Join Pranav and Arvind as we dive into the headbanging, doomthumping sound of metal music and culture. As connoisseurs of fine metal, we talk about our favourite bands, the role metal plays in emotional release, mosh etiquette and the nature of elitism that differentiates 'true metal' from 'poseurs'.

Some stuff we mention

00:00:50 - Metal Lords on Netflix

00:05:54 - Behemoth - Ov Fire and the Void

00:07:40 - Tap Tap Revenge

00:23:54 - In Flames style change criticism

00:34:01 - Varg Vikernes and Black Metal

00:40:02 - DC Dark Nights: Metal

00:49:32 - Metallica - Trapped Under Ice

00:54:00 - Moshing

01:00:34 - Metal as a religious experience

01:07:40 - NOT LOFI METAL BEATS TO STRESS/CRAM TO

01:09:29 - Babymetal - Megitsune


Additional Reading

• Metal Subgenres
• Extreme Metal and Anger Processing
• Arvind's Metal Playlist on Spotify

Outro - Moon Noose by Druslan, used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.Obtained from freemusicarchive.org