Just a small sampling of some artists that I wanted you to hear one more track from their albums:

• Serious Killer by PhaZer from Kismet (Promo) (BY-SA)
• Маски by PLATZDARM from Сквозь стекло (BY-NC-SA)
• Mirror Entropy by Cryogen from Despara (BY-NC-ND)
• All is Blank by Ritual of Rebirth from Of Tides and Desert (BY-NC-ND)
• Deteriorate To Gain by The Apocryphal Order from The Apocryphal Order (BY-SA)
• Maldicion by Semilla Animal fro Escarnio (BY-NC-SA)
• Noah's Ark by Thornwill from Implosion (BY)
• Destructive Device by Mindflow from Breakthough (BY-NC-ND)

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

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

Open Metalcast Episode 027 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode 027 (OGG)

All aboard!

• The Hidden by Cryogen from Despara (BY-NC-ND)
• Someone Set Your Voicemail From Stun To Kill by Freighter from Freighter (BY-NC-ND)
• ke gore ke soy by Semilla Animal from ESCARNIO (2011) (BY-NC-SA)
• Phantom Servant by Tears of the Nightflower from Competition EP (BY-NC-SA)
• Spilled My Mind (ft The Fresh Prince of Darkness) by Sweet Teen Killing Machine from Sweet Teen Killing Machine (BY-NC-SA)
• Who Killed My Dog by With All the Rage from A Good Day To Die (BY-NC-SA)
• Lobisome by Demodeus from Lugubre Existencia (BY-NC-SA)
• Free Software Song 2 by Jono Bacon (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or send them pictures of your friends planking their name on a busy street. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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

Open Metalcast 026 (MP3)

Open Metalcast 026 (OGG)

It's finally here! The Big Four of CC Metal, as chosen by listeners of Open Metalcast

Runner's Up

• Wandering by Antipathiea from Pre Release Sampler (BY-NC-ND)
• High Pulse Rate by Irate Architect from Visitors (BY-NC-SA)
• Across a Frozen Hell by Spiritual Dissection from Mors Ultima Ratio (BY-NC-SA)
• Club Silencio by Gandhi's Gunn from Thirtyeahs (BY-NC-SA)
• Nanowar by Nanowar from Into Gay Pride Ride (BY)

My Picks:

• Haiku by Amity in Fame from Dinner for One (BY-NC-SA)
• Last Breath by Hangman from The Gallows (BY-ND)
• Three Blocks by Sekshun 8 from Black Winged Butterfly (BY-SA)
• And the Sky Came Falling Down by Iron Thrones (BY-NC-ND)

The Big Four

• Infralove by Diablo Swing Orchestra from The Butcher's Ballroom (BY-NC-ND)
• Vae Victis by Mental Killing Spree from Vae Victis (BY-NC-ND)
• They Prey by Severed Fifth (BY-SA)
• It's bad. We're hit, man, we are hit by Cloudkicker from Beacons (BY-NC-SA)

Thanks to everyone who voted! This was a lot of fun for me to put together, and I hope you enjoyed it!

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

Open Metalcast Episode 025 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Epidode 025 (MP3)

(additional intro effects: boom, record, Blue Bossa. Additional thanks for proof-hearing the intro to Juan Rodriguez and MarkDude on #severedfifth).

Just a reminder that we're coming up on the release date for Episode 25, so if you want to get in your votes for the Big Four of  Creative Commons Metal, you have less than a week to get them in! Send them my way at craig@openmetalcast.com.

Thanks!

I promise it's not because I was lazy, it just sort of happened that way. Honest. :)

• Three Betrayals Toward Modern Man by The Hollowmen from Three Betrayals Toward Modern Man (BY-NC-ND)
• Reflection of God by Tuchulcha from Reflection of God (BY-NC-ND)
• Imperfection by The Nail from Imperfection (BY-ND)
• Of Tides and Desert by Ritual of Rebirth from Of Tides and Desert (BY-NC-ND)
• Tres anys by Projecte Atzucac from Tres anys (BY-NC-ND)
• Race Against the Machine by Slash Dementia from Race Against the Machine (BY)
• Gangsters by Green from Gangsters (Fuck the Illuminati) [Single] (BY-NC-SA)
• The Dying Wizard by Gods of Fire from The Phoenix (BY-NC-SA)

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

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

Open Metalcast Episode 024 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode 024 (OGG)

• Antagonist by Neurotech from Antagonist (BY-SA)
• Antithetical (Single Mix) by Cryogen Second from Synthematika Two (BY-NC-ND)
• Hear them Whisper by Ghostfog from Hear Them Whisper (single)(BY-NC-ND)
• No More by Dead Channel from UN-X-PRESSED (BY-NC-ND)
• Battlefield Of Love (Per Aspera Gentle Vision) by Mental Discipline from Fallen Stars CDM (BY-NC-ND)
• Lovesongs (feat. Axel Zabel) by The Glass Spider from Resistance (BY-NC-SA)
• The Keys (Deconstructed remix by Deconbrio) by Unwoman from Unremembered (BY-NC-SA)
• Critical Stop by Patient Zero from Screen Saviour (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or invite them to play at your singularity party. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #4 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #4 (MP3)

I managed to lose my entire music collection due to some stupidity on my part, but luckily I saved the playlist that I'd come up with earlier. Hope you enjoy!

• Serving the Cowards by OVIF from Devast (BY-NC-ND)
• Burnt & Broken by Dark Confessions from Century of Blood (BY-NC-ND)
• Incoming Attack by Heaven Can Wait from Heaven Can Wait (BY-NC-SA)
• In Saecula Saeculorum by Anima Adversa from In Saecula Saeculorum (BY-NC-ND)
• I am by Reasons for Eternity from Prepare to Charge (BY-NC-ND)
• Goddamn Asskicking Well by Terrordome from Shit Fuck Kill (BY-NC-ND)
• Black Metal is Dead! by Mors Tua from Fortress (BY-ND)

Special thanks to Metal-Libre. Check out their blog for more great freely-licensed metal albums!

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or write a blog post about how you think they could kick the shit out of the Death Star. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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

Open Metalcast Episode #23 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #23 (OGG)

Hey everyone,

Listen to the following special announcement, and send me your Top 4 Creative Commons Metal Bands that you've discovered on this show. I'd like to compile these for Episode #25 so we can have a Big 4 of Creative Commons Metal.

Send them to craig@openmetalcast.com.

And also please consider sending the bands that you choose \$5 each via Jamendo, Bandcamp, or whatever means you can. They really need your support!

And remember to thank them for making their music Creative Commons Licensed!

Open Metalcast Special Announcement (OGG)

Open Metalcast Special Announcement (MP3)

• Sweet Mary by Moray Eel from Priest Hunter (BY-NC-ND)
• Evil Incarnate by Cynicism from Portrait Of Extinction (BY-NC-ND)
• Pestilent Ones by Antipathiea from Pre Release Sampler (BY-NC-ND)
• Memories by MindwhispeR from Demo (BY-NC-ND)
• Red Dust by Desdinova from Dead Space (BY-NC-SA)
• Orpheus by Sybell from Forbid (BY-NC-ND)
• First three tracks from Sebkha-Chott from Nagah Mahdi - Opuscrits en 48 Rouleaux (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or shave their name into your cat's fur. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

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

Open Metalcast Episode #22 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #22 (OGG)

21 episodes in means we'll be able to drink without having to make a fake ID. Woo hoo!

• Death Prophecy by Enforces from The Executioner (BY-NC-SA)
• Black War by RESILENCE from The Strongest Decides (BY-NC-ND)
• The Blooming decay by Picture from The Dwelling (BY-ND)
• Caperucita by Psicodelicia from Frenética Autodestrucción (BY-NC-ND)
• Walk the Twisted Line by Random from prrimo, the [EP] (BY-NC-ND)
• Flimmern by The Nuri from Music Box (BY-NC-ND)
• The Wanderer by Drakum from Around The Oak (BY-NC-SA)

Open Metalcast Episode 21 (OGG)

Open Metalcast Episode 21 (MP3)