Debating Metal: The Podcast

Ep. 121 - The Filthy Fifteen

For today’s final episode of the year, we’re taking you back to a time when music was sleazy, sexual, satanic and made you do things your mother warned you not to do. No, we’re not taking you back to last week, we’re going all the way back to 1985 and revisiting the PMRC’s Filthy Fifteen. And for the final episode of the year, we're giving you our BIG 4 Albums of 2022. So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin!!!

Ep. 120 - Our Top 10 Metal Christmas Songs

Happy Holidays Metal Heads! This special episode of Debating Metal has the guy give you their top 10 Favorite Metal Christmas songs. From King Diamond to Stryper, we run the gamut of good tidings and face melting metal.  So sit back, relax, grab a cup o' cheer, turn it up to 11 and let the list begin!

Ep. 119 - Cinderella - Night Songs vs. Tesla - Mechanical Resonance

This week we’re pitting Cinderella’s Night Songs against Tesla’s Mechanical Resonance. Cinderella from Philadelphia and Tesla from Sacramento both took America by storm in 1986/1987 and became MTV darlings in the process. Today we go song for song to see which band had the best debut. So sit back, relax and crack open a cold one as Cinderella goes head-to-head against Tesla. 2 debuts, 1 winner.

Ep. 118 - KISS - 80’s vs. 70’s vs. Today

Today we are revisiting an episode we did 100 episodes ago, but we’re approaching it from a different angle. 2 years ago on Episode 18, we did KISS – Masked vs. Unmasked and we focused more on the music side of the story.  This time, we’re taking it from a more personal point of view. We’re going to look into the how’s and why’s of some of the decisions KISS made throughout their career and the consequences those decisions made. From developing their makeup, refusing to back down when other bands didn’t like their antics, replacing members, to taking off the makeup, re-energizing their career and then putting the makeup back on, it always seemed like KISS were on the brink of collapse just to rise again. Today we dive into KISS – The 70’s vs. the 80’s vs. Now.  So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin.

Ep. 117 - Band Splits

On this weeks episode, the guys talk about band splits. Member turnover is nothing new in the world of bands and rock n roll. For one reason or another, be it ego, money, drugs, alcohol or any combination of said vices, not all bands stay together for their entire careers.  Some bands even have no original members.  But for the purpose of this discussion, we’re going to talk about the bands who members left the band, either fired or on their own and decided to start another band with the same name. And then at the end, we'll give you our BIG 4 L.A. Guns Songs.  So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin.

Ep. 116 - Iron Maiden Favorites

So this week, the guys choose their Iron Maiden Favorites.  The way it works, Kenneth Dean and Chris K each choose their favorite songs from each Iron Maiden studio album and then discuss why they are their favorites.  Then they follow it up with their BIG 4 Iron Maiden Songs Written With No Steve Harris Involvement.  So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin.

Ep. 115 - AC/DC Favorites

On this episode of Debating Metal, the guys are doing something new.  It's called favorites and the way it works is, they will pick a band with an extensive discography and they will each choose and discuss their favorite song from each album released by that band.  The first band they picked Favorites is AC/DC. At the end, they also give you their BIG 4 Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Albums of 1975. They chose 1975 as a tribute to AC/DC's first release.  So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin.

Ep. 114 - NWOBHM Part 3

This week, it's the finale, part 3 of our deep dive into New Wave of British Heavy Metal.  This week we go over the from 1987 to the present as we review bands that maintained themselves until today, bands that made a resurgence and some that didn't. And afterwards, we give you our BIG 4 NWOBHM bands.  So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin.