Well 2014 has started off rather cold and snowy at the Open Metalcast bunker. Fortunately the network connection has withstood the elements and we've been able to find some great music to start off the new year right. We've got music by At Daggers Drawn, Firestorm, Just Another, Coalest, NAJA, DSW, and a killer piece from Mean Messiah. And though we don't have any scientific proof I'm pretty sure headbanging can prevent frostbite. OK maybe not, but it does make the day go by quicker when you're stranded at home. And remember "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy".

• (00:10) Gaia (Thou Shalt Not Kill) by At Daggers Drawn from Ignition (BY-NC-ND)
• (04:51) Through The Fire by FIRESTORM from Sands Of Time (EP) (BY-NC-ND)
• (09:01) Where to by Just Another from Polarities (BY-NC-SA)
• (13:44) Monochrome by Coalest from Magnolian Root (BY-NC-SA)
• (17:29) Brain Detonation by NAJA from No Escape From Yourself (BY-NC-SA)
• (22:52) Space Cubeship by DSW from Dust Storm Warning (BY-NC-ND)
• (29:16) The Last Ride by Mean Messiah from Hell (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or piddle their name in the snow. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #087 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #087 (OGG)

It's been way too long since the last Instrumetalcast so to make up for it here's an extra-long episode for your listening enjoyment. Hopefully it'll tide you over into the new year where these episodes will be more frequent. Shownotes and more after the break:

• (00:27) Continuum by CRYOGEN from Continuum (BY-NC-ND)
• (05:21) A Dæmon Hunted​/​The Flight of Perseus by Returning We Hear the Larks from Far-Stepper/Of Wide Sea [Instrumental] (BY-SA)
• (18:43) Movement 2 - Andante by Daniel Bautista from Symphony No. 2 in B minor, Op. 16 (BY-SA)
• (25:40) The Land Of Shadows - The L. O. S. Theme by The Land Of Shadows from Dark Romantika (BY-NC-SA)
• (29:32) To Break Is Divine by The Reptilians from The Breakers (BY-NC-ND)
• (32:20) The Existential Frame by Tony C from The Existential Frame (BY-NC-ND)
• (39:29) Faces by Concatenate from A New Start (BY-NC-SA)
• (46:06) Penumbra by Isaac Herrera from Return to the past (BY-NC-SA)
• (49:45) Departure (and Arrival) by Skyed Pillars from None (None)
• (59:03) Hurricane by Rob Johnson Music from Throw The Sun Into The Sea (BY-NC-SA)
• (1:01:40) Phantasm by Diometrix from How Do Things Inspire (BY-NC-SA)
• (1:05:19) Far And Wide by Ray Montford from Many Roads (BY-NC-SA)
• (1:10:23) The End of Progress by mystakin from The End of Progress (BY)
• (1:15:07) Ours Is The Fury by Faded Line from Ours Is The Fury (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or buy up their entire back-catalog as a holiday present to yourself. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #8 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #8 (OGG)

The term "Cult of the New" is a term used in the boardgame circles to (sometimes derogatorily) refer to people who are constantly in search of the latest releases at the expense of ignoring some of the older releases. This show is about putting on the brakes for a bit and slowing down to re-listen to some of the bands that we've featured on the podcast before such as Rase, Neverside, Panic.0, Inordem, Nuestros Derechos, Overlord, Les Chants de Nihil, Anthemon, Spawn from Deceit and Rezistor. And we welcome back Amity in Fame who recently released their stellar sophmore album "Through" under a Creative Commons License. So enjoy another spin of these amazing tracks and be sure to find a spot in your library for these albums. Because if you haven't heard them before they're still new to you. Shownotes follow:

• (00:09) Operation enduring freedom by Raze from Man vs machine (BY)
• (04:03) The Black and the Crude by Neverside from This Is Our Gun (BY-NC-SA)
• (07:55) Panic by Panic.0 from Panic (BY-NC-ND)
• (12:29) Intacto by INORDEM from La Miseria de Dios (BY-NC-SA)
• (17:36) Schizophrenia by Nuestros Derechos from Adrift (BY-NC-ND)
• (21:19) The Undead Cantata by Overlord from The Undead Cantata (BY-NC-ND)
• (24:32) 06 Les Chants de Nihil - Dissidence Decadente by Les Chants de Nihil from Siore Immelstorn Records - Black Metal Compilation Volume 1 (BY-NC-ND)
• (32:12) Print Of The Sand Glass by ANTHEMON from Kadavreski [2005] (BY-NC-SA)
• (41:09) Squat The World by Spawn From Deceit from Woven Promises - Unraveled Victims (BY-NC-SA)
• (42:41) De Partea Mea by Rezistor from Beware the Silent (BY-NC-ND)
• (48:03) The Kraken by Amity in Fame from Through (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, but whatever you do make sure you don't forget it mid sentence. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #086 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #086 (OGG)

Welcome back to Open Metalcast, bringing you the best in Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. I am the host of the Club Metal portion of the podcast and today we have a special guest. We worked hard to set up this interview over space and time and I am delighted to be able to present to you an interview with none other than the band Patient Zero. You might not know them now but in the future. your future. this is a big deal. Let's just say that we're lucky to have this chance to speak with a classical artist such as them. I apologize in advance for the transmission quality but because of the extreme time delay, causality, and the price of using The Time Phone it is the best we can do. So without further delay here is our interview with Patient Zero. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

• I Never Cared from Diabolus Ex Machina (BY-NC-SA)
• High Tech Low Life from the forthcoming album: Cyber Psychosis
• Eins from Curse and Regret (BY-NC-SA)

We’d like to thank Patient Zero for taking the time to talk with us on Open Metalcast. Learn more about the band and their fortcoming album Cyber Psychosis at Patient Zero.

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode - Patient Zero (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode - Patient Zero (OGG)

(Sound Effect: Digital Headspin)

Rushing to get this episode out the door because the night I normally have to get the episode put together will be full of me catching the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who on the big screen. No spoilers, please. But what we do have is an episode chock full of some amazing artists starting with the anticipated release of the new Cryogen album "Continuum" (which is quickly becoming a favorite here). We've also got music from Desvirginizagore, Aborym, Rejekts, Soundcrafters, CEMENTERIO, One Paper Left, Digger, and Vampire Squid. You might say this episode is bigger on the inside, but you won't need to be the President of Galifrey to... OK, OK, I'll stop now. Shownotes after the break.

• (00:11) Synthetic Essence by CRYOGEN from Continuum (BY-NC-ND)
• (03:46) Eyaculador de Infeccion Putri by Desvirginizagore from Eyaculador de Infección Putri (BY-NC-ND)
• (09:22) III by Aborym from Psychogrotesque (BY-NC-SA)
• (14:06) Fango by Rejekts from Sirona Mixtape #7 (None)
• (16:17) Get Out by Soundcrafters from Catharsis In Chaos (BY-ND)
• (20:41) Rafagas ante tus ojos by Boue Records from CEMENTERIO "S/T" (BY-NC-SA)
• (25:13) (PER)VERSION by One Paper Left from Reset (BY-SA)
• (28:39) Digger - Evidence [2009] - Shnaps by Digger from Evidence... is written in the noizz - Full Album (BY-NC-SA)
• (34:25) Oh The Clamity by Vampire Squid from Sea's Control (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a pepper mill with their name on it. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #085 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #085 (OGG)

One of the items that the Voyager 1 Spacecraft sent along with it on its voyage outside of our solar system was a gold-plated. It's probably the only gold compilation album in existence trhat features Mozart, Chuck Berry, and indigenous music from across the globe. Plus it has a wicked B-side that shows aliens how to find us should they be able to figure out the code. Luckily your computer should be able to figure out the bits that make up the latest Open Metalcast show so you won't need to figure out some alien recording technology to make it work. And rather than indigenous music from across the globe you'll be able to hear music from Ceremonial Castings, KROM, Kain, Machina, Taste of Hell, Longed for FUsion, Gutteral Slug, Extincion, and Electric Frankenstein. Plus you'll be able to hear it long before any alien intelligence will be able to hear that record no matter how slow your modem is. Shownotes follow:

• (00:10) Reborn Through the Bestial Flame by Ceremonial Castings from Immortal Black Art (BY-NC-ND)
• (07:22) Reacharound Rambo by KROM from Chaotic Evil (BY-SA)
• (10:14) Marionetas by Kain from Revelaciones (BY-NC-ND)
• (14:47) A síndrome de Nerón by Machina from A síndrome de Nerón (BY-NC-SA)
• (18:24) Rotten inside by Taste of hell from Demo 2007 (BY-NC-ND)
• (21:40) Dreamers Reality by Longed for Fusion from We´ll never decay (BY-NC-ND)
• (27:01) Isolated Insanity by Guttural Slug from Megalodon (BY-NC-ND)
• (30:13) Marcha Fúnebre by EXTINCION from O Martelo da Morte (BY-NC-ND)
• (35:13) Injected by Electric Frankenstein from Dead and Back (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or put their music on a golden record and shoot it into space. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #084 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #084 (OGG)

When looking up the number 83 on Wikipedia for the 83rd episode of Open Metalcast, I ran across some number facts. Apparently "83 is the sum of three consecutive primes (23 + 29 + 31) as well as the sum of five consecutive primes (11 + 13 + 17 + 19 + 23)." It's also a highly cototient number. What does that mean? Hell if I know, but I do know this episode has some highly charged metal to detonate inside your ear canals. We've got music from Beta Decay, The Rinn, Ceremony of Darkness, Lost Lands, Obsolete Theory, new Project: Roenwolfe, The Exiled, and Uboa to help with that tinnitus problem you may be having, plus some excellent Prog Rock from elevii to close out the show. (Just think of it as math core with flutes. ;) )

• (00:11) Body of Habit by Lost Lands from Lost Lands -Body of Habit (BY)
• (03:29) The Wraith Beyond by Obsolete Theory from The Wraith Beyond (BY-NC-ND)
• (06:44) Sentience by The Exiled from Break The Chains EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (11:09) The Trader of Pain by Project: Roenwolfe from Neverwhere Dreamscape (BY-NC-ND)
• (16:14) The Rinn - Voices by The Rinn from Voices from the past (BY-NC-ND)
• (20:00) Apocalypse by Beta Decay from Shadows in the night (BY-NC-SA)
• (23:52) Decay by Ceremony of Darkness from Flesh of the Witch (BY-NC-SA)
• (28:09) I Will Choke You Until You Like It by Uboa from Jouissance (BY-NC)
• (37:40) Candela by elevi from elevii (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or use them for the soundtrack of your cat-on-Roomba action videos. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #083 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #083 (OGG)

Welcome to the third Halloween Episode of Open Metalcast, where we unleash the strange, the wicked, and the bizarre to thrill, excite, and scare the candy-corn right out of you. There's plenty of music here for your Halloween party, or for grabbing the candy bags from those slow-poke kids. Whatever your hearts desire this Halloween we have your soundtrack covered.

• (00:08) The Rotting Revolt by Dark Asylum Music from Midnight (BY-NC-SA)
• (01:17) Spiderlady by Covered In Bees from Portland Death Punk, Vol. #1: Portland Is For Lovers (BY-ND)
• (05:49) I, Zombi by Gore Obsessed from Halloween Massacre (BY-NC-ND)
• (07:10) Necroborg by Crypticus from Dedicated to the Impure (BY-NC-ND)
• (09:11) Propagating the Witch by Ceremonial Castings from Immortal Black Art (BY-NC-ND)
• (14:37) Gala Monster Rally by The Young Werewolves from Cheat the Devil (BY-NC-SA)
• (16:40) Bloody Mistress by Darkside of Innocence from Infernum Liberus EST (BY-NC-ND)
• (22:40) My Love Belongs In A Straitjacket by Name The Creature from The Some Who Are They (BY-NC-ND)
• (27:23) freaks from the other side by Spiritual Dissection from The Dark Side Of Mankind (BY-NC-SA)
• (31:03) Meet Dick Dangerous by Funkmouf Brown from Funkmouf Brown Attacks!!! (BY-NC)
• (34:35) Dunkelheit by Cultes des Goules from The story of Dagon (BY-NC-ND)
• (39:28) Whitewood by Aeon Aphelion from Visions of Burning Aeons (BY-NC-ND)
• (47:55) Crowd of Fools by Patient Zero from Post-Industrial Revolution (BY-NC-SA)
• (52:43) ADVERMIX - Evil One by ADVERMIX from GATES TO TRANSYLVANIA (BY-NC-ND)
• (57:18) Heresy by Woodrue from Bones, Bile and Black Blood (By-NC-ND)
• (1:00:21) Sunny the Mummy by Mummifier from Advanced Mummification Procedure (BY)
• (1:03:33) Werewolves by The Horror Cast from Cities of Deception (BY-NC-ND)
• (1:08:42) You're My Little Mellowcreme Pumpkin by The Radicals from Halloween Rhymes and Children's Crimes (By-NC-ND)

(Additional effects: Chain, Dungeon Gates)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or use their music to woo Azathoth (it's better than those damned flutists). Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Halloween 2013 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Halloween 2013 (OGG)

One of the most dangerous places for me is inside of a record store. It's like throwing a hyperactive child into a candy store: before you know it my arms are filled with new and used CDs and I'm busy trying to figure out which will make the cut. This show is no different: I thought I wasn't going to have enough material to make the show, and suddenly I had more than enough. But my problem is your gain, as we have three upcoming tracks from various albums, starting with Cryogen's latest album (available for pre-order), a single from Napalm Strike, and Peculate's on-going album based on the works of Peter Kropotkin. We follow that with four great stoner / doom masterpieces from Discos Macarras' stable of excellent artists, starting with Santo Rostro, Hera, Oyabun, and finishing with Lowshake. Closing out the show is a warning about those cute demonical creatures that may be lurking in your house at this moment by Leka. It's a show you definitely won't want to miss, and might get you taking a trip (virtual or otherwise) over to the record store. Just make sure you save enough money for cat food. Shownotes after the break:

• (00:11) Contagion by Cryogen from Continuum (Kickstarter preview) (BY-NC-ND)
• (03:12) Deities of Death by Napalm Strike from Deities of Death (BY-NC-ND)
• (06:31) Mutual Aid by Peculate from The Anarchist Prince (BY-NC-SA)
• (09:17) Blood Run by SANTO ROSTRO from Santo Rostro (BY-NC-ND)
• (17:14) March of the Minotaurs by HELA from Broken Cross (BY-NC-ND)
• (25:38) Brontosaurus Blues by OYABUN from Gods & Dogs (BY-NC-ND)
• (30:42) Bleed For You by LOWSHAKE from Hopeless Desires (BY-NC-ND)
• (37:04) The End Starts Now by Leka from Catopia (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or do a three-act puppet show for them. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #082 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #082 (OGG)

I'm not sure what shutting the US government will prove to anyone, but I hope it doesn't mean that the Internet will shut down any time soon. Otherwise how will I get you this phenomenal Creative Commons Music? Carrier Pigeon? Hopefully not, as there's a lot of music in this episode, including tracks from Amaroth, Desert Icons, The Reptillians, Bisento, Endless Heights, Etherbeer, NUTRITION, and a receont convert to the Creative Commons scene: Gabezia. But rest assured I have my carrier pigeons on stand-by just-in-case. You never know when they might come in handy.

• (00:10) Labyrinth of Greed by Armaroth from False Vision (BY-NC-SA)
• (04:20) Black Cat Bone Blues by DESERT ICONS from None (BY-NC-SA)
• (09:01) Inspirational by The Reptilians from The Breakers (BY-NC-SA)
• (15:09) Romans by Bisento from Hinterlands (BY-NC-SA)
• (21:47) Lady Wisdom by Endless Heights from Lady Wisdom (BY-NC-SA)
• (24:49) El Hoztil by Etherbeer from El Hoztil (BY-NC-ND)
• (27:29) Dragon Kings by NUTRITION from AGGLOMERATION [2009-2012] (BY)
• (34:22) Victor by Gabezia from Gizakia Etsai (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or shutdown the government on their behalf. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, and be sure to listen to all of the great shows (including Open Metalcast) streaming 24/7 at Metalinjection.FM.

If you have any suggestions for Creative Commons licensed metal, send me a link at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Open Metalcast #081 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #081 (OGG)