Open Metalcast Episode #167: Chewy Center

Dec 19 2017

If you're anything like me you pretty much started the holiday season already sick of holiday music. Worse, you likely have seen all of the top albums of the year lists that you care to see. Here at Open Metalcast we like to be a refuge from all of that nonsense. (2017 has been enough of a pain for all of us already). All we care about is giving you the finest in Creative Commons Metal music. And with artists like Nuclear, Rapid Dominance, The Machinery of Other Skeletons, Mavradoxa, Skyforest, Eschatos, Pūrpura, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard there's plenty of music to satiate even the most carnal of metal desires.

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album or head to the shows. 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.

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Open Metalcast Episode #166: Journeys of Metal

Dec 05 2017

Sometimes when I'm listening to a lot of music my mind wanders. It's really easy to get lost in some of these auditory soundscapes. And this episode presents quite the journey starting with Âstillian, Deaden, NASHGUL, Deathsurrection, Incinery, Carbono, Ceremony of Darkness, and Forja as your guide. It's a show you'll want to make sure stamps your passport.

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. 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.

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Open Metalcast Episode #165: Analog Hole

Nov 22 2017

Over the lifespan of digital music there has been a constant desire to control the copying of the data. Various watermarking and copy-protection schemes were put in place to ensure that folks wouldn't share music. But no matter how protected the data there was always a weak link between the digital realm and the realm where you could listen to music. That was referred to as the analog hole; the moment when the digital signals become sound waves that your ears and brain perceive as music.

Luckily for us in the Creative Commons realm we can still share digital copies of our favorite music. We don't have to worry about exploiting the analog hole; it's just another part in the enjoyment of our music.

We've got a great collection of Creative Commons Licensed metal music lined up for you in this episode. We have music from Plague Mass, Imminent Attack, Mosh, Norilsk, Mindslaved, Desdinova, Machete, and Snake Thursday. It's a show you'll be happy didn't stay locked in the digital realm forever.

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. 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.

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Open Metalcast Episode #164: A Little of Each

Nov 06 2017

When putting together an Open Metalcast show sometimes they take on a life of their own. While I try not to make "themed" shows some sections tend to get a bit of a theme to them. Sometimes the theme is to try not to have much of a theme at all for that section and instead throw together a lot of similar yet different musical styles together. This is one such episode where each song is slightly related to the song that preceded it. But when you have a collection of artists like Khroma, Demimonde, Locus Mortis, Gateway to Hell, Deep Space Destructors, Illuminus, GERANIÜM, and Potato Hate Explosion sometimes you just have to throw caution to the wind and let the music take you where it will.

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. 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.

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Open Metalcast Episode #163: Strictly Non-Palindromic

Oct 24 2017

We got a little off-schedule from the last show but it was most certainly not because of a lack of great metal music. So much great music was released lately including brand new Hela and split between Ah Ciliz and Chiral from Hypnotic Dirge Records. This episode features tracks from Ósserp, Catalytic, Expain, Hela, Tornet, Le Mur, Ah Ciliz, and Urizen. It's a show chock full of Creative Commons Metal Music you won't want to miss!

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. 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.

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Open Metalcast Episode #162: Infinite Possibilities

Sep 26 2017

Every time I think about the varieties of sound that are conveyed by 16 bits at 44.1KHz it boggles my imagination. So many bits, so many possibilities. One moment it can play brutal death metal, the next a brief punk song, and then smooth sludge metal. It can encompass guitars, drums, organs, voices; you name it - it can do it with incredible fidelity.

We have a great show of amazing Creative Commons metal lined up for you. We have tracks by Deadeye Dick, VULTURYON, Colorblind, Enuma Elish, Phantom Elite, Heavy Temple, Blank Spell, and the crushing Hammond Organ of Mount Atlas.

<p?so many choices, and we thank you for sharing one of your choices with us.< p>

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows. 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.

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Open Metalcast Episode #161: Judicious Use of Headphones

Sep 12 2017

This episode is a tribute to those little bits of plastic, metal, and silicone that help keep us sane during the day. This is also dedicated to the friends of the show that help keep it going via sending albums via the Bandcamp wishlist. Between headphones, friends, and music what more could one ask?

We've got a great show to exercise your headphones, including tracks from Dropthehammer, Photonoid, anal botox, Odradek Room, MOTOR, Dendrites, Thunderhag, Inhaling the Plague, and Neverside. Plus it's CC-licensed so you can exercise your friends headphones as well.

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. 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.

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Open Metalcast Episode #160: Longer Brief Thoughts

Aug 29 2017

Sometimes short and sweet is the order of the day. Sometimes there's more to be said.

This episode is on the shorter-end of the spectrum but that doesn't make it any less potent. Especially with bands like humanhostbody, Crowned In Flesh, Throne of Botis, Old Man Wizard, Neptuniam, Cyborg Octopus, Wombripper, and Noble Beast pushing the limits of awesome Creative Commons metal.

Perhaps we should re-brand it as concentrated or ultra-strength?

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or do their laundry. 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.

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Open Metalcast Instrumetalcast #011: Reflections

Aug 15 2017

It's been over a year since we brought out the last Instrumetalcast.

Time to rectify that.

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, or head to the shows. 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.

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Open Metalcast Episode #159: Metal Journeys

Jul 31 2017

Sometimes i get lost in the music. Sometimes I involuntarily stop what I'm doing and just listen to the music. In this episode we have plenty of metal music to get lost in. We have tracks by Demimonde, Hekatombe, Seversun, Sarin, Epra Astera, Akaitsuki, Coma., and Lèpoka. Caution: Use caution while listening to this music. Might cause you to lose track of time, miss your exit, or God-knows-what. But you have our guarantee that this is the finest Creative Commons Metal you'll hear this episode.

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or give them a ride to their next gig. 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.

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