Free With This Months Issue

For episode 41 it's another special crossover episode with the excellent Kerrang Back Issues podcast as Steven joins us to talk about Kerrang's New Metal Messiah's tape from June 1995. The tape's full tracklisting is - 1 – Cathedral - Vampire Sun (Demo Version) 2 – Paradise Lost - Hallowed Land 3 – Pitch Shifter - Nowhere Is Everywhere (Free Dum Of Choice Mix) 4 – My Dying Bride - The Cry Of Manki...

For our 40th episode, we finally collect the full set of Colin's Shipwrecked & Comatose cohosts as Kurt North joins us to talk about Q Magazine's Ahk-Toong Bay-Bi Covered from October 2011, which is a full tribute album to U2's Achtung Baby. The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 - Nine Inch Nails - Zoo Station 2 - U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing (Jacques Lu Cont Mix) 3 - Damien Rice - One 4 -...

In episode 39 Ben Crudgington (who previously worked for Terrorizer & Rock Sound) joins us again to talk about Radio Kerrang! Volume 2 from May 1997. The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 - Coal Chamber - Introduction 2 - Paradise Lost - Soul Courageous 3 - Handsome - Going To Panic 4 - Horny Toad - Shiver 5 - Fear Factory - Remanufacture 6 - Napalm Death - Breed To Breathe 7 - Acrimony - Find The...

In episode 38 Comedian & Podcaster Edy Hurst joins us to talk about The Sunday Times' Anarchy In The UK - 30 Years Of Punk Volume 1 from May 2007. The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 – Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK (demo) 2 – The Damned - New Rose 3 – Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone (Live) 4 – The Stranglers - Peaches (Live) 5 – Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World (Acoustic Version) 6 – X-Ray...

In episode 37 Rachel from Moshermags joins us again to talk about Rock Sound's Music With Attitude Volume 6 from October 1999. The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 – Coal Chamber - Notion 2 – Filter - Cancer 3 – My Ruin - Terror 4 – Guano Apes - Maria 5 – Godsmack - Moon Baby 6 – Sugar Plum Fairies - Somewhere Inside 7 – Stabbing Westward - Torn Apart 8 – Atari Teenage Riot - Atari Teenage Riot II 9...

In episode 36 we're joined by Will & Liz from the utterly brilliant How D'Ya Like Me Now podcast, to talk about Kerrang's The Devil Music Volume 4 from March 2002. The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 – A - Took It Away 2 – Pitchshifter - Down 3 – Echobrain - Spoonfed 4 – Lit - Everything's Cool 5 – Bad Religion - The Defense 6 – The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House 7 – Fu Manchu - Hang On 8 –...

In episode 35 we're joined by Stand Up Comedian, Podcaster, and bloke Colin went to school with, Michael Dryburgh (From the excellent Mixtapes With Mike podcast) to talk about Uncut's Best of 2021 cd which is so new that it's still in the shops at the time of recording. The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 – The War On Drugs - Harmonia's Dream 2 – Cassandra Jenkins - Michelangelo 3 – The Coral - Vaca...

For episode 34 it's a special crossover episode with the excellent Kerrang Back Issues podcast as Steven joins us to talk about Kerrang & Music For Nations' Kolossal Komplimentary Kassette, the first ever free tape from Kerrang from November 1994. The tape's full tracklisting is - 1 – Warrior Soul - The Drug 2 – Apes, Pigs, & Spacemen - Do I Need This 3 – Demolition 23 - Nothin's Alright 4...

In episode 33 we're joined by Tom Austin-Morgan from the brilliant documentary podcast Banned Biographies, and new bass player for UK Punk legends Sham 69 to talk about Kerrang's Reload from September 2003. The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 – Rancid - David Courtney 2 – Probot - Centuries Of Sin 3 – To My Surprise - Get It To Go 4 – Poison The Well - For A Banaged Iris 5 – A - Full Pelt 6 – Funera...

In episode 32 we're joined by Esmé from the fantastic podcast Hide From Time, and the black metal bands Penance Stare & Petrine Cross to talk about the Melody Maker's thoroughly controversial "Born To Do It Better" from October 2000. The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 – JJ72 - Desertion 2 – King Adora - The Law 3 – At The Drive-In - One Armed Scissor 4 – Lauren Laverne - If You Phone 5 – My Vit...

In episode 31 Rachel Branson from the utterly brilliant Mosher Mags Instagram account returns to talk about Kerrang Presents Nirvana Nevermind Forever from September 2011. The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 – Arcane Roots - Smells Like Teen Spirit 2 – Framing Hanley - In Bloom 3 – Deaf Havana - Come As You Are 4 – Rise To Remain - Breed 5 – Francesqa - Lithium 6 – Young Guns - Polly 7 – The Dilling...

In episode 30 we're joined by a former alumnus of both Terrorizer & Rock Sound, Ben Crudgington. A man who decided it wasn't enough to just listen to free covermount cds, he got a job where he got to compile them and even got his face on the cover! Ben joins us to talk about Terrorizer's Fear Candy 08, a cd he compiled from October 2004. Due to Ben's excellent insider knowledge we also learn a...

In episode 29, Sarah Daniels joins us for another summer festival special to talk about Melody Maker presents Reading '98 from August 1998. The cd's full tracklisting is - 1 – Garbage - Hammering In My Head 2 – Ash - A Life Less Ordinary (Tim Simenon Mix) 3 – Foo Fighters - Hey, Johnny Park! 4 – The Divine Comedy - Commuter Love 5 – Kenickie - Run Me Over 6 – Supergrass - Cheapskate 7 – A - Five I...

In episode 28, Carl Bryan from the Cerebral Jukebox and Shipwrecked & Comatose podcasts joins us to talk about Kerrang Magazine's The Devils Music - Volume 3 from March 2001. The cd's full tracklisting is - 1 – Fear Factory - What Will Become 2 – Sepultura - One Man Army 3 – Defenestration - Thrill Of The Chase 4 – Dog Fashion Disco - Leper Friend 5 – Alien Ant Farm - Wish 6 – 28 Days - Rollin...

In episode 27, Cyborg musician Kris Halpin (Dyskinetic) joins us to talk about Select Magazine's Be There Now from November 1997. The cd's full tracklisting is - 1 – Radiohead - Lurgee 2 – Wire – Outdoor Miner 3 – Ether – He Say Yeah 4 – Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water 5 – Feline - Release 6 – Electronic – Get The Message 7 – Dubstar - Wearchest 8 – Bentley Rhythm Ace – Midlander (There Can Only...

In episode 26, George Mannion from the utterly fantastic Flawless: A Music Podcast, joins us to talk about Metal Hammer's Killing Cuts 4 from October 1997. The cd's full tracklisting is - 1 – Machine Head – Struck A Nerve (Live in Stockholm) 2 – One Minute Silence - Norf*ckinmality 3 – Deicide – Serpents Of The Light 4 – Strapping Young Lad - Detox 5 – Fear Factory – Flashpoint (Chosen Few Mix) 6...

In episode 25 we celebrate Free With This Month's Issue's 2nd birthday by once again inviting our long suffering wives Helen Jackson-Brown & Lydia Clarke to talk about CD 2 of Kerrang! 2 – The Album from November 2001. The cd's full tracklisting is - 1 – Limp Bizkit – Rollin (Air Raid Vehicle) 2 – Linkin Park - Crawling 3 – Marilyn Manson – Disposable Teens 4 – Blink 182 – Rock Show 5 – Wheatu...

In episode 24 Shayan S, the guitarist/vocalist/multi instrumentalist behind Iranian black metal alchemists Trivax (as well as guitars in the Palaeolithic black metal band Wyrdstaef alongside Ian) joins us to talk about Kerrang's Remastered – Metallica's Master of Puppets Revisited from April 2006 to commemorate 35 Years of one of the greatest Metal albums ever recorded. The cd's full tracklisting...

In episode 23 Mark Adams, the man of a thousand podcasts (including Life's Milestones, Shipwrecked & Comatose, Super Tat Film Club, Right In The Childhood & More) joins us to talk about NME's Clean Sweep: Live at The London Astoria '98 from March 1998. The cd's full tracklisting is - 1 – Super Furry Animals – Bad Behaviour (Live) 2 – Stereophonics - Traffic (Live) 3 –Travis – Good Feeling...

Following on from last years Christmas Special Jayde & Westie return to play Russian Roulette with a pile of cds! Last year we pulled the trigger and had a Metal Hammer CD fired at our eardrums so that left 5 CD's in the chamber (Radio Kerrang Volume 1, Mojo's Blue Christmas, X-Ray volume 11, & Rock Sound Music With Attitude 32) and allowed fate to choose which one we were going to talk ab...

In episode 21 Simon Jones from one of Colin's favourite ever bands, Chichester's utterly fantastic but sadly disbanded post rock legends Hope Of The States, joins us to talk about Melody Maker & BBC Radio 1 present Steve Lamacq's Bootleg Session cassette from March 1998. The tape's full tracklisting is - 1 – Gold Blade – Stricyly Hardcore Evening Session Jingle 2 – Ash – Let It Flow (BBC Sessi...

In episode 20 Rachel Branson from the utterly brilliant Mosher Mags Instagram account joins us to talk about NME & Green Day present Generation Punk from June 2005 The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 – My Chemical Romance – Give 'Em Hell, Kid 2 – The Distillers – Drain The Blood 3 –Generation X – Kiss Me Deadly 4 – Operation Ivy - Knowledge 5 – AFI – The Days Of The Phoenix 6 – The Stooges – I G...

In Episode 19 Derrek Carriveau from the “I F*cking Love This Record” podcast joins us to talk about Mojo Magazine's Teen Spirit (15 Noise-Filled Classics from the American Underground Scene 1989-1992) from October 2017. The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 – Rocket From The Crypt – Short Lip Fuser 2 – Afghan Whigs – I'm Her Slave 3 – The Jesus Lizard - Gladiator 4 – Urge Overkill – The Kids Are Insan...

In episode 18 stand up comedian, podcaster, musician, and Colin's old schoolfriend, Michael Dryburgh (from the excellent Mixtapes With Mike podcast) joins us to talk about Q Magazine's Really Free from November 1994. In between the recording and release of this episode Q Magazine has sadly announced that the July 2020 issue will be their final issue. Big thanks to all Q 's contributors past and pr...

In Episode 17 Charly Lombardi joins us to talk about Bang Magazine's This Sh%t Is Immortal from May 2003. The CD's full tracklisting is - 1 - Hot Hot Heat - Aveda 2 - The Darkness - The Best Of Me 3 - Electric Six - Naked Pictures 4 - Gold Chains - Code Red 5 - Ladytron - Blue Jeans 6 - Interpol - Roland 7 - The Postal Service - Such Great Heights 8 - Brendan Benson - You're Quiet 9 - James Mercer...