Heavy Matters

As part of our look into the music industry, Joey sat down with 'Barley' Senior A&R at Nuclear Blast Europe. Want to know what you need to get into the music business? This is a great place to start. We talked about how Barley got into the business, his record label and how much work goes into his job as well as all the great bands he has worked with. We also talked about Sikth, a lot!

Joey sat down with Alex from Nekrogoblikon to chat about their new album 'The Fundamental Slimes & Humours'. Other topics include record label contracts and of course, John Goblikon. Grateful to Alex for sharing his time. Check out the new album, now!

Joey sat down with Sotiris from Greek metal legends Septicflesh. They discussed the magnificent new album 'Modern Primitive' which is due out on the 20th of May. They also chat about how the band now feel after the album is complete and, whether or not they will be bringing the orchestra back for this new album.

Venny and Joey sat down with Ross from Godeater. The conversation included Twitch, Godeater tattoos and an update on their new album due out this year.

Chris Fletcher sat down with the thrash band Misfire, who have recently released their wicked album 'Sympathy For The Ignorant' on MNRK Heavy. 

BIG SHOW! Huge releases from the big boys this week ALBUM REVIEWS. Timestamps Meshuggah - Immutable (2mins) Abbath - Dread Reaver (28 mins) Ghost - Impera (39mins20sec)

Joey and Venny sit down to discuss new albums from Without Waves, Dark Funeral and Crowbar. Its a very food-related show this week, courtesy of Venny. Many a laugh had recording this one.

Joey and Venny had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Katherine from Sylvaine. Hot off the release of their new album Nova, we discussed the meaning behind the album, the difficulties over the past two years and Katherine rapping.

With the release of their new album 'Comedian', out this Friday 18 March; Joey and Venny sat down with Anthony and Garry from Without Waves. We talked about the meaning behind the new album, the video for the single 'Good Grief' and the Without Waves burger!

Delighted to say that this week's guest was the man who books the bands for the Arctangent festival. One of the UK's finest metal festivals. James Scarlett spared some time to talk to Joey. We discussed how much it costs to put on the festival, who his ideal headliners would be for future Arctangent, and Manchester Untied legends and Bono.

Joey sat down with Luke, from Blighttown Records. We talked about how young the label are, what they are trying to achieve and what they look for in bands. We also listened to three songs from the label itself.

Valenitines day!! On this weeks show we take a look at albums from Rolo Tomassi and Amorphis. Venny also gets confused with the Enslaved song 'Homebound' and the film Homeward Bound.

We are back. Venny is back. This week we cover albums from Wilderun (Epigone) and SOM (The Shape of Everything). We also discuss our new brand of merchandise in the pipeline.

Joey and Venny are very pleased to be joined by UK post-math legends Rolo Tomassi. James Spence and Chris Cayford join us for a short but very sweet interview show which includes a broad range of discussion from Arsenal to touring Russia, as well as celebrating new album Where Myth Becomes Memory

Burial Pit, from Sydney are the guests on this special episode. Violent sludge, is their self described sound. This was so much fun. All three lovely blokes and their new album, Sub Human Scum, which is out now is an absolute ripper.

Joey spent just shy of an hour, chatting to Mike, vocalist from blackened thrash band Black Jackal. The boys from Texas, released their debut album Forever War in 2021. If you missed it, change that, now!

Joey had a chat with Wilderun frontman, Evan. Talking about signing to Century Media off the back of their previous album Veil of Imagination, their new album Epigone, and more.

Joey sat down with Jason from doom/ sludge band Yanomamo, from Sydney, Australia. We talked about how hard it is to find a drummer, Jason's record label and his take on Parkway Drive headlining Wacken.

Its the most wonderful time of the year! Joey and Venny are proud to be 50 not out (amongst other cricket references) and in our perennial favourite show of the year set out the case for our favourite/best albums of the year.

Joey provides some Antipodean band recommendations and Venny can’t remember if the Pretenders walked 500 or 2000miles Live Reviews Dvne – La Belle Angele Edinburgh (7mins30sec) Malevolence – Cluny, Newcastle (14mins05sec) Album Reviews Converge, Chelsea Wolfe – Blood Moon I (18mins35sec) Voices – Breaking the Trauma Bond (36mins10secs)

Joey sat down with Mark and Mat, from Australian post- Black Metal band Oar. We talked about the stunning new album artwork as well as the music itself and production. Plus, how could I talk to a couple of lads from Oz without talking about Neighbours or Home and Away.

Venny brings his preconceptions about some of the years latter releases, judging plenty of books by their covers. Joined as ever by host Joey. Comparisons are drawn between Swallow the Sun and Steel Panther, Gloves off and Conjurer, and Tool and Hypocrisy, tune in to find out what on earth we are on about. Album Reviews! Swallow the Sun - Moonflowers (1mins30sec) Gloves Off – Life… and everything...

Joey and Venny are joined by the band Still. Fraser and Jack talk about the excellent and unclassifiable (and we still don’t know how to pronounce) album {}, Chip Spice, the music scene in Hull, and the backseat of Fraser’s car…

Are Mastodon’s alternate releases the best? Are Whitechapel the Parkway Drive of Deathcore? And where does Grace Jones’ hula hoop rank in the best all time live appearances? Album Reviews! Mastodon – Hushed and Grim (2mins30sec) Whitechapel – Kin (27mins) Gaahl’s Wyrd – Hushed Mountain (40mins)

Joey and Venny are together in one room. No internet streaming for this episode; only a face-to-face fight to the (slightly hungover) death. Three nuclear blast releases are reviewed this week Album Reviews! Cradle of Filth – Existence is Futile (2mins40sec) Ghost Bath – Self Loather (14mins40sec) Khemmis – Deceiver (31mins45sec)