August 6, 2020

“Humor Metal. It’s like our 2 favorite things rolled into one.” Killer riffs meet killer punchlines in the origins of humor metal and its key bands: S.O.D. (“the Black Sabbath of Humor Metal”), M.O.D., GWAR, Austrian Death Machine, Carnivore, Infectious Grooves, Psychostick, Green Jelly, Scatterbrain and Steel Panther.

February 10, 2022

The Z and the D: Jonny Zazula, the “Godfather of Thrash Metal” and Megaforce Records co-founder, and Tenacious D, the Jack Black and Kyle Gass comedy metal duo who made it okay to put acoustic guitars and recorder solos in metal.

November 17, 2022

“We’ve got a little surprise for you tonight…” The first multi-part trip through The Chronicles: a KISS episode (not an Inside the Metal) that walks through Alive II, Destroyer, Lick It Up, Animalize, Asylum, Crazy Nights, Carnival of Souls and Psycho Circus, plus Anthrax, Motörhead and Death Angel playing KISS songs.

November 24, 2022

The conclusion of The Chronicles as a “Turducken of Metal”: back to 1983 for Brian Slagel’s Metal Massacre III, including Slayer, then a double helping of 80s hair metal music videos from the early days of MTV.

July 4, 2024

The most patriotic Inside the Metal ever, recorded on July 4th: Billy Milano’s M.O.D., the crossover thrash band that followed S.O.D. with politically incorrect humor, biting social commentary and a more hardcore-infused sound, with a walk through their albums from 1988 to 1996.

December 26, 2024

Not an officially sanctioned Chronicles episode — just the good, the bad and the horrific of one of the least desirable (yet often most satisfying) subgenres of metal. Tracks from Bulletboys, White Lion, Quiet Riot, Europe, Twisted Sister, Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe.

February 13, 2025

Left turns and WTF moments are everywhere in metal: radical style changes, unforeseen tragedy, and “Ozzy just being Ozzy” around winged creatures. Metallica’s Load, Megadeth’s Risk, Celtic Frost’s Cold Lake, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Mayhem and Opeth’s Heritage.

May 15, 2025

“If anything, it’s three 7’s… and one of them has a line in the middle.” A nonverbal, beyond-words episode on metal instrumentals: Metallica’s The Call of Ktulu and Orion, Iron Maiden’s Transylvania, Black Sabbath, Van Halen’s Eruption, Led Zeppelin’s Moby Dick, Opeth, Pink Floyd, DOWN and more.

May 29, 2025

The 6th anniversary episode: the parody band that made 80s hair metal fun again. “If S.O.D. is thrash metal with a generous side of hilarity, then Steel Panther is quite obviously their hair metal counterpart.”

September 18, 2025

The start of Chronicles II: KISS’s 4th studio album, released March 15, 1976, the first after Alive!, with Detroit Rock City, God of Thunder, Shout It Out Loud, Beth and more. “Iconic” is the word of the episode.

November 27, 2025

A holiday breather: a cornucopia of clips from the 2025 collection, best listened to before your Turkey Day feast to avoid the very real possibility of laughing until you vomit.

September 3, 2026

In July 1985, three-quarters of Anthrax’s Fistful of Metal era joined Billy Milano to record one of the most notoriously hilarious thrash albums of all time in less than a week — and its tracks were the Headbangers Ball bumper music.