Radical Research Podcast

Episode 150, pt. 1 – Anathema Discography Part One: Splitting Mountains Wide

Liverpool, England’s Anathema are one of the bedrocks of the Radical Research musical adventure. It’s why we’ve chosen to commemorate our 150th episode with a two-part di

Episode 149 – Those Nasty Talkers: A Collaboration with Hair Metal Memories Podcast on TNT’s ‘Tell No Tales’

It's back to Norway for Radical Research, although this time, it's not about weirdness, unless you consider us covering an album like this a little weird. But we adore th

Episode 148 – CATHEDRAL 1990-1994: Lord, Release the Dragons…

What exactly constitutes "Radical Research material?" We're gonna test that question with this and the next episode. With episode 148, we answer with more questions: "Is

Episode 147 – Crack the Code: Kevin Moore’s Genius

The scope of Kevin Moore’s genius begins with Dream Theater’s “Space-Dye Vest” and concludes with OSI’s Fire Make Thunder. We try to use the g-word sparingly around here,

Episode 146 – Radical Metallurgy Challenge: The Chameleons’ Script of the Bridge

Our friends Marty and Alan at the Heavy Metallurgy podcast challenged us to a duel, and we fire back. The idea was simple: Offer five different albums, any genre, to cove

Episode 145 – Pan-Thy-Monium First, Family Second

Herein, you will find our tribute to Pan-Thy-Monium. Briefly covered in episode 2, we finally give this very special entity its due. We dive deep into the deeps of Raagoo

Episode 144 – King Crimson, Five Larks’ Tongues, Aspic, and a Thrush Deceived

As noted early in this episode: we’ve always wanted to do an episode focusing on King Crimson, but couldn’t figure out the right approach. Until this idea, where we disse

Episode 143 – Comecon 1992-1995: Frogs, Worms, Anacondas

No other band with roots in Swedish death metal did it like Comecon. Not even close. We find a few similarities to Carbonized, but generally, this band is unique, special

Episode 142 – US Prog Rock in the 1970s: Five of a Perfect Quartet

We all know the big names of prog rock -- they're mentioned numerous time in this episode -- and we all know the music of many other names from all over the world, especi

Episode 141 – Watchtower Discography in 10 Tasty Snips

This band is a major cog in the engine that powers us. We’ve said that about Voivod, King Crimson, and Arcturus, and will add Watchtower as a major ingredient of what com

Episode 140 – Wormholes! ARCTURUS 1991-2015

It has taken light years of travel, but we’ve finally reached Arcturus. For our 140th episode, Radical Research dives into the catalog of one of Norway’s longest-running

Episode 139 – Realm? The Milwaukee Realm? Yes, THAT Realm (1985-1992)

When we first announced this episode several weeks back, we received several queries from listeners all around the globe who phrased their questions similarly: "Realm? Th

Episode 138.5 – Hunter Gets 12 Minutes to State His Case for Chum

This short episode is one that Jeff has been promising Hunter we’d get to eventually…and we finally did. Herein, Hunter is granted 12 minutes to make a case for this lost

Episode 138 – Monumentum’s ‘In Absentia Christi’: A Radical Research Christmas (Sworn Enemy of the Virgin)

“And she became a completely different woman…” With that line, Italy’s Monumentum sums up the Radical Research Christmas spirit circa 2025. Supernatural hokum or divine p

Episode 137 – Brand X, 1976-1980: Inhuman Fusion Conclusions

Led by the estimable Percy Jones on bass and supported by a cast of elite co-conspirators, England's Brand X released a covey of essential fusion albums in the '70s and e

Episode 136 – Dark Millennium 1992/93: The Freaks Have Spoken, We Have Listened!

For years (yes, we've been doing this a while now), various Radical Research listeners around the globe have asked us, "When is the Dark Millennium episode coming?" For H

Episode 135 – Course Corrections…

Listener and friend Paul Stolp prompted this conversation/episode, mentioning how he thought a “course correction” episode would be fun. What is a course correction? Paul

Episode 100 [RELAUNCH] – VOIVOD is the Engine That Powers Us

2023 marks the 40th anniversary of Voivod, a band that are at the very heart of everything we do at Radical Research and everything we listen to as incorrigible music obs

Episode 134 – We Stand With Ukraine: Drudkh’s Microcosmos & Handful of Stars

Although Ukraine’s Drudkh may be best known for its trance-inducing, minimalist black metal, Radical Research makes a case for the band’s divisive 2009 and 2010 recording

Episode 133.5 – Gorguts, “Nostalgia”…and Pearl Jam?

Jeff got this text from Hunter a couple months ago: "Gorguts 'Nostalgia' is a fascinating piece of music. A slice of late '90s avant-death that refers to Pearl Jam, nu me