David Vincent Stage Banter Humiliation Ritual | Nate Garrett's Big Riff Energy Episode 91

[@blacksites]

Saw Morbid Angel years ago, when Vincent first rejoined, and his stage banter was pretty bizarre. At one point he introduced Pete Sandoval, and said something to the effect of "It's great to have a real man like Pete, pounding away behind you!" I just had to share that story here.

[@megatedassaultituary6783]

😂🤣😂no way

[@BornTooNate]

See now that’s actually funny

[@blacksites]

@@BornTooNate I suspect it was not intentional.

[@BoAstrom-q4c]

Stop sharing that. Thanx

[@Ordinary-drummer]

Thanks for the shoutout brother.

[@hobojungle1]

Hath’s ‘All that was promised’ came out in 2022!!! I think you’d like it if you haven’t heard it, Nate. - looking forward to hearing what you’ve got cooking with new spirit adrift by the way.

[@cbn6635]

Not gonna lie, I'm definitely 'guilty' of listening to FAR too many new releases each year, raving about them, and then the following year almost forgetting they even existed. Guilty as charged! 🤔🤷 One exception though, was my favorite album of 2023, Alkaloid 'Numen'; I still listen to that one frequently, actually just heard the amazing track 'Clusterf*ck' yesterday. Maybe a bit to 'progressive' for Nate, but the musicianship and songwriting abilities of these gentlemen is off the charts! 👌 Speaking of grindcore, I also still listen to the 'Coronet Juniper' album from 2023 by Gridlink; they have a refreshing take on the genre, that I think Nate would appreciate. 👍 I must admit, that the prospects of being without my weekly 'Big Riff Energy' podcast fix for a couple of months don't sit with me well, but if it means a new, strong Spirit Adrift album in 2025, I will somehow manage.. 🤗 Stay strong, Nate! 🤘😎

[@ProfoundLoreOfficial]

Blessed Are The Sick is the first artsy/avant-garde death metal album. That’s why it’s the GOAT death metal album.

[@BornTooNate]

I remember you always saying that was your favorite, makes perfect sense! There were hints of the bizarre/avant garde on the first album but I agree that they fully went for it on Blessed. Been listening to that Mitochondrian record a ton lately, by the way… amazing

[@scottlowry6857]

Thanks for reading my e-mail and showing my Sistine chapel worthy pumpkin art, Nate! 2023 albums I loved and still listen to this year: Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags - Hellripper Ontological Mysterium - Horrendous Blackbraid 2 - Blackbraid Ghost at the Gallows - Spirit Adrift Terrasite - Cattle Decapitation As Gomorrah Burns - Cryptopsy Make Them Beg for Death - Dying Fetus Chaos Horrific - Cannibal Corpse Unholy Deification - Incantation The Rime of Memory - Panopticon Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle - Moonlight Sorcery Hymns from the Apocrypha - Suffocation Boundless Domain - Creeping Death That's all I can remember relistening to this year. So that's all I loved! Enjoy the bunker cave dungeon.

[@michaelscondotto8122]

I have so much respect and admiration for David Vincent. His work on ABCD and in Terrorizer is forever goated. But, yes, he can be very cringe at times.

[@kever8789]

Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun for '24, plus going back to some King Crimson and Black Breath this year too. All the best in the Lair

[@xjamesxreedx]

My band (Vile Iniquity) shared the stage with Knoll at this year’s Heavy Hell fest, and they were definitely a highlight of the fest for me. Glad to see they’re getting recognition!

[@xjamesxreedx]

Also, your commentary on “keeping it real” with your friends/bandmates is definitely true, the worst thing you can do in the underground is surround yourself with yes-men.

[@sleepbetraysme]

I like the way you approach a critique; you make sure to use yourself, and a brief backstory - to tie in the critique - of others. It demonstrates humility, and you have to have some kind of self-deprecation… otherwise, it can inflate the ego. Get those (RIFFS) in brother! The dungeon is CALLING! 🎼

[@BornTooNate]

I relate to aging metal dude trying not to embarrass himself because that is also me

[@TBaggins96]

My top ten of 2023, and I've listened to every single one of these this year. 1. Dodheimsgard - Black Medium Current 2. Haken - Fauna 3. Alkaloid - Numen 4. Ahab - The Coral Tombs 5. Enslaved - Heimdal 6. Avenged Sevenfold - Life is but a Dream 7. Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle 8. Spirit Adrift - Ghost at the Gallows 9. Toss up between Crown Lands - Fearless & Scorched Moon - Obsidia 10. Godthrymm - Distortions

[@matejtaus2447]

Glad to see someone mentioning the last Ahab album, i've listened to that album for like 2 months straight when it came out and even after almost 2 years it's still fuckin rips.

[@TheHighestOrderHO]

Pinnacle of Bedlam might be my favorite Suffo album, so sick.

[@BornTooNate]

RIPS

[@addisonlewis723]

Knoll is a fantastic band! I talked to members after the show, and they were sweethearts!

[@HeavyArtTalk]

Nightmare blunt rotation: Steven Segall, David Vincent, and Danzig

[@oscarg212]

"Elvis direction" Fruit cake element"🤣 the voice impressions This episode 10 out of 10

[@BornTooNate]

Thank you. I always hesitate to go all the way in on this stuff. But who cares, yall seem to like it

[@Fastnbulbous1969]

With respect, your challenge is not exactly fair. Our listening habits change over time, age, and our steady deathmarch toward an extinction event. As pre-streaming kids, most of us could only afford one new album every couple months, and play the hell out of them. Everything in our small collection got heavy rotation. But as you acquire more music, every year your library growing, it's no longer possible to play every single album every year. Even more so for someone driven to keep up with new music enough to have heard a hundred, or eight hundred albums in a year. After giving it a good baker's dozen listens in 2023, I probably last listened to Ghost in the Gallows, my #2 album last year, in February. Does that mean I'm done with it forever and don't love it? No sir. I may be promiscuous with my music, but I'm still loyal. Once I'm done with my 2024 year-end stuff, I will relax and enjoy all kinds of older music, and most likely some Spirit Adrift when the mood strikes. I still listen to older stuff every day. I was relistening to the newest Elbow album this weekend and realizing I still like them, and went back and listened to albums I hadn't heard in nearly two decades. Also, I revisit albums when I've attained a new perspective, and even move them up my lists. For example, Hällas - Isle of Wisdom was near the bottom 100 of my 2022 list. Often when I see a band live, their recorded music makes more sense to me, which is what happened when I saw them at Hell's Heroes. The album has since clawed it's way to my top 20 for the year. Same happened with albums by Blacklist, Hammered Hulls, Screamfeeder, Brad Mehldau's Jacob's Ladder (avant piano jazz covers of Rush!) and Split System. I'm always shifting stuff around, which drives some of my more anal retentive readers bananas. Nothing set in stone here, my relationship to music is dynamic! Best of luck to your endeavours in the bunker -- MAY THE RIFF BE WITH YOU.

[@daveypsychotronic132]

From last year I am still listening to Green Lung, Spirit Adrift, Mansion and Gel. Currently listening to Bedsore, was only released on Friday but it's really interesting - 1970's death metal? After loving Spirit Adrift since 2020 I am finally seeing you... bought tickets for Bloodstock 5mins ago! I'll be at the front with my wife (her 40th birthday) celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary!

[@BornTooNate]

Took a minute for the Bedsore to click, but it’s brilliant. Talk about GOING FOR IT

[@daveypsychotronic132]

@@BornTooNate I like originality in music and this band certainly have something I've not heard before... Some people are gonna hate it but so far it has really captured my ear.

[@bywayoffire1866]

Thanks for checking out our EP and the feedback! Eternal Champion rules. They, along with Sumerlands, are played regularly and it apparently shows in our own songs. To be even mentioned in the same sentence as Eternal Champion is insane! We are writing the next one, and we aim to be more daring and ambitious with it. Have a great over-winter in the underground bunker. Can’t wait to hear what emerges!

[@Houstonfontes]

Suffocation is one of the best active old school DM bands and I love parts that are so heavy that you can only laugh. Hobbs is a legend! My buddy Richie is the guitarist for I am Morbid and I really respect him but of course it is seen as a cash grab for mainly DV and PS. Just like the Cavalera/Sepultura thing, neither is perfect and what people want. It’s a posturing contest that is just really hard to watch. There is nothing like old school MA… It just can never happen again however I understand wanting to please the fans but also feed your family so it’s an unjust compromise that will perpetually continue.

[@BornTooNate]

Well said. Cro Mags is another that comes to mind. Those dudes can’t even be in the same zip code without somebody getting stabbed

[@Houstonfontes]

@@BornTooNate 🤣🤣🤣 I cannot even look at the walking deformed gargoyle sculpture that is Harley Flanagan without cringing lmao. The tunes speak for themselves. The creators… unfortunately (as you said) just won’t shut the fuck up.

[@Octavian2]

I didn't know you had a channel. Spirit Adrift kicks absolute ass. Keeping killing it man.

[@BornTooNate]

Thanks!

[@boscocfh]

The money Acid Bath got offered was crazy. Dax has a price and if its met he is willing to play.

[@MetalPersonJ]

I still listen to last year's Lovebites, Frozen Crown, Hellripper, Green Lung.and Smoulder. Next year I KNOW I'll still be listening to the new Crypt Sermon. Also, it blows my mind that neither version of Morbid Angel thinks it's ok to leave Chapel Of Ghouls off the setlist. THAT'S MORBID ANGEL'S SIGNATURE SONG GODDAMMIT!

[@ConradSaratoga]

went to the tour this week. i could have looked past all the cornball dave stuff if i am morbid didn't sound like shit. vocals were way louder than everything, could barely hear the guitars. i was pretty annoyed by dave changing up the vocal phrasing on a bunch of the songs too. Suffocation was sick, but the 808's were a bit much. New guy sounded a lot like Frank, and i appreciated the chops lol. UADA was sick too, sounded way better in a small smokey bar than the Wacken set i saw from earlier this year.

[@MrBigred1970]

Shit, I’ll jump in and be the sacrificial David Vincent hater. I’m 56 and grew up in Tampa. Dave snaked that band from Mike Browning. They used to rehearse 2 doors from my buddy’s band at Skipper Road storage when they were writing Blessed Are The Sick, and Dave was pretty damned douchey. That band with his wife you are referring to is Genitorturers. Genitorturers were actually pretty cool back in the day, but leaving MA to do that shit was some ultimate pussy whipped bullshit. Now Dave cosplays as a gay cowboy. Don’t get me wrong. I fucking love MA. They are true innovators, but I will alway be a Vincent hater.

[@Lavabug]

Steve Tucker is the vocalist Dave wishes he could be.

[@MrBigred1970]

@lavabug Dave’s vocals on Altars and Blessed were evil sounding, but starting on Covenant he became generic tough guy vox.

[@dryker7085]

Ooooooh... can't fucking wait!! I feel like a kid at Christmas again. I hope I hear about any live shows day one. Haven't seen you guys play since "In the Shadow of the Mouse" show. Enjoy your dungeon!

[@dennyt2704]

Been listening to Lefay's The Seventh Seal today. Heavy power metal with hints of doom and thrash with a Jon Olivia-styled vocalist. I heard it forever ago when it came out and immediately fell in love with the band (and the original moniker, Morgana Lefay). Unfortunately the band kind of fell apart, went too modern, and I've heard about various other problems.

[@getdrippy4416]

Yeah, ouch. Morbid Angel with Silver Dollar City aesthetics. Very upsetting.

[@TheSentry777]

Look forward to hearing the results of the riff dungeon sessions 🤘

[@Abomb75]

2023 Albums I've spun this year that were actually in my top 10 that I can remember 🤔 Enforced-War Remains last year's #2 & Ghost at the Gallows got most spins & was last year's #1, Necrofier was there too but Obituary, Deathchant & Dream Unending/Worm split all got alot of air time but weren't in my top 10 list I don't think 🤷 Creeping Death & Poison Ruin a bit here & there still too. As for '22 Municipal Waste & Darkthrone are the only 2 still got alot of spins this year.

[@BornTooNate]

War Remains + Electrified Brain are both great… forgot about those

[@bobbythepanda6666]

I have been revisiting my favorite album of the year which is mortal wound with anus of the world. A Super dark dank album

[@BabyfaceThompson]

I love when anyone drops a Branson, MO reference hahaha.

[@ScatteredLodges]

Godspeed Nate! See you after your hibernation lol. Here's a few recent spins. QOTSA Lullabies to Paralyze ABBA Voulez-Vous Radiohead The King of Limbs Vektor Terminal Redux Black Sabbath Vol. 4

[@BornTooNate]

That Vektor record rules but dude got all handsy with his wife then made a video years later blaming his dog, when they were trying to revive the band/get a record deal. 🚨 DOUCHE ALERT 🚨

[@Aenigmakil]

Idk.... I just saw two of my celebrity crushes (Xtina and Mya) next to my favourite death metal vocalist. How random. I'll save this podcast to watch for later...

[@BornTooNate]

They’re all wearing the same outfit

[@alexandereckert5939]

“I’m an old broken down piece of meat”

[@planetofthelivingsandman3862]

I’d personally like to know why Suffo wasn’t the headliner.

[@BornTooNate]

The numbers must indicate that Morbid Angel / I Am Morbid are worth more $$$ / draw more people. That or whoever is managing either band is a real G and just put their foot down in negotiations or something

[@planetofthelivingsandman3862]

@ what can I say, I’m a little biased on my Suffo 😂😂

[@Lavabug]

Morbid Angel was the headliner until they dropped and slotted in I Am Morbid. I'm guessing the contracts for all the other bands weren't gonna be re-negotiated if they had to be shuffled up or down to avoid drama.

[@hvitekristesdod]

“It isn’t brutal” - Nathan Explosion

[@hvitekristesdod]

I got my face broken once too and have nasal issues and it was my fault too lol.

[@hvitekristesdod]

I’m listening to Ultha - Pain Cleanses Every Doubt album

[@Jgrav]

Morbid Angel and especially Vincent have always been eccentric, but now he's in his leather pee paw phase, so it's just weird. That said, he is a nice dude, but it definitely does not suit a guy about to sing 'Rapture'.

[@BornTooNate]

LEATHER PEE PAW 🤣😭

[@roystenvasey]

Have you heard the silliness at a Kreator show the last 15 years or so? The stage banter is awful. Show is good. Music is good (although I'd rather less anthemic crowd singalong stuff and more 80's stuff but that isn't going to happen) but Mille urging a circle pit every few minutes. Really tiresome. On a different note, we didn't get a Terrorizer cover when I Am Morbid came here last year - the only disappointment of the show

[@cthuludreams1]

Modern Kreator sucks ass. Enemy of God was the thing worth owning, and even that is a mediocre album.

[@jimmycampbell78]

@@cthuludreams1 I totally agree with you that Enemy of God is their best album post-Coma of Souls but mediocre? It's a fantastic album.

[@skullthunder3181]

I saw suffocation live recently in Mesa Az and yeah I def noticed the 808 drops like every single song lmfao. It kinda took me out a little bit, some of their songs also had a massive snare reverb thing during the breakdown segments. I noticed their kick drum was super clicky and during certain parts of their songs the sound guy turned the gain way up on the drum triggers and it sounded a bit much. All that aside suffocation put on a great set and the guitar solos sounded great at the venue I was at. Their new vocalist is definitely a deathcore guy he was hyping the crowd constantly and he had those kinds of mannerisms lol but I don’t mind too much cuz he’s great. I am Morbid was surprisingly very good, I saw morbid angel live in 2023 with Trey and Steve and while they were good, I am Morbid played way more of the classic Morbid angel tracks. They played songs from the first 4 albums and the terrorizer cover and the sound was amazing. They maybe werent as br00tal as suffocation but they brought the riffs, and those classic morbid angel records still blow away many modern death metal bands coming out today (including fulci who played at the show too). On David Vincent’s stage banter it brings up something in the back of my mind, there were a lot of rumors in the 90s that he got kicked from MA for being a white supremacist. So yeah I guess that’s food for thought when hearing him rant On a side note knoll was absolutely killer and that was the first time I had ever really listened to them. They put on a great show for sure. Fulci was okay, they played a lot of breakdowns and had a few riffs but imo they weren’t interesting enough to make a large standout.

[@andyzuleta5344]

Suffocation did ripped the set In LA , also Ricky Myers’s is no hardcore guy , he was the drummer for DISGORGE ! Cool vocalist tho.

[@katshades]

Do they actually use an 808? It seemed like that during the slammy breakdown in Clarity Through Deprivation. I specifically thought "did the drummer just hit an 808?"

[@rphxleonine]

The Trey slander will not be tolerated.

[@BornTooNate]

The guy who glitches out onstage so bad he can’t even play? Yeah my bad, he’s doing just fine

[@thomasrawlings368]

lol you are being polite Nate. bless Pete but he sounds every bit of 61. No way they should be following Suffocation.

[@BornTooNate]

You ain’t wrong but I couldn’t stand the thought of brutalizing 2 morbid angel members in one episode. Pete is legitimately doing his best, can’t hate on that