Its been a while since our last show but we’re back with Episode 51.

This episode features Glasgow noise artist Black Sun who Gordy caught up with after their gig at New Elgin Hall. Black Sun released their last album in 2003 entitled Fleshmarket, a complex fusion of Noise, Doom and Progressive metal. The band itself consists of Russell McEwan, Kevin Hare, and Graeme Leggate.

Gordy also hosts this show which also features some of the freshest choice cuts of metal for your listening pleasure.
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 Episode 51 - Black Sun [75:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Its Polling Day here in the UK I hope you’ve cast your vote in the General Election and to mark the occasion we have episode 50 of Ragnarok Radio.

This edition of the podcast features Dundee based Industrial Metallers Masonic Abyss. Their newest album Music for the Apocalypse is out now featuring 14 tracks, tune in to our show to hear one! We know its been a long interval between doing shows but we’d like to welcome you back with our newest member of the Ragnarok team Matt Seddon.
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 Episode 50 - Masonic Abyss [77:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Its been a while since our last show but Ewan and Victoria are back co presenting with north east based gothic industrial musician Synoiz.

Synoiz released his first album Ambients in October 2009 and has followed that up with a recent single release entitled Ever Emptiness. Much of his inspiration comes from video game soundtracks and produces what can best be described as ‘horror soundscapes’.

We hope you enjoy this foray into co-presenting and it includes an interview with Synoiz where we talk about the pitfalls of being an independent artist and where the ideas for the Ambients album came from.
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 Ragnarok Radio - Episode 49 - Synoiz [84:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Its an American invasion on this month’s Ragnarok Radio with our interviews with Cauldron and Bonded By Blood.

Toronto’s NWOTM band Cauldron talk to Gordy in Glasgow about Chained To The Night, record collecting and playing at Germany’s Keep It True festival in 2007.

Bonded by Blood formed in 2005 hailing from the Californian Thrash Metal scene naming themselves after the 1985 Exodus album ‘Bonded by Blood’. Exiled to Earth is set to be the bands second full length album to be released this year on Earache Records.

Episode 48 features the following metal tunes.

Cauldron - Chained up in chains
Bonded by Blood - Feed the beast
Rotten Sound - Blind
Necronoclast - Vultures
Without Thought - In Your Hands
Wolves in the Throne Room - Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
The Howling Wind - Virulence
Hellbound - Swamp Blues
The Bombs of Enduring Freedom - Beware the Bombs

 

 Ragnarok Radio Episode 48 - Cauldron and Bonded By Blood [76:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

C.J from Newcastle’s hard rocking punk act The Wildhearts talks to Andy in Glasgow. The interview was conducted while the band were on tour promoting their new album ‘¡Chutzpah!’. The tour featured a set list playing the album in its entirety along with an encore featuring older songs.

¡Chutzpah! is their eighth studio album released in August 2009, produced in Denmark by Jacob Hansen who has most famously worked with Volbeat. C.J talks about working with Jacob, their new ‘downtuned’ playing style and appearing at the Kerrang! awards.

Episode 47 is presented by Gordy and Richard on location in Glasgow.

This month’s show features a mix of hard rock and heavy metal with the following tunes.

Revengine - Given It All
Final Curse - Christinsanity
Sleeping Martyr - Hollow
Solipsia - Confusion
Wheelchair Wheelchair Wheelchair Wheelchair - Panto Massacre
Forever Never - Empty Promises
The Wildhearts - Chutzpah
The Flare Up! - Put it in a Letter
Eightball - Revolution Man

 

 Ragnarok Radio Episode 47 - C.J from The Wildhearts [70:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In our readers poll Amon Amarth were our most requested metal band to be interviewed, so in Episode 46 we bring you our interview with Johan Soderberg.

We caught up with the Swedish Viking metallers in Newcastle on tour promoting their latest album ‘Twilight Of The Thunder God’ released in 2008. ‘Twilight’ is the seventh studio album and features a variety of guest musicians including L.G Petrov of Entombed, Roope Latvala of Children of Bodom and Perttu Kivilaakso of Finnish cello metal crossover band Apocalyptica.

Also in a slight change to our usual shows Richard and Ewan present this months podcast on location in Dundee.

As always this month’s metal podcast comes with the following tunes.

Switch Opens - The Electric Hour
Blind Image - Sepia Tone Sunrise
Mama Kin - Too Much
Bonafide - Fill your head with Rock
Spit Like This - Sweet Transvestite
Amon Amarth - Guardians of Asguard
Element of the Machine - Seas of blood
Von Benzo - Medicine
Burial - Fall of the holy

 

 Episode 46 - Johan Soderberg from Amon Amarth [62:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Our interview with Mark Jansen from Dutch symphonic metallers Epica features as possibly our last interview of 2009!

Epica recently released their new album ‘Design Your Universe’ in October of this year. It includes a guest appearance from Sonata Arctica’s Tony Kakko and is the first album to feature their new guitarist Issac Delahaye.

Mark talks to Rich about what its like touring in the UK and how such complex musical compositions are created during Epica’s writing process.

As usual we have some great metal tunes to accompany the show. We hope that your looking forward to the festive season and have a very brutal Christmas!

Warpath - Damnation
Mean Streak - Battle Within
Napalm Death - Scum
Construcdead - My Haven
Unsun - Whispers
Epica - Unleashed
Spheric Universe Experience - Lakeside Park
White Wizzard - High Speed GTO
Thaurorod - Warrior’s Heart

 

 Episode 45 - Mark Jansen from Epica [81:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Haunted and recently reformed At The Gates guitarist Anders Björler talks to Gordy in Glasgow about his inspiration, favorite riffs and what its like being a semi professional musician.

Swedish thrash metallers The Haunted released their last album ‘Versus’ in September of 2008 and are about to visit the UK in support of Slayer. Our interview with Anders was conducted before The Haunted attended this years Bloodstock festival.
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 Episode 44 - Anders Björler from The Haunted and At The Gates [69:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Lori Linstruth and Arjen Lucassen join us to talk about their latest project Guilt Machine. The album ‘On This Perfect Day’ was released in Europe on August 31st, an album of self reflective twists and turns through progressive metal sounds.

As well as Guilt Machine Arjen also talks about life after the Ayreon project and his future musical direction.

Accompanying this is Phil’s look at the progressive metal scene focusing on amongst others Mesuggah and Mastodon. A great starting guide for the uninitiated to prog metal!
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 Episode 43 - Lori and Arjen from Guilt Machine [101:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In episode 42 we discover the meaning of…. life, the universe and maybe not everything but at least you’ve got something to listen to while pondering the possibilities!

In this edition of Ragnarok we talk to Simon from York metallers Pantheon about their latest collaboration on the heavy metal charity record ‘One Voice’ for the NSPCC and also what it’s like to be an unsigned band in the UK.

Also Gordy talks to Tommy Concrete from Man Of The Hour at Studio 24 in Edinburgh about their upcoming album to be released on No Face Records

And of course the show also features the following tracks -
Echos Of Eternity - Ten Of Swords
Excellent Cadaver - Bear Blasting
Pantheon - New Shadow
Legion Of The Dying - March On
Nanna Satanen - Legojuna
Man Of The Hour - Whirlpools Of Hades
Seregon - Band Of Brothers
Painting In Negative - Inertia
Danny Tanner - Kill Me Yeti

 

 Episode 42 - Simon from Pantheon and Man Of The Hour [76:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download