Heavy Metal History: The Podcast

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

219 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Chris and Dave (Veilburner)

   Welcome to this weeks installment of Heavy Metal History. My guests were Chris and Dave, the duo behind the Death Metal band Veilburner. They came on the podcast to discuss the 10th anniversary of their album "The Obscene Rite" and their newest record "All That Glimmers is Gloam"

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Artist Josh Freydkis

   Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest is artist Josh Freydkis. Josh has made art for many metal bands such as Gatecreeper, Drain and many more! Josh has also done art for Magic the Gathering, which we spend a good chunk of this episode discussing. Follow / Support Josh https://www.joshfreydkis.com/

3. 

   20 Sept 2026

   The Atlas Moth An Ache for the Distance 15th anniversary with Stavros Giannopoulos

   Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal history. Returning once again to the podcast is Stavros Giannopoulos, guitarist / vocalist of the band The Atlas Moth to discuss the 15th anniversary of "An Ache for the Distance" detailing the writing, recording and behind the scenes of the album. Stay tuned at a later date for an "extra" episode with Stavros its an hours worth of conversation that was cut from this due to time and to keep the discussion just on the Ache album. Follow the Podcast! ⁠Facebook ⁠ (https://www.facebook.com/heavymetalhistorypodcast/) ⁠Instagram⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/heavymetalhistory/) ⁠YouTube⁠ (https://www.youtube.com/@heavymetalhistorypodcast)

Who has been a guest on Heavy Metal History: The Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• MSW
• Ciccio
• Corey Ray
• Noah Taylor
• Matt Harvey

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

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Quality

83

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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