(For those of you viewing this link via our new podcast-host profile page on RSS.com - note that existing episodes are still in the process of being automatically imported from Spotify, and may take some time to populate. Apologies for any confusion!)

Recently, as your host for ISC Podcast, I uploaded a vlog to our Youtube channel + website blog and socials, advising we are leaving Spotify for Podcasters as our host for the past four years.

See here for link to relevant video.

Today's mini-sode is more for existing Spotify listeners, and some news about additional podcast platforms which ISC will be entering for the first time!

Stay tuned for several new episodes which will also be uploaded via the new host directory.

Please note that we are keeping episodes 1-49 intact on Spotify for Creators, ergo Spotify listeners will be able to access existing content.

Episode 50, our interview with Dan Catania of Headbangers Australia, is accessible via the following link & will be up in podcast form very shortly:

https://www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog/50th-ep-interview-wdan-catania-headbangers-australia

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Peace, Love and Grindcore - Brady.

With an illustrious return to form with the highly acclaimed and record-selling self-titled release only a few years prior, the triumphant march of Helloween's progress shows no signs of slowing over the fourth decade! Especially not with one of their most bombastic and ambitious studio efforts slated for release within just a few weeks' time.

I was fortunate enough to be joined by one of the bands' three (yes, three!) vocalists, Andi Deris, on our podcast.

Don't let the sunny setting or the man's equally cheery demeanour fool you - Andi has some great thoughts around upcoming LP 'Giants & Monsters', the recording process, music industry, performing and more. Having been fortunate enough to peek an advance copy of Giants & Monsters, I can guarantee this is one that won't disappoint. The album drops on us all Aug 29th, 2025.

Very shortly, we'll have the full press release included in show notes for this episode on our website at: www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com.

There, you'll be able to get even more scoop on the upcoming album, bop along to new singles and more!

Peace, Love and Coring Pumpkins With Metal Power - Brady.

Note: For those just joining in on RSS.com, we have just migrated over to this site as our new podcast hosting platform!

Link to original blog post, which contains video version of our interview with Dan Catania:

https://www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog/50th-ep-interview-wdan-catania-headbangers-australia

50 episodes!

Most statistics show that the vast majority of podcasters (usually 60-80%) never make it past the 3rd to 5th episodes. And what better representation of our slogan 'Hobbies, Riffs, Mental Health' than this extensive chat with an up-and-coming rising star in the Australian heavy metal media landscape, Dan Catania of Headbangers Australia.

This is quite an in-depth chat! We explore Dan's beginnings as a Youtuber, Dan discusses some recent challenges with mental health and other life challenges (which is apples/orange comparison-wise but also not unlike my own mental health trajectory over 2024/2025), culminating in a recent diagnosis and adjusting to this whilst simultaneously scaling up from content-creation to now, implementing a full suite of Australian artist services using a hybridised subscription model.

We cover a heck of a lot more, too - musicianship, video production, social media, the Australian music scene/metal journalism industry, realities of entering into this space as an entrepeneurship/career choice, and so much more.

Peace, Love and Grindcore - Brady.