It was my birthday last weekend, and as part of my celebration I not only got the opportunity to watch one of my friends get married, but I also got a nice little cold to go with it. So the Open Metalcast studios are a little under the weather. But the show must go on, as it were, and the best Creative Commons metal music available is the best prescription for what might ail you. We've got a mix of great metal from Taketh, Kudai, NUTRITION, Neverside, Civil War, Patrons of the Rotting Gate, Hellcrawler, and Black Horde to infect your ears with the best the net has to offer. And much like a cold you are encouraged to share this with as many of your friends as you can. Shownotes after the break:

• (00:10) Moving on by Taketh from Ignorance is strength (BY-NC-SA)
• (04:04) Fobia by Kudai from Hutsa (BY-NC-SA)
• (07:13) Eye Of The Anunnaki by NUTRITION from AGGLOMERATION [2009-2012] (BY-NC-SA)
• (13:20) The List of Lives I've Broken by Neverside from This Is Our Gun (BY-NC-SA)
• (19:55) Jaded Minds by Civil War from Jaded Minds (BY-NC-SA)
• (22:13) Clandestine Fractures by Patrons of The Rotting Gate from The Rose Coil (BY-SA)
• (27:22) Yet Again The Greed Of Man by Hellcrawler from Wastelands (BY-NC-ND)
• (32:37) Afterschool by Black Horde from Dwyer (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make an app for their smartphone. 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 #080 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #080 (OGG)

In my never-ending quest to put things off until the very last minute (a habit carefully honed over the mumble mumble years of my existence) I'm putting this show together mere moments before the Tuesday that it normally releases. Of course that day is Monday, which is a holiday here in the United States, so that means I'm later than usual. But I'm glad that I did, because this episode managed to catch the brand-new release from Anima Adversa's latest album. We also have new releases from Herlathing, as well as new releases from Antoniogarciavazquez, Sons Of Sin, Radler, Limitless, and Chewrafa. It's an episode you won't want to miss, especially after the post-holiday hangover you'll be nursing at work tomorrow. Shownotes follow:

• (00:10) Juegos de Guerra by Anima Adversa from El Sueño de los Justos (BY-NC-ND)
• (06:39) Metamorfosis by Antoniogarciavazquez from Orígen (BY-NC-SA)
• (10:00) Escondida en ti by Sadai from 6DÍAS (BY-NC-ND)
• (14:17) Whore Of Babylon by Sons Of Sin from Rebelations (BY-ND)
• (17:47) Radler - Recediver by Radler from The Recediver (BY-NC-SA)
• (21:34) Lass Mich Gehen by Herlathing from Alva Und Die Nachtgespenster (BY-NC-SA)
• (26:24) Limitless - Burning Heaven [Single 2013] by Limitless from Burning Heaven [Single 2013] (BY-NC-SA)
• (31:51) End Has Come (Menu) by Chewrafa from Arson & Plunder Soundtrack (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or create a national holiday dedicated to their hard-working musicianship. 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 #079 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #079 (OGG)

I plead complete ignorance over all matters sportball or otherwise sports-related (save for hockey season when the Detroit Red Wings are doing well that season). So seeing an EP of sportball-related songs come across my desk isn't that intriguing. But when it's a CC-licensed album of tightly crafted sportball songs that also comes across the Metal Injection desk, then I take notice. I also take notice when I see new albums from some of my favorite artists like Mountain Mirrors and Agónica. And my other dirty little secret is I wanna get more Attractive Eighties Women songs because they seem to have carjacked Mojo Nixon's tractor and gone on one hell of a joyride. Plus we have awesome tracks from Grey Heaven Fall, Dust Tria, Sunken, Nameless, and Samsara. It's like a duffel-bag of sportball things to be sportballin' with and... yeah, OK, I'm done. Shownotes after the break.

• (00:11) Your Angels by Mountain Mirrors from Asylum Acres (BY-NC-SA)
• (02:53) Серые небеса осени by Grey Heaven Fall from Grey Heaven Fall - Серые небеса осени 2008 (Demo) (BY-SA)
• (08:34) The Endless Cycle by Dust Trial from The Endless Cycle (track) (BY-NC-SA)
• (18:10) My mythomane by Sunken from Flooded (BY-NC-SA)
• (21:26) Hekla by Nameless from Thy Fall (BY-NC-SA)
• (24:58) Barless Prison by Agónica from A New Onset (BY-NC-ND)
• (29:21) Broken toy by Samsara from Blank Shapes (BY-NC-ND)
• (33:25) (I Wanna Get) Gay Married by Attractive Eighties Women from E Pluribus Aewsome (BY-NC-SA)
• (39:04) STOP FUCKING BUNTING by Puig Destroyer from PUIG DESTROYER (BY-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or buy them a case of beer. 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 #078 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #078 (OGG)

Ever gone to the store for just one thing, and realized at the checkout lane that you have more than one thing to purchase? That's what happened with this episode. I already had most of the episode ready to go, but a quick trip to Bandcamp and Jamendo net so much more music that I decided to throw in a few more songs this episode. There's something in here for everyone, so give it a listen, and whatever you do don't look at the credit card receipt OK? Shownotes after the break.

• (00:11) Martyr by Wolf Hollow from (Single) (BY-NC-ND)
• (03:32) Cage of Sorrow by Limitless from Cage of Sorrow [Single 2013] (BY-NC-SA)
• (07:38) The Lonely Mountain by Set Sail Armada from (Single) (BY-NC-SA)
• (11:36) Individuation by Obsidian Tongue from A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time (BY-NC)
• (20:04) मातृ (mātṛ) by Vin de Mia Trix from Once Hidden From Sight (BY-NC)
• (28:58) No Mercy by The Uncrowned from The Uncrowned EP (BY-SA)
• (32:54) Breakdown by Throne of Malediction from (Single) (BY-NC-ND)
• (38:35) Idea RAM by Picaporters from Elefantes (BY-NC-SA)
• (43:24) Tyrannus Politicus Maximus by Psykoanalyysi from Kivitys EP (BY)
• (44:29) Man/Machine by Lords of the Trident from Chains on Fire (BY-NC-ND)
• (51:39) No Justification for War by The Symbioz from Unpromising Pictures of Today (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a Monopoly game with their band as the theme. 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 #077 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #077 (OGG)

After a brief hiatus we decided to make up for it by just blasting your eardrums with non-stop metal music. In that spirit we only have four words for you: "shut up and mosh". Oh, and one more sentence, but that's it. Show notes after the break. There, that should do it.

• (00:25) Force fed resistance by Dejadeath from ¡¡¡Viva dios!!! (BY-NC-ND)
• (04:47) Austin Deathtrip - Cain by Austin Deathtrip from Texas Bulldozer (BY-NC-SA)
• (08:15) 02 - Зеркала (Mirrors) by Prospekt69 from Judgment Day 7"EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (11:18) Perfect Storm by Agónica from [Single] (BY-NC-ND)
• (16:58) Hook Torn Flesh by Atominated from World Without Flesh EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (20:35) The soul destroyer by BloodeviL from Promo 2012 (BY-ND)
• (26:24) Plan of Attack by Lords of the Trident from Plan of Attack (BY-NC-ND)
• (31:49) Ікона by Azgard from Ікона (Сингл) (BY-NC-SA)
• (35:25) Suffer Peacefully by Peculate from Pax Tecum (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or have Madame Tussauds make a wax figurine of 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 #076 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #076 (OGG)

Hey everyone,

Just a quick note that Open Metalcast is taking a brief hiatus for this week. We'll return, ready to bang heads, crush skulls, and give you the finest in Creative Commons Metal music on 7/23.

Hope to see you then!

Too long have we waited in the shadows, hoping for a change that never comes. The time to wait is over, now it is time to act.

• (00:24) My Life Last Breath by Acumen Nation from Anticore (BY-NC-ND)
• (04:06) Machine Vision by I:Scintilla from Optics (BY-NC-ND)
• (08:42) No Longer (feat. Nyku Decode) (Mind-Sex Mix by Freaky Mind) by Dirty Bird 13 from Mix Collector (None)
• (16:09) Cyber Female by Fetish’ist from Synthematika Four (BY-NC-ND)
• (20:27) Triumph by Neurotech from (Single) (BY-SA)
• (24:13) Drinking Air by Cyborgs On Crack from Drinking Air With Eyes (BY-NC)
• (28:24) I've Sold Your Organs on the Black Market to Finance the Purchase of a Used Minivan by Everything Goes Cold from Prepare To Be Refrigerated (BY-NC-ND)
• (33:09) Collision by AlibiTrax from Synthematika Four (None)
• (36:07) Satan Is Going To Visit This Party by Freaky Mind from More Manifests (BY-NC-ND)
• (40:58) Cybergeist by Crytek from Synthematika Four (BY-NC-ND)
• (45:15) Vulgar Fractions by Dr. Zilog from Vulgar Fractions (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or put their music onto a USB key in a time capsule. Wait, do we even have USB keys in the future? Apparently 8 inch floppy disks are all the rage now. Well, 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.

Special thanks to MP3 Tribute for liberating some of the albums in this show.

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #13 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #13 (OGG)

Summer has hit hard here at the Open Metalcast studios, and unfortunately there isn't any air conditioning in here. It's 87F in here, and while the fans are going full-tilt, there's some comfort in knowing this episode has some of the finest Creative Commons Metal music the net has to offer. including some hot-off-the-presses Returning We Hear The Larks, as well as Project: Roenwolfe (one of the many bands from Masters of Metal Productions), Slash Dementia, The Multiverse Concept, Marker Beacon, Falsos Positivos, Nuestros Derechos, and Spawn From Deceit. So while the Sun may never sweat, I can assure you that you'll work up a sweaty metal frenzy listening to this show.

• (00:10) Persian_Tales by Marker Beacon from Dead Frequencies (BY-SA)
• (04:20) Defying Inertia by The Multiverse Concept from Defying Inertia (BY-NC)
• (08:05) Death, My Friend by Nuestros Derechos from Adrift (BY-NC-ND)
• (12:19) Nascence in the Caverns of Mount Olympus by Returning We Hear the Larks from Far-Stepper/Of Wide Sea (BY-SA)
• (18:49) Roanoke by Project: Roenwolfe from Roanoke (BY-NC-ND)
• (21:43) Fuerza by Falsos Positivos from Fuerza 2012 (BY-NC-SA)
• (24:17) Sciencs Is Superior by Slash Dementia from Symptoms Are... (BY-SA)
• (28:56) Happiness by Spawn From Deceit from Woven Promises - Unraveled Victims (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or buy out their entire discography. 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 #075 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #075 (OGG)

74 is the atomic number of Tungsten, which is Nordic for "Heavy Stone", and perfect to title this episode of Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. There's a little something for everyone, whether you're into the sludge of Spaceking; the speed the soaring power metal of Judicator, ApócryphA, or Diary of Destruction; the folk metal hybrids of Hok-Key and Калевала, the melodic metal of Trihexyn; or the what-the-hell-was-that of Lambda Shaman. Whatever your tastes, you'll find great Creative Commons Licensed music ready to illuminate your ear-holes that you can share with your friends.

• (00:11) SpaceKing by SPACEKING from In the Court of the Spaceking (BY)
• (05:52) Vomitando Miedos by ApócryphA from A Los Motores Del Metal (BY-SA)
• (09:49) All For You by Trihexyn from Of Death And Desire (Demo) (BY-NC-ND)
• (15:46) The Elector by Judicator from Sleepy Plessow (BY-NC-ND)
• (21:36) Men Blunder - Diary of Destruction by Diary Of Destruction from Démo 2009 (BY-NC-SA)
• (24:52) Bomb It by Lambda Shaman from EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (30:35) Судный день by Hok-key from R.I.P. (BY-NC-ND)
• (36:39) Речка к Реченьке by Калевала from Кудель белоснежного льна (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or give them a magazine subscription. 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 #074 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #074 (OGG)

Recently we got the chance to speak with Ryan Conner of the melodic death-metal band Cryogen. Cryogen are currently Kickstarting their new album Continuum. We spoke with Ryan about their current discography, and how you can help make their new album a reality.

• (05:26) The Pain We Endure by CRYOGEN from This Nightmare (BY-NC-ND)
• (12:54) Episode 666 (In Flames cover) by CRYOGEN from Psalms of Deceit (re-release) (BY-NC-ND)
• (24:10) Agnosis by CRYOGEN from Despara (BY-NC-ND)
• (38:56) Break these Chains by CRYOGEN from Psalms of Deceit (re-release) (BY-NC-ND)

We'd like to thank Ryan and Cryogen for taking the time to talk with us on Open Metalcast. Learn more about the band, and how you can help make their new album Continuum a reality at https://cryogenband.com.

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode - Cryogen (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode - Cryogen (OGG)