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Episode 197. The Real Rovb Taylor brings you his selection of the finest new and upcoming death metal and black metal releases for June 2024. Featuring new music from cover stars HERIOT, plus MALICE, NILE, ABOMINY, SKULLDOZER, IMPACT APPROVED and more. Full track list at go.pomona.rocks/197 #pomonarocksextreme #deathmetal #blackmetal #extrememetal #heavymetal #podcast #newepisode #newmusic This is...

Episode 198. Tom Featherstone presents another selection of essential new alternative rock and metal releases as we head into June 2024. Featuring new music from FAILSTATE, THE GREETING, PIG, ONE MORNING LEFT, CHANGE PERSONA and more. Full track list at https://go.pomona.rocks/198 #pomonarocksalt #podcast #newmusic #newepisode #heavymetal #alternativemetal #alternativerock #altmetal #altrock #alte...

Episode 196. The Real Rob Taylor brings you another prime selection of new and upcoming progressive rock and metal releases for May 2024. Featuring new music from cover stars MODERN MIMES, plus EL MOONO, SUNNATA, THUS, JAMART, THE WIND COVENANT, FOUR STROKE BARON and more. Full track list at https://go.pomona.rocks/196 #pomonarocksprog #progressiverock #progressivemetal #progrock #podcast #newmusi...

Episode 194. The Real Rob Taylor presents fifteen laid-back tracks for May 2024. Featuring new music from cover star WAXAMILLION, plus EXPLORING BIRDSONG, THE SUBTHEORY, KELSEY MICHAEL, WILD HORSE, MADS SAYCE, EDENYA and lots more. Full track list at https://go.pomona.rocks/194 BE A HERO. Help us out at https://ko-fi.com/pomonarocks This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...

Episode 195. Tom Featherstone presents 16 essential NEW alternative rock and metal releases for May 2024. Featuring new music from CREEPER, plus EVILLE, PEACHED, EL MOONO, MARISA AND THE MOTHS, SCIENCE MADE US ROBOTS, VESPERWYND and more. Full track list at https://go.pomona.rocks/195 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...

Episode 193. The Real Rob Taylor presents eighteen essential new extreme metal releases for May 2024. Featuring new music from cover stars ESCUELA GRIND, plus UNBORN GENERATION, HORRIBLE, BRAZEN TONGUE, ZERO ONE, EXILIUM NOCTIS, EARTHTONE9 and more. Full track list available at go.pomona.rocks/193 YOUR NAME HERE! Support Pomona Rocks on Ko-Fi and get your name credited on future episodes. Find out...

Episode 192. Twelve new power metal releases for May 2024. Featuring new music from cover stars VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, plus NATTHAMMER, FLOODFALL, UNLEASH THE ARCHERS, DRAGONFORCE, HYPERSONIC and more. Full track list at https://go.pomona.rocks/192 Produced and presented by the Real Rob Taylor. YOUR NAME HERE: Support Pomona Rocks on Ko-Fi and get credited in future episodes! Find out more at https:...

Episode 191. Tom Featherstone presents 14 new metalcore and deathcore releases for May 2024. Featuring new music from cover stars VENUES, plus CAGE FIGHT, DAEDRIC, VEXED, SILENT THEORY, NUMENTO, AVRALIZE and more. Full playlist at https://go.pomona.rocks/191 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pomonarocks.substac...

Episode no.189. The Real Rob Taylor presents his selection of the best new progressive rock and metal releases for April 2024. Featuring new music from cover stars FROGG, plus ISAHN, RICHARD HENSHALL, URAGH, COUCH SLUT, ALASE, EVERGREY, VOLUCRINE and more. Full track list at https://go.pomona.rocks/189 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

RICH and PETE who together make up WE THREE KINGS meet the REAL ROB TAYLOR ahead of their headline gig at LOCK 91 in Manchester on February 1st 2024. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pomonarocks.substack.com

On January 12th 2024, death metal legends-in-the-making CARIOSUS release their first full-length album WILL, UNTIL BEAUTY. Vocalist and bassist ALEX PFISTER joined an awestruck Real Rob Taylor for a preview of the album and to listen to the first single from it, APOLLO'S LAMENT. Shareable link: https://go.pomona.rocks/cariosus 5jeanuY0Agz08Hmn9TNa This is a public episode. If you would like to dis...

DAN KINNALEY of THE HOLY NOTHING meets the REAL ROB TAYLOR to talk about the band's debut EP VOL 1: A PROFOUND AND NAMELESS FEAR and brings us the single MONDEGREEN. Sharing link: https://go.pomona.rocks/theholynothing This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pomonarocks.substack.com

Mellow prog trio EXPLORING BIRDSONG played the main stage at RADAR 2023 last week. After watching their set, the REAL ROB TAYLOR caught up with them in a very noisy press room to discover how the gig felt for them, about their upcoming work and how to deal with the luxury of space. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, v...

Edinburgh-based prog-metallers TIBERIUS hot-footed it down to RADAR 2023 in Manchester where they chatted with the Real Rob Taylor about their sci-fi influences, their creative process and the art of making videos in your pants. Find Tiberius at https://wearetiberius.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pomona...

SAM VALLEN and JIM GREY of CALIGULA'S HORSE met the REAL ROB TAYLOR ahead of their set at RADAR 2023 at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, where they talked about jetlag, Aussie pub rock and the prescience of songwriting into the pandemic. Find Caligula's Horse at https://caligulashorse.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo...

Oli and Nathan from UK alt-punk band FORAGER meet the REAL ROB TAYLOR backstage at RADAR 2023 in Manchester, where they talked about their favourite live venues, the best way to write songs and the importance of fun. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pomonarocks.substack.com

Bristolian maniacs PHOXJAW have carved their own very distinct niche in rock with their own unique sound, best described as extreme prog metal. JOSH, DANNY and ALEX from Phoxjaw in what was honestly the quietest spot we could find in GULLIVERS in Manchester’s Northern Quarter ahead of their headline gig there, and I began by asking them how many times they’d played in Manchester so far. Phoxjaw's...

MATT CALDWELL, vocalist and frontman of Canadian metallers AS WE SUFFER joins the Real Rob Taylor to talk us through their debut album, THE FALLEN PILLARS, gives us a glimpse into their second album coming in 2024, and shares the names of bands we should be seeking out on the underground metal scene right now. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge...

BAD HERITAGE are a heavy rock quartet who have really hit their stride in 2022. Their latest single SAVIOUR CONTROL, out on October 21st, is to be followed by a string of new releases. Amelia, Lauren and Johnny from Bad Heritage sat down with the Real Rob Taylor for this exclusive interview just moments ahead of their gig at THE PEER HAT in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Hear SAVIOUR CONTROL in th...

THE BATTERY FARM are a gutter punk quartet whose harshly crafted sounds are reflected in the ferocity of their live shows. Ahead of their new album FLIES, the REAL ROB TAYLOR caught up with Ben and Dom, the frontman and guitarist from the Battery Farm, at the Rose and Monkey in Manchester. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epi...

DANNY BEARDSLEY has been playing guitar since he was just nine years old and is founder of the Parallax Method who’ve put out two EPs so far and have an album in the works. In various forms he’s played festivals including Download, Bloodstock, UK Tech Fest, Hard Rock Hell and more. Danny’s NEW solo album CHASE THE SUN is out on 24th June 2022. He joined me to walk us through a selection of tracks...

Guitar legend GABE MANGOLD from extreme metallers ENTERPRISE EARTH generously took some time out before their gig at REBELLION in Manchester to talk with me in the beer garden of the venue about surviving the tour, the state of the music industry and the possiblity of a collaboration with one or more of their touring bandmates. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...

LEWIS MACRAE of RITUALS brings us a playthrough of the title track from the band's debut EP AWAKE, released on Friday 3rd September. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pomonarocks.substack.com

TOM HAMILTON of LITTLE TRIGGERS joins me with a preview of the Liverpool duo's new single YEH MAN and talks about the band's origins, being inspired by watching the news and why rock n roll matters. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pomonarocks.substack.com

FABIO NANIA of London-based pop-punk rockers THE KANZ joins me with the band's latest single BORDERLINE and compares songwriting to micturation while I compare their release schedule to Covid. DO NOT MISS IT! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pomonarocks.substack.com