Heavy Metal Historian
Episode 13:
100 years after its declaration, the world still bears the scars and the impact of The Great War. The combat influenced a century of art, literature, but just as importantly, music as well. We have a look at World War I in Metal – from Iron Maiden’s “Paschendale” and beyond into metal artists that exclusively focus on the First World War in all of their music…
Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.
Metal News Links
BATTLE BEAST: Lyric Video For New Song ‘Touch In The Night’
ENUFF Z’NUFF: Video For Cover Version Of BILLY SQUIER’s ‘The Stroke’
GLENN DANZIG: New Song Will ‘Definitely’ Appear on ‘The Walking Dead’ Soundtrack
Guitarist CHRIS BRODERICK Quits MEGADETH
Priest Forces British Hard Rock Band SEVENTH SON To Move Charity Gig
SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, MORBID ANGEL Members In Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre
SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Commemorate 100th Anniversary Of Armenian Genocide
VENOM To Release ‘From The Very Depths’ Album In January
What Your Band Needs to Know About Facebook’s New Algorithm
Finally, the team-up you’ve been waiting for: EXHUMED with THE SUPREMES
Documentary / Video Clips
BBC: The Great War – On the Idle Hill of Summer
BBC: World War I – The Gallipoli Campaign
BBC: World War I – The Russian Revolution
BBC: World War I – The Schlieffen Plan
Crash Course: Who Started World War I
Made From History: 5 Major Treaties and Alliances
The Great War: A Shot That Changed The World
The Russian Revolution and World War One
BBC: The Peacemakers – The Treaty of Versailles
Recommended Listening:
- “One” by Metallica from the album …and Justice for All
- “All for You, Sofia” by Franz Ferdinand from the album Franz Ferdinand
- “Damage, Inc.” by Metallica from the album Master of Puppets
- “Keep the Home Fires Burning” by John McCormack available online at YouTube
- “Oxygene, Pt. 2” by Jean Michel Jarre from the album Oxygene
- “Paschendale” by Iron Maiden from the album Dance of Death
- “1916” by Motorhead from the album 1916
- “Entrenched” by Bolt Thrower from the album Those Once Loyal
- “The Cliffs of Gallipoli” by Sabaton from the album The Art of War
- “Running Alone” by Battalion from the album Underdogs
- “Crawling Horror” by Sacriphyx from the album The Western Front
- “Under the Sign…” by God Dethroned from Under the Sign of the Iron Cross
- “Expendable Youth” by Slayer from the album Seasons in the Abyss
- “No Man’s Land” by Eric Bogle from the album Eric Bogle
- “Lingering in…” by Carach Angren from Where the Corpses Sink Forever