The Podcast That Rocked for 12/17/25. Our final podcast of 2025 with discussion on the best and worst events of the year through heavy music. 2025 was a lot.

Discussion Topics:

1. The Legend of Ozzy Osbourne and Back To The Beginning
2. Amazing year for Sleep Token
3. Terrible year for Disturbed and David Draiman
4. Festivals are fun but too expensive
5. LiveNation and Ticketmaster are insane
6. AI in Music must be regulated
7. Venue security needs to chill
8. Asking Alexandria needs to anser a few questions
9. Warped Tour building off of 2025 success
10. Late Night gave rock and metal love
11. LOTS MORE

• SONG OF THE YEAR (voted on by fans) = Deftones "Infinite Source" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_uVVO7eGic

Favorite Albums Of 2025:

1. Deafheaven Lonely People With Power
2. Sleep Token Even In Arcadia
3. Spiritbox Tsunami Sea

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The Podcast That Rocked for 12/10/25. Can Avenged Sevenfold still make magic? Garbage VS Beach Balls, Gene Simmons is awful (again), and more.

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Discussion Topics:

1. Avenged Sevenfold release new song “Magic” through Call of Duty, announced co-headline tour with Good Charlotte
2. Good Things Fest in Australia featured an angry Shiriley Manson of Garbage and beachballs
3. Gene Simmons claims Ace Frehley’s death was due to his “Bad Decisions”
4. The Pretty Reckless to play on Jimmy Kimmel Live, ft. Taylor’s Abs
5. More of our favorite albums from 2025
6. Upcoming tours/albums and more

SONG OF THE WEEK: Gore. “Wrath” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am_q3P705rY

“Surprise! Avenged Sevenfold have released a brand-new song, Magic. Following 2023 album Life Is But A Dream…, the Huntington Beach metallers have teamed back up with Call Of Duty to share a new track as part of the Season 01 patch for Black Ops 7. And just like LIBAD…, it’s one hell of a trippy ride…“Our new song, Magic, is out everywhere on streaming now,” A7X posted on their website. “Thanks to our friends at Call of Duty BO7 for letting us have some fun yesterday. Listen to the new song, watch the 360 VR music video, and enjoy the lyric video with incredible single art by Wes Lang here.” (Kerrang)

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The Podcast That Rocked for 12/3/25. Feminine Badassary takes over in 2026 with Evanescence, Spiritbox, Poppy, Ross Haflin Lawsuit, AI Architects, and more music discussion.

Discussion Topics:

1. Feminine Badassary with Evanescence, Spiritbox, Poppy, K. Flay, Nova Twins
2. Ross Halfin, storied rock photographer, did a BAD THING
3. Architects get copied by AI Scam
4. Park Waves Festival cancelled for financial struggles
5. Scatterbrain (Brian Burkheiser) tries to channel Taylor Swift again
6. Alice In Chains petitioned by PETA for a good reason
7. Upcoming albums/tours/more

SONG OF THE WEEK: Poppy “Bruised Sky” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvaPXCV4cVc

Three Of Our Favorite Albums This Year:

1. Scowl Are We All Angels
2. Garbage Let All That We Imagine Be The Light
3. Vianova Hit It!

“Evanescence have announced a massive world tour for 2026 and they're bringing along some heavy-hitting opening acts. The tour will be Evanescence's first as a headlining act in nearly four years. In September, Amy Lee of Evanescence teamed up with Cortney LaPlante of Spiritbox and Poppy to release the song "End of You." The single was well-received and served as a precursor to Spiritbox and Poppy joining Evanescence as opening acts for the 2026 tour. Lee told Rolling Stone that the trio has yet to perform the song live together, but she hopes that will happen at some point during this run." (Loudwire)

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