Heavy Matters

Venny and Joey are in the same room for this episode. That's right, Venny was in Dublin so we did a face-to-face review of:  Machine Head The Dallous Cowboys Blackbraid  We had a couple of Guiness before recording so apologies if there is any slurring of words!

Joey and Venny had the pleasure of sitting down with Karl from An Abstract Illusion. Hot on the heels of their latest release 'Woe'. The lads discuss why it took six years to release the new album, signing to Willowtip records and, of course, Opeth albums.

Joey got to sit down with Scott, guitarist from death tech band Fallujah. They discuss the new album 'Empyrean' and how Scott considers it to be the best album in their discography. The lads also discuss how new bassist Evan joined the band and their upcoming tour with Psycroptic. 

Joey and Venny are joined by Dave, Kyle and Duncan, from The Metal Epidemic podcast. The five lads sit down and discuss one album each that will definitely be on their end-of-the-year list, the album they are most looking forward to for the remainder of 2022 and, an album they were really looking forward to and let them down. It was great getting to catch up with the three lads again and have many...

Part 2 of our ATG interviews features Fraser and Jack from Still after their glorius debut and Jake from Rivers of Nihil after they laid waste to the fest. 

Part one of our interviews conducted at ATG 2022 features: Head Honcho, numero Uno, Mr James Scarlett, the man who books the bands for ATG. The Hyena Kill (fresh off stage). Paranoid Void from Japan and Sam from Ithaca.

Joey & Venny sit down and chat about the bands they saw at this years incredible ArcTanGent 2022.

Joey and Venny sit down and discuss which bands are on their list to see at this year's Arctangent festival. There were, quite frankly, far too many to choose from, such is the quality on show. They did pick some well-known ones and choose a couple of bands that you might not know but should check out.

Joey is back after his long break and back in the hosting chair. Venny and Joey review albums from Imperial Triumphant, Panzerfaust & Russian Circles. A special shout-out to Tony & Fletch for their support over the last two shows and doing an incredible job.

Joey had the pleasure of sitting down with Mikael Stanne to discuss his new band The Halo effect, featuring ex-members of In Flames. This was such a great chat ahead of their album release 'Days of the Lost' on the 12th August 2022 on Nuclear Blast records. They talked about how long the band was in the works, going on tour with Amon Amarth and Machine Head and also, the feeling of making music to...

Venny is again joined by Heavy Matters Fletch and Tony Album Reviews Alexisonfire – Otherness (1mins10sec) Oceans of Slumber – Starlight and Ash (16min50sec) Blood Command – Armageddonism (33mins50sec)

Whilst Joey takes a hard earned rest, Venny is joined by HM writers Tony Bliss and Chris Fletch to discuss three storming albums.  Ithaca - They Fear Us (2mins10sec) White Ward - First Light (16 mins) Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis II A window of the waking mind (29mins 45sec)

Venny sits down on a Sunday night and talks to Sam Chetan-Welsh, guitarist from London-based band Ithaca. We talk about the huge progression on the new album 'They Fear Us' (Hassle Records, 29/7/22), Lewis Johns' stellar production job, H*ly R**r, and plans for for a UK tour and ArcTanGent performance. 

Venny sat down with Cammie Beverly of Oceans of Slumber to discuss the upcoming release of Starlight and Ash. We talked about the sound of the new album and the Texas Coast. 

Joey and Venny return with a stellar line up of reviews.  Live Reviews! Tons of Rock - Joey visits Norway for another festival experience and manages to bump into some legends... Album Reviews! Conjurer - Pathos (14mins15sec) Kardashev - Liminal Rite (31mins) Decapitated - Cancer Culture (48mins30sec)

Joey & Venny sit down with Conor (bassist) from UK heavyweights Conjurer. They talk about the new album 'Pathos', which is being released on 1st July 2022 and whether Conor feels any pressure following up on 'Mire'. They also talk about their last tour in the US with Rivers of Nihil and the tattoo Connor got, his favourite track on the new album and an interesting fact on their new song 'Basil...

The team are back from Download. Took some (Joey) more than others to recover but they sit down to discuss band, surprise band and best moment of the weekend.  Also, one of the team reveals themself as a die-hard power metal fan. 

Joey had the pleasure to sit down with Nico, guitarist from Kardashev, almost a year to the day since we spoke about their release 'The Baring of Shadows'. This time they have just released their stunning new album 'Liminal Rite'. They chat about the narrative of the album, Mark' (singer) outstanding vocal performance and Nico getting to hug his drummer for the first time. 

With Download festival less than a week away, the lads sit down and pick out the bands they are dying to see. They also discuss the main and 2nd stages being renamed. Its available on Spotify and YouTube so you can see all our beautiful faces.

Live Reviews! TOOL – Dublin and London (2mins0 Album Reviews! Malevolence – Malicious Intent (16mins25secs) Rammstein – Zeit (31mins50sec) I am the Night – While the gods are sleeping (42min50sec)

Joey and Venny had the pleasure of sitting down with Wilkie, bass player for Malevolence. On the eve of their new album being released on 20th May, we got to ask the million dollar question.  Are Malevolence finally getting recognised for all their hard-work and graft?  Wilkie, was 100% open and honest which always makes a great chat. He is also hilariously funny and had Joey and Venny i...

Joey continues on his Australian adventure. This time, he sat down with Chris & Lachy from Mountain Wizard Death Cult talking about all sorts including; details on their new album, signing to Blighttown records and Lachy's drum set-up.

Joey and Venny return with a regular reviews show feat. Malevolence Dublin 29/3/2022 live review (3mins30sec) Album Reviews Watain – the agonies and ecstasies of watain (10mins) Monuments – In Stasis (33mins15sec) Huntsmen – The dying Pines (46min10sec)

Joey managed to sit down with two people from the music business who rarely if ever, do interviews. To get Lisa Coverdale from Hold Tight PR and Ted 'Rocks' from Primordial rock radio is quite a scoop. There was no set agenda for this. We just got together and let the conversation run. The outcome was us talking about the future headliners of festivals and festivals in general. Who does it better,...

Joey had the privilege of sitting down with Erik, frontman of Swedish Black Metal lords 'Watain'. We talked about the new album 'The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain', whether Erik considers the band to now be mainstream and the evolution of Watain.