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)

There's an old saying in electronics that refers to releasing the magic smoke whenever you do something to fry a piece of hardware. Well, my laziness got the best of me, and I released the magic smoke on my trusty desktop computer's motherboard when I swapped out a power supply without pulling the old modular cables. So, this episode is later than usual, but hopefully a belated music-filled episode is better than no episode, and there's a bunch of great stuff in this episode, including new Kudai, new WirgHata, along with tracks from CHOSEN, Havok, and Oak Pantheon. There's also tracks from Cooked Pears, Дубль Пусто, and Forgenheim. But what's really a thrill for me is being able to play the band of someone I've chatted with online for many years who is a member of a band that might be familiar to you: Dropdead. I've been asking for years for them to make something Creative Commons, and finally they're part of the AS220's Spring Sampler 2013 (which is released under a Creative Commons License). With so much great music packed into this episode hopefully you'll agree that it's better late than never, and hopefully I'll remember that just because it fits doesn't mean it'll work. Shownotes and links down below:

• (00:57) Paths Of Glory by Dropdead from AS220's Spring Sampler 2013 (BY-NC-SA)
• (02:34) Т.Ж.Н.З.Н.Н.Н by Дубль Пусто from Classc+Anal (BY-NC-SA)
• (06:06) Ezin ahaztu by Kudai from Harezko dorreak (BY-SA)
• (10:09) Diminishment by CHOSEN from RESOLUTION (BY-NC-SA)
• (15:20) Aspen by Oak Pantheon from From a Whisper (BY-NC-ND)
• (21:40) Damned Soul by Cooked Pears from Sugar Blast (BY-NC-SA)
• (26:56) Wahrheit Alternative (Demo) by Forgenheim from Trash or Treasure (BY-ND)
• (28:57) A Pyrrhic Victory for Humanity by Havok from Apathy Esplanade (BY-NC-SA)
• (35:21) Shuttered Room (single) by WirgHata from 2013 - Shuttered Room (single) (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, but please don't release their equipment's magic smoke. 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 #073 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #073 (OGG)

Ugh. It's full-bore allergy season here, and apparently everything is being marked for death by my body. So to celebrate (?) we've lined up 8 tracks of music loud enough to make even the most stuffed ears hear clearly. And lest you think it's just the allergy medicine talking near the end of the episode, yes, that's just Judicator singing in German for their upcoming album. And you're probably over Crabcore, but are you ready for Duckgrind? It's an episode you won't want to miss, no matter how much cough syrup you've had.

• (00:10) Rise Above The Fallen (Demo) by Beneath a Crimson Sky from None (BY-NC-ND)
• (05:31) Cownhayne Lane by Donnie Brasco from Young Lives (BY-NC-SA)
• (08:52) Slumlord by Immoralist from Widow (BY-NC-ND)
• (12:02) Scumbag by Gift Giver from Daddy Issues (BY-NC)
• (15:15) Tienen Miedo by Grito from Resistiendo al Silencio (BY-NC)
• (17:56) Sirocco - Mael Suthain by Sirocco from Lambay (BY-NC_ND)
• (23:45) Wenn Kronen Zerschmettert Sind by Judicator from Wenn Kronen Zerschmettert Sind (BY-NC-ND)
• (32:10) Subhuman Propaganda by Artists Formerly Known As Idiots from Duckgrind Blitzkrieg (BY-NC)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or offer to kickstart their Kickstarter to Kickstarter their Kickstarter.. 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 Episode #072 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Episode #072 (OGG)

Finishing up this episode while recovering from the amazing convention known as Penguicon which happened this weekend. One of the highlights was one of the staff members dressed in corpse-paint and a hula skirt behind a Tiki bar. That's pretty unconventional, but what's even more unconventional (outside of being, well, outside of the convention) is the cadre of chaos we have in store for you in this episode. There's new stuff by Substance Black, Black Market Serotonin, and Samsara, as well as music from Masakari, cells, The Symbioz, Autarch, and one of my new favorite unconventional bands Toumaï. So get those headphone ready for a ride your ears won't soon forget. Shownotes and links to the bands follow:

• (00:09) Tide Will Turn by Substance Black from Tide Will Turn (BY-NC-ND)
• (05:56) XIV. The Voiceless by Masakari from The Prophet Feeds (BY-NC-SA)
• (10:05) lost for lust by cells from promo (BY-NC-SA)
• (13:16) Perception by Samsara from UNO (None)
• (16:52) Шлях поневірянь by The Symbioz from Шлях поневірянь (BY-NC-ND)
• (19:57) An Exodus by Autarch from The Death of Actiacus (BY-SA)
• (26:50) The End Of History by Black Market Serotonin from Something From Nothing (BY-NC-SA)
• (35:47) Madness in Mind by Toumaï from SAPIENS DEMENS (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or offer to do their taxes for them next year. 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 #071 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #071 (OGG)

Tax season is over (is that why my wallet feels lighter? Must be a new weight loss program.) Hopefully this season was kind to you, but if even if it wasn't, we still have the finest Creative Commons Licensed metal music to suit whatever mood the tax folks put you in. This show is pretty straightforward (unlike the tax code) with 8 awesome bands ready to tear your ear-holes a new one, including new music from Sedulity, Bronze, and Legions Ablaze. You might not be able to deduct the damage your house will withstand from you moshing around, but at least you'll feel better.

• (00:11) Ruthless Game by Halberd from Ruthless Game (BY-NC-SA)
• (03:44) Ascension by Vile Regression from The Pattern Evolves (BY-NC-ND)
• (07:33) The Hive by Legions Ablaze from (forthcoming album) (BY-ND)
• (11:56) Cachafaz by Random from Todo.s los colores del (BY-NC-SA)
• (17:56) All I Want by Grimoff from Twisted Games (BY-SA)
• (25:32) Its up to you by Nocreeps from Metal-Libre.org Origins I (CC-BY-ND)
• (28:53) Throw up instead by Bronze from Bronze (BY-NC-ND)
• (35:15) The Valley of Dying Stars by Sedulity from The Valley of Dying Stars (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or offer to do their taxes for them next year. 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 #070 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #070 (OGG)

Are the April Fools Jokes done yet? Seems every April Fools I want to disconnect from the Internet and find a secret, undisclosed bunker until it's all over. Fortunately we were able to pick up some great music before the April Fools nonsense really took effect, and were able to bury ourselves in our headphones while the "jokes" flew overhead. And we have some serious metal music for you, with the first EP from Keoma kicking off the show. There's also some great tracks from Kill the Klown and Panic.0, along with the sludgy goodness of Iron and Stone. Morgana vs. Morgana bring their amazing synthesis of Tool to the fore, and The Land of Shadows haunt the darkest places of your soul, but despair not, for Karlahan bring us out of the depths with their brand of Symphonic Death Metal. And we learn what the experimental tag is really for with Fanttasma's amazing music. No joke, this is some of the finest Creative Commons metal music. Shownotes follow:

• (00:10) A Time For You by Keoma from A Time For You - EP (BY-NC-SA)
• (05:29) Kill the klown - Hateful by L'angolo della follia from L'angolo della follia special edition 11-11-11 (BY-NC-SA)
• (10:05) Butchers Of Souls by Panic.0 from Panic (BY-NC-ND)
• (14:07) Glaciers by Iron & Stone from Maelstrom (BY-NC-ND)
• (18:41) De Lo Inevitable by Morgana Vs Morgana from ...de lo inevitable (BY-NC-ND)
• (26:37) The Land Of Shadows - Flowers Of My Life by The Land Of Shadows from Dark Romantika (BY-NC-SA)
• (36:00) Twilight by Karlahan from Metal-Libre.org Origins I (BY-NC-ND)
• (42:48) Life is War by Fanttasma from Another Sleepless Night (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or sacrifice the bodies of the April 1st pranksters to them. Wait, that’s not good. Nevermind. 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 #069 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #069 (OGG)

Back when there were record stores, there were some places that sold compilation albums of different artists. Sometimes they were full priced, and other times they were either inexpensive or free. There's also certain magazines like Metal Hammer, Terrorizer, and PROG that also ship with compilation discs. I always look forward to these discs because they give me a chance to sample bands I might not otherwise hear. Our friends at Metal Libre have put together a series of (currently four) compilation albums showcasing some of the best of Creative Commons Metal Music. Lots of these bands have featured on here, but what's really great is there's stuff I haven't heard yet, and will check out later on. Similarly the folks at Irish Metal Archive have similarly put together a staggering compilation of artists hailing from Ireland. Definitely check out these compilations, and give these bands some support. And lastly there's a great project over at MP3Tribute.com where Jairus Kahn of Ad·ver·sary is compiling a tribute to Aaron Swartz and his legacy by compiling 100 previously non-CC albums and releasing them under a Creative Commons License. it's unfortunate this is in the face of Aaron taking his life, but we close out this episode with one of the tracks from this project. You can find that track and all of the great CC-Licensed Metal Music in the shownotes:

• (00:09) Metaphysical Contradiction by CHOSEN from RESOLUTION (BY-NC-SA)
• (07:15) Waiting by Ophyra from Post Mortem (BY-NC-ND)
• (13:21) Destiny Invited by Dusk by Serpenthia from Metal-Libre.org Origins I (BY-NC-SA)
• (17:55) Oscuro renacer by Aesir from Metal-Libre.org Origins I (Copyleft (CC-BY))
• (21:41) Funeral Rites by Overlord from The Undead Cantata (BY-NC-ND)
• (24:22) M-16 by Napalm Strike from Demo 2013 (BY-NC-ND)
• (26:29) Calabozos by Bukowski from Split w/ Bestial Vomit & Grind Bastards (BY-SA)
• (29:01) Snipe The Lamb by AeSect from Irish Metal Archive (BY-NC-ND)
• (35:09) Anchorite by Acumen Nation from Transmissions From Eville (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or pick them up a beer at their show. Wait, that's not good. Nevermind. 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 #068 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #068 (OGG)

While putting together this week's episode for Metal Injection Radio I noticed a lot of material that I had on my disk for a while but hadn't put into an episode. So I picked a sample of the material you will hear on Metal Injection Radio this week and put it together in this episode. So give it a spin, and check out more great Creative Commons Metal Music during the Open Metalcast show on Metal Injection Radio.

• (00:10) War Of Hate by Weird Blend from Weird Blend (BY-NC-SA)
• (02:44) Those Who Bear The Scars by PLAGUE MASS from Visitation (BY-NC)
• (07:38) The Great Fatsby by The Armed from These Are lights (BY-NC-SA)
• (12:18) Enigma by Ipsilon from Zero (BY-NC-ND)
• (20:32) ДАЙ МНЕ ЖИТЬ by ReconQuistA from ДАЙ МНЕ ЖИТЬ (сингл) (BY-NC-SA)
• (25:24) Invisible Future by Strangelet from And You Will Never Be The Same (BY-NC-ND)
• (29:42) Kamikaze Virtuel by Lambda Shaman from EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (35:50) Trasmerana by Xera from Lliendes (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, head to the shows, or pick them up a beer at their show. Wait, that's not good. Nevermind. 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 #067 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #067 (OGG)