The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)

This week Sam and Marcos are here for the return of the Emo Trinity, excited about the meteoric rise of Sleep Token, get lost in some Fantasycore, and lots more! Reviews: 9:20 We discuss new releases from The Wise Man's Fear, Polar, Anti Flag, and Ten56. News: 46:08 We cover news from Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Enter Shikari, Sleep Token, Periphery, Casey, Palisades and more! Become a Patron to gain access to exclusive content! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp0fpudUz7gvu0SFaXhK3?si=6cddbd5b63564c9a Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sotspodcastYT Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3egU3Dk Merch: https://www.sotspodcast.com/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOTSPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotspodcast

Video: https://youtu.be/vS7O1pI9U5c We sat down with Ryan and Tuck from Fit For A King to discuss their new album The Hell We Create, the personal experiences that inspired the album, playing Magic The Gathering with the boys, looking cool in front of your dad, the analytics of being a successful metalcore band, I See Stars releasing new material and more! Stream The Hell We Create out now on Solid State Records: https://open.spotify.com/album/6eC2kXPm1Nrb6kbtuPpc4D?si=nqLoWe-OTQqKY2IdlxaVxg Follow Fit For A King on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fitforaking Become a Patron to gain access to exclusive content! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp0fpudUz7gvu0SFaXhK3?si=6cddbd5b63564c9a Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sotspodcastYT Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3egU3Dk Merch: https://www.sotspodcast.com/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOTSPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotspodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sotspodcast

Video: https://youtu.be/LchJDa5NbD0 We sat down with Wade and Richard from Secrets to discuss their new album The Collapse, starting your World Tour with 10K of debt, the struggles of promoting an album, fish with teeth, and the process of making metalcore! Stream The Collapse out now on Velocity Records: https://open.spotify.com/album/4np2KGjQ8ARvYgHz5o0pAr?si=dDZcdL0-SROWLq_ZfIVpmw Follow Secrets on social media: https://linktr.ee/secretsband Become a Patron to gain access to exclusive content! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp0fpudUz7gvu0SFaXhK3?si=6cddbd5b63564c9a Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sotspodcastYT Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3egU3Dk Merch: https://www.sotspodcast.com/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOTSPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotspodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sotspodcast

Video: https://youtu.be/-Z3IA650G8g Check out Pt.1 Deliberations first if you don't want to be spoiled! Now that Sam and Marcos have the twenty best albums of the year, they must settle on the official rankings from twenty to the number one album of 2022! Plus the fan voted album of the year! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp... Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3egU3Dk Merch: https://www.sotspodcast.com/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOTSPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotspodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sotspodcast

Video: https://youtu.be/BNB0_yGb9QM Sam and Marcos talk through a list of nearly 60 nominees and narrow it down to just twenty! Tune in for Part 2 next week as we rank those albums and reach our official list from 1 to 20 and find out the fan voted number one album of the year! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp... Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStateoft... Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3egU3Dk Merch: https://www.sotspodcast.com/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOTSPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotspodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sotspodcast

Video: https://youtu.be/RfNrUxOeZkI Join Sam and Marcos for The 2022 State of the Scene Awards! SOTS Awards Categories: The Animated Video/Visualizer of 2022 The Best Album Artwork of 2022 The Best Aesthetic of 2022 The Biggest Comeback of 2022 The Biggest Hook of 2022 The Collab of 2022 The EP of 2022 The Free Agent Signing of 2022 The Lyric of 2022 The Most Disgusting Song of 2022 The Most Emotional Song of 2022 The Music Video of 2022 The Rising Star of 2022 The Song of 2022 The Tour of 2022 The Voice of 2022 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp... Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStateoft... Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3egU3Dk Merch: https://www.sotspodcast.com/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOTSPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotspodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sotspodcast  

Sam and Marcos narrow down the nominations to just seven for each individual SOTS awards' category! Voting is now live through Friday 12/2, but we recommend finishing the episode if you don't want to be spoiled! Link to vote: https://www.sotspodcast.com/awards For a video version of this podcast become a patron at the link below. Video will be live 11/28. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast SOTS Awards Categories: The Animated Video/Visualizer of 2022 The Best Album Artwork of 2022 The Best Aesthetic of 2022 The Biggest Comeback of 2022 The Biggest Hook of 2022 The Collab of 2022 The EP of 2022 The Free Agent Signing of 2022 The Lyric of 2022 The Most Disgusting Song of 2022 The Most Emotional Song of 2022 The Music Video of 2022 The Rising Star of 2022 The Song of 2022 The Tour of 2022 The Voice of 2022 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp... Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStateoft... Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3egU3Dk Merch: https://www.sotspodcast.com/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOTSPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotspodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sotspodcast

This week Sam and Marcos talk the Grammy nominations for Metal and Rock, give an advance review of the new Thousand Below album, and welcome Sonic The Hedgehog to the scene! Album Reviews: 19:09 We discuss new releases from Thousand Below (19:17), Gatherers (41:02), Wolves At The Gate (54:10), Stain The Canvas (1:01:31), and Tallah (1:08:02)! News: 1:22:17 We cover news from One Ok Rock, The Word Alive, Enter Shikari, Bilmuri, Caskets, Jazmin Bean, Drag Me out and more! Become a Patron to gain access to exclusive content! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp... Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStateoft... Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3egU3Dk Merch: https://www.sotspodcast.com/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOTSPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotspodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sotspodcast

This week Sam and Marcos become untarnished! Plus Nu-Metal is coming for Las Vegas, Pierce The Veil finally announce the album, and is this super group truly that super? Album Reviews: 16:25 We discuss new releases from Chelsea Grin (16:33), Young Culture (31:34), Void of Vision (4):05), Action/Adventure (45:34), and L.S.Dunes (51:56)! News: 1:03:24 We cover news from Pierce The Veil, Thousand Below, Brand of Sacrifice, Bonecarver, Jxdn, Invent Animate, and more! Editors Note: This weeks reaction videos were lost due to technical difficulties. Become a Patron to gain access to exclusive content! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp0fpudUz7gvu0SFaXhK3?si=be44366a5ffe4f1f Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStateoftheSceneYT Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3egU3Dk Merch: https://www.sotspodcast.com/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOTSPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotspodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sotspodcast

This week Sam and Marcos prepare for the end! Album Reviews: 15:24 We discuss new releases from Dayseeker (15:28), Avoid (31:40), Cherie Amour (45:34), Ingested (52:44), and Magnolia Park (1:02:30)! News: 1:15:42 We cover news from Bad Omens, Motionless In White, August Burns Red, Suicide Silence, D.R.U.G.S, Vended, Avril Lavigne, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, nothing,nowhere. and more! Become a Patron to gain access to exclusive content! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp0fpudUz7gvu0SFaXhK3?si=be44366a5ffe4f1f Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStateoftheSceneYT Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3egU3Dk Merch: https://www.sotspodcast.com/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOTSPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotspodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sotspodcast