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

Our Halloween special featuring all the finest evil metal to get you in the mood for ghoulish goings on. Whatever you choose to do this year we hope you have a great time regardless of if you get dressed up or not!

Episode 28 features the following devilishly heavy bands…

Zimmer’s Hole - While you were shouting at the Devil… we were in league with Satan
Red Warlock - The Ritual
Kronahaarn - Ghost Town
Devilish Impressions - Dracula’s Mechanised Universe
Detrimentum - First Three Circles of Hell
Helloween - Halloween
Death - Zombie Ritual
Zombina and the Skeletones - Nobody likes you when your dead
The Coffinshakers - Halloween

 

 Episode 28 - Dancing with the Devil [64:20m]: 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

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Anaal Nathrakh - The Final Absolution
Korvus - In The Name Of Lucifer
For Your Sins - Aftermath Of The Massacre
In Mourning - In The Fading Hour
Obliteration - Repent
Blasphemous Creation - They Come At Night
Paths Of Posession - Memory Burn
Prong - Power Of The Damager
Stairway - No Mercy

 

 Episode 26 - British Summertime [60:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

If you can drag yourself away from the glorious British summer here’s the latest episode of Ragnarok. If your in a band and would like to leave us a shout out (or ident) that we can use on the program give us a call on 0191 645 3780, if your an international caller use +44 and remove the zero at the front of our number. Then leave your message in the following format - Hi, I’m (your name) from (the name of your band) and your listening to Ragnarok Radio. Thanks!

Tracklisting for the show goes like this…

Fueled By Fire - Massive Execution
Davola - The Rising
Core - Rewind
Centurions Ghost - Requiem
Kinetic - Vessel Of Rebirth
Helrunar - Glamr
Lotis - Suudelda Neidu
Tyrant - Hell Is Broken Loose
Sigh - Death With Dishonour

 

 Episode 25 - Insulting people in Polish [49:29m]: 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

Hey everyone hope you all had a great summer solstice which in the viking calendar is of course the midsummer blot! We’ve already been hitting festival season and this coming weekend is Graspop which we’ll be attending if your gonna be there and see us just come over and say hey. Anyway episode 22 shapes up to be a little like this…

Atsphear - Ascent Descent
My Own Grave - Beneath Dark Waves
Suidakra - A Blackened Shield
Alba Gu Brath - Dupplin Moor
Corrupt Absolute - Root Junkie
Hammerhand - Firebeast
Thoughts Of Ruin - The Despised
Malera - Depersonalised
Stigmata - Solitude

 

 Episode 22 - Budgie Smuggling [63:57m]: 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