Podcast
Jan. 11, 2019
15- Mega (Psychosomatic Recording Studio)
A conversation about growing up and living on the beautiful island of Majorca, how he discovered Metal Music, how he started recording bands, what got him off his island and into the world of touring, some silly tour stories from his time as Cryptopsy's sound man, an in depth description of the "La…
Jan. 4, 2019
14- Andrew Gerrity (Wolvhammer & You Suffer)
A conversation about his insanely busy life on the road. Where he explains what it is like being on tour for more than 10 months a year, how he got into this crazy business, some of his worst tour experiences, his love of the Transportation Security Administration, his love and devotion to his home…
Dec. 21, 2018
13- Sébastien Croteau (Necrotic Mutation)
A conversation about his extremely busy year reinstating his classic death metal band Necrotic Mutation, his experience of being a part of a live death metal band for a theatre group for the play "Jean Dit" at Centre du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui and his unbelievable immersion into the world of creating…
Dec. 14, 2018
12- Brittney Slayes (Unleash the Archers)
A conversation about learning how to sing in a choir at the age of 8, her years as a rugby player, our mutual appreciate of the criminally underrated movie Willow, her experience recording with Jacob Hansen in Denmark, and her visit to NASA as a guest of honour.
The beer that we drank during this …
Dec. 7, 2018
11- Chris Kells (The Agonist & FTB Visuals)
A conversation about growing up in a small town and getting his angst out through extreme backyard wrestling, the challenges concerning filming music videos, and the surprising videos he draws inspiration from.
Nov. 30, 2018
10- Jason Rockman (CHOM Radio & Slaves on Dope)
A conversation about being sober for over 25 years, how he became a DJ on CHOM, his early years playing on the sunset strip alongside System of a Down, getting signed to Sharon Osbourne's label and his love for all things comic book themed.
Nov. 23, 2018
09- Pat Loisel (Augury)
A conversation about growing up with Asperger Syndrome in an era where those diagnoses did not exist, his unbelievable collection of over 200 tarantulas, how most of the material he brings to the table for Augury was actually written back in the 80s and the correlation between being a metal frontma…
Nov. 16, 2018
08- Gabe Seeber (The Kennedy Veil & More)
A conversation about his time as a session drummer with Abbath, Powerglove, Decrepit Birth and The Faceless. As well as an epic tour disaster story about losing his passport and his quest to receive his new one before crossing the boarder into Canada.
We enjoyed Boréale's IPA du Nord-Est during t…
Nov. 14, 2018
07- Aaron Keay Homma (Killitorous & Annihilator)
A conversation about growing up listening to Disney musicals, getting signed to a label at a young age, how he handles the transition between touring with Killitorous & Annihilator and his opinion of bands touring with session replacement players.
Throughout this episode we drank L'Ours from Le Tr…
Nov. 9, 2018
06- Youri Raymond (Ex-Cryptopsy & Unhuman)
A conversation about being recently released from prison and how that has affected his life, how he came to write his very first love song, the local Quebec beer scene, his time with Cryptopsy and his therapeutic experience at a local nudist convention.
Throughout this episode we drank a NEIPA at …
Nov. 7, 2018
05- Paul Ablaze (Blackguard & Ages)
A conversation about how he discovered metal music in a Christian youth group, his life with an identical twin brother, his quest to enhance his vocals through different vocal mentors and why he thinks Blackguard is now on a semi-permanent hiatus.
Throughout this episode we enjoyed Les Trois Mousq…
Oct. 31, 2018
04- Gore (Erimha)
A conversation about growing up as a goth in a small town, his transition towards Black Metal, his opinion of what Black Metal is and what he thinks about the Antifa movement.
Beers we tasted
IXPL from Maltstrom
Russian Imperial Stout from Dunham
Oct. 29, 2018
03- Pétrick Martin (Brouepub Le Fermentor & Reanimator)
A conversation about the challenges of opening your own brewpub, the bars and beers which inspired him to open his own pub and a whole bunch of hilarious drunken tour stories!
Oct. 26, 2018
02- Christian Donaldson (Cryptopsy & The Grid)
A conversation about his never ending search for the perfect guitar tone, the challenges of owning and running his own studio and his opinion about the new Cryptopsy EP The Book of Suffering - Tome II.
Beers tasted:
IPA from Les trois Mousquetaires Brasseurs
48th Parallel Framboise Rustique a co…
Oct. 25, 2018
01- Danny Marino (The Agonist)
A conversation about the local Quebec craft beer scene, growing up in a family of musicians, getting signed to a major label at an early age and if The Agonist would ever tour with Arch Enemy.
Beers we tasted:
Farmhouse Citra from Brasserie Milles Iles
Assemblage from the Microbrasserie du Lac St…
Oct. 21, 2018
Introduction to Vox&Hops
I'm Matt McGachy, the vocalist from the extreme metal band Cryptopsy and I'm proud to present my new podcast. Vox&Hops is a series of in depth conversations with metal musicians about their lives, music and craft beer.