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Great Scott!!! It's that time of year again to look ahead to the most anticipated albums and tours of 2025. We've already got a few gigs and festivals booked in for this year but what else can we expect from some of the biggest bands over the next 12 months? Listen to this episode to see what we're looking forward to. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then...

Yes we know it's 2025 but you still need to know what happened in December and now it's time to find out all of the festival news you may have missed, some out of the blue announcements, more reasons for Gem to mention Ghost and singles from Suffer UK, Gin Annie, Diamond Black and Straight for the Sun. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Pa...

We've made it to the end of the year and now it's time for a beercast! We have so many highlights from this year and now we have to narrow them down to our top gigs, festival moments and then the big one.....our album of the year. With so many contenders, what will be our own winners and the combined favourite of 2024? You get to hear all of this along with many random tangents, as you would expec...

It's two years since our first installment of Feeling Festive, and now we've got another selection of tracks curated from Gem G and some of our listeners to get Kev P listening to (or torturing to depending on who you ask). Hear our reactions to some songs we didn't even know existed from bands like Skindred, Dio and Korn! If that's not enough we'll also talk through some of this years Xmas merch...

We haven't got to the end of the year but we're already taking a look at one of next year's headline bands at Download Festival. With Sleep Tokens place on one of the top slots already confirmed, we thought we'd dive into their discography, offer some opinions and discuss what we think about the first time headliners! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then...

We've listened to so much music this year, but will Spotify reflect what we think is in our top songs and musicians list? There's also the other podcasts we've been listening to and the Ready to Mosh podcast creator stats to go through! How have we done this year? Listen now to find out! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the s...

It's time for the penultimate roundup and in this episosde we have the latest news and album reviews including Massive Wagons "Earth to Grace" and Opeth "The Last Will and Testament". We also have the new EP from Sathamel, a live listen of R:EO latest single and a live watch of the new video from Arknsaw If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the...

It's another mini mosh special and in this episode we were back again at our local venue Legends for another three band gig. So this week we have a live review of the tech death metal bands Dychosis, Bloodshot and Orbital Alignment! Hear our thoughts on all of the band performances here. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the s...

In this episode, we have a live review of previous podcast guests Massive Wagons! Find out our thoughts on their opening show of the new Earth to Grace tour with special guests Florence Black and Cam Cole. Hear about the delayed start to the night (for us anyway), merch tales and other incidents. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon...

We've had a few more days to digest the mammoth announcement of bands for Download Festival XXII. So in this episode we discuss some of the bands we're suprised at seeing there for good and bad reasons, if the festival is still value for money, who we can't wait to see and how we're doing on our predictions! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out...

It's another midweek mini epsisode and in this one we were at our local venue to watch three bands including two of our previous podcast guests, Slump and Syncolima. There was also a great opening set from Bad Earth and an accidental very late night. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebo...

With just over an hour after the "official" Download Festival XXII release, we are here with our immediate reaction! Kev P had already seen an accidental leak but Gem G hadn't, in this episode you get to hear our thoughts on the lineup for next year. Are we excited or underwhelmed, listen here and find out now! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check o...

We are back with a review of the recent Wednesday 13 gig from Rock City, Nottingham. Find out our thoughts on the show from the Duke of Spook performing Murderdolls. If a 90 minute set wasn't enough there was also support from former podcast guests South of Salem and the Swedish legends Hardcore Superstar! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out th...

It's the second part of our October roundup and in this episode, we have six new albums to review. Strap in for our thoughts on the latest releases from Lowen, The Offspring, Thrasherwolf, Better Lovers, Tribe of Ghosts and Seething Akira. Find out which ones we loved and a shock response to one of the albums! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check ou...

It's been such a packed month that we've had to split our usual monthly roundup over two episodes! In part 1, you'll find the latest rock and metal news along with multiple announcments from some the best festivals in the UK including, Mangata, Uprising, Bloodstock and 2000Trees. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials b...

We are back with the final live gig review of the month and in this episode we have a triple bill from our local venue Legends. Opening up the night we had the one man riff rave Vulgarithm followed by the South Wales metalcore four piece Bleed the Fifth and finally the night's headliners Thrashatouille. Find out our thoughts on all three bands! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets...

Halloween is Gem G's favourite time of year, so we thought we'd take a look at the artists who have given us an alternative/metal/punk and horror crossover. There are some of our favourite musicians in this genre, some that Kev P really doesn't like and a tangent around horror films including a reboot that was a complete disaster! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who d...

With Download Festival making a recent announcement about an announcement, we thought it was time to revisit our original predictions. Our original list was recorded before this year's festival had started and released just hours after it finished! There has now been plenty of time to reflect on our original thoughts, so find out who we're ruling out, who we think is going to be there and who the...

In this episode we chat with Katy from Metal For Good. Way back when the podcast started, Katy was one of our first guests and two years later we chat with her about how the charity has grown in this time. We discuss Metal Merch Day, the Metal Collective and all of the great work that has happened and how they are helping to make positive change with the help of the metal community. If you need a...

We are back with a rundown of what has been a very busy month. Along with the news, we have reviews of the latest albums from Seether, Kublai Khan TX and the debut from Heriot. We also have EP reviews of the latest releases from Serj Tankien and Saur along with a couple of singles to boot! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the...

We're back and less than 24 hours after enjoying a lovely holiday, but that doesn't mean we didn't prepare something in advance and what's better than looking over some classic albums that are 10, 20 and 30 years old. Find out what we thought the highlights were, the debut albums that blew us away, and the albums that you suggested too! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it...

After a hectic summer season of music festivals, it's time for our roundup of them all. What were the standout performances? What would we change at the festivals we've been to? Who has been our favourite pre and post festival interviews? Then of course the most important question.....What do we think the future holds for each one? If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who...

It's time for another gig review from our local venue and it's another night of thrash! With three bands to listen to, you can find out our thoughts on sets from Regicide, Monetopia and Thrashead. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Now that festival season is over, we can get back to normality and this time it's the August roundup. Listen to our thoughts on the news for the month along with reviews of the latest releases from Chewing Glass Collective, Lost to Light, Blacklist and Zeal and Ardor. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreo...

It's yet another live review and in this episode we were at the Old Cold Store in Nottingham for the first ever Mangata Spotlight Sessions. With eight bands performing through the day and night including a headline set from previous guests Seething Akira! Listen to our thoughts of the day as we discuss all of the bands we watched and a very energetic finish. If you need a little more mosh in your...