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Inner-Strength Check Podcast
@innerstrengthcheck.bsky.social
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Exploring the interrelationship between the arts, creativity, hobbies, riffs, gaming and good mental health!

Peace, Love and Grindcore - xoxo.

ISC BLOG:

www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com

Also on: FB, IG, Youtube, Spotify/other Platforms and Twitch!
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WOAH. Johan Nor of #MorkBorgRPG runs a one-shot #actualplay w/ members of #Conjurer, #GreenLung and #BeastinBlack ?! Check out the #riffsandrealms series at:

www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog/dicey-news-riffs-amp-realms-nuclear-blast-records-launches-a-new-actual-play-tabletop-rpg-series
[Dicey News]: RIFFS & REALMS - Nuclear Blast Records Launches A New Actual Play Tabletop RPG Series. — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
[Dicey News] goes Heavy News for Tabletop Thursdays here at ISC! The brutally grimdark TTRPG MÖRK BORG has always garnered a lot of very-metal 3rd-party supplements given the vibe and setting - now,...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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1st of 2 #musicianinterviews on the #podcast for today, with Jahred Gomes of US #numetal kings #HedP.E ! We discussed Aus tour with @nonpoint.bsky.social , Aussie touring, musicianship in 2026 and more. Plus ticket links and tour info, etc.

Link:

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[ISC Podcast] Ep. 64: [Interview] with JAHRED GOMES of (hed) P.E. (US). — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
[Podcast] Episode 64: Here on the ISC Podcas t, I was lucky enough to have a fun, funny and candid chat with none other than Jahred Gomes , vocalist of nu-metal mainstays (hed) P.E .! Check out the...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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1st of 2 recent #albumreviews from ISC staffer Hamza Siddiqi - great writeup of Louisville, Kentucky-based #Redivider 's latest LP in 'Sounds of Malice'! For some crushing #deathmetal from an #independentartist:

www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog/album-review-redivider-us-sounds-of-malice-lp
[Album Review]: REDIVIDER (US) - ‘Sounds of Malice’ LP. — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
[Album Review]: See here for the latest stellar effort from independent Louisville, Kentucky US bruisers Redivider in the Sounds of Malice LP. Our own Hamza Siddiqi has provided a fantastic anal...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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Latest #gigreview - a spiritual musical experience indeed with @batushka.bsky.social and #Germ @ @cornerhotel.bsky.social Richmond, Melb (AU), Fri 16th Jan. Sublime, powerful, unique, transcendent and more! Review plus artist links/media at:

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[Gig Review]: BATUSHKA (POL) Feat. GERM (AU) @ Corner Hotel, Melbourne (AU), 16.01.2026. — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
[Gig Reviews] - Batushka with Support Germ @ Corner Hote l, Richmond, Melbourne (AU), Fri 16th January 2026.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:33 AM
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A hearty thanks to good friend and #gamedesigner Jason Grubb (also of #tabletop podcast @gettingtabled.bsky.social) for our 1st ever #guestarticle. Jason explores the process behind his first title #EntropyCity, a Road Rash inspired #wargame RPG:

www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog/guest-r...
[Guest Riff]: JASON GRUBB of GETTING TABLED Discusses Game-Design Process For ‘ENTROPY CITY’. — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
Our first guest-written article comes to you via none other than Melburnian local and RPG/skirmish game-designer Jason ‘The Bruce’ Grubb of international tabletop/wargaming podcast Getting Tabled ....
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January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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Christ, I whinged enough as a kid about the foil booster packs for the card game back in the 90's...
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I get that Lego is for adult collectors at this point but Jesus Christ
January 13, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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Okay. Picking up exactly where we left off here in 2025 - see link for our #gigreview of #oldschooldeathmetal veterans #Atheist 's first ever show in Melbourne. Props for the #gigphotography by Richie Black.

LINK:

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[Gig Review] ATHEIST + Supports, Leadbeater Hotel (Melb, AU), 08.06.25. — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
How many words/which words can be used to describe a night of musical perfection? A night 35+ years in the making, featuring one of the most important and influential bands in extreme metal via Atheis...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Will post our older content after this point, but first - latest #albumreview on the ISC blog is for US electro-industrial-pop sensation #HEALTH, whose latest LP #ConflictDLC made my Top Albums of 2025! Full review, artist/label links and more at:

www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog/album-r...
[Album Review]: HEALTH - ‘Conflict DLC’ LP. — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
[Album Review]: LA-based industrial metal/alt-pop trio HEALTH delivered a real shocker for me in December 2025 - in a good way, with 6th release CONFLICT DLC landing in my Top 25 Albums of the Year. F...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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MIA CULPA! My apologies everyone, I/we have been away from the #innerstrengthcheck Bsky for a while. We're back though, hoping you had a #merryxmas and a fantastic #newyears. I have SO MUCH content to provide you, but I'll space it out. Hold onto your butts! Much love - Brady, ISC.
January 13, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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@quozl.bsky.social had the brilliant idea to use my propaganda posters as a template for anyone to scribble on, so I’d love to see what people come up with…

Do YOU know what an Imperialist soldier looks like?

#rpgart #ttrpg
July 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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A wildlife photographer joked that his wife managed to capture an extraordinary photo that outdid him: a European eagle owl, one of the world's largest, perched on his camera lens.
July 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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We've given tribute on socials, now it's bluesky's turn. On behalf of the team, I wanna pay HUGE respects to #ozzyosbourne/ #blacksabbath on their final show. A fitting farewell to the gods of #heavymetal. #metalgods #respect #princeofdarkness #blizzardofozz
July 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Youtube Video + Final Spotify Podcast Content to follow. This is a #PSA - #Spotify have cooked it; I'm nixing the platform re: #podcasthosting. Purpose of this? Shoutout to #schoolofpodcasting's Dave Jackson, @edzitron.com of #betteroffline, Spotify's CEO for inspiration. Ed, Dave, keeping it real.
June 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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@weirdblueyonder.bsky.social can't be stopped! Our TTRPG-queen is cooking another #tabletoprpg product, 'Echoes of Yesterday'. Rather than PR you, she's gone head and playtested it herself! 1st instalment of her #playreport:

www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog/echoes-...
[RPG Play Report] Echoes of Yesterday Mission Log (Part 1 of… ?) — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
Read the tale of a campaign set in the world of Élodie’s work-in-progress RPG inspired by the Great War and her own nightmares! Part one includes dramatic recaps of the first two sessions and some beh...
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June 12, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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And to follow that up, here's another heavy-hitter! #interview on ISC #podcast (video/audio-only versions in link) with longstanding member of US thrashers #Testament, Eric Peterson! For an interview with a #thrash legend, check out:

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[Podcast] Ep. 48: Interview With ERIC PETERSON, Guitarist of US OG Thrashers TESTAMENT. — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
Kicking off Music Mondays in style, we were joined this morning by none other than Eric Peterson, longstanding member and guitarist of thrash-metal titans Testament! With the Australian tour kicking o...
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June 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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If you're a fan of metal (especially #deathmetal), you'll understand why my review of #Atheist 's Melbourne gig on Sunday is one of the most important #gigreviews I've ever written. Props to #yourmatebookings / #anoxia / #alarum / #vexation! LINK:

www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog/gig-rev...
[Gig Review] ATHEIST + Supports, Leadbeater Hotel (Melb, AU), 08.06.25. — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
How many words/which words can be used to describe a night of musical perfection? A night 35+ years in the making, featuring one of the most important and influential bands in extreme metal via Atheis...
www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Intended to release the latest #tabletopnews update on Tabletop Thursday - and slept through the entire day! Better late than never, here's a Fri nocturnal edition feat. @itchio.bsky.social 's latest 'Bundle for Ukrainian Hospitals' and more at:

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[Dicey News] From The Twilight Zone (Apparently). — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
Well then! This was meant to be a Tabletop Thursdays update, however my body clock saw it fit to sleep until late evening. Thus, on that note, today’s Dicey News update is a nocturnal-friendly affair....
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June 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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We've been quiet on the #bluesky front lately - in lieu of spamming you to death with reposts, you can catch all the #albumreviews, #gigreviews, podcast #interviews and many, many other things we gone-and-did in #may2025! #hashtags #hashbrowns

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[Podcast] Inner-Strength Check Content Update, May 2025. — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
It’s been an absolutely bonkers month here at Inner-Strength Check - lots and lots of content! I’ve herded all said content-cats together in one handy compendium-post: gig reviews, album reviews, in...
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June 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Nerds! Metalheads! (Often both amirite?). From yesterdays' #techtuesdays at ISC. @warframe.com and #technicaldeathmetal *are* a lovely wine-and-cheese pairing.

Check out 3 new releases recommended for Gauss-enjoyers! #warframe #gottagofast

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[Riffs] Three (Gauss) Prime Tech-Death Picks. — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
Imagine this - you’re piloting a super high-speed biomechanical exosuit fighting hordes of interdimensional adversaries. Hmm, what to listen to, I wonder? Check out three great technical/progressive d...
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June 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Episode 44 of the Inner-Strength Check #podcast - My third time chatting with Bjorn 'Speed' Strid, frontman of #swedishmetal titans #Soilwork and #TheNightFlightOrchestra. Always a chill dude! Link contains video/audio-only versions plus tour info:

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[PODCAST] EP. 44: Interview #2 w/ BJORN ‘SPEED’ STRID of THE NIGHT FLIGHT OrCHESTRA/SOILWORK! — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
Welcome aboard, passengers! Yet again, Australian-touring-enjoyer and enigmatic frontman of both Soilwork and The Night Flight Orchestra , Sweden’s Bjorn ‘Speed’ Strid , joined ISC for the second ...
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May 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Behold! A picture-perfect swan family! Six cygnets. 🥰
A pair of adult mute swans with six cygnets between them, sitting amid the vegetation on the bank of the lake in the park.
May 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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NEW LOGO! Thanks so much to talented #innerstrengthcheck writer/tabletop designer/visual artiste Elodie, aka @weirdblueyonder.bsky.social. I commissioned a pretty hectic brief - but she took it, ran with it and nailed the mental image! Thanks so much Elodie!

Artist Site:

weirdblueyonder.carrd.co
May 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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#icymi: HUGE #australiantour news re #thedillingerescapeplan! 2nd show added to the Melbourne run of the tour - tix went onsale midday today. Get in soon before this sells out too! Courtesy of #ThePhoenix.au.

#calculatinginfinity #hyped #omg #yass

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[Heavy News] THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Announce 2nd and Final Melbourne Show - On Sale Now! — Inner-Strength Check Podcast
Melbourne heavy music fans? THIS IS NOT A DRILL. I repeat, this is not a drill. The Dillinger Escape Plan have announced a second and final Melbourne show on the 14th August at Northcote Theatre ! ...
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May 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Apologies for relative radio-silence here, guys! Can be hard managing blog/website, podcast, socials, email, etc as one dude.

So - our latest #featuredartist re: banner-art, c/o IG: @sylvain_repos. Title: 'Yojimbot Type 3: Swordmaster'. #ArtStation profile link:
www.artstation.com/artwork/QqLY3
Yojimbot / 用心ボット, Sylvain REPOS
Quelques concept pour un projet d'ouvrage à la croisée du manga et du comics.
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May 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Real talk - if #KarlMarx was alive today, he'd DEFINITELY be a crust-punk you'd see at local grindcore shows.

It's #MusicMonday on the ISC blog and podcast, and boy do we have a few things for you all! Stay tuned. #showusyourmarx #forkarl #rockandstone
April 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM