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[Archive] ISC Podcast Ep 22.: Interview with ANDREW CRAIGHAN, Guitarist of MY DYING BRIDE.
Note: This is an archival repost, originally posted to our now-defunct prior website (RIP old site 22.03.2024, sniff). Check the link for our March 2024 interview with Andrew Craighan, guitarist for perennial UK doom veterans My Dying Bride. We discuss the 2024-released LP among many other topics pertaining to musicianship and sustaining a career in the industry. It’s a sincere, earnest and fun conversation. Thanks again to Andrew and MDB!
Relevant podcast links and additional album/artist info also contained within this post.
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[Archive] ISC Podcast Ep.21: Interview with KYLE THOMAS, Guitarist/Vocalist of EXHORDER.
Note: This is an archival repost, originally posted to our now-defunct prior website (RIP old site 31.12.2024, sniff). Check the link for our March 2024 interview with Kyle Thomas, frontman, singer and guitarist for veteran US thrash-metallers Exhorder. In the episode we cover a whole smorgasbord of topics - almost too many to mention! See also: artist links/bio details, a statement from the band regarding newest LP Defectum Omnium and more.
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[Archive] Ep. 20: Recap Part 1. State of the Podcast Address.
Featured Image by: Samuel Phillips Photography @ New Dead Fest. Check the blog for our review of 2022 + 2023 NDF! This is an archived podcast episodes, brought to you from the remains of our sadly now-defunct old website (RIP 31.12.2024). This one’s a.. challenging read for me considering how 2024 turned out. More on that later. See link for podcast episode links, interview links and a very thorough transcript with a lot of mental health reflection - positive, negative and all in between.
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[Archive] 2023 Madcap-Recap//2024-To-The-Floor (Intro)
Quoting my original except from the Jan 5th, 2024 article (posted on our prior, now-defunct website, RIP) “ A prelude to my comprehensive review of society, culture and lifestyle in 2023, as well as predictions, hopes and concerns for 2024. In this article, I discuss themes ahead for the first longer-form series of the ISC podcast, exploring society, discourse and the relationship between these and the arts, hobbies, music and mental health.
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[Archive] Ep. 19: (Review) Afterbirth -'In But Not Of' LP
(Archival Post - originally posted to our now-defunct (RIP) prior website on November 6th, 2023). Check the link for podcast links (Spotify, Youtube and more!) to check out our audio and written review of Afterbirth’s incredible comeback LP, ‘In But Not Of’. A stellar death metal album, and one that breaks boundaries.
![[Archive] Ep. 18 - ‘Touch Grass’ A.K.A. The Enshittification of The Internet.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1736836703205-YMM10Q6LELE2YG29E4LH/463434601_2837976419708879_2568025365908000732_n.jpg)
[Archive] Ep. 18 - ‘Touch Grass’ A.K.A. The Enshittification of The Internet.
(Archival Post - originally posted to our now-defunct (RIP) prior website on November 6th, 2023). This episode is a discourse analysis and review of the process of ‘enshittification’, a term coined by technology journalist and critic Cory Doctorow. Check the link for Spotify and Youtube podcast episodes!
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[Archive] Episodes 16 + 17: ADHD Awareness Month 2023 - A National Impetus For Change.
See here for Spotify and Youtube links to episodes 16 and 17 of our podcast, the blog posts for which were lost along with our prior website (RIP). Titled ‘ADHD Awareness Month: A No Holds-Barred Peer Perspective (Part 1) & A National Impetus For Change’ respectively - both episodes do what they say on the tin. Listen in for some archival thoughts on ADHD, neurodivergent discourse, social norms and much more. I didn’t hold back, and I still don’t.
ISC Podcast Ep. 15 (Interview): NIKLAS SANDLIN of KATATONIA Talks 2025 Australian Tour, And More.
Check the link for video (Youtube) and audio-only (Spotify - available on numerous other podcast platforms as indicated!) for my archival interview from prior, now-defunct ISC website (RIP) with Niklas Sandlin, bassist of Swedish modern metal heavyweights Katatonia. In the interview, we discuss touring, thoughts on Australia in general, his perspective within the band as a long-term member and much more!
![[Archive] ISC Podcast Ep. 14 (Interview) James 'Human Furnace' Bulloch, Vocalist of RINGWORM Talks New Album, Touring, Creative Process](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1736670617984-J3063VZUA13R1BII1QGP/ringworm2023c.jpg)
[Archive] ISC Podcast Ep. 14 (Interview) James 'Human Furnace' Bulloch, Vocalist of RINGWORM Talks New Album, Touring, Creative Process
See here for our interview with vocalist James ‘Human Furnace’ Bulloch from 2023, from our sadly now-defunct website (RIP). On the rarest of occasions, there comes along a band that latches on and annihilates your ears with such a unique combination of sounds, you find yourself dislodged from the monotony of every-day music, and rooted firmly in the terrain of admiration. Cleveland Ohio’s Ringworm are no strangers to this concept and have been fascinating metalheads with their unorthodox melodies for over 30 years.
![[Archive] ISC Podcast: Ep. 13: Interview with BJORN ‘SPEED’ STRID of SOILWORK.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1736669414515-6USN26LKQTDZ816WTUS9/bjorn1.png)
[Archive] ISC Podcast: Ep. 13: Interview with BJORN ‘SPEED’ STRID of SOILWORK.
(Archival Post - originally posted to our now-defunct (RIP) prior website on Jul 27th, 2023). I was fortunate enough to provided a third opportunity to speak with metal luminary Bjorn 'Speed' Strid, frontman and vocalist of the mighty Soilwork and, more recently, disco-lovin' supergroup The Night Flight Orchestra. See link for both audio-only podcast version and video interview, via our Youtube channel!
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[Archive]: ISC Podcast Ep. 12. Lorebites - A Forbidden Lands Campaign Narration.
An early example from our previous website (RIP, *sniff) of some tabletop RPG narrative pieces I plan on doing more of over time. This is a mini audio-drama, told from a perspective of a fantasy storyteller recounting the tale of our [now ill-fated, also RIP] Forbidden Lands campaign party - the mercenary group known as The Fourteen Limbs as they traverse the Ravenlands.
![Introducing A New ISC Category - [Riffs]!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1736331892499-TAHTGXEJQ4L2IJZVGRBM/hugyourbass.jpg)
Introducing A New ISC Category - [Riffs]!
(Featured Image credit: Adam Neely, aka An Absolute Living Treasure Of The Youtube Musician/Theory Community). This episode elaborates on a newly-added Category type, Riffs, and what this entails - essays, non-podcast written blog content, et cetera. Originally posted on our sadly-now-defunct prior website (RIP) in late 2024.
A Philo-Slothical Piece - Thank You From Me, Your Host.
(Content Warning - Explicit Language!). A heartfelt and sincere thanks-in-advance to YOU, the Inner-Strength Check community. In this article, I reiterate the ultimate purpose of this whole project, and the reasons I’ve kept going through 4 years and a new website from the ground up. Thank you. Sincerely.
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[ISC Podcast, Ep. 10:] Interview w/ ELISSA JEWELL, Owner of DEADLIFTS AND DEATH METAL (11.07.23).
See here for Brady’s discussion with Elissa Jewell, Melbourne-based trainer and owner of local business Deadlifts and Death Metal back in 2023. We discuss everything ranging from common fitness industry thinking-traps to mental health, striking out with a brand based on your passions, and much more!
ISC Podcast, ep. 08: The Stoked Series (Tabletop Edition) - 25.03.23
Originally posted on our sadly as-of-NYE-2024-dead-AF previous website. RIP. Episode 8 from March 2023 explores tabletop titles I was gearing up for at the time including, but not limited to: Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme, Mutant Year Zero, Wicked Ones/Undead Awakening, Warsurge, Mothership RPG, Battletech: Mercenaries , as well as the Ennies Nominations for 2023’s Awards.
ISC Podcast Ep. 7: Review of IHSAHN’s ‘The Fascination Street Sessions’ LP, 06.03.2023
Originally posted on our old website, which unfortunately has met an untimely end (thanks, WordPress!). RIP. This episode is a brief one, naturally so when reviewing a short but powerful EP in Fascination Street Sessions by progressive black metal maestro Ihsahn. Original post date: March 6th, 2023.
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ISC Podcast Ep. 6 - The March Not-An-Update Anti-Update (Update). [05/03/2023].
Originally posted on our sadly now-in-ruins previous website (RIP) back in 2023. In honesty, it’s an interesting piece with some varied thoughts around content-creation and creativity, but it’s overall a pretty impassioned diatribe. If that sounds up your alley, dig in. If not, we’ve got a heap more episodes being copied and reposted from the carcass of ISC.com (RIP)!
ISC Podcast Ep. 05 - ISC Trajectory for 2023. (27.12.2022)
Originally posted on our old website, which unfortunately has met an untimely end (thanks, WordPress!). To quote directly - ‘A culture fed unrelenting standards imposed by some strange continued need to propagate the pre-pandemic model of life under neoliberal austerity. Plot twist - that isn't working, and I'm fed up.’ Link to rant contained inside!
ISC Podcast Ep. 04 - The Great (Sigh of) Resignation.
This is an archival repost of Episode 4: ‘The Great Sigh of Resignation’ of the Inner-Strength Check Podcast. Available on Spotify, Youtube and all other streaming platforms. Rest in Peace innerstrengthcheck.com, you will be missed.
ISC Podcast Episode 01: - Inside the computer.
Inner-Strength Check is a multi-modal podcast/vlog/blog project focused on exploring the intersection between societal discourse, mental health, neurodiversity, recovery, and leisure.
It’s part-blog, part-podcast and part-vlog/streaming. It's also partly serious discussions and fun stuff - video/board/tabletop gaming, roleplaying, music, reviews, banter and other fun ways of practicing what is preached here.