Apparently there was a power outage during the Super Bowl that lasted around 34 minutes. I wish we'd known earlier, because this episode of Open Metalcast weighs in around 39 minutes of Creative Commons Metal Music. Instead of dead air waiting for some sportball to resume, you could have been listening to all of the great music in this show. Alas, they probably filled the time with useless banter and commercials. At least you'll be able to hear some of the finest Creative Commons Metal Music around. And you can share it with your friends outside of a private home exhibition.

• (00:10) Caught in your freedom by Dark Confessions from Century of blood (BY-NC-ND)
• (03:42) CORRUPTED BY TIME by Vrademargk from Transition to Nowhere (BY-NC-SA)
• (09:06) In to the shadow by Luca Deriu from Mind Phaser: About the world (BY-NC-ND)
• (15:47) Stay Awake by kurouma from Untitled (4) (BY-NC-ND)
• (20:47) Canilla Libre by ApócryphA from Convicción Salvaje (BY-SA)
• (25:49) ADVERMIX - War Inside my Head by ADVERMIX from GATES TO TRANSYLVANIA (BY-NC-ND)
• (29:39) Surreal Images by Sedulity from Integral Spirits (BY-NC-ND)
• (36:51) Kerstin by SOB Pariassound from Particulary interested in the advanced matematics (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or send them the millions you would have spent on a Superbowl Ad. 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 #065 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #065 (OGG)

In memory of Aaron Swartz, whom I never met, but without whom this show would not be possible.

• (01:13) Inherent by Decode the Design from Chaos Lanes EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (05:48) Only Suffering is Free by Anagnorisis from Ghosts of Our Fathers (BY-NC-ND)
• (10:35) Politicold by Severed Fifth from Liberate (BY-NC-SA)
• (22:34) Free by Ex Animo from Sentience (BY-NC-ND)
• (29:11) Time for a change by Become Wrath from Crush them (BY-NC-ND)
• (35:52) IBRIDOMA - Face to Face by UNDERGROUNDZINE from SOUNDS FROM HELL (BY-NC-SA)
• (39:10) Revolución by Mercyless from Siempre fuertes (BY-NC-ND)
• (43:12) Liberate You by Derek Jordan from Humanist EP (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or do 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 #064 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #064 (OGG)

2013 is going to be a great year. Don't believe me? Well, for starters, in this first episode of 2013, we have over 45 minutes of awesome Creative Commons metal music to ring your eardrums into the new year. Hopefully your new year resolution isn't giving up metal, because you won't want to miss these great releases. And if your New Year's Resolution is being more generous, you're in luck, because you can share these tracks with your friends, neighbors, or whomever you like. Just make sure to give credit to the artists. Shownotes and links follow:

• (00:10) Kampfbereit by Khadaver from New World Disorder (BY-NC-ND)
• (03:58) Four by Manuscriptum from EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (08:21) Wicked Fate by Raging Steel from Raging Steel EP 2012 (Coming soon) (BY-ND)
• (14:09) Grindpa by Mordotua from Grindpa Single (BY-NC-ND)
• (17:18) Heroes and Villains by Judicator from Heroes and Villains (BY-NC-ND)
• (29:01) Iter ad lucem pt. I by Urna from Iter ad lucem (BY-SA)
• (38:10) Mother Tree by She Was The Universe from Mother Tree (single 2012) (BY-NC-SA)
• (44:44) The Night The Cylons Landed 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 make a vintage wine with their logo on the label. 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 #063 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #063 (OGG)

Some believe the Mayans predicted the end of the world will happen this Friday. But what would cause the world to end? Asteroids? Global Warming? In our holiday episode, we find it's far, far worse than that, and only Santa's Christmas Elves have the power to stop the oncoming apocalypse. It's a race to find out what unspeakable horrors await the fate of humanity!

• (02:26) Blue Christmas by Bobnoxious from Ho Ho Ho (BY)
• (04:15) The World Ends (before christmas) by The Data Body from Volume Two [2012] (BY-NC-ND)
• (06:39) Ho Ho Whatever by Pigboat from Float (BY-ND)
• (11:15) Happy Group by We 9 Guys from I Wanna Join the Circus EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (11:46) Christmas Chainsaw Massacre by Totally Pissed Off from Volume Two [2012] (BY-NC-ND)
• (12:42) Dark Xmas by Dark Harvest from Dark Harvest (BY-NC-ND)
• (15:12) Coventry Carol by Extar from Tunnel (BY-NC-SA)
• (17:26) Christmas special 2011 by Vvsmusic - music & more from Christmas special (BY-NC-SA)
• (22:13) Sandy The Christmas Ghost by Kindergarten Hazing Ritual from Volume Two [2012] (BY-NC-ND)
• (23:43) Smells Like Christmas Spirit by The Experiments from Smells Like Christmas Spirit (BY-NC-SA)
• (26:23) Slay Bells by Jason And The Kruegers from Volume Two [2012] (BY-NC-ND)
• (29:21) End Of Days by Severed Fifth from Liberate (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows,  or clear out their merch table. 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.

(addtl music: Angst by RacheEngel, XmasMan vs the Packs 04 by Cyborgjeff (both BY-NC-SA))

Open Metalcast: Holiday Apocalypse 2012 (MP3)

Open Metalcast: Holiday Apocalypse 2012 (OGG)

Four months since last transmission. Stop. Must make next transmission or face termination. Stop. Last transmission of this solar year. Stop. Message Ends.

• (00:24) 21st Century Antichrist by Khadaver from New World Disorder (BY-NC-ND)
• (04:28) Biorobot (refined) by Kuroshio from Biomechanic (BY-NC-ND)
• (09:35) Another Empty Day by Patient Zero from Post-Industrial Revolution (BY-NC-SA)
• (13:50) H. Zombie - El Dia de los Muertos by H. Zombie from Mutation (BY-NC)
• (18:37) A Clouded Mind by Neurotech from Decipher Vol. 2 (BY-SA)
• (22:08) Homicide by Cystem Cex from Synthematika One (BY-NC-ND)
• (27:30) Morality (mind.area rmx) by Fabious Corpus Act from disorder | ep (BY-NC-SA)
• (32:55) Stupid Game by Heet Seas from [4] (BY-SA)
• (37:58) Faceless Ape by Alchemy from A Very Alchemy Christmas (BY-NC-SA)
• (41:48) Lovesongs (feat. Axel Zabel) by The Glass Spider from Resistance (BY-NC-SA)
• (46:12) Tonight by Etage Neun from Synthematika Two (2010) (BY-NC-ND)
• (49:35) VHELENA PROJEKT vs. KHAOSPHERE-Born in chains(remix) by VHELENA PROJEKT from FLESH RIOT (BY-SA)
• (53:34) New World by Whitar from Synthematika One (BY-NC-ND)
• (58:20) Vaseline for the Vomit Queen by Cancer Killing Gemini from The End Of The Beginning (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or do whatever you 21st Century humans do to share music. Oh really? How Quaint. 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.

(sfx: Scuba 1)

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

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

Our cat appears to have recovered from her surgery, because she was driving me insane by turning off my computer while producing this episode. But, as they say, neither snow, nor sleet, nor tap-dancing cat on the UPS button can stop the metal from flowing. Or is that the mail? Anyway, we have 9 of the finest Creative Commons metal tracks waiting to tap-dance on your eardrums, so let's get to it before the cat turns off the UPS again.

• (00:09) Burn the Candle at both ends by No More Silence from Through my eyes (BY-NC-SA)
• (03:34) See It Through [Your Weakness] by By Any Means from By Any Means (Demo EP) (BY-NC-ND)
• (07:15) Tenfold True by Breaker from The More I Want, The More I Get (BY-NC-SA)
• (12:19) Face Disillusions by The Brutal Deceiver from Birth Of A Decline (BY-NC)
• (15:05) Anton Lavey Dressed As Uncle Sam by Inhaling The Plague from Man Made Epidemic (BY-NC-ND)
• (16:51) Jimmy's Got A Gun by Enemy Noise from No Control, No Parade EP (BY-SA)
• (19:04) Trato cerrado by Dinamyca from Demo 2012 (BY-NC-SA)
• (23:29) Pussycat, Pussycat, Kill, Kill, Kill by Pigboat from Float (BY-ND)
• (27:39) Piece of Shit by We 9 Guys from I Wanna Join the Circus EP (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or make a viral video of your cat dancing on the turntable with their album playing. 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 #062 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #062 (OGG)

Welcome back to Open Metalcast, bringing you the best in Creative Commons licensed metal music. Recently we got the chance to speak with Benjamin Soubeille. Benjamin is a man of many hats. He's one half of the the band Sanctuarii, and has a solo project: "Megaptere". On top of that, he's founded his own record label: Open Metal Records (no relationship to this podcast), with the goal of releasing Creative Commons licensed metal music. We spoke about the Open Metal Records label, his musical projects, and the future of the Open Metal Records label.

• (05:22) Labyrinth Within by Sanctuarii from The Temple (BY-NC-SA)
• (15:00) My Beloved Chaos by Megaptere from Timelines And Coercion (BY-NC-SA)
• (32:43) WAR by Megaptere from Timelines And Coercion (BY-NC-SA)

We'd like to thank Benjamin for taking the time to talk with us. Learn more about Open Metal Records at their website: https://openmetalrecords.weebly.com.

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Open Metal Records (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: Open Metal Records (OGG)

Things have been a little busy around the Open Metalcast compound, so this episode is actually comprised of tracks I was hoping to put together for the next Instrumetalcast episode. Hopefully this will satiate your primal lust for Creative Commons music, and the hunger for another Instrumetalcast with one combined episode. And while these songs have been in my backlog for a while, they're by no means back-burner material, with the latest by Cloudkicker, Depths, The Multiverse Concept, Judd Madden, and a whole slew of instrumental music for you to enjoy. Shownotes follow:

• (00:57) What Doesn't Dream by Memoirs from We Fall Apart - Single (BY-NC-SA)
• (04:45) Isochronisms by Aardfish from Isochronisms (BY-NC-SA)
• (08:08) Big Boss by Depths from Pizza Party EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (12:04) IV: The Dying Fire (Feat. P. Lixxx) by Black Metal Bicycle from Save For All Things (BY-NC-ND)
• (14:47) From the Balcony by Cloudkicker from Fade (BY-NC-SA)
• (19:28) The Winds Cease To Sail by The Multiverse Concept from Conversations With The Boatman (BY-NC)
• (23:39) Silence by The Foetal Mind from The Grand Contraction (BY-NC)
• (29:52) King Drought by Judd Madden from Artesian (BY-NC)
• (37:01) Prenatal Memory by Sheol from I, The Cosmos - Preview (BY-NC-ND)
• (40:35) Filmscore by The Dino Haak Collective from Filmscore (BY-NC-SA)
• (43:54) Revolt (instrumental) by Louis Lingg and the Bombs from Punk Instrumentals (BY-NC-SA)
• (46:14) A Change In You (Instrumental Version) by Born of the Stars from Born of the Stars (BY-NC-SA)
• (49:39) My Dark Passenger by It Dwells Within from Relics From A Broken Fair (Instrumental) (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or use your savings from Black Friday and Cyber Monday to shower them with gifts. 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 #061 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #061 (OGG)

60 episodes. 60 seconds in a minute. 60 minutes in an hour. What does it mean? I'm not sure, but I do know this is the 60th episode of Open Metalcast, and it will spin your ear drums around like a record player on 78rpm. We've got brand new music from Samsara, Manuscriptum, Born of the Stars, as well as The Canyon Observer, and more music from Atsphear, Era Vulgaris, and Leka. Plus we dig into the Jamendo vaults and find some Nippercreep to funk things up a bit. Forget saving daylight, just use that extra hour you got from Daylight Saving Time and give yourself an hour listening to the finest Creative Commons music the net has to offer. And be sure to make a copy for your friends, and follow the links after the break:

• (00:11) Ignorance is bliss by Samsara from Blank Shapes (BY-NC-ND)
• (02:59) Circle of time by Manuscriptum from EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (08:05) One Day by Born of the Stars from Born of the Stars (BY-NC-SA)
• (12:59) Empire by Atsphear from Redshift (BY-NC-ND)
• (22:31) Just Ask Yourself by Era Vulgaris from INTOXICATED Vol.4 (2006) (BY-NC-ND)
• (27:08) Part I: As We Surrender To Lust by The Canyon Observer from Chapter II: These Binds Will Set You Free (BY-NC-ND)
• (34:40) NIPPERCREEP-Ca_craint by NIPPERCREEP from Combustion (BY-NC-SA)
• (37:56) Consumption by Leka from Grievance (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or  make make a clock 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 #060 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #060 (OGG)

Welcome back to Open Metalcast, bringing you the best in Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. Recently we got the chance to speak with Devin and James of the Neologist. The Neologist is a two-piece band that has produced exceptionally faithful covers of songs from In Flames and Soilwork, as well as two awesome full-length albums. We spoke to them about their first album, "The 26 Letters of Your Universe", their latest album "The Promise of Eternal Separation", the origins of the band, and what goes into making their music.

Music played in the show:

• (06:13) Cyclical Timing by The Neologist from The 26 Letters of Your Universe (BY)
• (21:24) Subterranean Creatures by The Neologist from The Promise of Eternal Separation (BY)
• (33:28) Innate Supremacy by The Neologist from The Promise of Eternal Separation (BY)

We'd like to thank Devin and James for taking the time to talk with us. For more information about the band, check out their website (https://www.theneologist.net) and their Bandcamp Page (https://theneologist.bandcamp.com)

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: The Neologist (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Interview Episode: The Neologist (OGG)