Welcome to 2026! For our fiftieth episode, we cover everything from the past six weeks, from November 28th through January 9th! There were a lot of great releases at the end of 2025, but this year is definitely off to a slow start!

We close out the show with an Extreme Submission from the American Black Metal band Ashenheart. They are releasing a new single on January 26th called “Stars Wept to the Sea” in memory of the main guitarist’s wife passing away from cancer. All proceeds from the bandcamp sale will be donated to the American Cancer Society, so please visit at the link below and donate if you can!

Check out their bandcamp:

https://ashenheart.bandcamp.com/album/stars-wept-to-the-sea-single

If you have a band and would like us to promote one of your songs in our extreme submissions segment, please reach out!

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Songs in this Episode:

• Enshine – Reignite
• Fullmoon Rite – Geisterwald Akt II (Im Bann des Teufelsvogels)
• Struck a Nerve – The Knife Scrapes the Bone
• Arcane Frost – Withering Decay
• EverRise – Melody of Death
• Jours Pales – Cineraire
• Blood Red Throne – On These Bones
• Bloedmaan – What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse
• Ashenheart – Stars Wept to the Sea

Christian’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle:

• Death From Above – Reckoning of the Damned
• Trigger – The Waking Beast
• Tumulo – Evangelho do Canhoto
• Streams of Blood – Vermaledeit
• Consumer – Consumer Society
• Bullet – Kickstarter
• Carnal Savagery – Crypt of Decay
• Thy Disease – United We Fall
• Munt – The World is Not Yours
• Galloglaigh – Upon Silent Waters
• Blizzen – Metaelectric

Justin’s Honorable Mentions for this Cycle:

• Avdagata – The Apocalyptic Aeon
• Malefic Throne – The Conquering Darkness
• Infyrna – WeltSchmertz
• Czernina – Oszukac Listopad
• Yardfield Colony – The Doomestication
• XIV Dark Centuries – Aus uralter Zeit
• Revasseur – Reaper’s Gale
• Hierophany – Tenebrario
• Woe – Legacies of Human Frailty

On this special episode, we had the opportunity to interview Brendon Small, the creator of Dethklok and Metalocalypse! Dethklok is about to embark on tour across the US with Amon Amarth and Castle Rat this April! Get your tickets at the link below:

https://www.amonklok.com

Thanks to Brendon for taking the time to talk with us and go in-depth about Metalocalypse, touring, and his growth as a musician. We had a blast getting to know him, and despite a few small technical issues, I think we had a great interview! We hope you enjoy it too.

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I can’t believe it’s been two years since we started this journey with Harsh Vocals! To celebrate, we’ve revamped the website and updated our logo, hopefully you all like it! For our Forty-Ninth episode, we discuss the highs and lows of 2025, and deep dive on both of our top30 albums for the year. Of course there is a little overlap, but there’s a few surprises too! It’s a very long episode, but there are a lot of laughs and some great discussion. We hope you’ll stick around until the end.

We also want to thank everyone who has supported us by visiting the site, checking out the podcast, and leaving us reviews. Every message, comment, and review means so much to us, and makes us feel like we’re really doing something to help promote this amazing music we love so much. We have so much to look forward to in 2026, so we hope you’ll all stick around and see what’s in store!

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Songs in this Episode:

• Graveripper – Bring Upon Pain
• Mystic Circle – Luciferian
• Starer – Song of the Harper
• Bliss of Flesh – Martyr
• Condition Critical – Wretched Aggression
• Thormesis – Am Morgen, wenn die Sonne untrgeht