#80 – The Black Dahlia Murder's Accidental Ode To Queer Joy
Hell Bent For Metal's Camp Classic this week is 'What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse' by The Black Dahlia Murder, and it's a case of a cishet band accidentally writing a song that can reflect an asp...
17 Mai 202250min
#79 – Metal's Tacit Homophobia Endorsement Problem
Hell Bent For Metal addresses two recent examples of heavy metal's problem with tacitly endorsing homophobia.First, Faust plays with Emperor again, this time at a festival in London, and some self-dec...
10 Mai 20221h 2min
#78 – (Al)legaeons Of Hell (Bent For Leather)
HBFM welcome Michael Stancel from pod favourites Allegaeon to the show, who explains how this is a good time to be a gay man in a touring death metal band, and that people care more about his music th...
3 Mai 20221h 2min
#77 – Roadburn: The Heavy Festival Where You Can Celebrate Being Queer
Hell Bent For Metal goes to Roadburn Festival, where being queer was celebrated. Whether through visibly queer artists celebrating themselves in their performance, or through a panel discussion about ...
27 Apr 20221h 5min
#76 – "We Were Taught Gay People Aren't Going To Heaven"
Hell Bent For Metal talks to Rich Lowe, the editor of overtly political, progressive multiplatform media outlet Astral Noize, about his experiences as an out but discreet queer man in metal.He talks a...
19 Apr 20221h
#75 – Let There Be Cock
Hell Bent For Metal talk to possibly the gayest covers band in the world, GayC/DC, the AC/DC tribute act you do not want to go watch with your dad. But as well as all the fun stuff, there's a serious ...
12 Apr 20221h 6min
#74 – 2 Camp, 2 Fabulous
It's a double Camp Classic show, where two proggy Nordic tunes both get analysed from a queer perspective. First up, 'Silver Bride' by Finnish death/doom-turned-folk/prog crooners Amorphis gets a mult...
5 Apr 20221h 3min
#73 – A Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell In The Metal Community
Hell Bent For Metal talks to Ethereal Shroud mainman Joseph Hawker about being out as a gay man in black metal circles. In an in-depth chat, Joseph tells Tom about how his experiences of growing up as...
29 Mar 20221h 2min
