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Metallica fandom with close-listening ears.
METAL UP YOUR PODCAST is a long-running Metallica-centered music show led by Clint Wells, with room for guitar talk, album criticism, and archival obsessiveness. Recent episodes move from Load-era song analysis to box-set DVDs, YouTube watch-alongs, Megadeth review detours, and Patreon community updates.
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METAL UP YOUR PODCAST is a deep Metallica listening room with the looseness of a fan hang and the detail of a close listener. Clint Wells anchors the show. Recent episodes move through the Load box set, Hardwired to Self-Destruct re-edits, music videos, live DVDs, song-by-song analysis, and side trips into the wider metal orbit. The show has patience. A single song such as Bleeding Me or Thorn Within can become a conversation about riffs, tone, groove, arrangement, and why the Load era works differently from thrash-era Metallica. Speed is not the only currency here. Wells pays attention to feel, restraint, guitar sound, lyrical choices, and the strange chemistry that makes a deep cut stick around. Archival material gets similar treatment. Poor Swedish Me 96 becomes a watch-along object, a prototype of Cunning Stunts, and a reason to think about how fans experience older footage together now through YouTube. The show is also increasingly visual. Episodes point listeners toward reaction-style videos, session breakdowns, and Metallica-related clips while keeping the audio clear enough for podcast listening. Community is part of the rhythm. Listener emails, Patreon voting, patron shout-outs, live-stream plans, and exclusive session material sit alongside the main analysis. That housekeeping is not just filler; it shows a fandom built through repeated contact. Wells is not sealed inside Metallica orthodoxy either. A Megadeth album review gives him room to be skeptical, hopeful, and methodical, ranking songs and talking through lyrics as he listens. The personal episodes widen the frame. An AMA with Clint's wife shifts from music into family life, parenting, marriage, and how they met, giving the feed a human register without turning it into a general lifestyle show. The tone stays direct, funny, and relaxed. It can be obsessive in the best sense: re-editing albums, revisiting tracks that once seemed disposable, and noticing how a performance or tone changes with time. It is for Metallica fans who enjoy the catalog as an active conversation, not a museum shelf. The show rewards people who care about the band, the gear, the eras, the arguments, and the community gathered around all of it.
Made for: For Metallica fans who want more than surface nostalgia: song craft, era debates, box-set extras, live footage, and fan-community texture. It also fits rock and metal listeners who like album criticism.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by mixing close guitar-and-tone analysis with watch-alongs, re-edits, Patreon-driven selections, and listener correspondence. It treats Metallica history as something to handle, replay, rank, and rethink in public.
Clint Wells is a Nashville-based musician, producer, and songwriter who has worked with and toured alongside artists across the rock and metal world. From the road or his Nashville studios, Clint hosts weekly episodes exploring all things Metallica—from deep dives and history to musicianship, culture, and the wider heavy music landscape.
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A warm marital AMA finds its best moment in a missed connection, a Beatles comparison, and one well-timed assist.
Episode 447 turns an AMA with the host and his wife into a relaxed look at family life, parenting, marriage, and the little bargains that keep a household moving.
A conversational Metallica chat that stays close to the live room, the vocals, and the covers.
Episode 402 of Metal Up Your Podcast settles into a fan-forward Metallica conversation built around the Helping Hands gig, with Cosmo Moore noting that his solo run has now stretched to a year and a half.
A loose New Year check-in that settles into the story behind Dino Muradian's famously strange Metallica guitar.
Episode 367 begins with a loose New Year check-in before settling into Dino Muradian's stag-skull guitar and the path that shaped it. Built from photos of a Paleozoic stag skull, reshaped into an Explorer form, and later fitted with barbed wire after Hetfield asked for it, the…
Metal talk from the tour-bus side.
Chicago critics DeRogatis and Kot pair new-album reviews with deep dives into records like Rumours.
Billboard's Keith Caulfield and Katie Atkinson break down the week's Hot 100 and 200 charts.
Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson trace viral internet stories from Reddit threads to courtrooms.
This episode discusses Metallica's 1995 Polar Beach Party concert in Tuktoyatuk, Canada, part of their official load box set release.
This episode of Metal Gear Podcast features hosts Clint Wells and Brad Blazick discussing Metallica news, updates, tour dates, and listener emails, along with personal anecdotes like their experience watching the TV show The Bear.
This episode continues coverage of Metallica's 1995 Molson Ice Polar Beach Party concert, focusing on the second half of the gig and related bonus content from disc three.
Clint Wells interviews Dino Muradian, the pyrography artist behind James Hetfield's iconic guitars like the Elk Skull Explorer and Cthulhu.
Clint Wells interviews Cosmo Moore, a dedicated Metallica fan, about attending the 2024 Helping Hands charity concert in Los Angeles.
Clint Wells explains why James Hetfield recorded vocals through a $500 Shure SM7B with speakers turned up.
Clint discovers alternate vocals that transform Metallica's 11-minute "The Outlaw Torn" ending.
Metallica played a six-song encore-heavy set at London's Ministry of Sound on November 13, 1997.
Metal Up Your Podcast host Paul Baines reviews Metallica's 1997 Bridge School Benefit performance, including the live debuts of “Low Man's Lyric,” “Poor Twisted Me,” and “Tuesday's Gone” with Jerry Cantrell.
The host presents a re-edited version of Metallica's album 'Hardwired to Self-Destruct', discusses its improvements over previous edits, and promotes Patreon access to his work.
The host continues a series watching the second half of the 'Poor Swedish Me' DVD from a Metallica box set, encouraging listeners to watch along on YouTube while discussing Metallica TV and upcoming podcast segments.
This episode of Metal Up Your Podcast involves watching and reacting to the unreleased 1996 DVD 'Poor Swedish Me' from the Load Deluxe box set, comparing it to the later 'Cunning Stunts' concert, and including listener engagement through emails and patron shoutouts.
This episode of Metal Up Your Podcast explores Metallica's music videos from the Load box set, with a focus on the On Air and TV Appearances DVD, and is recommended for viewing on YouTube for a reaction-style experience.
This episode of Metal Up Your Podcast is a deep dive into Metallica's song 'Bleeding Me' from the Load album, focusing on its musical elements like guitar riffs, tone, and groove rather than speed or technicality.
Metal Up Your Podcast episode 447 features Clint Wells and his wife Isabel Wells answering patron questions about parenting, marriage, food safety, and their first meeting in October 2004.
The host reviews the new Megadeth album, discussing song rankings and lyrics while also thanking supporters for feedback on the podcast's YouTube launch.
This episode is a deep dive into the Metallica song 'Thorn Within', chosen by Patreon voters, with personal insights from the host, a professional musician in Nashville.