Welcome to this installment of Heavy Metal History. My guest was Johnny Ciardullo vocalist of Carcosa (Also writes guitar for Carcosa and plays in Angelmaker)Johnny came on the podcast where we had an in depth conversation about the themes of the bands new album and a lengthy conversation about trauma and the importance of mental health.

0:20 Johnny’s Heavy Metal History

5:35 Playing different live vs on a record

7:00 Backing track discourse

16:00 Starting the band during Covid

24:20 Recording albums to perfection vs more “raw”

26:27 Writing for “The Axe forgets the tree remembers” and the concept of the album

32:58 Societal pressures of trauma and being more open

37:08 Trying new stuff on the new album

38:44 The album title and its meaning and the cover art

43:12 Andor and Star Wars talk

48:26 The writing process for Carcosa

51:26 Writing in Angelmaker

54:33 Guitar talk

56:35 Funny social media interactions

1:03:40 Supporting Carcosa and buying the new album

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