#10: Aaren Pantke (MOLDER) listens to IMPETIGO - "Horror of the Zombies"

Today we're listening to Illinois death metal, courtesy of Illinois death metal! Aaren Pantke, vocalist and guitarist of MOLDER brings on IMPETIGO's 1992 album "Horror of the Zombies," a "quintessential" record he calls the "epitome of all things fun, gross, extreme and over the top, yet refined and listenable." "It reminds me of being in the library and your librarian putting on a spooky voice for some creep-ass character in a book, or whatever. It's just that, but for 50 minutes on top of some sick riffs. It's cool!" We dive into his love of horror and death metal, and why he's more focused on creating badass riffs than sharing any sort of emotional or reflective message. At the end of the day death metal is supposed to be FUN, and both his band and this records fit that bill. He also chats about why Impetigo had such an influence on Molder and the death metal genre, and we have an amazing exchange about fans pretending to know lyrics even he doesn't know. Molder's new album "Catastrophic Reconfiguration" is available via Prosthetic Records now! Spinning the Wax is a heavy music interview series where guests spin a record of their choice and have a candid discussion while listening. 00:27 - Spinning the Wax Episode #10 Intro 2:22 - Welcome Aaren Pantke of Molder 3:08 - Catching up, touring, recording new record 5:44 - Why do you love Impetigo's Horror of the Zombies album? 9:15 - Impetigo's influence on death metal 11:19 - Start of record, length of samples 12:19 - Less is more approach on Catastrophic Reconfiguration 15:20 - What interested you about horror movies and death metal? 17:38 - Competition among bands to find the most obscure movie sample? 19:30 - Bands tuning down. How great C Standard is! 23:04 - How ridiculous are Stevo's vocals? 24:58 - What other bands did Impetigo help you discover? 29:46 - Aaren's massive cassette collection 31:29 - Experiences hearing metal on the radio 34:57 - Favorite song on the record / Office Space Printer Scene 37:14 - How did you approach Molder's lyrics on new record? 39:04 - "Joke's on you, buddy. I'm not singing the right shit either!" 44:16 - Stevo's voice again / Wondering how Impetigo recorded this 45:07 - Buckling down and working hard on recording Catastrophic Reconfiguration 48:15 - End of Record / Final Thoughts 49:48 - Episode 10 wrap up 51:04 - Reading a listener's comment about Terminal Sleep (Episode 9) 52:53 - Outro 🔗 MOLDER 🔗 https://molderil.bandcamp.com/   / molder_official   https://infernomerchstore.com/collect... https://www.nightshiftmerch.com/colle... 🚫 Spinning the Wax 🚫 Patreon:   / spinningthewax   Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spinning... IG:   / spinningthewax   |   / staypuft_mallow   Contact: spinningthewax [at] gmail #metal #deathmetal #molder #impetigo #horror #spinningthewax #prostheticrecords #illinois #albumlisten