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Today’s Distorted Discoveries upload.

Juramento "Hallucinations" Full Song (Psych Rock / Stoner Rock, United Kingdom 🇬🇧, 2025)

#doom #stonerrock #nowplaying #musicsky #musiccommunity #rockmusic
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Juramento "Hallucinations" Full Song (Psych Rock / Stoner Rock, United Kingdom 🇬🇧, 2025)
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November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Today’s Distorted Dialogue Podcast upload is frontman Erik Caplan 👇

On SpotifAI, 🍎, I💚 and YouTube

@csquaredmm2.bsky.social #podcast #interview #doommetal #doomsky #nowplaying #metal
Episode 55: Thunderbird Divine Part 4
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Episode 55: Thunderbird Divine Part 4
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November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Check out Virginia’s Valkyrie delivering their blend of rock and doom at the Descendents of Crom Festival in Pittsburgh.

Valkyrie “Afraid to Live” (Live at the Thunderbird Cafe, Pittsburgh, 9/26/25)
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#valkyrie #livemusic #nowplaying #doommetal #stonermetal #livemetal
Valkyrie “Afraid to Live” (Live at the Thunderbird Cafe, Pittsburgh, 9/26/25)
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November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
mikethrash.bsky.social
Anyone else digging the new Drain album that dropped today?

Head over, check it out and let me know what you thought of it!

#hardcore #punk #metal #nowplaying #metalsky#musiccommunity
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Head over and check out the latest upload on the DISTORTED DISCOVERIES Playlist.

Kittenhead "Purr" Full Song (Pop Punk, USA 🇺🇸, 2025)

#punksky #nowplaying #newmusic #musiccommunity
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Kittenhead "Purr" Full Song (Pop Punk, USA 🇺🇸, 2025)
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November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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A little bit of lighter fare on today’s Distorted Dialogue. Some catchy pop rock to mix it up a bit.

Duplexity "Mercy" Full Song (Pop Rock, USA 🇺🇸, 2025)

#rockmusic #rocksky #playlist #nowplaying #musicsky
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Duplexity "Mercy" Full Song (Pop Rock, USA 🇺🇸, 2025)
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November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Today’s Live and Loud upload is the Power Metal marauders in @adamantismetal.bsky.social when they destroyed the stage at @poetrylounge412.bsky.social

Adamantis - Funeral For A King (Live at The Poetry Lounge, Pittsburgh, 8/25/25)

#live #metalsky #powermetal #liveandloud
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Adamantis - Funeral For A King (Live at The Poetry Lounge, Pittsburgh, 8/25/25)
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November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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@outlawsofthesun.bsky.social delivers a brilliant review of the new @buzzarddoomfolk.bsky.social album, out FRIDAY!
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Trying a little bit of Country Rock for the people who might want to see what it’s like.

Today’s Distorted Discoveries upload. Not much distortion on this one.

Marc Daniels-Cougar Town- Full Song (Country Rock)
#country #rock #countryrock #distorteddiscoveries
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Marc Daniels-Cougar Town- Full Song (Country Rock)
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November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Check out the EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE of @buzzarddoomfolk.bsky.social newest single “Terms and Conditions Apply”.

Off of the upcoming album, “Everything is Not Going to be Alright”.

PREMIERE! Buzzard “Terms and Conditions Apply” (Doom Folk, 2025)

#doommetal #folkmusic #doomfolk
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PREMIERE! Buzzard “Terms and Conditions Apply” (Doom Folk, Massachusetts, 2025)
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November 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Philly’s Blackened thrashers in Bastard Cross dropped a banger of a debut on Friday, in Crossripper.

Here they stop by to discuss it and more. On 🍎, I💚 and SpotifAI, and YouTube.

Who should I interview next? Did you hear crossripper?

#podcast #thrash #metal
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November 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Check out this killer new band from Des Moines, Iowa.

Infernal Instinct “The Virtue” Full Song (Melodic Death Metal, USA 🇺🇸 2025)
youtu.be/ev8_3LpLj4Q
#metalsky #melodicdeathmetal #nowplaying #distorteddiscoveries
Infernal Instinct “The Virtue” Full Song (Melodic Death Metal, USA 🇺🇸 2025)
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November 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Akron’s Power Metal peddlers, Emerald Rage stormed into the Steel City and did an amazing job covering some Thin Lizzy @poetrylounge412.bsky.social

Emerald Rage "Massacre" (Thin Lizzy Cover, Live at The Poetry Lounge, Pittsburgh, 8/25/25)

#powermetal #livemetal #nowplaying
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Emerald Rage "Massacre" (Thin Lizzy Cover, Live at The Poetry Lounge, Pittsburgh, 8/25/25)
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November 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Today’s Distorted Disoveries is a gritty instrumental.

mentalEscape "Stone Bridge" (Instrumental, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2025)

#nowplaying #metalsky #metalcommunity #newsong #musiccommunity
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mentalEscape "Stone Bridge" (Instrumental, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2025)
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October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Check out the new Blackened Death Metal EP by Costa Rica’s Overahock.

Front woman Sofia makes her presence knows on this new heavy offering

Overshock -Burden of the Unseen- Full EP (Blackened Thrash / Death Metal)

#metal #deathmetal #nowplaying #newmetal
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Overshock -Burden of the Unseen- Full EP (Blackened Thrash / Death Metal)
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October 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Here’s what ya missed at last month’s Descendents of Crom Festival.

Passing Bell kicked off the festival, and what a day it was.

Passing Bell -Hollow Eyes (Live at the Thunderbird Cafe, Pittsburgh 9/26/25)
#metal #nowplaying #musiccommunity #livemusic
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Passing Bell -Hollow Eyes (Live at the Thunderbird Cafe, Pittsburgh 9/26/25)
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October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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For those of you who listen to Podcasts, where do you listen to them at, and why?

What kind of podcasts do you usually enjoy?

#survey
#poll
#podcasts
#listeninghabits
#nowplaying
October 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Some catchy hard rock / metal that is catchy as hell, and balanced really well. Check these dudes out here👇

Lift The Curse -Redemption- Full Song (Hard Rock / Alt-Rock)

#nowplaying #distorteddiscoveries #rockmusic #musiccommunity #metalsky
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Lift The Curse -Redemption- Full Song (Hard Rock / Alt-Rock)
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October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Creeping Death “Edge of Existence” Live!

#metal
#nowplaying
#liveMetal
#deathmetal
#thrashmetal

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Creeping Death-Edge of Existence-Live!
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October 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Headover and check out this week’s Distorted Dialogue Podcast where I sit down with GRAVERIPPER, and talk that new album, From Welkin To Tundra.

Head over and check this episode out now!

#nowplaying #metalsky #thrash #metalpodcast

Episode 53: Graveripper
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Episode 53: Graveripper
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October 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Check out the homies in @fcommanders.bsky.social Perform their song “Still Life”, Live at the Squirrel Hill Sportsbar, Pittsburgh, 9/19/25

Fresh off of their album release party for 🐻 Bear, did you grab it?

@buickaudra.bsky.social
@jerryroe.bsky.social
#nowplaying #livemusic
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Friendship Commanders “Still Life” (Live at the Squirrel Hill Sportsbar, Pittsburgh, 9/19/25
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October 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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GARY HOLT Is 'Beyond Thrilled' With Upcoming EXODUS Album: 'It's Killer As F***'
GARY HOLT Is 'Beyond Thrilled' With Upcoming EXODUS Album: 'It's Killer As F***'
EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt says that he is "beyond thrilled" with the band's upcoming follow-up to 2021's "Persona Non Grata" album. The 61-year-old musician, who is also a member of SLAYER, took to h...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Was expecting this to be great, but damn I want expecting this to be this good.

Aduanten -Apocryphal Verse-EP.

@twincitiesfox.bsky.social
@mrxmike.bsky.social

#nowplaying #metalsky #melodicdeathmetal #musiccommunity #deathmetal
#newmusic
October 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Cool little Progressive Metal Instrumental album.

Covering your favorite theme songs and making them good (metal), this is a cool little album

Thought it was gonna be gimmicky, but it’s legit!

#coversong #themesong #progressivemetal #metalsky #progmetal
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Check out this punishing new song from 🇩🇪 Death In Fiction.

💀Death In Fiction -The Great Unknown- Full Song (Melodic Death Metal)

#nowplaying #deathmetal #metalsky #newsong #distorteddiscoveries
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Death In Fiction -The Great Unknown- Full Song (Melodic Death Metal)
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October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM