Welcome to Episode 14, where I have a funny and inspiring chat with Alex Babineaux and Ben Nugent, who together make up the duo A Novelist, based out of Louisiana. Their 2019 album Folie is one of my favorite progressive death metal albums possibly ever, so don’t miss this conversation.

Today we discuss topics such as what determines when a piece of music is finished, why power metal dorks and death metal dorks are the SAME dorks, and stopping in the middle of traffic to go to a Derek Roddy drum clinic.

Find the guys here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ANovelistband/Bandcamp: https://anovelist.bandcamp.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/37dWv08NxXBJrs3fCo5rye?si=9Udcd-3aR7agex2mw90tew

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