Seems like the next few months are going to be witness to some really great metal releases. With that in mind Richie suggested we discuss a few of the bigger upcoming discs due any day now. By the time you are listening to this some of Richie's picks will have hit the shelves while others are just a few weeks away.

The track of the week this week is "Time To Die" from the latest release from Satan "Life Sentence" on Listenable records.

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http://www.satanmusic.com/

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And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

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In respect of Jeff Hanneman's passing we thought that this week we would put ourselves firmly in thrash territory. To that end besides some talk about Jeff we look at back at one of the seminal thrash albums Metallica's sophomore effort "RideThe Lightning"

Sticking with the thrash our featured band this week is Ireland's own Gama Bomb. This week we play a track off their latest release on AFM entitled "The Terror Tapes". Get more info on Gama Bomb at https://www.facebook.com/gamabomb

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

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This week we continue our discussion with author Martin Popoff. last week we focused primarily on Ted Nugent and this week we turn our attention to Martin's new book on the mighty Scorpions "Top of The Bill".

This weeks featured track is from Freedoms Reign from their self titled release on Cruz Del Sur. This is an amazing release. Do yourself a favor and pick this one up.

http://www.martinpopoff.com/

http://www.freedomsreignrocks.com/fr_aboutus.cfm

http://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com/

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This week we have none other than Martin Popoff returning to the show. Like our discussion with Joel McIver this one is so massive it will span two episodes. As always Martin is always releasing some great books and that includes his latest ones on Ted Nugent and the Scorpions. If you are a fan of Martin you'll like this episode and if you're new to the Popoff phenomenon you'll be be well versed after the next two weeks. 

This weeks featured track is from classic Detroit metallers Halloween from the rerelease that Pure Steel just did of their 1991 disc "No One Gets Out" on both CD and vinyl.

http://www.martinpopoff.com/

http://www.halloweentheband.us/

http://www.puresteel-records.com/

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We as metalheads always try to classify metal into genres and sub-genres. Sometimes you run into a band that you just can't neatly be put into a bucket and that's what this week is all about. Here at FoM we often get stuff from labels that just don't fit well into a particular episode but they are pretty cool and we think you should know about them. To that end, this week we give you a taste of Thabu and Warnot. In keeping with the theme we also bring you a talk with Kyle Gruninger from the up and coming unclassifiable band Incura.

Don't be fooled these guys are well steeped in metal. As Kyle says in the interview "Fear Factory was my childhood".

Our track of the week is another Scarlet Records artist. This week it's WildeStarr from their latest one " A Tale Tell Heart"

For more on these weeks artists:

http://www.incura.net/

http://www.wildestarr.com/

https://www.facebook.com/ThabuProg

https://www.facebook.com/warnot.band

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

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This week we finish up our talk with author Joel McIver right where we left off last week with the subject of Slayer.

Our featured track this week is "Mother of All Lies" off the new Pretty Maids release "Motherland" on Frontiers Records.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

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This week we sit down with metal author Joel McIver for a discussion of all things metal. This also marks this first time that Richie gets in on the action. This was such a good discussion that we need to break into two separate episodes.

This weeks featured band is Heimdall as we play a track from their latest release Aenid. Check em' out at http://www.heimdallband.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/heimdallofficial

Heimdall is on a pretty awesome label from Italy, Scarlet Records. Check out more at http://www.scarletrecords.it/

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

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On this one we finally hook up with supreme Italian Metalheads SteelRaiser to talk about their latest release on Pure Steel "Regeneration". In addition we celebrate the North American release of "Sacrifice" the new one by Saxon by featuring it as out track of the week. If you haven't got either of these releases yet then you need to rectify that situation.

Find out more about SteelRaiser at https://www.facebook.com/SteelRaiserOfficial

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

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This week legendary vocalist DC Cooper drops by to talk about his career and also the new 20th Anniversary release by Royal Hunt out now on Frontiers. We also have blast from the past with an unreleased Scrap Metal segment with J.

We are doing a double track of the week this week with a track from Valor of their new one on Pitch Black Records "The Yonder Answer" and then we decided to toss in a new one from Pure Steel artist Space Vacation off their second release "Heart Attack"

Find out more about Valor at http://www.pitchblackrecords.com/

Find out more about Space Vacation at https://www.facebook.com/spacevacationmusic

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

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Sometimes as a metalhead you just have a lot to talk about and this week that describes Richie. The Irish one showed up at Bedlam Studios with a lot on his mind. So this week we hit three topics in quick succesion.

Our track of the week is from Guns of Glory from their debut release on Pure Rock Records "On The Way To Sin City". To find out more about this Finnish powerhouse head to their official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Gunsofgloryofficial

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

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