{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"020: CALCULATING INFINITY WITH BIG METAL DATA FEATURING SANDRA BULLOCK'S THE NET (AN INTERVIEW WITH IAN CHAINEY, METAL WRITER AND PODCASTER)","description":"In this episode,  we have a very special guest by the name of Ian Chainey (a.k.a. Wolf Rambatz). Ian has been writing about metal for approximately 20 years with publications such as Stereogum and Invisible Oranges, as well as with his own Plague Rages substack containing the Booster and VaccZine newsletters. He is also a co-host of no fewer than THREE podcasts: Plague Rages, Nu Metal Agenda, and Runout Grooves. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We put Ian through the BUTT BLAST GAUNTLET with a series of impossibly difficult questions to answer. What does regionalism look like in metal today? What does the future of metal journalism look like? Why did Danish black metal never take off in the wake of Mercyful Fate\u2019s success and wide-ranging influence? Who are the musicians behind metal\u2019s longest-enduring mystery, the Lords of the Crimson Alliance? These questions and more WILL BE answered on this episode of the Butt Metal Blast Cast. Stereogum's Black Market monthly column:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/category\/columns\/the-black-market\/ Plague Rages Substack: https:\/\/plaguerages.substack.com\/ Plague Rages Podcast:  https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3kBzFYGqxCa0zuZHu6kiCT?si=9745afcdbe274e50 Runout Grooves podcast:  https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4wCrs5NDnT9ykW94AUr05R?si=72e7feeb187d436a Nu Metal Agenda podcast:  https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4jLSnvzewSFPWciJV0VBA4?si=9c49920e44d7470f &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Butt Metal Blast Cast","author_url":"https:\/\/buttblastpodcast.libsyn.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26028183\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/147007077"}