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Shredding is a virtuoso lead guitar playing style. Advanced and complex playing techniques, and a range of electronic effects such like distortion, to create a more sustained guitar tone to facilitate feedback effects make it shred. Featured local: Tym Morrison. Jeff Beck – ScatterbrainYngwie Malmsteen – Marching OutJoe Satriani – The Mystical […]

If you’re looking for a great debate, a good place to find it is to name amazing guitar heroes, regardless of genre. By no means intended to be a greatest all-time list, it is presented only as some of Josh’s favourites to have captivated him, so it’s Volume 1. Featured […]

Black metal takes on anti-Christian, satanic and paganistic themes in fast tempo, shrieking vocals, heavily distorted guitars and unconventional song structures. Featured local band: Woods Of Ypres. Celtic Frost – Into The Crypts Of RaysMercyful Fate – Into The CovenBathory – A Fine Day To DieMorbid – My Dark SubconciousUlver […]

Blast beats that borrow from Buddy Rich and off shoot of punk. A brief history of Grindcore music that hits hard and blazes. Featured local group: Shit Liver.

Amendola mines the roots of the sub-genre Doom Metal from Europe to North America. Featured local group: AlgomA.

Progressive metal music has powered its way into Andorra, a land of folk dances like contrapàs and marratxa steeped in Catalan culture, seeping from neighbouring Spain and France. DJ Amendola fills the second half of the episode with local metal originating from Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. Persefone – In Lakech […]

The organizers dubbed their protest Freedom Convoy 2022 and it certainly made news and social media take note. Freedom of expression is a cornerstone to Canadian life. Host DJ Josh Amendola pays his metal tribute to the cause. All opinions and viewpoints expressed are uniquely his. Mamita Kala Marma – […]

Combining traits of traditional metal with speed metal, using anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter, often within symphonic context to create a theatrical, dramatic and emotionally “powerful” sound. Featured local band: Wreck-Defy. Rainbow – Temple of the KingHelloween – Keeper of the Seven KeysYngwie Malmsteen – Trilogy Suite Opus No. […]

Our host Amendola introduces us to the beginnings of Heavy Metal, both globally and locally in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. Features: Woods of Ypres & Gates Of Winter.