IoMP 159: What Have You Been Listening To? - June 2026

Collin, Tom and the Pumpkin Queen break down their June listens, listener recommendations, and the albums dominating their playlists — featuring everything from doom metal and hardcore to metalcore madness

IoMP 121: HIM - Are They Rock or Metal?

Is HIM metal, rock, or the most emotionally devastating third option imaginable.

Influencers of Metal, Podcast, Are They Rock or Metal?Tom McKayFebruary 13, 2026Podcast, Influencers of Metal, Thrashers Paradise, Metal Robot, Are They Rock or Metal?, Rock or Metal, HIM, His Infernal Majesty, Finnish Rock, Finnish Metal, Goth, Goth Rock, Goth MetalComment

IoMP 118: Songs That Should Be Metal Covers — But Aren’t (Yet)

What if metal bands covered the songs they should, not the ones they already have?

Influencers of Metal, PodcastTom McKayFebruary 3, 2026Podcast, Influencers of Metal, Thrashers Paradise, Metal Robot, metal covers, covers, dream metal covers, cover songs, ABBA, Ozzy Osbourne, Steel Panther, Billy Talent, Power Metal, Gothic Metal, Goth MetalComment

IoMP 72: How To Get Your Goth Girlfriend Into Metal (feat. The Pumpkin Queen)

Shay’s back on the podcast, and this time she’s our test subject for a metal initiation ritual.

Influencers of Metal, PodcastTom McKayAugust 8, 2025Podcast, Influencers of Metal, Thrashers Paradise, Metal Robot, Pumpkin Queen, The Pumpkin Queen, Goth Rock, Gothic Metal, Goth Metal, Goth, Metal, Folk Metal, Melodic Death MetalComment

IoMP 70: Metal Subgenres as Pokémon (ft. Lindsay Schoolcraft & The Pumpkin Queen)

IoMP 60: WHYBLT - June 2025

Things get wild on this month’s WHYBLT as Collin, Tom, and the Pumpkin Queen dive into their favorite musical discoveries from June 2025.