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#12 - Christopher Dick from Decibel Magazine
Feb 15, 2026
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The Hate Meditations Podcast Episode XI - Best of 2025
Feb 6, 2026
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#11 - The Will to Metal (Schopenhauer + Metal Discussion)
Oct 21, 2025
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#10 - Being-Towards-Metal
Oct 9, 2025
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#9 - LGBT of Death Metal
Sep 1, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 2/15/26 | #12 - Christopher Dick from Decibel Magazine | Veteran metal writer Christopher Dick joins alongside Shelley for an interview about the inner workings of his writing career and happenings at Decibel Magazine. | — | ||||||
| 2/6/26 | The Hate Meditations Podcast Episode XI - Best of 2025 | We're back as if nothing happened to catchup on some of our top picks for 2025.Releases discussed:Cultic - LoreMessa - The SpinMouth of Madness - Event HorizonDissidence - Seven Crosses ImpaledHeruvim - MercatorMorax - The AmuletNecromaniac - Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites AbominableKæck - Gruwelijk OnthaalCóndor: Aurë EntuluvaThaumaturgy - Pestilential HymnsArktheos - CosmonolithNyreDolk - Barndommens hjemMusic featured at the end of the episode:Heruvim - Gnosis, from Mercator https://heruvim.bandcamp.com/album/mercator | — | ||||||
| 10/21/25 | #11 - The Will to Metal (Schopenhauer + Metal Discussion) | We (Jason, Jakob, and Shelley) finally get around to Schopenhauer's aesthetics. | — | ||||||
| 10/9/25 | #10 - Being-Towards-Metal | Just Jason and Jakob today! We discuss the epoch of metal as being prophetic and end up leaning heavily on Heidegger's concept of being-towards-death | — | ||||||
| 9/1/25 | #9 - LGBT of Death Metal | We explore five important albums for death metal that embody LGBT -- Loving the Good, the Beautiful, and the True -- through a Platonist lens. Joining the discussion are Brett Stevens of DeathMetal.org and Paul of Condemner (TX). | — | ||||||
| 8/13/25 | #8 - All Things Evil! | We analyze "evil" from the points of theology, philosophy, politics, and metal | — | ||||||
| 8/12/25 | #7 - Perspective-Changing Metal Albums | Brett Stevens from DeathMetal.org, Paul from Condemner, and Tyler from Necropolis BC join forces to rank albums that helped shape their unholy awakening.Album picks:Tyler:1. Deicide - Deicide2. Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet3. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales5. Gorgoroth - AntichristBrett:1. Iron Maiden - Killers2. Slayer - South of Heaven3. DRI - Dealing With It4. Prong - Beg to Differ5. Sepultura - Morbid VisionsJason:1. Morbid Angel - Covenant2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning3. Samael - Ceremony of Opposites4. Beherit - Electric Doom Synthesis5. Burzum - FilosofemPaul:1. Metallica -- And Justice For All2. Emperor -- self-titled EP3. Ildjarn -- Forest Poetry4. Mortem -- De Natura Daemonum5. Imprecation -- Theurgia Goetia Summa | — | ||||||
| 8/4/25 | #6 - Sodomized by Technology! | Microplastics feast on the corpses of your dead-ass sperms. | — | ||||||
| 7/29/25 | #5 - Culture of Place | Brett Stevens, Paul from Condemner, and Jakob Foli return to discuss cultural influences on metal, with a focus on Scandinavia. | — | ||||||
| 7/23/25 | #4 - Monarchism and Anarcho-Pluralism | Brett Stevens (Sodomizer), a monarchist from https://www.amerika.org/ and Keith Preston, an anarcho-pluralist from https://attackthesystem.com/ join the Necropolis AD Show (NADS) for a powwow on democracy, globalism, and more! | — | ||||||
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| 7/14/25 | #3 - Sodomized by Structure! | Brett Stevens (Amerika.org, Deathmetal.org) and Paul from Condemner (TX) return, joined by new participant Jakob Foli, a Danish philosopher and artist. | — | ||||||
| 7/9/25 | #2 - Determinism. Metal. Chaos. | Feral roundtable comprising participants David Rosales (DARG) and Brett Stevens (Sodomizer). | — | ||||||
| 7/2/25 | #1 - Death to Poseurs! | Brett Stevens (Amerika.org, Deathmetal.org) and Paul from Condemner (https://condemner.bandcamp.com/music) join to dissect the poseur phenomenon. | — | ||||||
| 6/29/25 | The Hate Meditations Podcast, Episode X - Plutonian Shore | Zvs from Plutonian Shore is interviewed. | — | ||||||
| 6/23/25 | The Hate Meditations Podcast, Episode IX - 1990 Death Metal Tier List | Sorry for the hiatus. But we're back. We have beer. And we have important matters of state to discuss.Cheers. cheers. | — | ||||||
| 5/5/25 | The Hate Meditations Podcast, Episode VIII - On Music Criticism | Daniel Lake of Decibel Magazine joins for a discussion on the role and importance of music criticism. Mainstream journalism vs underground blogging: different paths or open hostility? Is it fair as a music critic to have an agenda? Can music criticism have a real impact in the scene? How to deal with hate: when the responses to music criticism are negative. | — | ||||||
| 4/13/25 | The Hate Meditations Podcast, Episode VII - George’s Music Blog | Shelley chats with his brother about music. | — | ||||||
| 3/31/25 | The Hate Meditations Podcast, Episode VI - Tolkien and Metal | is a description needed? | — | ||||||
| 3/17/25 | The Hate Meditations Podcast, Episode V - Ildjarn-Nidhogg | In a bid to further reduce our viewing figures, we spend nearly two hours discussing one of the most challenging and divisive artists to emerge from Norwegian black metal. (apologies for the shitty audio, poor connections) Music at the end of the episode: Ildjarn: Strength And Anger VIII Shelley claims he doesn't care about your opinions, but he in fact does, at least deep down. | — | ||||||
| 3/10/25 | The Hate Meditations Podcast, Episode IV - Metal and Politics: Correctives | Joseph and I go rogue due to a last minute change of plans, discussing politics, metal, and nostalgia, trying not to wet ourselves in the process. We hopen't you enjoy. | — | ||||||
| 3/3/25 | The Hate Meditations Podcast, Episode III - Scene Politics, feat. Kam Lee | The legendary Kam Lee joins for a roundtable discussion on scene dynamics in underground metal. Kam's new EP: https://massacre3.bandcamp.com/album/mermaid-in-a-manhole His podcast/vlog: https://youtube.com/@eeriecreep?si=uVuzRvCKR4YTkdwp | — | ||||||
| 2/3/25 | The Hate Meditations Podcast: Episode II - Chilean extreme metal | We’ve spent the last two weeks listening to nothing but Chilean extreme metal in an effort to understand its gestalt. Here we present our findings, along with some random thoughts on what it says about the state of extreme metal from the genre’s traditional heartlands in Europe and North America. Music featured at the end of the episode: Blood Oath: Sanctury of Souls Further listening - Old guard: Pentagram Sadism Atomic Aggressor Torturer Death Yell Apostasy Bewitched Massakre Dorso Newer Chilean scene (2000s): Unaussprechlichen Kulten Communion Perversor Ripper/Venus Torment Force of Darkness Invincible Force Atomicide Black Grail Slaughtbbath Kerasfora Later crop: Demoniac Critical Defiance Blood Oath Antagonyze Suppression Sepulcrum Solipnosis Ancient Crypts Mayhemic Horrifying Betelgeuse Kexelür Vómito Vacuo Mortify Inanna Disembowel | — | ||||||
| 1/22/25 | The Hate Meditations Podcast: Episode I - Swedish Death Metal | It's episode one! Shelley, Jospeh, and Tyler are joined by Belisario of El Negro metal for a good chinwag on Swedish death metal, keeping things casual to kick things off. https://hatemeditations.com/ https://elnegrometal.es/ Music featured in the episode: Carnage - Death Evocation Therion - Future Consciousness | — | ||||||
| 12/28/24 | #106 - Liminal Spirit | Most people might know Jerry as the creator of the Scale It Back YouTube channel. In this discussion, we explore his new industrial project, Liminal Spirit, the concept of atmosphere as the essence of music, modern media consumption, and more. Music at the end of the episode is 'Expanses' from the debut Liminal Spirit album. Liminal Spirit Bandcamp: https://liminalspirit.bandcamp.com/album/liminal-spirit Scale it Back YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbf3uRicqMdpwebpNVvsmsQ Additional sources casually discussed: Why Florida? Regional conditions and further development of the “Florida death metal” scene and the local public response (1984–1994), by Marco Swiniartzki: https://online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article/33/3/168/118562/Why-Florida-Regional-conditions-and-further Music as Atmosphere, edited by Friedlind Riedel and Juha Torvinen: https://www.amazon.com/Music-Atmosphere-Collective-Atmospheres-Experiences/dp/0815358687/ Celibidache's philosophy of music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SthKs40ClCY&t | — | ||||||
| 11/25/24 | #104 - Condemner Interview | In this episode we interview Condemner, their history, their latest album 'Male Patratis Sunt Atra Theatra Parata', what's in store for the future, and the health of underground metal. Music featured at the end of the episode: Condemner - Awaiting the Three Baptisms | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.