https://linktr.ee/TempleOfBleh@beardodoom

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2026/9/1/21/0f3b3f0d-5d22-4182-b9d8-d21e56c0c598_tob_e44.mp3

[Beardo is echo-ey for the first quarter of this episode - calm your tits]Jim went to Brutal Assault. Beardo went to Beyond the Gates. Neither of them wants to talk about the bands.Instead: 5G across a fortress for five days, toilets with a traffic-light system, a wristband that means you never queue for a pint, and a round that came to £3.91. Then the harder question — why the UK can&#39;t do any of it, and who actually owns that problem.Also: the £10 band you&#39;ve never heard of, why every town needs a Big Gary, and a Swedish man with a bag of maggots.No guest this week. Just a stock-take.

#44 - Two Blokes, No Guest

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2026/8/20/12/64cd151c-7bab-4c0e-b09b-df82f77f0424_tob_e43.mp3

Tony Boden put on death metal shows in Brighton — four mates each risking £500 on a Tuesday to get Nile through the door. Twenty years on he&#39;s at Out Of Line in Berlin: booking, promoting, some A&amp;R, some management, and teaching music export at Berklee.He tells Jim and Beardo how it actually works. What an agent does that a promoter doesn&#39;t. Why your dashboard numbers don&#39;t predict who turns up. Why Facebook still outsells everything for tickets.Also: a venue two hundred over capacity, the police at the door, and the time Watain sat down in catering.

#43 - Brighton to Berlin [w Tony Boden]

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2026/7/29/0/a30655b5-a36c-43fc-8436-4a59c9337eb7_tob_e42.mp3

Part Two of our Earache Records deep dive — and this one went off-script. We sat down with Al Dawson (Earache US) to fact-check twenty years of label history… and then founder Digby Pearson, who it turns out was one of two people watching the stream, texted his way into the call — bringing an announcement with him: a new signing he describes as &#34;one of the biggest pop producers in the world&#34;, making a death metal album for Earache.Also in this episode: – The tennis match that put Entombed on MTV – What Columbia really spent marketing Carcass&#39;s Heartwork — and what it sold – The Bring Me The Horizon Warped Tour merch call: &#34;$50,000… a night&#34; – The Repugnant demo Tobias Forge sent Earache, and never got a reply to – Skindred vs Universal: twelve staff against four hundred for a UK number one – Why Digby passed on Blood Incantation. Twice.0:00 Preamble &amp; setup 1:20 Part Two begins — picking up Part One&#39;s questions 12:54 Entombed, MTV, and a tennis bet 18:42 Why the Columbia deal really ended 54:26 &#34;$60 million to sell out&#34; — the last independents 1:05:47 Digby crashes his own label&#39;s interview 1:10:06 The announcement: the secret Swedish signing 1:13:07 The Ghost demo Earache ignored 1:35:27 Blood Incantation: the one that got away 1:38:44 BMTH: $50k a night in merch 2:04:56 Skindred vs Universal: the chart war 2:14:02 &#34;I shunned all the -tions&#34;Temple of Bleh EP 42 — Earache Records: From Scum to Sofa, Part Two, ft. Al Dawson &amp; Digby Pearson.

#42 - [Part 2] Earache Records; From Scum to Sofa ft. Al Dawson (and Digby Pearson)

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2026/7/22/18/84496f13-7d3b-4e16-b7de-61ad4b989bf9_tob_e41.mp3

Get yer tinfoil hats ready - we&#39;re discussing Earache&#39;s transition from Grind to Grandad.

#41 - [Part 1] Earache Records; From Scum to Sofa

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2026/7/16/22/bab80989-18b8-4ec7-a1bf-4ac489ff7e0a_tob_e40.mp3

#40 - Edd Fund One

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2026/7/8/21/41c75841-fb70-4324-b66b-0c3fb7262c8a_tob_e39.mp3

@beardodoom Documentary banter is about 53 minutes in.Sorry for the audio - the podcast version will be normalised.

#39 - Roadrunner Records Documentary Dead?

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2024/8/18/20/1d9e5767-0cf1-4a14-8049-99d8607a055d_tob_audio.mp3

Ducking out the Bullets and Octane rehearsal studio to guest host this episode, Gene Louis spills his passion for drumming with Modern Drummer founder and CEO, David Frangioni.

#CP - Guest host Gene Louis speaks with David Frangioni (Modern Drummer)

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2024/6/4/15/7d53685e-5c40-4aee-a0b5-65fa4c518f2b_pipeman_interview.m4a

#CO - Podcast Paradigms w/ Pipeman

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2024/6/4/15/3413de61-3bc5-4a15-955e-d11f08e7eed4_blacklite_interview.m4a

#CN - Blacklite District - Metal and Minecraft w/ Kyle Pfeiffer

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2024/6/4/15/ad21d461-2cc3-4f5b-97b4-d747086de6d6_john_g_interview.m4a

#CM - why is publishing so complicated? w/ Jon Granat of Auxilium Music Publishing

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2024/6/4/15/1c4b3288-ad84-499f-9438-29efedb60932_lieve_takeover_matter_to_rock_and_metal_people.mp3

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/believes-board-backs-takeover-bid-from-ladegaillerie-led-consortium1/https://audioassemble.com/distrokid-vs-tunecore/

#CL - why the Believe takeover matters

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2024/6/5/20/49845755-718e-418d-b61d-c13d6d40de8c_channel_update.mp3

#CK - Channel/Podcast Update

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2023/11/19/21/8ea04634-530b-4176-a82d-6cb56d0dad4d_cjfinalpod.mp3

https://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/books/products/the-scott-burns-sessions Scott and David pop by to discuss their new book ‘The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987 – 1997’, and take a stroll down memory lane.

#CJ - Scott Burns & David Gehlke

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2023/11/19/16/b2c9334c-46e0-4e0e-9d1b-a447da4776dc_wasfinal.mp3

https://wearesovereignband.bigcartel.com/ Laura pops into le ToB for distinctly millenial discourse.

#CI - Laura Russell (We Are Sovereign)

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2023/9/13/21/50ed5c27-fad3-4b56-8806-9d8297f2ff6a_egpod1.mp3

https://www.msk.com/attorneys-Eric_German Eric pops in to do Bleh&#39;s favourite thing - engage in extremely long form conversations about the commercialisation and elevation of outlier cultures and heavy metal music. :)

#CH - Eric German [Entertainment Lawyer]

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2023/9/13/9/eb91717c-0b79-4cad-be89-ddd1660d9ec9_marcpodfinal.mp3

https://ipecac.com/ Marc stops by to talk about his extensive career in music, the challenges of the modern day industry... and we also talk a little bit about Roadrunner, as is standard.

#CG - Marc Schapiro [Ipecac Recordings]

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2023/9/12/16/29b26d95-a211-4aa1-b9ae-c594ae92579a_cfpodfinal.mp3

Michael joins ToB to talk about his time at Roadrunner Records as Head of Sales.

#CF - Michael Canter [HORR]

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2023/9/8/22/7b1d8f08-482d-4814-ada4-92d6b0a9b0fc_etfvpodfinal.mp3

http://www.escapethefate.com/Rob takes a pew to discuss ETF&#39;s newest album - Out of the Shadows. Check it out now!

#CE - Robert Ortiz [Escape the Fate]

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2023/6/20/21/ba6e29c6-8ed2-4bec-889a-16f29a658f05__38_audio.mp3

In which I also spill beer on my keyboard, like a dick.

#38 - Slipknot, QOTSA, and post-pandemic touring

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pod-public-media-files/2023/6/19/13/960ecaf5-fc5a-47cc-9e3c-0ddb8a37de54_nmpod2final.mp3

Matt and Joel join ToB to discuss the possible resurgence of Nu-Metal, and their own experiences of the movement.

#CD - Nu-Metal Meandering w/ Matt Karpe & Joel McIver

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