught the flu on the plane. Still, the show must go on. Here's my five favorite new metal albums and my favorite album art. Plus this month's book recommendation. Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

"Vacation" is just one more thing that I have to do. I'm so glad to be home. I can't "relax" when there's work to be done. This is all of course an enormous privilege. Thank God for my family and time with them. Let's do it in town though ok? Thanks. Love y'all. 😍🫂🤗

Even when I'm not home, The Work must continue! Big thanks to Didn't Go Platinum for allowing me to repurpose my appearance on that excellent show. We compare Rivers of Nihil to Albert Camus on episode 237 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies! #metal #philosophy #riversofnihil

Why can't we have porta potties like this at metal shows?

I'm away in the mountains, so please forgive the weird sounding audio and different look. We still have my five favorite new metal albums of the weekend though! Link in replies! #metal #newmetal #albumcover

Now I know why people get their fries animal style. They ain't got no flavor otherwise 😒