This week, Roland and Mason sat down to speak to the current lineup of Society's Finest, which includes Josh Ashworth (vocals), Jordan Brady (guitars), Joel Bailey (bass), and Chad Wilburn (drums). We discuss the benefits of the modern internet

We Heard Horror Stories About You: Stephen Sarro (Tantrum of the Muse, UnTeachers)

Dec 31st, 2021 1h 34m

One more to cap off the year. Mason and Roland got to sit down with Stephen Sarro of Tantrum of the Muse and UnTeachers back in October and it's just now coming out! It's been that kind of a year. But nevertheless, the conversation is an enjoya

Death Comes For Us All: A Tribute To Chuck Schuldiner

Dec 20th, 2021 41m 58s

In this week's episode, Mason introduces others to speak about their experience with DEATH, the legendary death metal act from Florida. A fantastic band was formed by an amazing human being in Chuck Schuldiner, who passed away on December 13, 2

Tech Talk Ep. 1: Logan Thompson (Symphony of Heaven, Elgibbor, Koronatizor, etc.)

Nov 5th, 2021 21m

This week, Mason and Roland started a new experimental series for the podcast called "TechTalk", where musicians and artists come on the show and discuss the techniques and technology they use to do what they do. Gear talk is a constant in musi

Staring at my Guitars: Rob Volkoff (Aseity, Life Renewed, I Prayed For An Afterlife, etc.)

Sep 3rd, 2021 1h 36m

This week, Mason spoke to Rob Volkoff of Aseity, I Prayed For An Afterlife, and most recently Life Renewed. The conversation stems over Rob's career and how much time and effort he put into a number of projects including O, House of Jacob, Disc

Mixing Evanescene and Veil of Maya: Monica Soe (Aseity)

Jul 2nd, 2021 50m 37s

This week, Mason and Roland sat down to talk to Monica Soe of Aseity about her band, her artwork, and her musical background, hopes, and dreams. Her band has certainly begun to take on a life of its own mixing very well-defined bands together.

BONUS: Two Truths and a Lie

Jun 11th, 2021 34m 22s

This week, Roland and Mason play a game. They came up with a fake band name and included them in a list with two existing bands. No music from the bands mentioned will be included in case you want to play along. Hopefully, you do. However, we i

The Drunk Nun: Why We Left...

Jun 4th, 2021 43m

Roland and Mason are back after several weeks of relaxation in paradise (or so they would have you think). To return, they talk new releases, review new releases, talk about shows returning, tours, why Indiana has a poor-to-nonexistent music sc

Indiana Death Choir: André Chiang (Shamash, Necromanicide)

Mar 26th, 2021 1h 7m

Mason sat down this week with André Chiang of Shamash and formerly of Necromanicide to talk about a number of things, including both his bands, his deep-rooted love of Jesus Christ, his admiration of Steve Rowe and Mortification, as well as a l

Traversing the Metal Subgenres

Mar 12th, 2021 55m 26s

Roland and Mason go on a crazy adventure throughout the genres of metal. Or at least, Wikipedia's list. They go on some weird tangents on some weird genres. It was educational and very odd. Also, not sponsored by Liquid Death.MUSIC:Chevelle

Circle Back to Limp Bizkit: Underrated or Overrated

Feb 26th, 2021 1h

In this week of Life of Defiance, Roland and Mason are back and they are playing "Underrated vs. Overrated". They compared bands, musicians, musical aspects, and additional nostalgic paraphernalia. Check it out!MUSIC:Living Sacrifice - The

We Met the Kidz Bop Kids: Bryce and Reece Maopolski (Brotality)

Feb 12th, 2021 51m 52s

This week Mason (Roland was unavailable for this episode, so Mason took the interview solo this week) sat down and talked to Bryce and Reece Maopolski of the thrash and groove metal band Brotality! We discussed the band's newest album, Worldwid

Limited Space on this Flat Earth: Spencer Byers

Jan 29th, 2021 1h 11m

Today, Roland and I sat down with our close friend Spencer Byers. And did it go downhill from there? Conspiracy theories, joking around, and towards the end, Spencer turned the tables on us and wanted to ask us questions about the music industr

I'm Hype Too: Hyperion Zhang (The Thlipsis, Risen)

Jan 16th, 2021 54m

Welcome to 2021! It's already been an interesting year, only two weeks in. Anyway, we decided to kick it off with an interview. We talked to Hyperion Zhang of The Thlipsis and Risen, both projects Mason has been involved in at one point or anot

Joey Nogle (Plus Top 3 Movies)

Jan 1st, 2021 1h 8m

Welcome back, welcome back! Hope you all have a Happy New Year and that you had a Merry Christmas! I'll warn you now but the audio is really rough on this episode, with Roland's mic cutting in and out, and Mason's having a lot of static. Howeve

For Those About To Rock

Dec 18th, 2020 1h 26m

We are back after a few weeks. Trying to give this every two weeks thing a shot. We're busy dudes, what do you want from us? Anyways, we're back this week and we covered five bands each we discovered this year that we found, so 10 in total. Als

Waltteri Mäensivu (TheCoolGuitarGuy)

Dec 4th, 2020 51m 1s

Our first guest!!! Waltteri Mäensivu joins Roland and Mason on the third episode of Life of Defiance Podcast, where they talk everything from music to COVID, independent fact-checkers to "extreme Finnish". Waltteri hails from Finland and has be

Down the Port Hole

Nov 21st, 2020 1h 6m

Yes, that’s two drum puns in a row. May have to capitalize on that. Anyway, this week Mason and Roland go into the mindset of musicians, specifically drummers in this case. Even the mindset of Christian drummers! Or if you want to get even more

Two Birds, One Drumstick

Nov 19th, 2020 53m 19s

Hello! Welcome to the Life of Defiance Podcast, hosted by Mason Beard (Symphony of Heaven, Mystic Winter) and Roland Street (An Infinite Moment, Lost in Faith); a couple of drummers from the Midwest. In this episode the two talk about their upb

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