Heavy Metal History: The Podcast
Dustin K.
4.9from 44 ratings
- 318
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 44
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About Heavy Metal History: The Podcast
Heavy Metal History is a podcast, created by Dustin “Wildcard” Koetsch, who takes you on and audible journey about the history of the Heavy Metal genre. With in depth research into how the bands made the records or by having guests from bands to discuss various influences, histories and the behind the scenes stories, struggles and triumphs of how their records were written and recorded. The ONLY podcast that goes through the chronological history of the genre to see how it evolved and changed.
- Publisher
- Dustin K.
- Category
- music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 28 Dec 2016
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 318 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Chris and Dave (Veilburner)
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Artist Josh Freydkis
20 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Atlas Moth An Ache for the Distance 15th anniversary with Stavros Giannopoulos
Inside a recent episode
Chris and Dave (Veilburner)
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's cool to see. That's something I really do enjoy with metal, too. We're all into these counterculture, subculture, nerdy things like horror and sci-fi and comic books and all that kind of stuff. You don't really see that too much in other genres of music. At least not that I know of. I'm generalizing here. You don't hear of pop fans all gravitating to the same movie or TV genre as much as you do. It's like metal and horror. They're just cousins. I think I remember the first time I even thought of that connotation was a long time ago. I was reading or listening to an interview with Black Sabbath. […]
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- Chris
- Dave
- Josh Freydkis
- Stavros Giannopoulos
- Dan Mumford
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 35 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 9 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100
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- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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