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River City Limits on WRIR 12-7-24

NEW

Andy Jenkins – Leaving Before
-released Dec 3

Twin Drugs – Convenient Spell
-released ysterday Dec 6

The J.O.B. – One Day In A Lifetime
-released Nov 5

Dogwood Tales – driver’s side fantasy
-released Nov 22
-Harrisonburg

Asylum 213 – October Beach House
-advance release (a few songs) ahead of official release Dec 13
-production began in 2021

Dayfiction – Bullet in the Sun
-released yesterday Dec 6

Murdersome – Necessary Evil – 02 Necessary Evil
-released Nov 22
-former members of Alabama Thunderpussy, Short Bus Pile Up, and Humungus.

NOT NEW

Alabama Thunderpussy – When Mercury Drops
-Rise Again (first release)

Humungus – Warband
-Warband

Enforced – Malignance
-Kill Grid

Valkyrie – Fear and Sacrifice
-Fear

Destruct – Omnicide

DYNAMIC TRUTHS – Understanding Is Overrated – You Take It All

Coral – Pillowtalk – Figure 8

Honor Role – So Anyway

Butcher Brown – Secret House – Secret House
-with drummer Nate Smith at the National for Nate’s 50th – 7pm – TONIGHT

Drook – America, My Window

Bats & Mice – worst time (single released in April, album in May)

Greg Garner – Lighthouse

Instrumentals
Colin Phils – Trust-Fall
-Trust Fall

Benjamin Mauch – Self Preservation
– A Moment in Time that Always Happens

Mark Stanley – Hydroglyph
-WHAT

DJ HARRISON – LaDeeDahDeeDah
-TapeCookies2

Ronan Chris Murphy – Another Mother for Peace
-Horse, Zanthus!

Heavy set
BASK – Mush! Carry Me Home

NIGHT BATTLES – Curse the Day

Thunderchief – Crawl

The Practitioner – Flesh At The Tips of Thorns
-Wrought

Night Idea – Riverless – Perfect Water

Voiceover for Steelers/Ravens Rivalry Week

Ohhh man.  Rivalry week.  Just about every team has them.  Washington/Dallas.  Chicago/Green Bay.  Atlanta/New Orleans (although that one has faded recently).  And when your most-hated rival comes to town you can “throw out the schedules” as they say.  But when the Steelers call it always gives me a charge.  I’ve been voicing their in-stadium, online and other content for a while and I absolutely love it!  They usually want that old-school Facenda-ish read that makes you almost smell the “frozen tundra of Lambeau Field”.   And they said to really lean into it.  It’s like Thanksgiving came early.  What a great organization to work with and what it honor it continues to be.

Pittsburgh Steelers

StudioB RVA/Good Eye Podcast – Melissa Vaughan – WRIR Fund Drive

Both podcasts – same exact interview.

 

In this dual episode of Studio B RVA and the Good Eye Podcast, the conversation is with Melissa Vaughan, President of WRIR, Richmond’s independent community radio station.  She took over in 2020.  She had previously acted as Volunteer Coordinator.  Since taking over as WRIR’s fearless leader, she has spearheaded growth, expanded programming, volunteer and fundraising for the station and even led efforts to buy a new building so the station could grow further and increase its service to the community.

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StudioB RVA

Good Eye Podcast

River City Limits on WRIR 10-5-24

NEW
Drook – The Pure Joy of Jumping

Earthling – Humanity Dissolved – Humanity Dissolved

Fight Cloud – Ripper

FM Skyline – Circles

gusher – kiissiiiing song

Tomb of Annihilation – Black Coffin Ride (Single)

Transylvania Stud – Empress – Thread feat. John Lancaster

VERY RECENT

bodyshell – Astronaut

DOWNHAUL – Sinker

Energy 2000 – The Rocket into Planetary Space

ENFORCED – A Leap Into the Dark – EP (24-bit HD audio) – A Leap into the Dark

indoor-indoor – Miracle Time

Justin Golden – Keep Your Hand on the Plow

Midlife Pilot – Stay Low

Ninth Realm – Infernal Spite MMXXIV – Infernal Spite

Shagwüf – To Hook A Fish Of Memory

The Get Off – Destruction Aesthetic EP – Takes One To Know One

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – STRANGER ALIVE

The Mitras – No One Gets Back To Me

Tomb of Annihilation – The Dead and the Living (Tomb of Annihilation)

OLDER

Byzantine – Black Sea Codex – 02 Wings of My Soul

Colin Phils – Totokon – Totokon (full version)

Flashlight Tag – skeleton

Left Cross – Promo 2022 – Burning Raids

Merciful Zero – No Filter Through The Vortex – Elephant Song

Piranha Rama – Golden Blues

Pyramid Mass – Wars

Shane Cooley – Dracula

Spooky Cool – Net Ignored

 

WRIR

Studio B RVA

Voiceover for Right Guard – A Couple Different Reads

Commercial

Manifesto Video

The agency wanted two different reads for essentially the same campaign with the same message.  The commercial read had a bit of a wink, was straightforward and warranted delivery of the message quickly and efficiently.  It was to have a  gruff, honest, hardworking vibe.  The manifesto video needed a similar approach, but it was more measured.  You’re leaning in a little more, relating, sharing.  The blue-collar element is there but it’s pulled back a bit, almost documentary-style for folks who know a hard day’s work.

These two projects are what I love about VO.  They’re very similar, but they also have very distinct differences that need to be communicated in a subtle manner.   Direction and communication of the writer’s vision is key and the agency did a great job helping me to storyboard it in my mind so that I didn’t screw it up.  Aside from post-production (the unsung heroes of the creative process), voiceover is one of the last steps – from concept to finished product.  Often, the VO won’t even know if they’ve nailed it until they see the final.  You can pretty much know based on how the session went and how you felt about your performance, but you never know for sure until you see how all the elements come together.

River City Limits on WRIR 9-7-24

2024 RELEASES
NEW THIS MONTH:
ENFORCED – A Leap into the Dark
Shagwüf – To Hook A Fish Of Memory
DOWNHAUL – Sinker
indoor-indoor – Miracle Time
bodyshell – Astronaut
Energy 2000 – The Rocket into Planetary Space
Justin Golden – Left My Gal in the Mountains
Midlife Pilot – Stay Low
The Mitras – No One Gets Back To Me
SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – STRANGER ALIVE
Tomb of Annihilation – The Dead and the Living (Tomb of Annihilation)
Ninth Realm – Infernal Spite

OTHERS RELEASED IN 2024
BEEX – Big House
Halfcast – Able To Tell
The Judy Chops – Good Days
Young Scum – Lighter Blue
doll baby – Crumbled at our feet.
I am the liquor – The Devils Due
Asylum 213 – Subi
Butcher Brown – Secret House
Drook – America, My Window
Greg Garner – Lighthouse
Destruct – Omnicide
Crucial Rip – Force Fed Concrete
Mutually Assured Destruction – Hexer
Tennishu – Heat To Drop
FM Skyline – In the Clouds
Sam Valentine – Somewhere Golden
the Ar-Kaics – Chains
Bats & Mice – worst time
New Lions – Canada
Outer World – The Drum the Beat
WKNDR – All In
NO BS! Brass – Begin Again

WRIR

Studio B RVA

Studio B/Jay Smack Bandcamp collection

Metal Thrashing Madness: An Audio History Of Thrash Metal (An episode of “Cause And Effect” on WRIR, 97.3 Richmond Independent Radio)

Wikipedia calls Thrash Metal: “an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo.  The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead guitar work.”

More simply put, it’s a result of influences from punk rock, hard rock and heavy metal – specifically the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal or NWOBHM.

Ground Zero for the thrash movement was San Fransisco, with major players such as Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, Testament, Metal Church, Death Angel and Possessed hailing from there.  Los Angeles and New York City played a large part as well with Megadeth beginning in L.A. following Dave Mustaine’s ouster from Metallica.  Anthrax and Nuclear Assault were both from NYC.

The term “thrash metal” was first used in the music press by Kerrang! magazine’s journalist Malcolm Dome while referring to another of the “Big Four” (Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer), Anthrax, and their song “Metal Thrashing Mad”.   Before this, Metallica frontman James Hetfield referred to his band’s sound as speed metal or power metal.

In the August 17, 2024 episode of “Cause and Effect” on WRIR, I walk through some of the early influences of thrash including fast and powerful songs from rock and metal bands such as Queen, Black Sabbath, Accept and Motorhead and punk bands such as GBH, Black Flag and The Misfits.  Then we make our way into the first wave and peak of thrash (Big Four, Metal Church, Overkill, Nuclear Assault), the second wave (Testament, Annihilator, Sacred Reich), and into the resurgence following the big “Thrash of the Titans” festival in 2001 which brought a lot of the early players back into the metal public’s consciousness.  New players (Evile, Warbringer, Iron Reagan and Enforced) picked up where the early pioneers left off and brought it into modern times with speed, power and ferocity.

The full playlist is listed below.  Due to time constraints some of the songs the needed to be mentioned are presented as short clips, but the full versions can be heard in the Spotify playlist linked above.

The show is available via this archive link for two weeks after air date (8-17-24).

 

 


2024 0817 Cause and Effect – Jay Smack Host

“Metal Thrashing Madness – An Audio History of Thrash Metal”

(non-indented titles are full songs, indented titles are clips)

Playlist/Timeline

Influencers

1974 – Queen – Sheer Heart Attack – Stone Cold Crazy (London)

1975 – Black Sabbath – Sabotage – Symptom Of The Universe (England)

1977 – Dead Boys – Loud, Young and Snotty – Sonic Reducer (Cleveland)

1977 – Judas Priest – Sin After Sin – Dissident Aggressor (England)

1979 – Motorhead – Overkill – Overkill (England)

1980 – Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (England)

1981 – Venom- Welcome To Hell – Angel Dust (England)

1981 – Tigers of Pan Tang – Spellbound – Gangland (England)

1981 – Black Flag – Damaged – Rise Above (LA)

1982 – GBH – City Baby Attacked By Rats – City Baby Attacked By Rats (England)

1982 – Anvil – Metal On Metal – March of the Crabs (Toronto)

1982 – Accept – Restless and Wild – Fast As A Shark (Germany)

1982 – Tank – Filth Hounds of Hades – Filth Hounds of Hades (England)

1983 – Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac – Heavy Metal Maniac (Toronto)

1983 – Misfits – Earth A.D. – Mommy Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight) (NJ)

The Big Four

1984 – Anthrax – Fistful of Metal – Metal Thrashing Mad (NYC)

1984 – Metallica – Ride The Lightning – Fight Fire With Fire (SF)

1984 – Slayer – Haunting The Chapel – Haunting The Chapel (SF)

1986 – Megadeth – Peace Sells But Who’s Buying – Wake Up Dead (L.A.)

First Wave 83-87

1984 – Metal Church – Metal Church – Beyond The Black (SF)

1985 – Exodus – Bonded By Blood – Bonded By Blood (SF)

1986 – Kreator – Pleasure To Kill – Riot of Violence (Germany)

1986 – Nuclear Assault – Game Over – Sin (NYC)

1987 – Sodom – Persecution Mania – Perseution Mania

1987 – Overkill – Taking Over – Powersurge (NJ)

1987 – Death Angel – The Ultra-Violence – The Ultra-Violence (SF)

1987 – Possessed – The Eyes Of Horror EP – Storm In My Mind (SF)

Second Wave 88-92

1989 – Testament – Practice What You Preach – Practice What You Preach (SF)

1989 – Sepultura – Beneath The Remains – Beneath The Remains (Brazil)

1988 – DRI – 4 of a Kind – Suit and Tie Guy (Houston, moved to SF)

1989 – Annihilator – Alice In Hell – W.T.Y.D. (Welcome To Your Death) (Canada)

1990 – Sacred Reich – The American Way – I Don’t Know –  (Phoenix)

1990 – Destruction – Cracked Brain – Cracked Brain (Germany)

1990 – Exhorder – Slaughter In The Vatican – Exhorder (New Orleans)

1991 – Cornoner – Mental Vortex – Semtex Revolution

Post-thrash – 91-92, nu metal, groove metal, thrash bands evolve, early 2000’s

Metallica’s “Black Album”, grunge – change from speed and length to concise, heavy songs.  Rise of grunge and alternative metal – Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains

Resurgence

2007 – Evile – Enter The Grave – Thrasher (England)

2012 Lich King – Born Of The Bomb – Combat Mosh (Massachusetts)

2012 – Municipal Waste – The Fatal Feast – Jesus Freaks (Richmond)

2017 – Iron Reagan – Crossover Ministry – A Dying World (Richmond)

2018 Sepulcher – Panoptic Horror – Abyssal Horror (Norway)

2020 – Warbringer – Weapons of Tomorrow – Forepower Kills (L.A.)

2023 – Enforced – War Remains – Hanged By My Hand (Richmond)

 

River City Limits on WRIR 8-3-24

Playlist on WRIR’s website

 

 

 

 

NEW

BEEX – The Big House
-unreleased track recorded during the Zero Degrees sessions
–Tom Applegate replaced Christine Gibson on vocals following her passing
-recorded at Montrose, produced by Adrian Olsen and Alex Spalding

Halfcast – Able To Tell
-released July 5

The Judy Chops – Good Days
-Staunton
-released July 19
-recorded at Poe Town Music
– Strasburg

Young Scum – Lighter Blue
-released Aug 2

>>
Fuzzy Prophet (Greg Garner and Steve Dingus) – Mass Evolution

Landon Elliott – Strangers
Live at Poe’s Pub

Timothy Bailey, Ben Nicastro, Ford Loving – Nothing Left to Say (About Love)

Dorthia Cottrell – Black Canyon

Drook – Awful Stories
Texas

Jared Jones (Vic Chestnutt) – Flirted With You All My Life

Justin Golden – The Rain Done Fell on Me pt.1

Ohbliv – We Must Survive

Spirit of the Beehive – Tapeworm

Butcher Brown – I Can Say To You

Dust~ – Tier 4 featuring Aster

Fidelity Jones – JOY

Ladygod – Witchhunt

New Lions – Canada

Gold Connections – Confession

Hotspit – Epitaph

The Ar-Kaics – Dawning

I Am The Liquor – Confide In Me

MENSREA – Twenty Minutes Til

MURDERSOME – Smoke and Mirrors

THUNDERCHIEF – Night Songs (Cinderella cover)

Washers – Go Go Go

Toward Space – Pity Party

The Technical Jed – Edith Peach

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