Halloween Show!

Welcome to our Halloween show!

We actually realized this would be our Halloween show a little late, but I think we were able to put together a good show. As per usual Halloween shows, we had to play some Goth metal, and there was a little Black metal. Besides that we just played darker, more...Halloweeny songs.

For news, we talked about Blind Guardian's upcomming album! It's a compliation album that will be released on January 27, 2012! Also, Van Williams, formerly of Nevermore, has released a couple new trakcs from his new project. Surprisingly, there are a few members of Nevermore on it. I'm looking forward to both releases

The playlist:
"The Phantom of the Opera" - Nightwish
"Der Makabere Tanze Des Vampires" - Theatres Des Vampires
"This is Halloween" - Marilyn Manson
"Journey Through the Dark" - Blind Guardian
"Wildfire" - Sonata Arctica
"Cemetery and Sundown" - Cradle of Filth
"The Sacrilegious Scorn" - Dimmu Borgir
"Sangreal" - Septic Flesh
"The Heart Collector" - Nevermore
"In My Darkest Hours" - Sirenia
"My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" - Type 0 Negative
"Nocturna" - Moonspell'
"Forsaken" - David Draiman
"Dracula" - Iced Earth
"The Coffin Ships" - Primordial
"Lord of Lies" - Tyr
"The Dread Crew of Oddwood" - The Dread Crew of Oddwood
"Winter Madness" - Wintersun
"Ahti" - Ensiferum
"Met" - Equilibrium
"Stand Up and Fight" - Turisas
"Nattfodd" - Finntroll
"To France" - Leave's Eyes

See you next week!
-TJ

Hello Everyone,

I was all alone this week, so I was left to my own devices in choosing a playlist. I had three requests, for Dethklok, Rhapsody and Ensiferum, which is more than we've had in a while. This week was a very good show.

Here's the playlist:
"Nemo" - Nightwish
"Nightfall" - Blind Guardian
"Thunderhorse" - Dethklok
"Don't Say a Word" - Sonata Arctica
"The Last Crusade" - Epica
"Vredesbyrd" - Dimmu Borgir
"The Foetus of a New Day Kicking" - Cradle of Filth
"Follow the Reaper" - Children of Bodom
"The Magic of the Wizard's Dream" - Rhapsody
"Winter of Souls" - Demons and Wizards
"Rider of the Astral Fire" - Luca Turilli
"Hollow" - Norther
"The March of the Varangian Guard" - Turisas
"From Earth I Rose" - Amorphis
"Koning Raboud" - Heidevolk
"Farewell Proud Men" - Leave's Eyes
"Pakanajuhla" - Moonsorrow
"Dragonheads" - Ensiferum
"Pirate Song" - Alestorm
"Thouandfold" - Eluveitie
"Nattfodd" - Finntroll
"Trondur I Gotu" - Tyr
"I Want Out" - Hammerfall

See you next week,
TJ

Interview with Olli Vanska

Interview with Olli Vanska by MetalOxide

0:05 - Turisas' sound without genre titles or band names
0:37 - Playing the violin before joining Turisas
3:15 - If he ever thought he would be in a metal band
4:40 - Violin over guitar in Turisas' music
6:28 - The recent lineup changes
9:00 - Accordions in Turisas
10:50 - A brief explanation of Turisas' recording process
13:30 - The genre of folk metal and Turisas' role in it
17:00 - Predictions for the future of fol metal
18:45 - Finland's role in the folk metal genre
20:07 - Personal influences and the band's influences
21:43 - Playing in festivals vs. clubs
23:10 - Playing around the world
24:40 - Playing in Chicago
26:10 - Future goals for the band
29:05 - Most memorable experiences touring with the band

10/8/11 - Part 2 of my interview with Olli

Hey all,

Since this is not the main post of the night, I'm not really going to say much. I played awesome metal, some stuff we don't normally and it was great. There was no news because of the interview. It was a great show.

This week's playlist:
"End of All Hope" - Nightwish
"Battle Metal" - Turisas
"A Voice in the Dark" - Blind Guardian
"False News Travels Fast" - Sonata Arctica
"Deathcrush" - Mayhem
"War" - Burzum
"Sympozium" - Dimmu Borgir
"Asgard" - Therion
"Silent Goddess" - Kamelot
"Prophecy Fulfilled" - Haggard
"Quietus" - Epica
"The Ancient Forest of Elves" - Luca Turilli
"Vargtimmen" - Finntroll
"The Song of the Sage" - Amorphis
"Set Sail and Conquer" - Alestorm
"Metsamies" - Korpiklaani
"Elusive Reaches" - Ensiferum
"Everything Remains as it Never Was" - Eluveitie
"Battle Cairns" - Suidakra
"Hear the Heathen Call" - Tyr
"Surfin' USA" - Blind Guardian

See you next week!
-TJ

10/1/11 - First part of my interview with Olli

Hello everyone!

This week was an awesome show because I got to debut the first part of my interview with Olli Vanska form Turisas!! It was an awesome interview and the show went really well. The playlist is just a normal one this week, with the only thing different being that we played the interview instead of  news. I hope you enjoyed it!

This week's playlist:
"Kinslayer" - Nightwish
"Stand Up and Fight" - Turisas
"The Last Amazing Grays" - Sonata Arctica
"The Pursuit of Vikings" - Amon Amarth
"Cross Gate" - Versailles
"Would You Love a Monsterman" - Lordi
"Under Huntress Moon" - Cradle of Filth
"The Chosen Legacy" - Dimmu Borgir
"The River Dragon has Come" - Nevermore
"Awaken" - Dethklok
"Bodom After Midnight" - Children of Bodom
"Ot Serdtsa K Nebu" - Arkona
"Sign" - Amorphis
"That Famous Ol' Spiced" - Alestorm
"Third Immortal" - Battlelore
"Keep on Galloping" - Korpiklaani
"Krigsmjod" - Finntroll
"Tale of Revenge" - Ensiferum
"Into the Storm" - Tyr
"Supernaut" - Turisas

See you next week, when I will be playing part 2 of the interview!
-TJ

September 24th show

Hey all,

This week's show was just you average, normal show. We  played metal. I just chose songs that I felt were good and played them. We got one request for Cradle of Filth which made Melanie very happy, but that was about it. As usual, it was a great show.

For news, we just had a continuation of the Nevermore drama as Jeff Loomis broke his silence and commented on some of hings being said. He doesn't seem to have any hard feelings, which is always a good  thing.

This week's playlist:
"Dead to the World" - Nightwish
"When Sorrow Sang" - Blind Guardian
"Shamandalie" - Sonata Arctica
"Let the Hammer Fall" - Hammefall
"Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids" - Cradle of Filth
"Deathcrush" - Mayhem
"Babel's Gate" - Septic Flesh
"Bodom After Midnight" - Children of Bodom
"Once Upon a Time" - Kamelot
"Frozen" - Delain
"Black Dragon" - Luca Turilli
"Death in Fire" - Amon Amarth
"Shaman" - Amorphis
"Slavsya Rus" - Arkona
"Korpiklaani" - Korpiklaani
"Ahti" - Ensiferum
"Blacksmith" - Kivimetsan Druidi
"The IXth Legion" - Suidakra
"Solsagan" - Finntroll
"Krijgsvolk" - Heidevolk
"Keelhauled" - Alestorm
"Sinklars Visa" - Tyr
"Rasputin" - Turisas

See you next week!
-TJ

9/17/11

Hello Everyone,

This week was just a normal week as far as Metal Oxide went. We started school, but we didn't do anything special with the playlist. We had one request, for Dream Theater, but besides that we were on our own. I think it was a good show though. We played a lot of good metal, and I tried to play some things that we don't play too often. I hope everyone enjoyed it!

This week's playlist:
"Nemo" - Nightwish
"Ride Into Obsession" - Blind Guardian
"Weballergy" - Sonata Arctica
"Embrace the Endless Oceans" - Amon Amarth
"Forsaken" - Dream Theater
"The Invaluable Darkness" - Dimmu Borgir
"Tonight in Flames" - Cradle of Filth
"Demigod" - Behemoth
"Sunlight Moonlight" - Septic Flesh
"Murmaider" - Dethklok
"Our Destiny" - Epica
"Yarilo" - Arkona
"New Found Land" - Leave's Eyes
"Sampo" - Amorphis
"Istu Pitkaastaa Ilosta" - Korpiklaani
"Guardians of Fate" - Ensiferum
"Under Bergens Rot" - Finntroll
"Hunting Pirates" - Turisas
"Captain Morgan's Revenge" - Alestorm
"Inis Mona" - Eluveitie
"Ormurin Langi" - Tyr
"Vandraren" - Ensiferum

See you next week,
-TJ

Time night!

Hello Everyone,

This week, as promised, we brought you another themed show: time. We played songs about time, seasons, eternity, etc. All the most stereotypical and lame metal stuff regarding time was played and it was great. It was a lot of folk metal and power metal, and I have no problem with any of that.

We don't usually do news on theme nights, but something happened this week that we had to take a few minutes to talk about. Netta and Hannes left Turisas. Netta left to go to college and Hannes left to pursue a career writing and singing in operas. We would like to wish them both the best of luck. Replacing them is a keyboardist and the old bassist from Ensiferum (Ensiferum and Iron). I'm really excited to see what they can do with a keyboardist and it will be great to see the old bassist from Ensiferum.

This week's time playlist:
"Creel Mary's Blood" - Nightwish
"Beginning of Times" - Amorphis
"Wings of Time" - Tyr
"Winter Madness" - Wintersun
"Ghost of Freedom" - Iced Earth
"The New Dawn" - Ensiferum
"Der Ewige Sieg" - Equilibrium
"Back Through Time" - Alestorm
"Time What is Time" - Blind Guardian
"Northern Fall" - Korpiklaani
"Tomorrow Turned into Yesterday" - Nevermore
"The Fire Burns Forever" - Hammerfall
"Eternal Wait" - Ensiferum
"Battle Against Time" - Wintersun
"The Last Amazing Grays" - Sonata Arctica
"The End of an Empire" - Turisas
"Wheel of Time" - Blind Guardian
"Beyond the Dark Sun" - Wintersun
"Final Countdown" - Norther

See you next week
-TJ

Mythology Night

Hello Everyone!

Our show was cut short by a NCC football game this week, so we were only able to bring you 1.5 hours of metal. We had a theme night planned.....and we did it anyways. But we also decided to have another theme night next week because we couldn't this week.

The theme of this week's show (in case you didn't guess by the title of this post) was Mythology!! Myth is one of the greatest things to sing about, so it is a frequent theme of ours. We picked some of the classic Myth themed songs (yes...there's a lot of folk metal).

Here is this week's mythological playlist:
"The Siren" - Nightwish
"Dead Sound of Misery" - Blind Guardian
"Battle Metal" - Turisas
"Deathaura" - Sonata Arctica
"Paljon on Koskessa Kivia" - Korpiklaani
"Medusa and Hemlock" - Cradle of Filth
"Old Man" - Ensiferum
"Hermod's Ride to Hel" - Amon Amarth
"Romulus" - Ex Deo
"Phantom Opera Ghost" - Iced Earth
"Annubis" - Septic Flesh
"Leviathan" - Alestorm
"The Ancient Forest of Elves" - Luca Turilli
"Ragnarok" - Tyr
"Twilight of the Thunder God" - Slaughter of the Bluegrass

Se you next week,
TJ

Another Great night - 8/28/11

Hey Everyone,

I know I always say this, and it must get boring, but this week was yet another regular show that went great. I didn't plan anything special for the playlist and there was no huge news, it was just an ordinary Metal Oxide. I threw in some Heljareyga, which I don't get to play as often as I would like, and I also played some newish Alestorm, which was great. I had a lot of fun tonight and I hope our listeners did too.

Like I said, news wasn't much. It was really just more discussion and reflection on the situation with Nevermore. There was another little story about some of Leave's Eyes' shirts being confiscated at Summer Breeze because they had Celtic crosses on them; they were given back after much hassle.

This week's playlist:
"The Phantom of the Opera" - Nightwish
"Wait for an Answer" - Blind Guardian
"San Sebastian" - Sonata Arctica
"Blood Red Sandman" - Lordi
"Birth of the Wicked" - Iced Earth
"The Fetus of a New Day Kicking" - Cradle of Filth
"Dimmu Borgir" - Dimmu Borgir
"Seal of Woven Years" - Kamelot
"The Heart Collector" - Nevermore
"Burn to a Cinder" - Epica
"From the Heaven of My Heart" - Amorphis
"Gilded Oars" - Suidakra
"Feigdin" - Heljareyga
"The Sunk'n Norwegian" - Alestorm
"Elusive Reaches" - Ensiferum"Uniaika" - Korpiklaani
"Cursed Be Iron" - Turisas
"Fiskarens Fiende" - Finntroll
"Ramund hin Unge" - Tyr
"Mr. Sandman" - Blind Guardian

See you next week,
TJ