Metallica, here they come, the kings of metal! On I burn

On I burn What's up, Metal Up Your Podcast family?

Clint here to bring you, you unfortunately some somber news.

Ethan Luck, my co-host of nearly seven years, has decided to step away from the podcast for personal reasons.

He's prepared a message for all of you that we'll listen to now, and then I'll come back and talk about how we're all going to move forward together.

Here he is.

Greetings, Metal Up Your Podcast, community. I'm just going to move forward together. Here he is. Greetings, met up your podcast community.

I'm just going to go ahead and call you family because that's what you are.

I wanted to make a quick video for you all to kind of update you.

I've been taking a little bit of a break from the show.

And in that time, you know, a lot of things have been happening in life.

And I have made the decision to not come back to the show.

So I will be leaving.

The show is obviously in good hands, and I hope you guys continue to support it and keep listening.

I am very, very proud of what the two of us have built over the last six and a half years.

The best way to describe it is mind-blowing because I never thought in 2017 it would grow to what it is today.

And for that, I'm forever thankful.

I'm thankful for every single listener who has devoted the time, the many hours into our episodes,

for becoming patrons, for buying merch, for coming to the parties, meeting up at tour shows we have,

or, you know, just on the road in general, or even around Nashville. I really have nothing else to compare it to.

It's even different from being like in a band and stuff like that. But I hope you guys will

continue to support the show, like I said. And this is just, you know, a new season in life that

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