Heavy Matters

Joey and Venny are joined by the band Still. Fraser and Jack talk about the excellent and unclassifiable (and we still don’t know how to pronounce) album {}, Chip Spice, the music scene in Hull, and the backseat of Fraser’s car…

Are Mastodon’s alternate releases the best? Are Whitechapel the Parkway Drive of Deathcore? And where does Grace Jones’ hula hoop rank in the best all time live appearances? Album Reviews! Mastodon – Hushed and Grim (2mins30sec) Whitechapel – Kin (27mins) Gaahl’s Wyrd – Hushed Mountain (40mins)

Joey and Venny are together in one room. No internet streaming for this episode; only a face-to-face fight to the (slightly hungover) death. Three nuclear blast releases are reviewed this week Album Reviews! Cradle of Filth – Existence is Futile (2mins40sec) Ghost Bath – Self Loather (14mins40sec) Khemmis – Deceiver (31mins45sec)

Joey and Venny discuss a huge mailbag of new releases. Album Reviews: Trivium - In the court of the Dragon (3minutes) 1914 – Where Fear and Weapons Meet (20min15sec) Still { } (38mins20sec)

Joey and Venny speak to the legendary Colin Doran about his latest work in They Fell from the Sky. They discuss the excellent, and long-in-the-making debut Decade, as well as Streaming services, use of videophone during gigs and the relative penis sizes of the band #clickbait

Kim from MØL kindly joins Joey and Venny to discuss the upcoming album Diaroma. Expect insights into the shift to the new label, live performances, vinyl, changes in style, and spicy beanburgers

A ‘Venny’ show this week with three fresh cuts Album Reviews LLNN – Unmaker (1min30sec) MøL – Diorama 15mins(20sec) They Fell from the Sky – Decade (30mins25sec)

Joey and Venny review their collective favourite band Iron Maiden! Its a big review. Spoiler one of the two reviewers gives one of the two albums a 10/10 perfect score, but which album/reviewer will it be??? Album Reviews Iron Maiden - Senjutsu (2mins) Employed To Serve - Conquering (41mins)

Joey and Venny are delighted to be joined by Biggs from Rivers of Nihil to discuss the fantastic new album The Work. The interview is held live and direct from the Tour bus in Arizona (being chased by Rattlesnakes) - apologies for the glitches and abrupt end to the interview. Album Review Rivers of Nihil - The Work (From Start) Interview with Bassist and lyricist Adam Biggs (22mins30sec)

Very strong week for live and album reviews feat three bands close to our hearts Live Reviews! Slamdunk North 2021 - feat Malevolence, Creeper, Funeral for a Friend, Skindred, Bury Tomorrow, While She Sleeps Album Reviews! Between The Buried and Me - Colors II (12mins45sec) Deafheaven - Infinite Granite (28mins10sec) Wolves in the Throne Room - Primordial Arcana (41mins55sec)

Joey and Venny were privileged to be joined by Justine and Sammy from the UKs foremost heavy band Employed to Serve. We talk windcheaters, scatological humour, church road records, the UK scene, Download Pilot, the upcoming Gojira tour and most importantly the imminent release of Conquering.

Joey had a chat with Jim, vocalist with blackened grind band, Mastiff about their new album 'Leave Me The Ashes Of The Earth' due out the 10th September.

Joey & Venny sat down to chat to the absolutely lovely EL, from the three piece instrumental band Mountain Caller'. We talked about their performance at Bloodstock & how you would describe their sound to your Mum.

No messing around today, three blistering new albums from slightly underground bands, plenty to get you ears around. Album Reviews Utopia – Stalker (1mins45sec) Lantlos – Wildhund (16mins30sec) Chaos over Cosmos – The silver linings between the stars (29mins45sec)

Joey sat down with Naut, from Necronautical to discuss their latest (brilliant)album Slain in the Spirt, Bloodstock and Black Metal.

Joey and Venny were honored to be joined by Amos Williams of Tesseract. We talked about the fantastic live stream event P O R T A L S, the pandemic, jib crane cameras, and new music in the pipeline.

Joey had the pleasure of sitting down with Vince, frontman of Fractal Universe. We discuss streaming services, live stream of their latest album & how Vince learned how to play the saxophone in less than two years!!

Joey and Venny Interview Tom and Tim from Sail. We talk about the huge upcoming show at Bloodstock, metal for the masses and the musical scene in the South West. # Apologies for the quality of the audio - there was a time delay and was edited the best as possible #

Wake up and smell the mushrooms Our first ever… Live Review!!!! Raging Speedhorn & Urne: The Anvil Bournemouth 30th July 2021 Album Reviews Times of Grace – Songs of Loss and Separation (13mins30sec) Darkthrone – Eternal Hails… (24mins) Amenra – De Doorn (39mins)

Joey chats with Juame, the man behind one man extreme atmospheric metal project, Eonian. We had a chat about the concept of the album, how he paid for the self release and how he sourced musicians from across the world to contribute.

Joey enjoys a pint of the black stuff and is joined by Venny to discuss a clutch of new releases. For those tuning in for the special segue into 19th century prison design, it happens at 43mins45sec Album Reviews At the gates – The nightmare of being (7mins) Bossk – Migration (19mins40sec) Panopticon – …And again into the light (31mins10sec) Mountain Caller – Chronical: Prologue (48mins30sec)

Joey had the pleasure of speaking to Ragnar, drummer from the tech death metal outfit Ophidian I. The new album is a brilliant piece of work and we chat about it and what the plans are for the touring.

Joey is flying solo on this interview due to Venny saving the planet. Joey had the pleasure of speaking to Shai from Subterranean Masquerade. Talking about the great new album Mountain Fever and the future tours in the pipeline.

Joey and Venny provide the latest updates from Euro2020. Reviews Fear Factory – Aggression continuum (2mins) Fractal Universe – The Impassable Horizon (18mins55sec) NO:IR – Are we really alive? (37mins55sec)

Joey and Venny return! Joey tells us of his forthcoming European escapades at a Heavy Metal Ice Rink Festival Reviews Gojira - Fortitude (5mins 50secs) Crown - The End of all Things (22mins00Sec) Deep Cuts! Satyricon – The shadowthrone (Reissue) (39mins50sec)