Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Country music platinum star Cody Jinks sits down with Frank Godla to discuss his life as a metal head! The two get into how he got into metal, looking back at how he started his career as a metal musician, how the end of that band is what lead him to be a country artist, how heavy metal still influences how he carries his career as a country artist today, and so much more.


00:00- How Cody got into metal music and created a metal band
04:08 - Coming up in the TX metal scene around Pantera and Lockjaw
04:55 - Looking back on his metal band Unchecked Aggression
08:10- The big transition in his life came from ending his metal band
10:26 - Where country came into his life
11:48- Following his gut as an artist without betrayal
12:55- What the Country scene can learn from the Metal scene
14:20- Calling bullshit on the Country industry from the greats down
16:06 - Similarities between the country greats and the metal greats
17:51- How much of his attitude towards country comes from metal
19:31 - Reflecting on his success as a musician
21:27- Working with Five Finger Death Punch on a massive tour
23:39- Who are Cody Jinks fans, what are they like

Catch Cody on tour with Five Finger Death Punch
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