The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast

For Chelsea's final pick of season 2 her quest to regain her Goth cred comes to a climax with her selection of goth stable Gary Numan's 2017 album Savage (Songs from a Broken World)! Nick and Chelsea dive deep into Numan's astonishing professionalism and talent while discovering Chelsea, unknowingly, chose a concept album!

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

For Nick's final pick of season 2 he picks noise metalcore band Norma Jean's 2006 album Redeemer. He and Chelsea are hit with several nostalgia-quakes, remising of their youth in the 00s, and admire the wonderful organized chaos of the music.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

It's time for the seasonal drinking episode! For this season it's Chelsea turn to pick and she chooses German comedy trance metal band Electric Callboy's 2022 break out album Tekkno. Both her and Nick, get very loose during the episode. It's a shit show, but a fun shit show.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

For Nick's pick this week we return to post-Great Crash, Heaven's Fence with the second installment of Coheed and Cambria's Vaxis penology, 2022's Vaxis Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind. In this follow up episode Chelsea's very excited to continue the story, and Nick nerds out.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

It's time for the second guest episode of the season! This time Nick and Chelsea welcome their friend, photographer and musician Nick Prezioso to the podcast! For Nick's choice he goes with UK metalcore titans Architects' 2016 album All Our Gods have Abandoned Us! The trio get into the deep meaning behind the lyrics, why this album is the way it is, and count the "bleghs".

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

For Chelsea's pick this week she continues her quest to regain her Goth cred this season, she choses Industrial Metal band 3Teeth's 2019 album Metawar. Chelsea goes into she got into the band by cramming before a show, and Nick takes it all in.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Nick's pick, he taps into his college years and chooses Swedish melodic death metal icons, Soilwork's 2007 album Sworn to a Great Divide. Chelsea and Nick get nostalgic for the 00s metal sound, and Nick tells how he was at a show that inspired one of the songs on the album.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

This week for Chelsea's pick she taps into her feels and goes with metalcore sad bois Dayseeker's 2019 album Sleeptalk. The pair goes into how sad yet beautiful the lyrics, and what this band means to Chelsea in her 30s.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

Back to hosts only this week, and to get back to the norm Nick chooses nu metal pioneers, Deftones's 2000 album White Pony. Chelsea gets her first full Deftones experience while she makes fun of Nick for not thinking the Deftones are horny (he's wrong).

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

It's time for the first guest episode of season 2! To start off Nick and Chelsea welcome former Geeky Nerd guest, podcaster, and blogger, Patrick Schober to the podcast. For his album Patrick chooses desert/stoner rock pioneers Kyuss's 1992 album Blues for the Red Sun. Chelsea and Nick take in the vibes of the album while Patrick realizes how funny Kyuss's lyrics are.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Chelsea decides to choose violence with deathcore band Wage War's 2021 album Manic. Prepare for lots of breakdowns, very angry lyrics, but also a few surprises as Nick slowly remembers listening to this album.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Nick follows up Chelsea's goth with his nerd by choosing Brendon Small's 2017 sophomore solo concept album (shocking) Galaktikon II: Become the Storm! The pair dive into what they can of the story, and Chelsea gets her first Brendon Small experience.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

For Chelsea's first pick of the season, she regains some of her Goth cred, with her favorite band of all time, Seraphim Shock's 1997 album Red Silk Vow. Nick takes in all the gothy goodness, falls in love with some of the songs, and Chelsea nerds out.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

Welcome to season 2 of the Goth & Nerd Music Podcast!

After talking about them repeatedly last season Nick opens the season with First Wave Metalcore icons Every Time I Die's final album, 2021's Radical! Chelsea finally gets to experience them, as the pair dive into the not so subtle messages and feelings of the album!

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

In this bonus episode Chelsea (VI) and Nick (V) enjoy the latest ritualistic offerings of Sleep Token with their 2023 album Take Me Back to Eden. In their longest episode to date, the pair dive very deep into these newest offerings brought forth through dreams, regarding the lyrical mastery, and delivery of Vessel. Worship!

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

Happy Valentine's Day!  For the holiday of heart(agram)s and flowers, Chelsea and Nick listen to the Finnish Love Metal band HIM's 1999 (2000 in the US) sophomore album Razorblade Romance.  The pair go deep into the dark romantic lyrics, their mutual love of this album, and the wonderful memories they both have tied to this album!

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina 

For the season one finale, Chelsea and Nick welcome Nick's wife, Julianna Hawke-Kizina to the podcast to discuss Heavy Neo-Classical Post-Metal Noise artist Lingua Ignota's 2018 sophomore release All Bitches Die.  Julianna and Nick recount recently seeing her live, Julianna goes into the deep meaning behind Lingua Ignota's trauma inspired lyrics, while her and Chelsea discuss the how hard they hit.

CONTENT WARNING: the music of Lingua Ignota deals heavily with the subjects of abuse, trauma, and sexual assault, listener discretion advised.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

For Chelsea's final pick of the season, she chooses thrash/metalcore band Butcher Babies' 2015 album Take it Like a Man!  Nick and Chelsea dive into the female centric lyrics of album, how brutal it is, and how this album is very much a bit of Chelsea's personality.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

For Nick's pick this week he chooses the 2007 debut album from Goth Rock duo Creature Feature, The Greatest Show Unearthed. The pair enjoy some drinks, get a little drunk, while Chelsea first experiences Creature Feature, and Nick reminisces about how much listened to this album throughout college.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

For Chelsea's pick this week she chooses trance metal band I See Star's, fourth studio album, 2013's New Demons.  The pair lament how much they miss the mid 2010's trance metal movement, this album being I See Star's last true album in the genre, get into stories of heartbreak, and loss; over all a fun listen.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

Happy Holidays!  For a special treat, Nick and Chelsea listen to Nick's former production company, Sinister Dream Productions's 2015 holiday album, A Very Sinister Xmas! If you enjoy what you hear, you can download the whole album for FREE at: https://sinisterdreamproducions.bandcamp.com 

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly 

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine 

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Nick picks Protest the Hero's 2005 (Canada)/2006 (US) debut album Kezia!  Nick and Chelsea explore the four part story behind the album of a woman sentence to death, diving deep into how much the distressing subject matter is still relevant today.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

For Chelsea's pick this week she chooses another one of her favorite bands, Swedish metal band, Avatar's 2014 album Hail the Apocalypse!  Chelsea and Nick discuss Avatar's non sub genred metal sound, the horrors of World War II, and realize the English translation of "Tsar Bomba" sounds way darker than in it's original German.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

For Nick's pick this week he chooses, his favorite band, Coheed and Cambria's 2018 return to concept album Vaxis Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures!  Nick does his best to fill Chelsea in on the Amory Wars storyline up to this point, while the lyrics repeatedly call her out, and reveals how this album is both connected, and helped him through a dark time in his life. 

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique. 

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly 

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine 

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

For Chelsea's pick this week she chooses her favorite album from one of her absolute favorite bands, Motionless in White's 2017 album Graveyard Shift.  Chelsea and Nick dive deep into Chris Motionless's under-appreciated, lyrical skills, Nick counts how many signature "BLEGHs" there are on the album, while Chelsea works through her Burn Brain. 

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique. 

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly 

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine 

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

For Nick's second pick he chooses metalcore pioneers Killswitch Engage's seminole 2002 album Alive or Just Breathing!  Nick and Chelsea once again take a stroll down memory lane back to the beginnings of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal era.  Chelsea remembers how much she misses the chugs of early metalcore, and Nick goes into how this album got him into metal, and realizes how much this album really means to him.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique. 

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

 Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

 Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

For Chelsea's second pick she chooses Green Day's 2004 mega hit, American Idiot!  Chelsea and Nick go down memory lane with the state of the world at the time of the album's release, how little has changed, and how the album has become a classic in the last two decades. 

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique. 

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine 

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina Producer: Nick Kizina

For Nick's first album he chooses the 2021 sophomore release from UK post metal collective Sleep Token, This Place Will Become Your Tomb.  Nick goes into the lore behind the band, what an amazing lyricist Vessel is, and Chelsea falls in love upon her first time experiencing Sleep Token. 

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique. 

Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly 

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: 

“All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine 

Album art by: @glitterghoulart 

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina 

Producer: Nick Kizina

Welcome to Season 1 Episode 1 of the Goth & Nerd Music Podcast!  For Chelsea's first album she picks the album which got her into heavy music, Avenged Sevenfold's 2003 sophomore album, Waking the Fallen!  Chelsea goes into the how much meaning she found in the lyrics of the album, what was going on in her life which made the lyrics hit so hard, while Nick does his best to put his opinions of Avenged Sevenfold aside to appreciate the album.

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina

Join friends Chelsea Andrews (Goth) and Nick Kizina (Nerd), as they welcome you to their new podcast, The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast!  In this introduction Chelsea and Nick let you know the origins of the podcast, why they started it, and what to expect!

Editorial note: The Goth & Nerd Music Podcast is a work of music criticism and commentary, and utilizes music from the group or artist under consideration for the purpose of critique.

Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly

Goth & Nerd Theme Music: “All Hail the Goth and Nerd” by Israel Asa Constantine

Album art by: @glitterghoulart

Hosts: Chelsea Andrews and Nick Kizina
Producer: Nick Kizina