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Derek Showerhead

Oct. 31, 2024

The Barbarians Of California - And Now I'm Just Gnashing My Teeth - A…

Derek and John love the solid fucking song writing on The Barbarians Of California - And Now I'm Just Gnashing My Teeth.

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Sept. 16, 2024

Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake-20th Anniversary - Review

20th Anniversary of Lamb of God's Ahses of The Wake? Yes please.

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Sept. 3, 2024

Category 7 - Category 7 - Album Review

Category 7 is an American heavy metal supergroup formed in 2023. Its lineup features Armored Saint and former Anthrax frontman John Bush, Kerry King sideman and former Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel, Adrenaline Mob guitarist Mike Orlando, Exodus bassist Jack …

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Aug. 26, 2024

Brian Fair (Shadows Fall, Overcast, Downpour) - Interview

We sit down with Grammy nominated lead throat of Shadows Fall, Brian Fair. What a fucking honor!

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Aug. 19, 2024

Songs That Hit Your Right In The Soul

The guys show their softer side and show that men are not all bone, cock and weapons. We can feel music, even of the softer variety!

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Aug. 2, 2024

Blake Ibanez (of Power Trip and Fugitive) - Interview

We are stoked to sit down with Blake Ibanez of Power Trip and Fugitive. The riff monger shares his thoughts on writing music and his two killer bands.

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July 12, 2024

Cavalera Conspiracy - Schizophrenia - Album Review

The guys get into Cavalera Conspiracy - Schizophrenia. Track by track we talk about how this might be one of the greatest re-recorded metal albums ever.

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July 1, 2024

Boundaries - Death Is Little More - Album Review

Boundaries - Death Is Little More is a bruising record. The guys get into it and sift through the gore to see if you should invest.

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June 23, 2024

Dan Lorenzo and Johnny Kelly - Patriarchs In Black - Podcast Interview

Derek has known Johnny Kelly for a number of years and we loved catching up with both Dan and Johnny about everything Patriarchs In Black, Type O Negative, Peter, writing process and technology.

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June 18, 2024

Wheel - Charismatic Leaders - Podcast Album Review

John loves himself some proggy chug. Wheel's Charismatic Leaders is full of all the progressive goodness that one could hope for. Find out what the two turds thought!

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June 13, 2024

Kerry King - From Hell I Rise - Album Review

John and Derek get into Kerry King's masterful From Hell I Rise.

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June 10, 2024

Death Lens - Cold World - Album Review

The guys neglect punk no more. We get into Death Len's new energetic opus Cold World.

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June 3, 2024

Gwyn Strang of Frayle Interview

John and Derek interview the celestian frontwomen of Frayle, Gwyn Strang.

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May 13, 2024

Daniel Freyberg - Crownshift - Podcast Interview

Daniel Freyberg is a monstrous guitar player and songwriter who has played with Naildown, Norther, Children Of Bodom and Crownshift. He joined Derek and John to talk everything from Crownshift to Chuck from Death!

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May 8, 2024

Cavalera Conspiracy - Escape To The Void - Podcast Quickie

We love us some Max! We jump in to the first release off the Schizophrenia re-recording of Sepultura's classic.

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May 6, 2024

Melvins - Tarantula Heart - Album Review

Melvins Tarantula Heart Review by the guys. The Melvins put out a new album almost every year. The question is, how good is this record. The guys tell you....have a listen.

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May 3, 2024

Motley Crue - Dogs Of War - Podcast Quickie Review

Motley Crue's Dogs of War is a debacle.

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April 25, 2024

Crownshift - Crownshift - Podcast Album Review

It’s a lovefest this week as the guys get into the debut release from Crownshift. With members from Nightwish, Children Of Bodom, Fintroll and Wintersun

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March 20, 2024

Enterprise Earth - Death: An Anthology - Podcast Album Review

The guys plop down and dig into the monstrous new album from Enterprise Earth. It's a beast of an album with enough meat on the bone to feed a country or two. Join in the frivolities and witness the majesty …

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March 11, 2024

Judas Priest - Invincible Shield - Podcast Album Review

Judas Priest are in the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame. With Invincible Shield, they return with a triumph. We give our take on where it stands in their incredible catalog.

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March 4, 2024

Ministry - Hopiumforthemasses - Podcast Album Review

This time around John, Derek "Ackbar" Showerhead and David J get into the latest offering from Ministry: Hopiumforthemasses. All of the guys were excited to chat about this album because, well, it's Ministry. (It's hard to go...

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Feb. 16, 2024

Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence - Podcast Album Review

Lord Dying- Clandestine Transcendence is an opus worthy of your time. Hear what the guys had to say about The Dreamer!

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Jan. 21, 2024

A Day To Remember - For Those Who Have Heart - Podcast Album Review

Dave inadvertently picked an album rereleased from 2007.

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Jan. 7, 2024

Witchsnake - Deathcult Of The Snake - Podcast Album Review

The dimwitted nimrods are kicking off 2024 with a swim in the Italian doom scene with a chat about Witchsnake

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Dec. 28, 2023

THE FINALISTS! Top 10 Heavy Metal Albums of 2023

The Top 10 Metal Albums of 2023 list is now live! Who did the three A-Holes pick?

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Dec. 10, 2023

Top 10 Heavy Metal Albums of 2023 - Derek Edition

Derek has a surprising top 10 heavy metal albums of 2023 list.

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Nov. 5, 2023

Igor Amadeus Cavalera - Go Ahead And Die - Podcast Interview

What a great interview. Igor Amadeus Cavalera from Go Ahead And Die, Cavalera Conspiracy and Healing Magic, is a thoughtful and indightful interview.

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Nov. 3, 2023

Ministry - Just Stop Oil - Podcast Quickie

Killer song. But why? We dig into Ministry’s new political track!

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Oct. 26, 2023

Podcast Interview - Trevor Phipps from UNEARTH

Trevor is the man! Learn a bit about Unearth’s band line up, what they did during, Covid, concept albums and Trevor’s perfect day! There is more but we are baked!

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Oct. 22, 2023

Patriarchs In Black - My Veneration - Podcast Review

One of the best Rock albums of the year?

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Oct. 15, 2023

Tesseract - War Of Being - Podcast Review

Bad ass Metal is bad ass Metal. Is Tesseract’s War of Being have bad assert? Find out!

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Oct. 13, 2023

Judas Priest - Panic Attack - Single Review Podcast Quickie

John, Dave and Derek jump into the fire and give you their thoughts on Panic Attack!

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Oct. 8, 2023

Concert Review & Trip Ramblings - Death Ray Vision, Exhumed, Incite, …

RAMBLE WARNING! This time around, the morons (under the guise of having been busy,) aren’t talking about an album. After some time on the road the Sh!t Talk chuckleheads ramble on (ad nauseum) about their trip to New England,

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Sept. 24, 2023

Polar - Everywhere, Everything - Podcast Review

Polar - Everywhere, Everything - Podcast review. So if you are new to Polar, you will find out if album is worth of a few clicks of your life.

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Sept. 21, 2023

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - Completely Unnecessary Podca…

Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon turns 50! Here what the guys had to say about this masterpiece. Or is it? Dave?

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Sept. 17, 2023

Celestial Sanctuary - Insatiable Thirst For Torment - Podcast Review

Do you like the death metal? Are you down with horror-styled, crushing, heavy music? Then settle in with the guys as they talk about the Celestial Sanctuary's latest album Insatiable Thirst For Torment.

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Sept. 13, 2023

Podcast Interview with McKeenan from OneFromTheNorth

The Sh!t Talk team had the pleasure of virtually sitting down with the brainchild of OneFromTheNorth: the one and only McKeenan.

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Sept. 10, 2023

Filter - The Algorithm - Podcast Review

It's all about Filter this week as the guys talk about The Algorithm. Richard Patrick is back at it with a new record and because it's Filter, they just had to talk about it.

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Sept. 6, 2023

Podcast Interview with URNE singer and bassist Joe Nally

The guys were psyched to get to have a chat with bassist and singer Joe Nally, the frontman for the UK trio URNE.

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Aug. 27, 2023

Urne - A Feast On Sorrow Podcast Review

Urne - A Feast On Sorrow podcast and video review.

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Aug. 20, 2023

Humanity's Last Breath - Ashen - Podcast Review

Humanity's Last Breath - Ashen - Podcast and video review. Sink your teeth into this juggernaut.

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Aug. 13, 2023

Mammoth - II Podcast Review

We get into "Wolfies" latest opus, Mammoth II.

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Aug. 6, 2023

Cavalera Conspiracy - Bestial Devastation/Morbid Visions Album Review

We dive head first into two vicious remakes from Cavalera Conspiracy Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions.

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Aug. 5, 2023

Podcast Interview with Boston Hardcore Icon Keith Bennett

Interview with Boston Hardcore Icon Keith Bennett of Death Ray Vision.

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July 30, 2023

Spirit Adrift - Ghost At The Gallows Review

The guys jump into Spirit Adrift - Ghost At The Gallows. A big record with tons to hear.

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July 27, 2023

Podcast Interview with bassist Eric J. Morgan

Eric Morgan of A Pale Horse Named Death and Patriarchs in Black joins us for a fun conversation.

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July 23, 2023

Currents - The Death We Seek Review

Currents The Death we seek review by the guys. Killer record and we get into it!

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July 16, 2023

Death Ray Vision - No Mercy From Electric Eyes Review

Death Ray Vision - No Mercy From Electric Eyes review from Derek, John and Dave. Get ready to bust heads, as this album is a banger with a ton to hear.

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July 9, 2023

Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman Review

Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman Review with the guys buzzing about....well...you will have to just watch and listen.

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June 25, 2023

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; … Review

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. Yep, that is a mouthful. Let's get into it!

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June 19, 2023

Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream Review

Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream Review. IS it as compelling as their previous works? Find out!

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June 12, 2023

Sermon - Of Golden Verse Review

Who is Sermon? Nobody knows. Is Sermon worth listening to with your valuable time? Listen and find out. Dave sure as shit likes em!

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June 6, 2023

Cloak - Black Flame Eternal Review

No Dave. We get to do things our way! Let's cloak up and rock out!

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May 29, 2023

Veil Of Maya - [m]other Review

Veil of Maya are heavy metal heavyweights. Do they keep their title with [m]other? Let's find out.

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May 21, 2023

Unearth - The Wretched; The Ruinous Review

In this episode we're talking about Unearth's latest album The Wretched; The Ruinous.

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May 16, 2023

Periphery - Djent Is Not A Genre Review

Derek thinks this is boy band music! What?!

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May 7, 2023

Overkill - Scorched Review

Overkill has been thrash mainstays for many years. They return with a banger!

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May 2, 2023

Metallica - 72 Seasons Review

What an easy album to start Shit Talk reviews with. I mean...it's Metallica. Easy discussion!

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