Unicode the hard way
You may notice something new in the posts on Open Metalcast. Go ahead, look around a bit. Notice anything different? If you said that all of the posts that have Cyrillic text in them are now displaying...
View ArticleInterview: Amity in Fame
Recently Tom Ray and I interviewed Michael from Amity in Fame on the Music Manumit podcast. I had a great time with the interview, and the interview was very casual and interesting. The episode is here...
View ArticleUpdated site
Hello, everyone, I’ve updated the server for Open Metalcast to use Nginx instead of Apache. Please let me know if you run into any problems accessing files from the site. Hopefully it’ll be transparent...
View ArticleUpdate: OGG Files should be working now
Apologies to those of you who were unable to download the OGG files. Turns out Nginx doesn’t support OGG out of the box (or at least the version I installed didn’t). Please let me know if you are still...
View ArticleBlooper
If you managed to download episode #42 earlier today, congratulations: you have a collector’s item. Apparently I forgot to edit out one of the mistakes that I made in the second track announcement....
View ArticleThe best problems to have (link updates, and a heart-felt thank you)
Just a quick update to let everyone know that I’m moving the archives of Open Metalcast to the best place I can think of for archiving. Heck, it even has archive in the name. Yes, I’m moving the links...
View ArticleTransition to Archive.org complete
I just uploaded the last few files to Archive.org this morning. If everything went according to plan, we should have every single file from Open Metalcast up on Archive.org (save for some special...
View ArticleOpen Metalcast: Brief Hiatus
Hey everyone, Just a quick note that Open Metalcast is taking a brief hiatus for this week. We’ll return, ready to bang heads, crush skulls, and give you the finest in Creative Commons Metal music on...
View ArticleProgram note: Open Metalcast episode delayed
Hi all, The next episode of Open Metalcast is going to be delayed a bit. Have been pretty busy lately and my will to put together a show has been sapped. I hope this will give everyone a chance to...
View ArticleOpen Metalcast: Hiatus Announcement
Hey all, After some deliberation I’m putting the show on temporary hiatus. Reason being life is getting in the way of making the show you deserve to hear. We’ve had a good five year run and I fully...
View ArticleOpen MetalCast update (Where we’re headed)
Posted the second episode of Open MetalCast (Available from fine websites everywhere, as long as they’re this site). Hope you enjoy this episode. This one was fun because I did some exploring looking...
View ArticleUpcoming OpenMetalcast Episode #10
Tomorrow marks a very special episode of Open Metalcast. This is our 10th episode of Open Metalcast, and it marks a milestone for the show. Not only have we brought you 64 tracks of bone-crushing metal...
View ArticleProgram Notes
Just finished uploading the latest Open Metalcast Episode (Episode #12, can you believe it?) Lots of great metal in this episode. I’m really looking forward to you hearing it. Should drop early morning...
View ArticleProgram Notes: OGG Vorbis in the house
Wanted to tell everyone about the new OGG Vorbis feed. If you look on the right of the site, you’ll see the MP3 and OGG feeds. Using the power of a slightly modified plugin, I now have the power of...
View ArticleWelcome to the new server
If you’re seeing this, you’re now pointing to the new server. Welcome! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.
View ArticleSevered Fifth album update, and a plea for help
Jono from Severed Fifth mentioned this morning that the album is coming along great. The drum tracks are absolutely rocking. Unfortunately, the guys need about $2,000 to finish up the album. If you’re...
View ArticleLicense mix-up
Hey folks, I’ve noticed that I’ve been mistakenly marking each of the podcasts for Open Metalcast as BY-NC-SA (By Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike). This is unfortunately not the license that I...
View ArticleProgram Updates (Cloudkicker, Penguicon, and more)
Well hello there! It’s been a while since I last wrote one of these, hasn’t it? The good news is there’s plenty of news and exciting events coming up for Open Metalcast, as well as some show updates....
View ArticleOpen Metalcast Special Announcement
Hey everyone, Listen to the following special announcement, and send me your Top 4 Creative Commons Metal Bands that you’ve discovered on this show. I’d like to compile these for Episode #25 so we can...
View ArticleYou still have some time to get your votes in
Just a reminder that we’re coming up on the release date for Episode 25, so if you want to get in your votes for the Big Four of Creative Commons Metal, you have less than a week to get them in! Send...
View ArticleSix years of Open Metalcast
Today marks the sixth year since the first episode of Open Metalcast. It’s been quite a journey and I thank you all for accompanying me on it. We’ve found a lot of Creative Commons Metal Music along...
View ArticleStop SOPA / PIPA
Open Metalcast survives solely on using other folks content to create a show that you enjoy. Laws like PIPA and SOPA threaten shows like Open Metalcast because sites like Bandcamp, Jamendo, and...
View ArticleSave the Internet – Article 17 (was Article 13)
If you’re in the European Union I urge you to take part in the Save the Internet Campaign. Save Your Internet is a drive to stop some particularly bad proposals that are floating around in the European...
View ArticleOpen Metalcast Summer Hiatus Announcement
Hey all, Just wanted to give a quick announcement that Open Metalcast is going in hiatus for a few months. Part of it is because I’ve been a little burned out trying to get shows together every other...
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