Heavy Metal 101, Part 2 (with Eric Schwartz) | Ep25

The Musician Toolkit with David Lane

This is the 2nd of an epic 2-episode look at the genre of heavy metal, both in terms of music history and theory. This 2nd episode takes more of a look at the history of heavy metal since 1980 through the lens of subgenres. Leading us on this journey is Eric Schwartz, a classical musician and lifelong metal fan who is a co-host of the podcast Heavy Metal 101. For the final segment of this episode, Eric and I each offer up 5 of our all-time favorite heavy metal albums. Be sure to play this episode loud!

If you missed part 1, we talked more about the origins of heavy metal and got more into the music theory side. You can find that episode hereL https://www.davidlanemusic.com/toolkit/episode/7e14ef9d/heavy-metal-101-part-1-with-eric-schwartz

Eric's podcast, Heavy Metal 101, can be best enjoyed here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1tjsy3NgM063tlvMOv9PQR?si=4cba8bafc3f84dd4

The top 10 albums that we discussed, and 10 more we considered, can be heard in their entirety here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zrwEkboZKE5eLcikCdxdg?si=84415f3fa70a4d77&pt=e95433e2fc7ed6227c31035d7374dd5a

These are the musical examples played in this episode:

04:39 Iron Maiden: The Prisoner 05:51 Van Halen: Runnin' with the Devil 06:34 Motorhead: Overkill 06:57 Metallica: Master of Puppets 08:31 Death: Scream Bloody Gore 09:51 Emperor: Toward the Pantheon 10:24 Helloween: I'm Alive 11:02 Pantera: Walk 12:02 At the Gates: Cold 12:44 Dream Theater: Pull Me Under 13:51 Black Sabbath: Supertsar 16:41 Mastadon: Crack the Skye 18:12 Zeal & Ardor: Children's Summons 20:13 The Prodigy: Firestarter 22:16 Nine Inch Nails: Heresy 24:47 Def Leppard: Rocket 27:01 Queensrÿche: Speak 27:18 Queensrÿche: Spreading the Disease 27:51 Queensrÿche: Suite Sister Mary 29:18 Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe 29:58 Black Sabbath: Megalomania 30:43 Black Sabbath: The Writ 32:07 Megadeth: Sweating Bullets 32:32 Megadeth: Foreclosure of a Dream 33:39 Beetlejuice the Musical: The Whole Being Dead Thing 36:23 Slayer: Angel of Death 36:42 Slayer: Raining Blood 38:23 Anthrax: NFB 39:01 Anthrax: Got the Time 39:20 Anthrax: In My World 41:47 King Diamond: A Mansion in Darkness 42:15 King Diamond: 7th Day of July 1977 44:42 Avenged Sevenfold: Unbound (Wild Ride) 45:21 Avenged Sevenfold: Dear God 48:07 Judas Priest: Painkiller 48:40 Judas Priest: Hell Patrol 49:02 Judas Priest: A Touch of Evil 50:22 Nightwish: The Poet and the Pendulum 51:03 Nightwish: The Islander 51:22 Nightwish: 7 Days to the Wolves 54:40 Death: Spirit Crusher 55:08 Death: Voice of the Soul 56:09 Death Painkiller

What's your favorite heavy metal band or album, and why that choice? Let me know your thoughts on this episode at https://www.speakpipe.com/MusicianToolkit or you can send me a written message at https://www.davidlanemusic.com/contact

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