WARFORGED | Progressive Death Metal | Max Damske | Full Podcast

Get ready for an in-depth Shred Sessions Podcast with Max Damske, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Chicago progressive death metal band Warforged. Over the course of nearly two hours, we dive deep into the creative mind behind one of the most exciting up-and-coming bands in modern progressive metal.Warforged has built a reputation for blending crushing technical death metal with cinematic atmosphere, progressive songwriting, and incredible musicianship. With their newest album arriving through The Artisan Era, home to some of the biggest names in technical death metal, including Inferi, the band offers a new record entitled "The Grove |Almanac."In this conversation, Max discusses his songwriting process, the bands and guitarists that shaped his playing, the music that continues to inspire him, and how Warforged developed its signature sound. We also nerd out over guitar gear, favorite guitars, amplifiers, pedals, recording techniques, and the latest developments in digital amp modeling, including the exciting possibilities of NAM A2 technology.Whether you're a guitarist, songwriter, producer, gear enthusiast, or simply a fan of progressive metal, technical death metal, djent, or modern extreme music, there's something here for you.In this episode:• The story behind Warforged and its musical evolution• Writing progressive and technical death metal• Max's biggest musical influences• Favorite bands, albums, and guitar players• Guitar tone, amps, pedals, and recording• NAM A2 amp modeling and the future of digital guitar technology• Creativity, songwriting, and composing long-form music• Gear talk and plenty of guitar nerd discussions