While the Open Metalcast interns scour the net for Creative Commons Metal Music (contrary to popular belief it's not just one person searching Bandcamp on the Monday Evening before the show drops. Nope, not that at all) we've noticed a lot of tags for the music we find. One tag that can be a mixed bag is "experimental", which can lead to some truly unique music, or can lead to something that sounds akin to, well, something else. Fortunately our crack team of interns (and not one guy on a Monday Evening) have steeled him, er, themselves against such sonic barrages to bring you the finest in Creative Commons Metal Music. Plus we have some straight up metal to punish your earholes. We have tracks from Maleceptor, Back to R'lyeh, VII ARC, Goatfather, La Agonía de Vivir, The Grajo side of the latest ATAVISMO & GRAJO split, Batchlight, and Cratylik Feat BassToss. We can't thank our interns enough for taking a few hits here and there for the team, and once we clean up the mess maybe we can have some more.

• (00:11) Maggot Infested Munter by MALECEPTOR from Digest the Damned (BY-NC-ND)
• (03:45) Warnings by Back To R'lyeh from The Awakening / Last Fight of the Primordial (BY-NC-ND)
• (10:13) DΩXA by VII ARC from DΩXA (BY-NC-ND)
• (15:15) As The Crow Cries by Goatfather from Hipster Fister (BY-NC-ND)
• (19:11) Sitio by La Agonía de Vivir from LADV01 - ASEDIO "el último invierno" 12" (AGOTADO / SOLD OUT!!!) (BY-NC-ND)
• (21:26) Feeding Our Demons by Grajo from ATAVISMO & GRAJO split (BY-NC-ND)
• (27:38) Criminals by Catchlight from Amaryllis (BY-NC-SA)
• (34:01) Maître après mètres ft BassToss by Cratylik Feat BassToss from None (BY-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or do whatever you need to do to make them happy people. 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 #129 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #129 (OGG)

This week I got a strange note from one of my friends who wondered if I was moving in. Apparently on my recent order of CDs from Hypnotic Dirge Records I accidentally left it on the last shipping address I used. That address was his address from when I last sent him some CDs for Christmas. I had a few moments of confusion until I realized what was going on. But it all worked out because these were albums that I know he'd like anyway, so in a way it was an unintended act of human kindness. So Hypnotic Dirge Records got another order from me, and my friend got some amazing music. The moral of the story? Buy more music, share more music, and support the bands you love, even if it's unintentional. What is intentional is the collection of tracks we have for you this episode. We have tracks from Shardana, The Look of Time, Twisted Wrath, Negative Voice, Mahidevran, and a brand new track from SUNNATA. Send them to all of your friends who will listen (and the friends who won't listen. ;) ).

• (00:10) Shardana (Kadesh) by Shardana from No Cadena, No Presoni, No Spada, No Lei (BY-NC-ND)
• (03:15) The Pinnacle of Hypocrisy by The Loom of Time from NihilReich (BY-NC-SA)
• (07:52) To The Sword by Twisted Wrath from Madman's Chorus (BY-NC-ND)
• (11:35) Instant by Negative Voice from Cold Redrafted (BY-ND)
• (17:44) Karma by Land Of The Sun from Land Of The Sun (BY-NC-ND)
• (23:03) Parable by Mahidevran from Singl Parable (BY-NC-SA)
• (30:27) Zorya by SUNNATA from Zorya (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or surprise your friends with their music. 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 #128 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #128 (OGG)

One of the best parts of doing a podcast about Creative Commons Metal Music is I'm only answerable to you, the fans. I don't have to try to fit my show into pre-constrained time limits, and I don't have to fit the songs around commercials. And because it isn't over the air I don't have to make ham-fisted attempts at bleeping things out that might offend sensitive ears. It's just you and me sharing music the way music should be shared; among people who care about the music and the bands who make it. This episode features a brand-new EP from show-favorites Wildernessking, (who apparently don't rest in South Africa ;) ). We also have new music from Reliever, Reluctant Mortem, The Sad Bastard Book Club, Totem Skin, WendigoPsychosis, and Pyramidal. And the Open Metalcast Vaults found a neglected track from Dead in Montana. So do your part and download this episode to see how far you can push your limits. And do your friends a favor and share with them as well.

• (00:10) So Be It by Reliever from Exile (BY)
• (05:00) Winter of the parasite by Dead in Montana from Goliat & Dead In Montana (BY-NC-ND)
• (07:11) Hidden In A Barrel by Reluctant Mortem from The Allure Of A Dying Soul (BY-NC-ND)
• (14:41) Birth by Wildernessking from Levitate (BY-NC-ND)
• (19:27) Entropy Hits on the Seventh by The Sad Bastard Book Club from And the Sirens Sang of a Time When There Were No Foghorns (BY-NC-SA)
• (26:30) Always Ire by Totem Skin from Weltschmerz (BY-NC)
• (31:07) Zum Fressen gern by WendigoPsychosis from Herzblut (BY-NC-ND)
• (37:48) Motormind by Pyramidal from Jams From the Sun (Pyramidal & Domo Split LP) (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or set up a fan website dedicated to 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 #127 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #127 (OGG)

One of the things that I really enjoy about putting together Open Metalcast episodes is picking up music from around the globe. There's a ton of bands putting out not only amazing music but also amazing physical musical artifacts to enjoy. One band in particular is Psygnosis with their latest album: "AAliens". The artwork on this LP is amazing, and a lot of thought and care went into putting this together. I also picked up "Exist" by Cyranoi, which comes in a beautiful digipack CD case with great music and great artwork to boot. And even though not every band puts out physical media there's still a lot of care that goes into producing artwork to catch the most jaded metal fan's eye. Do yourself a favor and click on the links below. There's a lot of work that goes into making these albums, and I'm sure Psygnosis, dOwnhill, Domestic Terror, Decaying Continuum, Cover of Night, Involución, Moron, and Cyranoi would appreciate it if you not only gave their albums a peek, but also a listen. Hopefully this show will give you a taste of what you can expect to not only hear but see as well.

• (00:07) Abiogenesis by Cyranoi from Exist (BY-NC-ND)
• (04:48) Film by Moron from RZEKA EP (BY)
• (08:22) Cuervos de la Tempestad by Involución from Adelanto 2016 (BY-NC-SA)
• (11:48) Through Pine and Aspen by Cover of Night from Cover of Night (BY)
• (18:40) Expending Humanity Within by Decaying Continuum from The Burden of Entropy [Demo] (BY-NC-ND)
• (22:42) Domination Through Systematic Invasion by Domestic Terror from War Crimes (BY-NC-ND)
• (26:00) The Harpy's Nest by dOwnhill from dOwnhill (BY-SA)
• (32:43) Man ov Steel by Psygnosis from AAliens (BY)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or gaze longingly upon their artwork. 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 #126 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #126 (OGG)

One thing that I didn't miss while Open Metalcast was on hiatus was writing the short blurb that precedes the listing of tracks in the show notes. Part of that is because sometimes I don't have much to add to an already great set of music. And this show is no exception, with tracks from Rain On Their Parade, Goliath, Muldjord, Broken God, Icarus Crash and Separate Sun. Plus we have one more track from the Apierogon album by Polygons. But the main reason I don't like writing these is because I have to come up with superlatives for songs like Apocalyptic Witchcraft by show-favorite Petrychor. And really, how much more can you say about a band that can craft 26 minutes of black metal and still keep your attention? You'd be overdrawn from the superlative bank and have to see a teller to take a loan out. So rather than read me try to sell you on listening to this episode I think we'd both be happier if you just download episode 125 of Open Metalcast and we'll call it even. No charge; just the finest Creative Commons Metal Music this here Internet has to offer.

• (00:10) Mojave by Rain On Their Parade from Wonderlights (BY-NC-ND)
• (03:30) @Recooperated (Ft. Todd Jones of Nails) by Goliath from Darkest Dawn (BY-NC-ND)
• (07:36) Hateful by Muldjord from The Reissue of My Soul (BY-SA)
• (12:45) Drifters by Broken God from Monolith (BY-NC)
• (21:29) Ruta Dorada by Icarus Crash from Erizos (BY-NC-SA)
• (26:37) Clock on the wall by Separate Sun from If you don't wanna howl at the moon... (BY-NC-ND)
• (31:13) Apeirogon III: Emergence by Polygons from Apeirogon (BY-NC-SA)
• (35:55) Apocalyptic Witchcraft by Petrychor from Apocalyptic Witchcraft (BY-NC-SA)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or have them play a show in your home country. Whatever you can do to help these bands keep making music, please do it!

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, as well as news, videos, interviews, reviews and more.

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

Open Metalcast #125 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #xxx (OGG)

Eight months ago Open Metalcast went on hiatus. The short of it was because my father-in-law was needing more elder care and we needed to shore up resources for his care. Unfortunately he passed away last year. This show is dedicated to him, even though he likely never heard it or knew it existed. We miss you, Dad.

So I have eight months to catch up on of sharing Creative Commons Metal Music with you. Let's get started with music from Phylogeny, The Afterthought Ecstasty, Sonus Mortis, Wildernessking, Negative Voice, Akaitsuki, two tracks from EWÏG FROST, and Lèpoka.

It's good to be back, though I wish it were under better circumstances.

• (00:12) Seizure of the Tremoctopus by Phylogeny from Phylogeny (BY-SA)
• (04:55) Paradoxal Subjugation by First Fragment from The Afterthought Ecstasy (BY-NC)
• (10:04) The Crypt Of The Death Prophet by Sonus Mortis from War Prophecy (BY-NC-ND)
• (16:32) With Arms Like Wands by Wildernessking from Mystical Future (BY-NC-ND)
• (24:47) Limitation by Negative Voice from Limitation [single release] (BY-NC)
• (30:09) Ryujin by Akaitsuki from Akaitsuki (BY-SA)
• (34:00) A1-The Railroad to Hell by EWÏG FROST from The Railroad to Hell EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (36:32) A2- Black Rollin' Thunder Clouds by EWÏG FROST from The Railroad to Hell EP (BY-NC-ND)
• (41:26) Beerserkers by Lèpoka from Beerserkers [2016 album] (BY-NC-ND)

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

Also check out the other great podcasts at Metal Injection, as well as news, videos, interviews, reviews and more.

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

Open Metalcast #124 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #124 (OGG)

Open Metalcast was released five years ago on August 17th, 2010 and we thought it would be a great idea to do something special for you our faithful listeners and aficionados of Creative Commons Metal Music. So we got thinking: what could we do to show you how much we love you, the audience, and do something special to celebrate this momentous occasion. Five hours of music? A track from all of the bands we've played on this show? Severed Fifth's Jono Bacon parachuting into each and every one of your homes? While we chucked around these amazing (and somewhat scary) ideas we decided to do the one thing that keeps you coming back for mote: keep bringing you great Creative Commons licensed metal music. We've got tracks from Kekal, Panchita la Pistolera, A Grave On Mars, Death of a Poet, Othismos
Another Destiny Project, Throne of Malediction, Let It Flow, Did You Just Hex Me?, Betrayal, and BlackStar. So rather than serve us restraining orders or testing your intestinal fortitude we'll serve up 50 minutes of crushing metal to tantalize and appease your craving for Creative Commons Licensed Metal Music. Here's to five years and many more to come!

• (00:00) Scream by BlackStar from From The Ashes (BY-NC-ND)
• (03:42) And Now You're A Slave by Betrayal from Black Magic Whore (BY-NC-ND)
• (09:06) If I Do That I'll Fall Down by Did You Just Hex Me? from Did You Just Hex Me? (BY)
• (12:07) Fragments by Let It Flow from Fragments (BY-NC-SA)
• (16:38) Through the Sorrow (single) by Throne of Malediction from None (BY-NC-ND)
• (21:56) Nessuna promessa di cambiamento by Othismos from L'odio necessario (BY-NC-ND)
• (26:10) Final Surrender by Another Destiny Project from None (BY-NC-SA)
• (31:23) Saying Goodbye (Re-Release) by Death of a Poet from None (BY-NC-ND)
• (35:02) Track 1 Demo by A Grave On Mars from A Grave On Mars (BY-NC-SA)
• (39:48) centro by Panchita la Pistolera from PINITO (BY-NC-ND)
• (45:49) Neutrality (alternate mix) by Kekal from Luka EP (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or make a five-years-running podcast featuring 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 #123 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #123 (OGG)

Ever have one of those days where you just want to keep the music going and don't want it to stop? That's what happened with this episode. It's understandable when you have such great bands as deafheaven, Eschatos, Seal Of Beleth, Beastmaker, Fodastic Brenfers, KDC, Rebel Wizard, Envig, Azgard, and Vinnum Sabbathi in your playlist. Heck, you just forget to stop the music and announce all of the great songs until the very end of the episode. Well, maybe you might. Not that I'm speaking from experience here, but sometimes the music just flows so perfectly you don't want it to stop and you can't figure out where to stop. So sit back and enjoy the episode and relax: I couldn't figure out where to stop either.

• (00:11) From the Kettle Onto the Coil by deafheaven from None (BY-NC-ND)
• (06:39) In Whole Alone Is Good And Elsewhere Nowhere by Eschatos from The Grand Noir (BY-NC-ND)
• (14:08) Nightmares by Seal Of Beleth from s/t (BY-NC-ND)
• (24:05) Heathens by Beastmaker from Beastmaker (BY-NC)
• (28:35) Esparro by Fodastic Brenfers from Québec (BY-NC)
• (31:14) Rutwaltz by KDC from The Veracity of Solitude (BY-NC-ND)
• (32:56) Suffocate the earth with the wizard cape of negativity by REBEL WIZARD from Negative Wizard Metal (BY-SA)
• (37:09) Thralldom Awaits by Envig from Warmachine (BY-NC-ND)
• (39:49) Be a Man by Azgard from At the Break of the Day (BY-NC-SA)
• (43:38) HEX II: Foundation Pioneers by Vinnum Sabbathi from Fuzzonaut Split (BY-NC-ND)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or package their track with nine other songs. 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 #122 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #122 (OGG)

Ever have one of those days where you just decide to put your entire library on shuffle and see what happens? That's what happened with this episode. I narrowed down the library to just the Creative Commons Metal Music, turned on shuffle and hit "play". What you're hearing is a (mostly) shuffled version of what is in the Open Metalcast archives. This episode has a mix of different artists, featuring Colosso, Aborym, Exiled From Eden, Trocotombix, Black Autumn, Pr4nA, The Foetal Mind, Frozen Dust, Petrychor, Concatenate, Omainen, and Thou. Some of these haven't been on the show in a while and others are more recent. So sit back and let the realm of randomness take you on an hour-long journey of Creative Commons Metal Music.

• (00:42) Four Edges Of Deceit by Colosso from Foregone Semblances (BY-NC-SA)
• (04:59) V by Aborym from Psychogrotesque (BY-NC-SA)
• (10:37) Genocide by Exiled From Eden from Eve of the End (BY-NC-SA)
• (14:13) Reza Hindrakesuma by TROCOTOMBIX from Psicopompos (BY-NC-ND)
• (16:03) The Threefold Life by Black Autumn from Aurora - Morgen Rothe Im Auffgang (BY-NC-SA)
• (21:38) Desert sand by Pr4nA from Pr4nA (BY-NC-ND)
• (26:20) Total Chaos by The Foetal Mind from The Grand Contraction (BY-NC)
• (29:32) Into the Night by Frozen Dust from Reincarnation (BY-SA)
• (33:21) Ceaseless White by Petrychor from Makrokosmos (BY-NC-ND)
• (39:18) Priorities by Concatenate from Concatenate's Concatenated Stuff (BY-NC-SA)
• (43:16) The End of Time by Omainen from Shades of Grey (BY-NC-SA)
• (49:09) The Song of Illuminate Darkness by Thou from Ceremonies of Humiliation (BY)

Please support the bands in this show! Buy a T-Shirt, buy an album, head to the shows, or buy their cat pet food. 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 #121 (MP3)

Open Metalcast #121 (OGG)

Have taken a bulk carrier in stasis to avoid detection enroute to Neptune. This is our last transmission until we arrive. Unsure what we will find but hoping to blend in with some Extropian or Scum collectives until this all blows over. Wish us well.

Stasis disturbed. Link damaged. Backup engaged. Transmitting... Transmitting... Transmitting...

• (00:23) Distractions by Deconbrio from The Art of Violation: Part One (BY-NC-SA)
• (03:58) Quien by Echovolt from Odds On The Underdog (BY-NC-ND)
• (07:56) Culture Shock by Patient Zero from Transgressor (BY-NC-SA)
• (11:25) Pwning the network by Dopestarsinc from Ultrawired (BY-NC-SA)
• (15:02) Leviathan by Silicon War Sector from Téchne (BY-NC-ND)
• (19:05) Dealer by MSHAA from Android 2014 (BY-NC-ND)
• (22:34) Transcendental by Neurotech from Infra Versus Ultra (BY-SA)
• (26:43) Darkest Side by N-616 from Darkest Side (BY-NC-ND)
• (30:41) Mein Name ist Legion by Die Leere im Kern deiner Hoffnung from Zeit ist eine Illusion (BY-SA)
• (34:37) Dancing with Shadows by Opened Paradise from Occult (BY-NC-SA)
• (38:36) Skeptik by LAHO from Escape from the Dying Star (BY-SA)
• (42:39) Tunguska! by Maximum Sexy Pigeon from Unfit For Human Consumption (None)
• (46:21) Dancing in fire by NANOCULT from Nirvana (BY-NC-ND)

I'd like to thank you for checking out this episode of Open Metalcast and remind you it's the bands that make this show possible so head to the shows, buy a T-shirt or give them new shells to upload to.

Whatever it takes, let them know that you care, thank them for making their music Creative Commons licensed, and tell them you heard their music here on Open Metalcast .com. Also, if you have any music you'd like to suggest for the show, send it my way at craig@openmetalcast.com. And remember to check out all of the great metal podcasts on Metal Injection, where you can hear all of their great podcasts, as well as news, interviews, videos, and more. Thanks for listening.

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Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #15 (MP3)

Open Metalcast Special Episode: Club Metal #15 (OGG)