Chicago riff lord Stavros Giannopoulos brings on a record from his favorite band that has soundtracked the majority of his life.
Royal Thunder bassist/vocalist Mlny Parsonz brings on one of her favorite, lesser-known artists onto Spinning the Wax: Arkansas singer-songwriter Adam Faucett.
Nite drummer Patrick Crawford goes deep into the lore of Savatage and Jon Oliva, and lays down his theory on why “Maniacal Renderings” is the long-lost Savatage record that never was.
Vocalist and guitarist from blackened heavy metal band Cloak brings on a fantastic record from the remarkably underrated but influential In Solitude.
Progressive black metal from Atlanta digs into progressive black metal from Norway!
The Norwegion multi-instrumentalist listens to one of her favorite albums, and one that helped her discover Sylvaine.
Hear how a 2017 post-black metal band from Germany helped influence Oakland’s up-and-coming Dawn of Ouroboros.
Andrew Lee takes us to school and tells you everything you ever wanted (and didn’t want) to know about goregrind!
Bassist of the Newport, South Wales noir pop band spins one of the foundational records of his life: Blink 182’s self-titled 2003 album.
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of mental health, depression and suicide.
Giant Walker guitarist Jamie Southern joins Spinning the Wax to play one of his all-time favorite records: Soundgarden's "Superunknown"
The band is a huge influence on Giant Walker, which is evident to anyone who listens to them. We chat about the identity crisis Chris Cornell had while writing the record, how producer Michael Beinhorn brought out the best in the band, and how so many of these tracks stick with you for years.
Jamie also dives into his disdain for the idea of genres, how the relationship with his bandmates has helped their music progress, and how music school classmates looked down on rock 'n' roll.
"Silhouettes" by Giant Walker is available everywhere now via Church Road Records.
Spinning the Wax is a heavy music interview series where guests spin a record of their choice and have a candid discussion while listening.
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Today we're listening to Illinois death metal, courtesy of Illinois death metal!
Vocalist and bad bitch of Melbourne’s Terminal Sleep, Bec Thorwesten dusts off a classic.
On Episode 8 of the heavy metal interview series, we get a drummer’s perspective on Nicko McBrain, Iron Maiden, and their 2003 album “Dance of Death”
The best time you’ll have listening to one of the saddest albums of all time.
Sammy Urwin from heavy-hitting UK metalcore outfit Employed to Serve brings on come whimsical, 70s prog-rock with Yes’s “Close to the Edge.”
It’s time to dance under the shadow of the atomic bomb with Scotland’s favorite goat kvlt speed metal band: Hellripper!
The album that inspired Seven Spires/Avantasia vocalist Adrienne Cowan to be who she is today!
Heriot’s Debbie Gough brings on one of her favorite albums of all time: Oathbreaker’s “Rheai”.
Death metal meets post-hardcore on the first episode of Spinning the Wax!