Dumb And Dumbest 78: Interview with Seth Werkheiser of Close Mondays



Episode 78 of the Dumb and Dumbest Podcast is streaming right now, and it’s an Interview with Seth Werkheiser of Close Mondays. Seth was one of the original Metal music bloggers on the net, worked for AOL Noisecreep, Buzzgrinder, helped found the amazingly influential #metalbandcampgiftclub and the recently defunct but rad Skulltoaster. Seth runs Close Mondays and has a plethora of advice to share about the music industry, marketing, metrics and more. Dumb and Dumbest is a music industry podcast hosted by music executive Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions) and Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR).  

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Guest Post: Seth Werkheiser of Skull Toaster- End Of Year List


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As we dash towards the holidays and the end of the year Ghost Cult is feeling good about this season of giving. So we are giving our fans a chance to get to know our partners, peers, and friends from bands in the world of music. They will chime in with some guest blogs, end of year lists, and whatever else is on their minds as we pull the plug on 2015. First up is our pal Seth Werkheiser from Skull Toaster Metal Trivia (@skulltoaster)

 

 

Hi – metal friends and people who enjoy reading things on the internet. My year-end list is a mix of metal and rock – but for a dude who grew up on Guns N Roses and Helmet – well – this is the sort of year-end list you get from me in 2015. I left some obvious picks (ahem – FNM) off my list – as they’ll get enough attention everywhere else – and tried to focus on picks that found their way into my life by random BandCamp exploring and listening to a handful of fine folk on Twitter (hey – I’m @sethw). Please enjoy.

10. Super Unison – Super Unison

Super Unison by Miles Mattison

Super Unison by Miles Mattison


This is Meghan O’Neil’s new band after leaving
Punch and this EP is killer.
https://superunison.bandcamp.com/album/super-unison

 

9. Spylacopa Parallels

Spylacopa - Parallels album cover
Groovy in some places, atmospheric in others. All makes for a solid album that I’ve spun many times this year.
https://spylacopa.bandcamp.com

 

8. Torpor From Nothing Comes Everything

Torpor - From Nothing Comes Everything

Airy and doomy, super loud trio from the UK.
https://torpornoise.bandcamp.com/album/from-nothing-comes-everything

 

7. Our Oceans Our Oceans

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Ex-Cynic projects will always win me over: catchy- pretty- and bound with energy.
https://ouroceansband.bandcamp.com

 

6. Royal Thunder Crooked Doors

720x405-SuperUnison-Promo-byMiles-MattisonRoyal Thunder. Photo Credit: Kevin Griggs LToR: Josh Weaver, Will Fiore, Evan Diprima, Mlny Parsonz

Royal Thunder. Photo Credit: Kevin Griggs

This album is going to age like some sort of hard drink; burning and so smooth.
https://royalthunder.bandcamp.com

 

5. Kowloon Walled City Grievances

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Grievances’ sounds like what every overcast, rainy day looks like. And those are my favorite sorts of days.
https://kowloonwalledcity.bandcamp.com/album/grievances

 

4. ColiseumAnxiety’s Kiss

Coliseum - Anxiety's Kiss

Like an old car with a manual transmission and no power steering, ‘Anxiety’s Kiss’ hurts so good.
https://coliseum.bandcamp.com/album/anxietys-kiss

 

3. Mutoid ManBridgeburner

Royal Thunder. Photo Credit: Kevin Griggs

Mutoid Man, by Boston Chuck Photography

This album is majestic, like surfing on the back of a gold-plated eagle that shoots lightning bolts from its eyeballs.
https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com

 

2. OHHMSCold

OHHMS - Cold album cover

Two songs is more than enough for me. Just like you don’t fast forward classic movies to the “good parts,” so is this album – you listen to the build-ups like an adult!
https://ohhms.bandcamp.com

 

1. Sleater-Kinney No Cities to Love

sleater kinney - no cities-1425

This is the most metal album of the year for me. I get chills listening to each chorus and all that riffing. The vocals on this whole album just sound ferocious – like they mean something.
https://sleaterkinney.bandcamp.com/album/no-cities-to-love

 

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