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Mike Hill, front man and founder of metal band Tombs is the man behind the Everything Went Black Podcast. Check out his candid no-holds-barred conversations with guests ranging from extreme metal, punk, hardcore and black metal musicians to writers, martial artists and other free-thinkers.
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Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
EWB 308 UNHOLY PASSION SURVIVAL SONGS
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Ralph and I add another facet to the Unholy Passion. Survival songs is an exploration of the art that helps us get through lif’es challenges. We explore music, writing and other media in this episode. Similar to our other efforts, we get extremely personal and intense.
Intro: “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill
Outro: “Guess I’ll forget You” – The Black Heart Procession
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
EWB 307 - LONG SHADOWSTHE FESTIVAL
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
We got caught flat-footed this week. It's been a rough week: moving, unpacking etc so I'm releasing an episode of one of the Patreon shows that Ralph and I do.
For those of you who checked out my reading of The Festival by HP Lovecraft that I posted around the holidays, this is a good companion to the story. Ralph and I discuss the short story in depth along with spoilers.
Intro: "A Dark and Stormy Night" - Mike Hill / Vasilek
Outro: "Country Road, Six Miles In" - The Gault
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
EWB 306 MIKE SCONDOTTO
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
My good friend and fellow podcast co-host Mike Scondotto joins us this week. Among other things, Mike and I do the Necromaniacs podcast every week, so you may wonder what he is doing here on EWB.
Mike is here to talk about the Confusion discography.
Intro: “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill
Outro: “Storm the Walls” - Confusion
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
EWB 305 DARKNESS WEAVES 4 THE FOURTH SEAL
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Karl Haikara (Sol Nox) and I continue the mission. I give a brief rundown of the past weekend’s Nightlands Festival, the inaugural Cadabra Records Weird Fiction Event before diving into The Fourth Seal, the next short story in the Karl Edward Wagner collection In a Lonely Place.
Intro: “Darkness Weaves” – Mike Hill
Outro: “Ostia” - Coil
Wednesday May 31, 2023
EWB 304 JEAN ”SPYDA” CLERVOIS
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Jean “Spyda” Clervois, proprietor and head coach as Spyda Muay Thai joins us this week. As most of you know, martial arts and specifically Muay Thai is a big part of my life. For the past three years, I have been training with Spyda, first at another local facility and more recently at his own gym located in the heart of Garwood, NJ.
We discuss his journey in the martial arts world, the genesis of the gym and where he wants to take things as we all move forward into the future.
Intro: “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill
Outro: “Protect Ya Neck” – Wu Tang Clan
Wednesday May 24, 2023
EWB 303 THE METAPHYSICS OF DEATH
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Ralph and I continue our ongoing series The Metaphysics of… This week’s episode confronts an inevitability that will seek and find us all: Death. This is a heavy episode; we both get personal and talk about our individual experiences with both.
Intro: “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill
Outro: “Death is the Road to Awe” – Clint Mansell
Wednesday May 17, 2023
EWB 302 BOBBY TORRES VOIDSCAPE / FRIGHTBOX STUDIO
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Bobby Torres of Frightbox Studios and Voidscape joins us this week. Bobby recorded and mixed Under Sullen Skies and Monarchy of Shadows as well of a host of other metal bands such as Hammer Fight, Windfaerer, Kalopsia and Abacinate. Most recently, he has completed work on the long-awaited Odyssey of Spite, their EP brought to you by Nefarious Industries. In addition to Bobby, the band features Justin Spaeth (Tombs, Hammer Fight, Abacinate, Putrascension) and Mike Goncalves (Replicant, Windfaerer, Putrascension).
Intro: “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill
Outro: “The Unsaved” - Voidscape
Wednesday May 10, 2023
EWB 301 MATT BACON
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Matt Bacon, consultant, A&R man, music Journalist and founder of Dropout Media joins us this week. You might know him from his entertaining, informative Bacon Bits Instagram / TikTok account where he doles out valuable information about promoting your music. If you don’t follow him already and you play in a band, do yourself a favor and give him a follow.
Intro: “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill
Outro: “Hymns of Death, Rays of Might”
Wednesday May 03, 2023
EWB 300 LAURENT SHELLEY-DE BRAUW AND TREVOR SCHROEDER-LEBEC OF PELICAN
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Trevor Shelley De Brauw and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec of Pelican join us this week. On paper, I have asked them on to discuss the reissue of The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw on Thrill Jockey but the truth is that I miss talking to these guys and I wanted to catch up; especially with Laurent, who has been out of the mix for a while.
Intro: “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill
Outro: “Autumn into Summer” - Pelican
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
EWB 299 DARKNESS WEAVES 2
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Karl Haikara (Sol Nox Podcast) and I get together to continue Darkness Weaves collaboration, our exploration of the work of Karl Edward Wagner, the horror / dark fantasy writer whose work has impacted popular culture in innumerable ways. Wagner is most notable for his immortal, word-wielding antihero but has also penned horror and weird fiction.
For starters, we are going to cover the stories included in the recently re-published “In a Lonely Place.” This episode features Where the Summer Ends, an atmospheric weird tale set in Wagner’s hometown Knoxville, TN.
Intro: “Darkness Weaves” – Mike Hill
Outro: “Dreams of Trees” – Steve Von Till