Heavy Matters

Join Joey and Venny as they discuss their 20 favourite albums from 2023.

Joey and Venny catch up with Lauren and Simon from Torpor. Having just released their latest album Abscission they talked about the writing process and why it isn't a double album. They also talk about ArcTanGent festival and cider.

After a bit of a break, Joey and Venny are back. In this episode, Venny shares his live review of Thy Art is Murder, Whitechapel and FFAA. the lads also review the new album from Dying Wish, which is out on the 3rd of November 2023.

Joey and Venny had the opportunity to speak to James Monteith, guitarist from Tesseract. Hot off the release of their new album 'War of Being', they talked about whether this is their best-ever album. We also asked James about his favourite releases he has worked on this year, through his Hold Tight PR company.

Joey grabbed some time with 'Jimbob' from Silverburn. They released their new album Self Induced Transcendental Annihilation in August, Here, they discuss how Jimbob quit music for two years to come back with a ripper of an album. Also, how their debut Arctangent went down and how he picked his live band.

Joey & Venny had the pleasure of chatting with an old school friend in Kaan Tasan, vocalist in Heart of a Coward. Along with reminiscing about days gone by, they also talked about their new album 'This Place Only Brings Death' out on the 22nd of September, upcoming tours and how the album comes full circle.

Joey and Venny had the pleasure of chatting with Josh from Sylosis. They chat about their reaction to the new album 'A Sign of Things to Come' their fanbase and a lot about Pantera.

Joey jumped at the chance to speak to Fires in the Distance. If you haven't heard their incredible new album 'Air Not Meant for Us' yet, you need to change that. Plenty of good times to be found in the chat.

Joey and Venny are joined by Fletch and Tony on this week's show. They talked about live reviews from Trviuim and Obituary. Album reviews include Dying Fetus and Sylosis.

Joey and Venny met with James McHenry of Blind Equation to get a lesson in Cybergrind. They chat about what drew James to the scene, the longevity of Cybergrind and James being a perfectionist on his albums. The new album 'Death Awaits' drops on the 15th of September on Prosthetic Records

Joey and Venny relive their favourite moments from ATG 2023 from what was another fantastic year. This festival has something special that the lads can't put their finger on, but they try to explain it as best they can. Covering bands from The Ocean, Holy Fawn, Liturgy, Death Goals, LLNN and, oh the list goes on!

Joey and Venny review Bloodstock 2023.

We had the pleasure to sit and chat with Pupil Slicer the day after they played the Wednesday of ATG 2023. A lovely chat and a few stories including drinking ale shandy and how hard they were pushed in the studio making their new album 'Blossom'.

Can you smeelllll the White Russians?! Joey and Venny give you their view on what bands to check out amongst a hugely stacked lineup. Venny breaks some bad news to Joey (warning: clash trigger alert) and we discuss who'll look better in a pink Sunbather t-shirt.

Joey and Venny sit down to discuss which bands they are most looking forward to seeing at Bloodstock. Venny also gives a weather update for the weekend, which band guitar tone makes him smile, and brings Joey down to earth.

A detailed review following Joey's recent sojourn to Oslo Skip to 26mins for the Pantera Review

Joey had the opportunity to talk about all things Black Metal with Matteo, frontman of London- based Calligram. With the new album 'Position| Momentum out on the 11th of July, they discussed the approach to writing the new album, vocal styles and why the lyrics are in Italian.

Joey had the pleasure to chat with Joe from Urne. They talked about their new album 'A Feast on Sorrow', imposter syndrome and how they ended up working with Joe from Gojira on the album.

Joey and Venny catch up after a while for a bit of a catch up show Live Reviews Coheed and Cambria (Glasgow Galvanisers 11/6) - 1min Puscifer (Glasgow Academy 12/6) - 5mins The Mars Volta (Glasgow Barrowlands 16/6) - 9mins30sec Live Previews Tons of Rock Oslo 21-23/6 - 13mins45sec Album Reviews! Dodheimsgard - Black Medium Current - 16mins Grant the Sun - Voyage 22min22sec Scar Symmetry - Singular...

Joey is in early with the cheap shots. We summarise what we've been listening to, before diving into two new releases. Album Reviews Pupil Slicer - Blossom Red Cain - Nae Bliss (19mins)

One album show for Joey and Venny today. Lazy

Joey and Venny discuss albums from Death Goals - 'A Garden of Dead Flowers' and Herod 'The Iconoclast'. Both are out ont he 5th of May and deserve your attention. Venny also gives tells us about how much the Death Goals album resonates with him.

Joey sat down with Sam from Sydney-based Blackened- hardcore band Lo! The two had a chat about their new album 'The Gleaners', getting covered in pink sludge in the name of art, and cock socks.

Joey and Venny (Devin Townsend) had the pleasure to sit and chat with Robin Staps from The Ocean. The three got to discuss the new album 'Holocene', which is out on the 19th of May on Pelagic Records. They explore the band's progression into more synth on the new album, as well as the contribution by the incredible vocalist Karin Park. Listen out for Robin's tips on albums to look...

Joey returns from sunning himself in the south of Spain to drag himself to a microphone Album Reviews! 1) The St Pierre Snake Invasion - Galore 2) Fires in the distance - air not meant for us (18mins)