Phil and Ray diving deeper and farther into the details of heavy metal minutiae, in a lighthearted but also deadly serious manner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchPhil and Ray diving deeper and farther into the details of heavy metal minutiae, in a lighthearted but also deadly serious manner.
Recent episodes include "Three Albums with Ray McGill" (19 October 2026, 66 minutes), "Three Albums with Phillip T. King" (28 September 2026, 48 minutes), and "Slash Metal" (22 June 2026, 69 minutes).
Metal Minutiae publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 28 episodes.
Booking probability for Metal Minutiae is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Metal Minutiae requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Metal Minutiae's contact route on record: verified email.
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Metal Minutiae is a music podcast with 28 episodes published.
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Episode #8
Metal Minutiae returns with Ray discussing three albums important to his heavy metal journey. Although, does. a live DVD count as an album? Does the person that makes the rules get to decide how they are enforced? You...
Episode #7
Metal Minutiae returns with Phil talking three important albums to him - no surprise that there is a Judas Priest album in there If you had to pick three, what would you choose? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Episode #4
Phil and Ray are joined by Dean and Dan from Melbourne's Helluloid, to talk about their newly released debut album Slash Metal, as well as some iconic albums of that have shaped their heavy metal experience. Helluloid...
Episode #3
<p>Phil and Ray pay tribute to Ross 'The Boss' Friedman, by looking back on the iconic Manowar albums he played on. No need for a playlist for this episode, you know exactly what to do</p><br><p>Malignant Aura's new...
Episode #2
Phil and Ray continue the discussion of 1986 albums, delving a little deeper and a little wider across what was happening 40 years ago. We can't cover everything, but we do our best to cover most of the highlights<p >...
Episode #1
<p>Metal Minutiae is back for season 3. It is 2026, and Phil and Ray are looking back on 1986 and which albums are turning 40 this year. A year where quite a lot happened in the world of heavy metal. The conversation...
Episode #7
<p>Phil and Ray return after what has been a very busy second half of the year. Lots to catch up on, lots to talk about, lots of highlights from the year, but also far too much to fit in an hour or so. Please forgive us...
Episode #6
<p>Ray chats with Dan Nahum, the organiser of Essence Festival in Canberra, set to be held October 3-5 at The Baso. We discuss what went well last year, what will be different this year, and what some of the highlights...
Episode #5
<p>Phil and Ray sit down with Ed from Aardvark to talk about what Aardvark have been up to and also discuss three classic albums important to Ed</p><br><p>Aardvark's coming Sydney show with Bengal...
Episode #4
<p>Phil and Ray tackle one of their favourite song types - the heavy metal Epic. Whether it be 7 minutes, or 8 minutes as the cut off, there is nothing small and or lacking in these songs</p><br><p>Episode...
Episode #3
<p>Phil and Ray are back after a bit of a break with even more Secrets of Steel. Finally actually creating a part 2 episode to go along with all those part 1s from last year. Strap yourself in for some classic heavy...
<p>Phil and Ray discuss a wide range of bands that either maybe should have stopped, or they are grateful only had a brief period of being productive and grapple with the question, does not wanting more of a band you...
<p>Phil and Ray are back in 2025 chatting with Stu from Silent Knight, while they are in town as the national support on Hammerfall's Australian tour. Stu was crashing on Ray's floor while he was in town, so we thought...
Episode #10
<p>We cover a lot of things in this one. And it is quite a long episode. It has been a while between episodes and a fair bit has happened in between with Nicko's retirement, Paul Dianno's passing, Solstafir, Opeth and...
<p>Its Halloween next week so we thought we'd celebrate with some Helloween and Keep of the Seven Keys Part 1 and Part 2, as the first installment in what is becoming a series of first installments. This one we are...
Episode #8
<p>Steel Assassins is almost upon us again. The yearly heavy metal festival held in Sydney by Dave Balfour at Metal Evilution. Get your tickets and be there in Nov 8 and 9 at The Bridge in...
Episode #7
<p>Phil and Ray are back and talking about albums they like that they think other people maybe don't like quite enough... or at least don't seem to talk about. Are we wrong? Are people always talking about them and we...
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<p>Phil and Ray go and see Iron Maiden in Melbourne on The Future Past Tour. Some nostalgic chat about Iron Maiden before we headed out and then some initial responses directly after the show - audio quality while we...
Episode #6
Ray and Phil return with more Metal Minutiae! Setting aside our differences after last episodes clashing on bands. This time, talking about some of the key elements of heavy metal that we both love. The Secrets of...
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<p>Ray has a chat with Dan Nahum about the upcoming Essence Festival taking place in Canberra September 27 and 28. Recorded at the Espy just before Dan went on stage with Altars so there is a bit noise from trams...
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