319 Episodes

  1. History in Five Songs 19: The Birth of European Power Metal

    Published: 06/11/2019

  2. History in Five Songs 18: The Birth of American Power Metal

    Published: 30/10/2019

  3. History in Five Songs 17: 2020 Rock Hall Nominations – Hard Rock Division

    Published: 22/10/2019

  4. History in Five Songs 16: New Wave of Swedish Heavy Metal

    Published: 16/10/2019

  5. History in Five Songs 15: Metallica’s Production

    Published: 08/10/2019

  6. History in Five Songs 14: Twin Leads

    Published: 02/10/2019

  7. History in Five Songs 13: Choirs of Angels

    Published: 24/09/2019

  8. History in Five Songs 12: 'Honorary' New Wave of British Heavy Metal Pt. 2: Not Even British!

    Published: 17/09/2019

  9. History in Five Songs 11: 'Honorary' New Wave of British Heavy Metal Pt. 1

    Published: 10/09/2019

  10. History in Five Songs 10: New Wave of British Heavy Metal

    Published: 03/09/2019

  11. History in Five Songs 09: Who Invented Heavy Metal?

    Published: 29/08/2019

  12. History in Five Songs 08: Dirty Hair Metal

    Published: 20/08/2019

  13. History in Five Songs 07: Proto-Metal Part 2

    Published: 14/08/2019

  14. History in Five Songs 06: Proto-Metal Part 1

    Published: 06/08/2019

  15. History in Five Songs 05: Double Bass Drums

    Published: 30/07/2019

  16. History in Five Songs 04: Guitar Tapping

    Published: 22/07/2019

  17. History in Five Songs 03: Doom Metal

    Published: 16/07/2019

  18. History in Five Songs 02: American Heavy Metal

    Published: 09/07/2019

  19. History in Five Songs 01: Led Zeppelin in Hair Metal

    Published: 29/06/2019

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History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff is the show that aims to make grand and often oddball hard rock and heavy metal points through a narrative built upon the tiny idea of a quintet of songs. Buttressed with illustrative clips, Martin argues quickly and succinctly why these songs - and the specific sections of these tracks - support his mad professor premise, from the wobbly invention of an “American” heavy metal, to the influence of Led Zeppelin in hair metal or to more succinct topics like tapping and twin leads. The songs serve as bricks, but Martin slathers plenty of mortar. At the end, hopefully he has a sturdy house in which this week’s theory can reside unbothered by the elements. At approximately 7000, Martin has had published in books more record reviews than anybody in the history of music writing across all genres. Additionally, Martin has penned approximately 85 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock and record collecting. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.

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