I Hate Music

"Talent" is a word that is used a lot in the arts, but does it discredit the years of hard work and dedication that people put into their craft?  Does it discourage people to pursue their interests if they are not masterful immediately?  It's a word that has been stuck in my throat for years, and a descriptor I have been hesitant to use for a long time.  Does talent exist?  Are people born naturally adept to be good at certain things?  We discuss this and try to get to the bottom of our feelings on the subject. We also have some great listener emails, we do a couple of segments, and announce our new Patreon membership program as well as announce a fun new contest!  As a side note, the IHM drinking game is now official.  Every time we mention Gwar, Sebastian, or a Kyle, drink up!  We encourage hydration, not inebriation, so alcohol is optional.   -------------------- Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz. "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli.  I Hate Music image by Jori Apedaile. Segment intro music by Jori Apeda

For the unfamiliar, Body Count is lead by rapper Ice T, and their debut album stirred a lot of controversy in the early '90s.  Most famously, the song "Cop Killer" landed the band in the public eye and garnered the scorn of the PMRC, the Police, and parents everywhere.  Body Count married hip-hop and metal in a way that had never been done before and inspired generations of musicians to become more socially aware. We always have time for listener emails, a segment, and we also talk about Death and Death To All, a lot.  So, join us in the I Hate Music drinking game, and take a sip every time we mention Gwar, or a Kyle, or Sebastian, and enjoy this episode.   -------------------- Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz. "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli.  I Hate Music image by Jori Apedaile. Segment intro music by Jori Apedaile. Produced by Jason Walton for Earth in Sound Productions. -------------------- Follow us on socials, donate to support the podcast, listen to our playlist on Spotify, and visit us online: 

MDF!  Maryland Deathfest!  When Baltimore, Maryland becomes a seething mass of humanity clad in black clothes and wristbands.  MDF returns after two years to host a million and a half bands over five days, and I Hate Music is there, recording on location, day by day, to give everyone the updates.  We know you are dying to know which breweries we hit, what food we consumed, what bands we watched -- so secure your day pass, put those foam insoles in your shoes, and strap in cause this one is a doozy.  We discuss performances by Dismember, Mayhem, Arcturus, Broken Hope, Primordial, Spirit Possession, Gorguts, Atheist and many more. Of course we don't ignore listener emails, and we find time for one segment as well.  Do it up!   -------------------- Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz. "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli.  I Hate Music image by Jori Apedaile. Segment intro music by Adam Stacey. Produced by Jason Walton for Earth in Sound Productions. -------------------- Follow us on socials, donate to support th

Why would I care about The Grammys?  What the hell is The Recording Academy?  What do they even do?  Vinyl albums are made by little magicians and wizards, right?  It's pure magic and no one knows how it's done, right? In this episode our good friend, and all around bad-ass, Amy Dragon joins us to discuss these topics and shed some light on these misunderstood subjects.  We talk about attending The Grammys, how they can be important, and discuss the real-world good that The Recording Academy does outside of the awards show, helping musicians with healthcare, education, and networking.  She also explains what she does for a living; vinyl pre-mastering.  She gets a bit technical and explains how a record is made, from mix to final press. Amy also joins us for some listener emails, some segments, and we don't hear from any Kyles or mention Gwar once.  Join us.   -------------------- Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz with guest Amy Dragon. "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli.  I Hate Music image by Jori Apedail

I Hate Music travels down south to Houston, Texas to catch a Texas-sized load of bands during Hell's Heroes Fest 2024.  Each day we recorded from our hotel room, recapping the previous night's bands and events, then once back home we discuss day three and wrap up the entire festival as a whole.  We discuss highlights, lowlights, what makes this festival great and the general ups-and-downs of attending music festivals.  Bands and performances we ruminate on include Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus, Forbidden, Autopsy, Twin Tribes, Helstar, and many more.   Join us for all the tales of ripped shorts, spilled beers, BBQ lines, battle vests, bathroom lines, Lyft rides, cask beers, cramped planes, loud guitars, mud, sun, and heavy metal. -------------------- Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz. "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli.  I Hate Music image by Jori Apedaile. Segment intro music by Jori Apedaile. Produced by Jason Walton for Earth in Sound Productions. -------------------- Follow us on socials, donate to sup

From the About the Author section of Alex Stupak's "Tacos: Recipes and Provocations: A Cookbook."  "Alex Stupak earned recognition as one of the world's most innovative pastry chefs while leading teams at progressive cuisine icons Clio, Alinea, and wd-50. But innovation only counts, he figured, if you push yourself out of your comfort zone, and so he left that world to cook Mexican food, a cuisine that captured his head and his heart. His restaurant Empellón Cocina earned him a James Beard nomination for Best New Restaurant in the country, and Food & Wine magazine named him a Best New Chef in 2013." Alex is also a metalhead.  In this episode we speak with Alex about the parallels between food and music, and the similarities between creating both of these art forms.  Alex tells us about his journey going from one of the world's most celebrated pastry chefs, to opening his first Mexican restaurant.  We discuss the challenges of being a restaurateur, and the importance of pushing boundaries and pushing yours

Eddie, Vic Rattlehead, Snaggletooth, Korgull the Exterminator, The Not Man, Sargent D. -- what is the purpose of a mascot in music?  What makes a mascot good, and what makes one bad?  Why does it seem like mascots only appear in metal music?  In this episode we examine a few mascots in metal and try to figure out why they exist, and if they are an important part of the bands they represent. We also dive into some listener emails and delve further into what is now being called "The Vader Epidemic," as well as reveal a major twist in the story of the multiple Kyles.     -------------------- Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz. "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli.  I Hate Music image by Jori Apedaile. Segment intro music by Jori Apedaile, and Adam Stacey. Produced by Jason Walton for Earth in Sound Productions. -------------------- Follow us on socials, donate to support the podcast, listen to our playlist on Spotify, and visit us online: I Hate Music Linktree Email and listener suggestions to: hate.pod.music@gm

We are back once again, this time to reminisce about metal fests we've attended, compare notes on fests we would like to attend, and look forward to fests we will attend in the future.  What are our favorite festivals, and our favorite festival experiences?  What makes a good festival and what lead to the popularity of fests in America and Europe?  Which festivals are run the best, which ones have access to the best food?  We talk about indoor versus outdoor festivals and share stories of our festival experiences at Roadburn, Northwest Terror Fest, Wacken, Milwaukee Metal Fest, Maryland Death Fest, Migration Fest, Party San, and more. As usual we do a couple of segments to wrap up the show, plead for listener emails, and beg for purchases on the webstore.   -------------------- Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz. "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli.  I Hate Music image by Jori Apedaile. Segment intro music by Jori Apedaile, and Adam Stacey. Produced by Jason Walton for Earth in Sound Productions. -----------

In this episode we dive into the complicated world of collecting, and of course, record collecting to be specific.  Purchasing physical media from artists we love is very important to us, but how do you manage all of it financially and logistically?  Where do you draw the line and when has it gone too far?  We discuss, contemplate, and pontificate on the mechanics of being a die-hard music fan and record collector. Right after that, we tackle a few segments, read some listener email, and finish with a semi-exhaustive piece on Napalm Death's classic and divisive track, "You Suffer."  We gathered clips and comments from friends and luminaries in the scene, each one offering their thoughts on the song, interspersed with live versions and covers of the infamous two second song.  See below for the break down of who and what you are hearing in this piece, in order of appearance. "We Suffer, but Why": Casey C-PNapalm Death Live (Unknown)Ione WaltonJohan J.J Jonasson "You Suffer" Orchestral CoverJon Rosenthal (Invis

Mortiis has been an outlier and a legend in dark music for decades.  From being an original member of Norwegian Black Metal band Emperor, to his solo work as Mortiis, to the suicidal ambience of Vond, Mortiis has often been misunderstood, yet he has blazed his own path with no regard for trend or what could be deemed successful.  Now, decades later, the genre Mortiis arguably created has had an explosion in popularity worldwide.  In this episode we welcome Mortiis into our own dungeon to discuss Dungeon Synth past and present, his time in Emperor, gear, and his writing process. We also welcome Jori Apedaile of Eneferens as he joins us as a third host and helps us tackle listener Emails about download codes, meeting our musical heroes, as well as helping us keep track of all the damn people named Kyle that write in.  The three of us attack another "FMK," a "T-Shirt of the Day," and of course a "Let's Stump Nick (and Jori)."     -------------------- Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz.  Special guest host Jori A

We are fighting the Christmas spirit this year by discussing the trend of Metal bands writing about money-grubbing, lying, megachurch owning evangelists in the '80s and '90s such as the infamous battle between Deicide's Glen Benton and Christian Talk Show Host Bob Larson.  We also share our favorite albums from 2023, including picks from Spirit Possession, Frozen Soul, Phobocosm, Blood Incantation, Xysma, and more.   Listener emails bring us back to discussing Gwar again, discovering the New Mexico Metal scene, and we get another email from that one dude, Kyle.  You'll also find a few segments at the end to round out the evening.   -------------------- Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz. "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli.  I Hate Music image by Jori Apedaile. Segment intro music by Jori Apedaile, Adam Stacey, and Nathanael Larochette. -------------------- Follow us on socials, donate to support the podcast, listen to our playlist on Spotify, and visit us online: I Hate Music Linktree Email and listener sug

In this episode we are joined by Canadian composer and guitarist Nathanael Larochette (Musk Ox, The Night Watch, Solo) to talk turkey about all our favorite Thanksgiving songs and more importantly, discuss why acoustic music, and particularly acoustic guitars, are metal.  We share with each other how acoustic music has impacted us, why we think it works in a metal context, and pontificate on why we think it has become so popular within metal, and within its own metal adjacent genres. We each play a song or two that we think exemplifies acoustic music in metal, while Nick and Jason get into some segments such as "T-Shirt of the Day," "FMK," and "Let's Stump Nick."  We round out the episode with some listener emails, corrections on dumb statements and glaring omissions we've made, and give a call out to listeners to school us on New Mexican Metal bands.   *Please visit our Linktree to access our Spotify playlist featuring songs we play on the show, as well as related songs.  Playlist will be updated for each ep

Nick and Jason kick off the episode by catching up a bit before getting into some fascinating and terrifying listener emails.  They then dive into the theme of Halloween in music, which of course, devolves into related themes such as Fall and Horror films.   Discussions of time traveling for the sake of witnessing historic moments in musical history and which bands took some getting used to for Jason round out the episode. A couple of new segments are introduced and we play some songs related to the discussions as well. *Please visit our Linktree to access our Spotify playlist featuring songs we play on the show, as well as related songs.  Playlist will be updated for each episode. -------------------- Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz. "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli.  I Hate Music image by Jori Apedaile. -------------------- Follow us on socials, donate to support the podcast, listen to our playlist on Spotify, and visit us online: I Hate Music Linktree Email and listener suggestions to: hate.pod.musi

You can't deny this episode.  From protest music of the '60's, to punk, thrash metal, and grindcore, musicians and artists have been warning us about climate change for decades, but why aren't we listening?  We have no idea but we sure love the music.  We discuss politics in music and environmentally aware bands like Nuclear Assault, and D.R.I, as well as discuss climate changes within music such as the "Weirding of Norway" or when metal bands turned to alternative music in the '90's for inspiration. We play a few of our favorite songs that fit within the aforementioned topics, and discuss pressing issues like the best first date metal concerts, concert etiquette, and tolerance of bands evolving into something that they weren't initially. *Please visit our Linktree to access our Spotify playlist featuring songs we play on the show, as well as related songs.  Playlist will be updated for each episode. -------------------- Hosts:  Jason Walton and Nick Wusz. "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli.  I Hate Music i

I Hate Music is back!  After a much needed vacation, we finally got sick of putting our feet up and sipping on cocktails and decided we missed this too much to retire permanently.  During our vacation we had a lot of time to reflect, and ponder our history and what we are doing.  We realized we needed something different, something to revitalize our spirits and inspire us to move further into uncharted waters.  So, we are back with a new format, new goals, new ideas - and a co-host!   Please welcome to IHM as our new co-host, Nick Wusz.  Nick is an old friend, and we have attended many concerts together, we have travelled together, raised our kids together, had many good times and hard times together and we are thrilled to have him on board.  You may know him best from heading up acoustic doom band Dolven, or from his whistling work in Sculptured, but now you can add this podcast to his resume as well.   In this episode we discuss reunions.  Why they happen, and can they be good?  We play a couple of songs fr

Tanner Anderson.  I hate the word talent, but people like Tanner make me rethink my aversion to the concept.  I've been fortunate enough to call Tanner a friend for quite awhile now, and am overjoyed to watch him evolve and grow as an artist particularly with Obsequiae.  If you like "Non Serviam", with a touch of "Skydancer", and a sprinkle of "His Majesty at the Swamp," and if you don't need me to tell you what bands made those records, this episode, this band, and this man, are for you. Tanner also treats us to an exclusive premiere of a new Obsequiae song, just for I Hate Music!  So, please pass the aux to Tanner, and join us as we discuss Pizza Thrash, tons of obscure records, why the demo is always better, and the relevance of Dungeon Synth in 2022. -------------------- "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli. Bumper music by Obsequiae. Featuring exclusive premiere of a new Obsequiae demo song! -------------------- https://www.facebook.com/hatepod.music/ https://www.instagram.com/i_hate_music_podcast/ Email

Daniel Lake is a contributor to Decibel Magazine, but as of late, he has been more in the public eye due to his book, USBM.  The book dives into the motivations, histories, and music of a number of heavy hitters in the United States Black Metal scene, and I wanted to learn more about his process of researching and writing this gem.   So, please pass the aux to Daniel, and join us as we talk about black metal, travel, thrash metal, and Satan. -------------------- "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli. Bumper music by Leviathan and Absu. -------------------- https://www.facebook.com/hatepod.music/ https://www.instagram.com/i_hate_music_podcast/ Email and listener suggestions to: [email protected] Donations to support our podcast: paypal.me/hatepod #ihatemusicpodcast **I Hate Music is an Earth in Sound Production** https://www.earthinsound.org/ --This episode sponsored by The Sonic Cloth Podcast https://thesoniccloth.podbean.com/

Lawnmower Deth.  Often ignored, usually misunderstood, but has been a staple in my ears and in my heart since the early '90s.  The boys from Nottingham took quite the hiatus and are back with a new album after a 28 year gap; their first record since 1993's "Billy."  In this episode I talk with Pete Lee, vocalist for Lawnmower Deth, and we listen to a couple new songs, an old song, and discuss various things such as bread rolls, the importance of the Grindcrusher comp, Dan Seagrave, and why the band took such a long break. So, pass the aux to Pete, and join us for a delightfully punk/thrash conversation and hear why Lawnmower are better than ever! Closing song "Raise your Snails" from the upcoming Lawnmower Deth album 'Blunt Cutters' out January 28th on Cherry Red Records. -------------------- "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli. -------------------- https://www.facebook.com/hatepod.music/ https://www.instagram.com/i_hate_music_podcast/ Email and listener suggestions to: [email protected] Donations to

On Episode 46, Dylan Neal of Thief came on the show and played us a bunch of crazy music.  This time, Dylan and I sit down and listen to the new Thief album recently released by Prophecy Productions entitled "The 16 Deaths of my Master." Dylan shares with us production techniques, reveals hidden gems within the songs, and we discuss the themes and ideas within the music. This is, without a doubt, my album of the year, and has been in constant rotation at my house, and in my car, as well as being incessantly in my head.  Dylan is a fascinating person, an engaging artist, and "The 16 Deaths of my Master" is a staggering work of heartbreaking genius. Please pass the aux to Dylan, and join us as we discuss our teenage years, geek out over plug-ins and VSTs, and delve into the world of Thief.  https://thief-official.bandcamp.com/ -------------------- "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli. -------------------- https://www.facebook.com/hatepod.music/ https://www.instagram.com/i_hate_music_podcast/ Email and listener

Feral Season is good.  Feral Season is damn good.  The band's debut album, "Rotting Body In The Range Of Light," out on Profound Lore records harkens back to the second wave of Norwegian Black Metal, but without truly biting the style, or sound.   Karl and I delve into a couple songs off of the album, discuss the writing process and the themes behind the record, an manage to listen to some of his doom-death band, Occlith, as well. So pass the aux to Karl, and join us as we nerd out over Enslaved, Mayhem, EVPs, and absolutely gush over the new Cannibal Corpse record.   https://feralseason.bandcamp.com/ -------------------- "I Hate Music" theme by Marius Sjoli. -------------------- https://www.facebook.com/hatepod.music/ https://www.instagram.com/i_hate_music_podcast/ Email and listener suggestions to: [email protected] Donations to support our podcast: paypal.me/hatepod #ihatemusicpodcast **I Hate Music is an Earth in Sound Production** https://www.earthinsound.org/