Heavy Matters

Joey caught up with Matt from King Parrot before their show in Dublin supporting Pantera.

On the latest episode, Joey and Venny discuss new albums from Charlie Griffiths (Tiktaalika) and Wren.

Join us as we sit down with Charlie Griffiths of Haken and talk about his new solo album 'Gods of Pangaea'. We also wander off on a tangent talking about the latest albums from Opeth, and Dream Theatre. Plus, Charlie throws out some of the best prog albums you may never heard of.

Joey had the chance to sit down with Joe James, organiser and booker for Radar Festival. Throughout this chat, the pair talk about the festival's conception right through to this year’s line-up. Along the way, they also chat about bands on the wish list and the state of festivals/ gigs today.

We take a look ahead to albums, gigs and festivals lineups for 2025.

Joey & Venny are joined by Fletch and Tony to discuss their top 20 albums of 2024.

Its the big show of the year! Joey and Venny countdown their top 20 aoty of 2024

Joey sat face-to-face with Taran and Gav from Bicurious at The Grand Social. Hot off the release of their new album 'Your Life is Over Now' the lads get into the topic of Arctangent, the new album and headlining Download.

Check out the latest interview 'Fletch' did with Divine Solitude. They chat about the workings of a one-man-band and the upcoming Xmas song that is out soon.

Joey and Venny grab some time with Ari and Luke from Hidden Mothers. Their new album Erosion/ Avulsion is out on the 29th of November on Church Road Records.

We review albums from Hidden Mothers, out on Church Road Records on the 29th of November. And Still out on Floodlit Records on the 15th of November. What a time for UK heavy music!!

Joey and Venny ask Greg and Callum from Codespeaker questions. Their new album, Scavenger, is out on Ripcords Records on November 8th. They talk about making the record, whether to print vinyl, and Sleep Token.

Fraser and Jack of Still join Joey for a lovely catch-up. They talk about their new album, 'A Theft,' Fraser's coming out of his shell, and the grief surrounding writing it. We also slag each other off a fair bit.

On this week's show, we check out albums from, Iotunn, Gaerea, Codespeaker, Devin Townsend and Fit for an Autopsy.

Joey had the pleasure of chatting to King Parrot vocalist, Matt Young. They discuss the upcoming Pantera tour, breaking it in and out of Australia and sobriety.

In this episode, Joey and Venny provide a whistle-stop tour of the recent events in music, gigs and albums. They talk about the bands added to ATG and Tons of Rock 2025. Discuss Damnation festival. Review gigs from Health, Batushka and Xentrix. Also, here is a quick chat about albums from Still, 1349, Delta Sleep and Codespeaker.

Venny is joined by Tony and Fletch to discuss new albums from 1) The Black Dahlia Murder - Servitude 2) Heriot - Devoured by the mouth of hell (21mins) 3) LiZzard - Mesh (35 mins)

On the latest episode, Joey and Venny review albums from Mork and Giant Walker.

Join Venny and Joey as they discuss new albums from Winterfylleth and Zetra.

Joey meets Leif, from Metal Heads Against Bullying. Leif talks about the vitally important work they do and shares some shocking statistics from Norway about suicides and bullying. Please, follow them on Instagram (metalheads_against_bullying) and check out their website www.against-bullying.com.

Join Joey and Venny as they chat about ATG 2024. Bands, beers and friendship!

We finally made it to 100 episodes! We recorded this from ATG 2024 with our good friends in tow. Thank you to all who have helped us along this journey that is Heavy Matters. Here is to episode 200!

Join Joey and Joe. E (drummer from Kurokuma) as they discuss the wicked new album ‘Of Amber and Sand’ out on the 9th of August 2024. They discuss drum set-up, touring and upping the production on their latest album.

Joey and Venny spend a good bit of time drilling into this years stacked ATG lineup and offer up some suggestions of some bands to check out.

Joey couldn't say no when the opportunity to interview John Bush came about. They talked about the secret to a long marriage, the new band Category 7, and, if he ever through he'd be starting a new band after all these years in the music business.