Shred Shack Podcast

Episode 146: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss new albums from the past two weeks before moving on to various forms of news regarding Van Halen, Children of Bodom, Mountain, Ghost, Kiss, Spinal Tap, Pantera, Morgoth, Nightwish, Infinite Visions, Body Count, Bad Wolves, Exodus, Queensryche and many more. The pair introduce their new sponsors over at Hella Hot Hot Sauce and discuss the crowdfunding campaign for the debut album from Sphinx. Another strangely festive look at the Billboard Top 200 is followed by a closing discussion of the Loudwire article outlining“12 Huge Things That Didn’t Suck About 2020.”

Ep. 145: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss a handful of new albums before moving on to various forms of news regarding Cynic, Rush, Van Halen, A Killer's Confession, Smith/Kotzen, Def Leppard, Enslaved, Rob Zombie, John Petrucci, Alcatrazz, Bodom After Midnight, Trivium, Slipknot, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Motley Crue, Primal Fear and many more. The pair discuss the crowdfunding campaign for Celtic Legacy as it reaches its final days and take a festive look at the Billboard Top 200. The show closes with a brief discussion about the difference between perception and popularity in music.

In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss a handful of new albums before moving on to various forms of news regarding Rush, Alice in Chains, Van Halen, Disturbed, Slipknot, Heart, System of a Down, Pantera, Anthrax, Gojira, Coheed & Cambria, AC/DC, Kreator and many more. The pair discuss the crowdfunding campaigns for Celtic Legacy, itSELF and CueStack, take a strangely intriguing look at the Billboard Top 200 and close out the show with a brief discussion about this year's nominees for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.

In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss a handful of new albums before moving on to various forms of news regarding Slipknot, Uriah Heep, Rotting Christ, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Flotsam & Jetsam, Megadeth, Tool, Metallica, Hate Eternal, At the Gates, Transatlantic, Demon Hunter, Alice Cooper and many more. The pair discuss the crowdfunding campaigns for Celtic Legacy, Anna Pest, itSELF and CueStack, take another discouraging look at the Billboard Top 200 and close out the show with a look at Ultimate Guitar's "10 Great But Underrated Replacement Musicians in Big Rock Bands."The crowdfunding campaign for Celtic Legacy can be found here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/celticlegacyredux/celtic-legacy-redux-cd-manufacturingThe crowdfunding campaign for itSELF can be found here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/itself/itself-new-album-the-absenceThe crowdfunding campaign for CueStack can be found here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/itself/itself-new-album-the-absenceThe Ultimate Guitar artic

Ep. 142: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss a handful of new albums from Spirit Adrift, Molasses, Sevendust, Armored Saint, Pallbearer and Devin Townsend before moving on to various forms of news regarding Accept, Van Halen, Guitar Center, Korn, Stryper, Metallica, Alice Cooper, Architects, Fear Factory, Slash, Soen, Scour, Korpiklaani and many more. The pair discuss the crowdfunding campaigns for Celtic Legacy, Anna Pest, itSELF and CueStack, take another discouraging look at the Billboard Top 200 and close out the show with a look at Loudwire's "13 Signature Rock and Metal Stage Moves."

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Ep. 140: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss a handful of new albums from Deftones, Alpha Wolf, Kataklysm, Ayreon, The Ocean, Enslaved, Tallah, Amaranthe, Heathen, Finntroll, Napalm Death, Fit For a King and Fires in the Distance before moving on to various forms of news regarding Massacre, Manowar, Anathema, Decapitated, Ice Nine Kills, Atreyu, AC/DC, UFO, Thin Lizzy, Fear Factory, Amon Amarth and many more. The pair take another discouraging look at the Billboard Top 200 to close out the show.

Ep. 139: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss a handful of new albums from various artists before moving on to various forms of news regarding Bad Brains, AC/DC, Brave the Cold, Quiet Riot, Iced Earth, Twisted Sister, Judas Priest, Black Veil Brides, Sevendust, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Death, Motley Crue, Hatebreed, Dark Tranquility and many more. The pair take another discouraging look at the Billboard Top 200 before discussing Metalsucks' recent reader poll questioning the most underrated bass players in rock and metal music.

Ep. 138: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss a handful of new albums from Metallica, Powerman 5000, Blue Pills, Brimstone Coven, Expander, Incantation, Kill the Lights, Sepsis, Unleash the Archers, John Petrucci, Pain of Salvation, Pig Destroyer, Shattered Sun, Ulver, Venomous Concept, Atomic Bitchwax and The Devil's Trade before moving on to various forms of news regarding Power Trip, Animals as Leaders, Misery Index, Kataklysm, Five Finger Death Punch, Nightwish, Metallica, Entombed, Morbid Angel, Fates Warning, All That Remains and many more. The pair close out the show with a look at the Billboard Top 200.

Ep. 137: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss a handful of new albums before moving on to various forms of news regarding Led Zeppelin, Accept, UFO, Quiet Riot, Stone Sour, Black Sabbath, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Entombed A.D., Kataklysm, Metallica, Napalm Death and many more. The pair close out the show with a look at the Billboard Top 200.

Ep. 136: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss a handful of new albums from the past few weeks before moving on to various forms of news regarding Misfits, Machine Head, Agnostic Front, Ozzy Osbourne, Darkest Hour, Orianthi, Nervecell, Immortal, Armored Saint, Mastodon, Sevendust and many more. The pair close out the show with a look at the Billboard Top 200 and a discussion about open-minded and what's to come with the Shred Shack.

Ep. 135: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss new albums from Beyond the Black Horizon, Lamb of God, Make Them Suffer, Atavist, Constellatia and The Moon and the Night Spirit, among others, before moving on to various forms of news regarding Crypta, Samael, Gwar, Iced Earth, Motorhead, Slipknot, Gojira, Epica, Within Temptation, Quiet Riot, Metallica, Venom and many more. The pair close out the show with a look at the Billboard Top 200.

Ep. 134: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss new albums from Alestorm, Behemoth, Bleed From Within, Grave Digger, Sorceror, Sixteen and The Ghost Inside before moving on to various forms of news regarding the Misfits, UFO, Ozzy Osbourne, Rush, Metallica, The Ghost Inside, Queen, Helloween, Motley Crue, Deftones, Tool, Amaranthe, Periphery, Cannibal Corpse, Kamelot, In Flames and many more. The pair look at the Billboard Top 200 and close out the show with a discussion of the singers in rock and metal who have gotten worse, stayed consistent or improved with time.

Ep. 133: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss new albums from Raven's Cry, Voodoo Gods, Horisont, Pattern-Seeking Animals, Shrapnel, Caligula's Horse, Crossfaith, Fairyland, Old Man Gloom, Chronos, Die Kreatur, Her Chariot Awaits, Sorceror and Grave Digger  before moving on to various forms of news regarding Obscura, Iron Maiden, Bob Kulick, Crypta, Beartooth, Journey and Mastodon with the billion of postponements and cancellations of shows due to COVID-19. The pair close out the show with a look at the Billboard Top 200.

Ep. 132: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss new albums from Aether Realm, Autumn for Crippled Children, Havok, Vader, Witchcraft, Killswitch Engage and Asking Alexandria before moving on to various forms of news regarding Nervosa, Obscura, Lords of Black, Opeth, Amorphis, Guns N Roses, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Slipknot, Queen, Metallica and many more. The pair finish the show with a lengthy discussion debating who among the Big Four of Thrash Metal executed change the best in the 90s.

Ep. 131: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss various forms of news regarding Falling in Reverse, Lamb of God, Slipknot, Obscura, Steven Wilson, Nita Strauss, Nervosa, Onslaught, Alter Bridge, Krokus, Ozzy Osbourne and many more. The pair talk about artists branching out in their merchandising, discuss half of the Billboard Top 200 and discuss Loudwire's recent "18 Rock and Metal Bands That Have Never Had a Line-Up Change."

Ep. 130:In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss various forms of news regarding Riot, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Pantera, Five Finger Death Punch, Symphony X, Iron Maiden, Godsmack, Death Angel, Napalm Death, The Sword and many more. The pair continue to discuss the concert industry in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss the possibility of bands releasing out of print material. The pair close out the show with a look at the Billboard Top 200 and a discussion regarding Loudwire's recent "16 Bands & Musicians Who Are Considered Pioneers of Heavy Metal."

Ep. 129: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss various forms of news regarding Ill Nino, Stressball, Dark Tranquility, BPMD, Powerman 5000, Omnium Gatherum, Metallica, Apocalyptica, Hatebreed, Testament, Converge, Armored Saint and many more. The pair discuss the concert industry in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and close out the show with a look at the Billboard Top 200.

Ep. 128: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss a plethora of news regarding the COVID-19 pandemic before discussing other various forms of news regarding Sacred Reich, Children of Bodom, En Minor, Vio-Lence, In Flames, Firewind, Kiss, Nita Strauss, Queensryche, Amaranthe, Motley Crue, Venom Inc. and many more. The pair close out the show with a look at the Billboard Top 200.

Episode 127: In this installment, Chris and Dan Mac discuss the latest releases from Lost Society, Biff Byford, The Amity Affliction, Discharge, Vinnie Moore, Polaris, Intronaut and Five Finger Death Punch, among others, before looking at various forms of news featuring Exhorder, Ozzy Osbourne, Serj Tankien, Trivium, Sons of Apollo, Lacuna Coil, Slipknot, Tool, Metallica, Motorhead, Carcass, Warbringer and many more. The pair discuss the Billboard Top 200 before taking a look at a previous Twitter poll regarding overrated artists.