SKULL SESSIONS: AC/DC HIGH VOLTAGE!

Skull Sessions host Bob Nalbandian is joined by John Bush (Armored Saint/Anthrax) and Ed Rivadavia from AllMusic.com And BMG/Sony Music on this engaging conversation about the mighty AC/DC. The three deliberate on the entire AC/DC catalog from their 1976 US debut High Voltage up through their current release Black Ice.

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SKULL SESSIONS: TREVOR PHIPPS OF UNEARTH AND MORE!

Trevor Phipps vocalist of Unearth and others join Bob Nalbandian in his podcast Skull Sessions to talk about the general state of the recording industry. Check out the the newest installation here on RoadrunnerRecords.com or you can listen to all of our episodes straight from the stream at www.RoadrunnerRecords.com!

EXODUS ON THE SKULL SESSIONS

Get ready as Exodus' Gary Holt joins Ron Quintana, William Howell and host Bob Nalbandian to talk about the formative years of the Bay Area thrash scene. Bob notes, and we agree, that this is the best Skull Sessions episode to date. Gary lays down some of the funniest tales from the era, while Ron and William grant us some beautiful commentary.

By the way, Exodus' new album Let There Be Blood is in stores soon. Visit the Exodus site for more info.

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DEATH MAGNETIC

Metal fans, industry insiders, and music fans of all stripes have been talking about Metallica's new album, "Death Magnetic." This week we put all three together to for an unusual discussion: one landmark album. Arguably the most important band in regards to bringing Metal to the mainstream, Metallica have spanned three decades of musical development in the genre. You don't want to miss this podcast!

Joining host Bob Nalbandian this week is Skull Sessions regular Joel McIver, the British metal maven journalist and author. His book, "And Justice for All: The Truth About Metallica" was released by Omnibus Press in 2004.

The Skull Sessions also welcomes its first academic, William Irwin, associate professor of philosophy at King's College. Irwin was the editor and co-author of last year's "Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery," published by Blackwell Publishing.

Finally, former Roadrunner head of new media and current master of the digital domain at Sony/BMG's RCA Records Ed Rivadavia joins the podcast for the first time. Rivadavia has been one of the most-prolific contributors to the metal genre at AllMusic.com, where he has been writing and reviewing for over 10 years.

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NEW SITE CHANGES!

You may have noticed that over the past few months quiet changes have been made to the site. First we gave you new artist pages. Check out your favorite and you'll find widgets, videos, music, and much more. Plus they look great.

A few weeks back we also updated our Artists page. You'll see highlighted artists up top in blue. These change as artists are updated with news, video, and music. This is a great page to make your first port-of-call after the news section!

Today we've relaunched three other pages. Music and Video are all new. You can now embed all of our music and video posted to the site in your blog, web site, or MySpace/Facebook profiles. At the right of these pages you'll see charts driven by what YOU do on our site. You can also leave comments at all songs and videos, rate them, and favorite them in our new profile system (more on that in a sec).







 

The Releases page has gotten a huge makeover. Every album now has its own home page where you can see the available tracks, rate it, leave a review, or comment on others' reviews. Snazzy huh?

Finally, we just launched our new profile pages. If you're a subscriber to our email newsletters, you can log in, add your own picture, keep track of the latest updates on our site (and partner sites), follow your favorite videos and music, and tell us what bands you want to hear about.

Of course, many of these new features require that you be a member of the site to use them, so please join today!

We are, of course, in a beta phase and need your help to make the site work the best for YOU. If you see any problems or want to suggest changes to the new features, please send an email to webmaster@roadrunnerrecords.com with "NEW SITE REPORT" in the subject line. If you receive an error, please be as detailed as possible, including what page you were on, what browser you are using, and copy any error message you receive into the body of the email.

Please feel free to leave comments here below!

Cheers!

Jeremy Rosen

GET THRASHED

The history of metal would be sorely diminished without Thrash. Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Slayer, Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, and much deeper into the underground all changed what we view as metal today. Enter Rick Ernst, for years with Headbangers Ball, freelance director and producer and current video head at Roadrunner Records, and Rat Skates. Maybe you know him from Overkill. If you think you know anything at all about Thrash you should.

This week both join Bob Nalbandian to talk about their documentary film "Get Thrashed" now out on DVD. They hit up all the bands mentioned above, plus a ton more featured in the film. You'll run backwards and forwards through the history and future of Thrash.

1. Subscribe at iTunes.
2. Click the download button at the top right of the Skull Sessions page.
3. Stream the episode from the music player in the middle of the Skull Sessions page.
4. Check our Skull Sessions podcast feed.
5. You can listen to all of our episodes straight from the stream at www.RoadrunnerRecords.com

DEATH MAGNETIC

Metal fans, industry insiders, and music fans of all stripes have been talking about Metallica's new album, "Death Magnetic." This week we put all three together to for an unusual discussion: one landmark album. Arguably the most important band in regards to bringing Metal to the mainstream, Metallica have spanned three decades of musical development in the genre. You don't want to miss this podcast!

Joining host Bob Nalbandian this week is Skull Sessions regular Joel McIver, the British metal maven journalist and author. His book, "And Justice for All: The Truth About Metallica" was released by Omnibus Press in 2004.

The Skull Sessions also welcomes its first academic, William Irwin, associate professor of philosophy at King's College. Irwin was the editor and co-author of last year's "Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery," published by Blackwell Publishing.

Finally, former Roadrunner head of new media and current master of the digital domain at Sony/BMG's RCA Records Ed Rivadavia joins the podcast for the first time. Rivadavia has been one of the most-prolific contributors to the metal genre at AllMusic.com, where he has been writing and reviewing for over 10 years.

1. Subscribe at iTunes.
2. Click the download button at the top right of the Skull Sessions page.
3. Stream the episode from the music player in the middle of the Skull Sessions page.
4. Check our Skull Sessions podcast feed.
5. You can listen to all of our episodes straight from the stream at www.RoadrunnerRecords.com
6. You can now listen to each episode at its own dedicated home page. Check out this week's here. Make sure to rate it and leave comments!

IT'S THE METAL STATE OF THE UNION!

Hope everyone enjoys the new Skull Sessions logo designed by Mike D. of Killswitch Engage. Let us know what you think in comments.

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It's the metal state of the union as Chris Akin (co-host of The Classic Metal Show), Darryl Keck (author of the new book Metal Generation) and Bob Nalbandian duke it out over the realities of contemporary metal.

The three hit upon myriad topics including the variety present in today's metal, calssic bands still riding high atop multi-million grossing tours, the possible return of 80s metal to the scene, and a plethora of more metal greatness.

The Classic Metal Show can be heard on Saturday nights at www.theclassicmetalshow.com and is at the top of internet metal radio today.

For more information on Keck's Metal Generation (High Volume Press), hit up his web site at www.highvolumepress.com. You won't be disappointed.

There are five ways for you to get your regular consumption of metal awesome:

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GOD LISTENS TO SLAYER!

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SLAYER! The Early Years: On this second episode of the Shockwaves Skull Sessions, host Bob Nalbandian is joined by author/journalist Joel McIver and Doug Goodman. Joel is the author of the brand new book The Bloody Reign Of Slayer (Omnibus Press 2008) and Doug Goodman was Slayer's original tour manager from Show No Mercy/Hell Awaits era. Doug and Nalbandian share some classic stories about SLAYER from their very early years that are revealed for the first time in Joel's new book including the band's first club shows in Orange County as well as some great road stories told by Doug! This is a must listen for any fan of SLAYYERRR!!!

JOEL MCIVER:

Joel McIver is an author, journalist, book and magazine editor and album compiler. He's written 11 books and lives for Bay Area thrash, Swedish death metal and British grindcore but isn't just a drooling headbanger, taking in hip-hop, jazz, downtempo, classical and funk along the way. He writes or has written for music mags such as Record Collector, Metal Hammer, Total Guitar, Kerrang!, Classic Rock, Bass Guitar and Future Music. He writes about films for DVD Review magazine and is an occasional talking head on music TV, as well as appearing on radio from time to time.

Books By Joel McIver:
The Bloody Reign Of Slayer (Omnibus, 2008)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Omnibus, 2006)
Sex Pistols: The Making OF THe Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (MQ Publications, 2006)
The Making Of The Red Hot Chili Peppers's Blood Sugar Sex Magic (MQ Publications, 2005)
No One Knows: The Qeens Of The Stone Age Story Omnibus, 2005)
Extreme Metal II (Omnibus, 2005)
Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica (Omnibus, 2004)
Nu-Metal: THe Next Generation Of Rock And Punk (Omnibus, 2002)
Slipknot: Unmasked (Omnibus, 2001)
Extreme Metal (Omnibus, 2000)

DOUG GOODMAN:

Doug Goodman tours the world with whoever will pay him as a tour manager and a tour accountant. His first tour was in 1984 in Tom Araya's Camaro, and 3000 shows later, it's still among his favorites. Doug has toured with band's as diverse as Ben Folds Five, Cannibal Corpse, Jewel, Steve Earle, Beck, Smashing Pumpkins and Green Day; but none were, or are, as heavy as Slayer. When he's not on the road he and his wife, Michele, can be found watching a baseball game at Dodger Stadium.

 

ARE YOU A GROUPIE?

Bob takes a break from debate this week to answer the voluminous amount of email from Skull Sessions fans. Listen up to hear if he answered you. Also, get your chance to win a Dave Ellefson signature Peavey bass guitar by guessing the identity of 10 metal riffs.

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GET THRASHED

The history of metal would be sorely diminished without Thrash. Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Slayer, Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, and much deeper into the underground all changed what we view as metal today. Enter Rick Ernst, for years with Headbangers Ball, freelance director and producer and current video head at Roadrunner Records, and Rat Skates. Maybe you know him from Overkill. If you think you know anything at all about Thrash you should.

This week both join Bob Nalbandian to talk about their documentary film "Get Thrashed" now out on DVD. They hit up all the bands mentioned above, plus a ton more featured in the film. You'll run backwards and forwards through the history and future of Thrash.

1. Subscribe at iTunes.
2. Click the download button at the top right of the Skull Sessions page.
3. Stream the episode from the music player in the middle of the Skull Sessions page.
4. Check our Skull Sessions podcast feed.
5. You can listen to all of our episodes straight from the stream at www.RoadrunnerRecords.com

ARE YOU A GROUPIE?

Bob takes a break from debate this week to answer the voluminous amount of email from Skull Sessions fans. Listen up to hear if he answered you. Also, get your chance to win a Dave Ellefson signature Peavey bass guitar by guessing the identity of 10 metal riffs.

1. Subscribe at iTunes.
2. Click the download button at the top right of the Skull Sessions page.
3. Stream the episode from the music player in the middle of the Skull Sessions page.
4. Check our Skull Sessions podcast feed.
5. You can listen to all of our episodes straight from the stream at www.RoadrunnerRecords.com

TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN

Do you think you're a high flyer after 9 episodes of the Skull Sessions? Boy, get ready to say "I'm A Loser" because this is Skull Sessions Episode 10! This episode is too hot to handle and will be the reason you love to love the Skull Sessions. Are you hot 'n' ready? Here come host Bob Nalbandian, returning guest Martin Popoff (author of UFO: Shoot Out The Lights), and rock music heavyweight Brian Brinkerhoff. They're doing it all for you as they explore UFO from 1970 through 2006.

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Brian Brinkerhoff has been involved in the music business for several years as a rock journalist for magazines such as Kerrang! as well as a managing partner with Vis-a-vi Music Management in the '90s, E-Music, and Walt Disney Publishing where Brian signed the entire Bad Company back catalog. Brian's also had an extensive relationship with several of the members of UFO for several years and is and always will be a die-hard rock & metal fan!

AEROSMITH AEROSMITH AEROSMITH

Join Bob and show regulars Roadrunner A&R head Monte Conner and author Martin Popoff for a fast-paced race around the work of Aerosmith. Deliberation, disputation, and debataration occur as the three cover the American hard rock veterans' entire back catalog and do some psychic reading on the band's future.

There are five ways for you to get your regular consumption of metal awesome:

1. Subscribe at iTunes.
2. Click the download button at the top right of the Skull Sessions page.
3. Stream the episode from the music player in the middle of the Skull Sessions page.
4. Check our Skull Sessions podcast feed.
5. You can listen to all of our episodes straight from the stream at www.RoadrunnerRecords.com

IT'S THE METAL STATE OF THE UNION!

Hope everyone enjoys the new Skull Sessions logo designed by Mike D. of Killswitch Engage. Let us know what you think in comments.

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It's the metal state of the union as Chris Akin (co-host of The Classic Metal Show), Darryl Keck (author of the new book Metal Generation) and Bob Nalbandian duke it out over the realities of contemporary metal.

The three hit upon myriad topics including the variety present in today's metal, calssic bands still riding high atop multi-million grossing tours, the possible return of 80s metal to the scene, and a plethora of more metal greatness.

The Classic Metal Show can be heard on Saturday nights at www.theclassicmetalshow.com and is at the top of internet metal radio today.

For more information on Keck's Metal Generation (High Volume Press), hit up his web site at www.highvolumepress.com. You won't be disappointed.

There are five ways for you to get your regular consumption of metal awesome:

1. Subscribe at iTunes.
2. Click the download button at the top right of the Skull Sessions page.
3. Stream the episode from the music player in the middle of the Skull Sessions page.
4. Check our Skull Sessions podcast feed.
5. You can listen to all of our episodes straight from the stream at www.RoadrunnerRecords.com

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