Heavy Matters

Join Venny and Joey as they celebrate Venny's XX birthday. The lads also review Tons of Rock 2024 in Oslo. Huge thanks for our travelling companions and the friends we made.

Join us as we sit with vocalist, Karl Middleton from Earthtone 9. We discuss the new album, how Karl keeps his vocals in such superb condition, and, if Earthtone 9 will continue as a band.

Joey and Venny chat about the bands they are most looking forward to seeing at this years Tons of Rock festival.

Joey sat down with Andromeda and talked about Black Metal!!

Joey and Venny talk about the new albums from Earthtone 9 and Pijn.

Join Joey, Venny, Fletch and Tony as they check out the new album ' ΠΡΟ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ (Pro Xristoy)'' from Greek legends Rotting Christ.

Joey sits down with Dustin (vocals) and Scott (drums) from Glassing, to chat about their new album 'From the Other Side of the Mirror'. They talk about the album artwork, Scott's input on his first record with them, and the St Anger snare sound.

Joey and Venny sat down with Grégoire, the frontman of the mighty Thot. They talked about Pelagic Records, collaborations and why he reads every review about the band. Also, we talk about them making their debut at Arctangent festival this summer.

On this episode, Joey and Venny cover albums from Wheel, SVNEATR and Graywave.

Venny had the opportunity to sit and chat with the lovely Andromeda from Folterkammer for an insightful discussion on the band.

Joey had the absolute pleasure of sitting with Apollyon of Coffin Storm. The band features Fenriz and Bestial Tormentor and their debut Arcana Rising is part of the discussion. Having been on the scene playing with bands such as Immortal, Gorgoroth and of course Aura Noir, there was plenty to chat about.

This week, Joey and Venny cover albums from Coffin Storm, Thot and Folterkammer. Three very different, but interesting albums in their own right.

Venny Interviews Allan , the bassist from Dvne on the eve of the release of Voidkind on Metal Blade 19/4. We talk about the new album, killer single Pleroma, touring plans and the live setlist.

Joey and Venny review two Pelagic releases 1) Love Sex Machine - Trve 2) Glassing - From the other side of the mirror (10mins)

Join Joey as he tells Borknagar's Oysten Brun how amazing their new album 'Fall' is. During the chat they discuss the current and previous band members, how long each song takes to create and the fear of their children growing up in the current world.

On this week's show, Fletch & Tony join Joey for live reviews on Napalm Death with Pig Destroyer, Judas Priest & Enslaved. This week's album review is pure filth from Mastiff new album 'Deprecipice' out on the 22nd of March.

Joey sat down with Fae, host of Metal Heads Podcast and Twitter fame. The pair had a fascinating conversation about why she started her podcast, how she deals with unsolicited 'pictures' and THAT question she asked Brian Slagel.

Joey & Venny discuss live gigs from Blaze Bayley, Crowbar and Tesseract. They also discuss the new album from Ministry.

Joey had the pleasure of sitting down with husband and wife, John, and Sophie of Hand of Kalliach. They talk about their new album Corryvreckan, which is out on the 23rd of February on Prosthetic records. How cold that water was when filming for the new video, and about finding babysitters to play live shows!

Venny is joined by HM legends / scribes to discuss new albums from Ihsahn (S/T) and Darkest Hour Perpetual | Terminal

On this week's show, we review the new album from Enterprise Earth out on MNRK Heavy. Plus, the new EP from Andorra's Persefone is out on Napalm Records.

On this week's episode, the lads check out EP's from WASP Mother and Breaths. Short but sweet.

Joey and Venny are back for their first episode of 2024! On this show, they review albums from Mountain Caller and Rough Justice.

We had the pleasure of sitting with all three members of Mountain Caller, El, Simmo and Max. We talked about their new album, the goings on in the band's Whatsapp group and future touring plans.

Heavy Matters scribes Tony Bliss and Chris Fletcher join Joey to discuss their top 20 albums of 2023.