The Nu-Metal Podcast You Deserve
Lorin Kozlowski, Jennifer Socia, and Matt Naas go in depth on your favorite Nu-Metal and rap-rock albums of the late 90's and early 2000's to create a Nu-Metal Canon. Engineered and recorded by Matt Naas. Edited by Lorin Kozlowski. Logo designed by Mark Rudolph.
Episode 467: Who's Tweeting "Bleed rec"
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt go over listener feedback, Roachamendations, Nu News and more. Topics this week include:
-Who is going to David Draiman’s wedding?
-Who’s Listing with the Nu-Metal Agenda
-Sleep Token Pitchfork review
-Hotline TNT recs Bleed
-Dark New Day feedback
-And Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu-Core for Old Heads
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Episode 465: Who's Tweeting "You can worms without goop"
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, going over Roach Ryder feedback, Roachamendations, emails, lists and more! Topics this week include:
-Golden Globes Podcast Award
-LD 50 25th Anniversary Tour
-Who’s Emailing with Seeded Crown
-Underrated Nu-Metal Albums List
-Korn’s signature sound
-Ask The Dean Nu-Metal Wedding Day Playlist
-And Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu-Core for Old Heads
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Episode 464: The Light In Guinevere's Garden by East West
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast the guys called up old friend and host of DFT’s Dungeon Dan Terry to talk all about East West and their supposed nu-metal album, The Light In Guinevere’s Garden. Lorin and Matt quiz Dan on life on the boards, whether it is possible to preach too much at your rock show, if being related to the band will help them reunite, and more! Take a listen!
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Episode 463: Who's Tweeting "David Dreamin"
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting! Nu-News, Who’s Listing and more. Topics this week include:
-A late breaking DM
-Who’s Giving Feedback
-David Dreamin
-The Greatest Live Nu-Metal Performances of All Time
-Lorin vs The Stones
-Ask The Dean
-And Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu-Core For Old Heads
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Episode 462: Twelve Year Silence by Dark New Day
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s a 10 out of 10 episode as we discuss nu-metal supergroup Dark New Day and their album, Twelve Year Silence. Topics this episode include:
-Making an album with childhood friends
-House of Wax 2005
-Ultimate Guitar’s rating scale
-The return of Songmeanings dot com
-“This song has got to be about alimony”
-Nu-metal math
-Who is trying to change you?
-Taking it down to the bare bones
-Getting advice from anyone or anything
-Following the sun down
-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if Dark New Day deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon.
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Episode 460: Outworld by Black Coast
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we consider the multitudes contained in Black Coast and their debut album, Outworld. Topics discussed:
-Stoke-on-Trent…Reznor?
-The real Black Coast
-SonicHits dot Com
-“everything that is missing from modern music”
-Black Coast vs the Hindenburg
-Tight and getting tighter
-Audition by Takashi Miike
-Mortal Kombat memories
-Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes
-And Canon Talk, where Matt and Lorin decide if Black Coast deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon.
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Episode 457: Louisville Loves Nu-Metal Deep Cut Night Preview
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about deep cuts! Lorin and Matt welcome Brian and Corey from Louisville Loves Nu-Metal back to the show to discuss their just announced Deep Cut night. The guys talk about the origins of the event, the methods of picking the right kind of deep cut, and talk about the influence of the Koach on creating the setlist! They close out the segment with some blind Nu-Metal album rankings.
Later in the show, Lorin and Matt talk Disturbed’s 20th Anniversary Sickness Tour, check out a Roachamendation for Deathtape, and listen to the newest selection from Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu-Core For Old Heads.
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Tickets are now on sale for Deep Cut Night, April 19th 2025. Get yours today!
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Episode 456: Welcome To The Downside by Speak No Evil
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast get some Rock 101 with the boys of Speak No Evil and their album, Welcome To The Downside. Topics this episode include:
-Timely album art
-Matt vs Vocals
-A musical gumbo
-Wishing someone was in orbit
-The 90s
-Amazon Dot Com reviewers
-Rollbar music
-Sometimes things are too intense
-Taking big swings
-An extremely heavy chainsing
-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if Speak No Evil deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon.
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Episode 455: Derek Blevins of My Ticket Home
This week the Koach celebrates the return of My Ticket Home! Lorin and Matt sit down with Derek Blevins, guitarist from My Ticket Home. Topics this episode include:
-What brought them back and the future of My Ticket Home
-Self producing
-Returning to the live show
-Lorin’s music video ideas
-Derek’s nu-metal roots
-And This or That: Nu-Metal Guitarists
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Episode 452: Millenium IV V by Flymore
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we answer the question of whether Flymore is Korn or korn or corn as we listen to their 2009 album, Millennium IV V. Topics discussed:
-Nicknames
-The Korn rating scale
-Jonathan Devis
-“Life is too long until you die”
-Amazon reviews
-Filling “a” void
-Nothing personal!
-Attention to detail in music videos
-Songs for the common man
-And Canon Talk, where Matt and Lorin decide if Flymore deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon.
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Episode 450: Self-Destructive Pattern by Spineshank
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we celebrate 450 episodes and make a long awaited return to the boys of Spineshank and listen to their third album, Self-Destructive Pattern. Topics this episode include:
-A song that drips
-College vibes
-Stomping and spinning in the pit
-Swearing too much?
-Going to the Bobby’s World tour
-Intentional smothering
-Muse
-Jammin’ tunes
-“Play it at my funeral”
-Paying to listen to a sound
-Knowing when you’re cooked
-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if Spineshank deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon.
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Episode 448: To The Pain by Nonpoint
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s time to visit the road dawgs in Nonpoint and their 4th (or 6th!) album, To The Pain! Topics this episode include:
-Will Nonpoint listen to this episode?
-Swallowing bullets vs swallowing nails
-Bullet budgets
-Getting an autograph from Shinedown
-“Broken glass”
-The forces trying to stop Nonpoint
-Thinking about your ex at the gym
-“This is a dad song”
-Explain yourself/myself
-Getting a massage
-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if Nonpoint deserve another spot in the Nu-Metal Canon.
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Episode 446: Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park (Matt's Version)
It’s 2025 and it’s time to get Matt’s take on one of the biggest albums of all time! This week on the Roach Koach podcast, Matt shares his thoughts and feelings on Linkin Park’s world beater debut album, Hybrid Theory. Lorin dove into the trenches of Songmeanings dot com to find out what was happening in those internet hills in 2002. Get a bag of Pringles and take a listen!
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Episode 436: Armageddon Through Your Speaker by Bionic Jive
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we get consider having our lungs turning into gills and get ourselves a mouthful of grenades because its time to talk about Bionic Jive! Lorin and Matt dive into the debut album, Armageddon Through Your Speaker and talk about what happens when a band understands the assignment a little too well. Did the street team let them down? Are the freaks being let out in the club? Is there a song about Nam? Most importantly, is Bionic Jive going into the Nu-Metal Canon? Listen and find out!
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Episode 432: The Burning Red by Machine Head (Matt's Version)
This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s time once again to get Matt’s Version, as we re-visit The Burning Red by Machine Head. Topics this week include:
-Matt took notes!
-Polarizing reviews
-Robb Flynn is gonna make it fit
-Songmeanings dot com having operational issues
-The Greatest Name in the history of Songmeanings
-A Moby Dick Update
-Drugs are drugs
-Matt, The Police fan
-“Great grunts”
-The devil’s tail
-And Canon Talk, where Matt decides if The Burning Red needs a canon reassessment.
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Episode 430: Palms by Palms
Side Project Summer continues! Finally! Lorin and Matt are back to discuss another Chino Moreno side project, and this week it’s Palms. Is this giving tropical vibes, Kong vibes, or something else? Topics this episode include:
-What were we bumping in 2013?
-Is this the album that is truly about Chi?
-A Songmeanings dot com development
-Star Trek vs Star Wars
-The ghost in Three Men and a Baby
-Jerk Off Island
-The downsides of a watery grave
-And the answer to the question, is Palms Ego or Essential? Listen and find out!
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Episode 427: Who's In The Pit at Slipknot with Josh Toomey
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s in the Pit, as Lorin and Matt are joined by Josh Toomey to discuss Slipknot’s 25th anniversary tour. Topics this week include:
-Slipknot, showmen
-Knocked Loose, pit legends
-Taking Lady Raven breaks
-Lorin’s updated list of Top 5 Rappers
-Josh Toomey going viral
-Matt the Nu-Metal Evangelist
-Updating the Genius List
-And Chad Radical’s Rippers for Roaches
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Episode 419: Who's Tweeting "Toomey Loves Nu-Metal"
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we have a guest! And it’s Josh Toomey of the Talk Toomey Podcast! Josh joins Lorin and Matt to chop it up and discuss his involvement in Louisville Loves Nu-Metal, taking place July 20th at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. Josh talks learning Fieldy’s bass parts, Deftones on sex playlists, Peter Steele, Nu-Metal albums aging well, and more! Take a listen!
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Episode 415: Who's Tweeting "My dearest Roach Koach"
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt go over your emails, DMs, Roachamendations and more! Topics this week include:
-The return of Louisville Loves Nu-Metal!
-Loserville meet up at Pine Knob
-Bands re-recording old albums
-Prime grappling music
-10 Most Insane Nu-Metal Feuds of All Time
-Limp Bizkit vs Eminem?
-“Can we talk about Eloy?”
-Chad Radical’s Rippers for Roaches
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Episode 410: Testify by P.O.D.
LIGHTS OUT! Actually, turn them back on because we’re talking about P.O.D. this week on the Roach Koach podcast. Helping out Lorin and Matt is friend of the show and the king of VHS himself, Sweet Mitchell Socia, to discuss P.O.D.’s 2006 album, Testify. Topics this episode include:
-Matt’s public access past
-Glen Ballard, producer
-Adrien Brody on SNL
-Rasta Matt
-Mitch and the Black Eyed Peas
-Matisyahu on the mic
-Mitch and the real Tom Morello
-Charles Mansion
-Doing a Jonathan Davis impression
-Doing reggae a service
-Gangster movie talk
-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Mitch decide if P.O.D. deserve another spot in the Nu-Metal Canon.
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