The Metal Head

It's been a great run, but all things must end. We hope you've enjoyed this little mellow podcast about heavy music, and have found it useful. Hopefully you'll take the good vibes forward. Please be sure to follow Grace with her writings here: https://proghurst.co.uk/ And Michael/Michelle on their YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotesReviews

On this week's episode, Grace and Michael/Michelle chat about their reactions on the nominations and winners of the 2024 Grammys and what they think about award shows. Have your own questions for us? Send it our way: themetalheadpod@gmail.com We have a YouTube Channel now! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Metal-Head

On this week's episode, we talk about those albums we're most excited for coming out in 2024, and some predictions for the year! Have your own questions for us? Send it our way: themetalheadpod@gmail.com We have a YouTube Channel now! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Metal-Head

It's that time of the year where we look back and identify those albums we loved, and those we didn't. Join us as both Grace and Michael/Michelle talk about those albums they enjoyed, and those they didn't. Have your own questions for us? Send it our way: themetalheadpod@gmail.com We have a YouTube Channel now! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Metal-Head

As we are deep in the holiday season, let's talk about some Christmas music! We also spend a lot of time talking about Peter Gabriel's new album i/o. If you haven't check out our YouTube page yet, now's your chance! We've uploaded this full episode to our youtube channel which you can check out here: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Metal-Head

On today's episode, we have a deep conversation about Spotify Wrapped and alternative streaming sites. We also review the new albums from Earthside and TEMIC. Also, we're on YouTube now! You can find the full visual of our episode here: https://www.youtube.com/@The-Metal-Head

We're on YouTube! You can see our beautiful faces now! On today's episode, we chat about some of the nominees for Metal Hammer's best albums of 2023, and the new Green Lung album. It's a pretty chill episode we hope y'all will enjoy. Vote for your favourite metal album here: https://www.loudersound.com/features/vote-for-the-best-metal-album-of-2023

We're got some great topics on this episode! Mike Portnoy is back in Dream Theater and prog fans rejoice. Devin Townsend makes his film that accompanies The Puzzle public for all to see on YouTube, and Pink Floyd is reissuing Michael/Michelle's favourite Floyd Album! We look at two festivals hitting the circuit in 2024: RiotFest and Bloodstock Festival. We end the episode reviewing the new...

We're back!! Grace is feeling better and we've got a lot of ground to cover. We chat about some new material from King Gizzard, Ghost's retirement of Papa Emeritus IV, and Papa Roach reaching One Billion streams for their track "Last Resort". We also touch upon what's going on with BandCamp. In our Festival Watch, we breakdown the insane lineup that is Sick New World and...

On this episode, Grace and Michael/Michelle chat about concerts they've seen, and concerts they're looking forward to. They also discuss new releases from Baroness and TesseracT. They chat about the new Ozzy podcast, as well as the departure of Marc Martins from Persefone. Finally, they talk about the newly announced Haken North American Tour: An Evening With Haken that Michael/Michelle is...

Welcome back to some chill vibes and heavy music. On today's episode Grace and Michael/Michelle dive into Metallica's new record setting concert, with special celebrity guests in attendance. We also chat about the new Katatonia North American Tour, and the surprise Megadeth guest of Marty Friedman. Michael/Michelle get's a bit personal with some comments made by Alice Cooper, but knows...

On today's episode, we cover a lot of announcements of tours for Metallica, Periphery, and Cattle Decapitation. Michael/Michelle laments about not getting Taylor Swift tickets, and Grace recounts her time at Radarfest and breaking her leg. We also cover the largest recorded concert attendance and chat about the validity of these things, especially when they're free.

We have a stacked episode this week! We're looking at the a bunch of news such as the new track and album announcement from Tesseract, Alice Cooper teaming up with Tom Morello from RAM for the new single off of the new album "Roads", and the Tour announcement with Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie. We also chat about a metal album that really surprised us with The Anchoret and their debut...

On today's episode, Grace and Michael/Michelle chat about new Baroness track and their upcoming album 'Stone'. Michael/Michelle shares a heart warming story about a wall of hugs at a show after a metal head proposed. We then chat about new music from Scar Symmetry and King Gizzard, and end off the episode chatting about our favourite metal releases of the year thus far.

We have a lot on the docket today folks. First, Michael/Michelle and Grace continue their chat about Spotify's AI DJ X, and how the shine has worn off. We then chat about some news painting metalheads in positive lights from a recent Ph. D study. Grace is shocked by the price of North American tickets prices for the up coming Tool show that Michael/Michelle tried to buy tickets for, and we tou...

We cover a lot on this episode, starting with a discussion on Spotify's new AI DJ X. We then dive deep into some news talking about the new permanent drummer of the Foo Fighters and Trent Reznor's new score for the up coming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In the new albums, we chat about the new Sleep Token and The Ocean album. Finally, we end on a fun recap of some of the shows Grace has b...

On this week's episode, Grace and Michel/Michelle chat about Dolly going rock and not being able to do any wrong. We also discuss the latest single from Ghost's EP Pantomime, and get excited for all the new releases coming out today. Two festivals are discussed on our Festival Watch segment. We also have a discussion on the new Bell Witch release, where there's a bit of a disagreement....

Join us this week as we provide some chill vibes with some heavy music. We talk about the potential drummer for the new Foo Fighters album, how metal heads have some of the best self image (according to science!), and how BAMBOOZLE which should have started today is canceled. We also look at a fun death metal from Dødheimsgard, in which both Michael/Michelle and Grace have a fun time trying to pro...

On this week's episode, we talk about the most anticipated metal release of the year: 72 Seasons by Metallica. We also talk about some up coming concerts and festivals with the newly announced tour with BABYMETAL and Dethklok, Dream Theater's DreamSonic with Devin Townsend and Animals as Leaders, and the sold out Sweden Rock Festival. We revisit the Power Trip Festival and discuss how ludi...

On this week's episode, we chat all things BABYMETAL, looking at their new album THE OTHER ONE, and their new member Momometal. We also look at new EPs from Scar Symmetry and Metallica, getting very excited for the upcoming albums. In our Festival Watch, Grace is tempted to head out to LA for the Power Trip Festival. We also review the new album from Liturgy and give it a glowing review. Final...

After a brief hiatus, Grace and Michael/Michelle are back and ready to talk about Metal Music. We looks at some hot news hitting the press such as BABYMETAL open to collaborate with some interesting bands, Avenge Sevenfold's new track, and some new Tool Merch. We also talk about the up coming festival Louder Than Life, which gives us life. We chat about new album releases such as the new Perip...

Grace and Michael sit down to talk about their favourite metal albums of 2022 and their most anticipated albums for 2023. 

Grace is taking this week off, which leaves Michael to wrap up the Christmas season. They chat about their favourite metal Christmas songs and albums, and what they love so much about the Christmas time.

In this week's episode, Grace and Michael discuss the prospects of the new Metallica album, talk about some festivals scheduled for 2023, and review three exciting new albums (ok, only two exciting new albums). The episode concludes with a discussion over concert ticket prices: Are they getting too high??

On this episode, Grace and Michael discuss nomination season with wins at the American Music Awards best Rock album from Ghost, and the Grammy Nominations for Rock and Metal. They also recount their time in Toronto seeing Meanstreak open up for John Petrucci, reunited with Mike Portnoy on the drums.