Twin Terrors Macabre Manor of Mead Metal and Mayhem
Episodes
Episode 043 -- Avengers Endgame
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our thoughts on the latest Marvel movie. We waited a while to prevent spoilers, but seriously, it's been out a month, so if you listen to this and h...
Episode 042 -- Led Zeppelin, the first album era (part 2 of 3 -- touring)
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
More Zeppelin goodness! The band are enjoying the fruits of their labors, enjoying the fecundity of American touring! They possibly toured other p...
Episode 041 -- Deep Purple, the Mark II years (part 2 - the Fireball album)
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hooray! More Deep Purple! Jody goes into wonderful detail on the Fireball album, while James attempts humor. One of them succeeded. Picture: cou...
Episode 040 -- More odd sports! Bicycling and the Tour de France
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hopefully you enjoyed the odd Celtic sports episode, because here's more! This time, we're the Trio of Terrors, as we welcome our first full episode...
Episode 039 -- Hobbit Trivia
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Just a bit of fun as we look forward to tonight's release of JRR's biopic movie. We talk about beings from the books and a bit of background on phil...
Episode 038 -- Tolkien on Fairy Stories (part 5 of 5)
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're finally finishing the ToFS arc! Hooray! Here, we discuss the last bit of the essay and a few other Tolkien things and generally have a good ti...
Episode 037 -- Helloween (Keeper of the Seven Pumpkins Part I)
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in the Manor as we talk about our love of Helloween, one of the first (and in James' opinion the best) power metal bands. This episode will ...
Episode 036 -- Odd Celtic Athletics/Sports
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Terrors as James discusses his favorite Celtic sports! We'll delve into Highland Games, Irish Road Bowling, and Hurling! For the videos on ...
Episode 035 -- The Devil's Tritone in Metal and Medieval Music
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Diabolus in Musica (The Devil in Music). The Devil’s Interval. The Terrors discuss the sound that scared the pants of the Middle Ages Chur...
Episode 034 -- Tolkien on Fairy Stories IV
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the fourth of the five part trilogy! Here, we talk about the last full section of ToFS (Recovery, Escape, and Consolation). We really s...
Episode 033 -- Led Zeppelin, the first album era (part 1 of 3 -- recording and label signing)
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Led Zeppelin fanboy podcast! I mean... welcome back as the Terrors once again delve into Led Zeppelin. This trilogy will hit o...
Episode 032 -- Deep Purple, the Mark II years (part 1)
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to more on Deep Purple! Herein is discussed the beginnings of what is perhaps their most famous line-up, the Mark II members. Fun times ah...
Episode 031 -- St. Patrick's Day and Tolkien Reading Day (a Terrors Holiday Special)
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Ides of March! On occasion, we will regale you with our own holiday celebrations (besides Halloween, which was fairly obvious back in...
Episode 030 -- The Return of the Mead (#3 in the mead trilogy)
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Just a bit more from our mead talks! The third (up to now) of three. Will the episode sound odd? Probably, since it was one of our first and we'...
Episode 029 -- Tolkien on Fairy Stories (part 3)
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the third of four episodes where we discuss Professor Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Stories!" Here, we get into section four of the essay, Fa...
Episode 028 -- Led Zeppelin Before They Were Zeppelin (part 2 1968)
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back as we finish up the pre-Zep Zeppelin episode, after which we'll take a bit of a break from the band, until we come back in a few weeks wi...
Episode 027 -- Led Zeppelin Before They Were Zeppelin (part 1 - up through 1967)
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first of two episodes on the history of Led Zeppelin before they were Led Zeppelin! (Which will be an ongoing series of Zeppelin, as ...
Episode 026 -- Malort!
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Terrors discuss one of the most wonderfully delicious concoctions ever to be poured into a glass: Jeppson's Malort! This wonderful Swedish style...
Episode 025 -- Tolkien on Fairy Stories (part 2)
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Terrors as they discuss the third section, Children, of Professor Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Stories."
Episode 024 -- The history of distortion in rock music
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Of course we all know the distorted and fuzzy tones of Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, and more. Did you know it started decades earlier and ...
Episode 023 -- Deep Purple Mark 1
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first of what will assuredly be many Deep Purple episodes. In this episode, the Terrors focus on the Mark 1 line-up, starting from th...
Episode 022 -- Mead lore of the Nordic and Anglo-Saxon peoples
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing on in our mead trilology! Last time we spoke about the Celts, but here we'll touch a bit on the Norse, Anglo-Saxon, and Germanic people...
Episode 021 -- Tolkien on Fairy Stories
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the New Year! We thought we'd start the year (well, based on most people's thoughts of the new year -- ours starts at sun down on October...
Episode 020 -- Iron Maiden's "Number of the Beast"
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the final episode of the year! Here we discuss the Iron Maiden song "Number of the Beast!" Have a metal new year! If you want to read t...
Episode 019 -- The Mari Lwyd and Modern Christmas Creatures
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second Solstice/Christmas episode! Enjoy a bit on the Mari Lwyd from Wales and hobby horses, as well as more modern winter beasties! ...
Episode 018 -- Ghost Stories and Dreadful Beings of Christmas Time
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another seasonal themed episode! We figured with all the Halloween episodes, we could at least do one or two at Christmas. You may noti...
Episode 017 -- Mead Lore of the Celts!
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Finally! The Terrors discuss part of their title, when they go into the depths of mead (and bees and honey and whats-not), from the ancient Celts to...
Episode 016 -- Scrooge McDuck, sharper than the sharpies
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a week 5 episode! November has five Fridays, so we thought we'd share our thoughts on the best comic book character ever, Scrooge McDuck!...
Episode 015 -- The Difficulties of Dedicated Listening
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever tried to focus on just one album at a time, getting into the music and the artwork and the time period and the artist's thoughts at the ...
Episode 014 -- Thoughts on Kiss' Farewell Tour
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
KISS has announced their final tour and we have our thoughts on that. Well, Jody mostly has thoughts on that, but James has his curmudgeon moments, ...
Episode 013 - The Sweet: the rock, the rage, the glam, the glory
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Come with us and explore the glamtastic world of The Sweet! Known for their hits Ballroom Blitz, Little Willy, Fox on the Run, and many more, those ...
Episode 012 -- music and comedy of the '60s (a cultural watershed)
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Getting back to non-spooky October topics! In this, we discuss the cultural watershed that was the 1960s, notably in music (Led Zeppelin, Black Sabb...
Episode 011 -- Happy Halloween! True stories of Ouija Boards and Seances!
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
True and terrifying tales of demonic goodness! Have a happy Halloween and a sweet Samhain!
Episode 010 -- Halloween special: Trick or Treat (the 1986 movie)
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Manor! Herein we discuss the 1986 horror-comedy flick "Trick or Treat," which features Ozzy Osbourne and Gene Simmons, but only in ve...
Episode 009 -- Halloween and a plethora of spooky movie anniversaries
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
2018 is the anniversary of dozens of classic movies, a good many of them in the horror/spooky/Halloween genres. Enjoy as we go over them!
Episode 008 - Halloween special on Halloween: the 40th anniversary of Halloween.
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our discussion of John Carpenter's Halloween! Released October 25th, 1978, it's the 40th anniversary of the first Hollywood film to use t...
Episode 007 -- Halloween Special: The 50th Anniversary of Night of the Living Dead
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
First released October 1968 and introduced zombies to cinematic horror fans (well, ghouls, anyway), we hope you enjoy our discussion upon it!
Episode 006 - Halloween special: enjoyable scares!
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another Halloween extra episode! In which we discuss the types of horror and haunts, as far as movies, that we enjoy. Maybe a bit of wh...
Episode 005 - Halloween episode! Frankenstein turns 200.
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Where in we mostly discuss the book and Mary Shelley, but also a wee bit about the movies, too. Maybe not as erudite as the original Frankie, but th...
Episode 004 - Halloween special! Things that scared us as kids.
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sit back and enjoy jocular tales of terror and childhood (aren't those interchangeable?).
Episode 003 - Halloween special! Corpse paint in rock and metal.
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to True Norwegian Black Metal, the use of corpse paint for in rock and heavy metal for theatrical and cultu...
Episode 002 - The Folklore that Inspired Robert Plant
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The West Midlands folklore that inspired Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin! Stories of giants and dragons and fairies gathered from his Romani grandmother ...
Episode 001 -- The Hobbit (the movie part 01)
22 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Hobbit Day 2018! Wherein we discuss the movie version The Hobbit and how it relates to both the book and general cultural bits and whats not. ...
Episode 000 - an introduction
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the introductory episode of the Twin Terrors Macabre Manor of Mead, Metal, and Mayhem podcast! Herein, we introduce ourselves and tell yo...