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Posted on June 8, 2009 at 08:21 PM

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This is the End....

Posted on December 29, 2008 at 05:07 PM

It has been a great 14 months working with Fuse. 2008 has been really incredible for Talking Metal. From being the #2 Fuse original program of 1Q08 in HH ratings and receiving 22 million hits to the Talkingmetal.com website, it has been a great ride. I was really surprised when we recently won the best website of the year, beating out major music sites like Brooklyn Vegan, on Fuse’s recent year end special. People keep e-mailing us asking when the 2nd season of Talking Metal on Fuse is coming and I can tell you that nothing is planned with Fuse right now. We will continue to give you audio and video content on Talkingmetal.com and we hope to take the Talking Metal name to other major platforms. Stay tuned to Talking Metal for updates and also be sure to check out Ostronomy.net and MarkStrigl.net too.

Talking Metal wishes the great FUSE staff all the best. We had a great time working with you. For more Talking Metal ratings info and stats click here.

Goodbye, for now, Fuse blog readers. Happy New Year!!!!!

Mark Strigl

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Talking Metal Holiday Toast

Posted on December 19, 2008 at 02:17 PM

This will be the last Talking Metal blog entry until after Christmas. I raise my glass for a big holiday toast to all the Talking Metalheads around the world. There will be a ton of cool Talking Metal news coming your way next year. We are really excited about our gig in NJ on Feb 7th. I hope you guys and girls can all make it.

Special guests will include numerous members of Overkill, Halford’s band and Exodus.
More special guests to be announced soon!

I am sure there will be a lot of video game systems under the trees this Christmas morning. I am looking forward to seeing 2 of my favorite bands, Metallica and Swashbuckle in video game form.

A new trailer for Guitar Hero: Metallica can be found at Metallica.com.

Swashbuckle is featured in a new PC video game called Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy. They basically created a cool "video game" style video for 'Drink Up' in exchange for use of the band's music in the game. It was supposed to be released in late November, but it looks like they bumped it back a bit.
stickmanstudios.co.uk

Swashbuckle in video game mode here.

New Swashbuckle album in February, called "Back To The Noose" - CAN'T WAIT!

The snow is coming down hard in NYC today. Stay warm and look for a special TM Christmas podcast to go up on Talkingmetal.com sometime early next week.

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Year End Lists and the Jonas Bros-random thoughts

Posted on December 18, 2008 at 05:45 PM

I always love reading the year end lists of all the music magazines. I usually do not agree with them but I always find them interesting.
Two of my favorites mags are Revolver and Decibel. I subscribe to both of them. They both have their Best Albums of 2008 in the most recent issues. Revolver puts “Death Magnetic” at the top of their list. Decibel surprised me by calling “Meanderthal” by Torche this year’s best album. I have not even heard this album. I don’t even really know this band. I have one song by them on my iPod, which I think I got off a compilation album on E-music. Needless to say, I’ll be downloading this album off iTunes later today. Getting your album on these year end lists has got to sell a few albums for lesser know bands like Torche.

Rolling Stone Magazine has a few good hard rock and metal albums on their year end list including; “Death Magnetic” by Metallica, “Chinese Democracy” by Guns N Roses, “The Slip” by NIN and “Black Ice” by AC/DC. It is also important to note that there are a few questionable albums on RS’s list such as “A Little Bit Longer” by the Jonas Brothers. I must admit, I have not really heard what Disney's Jonas Bros actually sound like but judging from what I have read and seen about them I am just assuming the suck. The whole purity rings things are very creepy. You gotta wonder what these young men have in their closet? I bet it is more then Mickey Mouse ears. I mean come on, you are in a successful rock band selling millions of albums, girls want you BUT you choose sexual abstinence? Who knows what is up with these guys????, it is either the fear of god OR the fear of girls. Believe me, I guarantee you that when 20 year old brothers Young were touring with AC/DC in the 1970s they were not wearing purity rings. Having said that, "Black Ice" by AC/DC, now all 50 somethings, is set to be the biggest selling rock album of the year. Hats off to the true rockers – We salute you.

Checking out,
Strigl

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New In This Moment Interview at TalkingMetal.com

Posted on December 15, 2008 at 12:28 AM

The lastest episode of Talking Metal features two interviews Mark conducted with guitarists Chris Howorth of In This Moment and Rob Trainer of Black Water Rising. Topics include Maria Brink, Dave Brodsky, Blasko, Dan Lorenzo, Kings X, MySpace, and Brooklyn. Additional podcast topics we covered include The Burn & Cry, Power Quest, and Guns N' Roses.

(Image: Em Cody/Talking Metal/L-R: Mark Strigl, Chris Howorth, Maria Brink, and John Ostronomy)

Download it at www.talkingmetal.com or on iTunes.

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Black Tide Interview

Posted on December 13, 2008 at 03:54 PM

On Thursday, I interviewed Zakk Sandler from one Talking Metal's favorite bands, Black Tide.  These guys are super-young, but they can thrash like the best of 'em.  Plus, as you'll here in the upcoming Talking Metal interivew, their decision making process is much more mature than some bands twice or three times their age!

(Image: Lynn Shook/Zakk Sandler onstage at the Norva on September 10, 2008)

If you haven't yet heard Black Tide's classic, killer brand of Metal, some of my favorite tracks on their debut album, "Light From Above," are "Warriors of Time," "Let Me," and their cover of Metallica's "Hit the Lights."

Stay tuned to TalkingMetal.com for the interview which will be part of our upcoming holiday special.

-- John Ostronomy

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Gigantour Rumors

Posted on December 13, 2008 at 03:09 PM

It's rumored that Avenged Sevenfold and Bullet For My Valentine are in talks to participate in the North American leg of Gigantour 2009 which will, of course, be headlined by Dave Mustaine and the mighty Megadeth.

Interviewing Dave for the Talking Metal pilot was one of my favorite ever Talking Metal interviews, and jamming on his personal signature model guitar was intense!

(Image: Talking Metal/L-R: John Ostronomy, Dave Mustaine, and Mark Strigl)

Check out the video in the here by clicking on the "Pilot" tab.

-- John Ostronomy

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"Chocalate News" Talks KISStory

Posted on December 13, 2008 at 02:54 PM

David Alan Grier's "Chocolate News" recently explained the "real" story behind KISS' incredible rise to fame.

Click here to check out this seriously hilarious clip!

(Image: David Alan Grier as Randall Johnson of "KISS")

-- John Ostronomy

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Talking Metal Appears on Sami's Rock It Out! Blog

Posted on December 13, 2008 at 02:28 PM

Last Sunday, Mark and I had the pleasure of appearing on our friend Sami Jarroush's Rock It Out! blog. He set up shop next to my Randall Paul Stanley stacks, and we talked some Metal! We spent a half hour together, so Sami broke it up into four separate sections.

Check 'em out!

(Image: Rock It Out! Blog/L-R: John Ostronomy and Mark Strigl)

Rock It Out! Blog Interviews Talking Metal

Talking Metal Takes Over the Rock It Out! Blog

Talking Metal Answers the Rock Queries of the Day

Talking Metal Discusses GN'R's "Chinese Democracy"

Rock On! -- John Ostronomy

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One Word: "Yngwie!"

Posted on December 8, 2008 at 07:26 PM

Checking in Metal brothers and sisters!

Our latest podcast features interviews Mark conducted with the living legend, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Maelstrom mainman, Gary Vosganian. Topics include Tim "Ripper" Owens, Derek Sherinian, Roy Z, Steeler, Alcatrazz, and Guitar Hero.

We also touch on Children of Bodom, Firewind, and of course, the Guns N' Roses' masterpiece, "Chinese Democracy!"

(Photos: Talking Metal/Mark and John with Yngwie Malmsteen)

Check it out here!

-- John Ostronomy

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