A terrifying trio of tales with Metal mediation! Castle Bravo Productions and Mind Over Metal join forces, to twist stories of isolation, revenge, and plague with music from Cradle of Filth, Misfits, Grave, Type O Negative, Zombie Apocalypse, Dimmu Borgir, Rabbit Junk, and Church of Misery!

Listen to this interview with Nate Hall, the leader of U.S. Christmas! Hear about the album “Run Thick In The Night”, and the many forthcoming projects by USX. Also, we talk about their name and new abbreviation, the energy of live performance, the rigors of touring, ethics of downloading, and actually a lot about family and a little about religion. Check out their music from Neurot Recordings!

How does Steve von Till compare teaching with songwriting? Where does he draw parallels between heavy music and mellower folk? Just how did his solo projects like Harvestman and his eponymous music form? I even invoke Space Ghost, and find out what his superpowers are as Harvestman! This was a great live, on-air conversation with Steve that went longer and more in-depth than I expected. Enjoy, as we did!

Mind Over Metal thanks Steve Moore, of Calgary-based metal band The Unraveling, for transcribing this interview. In it, MetalMattLongo discusses with Jake Schultz of Norma Jean. We get in-depth about the writing and recording of their latest opus, “Meridional”, hear his attitude toward the ‘metalcore’ label, and find out about the band’s affinity for “little golden nuggets” (hey, those are his words, not mine) … enjoy!

Jason Netherton, founding member of Misery Index, called in to “Mind Over Metal” this past week for the second time in the show’s history. We obviously talk about the latest album (last time it was Traitors, now it’s Heirs to Theivery), but delve a bit deeper, exploring MP3 culture and current consumption trends, as well as the story behind the Japanese bonus track, “The Devil’s Onion Ring”. The one thing I wish I asked––which would have tied everything together nicely––is how he feels the American legacy of perceived entitlement affects current attitudes, particularly regarding music. Feel free to discuss amongst yourselves!

I am proud to announce that this site is now part of the Horns of The Devil aggregated review network. Thanks to everyone that has contributed thusfar, as well as all the members and visitors of MindOverMetal.org! It goes without saying that all of this means nothing without you. But there I went and said it. I’m gonna go write now.

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I was reminded why they call it “stoner metal” as I waited on bated breath for a phone call from Rich Mullins of Karma to Burn, live during ‘Mind Over Metal’!

Mind Over Metal presents METAL ABOMINATION with Revocation, Nathruzym, Mythology, Amadis, and Caledonia. Sunday March 7 @ 242 Main, for just $10!

I finally get to interview the man behind my favorite thrash band of all time, Eric Peterson of TestAmenT! Find out the latest on the American Carnage tour, plus info on the latest from both TestAmenT and the long-awaited next release from his black metal side project, Dragonlord! And hey, I never knew that the band he’d most like to tour with was Scorpions… did you?

This year, I decided to tag certain albums as ‘Best of 2009′ as I wrote the reviews in order to make a year-end compilation list easier to construct. It helped some, but man was this ever a dense year! It’s difficult to make the decisions (and we all know opinions are like assholes), but I’m dang proud of this here lineup. So here goes…