Follow your faithful host into another hour of world travels and spellbinding audio of all walks of life and genre. Episode 168 of Monuments in Ruin is a treat for the the ear. We may even pronounce some of the artists correctly! Tune in to find out!

Originally aired on TrendKillRadio.com on February 15th, 2021.
Produced and edited by Bobby Rayfield for broadcast on the TrendKill Radio Network.

(00:00) Monuments in Ruin – Episode 168 Intro
(00:36) Nite People – P.M.
(04:03) Emmet Cohen – Future Stride
(09:54) Tamil Rogeon – Banished
(16:33) Nahawa Doumbia – Ndiagneko
(21:04) Negura Bunget – Taul Fara Fund
(27:51) The Black Explosion – Blow It Away
(31:03) Girl – Hollywood Tease
(33:40) Sacred Reich – The American Way
(37:11) Low Flying Hawks – Doors to Nowhere
(43:39) Fireburn – Break It Down
(46:24) Ramones – Rockaway Beach
(50:12) Conveyer – Whetstone
(53:15) Snapcase – Zombie Prescription
(56:37) Earth Crisis – Gomorrah’s Season Ends

Join your host this week as we take a deep dive into the abyss of modern heaviness. Dark and deadly, these riffs have the power to drag you down into the depths and crush you within their massive weight and sustained beauty. No rest for the wicked on this episode. It’s all gnarly and all set to make your speakers explode. Plus, there are plenty of things mispronounced, as usual.

Originally aired on TrendKillRadio.com on February 8th, 2021.
Produced and edited by Bobby Rayfield for broadcast on the TrendKill Radio Network.

(00:00) Monuments in Ruin – Episode 166 Intro
(01:15) Spook the Horses – Counting Days on Bone
(05:56) Dust – Shattered Existence
(13:29) Mono – After You Comes The Flood
(18:59) Crystal Spiders – Trapped
(24:05) Martin Rev – Red Sierra
(30:28) Samavayo – Sirens
(35:11) The Necromancers – Join The Dead Ones
(42:04) Nervosa – Guided By Evil
(45:30) Power Trip – Soul Sacrifice
(49:39) Possessed – The Eyes Of Horror
(54:33) Monolord – Alone Together

After a long hiatus, Episode 162 of Monuments in Ruin finds our host dipping a toe back the water with a new year mix that covers a range of funk, punk, psychedelic heaviness and all of the variety that makes up the roller-coaster called Monuments in Ruin. Did i say dip a toe? This is more of a full on swan dive into the TrendKill Radio waters.

Originally aired on TrendKillRadio.com on January 11th, 2021.
Produced and edited by Bobby Rayfield for broadcast on the TrendKill Radio Network.

(00:00) Monuments in Ruin – Episode 162 Intro
(0:38) Funkadelic – Friday Night, August 14th
(6:22) Mastodon – The Wolf Is Loose
(9:54) Swing Kids – Disease
(12:36) Pluralone – The Night Won’t Scare Me
(18:37) Nails – Depths
(22:23) Low Flying Hawks – Hallucination
(26:37) Jesu – Disintegrating Wings
(32:05) Summoner – Skies of the Unknown
(39:28) Brume – Blue Jay
(45:10) Caustic Casanova – Truth Syrup
(50:18) Die Kreuzen – Rumors
(53:10) Die Kreuzen – This Hope
(54:18) Gaythiest – Spread ‘Em

Episode 161 of Monuments in Ruin rages on into the new year with a glitch in the matrix, cover songs, the summer of 69, hate mail for great albums, album closers, title tracks and even more! All this and great jams to glue it all together.

Originally aired on TrendKillRadio.com on January 6th, 2019.
Produced and edited by Bobby Rayfield for broadcast on the TrendKill Radio Network.

(00:00) Monuments in Ruin – Episode 161 Intro
(01:18) Pink Floyd – Time/Breathe Reprise
(09:40) Low Flying Hawks – The Thin Ice
(15:06) Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth
(17:40) Graveyard – Low (I Wouldn’t Mind)
(26:07) Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days
(30:43) Neil Young – Cowgirl in the Sand
(40:02) Jimi Hendrix – If 6 Was 9
(45:40) Grails – Burning Off Impurities
(54:27) Mogwai – Blues Hour

This episode launches us on a trip through  the west coast with some mid 80’s classics, taps into a local connect, wallows in some 90’s treats, showcases a couple of cover songs. On the journey we connect two brains and two sourpuss’ and eventually land full circle back to the 80’s domain after a double shot of blues rock royalty. All this lands on your favorite streaming platform Monday at 9pm Eastern. TrendKillRadio.com 

Originally aired on TrendKillRadio.com on December 30th, 2019.
Produced and edited by Bobby Rayfield for broadcast on the TrendKill Radio Network.

(00:00) Monuments in Ruin – Episode 160 Intro
(00:28) Roger Miller – Dang Me
(02:21) Slayer – Raining Blood
(06:08) Metallica – Crash Course in Brain Surgery
(09:09) Suicidal Tendencies – Trip At The Brain
(13:36) Drunk Horse – Priestmaker
(17:10) Scurvy Dogs – Sourpuss
(19:10) Sourpuss – Talkshow Host
(23:30) Dead Milkmen – Bleach Boys
(27:10) Nirvana – School
(32:10) Mighty Might Bosstones – Last Dead Mouse
(35:46) Doomriders – Possession
(40:27) Danzig – Not Of This World
(44:09) Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well Part 1 and 2
(56:06) Wasp – Show No Mercy

The court of public opinion can be a harsh spotlight. This week on Monuments in Ruin we discuss a few albums that may not have received high reviews from fans or may have been left behind in the discussion regarding their discography.

Originally aired on TrendKillRadio.com on October 28th, 2019.
Produced and edited by Bobby Rayfield for broadcast on the TrendKill Radio Network.

(00:00) Monuments in Ruin – Episode 159 Intro
(00:46) Black Sabbath – You Wont Change Me
(08:32) Clutch – Abraham Lincoln
(14:22) Neurosis – Blisters
(21:12) Pink Floyd – Quicksilver
(27:49) Living Colour – Information Overload
(33:56) Judas Priest – Turbo Lover
(39:08) The Doors – Shamans Blues
(43:44) Graveyard – Never Theirs To Sell
(45:58) Kiss – Escape From The Island
(48:47) Kyuss – Tangy Zizzle
(53:57) Slayer – Divine Intervention