Nerd Metal at KUCI

Playlist for 3/17/12

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:56:32 -0700

Xandria - Valentine - Neverworld’s End
Suidakra - Conlaoch - Crogacht
Eluveitie - A Rose for Epona - Helvetios
Freedom Call - Crimson Dawn - Land of the Crimson Dawn
Heidevolk - Een Nieuw Begin - Batavi
Tuatha de Danann - The Dance of the Little Ones - Tingaralatingadun
Strapping Young Lad - The New Black - The New Black
Skyclad - Still Spinning Shrapnel - Silent Whales of the Lunar Sea
Kvelertak - Sultans of Satan - Kvelertak
Waylander - To Dine in the Otherworld - Honour Amongst Chaos
van Canto - Master of Puppets - Tribe of Force
Skeletonwitch - This Horrifying Force (the Desire to Kill) - Forever Abomination*
Tuatha de Danann - Some Tunes to Fly - Tingaralatingadun
Sigh - Somniphobia - In Somniphobia
Primordial - Heathen Tribes - To the Nameless Dead
Eluveitie - Meet the Enemy - Helvetios
Voyager - Fire of the Times - The Meaning of I

* = new to the station

Playlist for 3/10/12

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Freedom Call - Age of the Phoenix - Land of the Crimson Dawn
Kamelot - If Tomorrow Came - Poetry for the Poisoned
Xandria - Blood on my Hands - Neverworld’s End
Epica - Stay the Course - Requiem for the Indifferent
Edge of Sanity - Twilight - Purgatory Afterglow
Equilibrium - Blut Im Auge - Sagas
Týr - The Ride to Hel - Ragnarok
Falkenbach - …When Gjallarhorn Will Sound - …Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri…
Skyclad - Penny Dreadful - Irrational Anthems
The 11th Hour - We All Die Alone - Lacrima Mortis
Electric Wizard - Another Perfect Day? - We Live
Eluveitie - Helvetios - Helvetios
Аркона - Слово - Слово
Folkearth - The Lady’s Gift - By the Sword of My Father
Fjoergyn - Vom Tod der Träume - Ernte Im Herbst
Kvelertak - Utrydd dei Svake - Kvelertak
Epica - Requiem for the Indifferent - Requiem for the Indifferent

Playlist for 3/3/12

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Iron Fire - Enter Oblivion OJ-666 - Voyage of the Damned
Insomnium - The Day it All Came Down - Since the Day it All Came Down
Haken - Insomnia - Visions
Alcest - Les Voyages de l’Âme - Les Voyages de l’Âme
Pharaoh - Castles in the Sky - Bury the Light
Bolt Thrower - The Killchain - Those Once Loyal
Eluveitie - Luxtos - Helvetios
Alestorm - Leviathan - Black Sails at Midnight
Wintersun - Battle Against Time - Wintersun
Swallow the Sun - Hate, Lead the Way - Emerald Forest and the Blackbird
Suidakra - Dead Man’s Reel - Command to Charge
Blind Guardian - A Voice in the Dark - At the Edge of Time
Orange Goblin - Death of Aquarius - Eulogy of the Damned
Lanfear - Idiopathic Discreation - This Harmonic Consonance
Barren Earth - Curse of the Red River - Curse of the Red River
Iron Fire - Slaughter of Souls - Voyage of the Damned

Playlist for 2/11/12

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Therion - The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah - Vovin
Darkwater - Queen of the Night - Where Stories End
Thy Catafalque - Fekete mezők - Rengteg
Hammers of Misfortune - The Day the City Died - 17th Street
Cradle of Filth - The Cult of the Venus Aversa - Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa
UneXpect - Silence This Parasite - Fables of the Sleepless Empire
Opeth - Ghost of Perdition - Ghost Reveries

Playlist for 2/4/12

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Manowar - The Gods Made Heavy Metal - Louder Than Hell
Gamma Ray - Wannabees - To the Metal!
Alcest - Là Où Naissent les Couleurs Nouvelles - Les Voyages de l’Âme
Devin Townsend - Hyperdrive - Ziltoid the Omniscient
Devin Townsend Project - Juular - Deconstruction
Savatage - Thorazine Shuffle - Gutter Ballet
Serenity - When Canvas Starts to Burn - Death & Legacy

Playlist for 1/28/12

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Cormorant - A Howling Dust - Dwellings
Hammers of Misfortune - Going Somewhere - 17th Street
Bolt Thrower - …For Victory - …For Victory
Opeth - Slither - Heritage
Ex Deo - Romulus - Romulus
Mercyful Fate - Angel of Light - Time
Annihilator - Kraf Dinner - Never, Neverland**
Primal Fear - Bad Guys Wear Black - Unbreakable
Shining - Fisheye - Blackjazz
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth - Karmacode**
Septicflesh - Anubis - Communion
Dragonland - Fire and Brimstone - Under the Grey Banner
Morgul - The Murdering Mind - The Horror Grandeur
Be’Lakor - From Scythe To Sceptre - Stone’s Reach
The Tea Party - Temptation - Transmission
Dark Funeral - Heart of Ice - Diabolis Interium
Crematory - Revolution - Revolution
Jonathan Coulton - Re: Your Brains - Thing a Week Two

**=listener request

Playlist for 1/21/12

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Angra - Spread Your Fire - Temple of Shadows
Sister Sin - Switchblade Serenades - Switchblade Senernades
Savage Circus - When Hell Awakes - Dreamland Manor
Primal Fear - Metal Nation - Unbreakable
Primal Fear - Where Angels Die - Unbreakable
Iron Savior - No Guts, No Glory - The Landing

Playlist for 1/14/12

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Nightwish - Last Ride of the Day - Imaginaerum
Serenity - Fairytales - Fallen Sanctuary
Fairyland - Across the Endless Sea Part II - Score to a New Beginning
After Forever - Transitory - After Forever
Stratovarius - Destiny - Destiny
Demons & Wizards - Poor Man’s Crusade - Demons & Wizards
Ephemeral Sun - Springsong - Harvest Aorta
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth - Karmacode
Strapping Young Lad - Love? - Alien
Children of Bodom - Angels Don’t Kill - Hate Crew Deathroll
X Japan - Vanishing Love - Vanishing Vision
Devin Townsend Project - Praise the Lowered - Deconstruction
Lordi - Devil is a Loser - Get Heavy
Soilwork - Follow the Hollow - Natural Born Chaos
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor - This Godless Endeavor
Edguy - Tears of a Mandrake - Mandrake

Playlist for 1/7/12

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Nightwish - Storytime - Imaginaerum
Nightwish - Ghost River - Imaginaerum
Strapping Young Lad - Monument - The New Black
Kalmah - Dead Man’s Shadow - For the Revolution
Thy Catafalque - Trilobita - Rengeteg
Bjørnar Selsbak – Rygteflom - Rygteflom/Tunge Taarer
Hammers of Misfortune - The Grain - 17th Street
Mercenary - Lost Reality - The Hours that Remain
Blind Guardian - Tanelorn (Into the Void) - At the Edge of Time

Playlist for 12/31/11

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Many thanks to DJ Marmar from World Without Words for subbing :D

Scar Symmetry - Illuminoid Dream Sequence - The Unseen Empire *
Demonaz - March of the Norse - March of the Norse *
Animals as Leaders - Earth Departure - Weightless *
Hell - On Earth as it is in Hell - Human Remains *
Amorphis - Battle for Light - The Beginning of Times *
Kamelot - Ghost Opera - Ghost Opera
Sonata Arctica - The Harvest - The Unia
Ayreon - Liquid Eternity - 01011001
Within Temptation - Our Solemn Hour - The Heart of Everything
Ayreon - Day 16: Loser - The Human Equation
Dream Theater - A Nightmare to Remember - Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Kamelot - Eden Echo - Ghost Opera
Nightwish - The Kinslayer - Wishmaster
Therion - Seven Secrets of the Sphinx - Deggial
Angra - Nova Era - Rebirth
Ra - Crazy Little Voices - Black Sheep
Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony - The Wicked Symphony
Opeth - Beneath the Mire - Ghost Reveries

* = new release

Playlist for 12/17/11

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:55:47 -0800

Royal Hunt - Kiss of Faith - Paper Blood
Sabaton - Coat of Arms - Coat of Arms
Skyclad - A Stranger in the Garden - Silent Whales of Lunar Sea
Bal-Salgoth - The Voyagers Beneath the Mare Imbrium - The Power Cosmic
Battle Beast - Enter the Metal World - Steel
Dream Theater - Build Me Up, Break Me Down - A Dramatic Turn of Events
High on Fire - Rumors of War - Death is this Communion**
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse - Death Cult Armageddon**
Djerv - The Bowling Pin - Djerv
Summoning - In the Hollow Halls Beneath the Fells - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
Symphony X - Iconoclast - Iconoclast
Dekadent - A Cry of Revolt - The Deliverance of the Fall
Christopher Lee - Act III: The Bloody Verdict of Verden - Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross
Blind Guardian - Another Stranger Me - A Twist in the Myth
Ásmegin - Blodhevn - Hin Vordende Sod & Sø
Anubis Gate - The Re-Formation Show - Anubis Gate
Voyager - Fire of the Times - The Meaning of I

**=listener request

Playlist for 12/10/11

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Many thanks to Valerie from The Heart Beats Machine for subbing the show this week! I was sick :(

* Demonaz - Over The Mountains - March of the Norse - Nuclear Blast
* Krisiun - Rise and Confront - The Great Execution - Century Media
* Carnifex - A Grave To Blame - Until I Feel Nothing - Victory Records
Heaven Shall Burn - Whatever That Hurts (Tiamat cover) - Covering 20 Years of Extremes - Century Media
* Pathology - Dissected By Righteousness - Awaken To The Suffering - Victory Records
* Opeth - The Devil’s Orchard - Heritage - Roadrunner Records
* Machine Head - Be Still and Know - Unto The Locust - Roadrunner
* Wayne Static - Thunder Invader - Pighammer - Dirthouse Records
* Dream Aria - Gypsy Heart - Fallen Angel

* Indicates New Release

Playlist for 12/3/11

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

We interviewed the fantastic Orange County based progressive metal bands Sorizon and Cerebellion :D

We played:

The Devin Townsend Band - Vampira - Synchestra
Sorizon - Atlantis - Behind the Emerald Starscape
Cerebellion - Breach of Security - Inalienable

Playlist for 11/26/11

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Wildpath - Unearthed - Underneath
Dragonland - The Trials of Mount Farnor - Under the Grey Banner
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner - Under the Grey Banner
Iron Savior - The Savior - The Landing
Iron Savior - Heavy Metal Never Dies - The Landing
Thy Catafalque - Trilobita - Rengeteg
Thy Catafalque - Kék ingem lobogó - Rengeteg
Ancient Bards - To the Master of Darkness - Soulless Child
Ancient Bards - Valiant Ride - Soulless Child
UneXpect - Silence This Parasite - Fables of the Sleepless Empire
Sorizon - Bridges Burned - Behind the Emerald Starscape
Cerebellion - Just Under the Surface - Inalienable
Blind Guardian - Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Therion - Kings of Edom - Sitra Ahra
Epica - The Obsessive Devotion - The Divine Conspiracy
Sonata Arctica - White Pearl, Black Oceans… - Reckoning Night
Manowar - Black Wind, Fire and Steel - Fighting the World
Silent Stream of Godless Elegy - Look - Relic Dances
Leaves’ Eyes - Etain - Meredead

Playlist for 11/19/11

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

This show we interviewed the awesome symphonic metal band Ashentide from LA! It was a ton of fun :)

We played a few songs:

Luca Turilli - Kings of the Nordic Twilight - Luca Turilli Digital Collector’s Box
Firewind - World on Fire - World on Fire Single
Ashentide - Homelands - Ashentide EP
Northern Kings - Don’t Stop Believin’ - Reborn
Ashentide - Purgatory - Ashentide EP
Dark Tranquility - Misery’s Crown - Fiction
Ashentide - Ondine’s Curse - Ashentide EP
Epica - Sensorium - The Phantom Agony

Playlist for 11/12/11

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Leprous - Bilateral - Bilateral
Luca Turilli - The Ancient Forest of Elves - King of the Nordic Twilight
Symphony X - Wicked - The Odyssey
Blind Guardian - Into the Storm - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Falconer - Mindtraveller - Falconer
Voyager - Fire of the Times - The Meaning of I
Firewind - Mercenary Man - The Premonition
Týr - Take Your Tyrant - The Lay of Thrym
Sonata Arctica - Don’t Say a Word - Reckoning Night
Hammers of Misfortune - The Grain - 17th Street
Skyclad - Inequality Street - Irrational Anthems
Sabaton - Screaming Eagles - Coat of Arms
Warlock - Metal Tango - Earth Shaker Rock
Strapping Young Lad - Monument - The New Black
Samael - Luxferre - Lux Mundi
Crimfall - Storm Before the Calm - The Writ of Sword
Silent Stream of Godless Elegy - Dva Stíny Mám - Návaz
Haggard - Per Aspera Ad Astra - Eppur Si Muove
Therion - Typhon - Lemuria
Devin Townsend Project - Sumeria - Deconstruction
Ashentide - Ondine’s Curse - Ashentide

Playlist for 10/29/11

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

King Diamond - Halloween - Fatal Portrait
Opeth - Ghost of Perdition - Ghost Reveries
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse - Death Cult Armageddon
Dream Evil - Back from the Dead - United
Chthonic - Blooming Blades - Mirror of Retribution
Iced Earth - Damien - Horror Show
Kalmah - Dead Man’s Shadow - For the Revolution
Moonspell - Night Eternal - Night Eternal
Powerglove - This is Halloween - Saturday Morning Apocalypse
The Devin Townsend Band - Vampolka - Synchestra
The Devin Townsend Band - Vampira - Synchestra
Powerwolf - Vampires Don’t Die - Lupus Dei
Cradle of Filth - Her Ghost in the Fog - Midian
Iced Earth - Frankenstein - Horror Show
Lordi - Would You Love a Monsterman - Get Heavy
van Canto - Fear of the Dark - Hero
UneXpect - When the Joyful Dead are Dancing - Fabless of the Sleepless Empire
Nightwish - The Phantom of the Opera - Century Child
My Dying Bride - The Blue Lotus - Songs of Darkness, Words of Light

Playlist for 10/22/11

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Rhapsody of Fire - Thunder’s Mighty Roar - The Dark Secret
Powerwolf - Sanctified with Dynamite - Blood of the Saints
Kamelot - When the Lights are Down - The Black Halo
Serenity - Coldness Kills - Fallen Sanctuary
Labyrinth - Thunder - Return to Heaven Denied
Myrath - Forever and a Day - Desert Call
Running Wild - Black Hand Inn - Black Hand Inn
Masterplan - Keeps Me Burning - MK II
Therion - Enter Vril-ya - Deggial
Tad Morose - Anubis - Modus Vivendi
Psychotic Waltz - Man & Machine - Walk the Earth
Accept - Princess of the Dawn - Hungry Years
Ashentide - Purgatory - Ashentide EP
Sonata Arctica - Don’t Say a Word - Reckoning Night
Iced Earth - Dark City - Dystopia
Strapping Young Lad - Aftermath - SYL
Suidakra - Stone of the Seven Suns - Book of Dowth
Turisas - Rasputin - Rasputin

Playlist for 10/15/11

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Absu - A Song for Ea - Abzu
Immolation - Still Lost - Providence
Insomnium - Through the Shadows - One For Shadow
Charred Walls of the Damned - Tireless Days - Cold Winds on Timeless Days
3 - Numbers - The Ghost You Gave to Me
Brainstorm - Temple of Stone - On the Spur of the Moment
Sebastian Bach - Kicking and Screaming - Kicking and Screaming
Battle Beast - Armageddon Clan - Steel
Grave Digger - Twilight of the Gods - Rheingold
Hibria - Steel Lord on Wheels - Defying the Rules
Powerwolf - We Drink Your Blood - Blood of the Saints
Iced Earth - The Phantom of the Opera Ghost - Horror Show
Demons and Wizards - Poor Man’s Crusade - Demons and Wizards
Haken - Insomnia - Visions
Textures - Stoic Resignation - Dualism
Leprous - Bilateral - Bilateral
Tristania - Beyond the Veil - Beyond the Veil

Playlist for 10/8/11

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Pain of Salvation - Condition - Road Salt Two
Pain of Salvation - Mortar Grind - Road Salt Two
Voyager - Stare into the Night - The Meaning of I
Blotted Science - Vermicular Asphyxiation - The Animation of Entomology
Galneryus - T.F.F.B. - Phoenix Rising
Ария - Феникс - Феникс
Textures - Singularity - Dualism
Dream Evil - Bang Your Head - In the Night
Battle Beast - Enter the Metal World - Steel
Helloween - Are You Metal? - 7 Sinners
Manowar - Kings of Metal - Kings of Metal
Lordi - This is Heavy Metal - Babez for Breakfast
van Canto - To Sing a Metal Song - Tribe of Force
Gamma Ray - To the Metal - To the Metal
Dark Moor - Just Rock - Ancestral Romance
Benedictum - Bang - Dominion
Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah - The Arockalypse
Manowar - Brothers of Metal Part 1 - Louder than Hell
Hammerfall - Bang Your Head - Infected
Myrath - Shockwave - Desert Call