This is the first part of our series about women in Heavy Metal with interviews from female metal stars.

With these podcast programs we’re hoping to highlight the differing roles and challenges faced by women in the Heavy Metal industry. In this show we talk to Floor Jansen of After Forever and Lori Linstruth guitarist turned manager for Arjen Lucassen.

The following episodes of this series will be available from our site in the new year!

Also included in this show are the following Metal tracks

After Forever - Energize Me
Interregnum - Storm Of The Ancient
Brainstorm - Inside The Monster
Girlschool - Demolition Boys
Lori Linstruth - Leite Mich
Lori Linstruth - If
Battlelore - House Of Heros
Khoda - Violent Times
Ego Likeness - Severine

 

 Ragnarok Radio Episode 30 - Women In Metal Part 1 [88:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Agamoth from extreme Black Metal act Abgott gives us this exclusive interview while being on the road at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow revealing details about the new album, why he made the move to London and what it was like being part of the Italian Metal scene.

If you like your metal blackened and brutal then this is undoubtedly the show for you!

This episode of the podcast features the following 9 crushing tracks
Abgott - Kronos Cosmic Throne
Benighted - Identisick
Beyond The Grave - Beyond The Grave
Cryptic Hate - Arterial Spray
Gallhammer - At The On Set Of Age Of Despair
Lazarus Blackstar - The Day The Circus Came
Martriden - The Art Of Death Infernal
Mindless Torture - Amputate
The Monolith Deathcult - Wrath Of The Ba’ath

 

 Episode 29 - Abgott [84:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The only band to get signed to Relapse Records from outside the United States are Glasgow Technical Death Metal group Man Must Die. The struggle for success of bands outside London and the rise of the Death Metal scene are just a couple of the questions covered during the program. Many thanks go to the band for laying down a brutally honest interview prior to the release of their third full length album.

If you were attending the Man Must Die show at New Elgin Hall and gave us a shout out then you’ll hear yourself on this edition of the podcast!

As well as Man Must Die you can also hear these tracks on the show in the following order….

Man Must Die - Cardboard Gangster
Allerjen - Until All Are One
Benediction - Killing Music
Immortal Divination - Execution For Power
Inner Rage - Disarray
Madman Is Absolute - Envy
Minotaur - Destruction Of Sodom
Solitary Mass - Red Mist
Treachery - Bound In Entrails

 

 Episode 27 - Man Must Die [77:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Four of Finland’s finest metal kings join us on this very special episode of Ragnarok Radio!
Marco Hietala, Tony Kakko, Jarkko Ahola and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto otherwise known as JP are the Northern Kings. If you haven’t heard of Northern Kings before they’re a symphonic metal supergroup who cover popular songs from Tina Turner to Radiohead. We’d like to thank everybody who helped us in putting this show together from managers to of course the artists themselves. The show also has the following tracks….

Northern Kings - We Don’t Need Another Hero
Tarot - Tides
Nightwish - Bye Bye Beautiful
Sonata Arctica - Don’t Say A Word
Charon - Colder
Teräsbetoni - Missä miehet ratsastaa
Northern Kings - Hello

 

 Episode 24 - Northern Kings [102:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Episode 23 is another special episode featuring Brian Ross from British heavy metal band Blitzkrieg who took time out from the recent gig played at the Newcastle Academy to talk to us. Thanks go to Brian, Blitzkrieg and Flat Hill Promotions! Keep your eyes on the Ragnarok site as photos from Graspop should be online soon. The track-listing for the show looks like this…

Arcane Corps - Anvilized
Devian - Scarred
Steel Prophet - Church Of Mind
Vantage Point - Motor Man
Crawler - Whiskey In The Jar
Dirty Rose - Insanity
The Gates Of Slumber - Dweller In The Deep
High On Fire - Deviliution
Overloaded - Feeling Overloaded

 

 Episode 23 - Blitzkrieg [72:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

With the summer sun and festival season already upon us again episode 21 features our interview with Newcastle band Bluntwoundtrauma. We’d like to thank the band for taking the time out to answer our questions. The playlist for the show runs in the following order.

Bluntwoundtrauma - Doom With A View
Boltdown - Deadlock
Entombed - Carnage
Fallen Fate - They Must Fall
Goat The Head - Beast Man
Hammer - Rock n’ Roll
Hellish Harmony - f u self
Project Failing Flesh - Regenerate
Vomicide - In The Temple Where I Beheld Her

 

 Episode 21 - Treat 'em mean keep 'em keen [75:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is part two of our interview with Arjen Lucassen of Ayreon fame! In Part two we talk to him about his side project Star One, the structuring of the Ayreon albums and his plans for the future. We’d like to again thank Arjen and Lori for arranging the interview and taking the time out to chat to us, the show also includes the following tracks.

Ayreon - The Castle Hall
Nocturnal Rites - Strong Enough
Beyond The Forest - Suffer
Katatonia - Soil’s Song
Last Carez - I Want Life
Star One - Intergalactic Space Crusaders
Symphony X - Eve Of Seduction
Opeth - Ghost Of Perdition
Gorefest - The End Of It All

 

 Episode 19 - Into The Electric Castle: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is part one of a very special set of two shows that feature Arjen Lucassen of Ayreon fame. In this episode we talk to him about how he got into music, wearing wigs and why Planet Y is called Planet Y. We’d also like to thank him for taking time out to talk to us! As always tracks are interspersed in the episode and the playlist is as follows.

Ayreon - Age of Shadows
Sirenia - Sirenian Shores
Star One - Set Your Controls
Stream Of Passion - Passion
Novembre - Anaemia
Smohalla - Nova Persei
Powerwolf - Prayer In The Dark
Threshold - Virtual Isolation
Strapping Young Lad - Love?

 

 Episode 17 - The Universal Migrator: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Episode 15 features our interview with Conquest Of Steel where we chat to them about the denim patch revival, emos and nu-metal. Along with that we’ve also got a bit of banter and of course some metal tunes including the new Firewind track, it might be first thing on a Monday but that doesn’t mean you cant rock out!

Conquest Of Steel - I Am Legend
Scavengers Daughter - Scavengers Daughter
Firewind - Mercenary Man
Blitzkrieg - The Phantom
Destruction - Death Trap
Man Of The Hour - Friendship Through Steel
Doomsword - Death Of Ferdia
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
The Prophecy - Rivers

 

 Episode Fifteen - Conquest Of Steel: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Next week I’ll be saying goodbye to my life as Guitar Hero 3 gets released in the UK but until then why not amuse yourself with episode 12 of Ragnarok featuring an interview with Man of the Hour! Along with them you can check out these other bands included in this months one year anniversary show.

Man of the Hour - Destroy the Machines of Slaughter
The Tyrant Lizard Kings - Going Down
Firebrand Super Rock - Point of No Return
Immanis - Thirteen
Entombed - Masters of Death
Burning Earth - The Scaven Cleaver
Charger - The Pride of Essex
Panic Cell - Save Me
Enslaved - Ruun

 

 Episode Twelve - Man of the Hour: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download