Published by Ray McGill and Phillip T. King
Phil and Ray diving deeper and farther into the details of heavy metal minutiae, in a lighthearted but also deadly serious manner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Phil and Ray are joined by Dean and Dan from Melbourne's Helluloid, to talk about their newly released debut album Slash Metal, as well as some iconic albums of that have shaped their heavy metal experience. Helluloid Slash Metal Also some new albums: The Veil Departures with their upcoming Melbourne show on June 27 Automaton Labyrinth Warning Rituals of Shame Featured albums Dean: Megadeth - Peace Sells Slayer - South of Heaven Dan: Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness Judas Priest - Painkiller Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 14 min
Phil and Ray pay tribute to Ross 'The Boss' Friedman, by looking back on the iconic Manowar albums he played on. No need for a playlist for this episode, you know exactly what to do Malignant Aura's new album Where All of Worth Comes to Wither is out now https://malignant-aura.bandcamp.com/album/where-all-of-worth-comes-to-wither Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
46 min
Phil and Ray continue the discussion of 1986 albums, delving a little deeper and a little wider across what was happening 40 years ago. We can't cover everything, but we do our best to cover most of the highlights Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
40 min
Metal Minutiae is back for season 3. It is 2026, and Phil and Ray are looking back on 1986 and which albums are turning 40 this year. A year where quite a lot happened in the world of heavy metal. The conversation was a very long one, so the episode has been split into two parts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 6 min
Phil and Ray return after what has been a very busy second half of the year. Lots to catch up on, lots to talk about, lots of highlights from the year, but also far too much to fit in an hour or so. Please forgive us for the many things we skipped - send through your highlights if you are so inclined No playlist for this episode. Probably safest bet is for you to just put on some Black Sabbath Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
26 min
Ray chats with Dan Nahum, the organiser of Essence Festival in Canberra, set to be held October 3-5 at The Baso. We discuss what went well last year, what will be different this year, and what some of the highlights might be for the 2025 iteration. There is also a brief guest appearance from Dan from Irreparable who wandered by while we recorded in The Tote beer garden. Essence: In the traditions of Canberra's Metal for the Brain and SoundOut, as well as Dark Mofo, Essence is a diverse underground music festival, taking in various metal subgenres (death, black, doom, sludge, and more) as well as other genres: noise, post-punk and post-rock, experimental, industrial, ambient, improvised, and even dark and contemporary takes on traditional music. The bill is from across the Australia and features a mix of impressive live stalwarts, cult artists that perform only rarely, and new and exciting acts. Many have never performed in Canberra before. This year Essence is co-presented by NSW/Qld label Gutter Prince Cabal, and has also added an explicitly visual element in the form of NSW visual artist Greallach. Links: Tickets https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/8e1e8ce6-2061-4037-8f12-285520dc45f4 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/essence_festival Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6AiuxATeB2UGdNkk16cL6g?si=2ed3ac3ba03847b1 Full band list Life Cult Pod People Diploid Contaminated Convulsing Tir Growth Teeth Dreams Golgothan Remains Mammon’s Throne raven ZCluster Nontinuum Bacchus Harsh Burden Man Živa Shay Doe and Jack Napier Josh Shipton Oar Lithik Bruxist Knife Marlēné Claudine Radice Fukno Canary Bones Atavus Infectum External Organ Futility Essentia Vermis Friday night pre-fest: Destruktor Aglo Hebephrenique Grotesque Bliss Leaker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
57 min
Phil and Ray sit down with Ed from Aardvark to talk about what Aardvark have been up to and also discuss three classic albums important to Ed Aardvark's coming Sydney show with Bengal Tigers https://www.factorytheatre.com.au/event/bengal-tigers/ and Flitcraft with Bengal Tigers in Melbourne https://theleadbeaterhotel.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/c2ae7bdb-3062-410f-bd46-99bef5801c70?Event=219393 No playlist for this episode but be sure to listen to Accept - Metal Heart Thin Lizzy - Chinatown Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 4 min
Phil and Ray tackle one of their favourite song types - the heavy metal Epic. Whether it be 7 minutes, or 8 minutes as the cut off, there is nothing small and or lacking in these songs Episode Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DBN0O41gq1MbpAnjZvhvM?si=d72c992502f94ed3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 17 min
Phil and Ray are back after a bit of a break with even more Secrets of Steel. Finally actually creating a part 2 episode to go along with all those part 1s from last year. Strap yourself in for some classic heavy metal ingredients and be sure to let us know about any excellent examples we missed, because we always want more! The gigs Ray mentioned are: Spectral Wounds, with Pestilential Shadows and Golgothan Remains June 13 at Metro Social in Sydney tickets here The Veil, Lithik, Irreparable, Futility at The Tote July 26 in Melbourne tickets here Episode playlist here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 7 min
Phil and Ray discuss a wide range of bands that either maybe should have stopped, or they are grateful only had a brief period of being productive and grapple with the question, does not wanting more of a band you like make any sense? No, of course not. But we aren't always rational beings. Upcoming gigs that were mentioned Hobart March 8 Pestilential Shadows, Permafog, Midnight Odyssey, Portcullis https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/a3feb1c4-9aec-4f6c-a347-6c63fa52042c Melbourne Dethfest March 9 https://tickets.cornerhotel.com/outlet/event/3db93de4-eab1-4c18-84fc-6f7821922a84 Sydney April 12 Destruktor, Pestilential Shadows, AftermatH, Petrol https://allevents.in/marrickville/destruktor-%7C-factory-floor-sydney/200027790152024# Black Sabbath tickets on sale Feb 14 https://www.livenation.co.uk/show/1561056/back-to-the-beginning/birmingham/2025-07-05 Lots of other things mentioned, I'll try and get a playlist done when I can, but there is a lot covered in this one! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
42 min
Phil and Ray are back in 2025 chatting with Stu from Silent Knight, while they are in town as the national support on Hammerfall's Australian tour. Stu was crashing on Ray's floor while he was in town, so we thought we might as well record an episode. This episode did require significant editing as Ray and Stu are brothers, and apparently like to bicker at each other, which is no fun to listen to - just ask Phil. We cover Iron Saviour, Atlantean Kodex, Dragonland and more. Playlist for the episode is here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02yzXsb4c2M6DMSnG04WbD?si=b8e2b0d14fe24c81 Check out Silent Knight https://silentknightband.bandcamp.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 10 min
We cover a lot of things in this one. And it is quite a long episode. It has been a while between episodes and a fair bit has happened in between with Nicko's retirement, Paul Dianno's passing, Solstafir, Opeth and Tribulation all with new albums that have elicited a range of opinions. Ray mentions that Tarot are playing more shows as part of the album launch tour, but it appears that he may well have made that up. Follow Tarot on socials to stay in the loop though https://www.instagram.com/tarottasmania/ Episode playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WgRLFi1JQDGefBRW5fKWA?si=cbe4d31705434916 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 8 min
Its Halloween next week so we thought we'd celebrate with some Helloween and Keep of the Seven Keys Part 1 and Part 2 , as the first installment in what is becoming a series of first installments. This one we are calling Jewels of the Crown. Excellent heavy metal albums, that are probably appropriately rated, but we'll talk about them anyway because we love them. Also discussed: Austere - Beneath the Threshold and their upcoming Aus tour with Harakiri For the Sky courtesy of Your Mate Bookings https://www.yourmatebookings.com/uncategorized/3318/ Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N4rLtjPzH0 Grand Magus - Sunraven Halford - Resurrection Ray's experience at Essence Festival Phil talks Glenn Hughes and Black Jesus (separate gigs) The playlist of things we've been listening to continues to grow and become more and more eclectic, so enjoy that here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
46 min
Steel Assassins is almost upon us again. The yearly heavy metal festival held in Sydney by Dave Balfour at Metal Evilution. Get your tickets and be there in Nov 8 and 9 at The Bridge in Sydney tickets Episode playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HK4ImHg24QMEXbE1bbnTI?si=N3dYpGBcR7uROs-9ZBCs7g&pi=a-KvScuGkCT6On Also discussed The quite heartwarming story of Phil's introduction to Deep Purple's Burn and the upcoming Glenn Hughes tour Anthrax's Fistful of Metal being a pretty good amount of metal The 'big 4' having not great album covers for their first albums Blacksound Records has a physical location coming site Silent Knight and Valhalore (apologies for Ray mispronouncing that one, if you had to read his handwriting you'd know why) have been added as the supports for Hammerfall's upcoming Australian tour Grand Magus - pure heavy metal with a new album Sun Raven coming out Oct 18 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
49 min
Phil and Ray are back and talking about albums they like that they think other people maybe don't like quite enough... or at least don't seem to talk about. Are we wrong? Are people always talking about them and we just live in a bubble that. Or are they terrible albums that people don't talk about for a damn good reason? Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer Mercyful Fate - Dead Again Dissection - Reinkaos Type O Negative - Dead Again Also discussed Phil's Megadeth revisit begins with Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! Mood Lifters - the Rush tribute show was in Melbourne 40 Watt Sun - Little Weight is going to be occupying Ray's stereo for a while, giving Warning's Watching From a Distance some respite Wintersun - Time II Iron Maiden Bulletbelt Melbourne DethFest https://www.facebook.com/melbournedethfest/ line up has been announced. March 9th at the Corner Hotel with Left To Die, Pestilential Shadows, Gutless, Werewolves, Pizza Death, Midnight Odyssey and more Emu playing in Melbourne Sep 26 at Shotkickers but also playing all across the east coast at the moment Tarot album launch tour kicking off in December. Playing the Gaso Dec 6 in Melbourne Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14 min
Phil and Ray go and see Iron Maiden in Melbourne on The Future Past Tour. Some nostalgic chat about Iron Maiden before we headed out and then some initial responses directly after the show - audio quality while we are outside the stadium is a bit rough, as I'm sure you'd expect Also, as a point of correction Nicko McBrain is actually 72 years old. The Wickerman radio edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dfDkxHtT9I Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 5 min
Ray and Phil return with more Metal Minutiae! Setting aside our differences after last episodes clashing on bands. This time, talking about some of the key elements of heavy metal that we both love. The Secrets of Steel: Alchemical Ingredients for a High Quality Heavy Metal Experience. Part 1. Part 1 of how many? No one knows. They are secrets after all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
35 min
Ray has a chat with Dan Nahum about the upcoming Essence Festival taking place in Canberra September 27 and 28. Recorded at the Espy just before Dan went on stage with Altars so there is a bit noise from trams, traffic, punters nearby, an acoustic artist playing, Pete from Whitehorse joining us briefly... you know how it goes. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/essence_festival?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Tickets: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/cd26dd51-5ece-45d3-83de-56023e28e2d0 Festival Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7shu6UxUMoYz3fnh5oviRP?si=f9efd7a9840c41cf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
52 min
Phil and Ray talk about the bands that they feel like they should probably like more or just don't quite get. It turns out that they don't like each others favourite bands. Will this spell the end of the podcast and Phil and Ray's friendship? Doesn't seem like it. Have a listen to some of the things we've been listening to over the last few months https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51HX07ZcHeIsBpNy9vUJiw?si=db576ccee10c40de Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
58 min
Foot Stompers, Bangers, Epics and Ballads. The four types of songs. In this episode Phil and Ray talk about the curious beast that is the heavy metal ballad. Why does such a thing exist when it seems like it is perhaps the antithesis of heavy metal? The answer, because sometimes they are quite good. Also talked about: New single from Tribulation, Queen as one of the top 10 non metal bands that heavy metal owes a great deal, and reporting in on a few gigs attended in Melbourne over the previous couple of weeks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.