Military Grade Metal

19/11/2025

🦖🚨ATREYU SETS THE TONE AT PAPER TIGER🚨🦖

Nov 9th 2024

It was a weekend of whimsy, sure, but no other night on our 3 day Show Escapade stuck out like at the . From the venue, to their immaculate sound, all the way to the merch table and beyond, Atreyu stunned as they fired off the set with a version of “Bleeding Mascara” so sick that Gods of Metal themselves would bestow blessings amongst the rest of their performance. While they did fill everyone’s proverbial Metal Chalices with hits like “Right Side of the Bed” and “The Crimson,” what really caught our attention was the down right NASTY Vocal Performance by Brandon Saller. For early 2000’s Era fans of the band, this was quite the change. We are here to tell you though that while Brandon definitely brings a new flavor, he does not disappoint! Hats off to you Atreyu, here’s to many more good times and good shows ahead! Cheers! 🍻

While the Shows are fun, the work doesn’t stop there! We are about to whip out the P-38’s and open up a brand new can of Military Grade Metal Episodes and we could not be more stoked to have some of San Antonio’s Local Heavy Hitters along for the ride.

started off our day of filming at with a dash of metal as they recorded songs for the episode score, as well as unveiled some potentially new material being shaped for your 👂🏼in the near future!

let us crash a Living Room Jam Sesh (coming soon) and brought us up to speed on some of the ridiculously Epic shows coming up:

Dec 12 w/ and

Dec 19 w/ and more

Stay tuned for information on the release of our Return Episode and as always….STAY METAL! 🤘🏼🔥🖤🦖

21/09/2025

Hey everyone! It’s been a while! So much has been going on in the Military Grade Metal Camp and we cannot WAIT to start spreading the good word! For the past month, we have been filming some TOP TIER Industry Insights and Dad Jokes. And through hard work, LOTS of procrastination, and pure FART POWER, we’ve been able to compile footage that you are going to want to..NAY, NEED TO, see! 🖤🤘🏼You may find yourself asking “Well gosh darn man when?!”

Great question. Answer: After the 1st Loud and Local Fest at The Rock Box!

That’s right! Military Grade Metal will slangin KOOZIES, HATS, HOCKEY PUCKS, FLASKS and much MUCH more. More importantly though, we want to stress the importance on supporting the local music community. We will be out there doing our thing and collecting more video and audio for your viewing and listening pleasure!

What else can you expect at the Festival? Vendors ALL OVER Vibes Event Center and music from:

.her0 and MORE! There are two more Artist announcements to make for this show as well and one of them will be happening TOMORROW so keep your eyes peeled!

See you soon! And Stay Metal!

05/09/2025

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10/04/2025

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04/02/2025

Been so busy I haven’t even had a sec to Congratulate the bro’s in Snake Father on the new Video release! Awesome time at the shoot and LOOK at the outcome! Check out the One Shot Video for “No More Faces” with the 🔗⬇️🔥🔥🔥

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16/01/2025

For the love of GOD someone go keep Mark from going to nuts at this show! 😂😂Lineup looks SICK!

14/01/2025

11/01/2025

One reminder JUST isn’t enough! Stay /v\eTaL my friends and crush it throughout the first month of this New Year! Also……Watch Military Grade Metal! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

11/01/2025

We hope everyone is having fun and staying safe this weekend! This is nothing more than a friendly reminder to /v\eTaL and have a great time doing it!

-Mark

01/01/2025

Nothing but the Happiest of New Years from Mark and Rett over here at Military Grade Metal! 🖤🔥🤘🏼

Get ready for another hilarious year of Failing Forward and bad jokes as we look at a few VERY interesting interviews for the year of 2025 AS WELL AS a more structured release schedule, and a more segmented Podcast! Gather your goals and your asses and follow us into another great year!

AlREADY bored this year? Check out our whole last years catalogue of interviews! Links below:

Parts 1 and 2 Interview w/ of

https://youtu.be/Fmkfb8X3jlg?si=dP_rVFKkFQCK3woM

https://youtu.be/Fmkfb8X3jlg?si=dP_rVFKkFQCK3woM

MGM Meets Tim and Bjorn of

https://youtu.be/OvnloMGUIcA?si=3LJY407yEZC4w-Uj

2024 Episode 5

https://youtu.be/OvnloMGUIcA?si=3LJY407yEZC4w-Uj

2024 Episode 4

https://youtu.be/OvnloMGUIcA?si=3LJY407yEZC4w-Uj

2024 Episode 3

https://youtu.be/OvnloMGUIcA?si=3LJY407yEZC4w-Uj

2024 Episode 2

https://youtu.be/OvnloMGUIcA?si=3LJY407yEZC4w-Uj

2023 Recap!

https://youtu.be/OvnloMGUIcA?si=3LJY407yEZC4w-Uj

Stay /v\eTaL 🤘🏼🤘🏼 and we’ll 👀🫵🏼 soon!

28/12/2024

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🚨WARNING! Audio Nerd Talk Alert!🚨
The DIFFERENCE between Mixing in the DAW, and Mixing in the Club 🤘🏼🤘🏼

What’s up y’all! I just wanted to drop in and relive myself of some mental baggage as I start REALLY diving in to what all can be done in a Live Mix, Vs what can be done AFTER the fact in the DAW. I’ve found THREE Major differences, and I’ll list them below, but I also what to stress how crazy powerful the two methods can be, when used in conjunction for long term projects.

The three major differences between Live Mixing and DAW Mixing are:

-Time: This is HUGE. Most of the time, you hardly have any time to set up and sound check at ALL. Once you do, you have even less time to shape and MOST of the time you’re still finalizing your mix on the first couple of songs. EsPECIALLY if you work at a production house as a House Audio Engineer. Conversely, in the DAW, you might not have “all the time in the world,” but you have considerably more time to complete a mix.
-Plugins: When Mixing Live, on MOST common consoles found either at a house FOH Mix Position OR on the road, you won’t necessarily be able to stack plugins (or inserts) on a track like you would in the DAW to fix issues. This means a few things. This means that you need to know your s**t when it comes to EQ, Gate and Comp. It also means that you need to learn how to send to FX Modules and then RETURN that signal to the output source. It can be a bit more tedious than just “throwing on a plugin.” Conversely to THIS, when you combine X amount of time mixing live with X amount of time mixing in the DAW, your daw mixes will get a lot cleaner because of the NEED for clean assets in your live mixes. 🤘🏼🤘🏼
-Perfection: In the DAW, you may actually have TOO much time. And you may even strive for TOO clean of assets. Over eq’ing can lead to dead sounding audio files, and over LISTENING can lead to over eq’ing. Find a balance between the two. It’s much easier when the pressure is on to shape your sounds and let em fly simply because of 1. The amount of time you have and 2. FEELING the physical room and vibe of the room.

While there are many more differences, those three have been on the brain!