Heavy Metal Philosophy

By Jon Barbas

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Episodes: 234

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An exploration of philosophy with heavy metal themes. The intersection between the dark, powerful, and introspective. Tune in every Tuesday!

Episode Date
#231: No Gimmicks, No Triggers, No Backing Tracks, Just Metal!
Aug 12, 2025
#230: How Can A Metal Band Be This Brutal And This Fun At The Same Time?!
Aug 05, 2025
#229: The Osbournes Reality Show Was Metal's Biggest Mistake... Or Was It?
Jul 29, 2025
#228: Did Hasbro Really Make a G.I. Joe Metal Band?
Jul 22, 2025
#227: Metallica vs The Department of Defense: What Really Happened?
Jul 15, 2025
#226: What Black Sabbath's Final Show Really Meant for Heavy Metal History
Jul 08, 2025
#225: What's Going On In England? Marilyn Manson Cancelled?
Jul 01, 2025
#224: I Met a Guy Who Went to 12 Metallica Shows This Year! How He Did It!
Jun 24, 2025
#223: The Philosophy of Cryptopsy: Turning Online Toxicity Into Brutal Art!
Jun 17, 2025
#222: Atlanta Disappointed Me During The Metallica Concert!
Jun 10, 2025
#221: What's The Best Metalcore Source Now That Nik Nocturnal Is Gone?
Jun 03, 2025
#220: The Philosophy of Rivers of Nihil. Work, Morality, and Anti-War.
May 27, 2025
#219: Why Do Metal Bands Love Nietzsche? MySpace Deathcore and Nihilism!
May 20, 2025
#218: The Philosophy Of Sleep Token Part 2: The Consequences of Obsession
May 13, 2025
#217: Is Behemoth Done With High Art Black Metal?
May 06, 2025
#216: How The AI Debate Is Like Abortion
Apr 29, 2025
#215: Does Being Alternative Ever Become Normal? Wednesday 13 On Horror!
Apr 22, 2025
#214: Metalhead Philosophy Professor Says Negative Emotions Are Good!
Apr 15, 2025
#213: Can Anyone Really Be A Hero or Villain If We Have No Free Will?
Apr 08, 2025
#212: What Is Formless Black Metal?!
Apr 01, 2025
#211: 5 TOXIC Band Mates Who RUINED Their Groups
Mar 25, 2025
#210: Is the Music Industry Now Driven by Viral Memes?
Mar 18, 2025
#209: Investigating Brent Hinds' Exit from Mastodon
Mar 11, 2025
#208: Bringing Black Metal Into The Light: Dawn of Ouroboros Goes Jazz!
Mar 04, 2025
#207: What Made Pantera's Frontman Go Full Black Metal? Scour Answers!
Feb 25, 2025
#206: Why Did Spawn of Possession Change Their Name to Retromorphosis?!
Feb 18, 2025
#205a: Black Metal Legend Speaks on Recent Political Chaos! Part 1
Feb 11, 2025
#205b: Black Metal Legend Speaks on Recent Political Chaos! Part 2
Feb 11, 2025
#204: The Truth About Gatekeeping in Metal: It’s a Myth!
Feb 04, 2025
#203: You're Remembering St. Anger Wrong
Jan 28, 2025
#202: What Is Post-Black Metal?
Jan 21, 2025
#201: The Funniest and Weirdest Moments In Rock and Metal 2024!
Jan 14, 2025
#200: My Ten Favorite Oddball Metal Albums of 2024!
Jan 07, 2025
#199: The Best Progressive Metal Albums of 2024: My Top 10 Picks!
Dec 31, 2024
#198: The Best Death Metal Albums Of The Year 2024!
Dec 24, 2024
#197: The Ten Best Black Metal Albums of 2024!
Dec 17, 2024
#196: Top 5 Best Thrash Metal Albums of 2024!
Dec 10, 2024
#195: November 2024's Ten Best Metal Albums!
Dec 03, 2024
#194: Irish Black Metal Singer Asks Me About American Culture & Politics
Nov 26, 2024
#193: Defeated Sanity Make Me Question Time and Linear Thinking.
Nov 19, 2024
#192: Two Diverse Masterpiece Albums In A Year! Thy Catafalque Interview!
Nov 12, 2024
#191: Sabrina From Seven Kingdoms Teaches Me About Power Metal
Nov 05, 2024
#190: Unbelievable! Capturing Opeth's Most Epic Live Performance Ever!
Oct 29, 2024
#189: How Modern Deathcore Has Become Like Fitness Instagram and Glam Metal!
Oct 22, 2024
#188: Does Listening To Metal Make Us Tough?
Oct 15, 2024
#187: The Culture War Is Ruining Metal!
Oct 08, 2024
#186: Countries Where Extreme Heavy Metal is Banned!
Oct 01, 2024
#185: When Bands Change Singers: What Makes Success Stories or Epic Fails?
Sep 24, 2024
#184: The AI Scam That's Robbing Every Major Metal Band – Even the Legends!
Sep 17, 2024
#183: Oceans of Slumber: The Struggles of Being a Metalhead in the South!
Sep 10, 2024
#182: Judas Was The Victim?! God Dethroned Speak From Judas' Perspective!
Sep 03, 2024
#181: One Of My Guests Was Arrested For A Violent Rampage!
Aug 27, 2024
#180: Are There Really Only Three Genres of Heavy Metal? Let's Find Out!
Aug 20, 2024
#179: All Opeth Albums Ranked Including The Last Will and Testament!
Aug 13, 2024
#178: I Got The New Opeth Album Early! My Preview and First Impressions!
Aug 06, 2024
#177: 5 Reasons Gojira's Olympic Show Won't Get Metallica To The Super Bowl
Jul 30, 2024
#176: I Didn't Know About Atlanta's Underground Metal Scene!?
Jul 23, 2024
#175: Ultimate Reactception! Become the Knight vs Fantano vs Rick Beato!
Jul 16, 2024
#174: I Photographed The Best Tech-Death Tour Of The Year!
Jul 09, 2024
#173: Why Is Death Metal and Hardcore Rising Again? Tombstoner Explains!
Jul 02, 2024
#172: Reacting to Nik Nocturnal's Opinions on Metal in 2024
Jun 25, 2024
#171: Stuck in the Past? Philosophers Discuss Metal's Nostalgia Obsession!
Jun 18, 2024
#170: How Metallica and Star Wars Fans Are Alike!
Jun 11, 2024
#169: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Thinks Making Music is Free!
Jun 04, 2024
#168: A Death Metal Fan Discovers Bad Omens
May 28, 2024
#167: Rotting Christ Has Reached Their Final Form! Pro Xristou Preview.
May 21, 2024
#166: Insanity Alert! The Philosophy of Thrash Metal Hedonism.
May 14, 2024
#165: 5 Reasons Behind The Knocked Loose Meteoric Rise!
May 07, 2024
#164: Metalcore vs Death: A Tale of Two Different Concerts.
Apr 30, 2024
#163: Where Do Punk and Metal Stand Today? Black Tusk Give A Way Forward!
Apr 23, 2024
#162: Folterkammer: Operatic Black Metal Music About Dominatrix Women!
Apr 16, 2024
#161: Is Listening to Only Heavy Metal Healthy?
Apr 09, 2024
#160: Has Ingested Gone Full Deathcore On Their New Album?
Apr 02, 2024
#159: Death Metal Fan Discovers Metalcore: Boundaries and While She Sleeps
Mar 26, 2024
#158: Historian Death Metal Band Teaches Me Surprising Facts About Medieval Torture!
Mar 19, 2024
#157: What To Do When You Hate The Opening Band?
Mar 12, 2024
#156: Don't Judge a Black Metal Band's Music By Their Looks!
Mar 05, 2024
#155: AI Album Art is Bad, But What I've Learned About AI Is Even Worse!
Feb 27, 2024
#154: Job For A Cowboy Achieve Epic Comeback: A Deep Dive into Moon Healer!
Feb 20, 2024
#153: Terence McKenna Inspired Band, Profiler's Nu-Metal Album About Truth!
Feb 13, 2024
#152: Facing Certain Death: A Philosophical Perspective - Exocrine Interview
Feb 06, 2024
#151: How Alice in Chains & 90s Grunge Inspired Metallica Load & Reload!
Jan 30, 2024
#150: Sleep Token vs Five Finger Death Punch: David Burke's Analysis!
Jan 23, 2024
#149: How To Get a Second Chance in Music, Lions At the Gate Interview!
Jan 16, 2024
#148: "Who Would Win in a Fight, Nietzsche or Kant?" Q&A Episode!
Jan 09, 2024
#147: Cancer Christ: Blasphemer or Christian Revolutionary? My Interview!
Jan 02, 2024
#146: Looking Back at 2023, A Weird Year in Metal!
Dec 27, 2023
#145: Top 5 Extreme Metal Albums of the Year 2023!
Dec 19, 2023
#144: 2023's Black Metal Scene: The 5 Best Albums of the Year!
Dec 12, 2023
#143: Unveiling the Top 5 Progressive Metal Albums of 2023: A Deep Dive
Dec 05, 2023
#142: 2023's Death Metal Scene: The 10 Albums You Can't Miss!
Nov 28, 2023
#141: Discover the 5 Best Thrash Metal Albums of 2023!
Nov 21, 2023
#140: Deep Research Into Why Slipknot Fired Jay Weinberg + New Drummer Rumor
Nov 14, 2023
#139: The Philosophy of Metallica The Black Album: Anguish, Rage, & Profit
Nov 07, 2023
#138: I Love Atlanta! Cannibal Corpse & Mayhem Bring Out the Freaks!
Oct 31, 2023
#137: Joy & Disaster After Wolves in the Throne Room, Blackbraid, & Gaerea
Oct 26, 2023
#136: Massive Tour! Lacuna Coil, Fear Factory, and Lions at the Gate!
Oct 24, 2023
#135: Sarah King Breaks Down Money She Makes On Tour, Merch Cuts, Live Nation
Oct 17, 2023
#134: Overthrow Has One of the Heaviest Songs on My Playlist
Oct 10, 2023
#133: Beaver Mosh: Christian Childhood, Extreme Metal, Identity & Free Will
Oct 03, 2023
#132: Cavalera & Exhumed: A Blood Soaked Metal Show Like No Other!
Sep 26, 2023
#131: How Is Cannibal Corpse Still Brutal At This Age? Chaos Horrific!
Sep 19, 2023
#130: Baroness Stone: New Sound in Contrast to Gold and Grey!
Sep 12, 2023
#129: The Most Unique Metal Live Show. Baby Metal and Dethklok!
Sep 05, 2023
#128: Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar Honest Spoiler Free Review
Aug 29, 2023
#127: Unleashing the Beast: An Exclusive Interview with Exmortus!
Aug 22, 2023
#126: They Might Be the Weirdest Band in Death Metal! Horrendous Interview.
Aug 15, 2023
#125: Why Amon Amarth Will Go to Hel Not Valhalla. Heidrun Video Analysis
Aug 08, 2023
#124: Amazing Guitar with One Drawback! Jericho Fusion 7 Ignition Review
Aug 01, 2023
#123: Five Reasons Why Sevendust is the Best Nu-Metal Band
Jul 25, 2023
#122: What Finn Mckenty Got Right, Versus What He Got Wrong on Metal
Jul 18, 2023
#121: How to Enjoy Extreme Metal; My Top 5 Gateway Bands
Jul 11, 2023
#120: Is Nita Strauss the Last Guitar Hero?
Jul 04, 2023
#119: This Awful Metallica Lyric is My Worst Philosophy Pet Peeve!
Jun 27, 2023
#118: Vexed Might Be the Next Big Female Fronted Extreme Metal Band
Jun 20, 2023
#117: Three Famous Dads of Heavy Metal: What We Can Learn From Them
Jun 13, 2023
#116: Why Does So Much Great Goth Rock Come from Finland?
Jun 06, 2023
#115: Avenged Sevenfold New Album: Their Growth Led Here!
May 30, 2023
#114: Why All Rap Metal Bands Are Terrible, Except This One!
May 23, 2023
#113: The Philosophy of Sleep Token: The Big Trick They Pulled!
May 16, 2023
#112: Mega Monsters Tour! Mastodon, Gojira & Lorna Shore Live Show Review
May 09, 2023
#111: How Did Currents & other Metalcore bands Get Huge Without Us Knowing?
May 02, 2023
#110: If You Love Young Metallica and Slayer, You Need to Hear Enforced!
Apr 25, 2023
#109: A New and Better Way To Judge Metallica 72 Seasons
Apr 17, 2023
#108: Two Major Corporations Tried to Keep Me From My Dream Guitar!
Apr 11, 2023
#107: How Opeth's Blackwater Park Changed My Life, The Best Gateway Album!
Apr 04, 2023
#106: The Philosophy of Metallica. The Truth about ...And Justice for All.
Mar 28, 2023
#105: 1st Concert Pics, Rotting Christ, Carach Angren, UADA, & Gaerea
Mar 21, 2023
#104: Black Metal vs Death Metal. Which is Heaviest? Which is Better?
Mar 14, 2023
#103: New Metallica Single, Gojira Merch Prices, & Huge Show Update!
Mar 07, 2023
#102: Meet Fae, the Death Metal Mum!
Feb 28, 2023
#101: Metallica Piano Covers Reveal What's Missing in Their New Music
Feb 21, 2023
#100: I Want to Fight Ronnie Radke! - Heavy Metal Philosophy Episode 100!!
Feb 14, 2023
#99: Lindsay the Amazing Metal-head Historian You Need to Know!
Feb 07, 2023
#98: Why You Should Ignore Music Critics, HINT: It's Not Due to Opinion
Jan 31, 2023
#97: The New Metallica Single Worries Me About the New Album 72 Seasons.
Jan 24, 2023
#96: 8 Things I Love and 8 Things I Hate About Modern Metalcore
Jan 17, 2023
#95: Meet The Best Six Female Death Metal Vocalists You Should Know!
Jan 10, 2023
#94: The Hidden Philosophy in Metallica's Legendary Master of Puppets
Jan 03, 2023
#93: Metal Coming in 2023 to get Excited About!
Dec 27, 2022
#92: Looking Back at 2022. Crazy Year in Metal History!
Dec 20, 2022
#91: Bonus Episode! Mos Generator on Valuing Time and Changes in Rock.
Dec 15, 2022
#90: Crowd Sings Christmas Song in Cannibal Corpse Pit + Show Review
Dec 13, 2022
#89: Metal Album of the Year! Top 10 Best 2022
Dec 06, 2022
#88: Top 5 Best Gift Buying Guide for Metal Fans, Number 3 is Practical!
Nov 29, 2022
#87: An Epic Fantasy World w Thrash Metal Music? High Command Interview
Nov 22, 2022
#86: He Wrote the Book on Death Metal, a fun Tom Coles Interview!
Nov 22, 2022
#85: Is Dream Unending The Most Positive Band in Doom Metal?
Nov 08, 2022
#84: Deron Miller Doing It Better This Time! 96 Bitter Beings Interview
Nov 01, 2022
#83: What is Cinemacore? The Gloom in the Corner Story Time.
Oct 25, 2022
#82: Rivers of Nihil Concert Could've Been Bad, Instead it was Amazing!
Oct 18, 2022
#81: Lamb of God Overcame Their Only Weakness. Omens Review
Oct 11, 2022
#80: Should Legendary Bands Stop Making New Albums and Only Tour?
Oct 04, 2022
#79: Metal-heads Keep Sending Pics of Their Wives & It's So Wholesome!
Sep 27, 2022
#78: Shadows Fall and Anthrax Lead Guitarist Launches New Band. Does it Rock?
Sep 20, 2022
#77: How I Left Christianity and Got Into Extreme Metal.
Sep 13, 2022
#76: The Best Fallujah Album? Empyrean Review & Interview w Scott Carstairs!
Sep 09, 2022
#75: I'm Anxious. Will the New Behemoth Album Be Good?
Sep 06, 2022
#74: Is it Unfair to Compare New Albums to Old Legendary Records?
Aug 30, 2022
#73: Why Does Spotify Censor Metal Album Art But Not Podcasts?
Aug 23, 2022
#72: Did Deceivers Win Me Back on Alissa Era Arch Enemy?
Aug 16, 2022
#71: How Are Some Metal Bands Still Brutal When They're Old?
Aug 09, 2022
#70: Christian Listens to Black Metal, Funny Advice from Satanic Magician?
Aug 02, 2022
#69: When Solar Goes Wrong, Can I Get Help Out Here?
Jul 26, 2022
#68: Is The Pantera "Reunion" Moral? Comparing Other Bands for Truth.
Jul 19, 2022
#67: The Metallica Stranger Things "Controversy" Reveals Truth About Society
Jul 12, 2022
#66: The Philosophy of Gojira; Examining Tera Icognita
Jul 05, 2022
#65: Going From Metal Head Philosopher to Horror Movie Actor?
Jun 28, 2022
#64: The Top 3 Best Next Generation Death Metal Bands 2022
Jun 21, 2022
#63: Why Do Metal Bands Love Dark Souls Games?
Jun 14, 2022
#62: Getting Online Harassment or Bullying on Social Media? Here's The Truth and Strategy.
Jun 07, 2022
#61: Uvalde Failure, Has This Taught Us The Truth About Police?
May 31, 2022
#60: Will This Album Solidify Septicflesh As An All Time Great Band? Modern Primitive Review.
May 24, 2022
#59: What's Missing In The Argument About Cancel Culture, Behemoth vs Decapitated.
May 17, 2022
#58: I Saw Deftones After A Death Metal Show. I Never Expected The People.
May 10, 2022
#57: How Can Rammstein Not Be Metal? + 1 Year Anniversary Episode
May 03, 2022
#56: Are Diverse Concerts Better? Behemoth, Arch Enemy, Napalm Death Concert Review
Apr 26, 2022
#55: Machine Gun Kelly More Popular Than Meshuggah? What That Says About Us.
Apr 19, 2022
#54b: An A-Religious Chaplain In Spiritual Service to Metal Heads? Pt. 2 (James Clarke Interview)
Apr 12, 2022
#54a: An A-Religious Chaplain In Spiritual Service to Metal Heads? Pt. 1 (James Clarke Interview)
Apr 12, 2022
#53: Would You Tour With A Murderer? As I Lay Dying Tour Announcement.
Apr 05, 2022
#52: Meshuggah's Best Album But Not My Favorite. Immutable Review.
Apr 04, 2022
#51: Horror Movies and Death Metal, Rob Mello & Rebecca Rinehart Interview
Mar 29, 2022
#50: Why Do Metalheads Love Lovecraftian, Eldritch, Cosmic Horror?
Mar 22, 2022
#49: Ghost Splits The Metal Community? Tobias Forge Hates New Metal?
Mar 15, 2022
#48b: The Philosopher of Death, Is All Metal Music Existentialism? Part 2 (David Burke Interview)
Mar 08, 2022
#48a: The Philosopher of Death, Is All Metal Music Existentialism? Part 1(David Burke Interview)
Mar 08, 2022
#47: How Do You Make Content When You're Worried About World War 3?
Mar 01, 2022
#46: Is Gatekeeping Good Actually?
Feb 22, 2022
#45: Even If You Don't Like It, You Need To Listen To Zeal and Ardor! (Album Review)
Feb 15, 2022
#44: College Professor Argues in Favor of Pedophilia. My Rebuttal.
Feb 08, 2022
#43: Ex-Cannibal Corpse Singer Hates New Death Metal?
Feb 01, 2022
#42: Is Rock Dead? Nik Nocturnal Response.
Jan 25, 2022
#41: Fit For An Autopsy Oh What The Future Holds Review
Jan 18, 2022
#40: Will the Metaverse Become The Matrix?
Jan 11, 2022
#39: Life and Death, My New Year Plans.
Jan 04, 2022
#38: The Philosophy of The Matrix Resurrections. (Spoilers)
Dec 28, 2021
#37: The Matrix Resurrections Movie Review (Spoiler Free)
Dec 28, 2021
#36: Simulation Theory and My Expectations For The Matrix Resurrections
Dec 21, 2021
#35: Album of the Year 2021 and Riff of the Year!
Dec 14, 2021
#34: Living Life with Chronic Pain
Dec 07, 2021
#033: Mastodon and Opeth Concert Review
Nov 30, 2021
#032: Gratitude Saved Me. Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 23, 2021
#031: Brass Against Should Not Have Apologized For The Pee Pee Incident
Nov 16, 2021
#030: A Metalhead Where He Doesn't Belong
Nov 09, 2021
#029: Mastodon Hushed and Grim Review
Nov 02, 2021
#028: The Philosophy of Metallica: Part 1 Ride the Lightning
Oct 26, 2021
#027: Are Comedians Today's Philosophers? Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr Review
Oct 19, 2021
#026: When To Make a Change
Oct 12, 2021
#025: The Art Of The Murder Ballad w Guest Sarah King
Oct 05, 2021
#024: Rivers of Nihil The Work Review and Response to Twitter's Critiques.
Sep 28, 2021
#023: Death of Friend
Sep 21, 2021
#022: Sub Plots In The Matrix That I Hope Are In Matrix 4.
Sep 14, 2021
#021: Why Work? What Is The Value of Work?
Sep 06, 2021
#020: Jinjer Wallflowers and Hooded Menace The Tritonus Bell Review
Aug 31, 2021
#019: What No One Is Saying About Afghanistan
Aug 24, 2021
#018: The Philosophy and Ethics of Hunting with guest Dr. Gray Barbas
Aug 17, 2021
#017: How Two Stories About Reputation and One Opeth Album Prove There's No Free Will and Only Luck.
Aug 10, 2021
#016: The Best Week in Metal
Aug 03, 2021
#015: How to Be Lucky
Jul 27, 2021
#014: The Last Filler Episode (Short Update on Progress)
Jul 20, 2021
#013: This Is A Filler Episode Because I'm Moving
Jul 13, 2021
#012: Is Karma Real?
Jul 06, 2021
#011: My First Concert Back Since Covid
Jun 29, 2021
#010: I Went to Mexico. It Didn't Go As Expected.
Jun 22, 2021
#009: What Is The Meaning of Life?
Jun 15, 2021
#008: Hedonism While Adulting.
Jun 08, 2021
#007: What Memorial Day Means to Me
Jun 01, 2021
#006: What Makes A Good Person?
May 25, 2021
#005: How to Be Positive When The World Sucks.
May 18, 2021
#004: He Converted to Catholicism as an Adult?
May 11, 2021
#003: Cannibal Corpse Violence Unimagined Review
May 03, 2021
#002: Do You Have Free Will? And How to Get More!
May 03, 2021
#001: What is Heavy Metal Philosophy?
May 03, 2021