New decade. New rules. New Trivium, figuratively and literally. In Waves is a huge turning point in the band's catalog, one the band insisted was a necessary step to them continuing. Is the album a shower or a grower? Or would we not see what they were going for on later albums? Listen and find out.
Read MoreThe episode you've all been waiting for. Nick and Mike cover a modern metal classic on this episode of Renegade Jukebox. Across this hour, they illustrate why Shogun by Trivium is a genre defining classic and why you need to hear this album. Listen and find out why!
Read MoreUh oh, Nick & Mike are entering controversial territory on this Jukebox episode. This time on The Trivium Retrospective, we look at the first Trivium album worth defending. The Crusade is a widely debated album. Is it just copying Metallica or is there legitimate merit to these songs? Or is it just people making shit up to hate on a band that got popular off a landmark classic album? Listen and find out.
Read MoreToday’s new Jukebox episode is a special one guys, Ascendancy by Trivium is 20 years old now. As horrifying a fact as that is, Nick & Mike as part of their Trivium retrospective decided to give it the full podcast treatment. And the only spoiler we’ll give? It holds up spectacularly well! Listen to it and help us celebrate one of the best metal albums ever made.
Read MoreJukebox is back with a brand new series, this time on Trivium. Nick & Mike are back with renewed energy for one of their all time favorite bands. Starting with the band's small beginnings when Matt Heafy was only 17, so how is the album? Listen and find out.
Read MoreWhy We Love This Band returns with a new episode, this time on metal’s next huge band. And deservingly so. Nick has been pressing Mike to do an Orbit Culture episode for Jukebox for a long time. The 4 piece from Sweden making some of the best melodic death metal of the last decade has been getting bigger and bigger. Take a listen and find out why you should be on the hype train for Orbit Culture!
Samples Used: Avenged Sevenfold – We Love You Orbit Culture – Red Fog Orbit Culture – North Star Of Nija Orbit Culture – Strangler Orbit Culture – Alienated Orbit Culture – While We Serve Orbit Culture - Descent
Read MoreNick and Mike are back with a new show for Renegade Jukebox, What Happened To This Band!? And with all of the current drama and past controversies? We couldn’t help ourselves but do an episode on As I Lay Dying. The Metalcore band that launched plenty of watered down acts and their reputation tarnished, but was their music genuinely good? Take a listen and find out!
Read MoreWhy We Love This Band returns, and who's on the docket this time? A band perfectly meant for this series, Lamb Of God. Arguably the most consistent catalog in heavy metal, Lamb Of God have been dropping classic albums for almost 3 decades now. So of course, Nick & Mike had to do an episode on them.
Read MoreIn this episode, Captain Kaye and Nick discuss the most anticipated horror movie of 2024. Yet also quite possibly the goriest movie released to a wide audience? Terrifier 3. Does it live up to the internet hype? Is it as good as Terrifier 2? Listen and find out.
Read MoreAnother Why We Love This Band episode? You know Nick and Mike wouldn't put something like this together for no reason. No, today, July 8th is the 20th anniversary of Metallica's documentary Some Kind Of Monster. And since they're talking about the biggest metal band of all time, they figured why not talk about their back catalog, the subject of this notorious documentary St. Anger, and what happened afterwards.
Read MoreIn the ninth and final(?) episode of The Dirt: A Motley Crue Retrospective, Mike and Nick have reached the Crue's last album, Saints of Los Angeles! It's the 45th episode of the Renegade Jukebox and the finale of one of our most well-received miniseries! Enjoy!
Read MoreNick & Mike are back with another episode of The Dirt: A Motley Crue Retrospective. And if you're bored listening to this? Well, we don't blame you because that's how they felt listening to New Tattoo. Listen to find out why, or go take a nap.
Read MoreNick & Mike are back with another episode of The Dirt: A Motley Crue Retrospective. This time with another notorious one, Generation Swine. Does it live up to it’s reputation. Short answer if you watch Todd In The Shadows is “Obviously!” But why is it that much of a mess? Listen and find out.
Read MoreIn this episode, Mike and Nick enter what was at the time a brand new era for the band. Changing both their lineup and their sound, Motley Crue's self titled album is said to be one of the most notorious records in Heavy Metal history. But how does it hold up by today's standards? Tune in to find out!
Read MoreIn this episode of The Dirt, Mike and Nick close out the band's classic era with what many believe to be their crowning achievement. But how does it hold up today? Tune in to find out!
Read MoreIn this episode, Mike and Nick reach the almost halfway point of Motley Crüe's discography. This time, they discuss band's 4th studio album, 1987's Girls, Girls, Girls! How does this compare to their last record? You'll have to tune in to find out!
Read MoreThe Dirt: A Motley Crue Retrospective is back on Renegade Jukebox. This time Nick & Mike cover one of the albums they've ever made, Theatre Of Pain. Yeah that joke is played out, but it's going to get more plays than this album will. Listen to find out why!
Read MoreThe first Why We Love This Band of the year, and one in development for a long time! Nick and Mike are here to do an episode of Belgian death metal horror geeks Aborted. And the timing couldn’t be better with dropping their new album Vault Of Horrors. But obviously, they go over the entire catalog and how amazing their merch is. Also why they haven’t done a tour with Cannibal Corpse yet.
Read MoreIn this episode, Mike and Nick discuss the first album from Job for a Cowboy in 10 years, Moon Healer!
Read MoreIn this episode, Mike and Nick continue their journey through the discography of Motley Crüe, from the perspective of two metalheads who haven't heard the majority of their albums in full. They travel back to 1983 to discuss the band's 2nd studio album, Shout at the Devil!
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