The Heavy Metal Hangover
Podcast where the beer is always be cold and the music is always heavy.
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An unscripted, weekly heavy metal themed show that’s all fun and no politics. Join Rex and Duff, friends since childhood and lifelong metal fans, while they have the conversations you have with your buddies over a few drinks. Full of random topics and hilarious stories, this show is unlike any podcast you’ve ever heard. If you want a show about heavy metal without any agenda, but loaded with laughs, this is the show for you. Rex and Duff have a beer in one hand, and a fistful of metal in the other.
Episodes
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
In this episode Rex and Duff review an article from Loudwire and their list of what they think the Big Four of other metal subgenres are and talk about where we agree, where we disagree and who we think they left out.
Picks of the Week:Rex: Avenged Sevenfold - City of EvilDuff: The Halo Effect - Days of the Lost
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
In this episode Rex and Duff pit glam songs against one another in another edition of our "Versus" segment. Then we talk about if bands that make mistakes can ever redeem themselves.
Picks of the Week:Rex: Nails - Unsilent DeathDuff: Uriah Heep - Chaos and Colour
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
In this episode Rex and Duff spend some time talking about KISS, guitars and how some bands have gone for more bass and chug in their sound, and then talk about those dangerous albums that once you put on you just can't stop listening to.
Picks of the Week:Rex: Carnivore - CarnivoreDuff: Bolt Thrower - … For Victory
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
In this episode Rex and Duff talk about horror and metal since this was recorded on Friday the 13th this month. They also talk about discovering music and how metalheads feel ownership for their music and what it's like when you discover new music. Then they somehow meander their way into talking about cover songs.
Picks of the Week:Rex: Obituary - Dying of EverythingDuff: Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
In this episode Rex and Duff talk about bands who have changed their style significantly over the years and how some fans say they wish they would sound like they did years ago. And if those bands were to go back and try and sound like they did in their "glory days" would it be accepted? Then we discuss Kerry King's frustration with Slayer retiring.
Picks of the Week:Rex: Slipknot - IowaDuff: Sebastian Bach - Angel Down
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
In this episode Rex and Duff go back and look at the work of Type O Negative and do an album by album retrospective on the "4 D*cks from Brooklyn."
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
In this episode Rex and Duff talk about albums that are so good when you come across them in a record store you almost wish you could experience them again for the first time. We also talk about some of the differences between our top ten lists this year and others we have seen.
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
In this episode Rex and Duff talk about the roots of heavy metal... those bands that came first and lead to the genre we all know today.
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
In this episode Rex and Duff talk about old bands that have toured through the years and if they can still deliver the shows they used to with age and sometimes a revolving door of lineups. Also more "Versus" with Dimebag vs. Zakk Wylde and Early Cannibal Corpse vs Early Six Feet Under.
Picks of the Week:Rex: Entrails - An Eternal Time of DecayDuff: Blind Guardian - The God Machine
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
In this episode Rex and Duff talk about Ozzy vs Sabbath and then name our top 10 albums of 2022.