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It’s been a while (been a while!) But in the meantime we had another baby born into the 1241 family. Welcome Freya, goddess of fineries! We celebrate your birth by throwing up the horns for the finale of our metal brackets. Find out who wins, and see the whole bracket at challonge.com/heaviestmetal.

You know you want Part 2 of our Metal Brackets where we continue to make decisions about the GOAT metal song. Well here it is. Friends of the show Aaron from The Obscure Gentlemen and Tim from The Grimoire of Exalted Dudes are in the house. Go and get it.

We had so much fun doing our 80s hits brackets that we're keeping it going with the genre that first brought us together: metal. Joined by guests and noted genre experts Aaron and Tim, we discuss our initial seeds and take you on a brutal tour through Round 1 of our brackets, which can be found at https://challonge.com/heaviestmetal.

It’s time for another beefcast. This week, we climb into the ring to assess the damage from both the Pusha T vs. Drake feud and the decidedly less musical but much more violent 6ix9ine vs Tadoe/Sosa/Chief Keef beef. We also spend some time discussing the death of rising star and abuser XXXTentacion, before looking at a bunch of Soundcloud rappers’ face tattoos.

Time has passed, scars have healed and frosted tips have washed away. It's time to take stock and look back at the legacy of nü metal. What should we make of the genre that combined hyper-masculine posturing with extreme emotional neediness, and the most superficial techniques of hip hop with the most basic stylings of rock? Let's find out as we're joined by listener and patron Abe, owner and operator of the Okie Dokie Tattoo Parlour in East Los.

Our 80s brackets continue as we wind down to our pick for the best popular song of the decade. Who will it be? Will it be the Safety Dance? Or will it be Rock Me Amadeus? It has to be one of those two. Listen in to find out, or see the full brackets decision by decision at challonge.com/80shits.PLAY ALONG AT HOME

 We had so much fun doing our first, rough attempt at song brackets that we decided to get real serious about it. Real serious. So let's take this from the top with hit songs of the 80s, chosen by us as well as by you the listeners and friends of the podcast, ranked and seeded according to their current relevance in the age of digital streaming. Who will fall and whomst rise up? Listen in and follow along at challonge.com/80shits.FOLLOW ALONG AT HOME

This episode is a giant mess, but still fun. We're joined by the crew of Plain Zero and a listener friend or two. It all starts with the exciting conclusion of our May Madness brackets to determine the GOAT song, and it goes slightly uphill from there when we talk about Heavy Metal: the anthology movie named after the immature teen magazine. This episode is dedicated to the brave memory of our troop.

All musicians are complicated and flawed human beings. Some musicians, though, are absolute trash. And this episode is dedicated to them: the racists, the rapists, the utter monsters. Who, occasionally, recorded an undeniable song. Before we even get to the morally conflicted topic at hand, though, our three hosts open up the episode by choosing the final matchup in our May Madness song brackets. Stay tuned for the drunk finale crossover event next week!

What are the greatest Track 1 songs of all time? This week we answer that question with a wide slew of "bangers and mashes" as the Generation Z calls them. We also continue with our May Madness brackets, which you can find at challonge.com/songmadness.

Consequences will never be the same! Our search for the GOAT song continues as May Madness enters its final rounds! Things get really hated as accusations of small-mindedness, racism, and wokeness fly back and forth and to and fro. Some of the best songs of all time lose to some forgettable AM radio fodder. 

We had a strange notion a little while ago to try something different. What if instead of arguing aimlessly about popular culture, we put some structure to it? The result is May Madness, an Obscure Entertainment Network original. Listen to this week's episode for a discussion of the first round through the quarterfinals. Then, follow the brackets live as they happen at challonge.com/songmadness. And don't forget to stay tuned for a very special crossover finale event where the entire Obscure Entertainment podcasting fam comes together to determine the greatest song, movie, and animation series of all time. Until next time we do this.

Let's keep it pithy: This week we listen to very short songs.

This week we examine whether my boyfriend is a gay wrestler. He says he's not but I can't trust him, Steve.

Breakup songs are interesting because you're usually only hearing the narrator's side.. (Shout-out to the Human League and Gotye for being woke.) This week we're taking a listen to a selection of breakup songs where the singer of the song is very clearly in the wrong.

This week we lost our most important host (Yama) to a family emergency, but gained an adequate replacement in the person of Alex from The Obscure Gentlemen and Plain Zero podcasts. You may remember Alex from one of our most popular episodes, 35: Star Wars the Orchestra Awakens. This week he shares his thoughts on the music of the Pokémon universe. If you're one of those people who collect Kikkomoos and Bulberzorps on your phone and you grew up trading Poker cards or whatever, this one is for you.

This week we're joined by one of the most delightful personalities in the comedy world: writer, musical aficionado, and host of Maximum Fun's Go Fact Yourself live show and podcast, J. Keith van Straaten. Oh and also friend of the show Jose Escobar. Together we feast upon Armenian-inspired rotisserie chickens, discuss the ethics of nicknaming a friend Adolf Hitler, and somehow get around to listening to folk singers performing covers of mainstream pop songs. 

It has been said that the music you listened to in your early 20s is the music you will listen to for the rest of your life. This week, your intrepid and not-at-all stubborn hosts put ourselves to the test by introducing one another to some of our more obscure listening choices. It doesn't go as smoothly as planned. This episode is dedicated to the magazine Tiger Beat, which is better than the trash musical group Tiger Army.

It feels like 2017 has been over for a minute already, but we never got a chance to say goodbye. Join your favorite Three Sons of podcasting for a look back, a look ahead, and a "don't lookit me Little Puppet."

This week we continue our conversation about the song lyrics that inspire our hearts with our friend, brother and social justice activist Aaron Alvarez. As we close out the final episode recorded in 2017, we want to thank him for being a friend, his heart is true, he's a pal and a confidant.