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November 05, 2004
Podcast Review: The Metal Show
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4 stars
, I subscribe
, Podcast Review
Format: radio show
Content: umm...metal music
Rating: 
What I'm going to do: subscribe
Typical Length: 1 - 2 hours, plus or minus
The Warlock at themetalshow.com plays some truly excellent metal music and a tremendous variety, from CoC (Corrosion of Conformity) to Ramones to Ben Folds (no, really). A lot of stuff I don't recognize as well as some stuff that takes me back to my pseudo-metalhead days. I can't say I liked all of it, but I think that's OK; I liked enough that I'll be back for sure. He's got a lot of information about the stuff he plays, which is really good for me since I don't know that much about metal. His delivery is clean and he plays a ton of music - as many as 3-4 songs in a row with no break. That's typically good on a broadcast show since it keeps the commercials down, but in a podcast it might be nice to have the track specifics a little more often. Since the podcast originates in Cleveland there's a fair amount of discussion of Cleveland-specific concerts and events.
The audio quality is top-notch, and The Warlock has attempted a few different encodings and seems to have settled on a good quality 96kbps (instead of the 128 he was leaning towards) which resulted in a 75% reduction in file size (well, duh), bringing a 1:15 'cast down to a chunky but handleable 51Mb, which given the new encoder he's using actually sounded much better than the previous 96kbps podcast. I wish they would announce the track lengths as well, as is my typical rant.
The Warlock doesn't deal with RIAA issues at all; perhaps this comes from also doing a broadcast radio show as well; not sure. But I hope he doesn't have trouble with it....
Potentially not work- or child-safe - these are uncut versions of the tracks he plays, so listener be aware.
Listen. Enjoy.
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Posted by cori at November 5, 2004 04:37 PM