Talking Bollocks

Support Podcast Patreon This episode's guest is Zoltan Farkas vocalist/guitarist, founder and creator of legendary Hungarian outfit Ektomorf. We start out talking about their great new album "Vivid Black" and what inspired it and that leads to a place that leaves you in no doubt what the underlying motivations were. Sometimes I am lucky enough to speak with people who are willing to go wherever th...

Support The Podcast Patreon Nearly two hours of unplanned off the cuff reviews of twenty three movies and twelve TV Series! Movies: Locked In, Oppenheimer, The Killer, The Creator, The Baker, 20 Days In Mariupol, Bad CGI Gator, Saltburn, The Great Escaper, Trees And Other Entanglements, Killers Of The Flower Moon, Rebel Moon Part One - A Child Of Fire, The Royal Hotel, Dumb money, Amsterdam, Dream...

Support The Podcast For the tenth time in a row the year starts with my favourite albums of the last year but in a first it's a top ten (sort of) instead of a top five. Once all of that is out of the way Heitham of Senser and I have a chat prior to their awesome December show at the 100 club, Oxford Street. We talk music, pandemics and food as well as resolving to have a longer catch up soon. Ther...

Ten Years - Pay Your Debts Yes it's ten years of Talking Bollocks and to celebrate I drafted in my good friend Old Head to interview... Me! We had a blast and I'm sure you'll enjoy hearing all the behind the scenes stories. As always there is a blast through the news which includes: Dismay for Belladonna, distain for Ki$$, praise for Osborne, concern for Rush, honesty from Dickinson & respect...

Support The Podcast This Xmas H & Old Head are back and we bring you our views on new releases from Suffocation, Blink 182, Ektomorf & Alluvial. Plus we look ahead to who is, possibly & hopefully releasing new music in 2024. Video Version

Please Support The Podcast In nearly ten years of this show I have the first instrumental band on the podcast. These guys play in a number of bands as you will hear, the most well known one of which is friends of the show Atheist. With a new Fermentor album about to drop the lads got in touch and I am so glad they did as the twisted metal landscapes these guys create are quite something to behold....

Support The Podcast I catch up with former Motörcast guest and bootmaker extraordinaire Pascal Davayat. He has made boots for so many famous rockers like Lemmy and Dee Snider but his own story is even more amazing. We touch on all sorts of topics from music to film from architectural brutalism to the Bullet Boys and don't forget nearly being run over by Warren Beatty and lots of 80s metal chat! Th...

Support The Podcast It's that time again where I delve in to what I've been watching so you don't have to. Twenty movies and eleven TV series are coming your way in this episode. Movies: Kandahar, Blood And Gold, Blood And Money, The Forever Purge, Killer Book Club, Kajaki The True Story, Sympathy For The Devil, Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Bollocks, The Hired Gun, Tenet, Mom And Dad, Reptile, Na...

Fucking Patreon It's time for Igor and I to have a chat without Max. For their debut album it was all three of us but Igor has taken the reins of this album and made it his own and whilst traveling across the US on tour he tells me all about it. He reveals all about his many projects and also the "real" job he had to do whilst writing this album. Then there is the news (which includes a musical in...

Support Talking Bollocks Patreon     A Year In Horror Podcast My friend Paul Waller of A Year In Horror asked me if I wanted to go to the relaunch of Hammer films and see the premiere of Jekyll starring Eddie Izzard. My answer was of course I do and this is what happened. 

Support Me (Howard NOT him!) It's time for your favourite reviewers to get stuck into some new releases and this month the targets in our sites are........ Cannibal Copse, Prong, Dying Fetus, Capra, Somnuri, Filth Is Eternal, Go Ahead & Die, AsInHell, Eradikated, & The Lion's Daughter. This Is Old Bollocks. Video - Old Head YouTube

Podcast Patreon It's been a while but Tommy Victor is back on the show! In this chat we get down to talking about the new Prong album State Of Emergency pretty quickly which is with good reason. Firstly it is why Tommy is doing a ton of interviews and secondly I want to talk about an album that will almost certainly be in my top five of 2023. There is also a bit of a good vibes news section that i...

Support The Fucking Podcast Miles is back and with lots to tell us all about upcoming Noise Records news. We have a great chat around all things music business, trends in the current climate, metal as a major label imprint and what a nice guy Nikki Sixx is! Plus the usual round up of news that isn't news and one particular band and booker who would appear to try to be recreating the late 90's. On...

Give Me Money! Burn The Clowns Chupacabra is a great track. Myself Nige & Heather discuss all things Chupacabra and their debut EP. From it's inception and writing through lockdown to eventual recording, release and how Nige got involved with D.X. Ferris and the Talkin' Slayer Podcast. There is the usual run through the news in an more unusual way. This Is Backwards Bollocks. Video Interview C...

Support The Fucking Podcast! Brandon comes on my podcast after I guested on his excellent Disturbing The Priest Podcast. We both rattle away about metal, Mustaine, Metallica and lots, lots more hope you can keep up. This Is Brandon Battick's  Bollocks. Video Interview Disturbing The Priest Podcast

Support Podcast Patreon It's been two years since Kelly and I last had a chance to catch up and a lot has happened. Till The Dirt, is Kelly's "other" band and have just put out their groundbreakingly brilliant debut album but as you will hear nothing is that straight forward. This is a real in depth conversation about every aspect of being in a band. From huge highs to catastrophic lows. Kelly als...

Support Podcast Patreon Ol is back and if you have ever heard of the four Yorkshiremen sketch? Well this is the thrash metal hour long equivalent! Not really BUT we do cover a huge amount of topics during this free-range conversational wander. Of course we cover the new album but we also get to song writing process, singing lessons, hyper focus, ADHD, moaners, the past, the present and the future....

Support Podcast Patreon We are back and we have new music to talk about! So stand by for our pronouncements on Till The Dirt, Skindred, The Fierce And The Dead, Cavalera, The Idiots, In Flames and The Gorge. This Is Old Bollocks. Old Head YouTube

Support Podcast Patreon It's that time again when I share what I think of what I have been watching since the last episode came out. As always I get through as many as possible in an effort to maybe help you decide what to watch one night. This episode contains reviews of 17 movies and 8 TV Series. This Is Movie Bollocks.

Support Podcast Patreon Everything is different as it's an album release episode! News From The Invisible World came out on July 28th and I got to chat all about it with Matt & Kev. We end up discussing a lot more besides as this is a band with a LONG and somewhat complex past hence this is their first album for a very long time and first with vocals! There is lots to talk about. There is a so...

Support Podcast Patreon In this episode I get to catch up with all around Metal Label Legend Julie Weir. Not only is Julie responsible for signing the three biggest UK metal bands of the last 30 years but she also now runs the Sony Music imprint Music For Nations. In a free flowing chat we get to cover everything from how the business has evolved and what young bands need to do now through to comp...

Support Podcast Patreon The most self explanatory episode title I think I've ever had, it's time for the return of everyone's favourite Slayer author to the podcast DX Ferris! Yes we cover the hell out of Slayer and the whole Talkin' Slayer Podcast concept, delivery and launch. As well as a bunch of other stuff that has nothing to do with Slayer more life in general. There is also a reduced but no...

Support The Podcast Patreon This month we get stuck into new releases from: DevilDriver, Creeping Death, Nemesis, Vomitory, Avenged Sevenfold & we accidentally stumbled into covering the new Slipknot "EP" as well. There are also musings on: What happens when bands change direction and who it effects and how, Local Death Metal live shows, Pitbull's, Chips, Salt, Crisps and all the usual hands acros...

Support Podcast Patreon In this episode I am able to catch up with friend of the show and all round top man Jon Gallant bass player with those legendary Canadians Billy Talent. We discuss the bands rise and rise throughout Europe where they have become firm favourites due to constant touring over the last twenty (!) years. This also takes place at the venue so a real throwback to old episodes for...

Support Podcast Patreon In this episode I welcome to the podcast one of the first ever female tour managers, Kim Hawes. We discuss her career working with Motorhead, Rush, Elvis Costello and Black Sabbath to name a few and we also get into the business of touring, how you break into the industry and of course her fantastic book that has just come out "Lipstick And Leather". Plus the usual news fea...