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Upcoming Guests - February

Space Coke

David Ellefson

Space Coke

Holy Shit, Man! You have to try this, This is Space Coke! Hailing from the Swamp Metal Capital of the world, Reno Gooch will be Joining Mark and Athena for this amped up version of The Metal Forge!

 Dropping 2/3/23 

Gatekeeper

David Ellefson

Space Coke

We are going back to the frozen Northland of Canada this week where Jeff Black of Gatekeeper will be our special guest.  He is here to talk about the magnificent Northwest Metal Scene and more!

 Dropping 2/10/23 

David Ellefson

David Ellefson

David Ellefson

The first of the Big 4 hits The Metal Forge this week.  We have David Ellefson in this week as we are talking Kings of Thrash, Dieth and some really cool other stuff he has been involved with.  Such a rad guy, I will be having him back for some "REFORGED" episodes for years to come. Mark and Athena have a great time with David.

 Dropping 2/17/23 

Midnight

Diamond Head

David Ellefson

This week we are talking to Athenar from Midnight and find out what a blast it is.  Join Mark and Athena on this trip! You will be violated when we are done with you...

 Dropping 2/24/23 

Diamond Head

Diamond Head

Diamond Head

NWOBHM at its core, rounding out the month of February, we will be talking with Brian Tatler from the amazing Diamond Head!!!

 Dropping 3/3/23 

additional segments

Metal Mischief

The Heavy Metal Wasteland

The Heavy Metal Wasteland

Album & Show reviews from the Louisville Blood Queen, Scarecrow.  The Heavy Metal Mistress, Athena Prychodko.  She came aboard The Metal Forge in Feb. 2022 when I saw her page come up Thrashers & Destroyers.  We have since teamed up and decided to kick ass, chew bubblegum and drink a lot of bourbon and talk metal!

The Heavy Metal Wasteland

The Heavy Metal Wasteland

The Heavy Metal Wasteland

A friendship spawned from and interview I conducted with Jason Gardner from Temptations Wings in Asheville, NC.  We hit it off and since have had Jason doing album reviews and band reviews and a few other segments.  We have since created a podcast titled "The Mudhorn" where you can get your Sci-Fi/Fantasy Nerdery fill.

The archives:

2019:

2019:

2019:

1/3/19 - Rifle (Acoustic) - Louisville

1/8/19 - Jrad Spicer (Artist) - Louisville

1/17/19 - Gubbey Records (Indie Label) - Louisville

1/24/19 - Jeff Gaither (Artist) - Louisville

1/31/19 - Jayson William Allen (Acoustic) - Louisville

2/7/19 - Straight Laced (Acoustic) - Louisville

2/14/19 - Wasted Planet (Acoustic) - Henryville, IN

2/21/19 - Samuel St. Samuel (Acoustic) - Louisville

2/28/19 - Ryan Case (Artist) - Louisville

3/7/19 - Brian Desper (Acoustic) - Louisville

3/14/19 - Eastwood Records (Indie Label) - Louisville

3/21/19 - Belushi Speed Ball - Louisville

3/28/19 - Eulogy in Blood - Louisville

4/4/19 - Hot Prowlers - Louisville

4/11/19 - Push Start - Louisville

4/18/19 - Scrooge Mandela/Dyer Keathley - Louisville

4/25/19 - White Knight - Louisville

5/2/19 - Godawfuls - Louisville

5/9/19 - Viken/Va Va Vixens - Columbus, IN/Louisville

5/16/19 - Day of Ruin - Scottsburg, IN

5/23/19 - Dyer Keathley - Louisville

5/30/19 - Overload/KY Hot Brown PB. - Louisville

6/6/19 - Dustin Swaggert - Louisville

6/13/19 - Rifle (Electric) - Louisville

6/20/19 - Poetry of the Dead - Louisville

6/27/19 - Silent Nevermore - Austin, IN

7/4/19 - BEST OF THE METAL FORGE - Happy 4th of July!

7/11/19 - A Well Regulated Militia - Louisville

7/18/19 - The Happy Yew - Louisville

7/25/19 - Artwork for the Blind - Louisville

8/1/19 - Geurilla Red - Louisville

8/8/19 - Gravel & Spiders - Louisville

8/15/19 - SxWxP - Louisville

8/22/19 - Star Guided Vessel - Louisville

8/29/19 - Throwback Thursday (Interview) - Louisville

9/5/19 - Andrea Estes (Chef) - Louisville

9/12/19 - Julius/Give For Good Louisville

9/19/19 - Piranhasauras - Louisville

9/26/19 - Kill The Crown - Louisville

10/3/19 - Dump Button (Fake band/Interview) - Louisville

10/10/19 - BAND CANCELLED - Play List (No Archive)

10/17/19 - A Locus Tide/Savage Master - Louisville

10/24/19 - The Coomers - Louisville

10/31/19 - Various Guests Halloween 5 Hour Special (2 parts)

11/7/19 - The Promise of Plague - Louisville

11/14/19 - Deacons of Doom - Louisville

11/21/19 - Goodnight Carnage/VilleTV - North Vernon, IN/Louisville

11/28/19 - No Show Due to Holiday, (No Archive)

12/5/19 - Creeps, INC. - Louisville

12/12/19 - BAND CANCELLED - Play List (No Archive)

12/19/19 - Manic Methed - Louisville

12/26/19 - Last Blast of 2019 - Merry Christmas

Mothrog - Ashley Vega - J-Riff Catlet - 

Jet Piston - Samuel St. Samuel - Zak Becher

Ed Black (2 Parts)


*all artists had to be based in the local area due to 100.9 FM-LP guidelines and bylaws. (That's why there are so man Louisville bands).

2020:

2019:

2019:

 1/24/20 - High Spirits (Chris Black) - Chicago, IL

1/31/20 - Lurker at the Threshold (Tyler Hill) - Louisville

2/7/20 - Palewalker (Mike Watkins) - Lexington, KY

2/14/20 - Provoke the Punishment - Louisville

2/21/20 - Zephaniah (Justin Zych) - Ft. Wayne, IN

2/28/20 - Flip the Switch - Louisville

3/6/20 - Stonecutters (Brian Omer) - Louisville

3/13/20 - Majutsu - Louisville

3/20/20 - Wyld Ryde - Louisville

3/27/20 - Lady Beast (Deb Levine) - Pittsburgh, PA

4/3/20 - Her Worst Nightmare (Jason Caruana) - Chicago, IL

4/10/20 - Emerald Rage (Jacob Wherley) - Akron, OH

4/17/20 - EchoSoul (Guy Hinton) - Ft. Wayne, IN

4/24/20 - WiiRMZ (Chad Castetter) - Louisville

5/1/20 - Spell (Cam Mesmer) - Vancouver, BC, CA

5/8/20 - Underking - Nottingham, UK

5/15/20 - War Cloud (Nick Burks) - Austin, TX

5/22/20 - Vanik/Midnight/Vandallus - Ohio

5/29/20 - Black Knife - Lexington, KY

6/5/20 - Fatal Curse (Michael Bowen) - Morovia, NY

6/12/20 - Idle Hands (Gabe Franco) - PDX

6/12/20 - Metal Fest 9 (Allen Ashbaugh) - Shepherdsville, KY

6/19/20 - Torment of Giants - Paramus, NJ

6/26/20 - Silver Talon (Bryce VanHoosen) - PDX

7/3/20 - Bastard Sons of a Judas Goat - Mt. Sterling, KY

7/10/20 - e-Flat (Rod Mac) - Pendleton, KY

7/17/20 - Fudgeknuckle - Louisville, KY

7/24/20 - Wraith - Hammond, IN

7/31/20 - The Hell You Say (Beenee & Josh) - Louisville, KY

8/7/20 - Throne of Iron (Tucker Thomasson) - Bloomington, IN

8/14/20 - Germ Bomb - Gothenburg, SW

8/21/20 - KUR - Lexington, KY

8/28/20 - Misanthropik Records (Erick Draven) - Lexington, KY

9/4/20 - Night Cobra (Christian Larson) - Houston, TX

9/11/20 - Haunt/Beastmaker - (Trevor Church) - Fresno, CA

9/18/20 - Overthrust (Vulture Thrust) - Ghanzi, Botswana

9/25/20 - Ryghar (Ryghar Highwind) - San Antonio, TX

10/2/20 - Evildead (Rob Alaniz) - Los Angeles, CA

10/9/20 - SHI - Louisville, KY

10/16/20 - Villain - Toronto, CA

10/21/20 - Steve Gatrost (Tattoo Artist) - Louisville, KY (Bonus)

10/23/20 - Legendry (Vidarr The Silent) - Pittsburgh, PA

10/30/20 - Goat Bong (Dirty Mike Alcala) - San Antonio, TX

10/31/20 - Venom, Inc (Demolition Man) - Newcastle, UK (Bonus)

11/7/20 - Created to Kill (Steve Forbes) - Lexington, KY

11/13/20 - BAT/Municipal Waste (Ryan Waste) - Richmond, VA

11/20/20 - Oath (Steven Waddell) - Edinburgh, SC

11/27/20 -  Lüger - Montreal, QC

12/4/20 - Spellbook - York, PA

12/11/20 - Morgul Blade - Philadelphia, PA

12/18/20 - HROM - Calgary, Alberta, CA

12/25/20 - SABER - Los Angeles, CA ***Episode 100***


*Upon closing of 100.9 WCHQ FM-LP, First 3 weeks of 2020 were taken off as a reboot of The Metal Forge®  into Podcast form.  Shows resumed on 1/24/20.

2021:

2019:

2021:

1/1/21 - Hellripper - Scotland

1/8/21 - Soul Grinder - Portland, OR

1/15/21 - Deadwolff - Toronto, CA

1/22/21 - Possessed Steel - Toronto, CA

1/29/21 - SkyRyder - Newcastle, EN

2/5/21 - Night Demon - Ventura, CA

2/12/21 - Ritual Moon - LA, CA

2/19/21 - Tantivy - Wasa, WI

2/26/21 - Blood Feast - Bayonne, NJ

3/5/21 - Shadowland - NYC

3/12/21 - Seven Sisters - London, EN

3/19/21 - Bewitcher - Portland, OR

3/26/21 - Anvil - Toronto, CA

4/2/21 - Vometh - Stockholm, SW

4/9/21 - Midnight Spell - Miami, FL

4/16/21 - Blazon Rite - Philadelphia, PA

4/23/21 - Graveripper - Indianapolis, IN

4/30/21 - Iron Kingdom - Surrey, BC

5/7/21 - Sadistic Force - Austin, TX

5/14/21 - Nightfyre - Munster, GER

5/21/21 - Poisoned Speed - GER

5/28/21 - Time Rift - PDX

6/4/21 - Witchtrap - Medellin, CO

6/14/21 - Truck Flag - Coffeyville, OK

6/18/21 - Anahata - Vancouver, BC

6/25/21 - Ryghar - Austin, TX - REFORGED

7/2/21 - Hatriot - SF, CA

7/9/21 - White Crone - PDX

7/16/21 - THOR - Vancouver, BC

7/23/21 - Stolen Prayer - Louisville, KY

7/30/21 - Bloodrunner - Chicago, IL

8/6/21 - Stratuz - Venezuala

8/13/21 - Megaton Sword - Winterthur, SW

8/20/21 - The Breaklights - Louisville, KY

8/27/21 - The Histrionics - New Albany, IN

9/3/21 - Maniak Cop - LA, CA

9/10/21 - Becoming - San Jose, CA

9/17/21 - Hardrada - New Albany, IN

9/24/21 - Basher - Bloomington, IN

10/1/21 - Acid Cross - Ottawa, ON

10/8/21 - Casket Slime/Babes of Metal - Ottawa, ON/Louisville, KY

10/15/21 - Blackened Whiskey - San Rafael, CA

10/22/21 - Vexing Hex - Chicago, IL

10/29/21 - Hatemonger - Chicago, IL

10/31/21 - Vanik - Columbus, OH

11/5/21 - Sisters Memon - Eng/Pol

11/12/21 - Traveler - Calgary, AB

11/19/21 - Fallen Void - Leesburg, VA

11/26/21 - Black Tusk - Savannah, GA ***Episode 150***

12/3/21 - Immortal Rotting - NY/NJ

12/10/21 - Blood of Heroes - Danville, IL

12/17/21 - Lavaborne - Indy, IN

12/24/21 - Meurtrieres - Lyon, FRA

12/31/21 - Tyrant - Lansing, MI



2022:

2022:

2021:

1/7/22 - Tailgunner - UK

1/14/22 - Kontact - Calgary, AB

1/21/22 - Solar Haze - LA, CA 

1/28/22 - Metal Assault Records - LA, CA

2/4/22 - Temptations Wings - NC

2/11/22 - Old Blood - LA, CA

2/18/22 - XIL - San Antonio, TX

2/25/22 - SEAX - Wochester, MA

3/4/22 - Blind Scryer - Louisville, KY

3/11/22 - Andro Coulton's Witchfynde - UK

3/18/22 - Dave Caudell (Author) - Scottsburg, IN

3/25/22 - Toxic Ruin - Sheboygan, WI

4/1/22 - Kevin Vonesper (Film maker) - NYC, NY

4/8/22 - Beatallica - Milwaukie, WI

4/15/22 - The Koffin Kats - Detroit, MI

4/22/22 - Whiplash - New Jersey

4/29/22 - Bone - Austin, TX

5/6/22 - Electrocutioner - New York

5/13/22 - Skullovich - Pittsburgh. PA

5/20/22 - Volcandra - Louisville, KY

5/27/22 - Hexoffender - Toronto, CA

6/3/22 - Nite - San Fransisco, CA

6/10/22 - Labyrinth - Houston, TX

6/17/22 - Black Knife - Lexington, KY - REFORGED

6/24/22 - Godawfuls - Louisville, KY - REFORGED

7/1/22 - Inhuman Nature/Mercenary Press - UK

7/8/22 - Ramathorn - Indianapolis, IN

7/15/22 - Kyarn - Marydell, KY

7/22/22 - Blood of Angels - Tampa, FL

7/29/22- FNGRNLS - Parts Unknown

8/5/22 - Ice howl - Bloomington, IN

8/12/22 - The Gavel - Antioch, IL

8/19/22 - Kramp - Madrid, Spain

8/26/22 - Chamber Mage 

9/2/22 - Solicitor - Seattle, WA/Portland, OR

9/9/22 - Belushi Speedball - Louisville, KY - REFORGED

9/16/22 - Midnite Hellion - New Jersey

9/23/22 - Malignancy - Yonkers, NY

9/30/22 - Skelator - Snake Mountain

10/7/22 - Babes of Metal - Louisville, KY

10/14/22 - Taken Lives - Louisville, KY

10/21/22 - Airacobra - Champaign, IL

10/28/22 - Spell - Vancouver, BC - REFORGED

11/4/22 - Intranced - LA, CA

11/11/22 - Amragelion - Las Vegas, NV

11/18/22 - Coathanger Abortion - Chattanooga, TN

11/25/22 - LLOYD KAUFMAN - NYC, NY *** Episode 200***

12/2/22 - Morta Skuld - Milwaukee, WI

12/9/22 - Split The Abyss - Cincinnati, OH

12/16/22 - Sinistrum - Elizabethtown, KY

12/23/22 - Toledo Steel - South Hampton, UK

12/30/22 - Crypt Rot - Wales, UK




2023:

2022:

2023:

1/6/23 - The Terrible Texan - Houston, TX

1/13/23 - Incantation - Greensboro, NC

1/20/23 - Raven - New Castle Upon Tyne

1/27/23 - Becky Baldwin - Birmingham, UK


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