Bleeding Metal Podcast

On a new short episode of Bleeding Metal, Kiki and Pia discuss some new music that just came out later this year. We also celebrate the revival of Nu Metal!

Recorded on September 19th, 2023...

Lindsay Schoolcraft is back on the podcast! Ten years after our first talk, Lindsay joins Kiki and Pia to talk about how important it is for artists to take breaks and for fans to support this. With so many of our favorite Metal acts touring non-stop after the pandemic and some of them getting backlash from fans after canceling gigs due to illness - it seems we really need to talk about this...

We're back from our short break with a new season and to start it we're catching you all up on what we've been doing these past few months.

Recorded on November 3rd, 2023.

Show notes:

• Check out Kiki's Twitch channel - the next Heavy Friday Metal stream is on November 24th at 19:00 CET...

The last session of the TUSKA FORUM by BLEEDING METAL at this year's Tuska Festival in Helsinki was a moving interview with Marko Hietala hosted by Kiki. What was initially supposed to be a talk about his experience in the music business turned out to be an intimate conversation about the artist's personal growth throughout his life - including recent improvements in his mental health...

The official language of this episode is Finglish - a gift from Bleeding Metal with love to our Finnish-speaking audience. It's a very entertaining episode and we hope you all enjoy it.

The second day of the TUSKA FORUM by BLEEDING METAL at this year's Tuska Festival in Helsinki started with Kiki showing off her Finnish skills - which didn't take her too far, but at least the audience applauded the effort...

The opening event of the TUSKA FORUM by BLEEDING METAL, which was hosted by Kiki at this year's Tuska Festival in Helsinki, was this interactive workshop about Artificial Intelligence and music. The goal of the session was to implement the technology live and let generative AI create a song with all the necessary elements: music, lyrics, and cover art...

TRIGGER WARNING: the topic of suicide comes up during this episode several times. If you or someone you know is struggling, reach out for help around suicidal thoughts.

During this year's Tuska Festival in Helsinki, Kiki hosted the TUSKA FORUM by BLEEDING METAL and started moving conversations with some of the performing artists...

During this year's Tuska Festival in Helsinki, Kiki hosted a forum and had captivating conversations with some of the performing artists. On this episode of the podcast, we present to you the recording of Kiki's interview with animal rights activist and ARCH ENEMY-vocalist Alissa White-Gluz.

Pia and Kiki then comment on the conversation and how each and every one of us can be an activist by being conscious of our choices and behaviors...

Since Pia was not able to attend Tuska Festival 2023, she asks Kiki all about the festival weekend, including but not limited to the Tuska Forum by Bleeding Metal, which Kiki hosted at the event in Helsinki.

Tune in for an in-house interview and a preview of the upcoming episodes that were recorded live at Tuska 2023!

Episode recorded on July 6th, 2023...

In an extraordinary episode, Kiki and Pia recount their experiences at different music festivals, especially in the ten years of working together on Metal & High Heels turned the Bleeding Metal Podcast. But before we go down memory lane, we must address two pieces of news from the Metal scene that are important to us. We also have a special announcement...