Metalcore Nerds: A Music Podcast About Pop Culture · Sean Mott
Danny Leal: Upon A Burning Body
December 23, 2025·55 min·5 clips
Danny Leal explains how a director friend inspired Upon A Burning Body to write 'Daywalker' for the horror film Devour.
As heard by us
A loose, deeply felt conversation that turns a lyric tweak into a small story about music and identity.
It settles into a conversation about how heavy music can become a whole way of life, not just a genre. The strongest thread is the easy chemistry around a lyric tweak, which opens into talk about legacy, instinct, and why certain lines hit harder once a song has been lived with.
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Hear a loose Metal Corners chat about legacy, lyric rewrites, and heavy-music banter that keeps circling back.
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