Here’s a link to an album review I did for for Metal Army America. The group is called Serenity Dies, their from the Maldives, and their album is called Hacksawcracy. The album features Rob Caggiano from Anthrax. You can read the review here:

Here is a rundown of the tracks that where featured on episode 38

Metallica – Bleeding Me
Armored Saint – La Raza
Iron Maiden – Ghost Of Navigator
Halford – The Mower
Queensryche – Justified
Kiss – Deuce
Twisted Sister – What You Don’t Know
Overkill – The Green & Black
Dio – Jesus, Mary & The Holy Ghost
Megadeth – Hanger 18 / Return To The Hanger
Anthrax – Lone Justice
AC/DC – Ballbreaker

Last night’s Mars Attacks Radio Thrash special consisted of the following tracks:

Metal Church – Battalions
Exodus – Riot Act
Sepultura – Born Stubborn
Kreator – Hordes Of Chaos
Death Angel – Buried Alive
Sacred Reich – Surf Nicaragua
Testament – Over The Wall
Overkill – Necroshine
Slayer – Gemini
Anthrax – Time
Megadeth – Diadems
Metallica – …And Justice For All

Here is the playlist for episode 36:

Brazil – Sepultura – What I Do
France – Goddamn – Perfect End
Spain – Wayne – The Moon Effect
Switzerland – Krokus – Headhunter
England – Iron Maiden – Drifter
United States – Metallica – Through The Never
Germany – Scorpions – 321
Australia – Airbourne – Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
Denmark – Volbeat – Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood
Netherlands – Van Halen – Dirty Movies
South Africa – Seether – Your Bore
Japan – Loudness – Crazy Nights
Italy – Lacuna Coil – Spellbound

During this episode we have two interviews, one with Dan Lorenzo from Hades, The Cursed, and Non-Fiction. With Dan we discuss his entire musical career, covering all of the bands listed above, his solo work, and his involvement in Screaming Metal. We also discuss his love for basketball, various festivals, musical influences, etc.

The other interview included in this episode is conducted with brothers Joe and John from the band Misery. This interview with was conducted as a way to prepare for the release of their debut album. This interview goes over all of the basic information surrounding the band, touching on how the band got together, how they transitioned to be the band they are today, what is was like working with Joey Z, among other things. We’re planning on doing a follow up once the album has been released.

Tracks heard during this interview include:

Keep It Together – Dan Lorenzo
Save You – Misery
Take The Power Back – Misery
A Flower Without Sun – The Greatest Fear
In The Know – Non-Fiction
Absorbed – Hades
Evil In The Bag – The Cursed

Topics covered during both interviews include:

Misery, Visions Of Disorder, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Korn, Joey Z, Life Of Agony, Pantera, Super Metal Records, Method Of Groove Studios, System Two Studios, Metal Army America, Type O Negative, Devil Driver, Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Free Reign, Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth, Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath, Kiss, Aerosmith, Heaven & Hell, Dio, Steppin Out Magazine, Mark Strigl, TMetal.com, The Cursed, Tim McGillis, Big Blue Meanie, Non-Fiction, In The Know, Room Full Of Sinners, Overkill, Savatage, Pete Steele, Tom Coughlin, Hades, Bang Your Head Festival, Twisted Sister, Jimmy Shulmann, Scott LePage, Kevin Bolembach, Infernophonic, Keep It True, Alan Tecchio, Watchtower, Rick Colaluca, Ron Jarzombek, Doug Keyser, Zakk Wylde, Gary Howe, Dimbag Darrell, ZZ Top, Waken Festival, Metal Blade Records, JJ French, Lamour, Dave Mustain, Cassius King, Draw The Line, Talking Metal on Fuse, Screaming Metal, John Ostronomy, Ron Lipnicki, Metal Mike, Halford, Rob Dukes, Exodus, John Kosco, St. Caine, Drop Box, Steve Zing, Danzig, Mark Tornillo, T.T. Quick, Accept, Ace Frehley, Anomaly, C.C. Banana, Merciful Hate, Riot, Swords And Tequila, Judas Priest, Testament, Megadeth, Priest Feast, Cory Proctor, Mark Colombo, Scott Stapp, P.O.D., Don Jamison, Jim Florentine

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During episode 11 we interview Frank Salvaggio from Anew Revolution and Robbie Crane from Ratt. Both are very stand up guys, very easy to talk to, and furthers my belief of having just a normal conversation with artists as opposed to doing a “Kent Brockman” type interview (sorry I say Trent during the episode).

In any event, we touch on the following items during the interviews, from Frank’s side his past in Slaves On Dope, putting Anew Revolution together, song writing, gear, etc. With Robbie we talk about Juan Croucier, Vince Neil, being in the band for roughly 15 years, Infestation, the drama surrounding the band, etc.

During the episode you will hear parts of the following songs:

Anew Revolution’s “Head Against The Wall” & “Ashes From Stone” both come off of the bands recently released iMerica
Ratt’s “Eat Me Up Alive”, “Best Of Me” & “A Little Too Much” all off of their latest release Infestation

Other items discussed:

Anew Revolution, Slaves On Dope, Unloco, E1 Music, Bill Meis, Frank Salvaggio, Joey Duenas, Ozzfest, Taproot, Sugar Ray, 311, Lemonade & Brownies, Snot, Drowning Pool, Nonpoint, Limp Bizkit, Shinedown, Sevendust, Gojira, Marilyn Manson, Hatebreed, Journey, Killswitch Engage, Projekt Revolution, Kittie, Insane Clown Possie, Coolio, Tara McLeod, Ivy Vujic, Randall Amps, Pearl Drums, Sabian Cymbals, ESP Guitars, Metallica, EMG Pickups, Ratt, Vince Neil, John Corabi, Motley Crue, Carved In Stone, Dust Brothers, Brent Woods, Kid Rock, Beastie Boys, Young MC, Tone Loc, Funky Cold Medina, Exposed, Steve Stevens, Paul’s Boutique, Phil Sousan, Out Of The Cellar, Vertex, Stephan Piercy, Al Pitrelli, Juan Croucier, Carlos Cavazo, Quiet Riot, Metal Health, Condition Critical, Robyn Crosby, Bobby Blotzer, Warren DiMartini, Michael “Elvis” Baskette, Roadrunner, Loud And Proud, Infestation, Fender Precision Bass, Rotosound Strings, Marshall Amps, Ampeg Amps, Hiwatt Amps, Steve Harris, John Entwistle, Metal Army America, Talking Metal, Mark Strigl Radio, Background Noise, Van Halen, Dan Lorenzo, Hades, Non-Fiction, The Cursed, Misery, Chad Gray, Mudvayne, Cory Taylor, Slipknot

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Here is the playlist for episode 33:

Slipknot – Snuff
Slipknot – Vermillion
Type O Negative – September Sun
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Heaven & Hell – Breaking Into Heaven
Metallica – No Remorse
Van Halen – Get Up
Scorpions – Love On The Run
Dokken The Prisoner
Kingdom Come – Get It On
Gary Moore with Ozzy Osbourne – Led Clones

During this episode we say thank you and celebrate the music and lives of Paul Gray, Ronnie James Dio, Pete Steele, and Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan, in the event that you have been living under a rock, all four of these men have recently passed away. We also celebrate the fact that Metallica’s Kill Em All wrapped up its recording today 27 years ago in 1983, as well as the US Version of the Monsters Of Rock Festival which featured the aforementioned Metallica, Kingdom Come, Dokken, Scorpions, and the Sammy Hagar lead Van Halen. The festival tour kicked off in Alpine Valley Wisconsin 22 years ago today, back in 1988.

If you tune in you will hear the following bands:

Slipknot, Type Of Negative, Avenged Sevenfold, Heaven & Hell, Metallica, Kingdom Come, Dokken, Scorpions, Van Halen and Gary Moore.

Tonight 8PM EST / 5PM PST only on MarkStriglRadio.com

This episode is a special joint release between Mars Attacks and Talking Metal. I touch upon this during the episode mentioning that it was put together as a tribute to Pete Steele. We deliberated at great length regarding this as it wasn’t the original intention. If you listen to Episode 306 of Talking Metal you will find part of the Mars Attacks live show I did with John and Mark last month while in the states. That episode contains an interview we conducted with Anthony Esposito from Ace Frehley, Lynch Mob fame. The next episode of Talking Metal, and Mars Attacks for that matter, was supposed to contain the first half of the live show. During this segment Mark and I interview Joey Z from Life of Agony, Stereomud, and Carnivore.

Joey was nice enough to come down to the studio, and sit in with us. He came in early, and sat on the couch while Mark, John and I did our opening monologue if you will. During the podcast you’ll hear me reference a few songs, one by Warrior Soul, and another by Slash. We spoke to Joey off mic while these songs where playing, immediately he started talking about Pete Steele. He mentioned what an honor it was to be asked to play with Carnivore, and he also spoke about how funny, and quick witted Pete was. He said Pete could come up with things right on the spot, and could roll with the punches during any given situation. I mentioned this during the Dan Lorenzo segment. He also started talking about what good man Pete was, which seems to be a common theme with all of the comments that are being posted on the web. Unfortunately this was off mic, and we had so many things to talk about (we spoke almost twice as long as we originally intended), we never really got into Pete or Carnivore on mic, except for a quick mention by Joey. Due to this, I have included part of his previous interview where he talks exclusively about Carnivore.

Joey is a great guy, who will always have an open door on any of my shows. I a big fan of his music, and have come to learn what a genuine, and nice person he truly is. He was the first person I turned to when I heard the rumor of Pete’s passing. He spoke so genuinely about Pete; it was hard not to think of him when I started reading the posts on the web. During the episode I read an excerpt of the response he sent me.

The reason I included Dan was because I read his comments on Blabbermouth.net. I reached out to a bunch of different people from the NY/NJ music scene to see if anyone might be interested in providing me with a statement regarding Pete. People treat death in different manners, I know for a lot of people this has to be a difficult situation. As a result, it would be foolish for me to be upset over people not wanting to partake. Maybe the situation is difficult for them, other are on tour, and couldn’t come on with such short notice, etc. In any event, Dan immediately came forward to share stories, and help celebrate the memory of Pete.

There are no ulterior motives here, like so many others out there we just want to celebrate the life of Pete Steele. By putting this episode together, I feel that we are doing our part to pay homage to the man, and his music. I’m sure some will say that we’re doing this to ride the publicity surrounding his untimely death, but it can’t be farther from the truth. Mark and I spoke at great lengths yesterday deliberating over whether we should release this episode now, or wait a few months. I personally think that we’re doing the right thing by releasing the interview in the format we have chosen. As a fan, I don’t want someone’s memory or music to ever die. I truly believe that both Joey and Dan have helped us to do this by sharing their thoughts, and experience with Pete.

Over the course of the next few weeks/months we’ll start to hear about Pete, hopefully all good things, but I’m sure some bad will come out as well. All I can say is remember him for what he meant to you, and don’t let others sway your judgment.

I’ll close this in the same fashion that I closed the podcast, long live the memory and music of Pete Steele.

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This is the play list for the last episode of Mars Attacks, if you missed the episode it will repeat today, and tomorrow, as well as next week.

Anthrax – Auf Widersehen (Cheap Trick)
Sebastian Bach and Dimebag Darrel – Believer (Ozzy Osbourne)
Halford – Black Out (Scorpions)
Metallica – Breadfan (Budgie)
Rattlebone – Cities Of Flames (Blue Oyster Cult)
Cradle of Filth – The First Still Burns (Twisted Sister)
Fu Manchu – D.O.A. (Van Halen)
Fear Factory – Dog Day Sunrise (Head of David)
Static X – Look That Kill (Motley Crue)
Iron Maiden – I’ve Got The Fire (Montrose)
Soundgarden – Into the Void (Black Sabbath)
Arch Enemy – The Oath (Kiss)