{"podcast":{"title":"The Department of Metal Antiquities","slug":"the-department-of-metal-antiquities-3100653","podcast_index_feed_id":3100653,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/34325184/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dmapodcast","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/8657129/8657129-1675294641556-140bc44859238.jpg","author":"Nik Cameron","episode_count":244,"summary":"As a musical genre, heavy metal (and all it's sub-genres) has only existed for 50 years, but in that time there have been a great many happenings that we have collectively forgotten. In this podcast Nik Cameron and Duncan Evans will be going through albums, concerts, etc in a vain glorious attempt to remember it all. We contextualize the subject and then we take it track by track. In the end, we'll tell you if you should spin it or bin it.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T18:20:12.130278+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-department-of-metal-antiquities-3100653"},"episode":{"title":"DMA 226: \"Speed Metal Symphony\" by Cacophony Featuring Marty Friedman and Jason Becker","slug":"dma-226-speed-metal-symphony-by-cacophony-featuring-marty-friedman-and-jason-becker","published_at":"2026-03-02T23:06:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-department-of-metal-antiquities-3100653/dma-226-speed-metal-symphony-by-cacophony-featuring-marty-friedman-and-jason-becker","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-department-of-metal-antiquities-3100653","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dmapodcast/episodes/DMA-226-Speed-Metal-Symphony-by-Cacophony-Featuring-Marty-Friedman-and-Jason-Becker-e3frkpe","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/34325184/podcast/play/116297966/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-2%2F32cefbd1-ad28-f427-d8ae-8fea4c773e0d.mp3","summary":"In 1986, two future legends joined forces with some kids from the neighborhood. In all seriousness, it's really cool to be able to look back onto a band like this where they are about to blow up, but with other acts. Join Nik and Duncan in seeing if we should spin it or bin it. Duncan has also dropped his latest single. Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/track/5L3OcpXzmJkwk2TC8NvZl0","meta_description":"In 1986, two future legends joined forces with some kids from the neighborhood. In all seriousness, it's really cool to be able to look back onto a band l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2926,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-department-of-metal-antiquities-3100653/episodes/dma-226-speed-metal-symphony-by-cacophony-featuring-marty-friedman-and-jason-becker/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-department-of-metal-antiquities-3100653/dma-226-speed-metal-symphony-by-cacophony-featuring-marty-friedman-and-jason-becker.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}