Diverting Heat

Published: Oct. 10, 2016, 5 a.m.

In this installment, two of your three favorite heavy metal caballeros review the latest albums from Gabriel and the Apocalypse, The Devil Wears Prada, Thy Catafalque, Gatecreeper, Anciients, Meshuggah and Alter Bridge. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists, including Primus, Sylosis, Quiet Riot, Slipknot, Mastodon, The Devil You Know, Conquering Dystopia, Abbath, Deicide, Protest the Hero, Darkest Hour, Amorphis, Korn, Trivium, The Black Dahlia Murder and more. In the midst of the news, Chris discusses the crowdfunding campaign for Jason Becker's forthcoming project before Dan gives an update on the ongoing crowdfunding campaign for A Sound of Thunder's forthcoming covers album and relays some recent struggles of and fundraising attempts by Bill Manspeaker of Green Jelly. Pat and Reece on the NY side of things offer up an interview with Gareth Murdock of Alestorm as well as an accompanying I Saw a Show segment of their performance that same evening. We close out the show with a discussion about the importance of pacing when it comes to laying down the tracklist for an album.