The GREAT Heavy Music Podcast

This is it!  This is the BIG one!  What an INCREDIBLE experience!  Thank you to Arjen and ALL of the incredible performers at the first ever Peterson in person Ayreaon show!!  We traveled quite a long way and it was worth EVERY MILE!  

Some gems from the 'fest' were Within Me, Horse Grenade, and Homily. Check 'em out and support these guys - https://horsegrenade.bandcamp.com/ Within Me's Single - All the Same - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntb4rdLqFL0 Live version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIB7BRH3cDQ Homily - https://homily.bandcamp.com/    

BOOM!  Here it is!  The best GREAT and HEAVY albums from April, May and June 2024 for you to explore and enjoy.  Time is money so feel free to snag the list below and start enjoying the music! Alex's list: 5 - ACOD - Versets Noir 4 - DVNE - Voidkind 3 - Bayside - There are Worse Things Than Being Alive 2 - Wormwood - The Star 1 - Fuerschwanz - Warriors Honorable Mentions - Sgaile - Traverse the Be...

The boys review the 2013  Theory of Everything  by metal legend Ayren Lucassen.   This album boasts an AMAZING lineup of singers: JB   (Grand Magus)  as The Teacher Sara Squadrani   (Ancient Bards)  as The Girl Michael Mills   (Toehider)  as The Father Cristina Scabbia   (Lacuna Coil)  as The Mother Tommy Karevik   (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder)  as The Prodigy Marco Hietala  (Nightwish, Tarot)  as The...

At the amazing Pier 17 in New York City Alex got to see the punk LEGENDS Bad Religion! If you don't know these fellows you've been living under a rock! - https://badreligion.com/ Check them out and shout out to the prop-up band Shred Flinstone that tore it down outside of the venue after the show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS3y9kkuojs and - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykYOpfm42Rk Show t...

Alex had the great fortune of seeing Soen on their Memorial US Tour at LPR in New York City on May 11, 2024. https://soenmusic.com/ - What a GREAT band! Also - as good fortune would have it - Alex got to experience the EXCELLENT Combo Chimbita on a rando whim.  Check out another cool band here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISaYrZHfoS0 and learn about how Alex fell backward into learning about...

Phil's list: HM - Madder Mortem - Old eyes, New heart Borknagar - Fall 1 - Ihsahn - Ihsahn 2 - Deception - Daenacteh 3 - Suldusk - Anthesis 4 - Necrowretch - Swords of Dajjal 5 - Devestator - Conjurers of Cruelty Alex's list: HM - Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound to Fall Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light Dodsrit - Nocturnal Will 1 - Madder Mortem - Old eyes, New heart 2 - Necrophobic - In the Twili...

Sneak peek - not a spoiler - seems like we have two A+'s on our hands this episode as Phil gave Alex the Skyforger masterpiece by Amorphis and Alex asked Phil to review Ayam by Disillusion. Two radically different sounding albums but both so equally excellent in their own right! Support Amorphis HERE Support Disillusion HERE

Australian Prog Death Metallers Be'lakor, represented by Steve Merry (piano/keys), join the boys to chat about the band's remarkable 20-year career and give us a glimpse of what's to come in the future. From where we sit this band can do NO WRONG!!!!!  If you like GREAT heavy music, then you will love Be'lakor! Visit belakorband.com - sign up for their newsletter - and a BIG TIME thank you to Stev...

It's that beautiful time of year again - the air is crisp, we exchange presents, and thank GOD that it's time to go on the heavy metal cruise again!!!!!  Join Alex, Phil, Slowskies, Mark, Gabe the babe and KP as they discuss this year's upcoming metal cruise aboard 70000 tons of metal!!!!   It's gonna be EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Year end list time ladies and gents and 2023 did NOT disappoint! Alex's list is: Albums of the Year -  1 - Kalmah - Kalmah 2 - Fires in the Distance - Air not Meant for Us   3 - Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle 4 - Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) 5 - Isole - Aneisidora Top five Songs of the Year that are NOT on the best albums of the year -  1 - Crowne -...

Here they are, on the final day of the year - delivering to you sweet listener, the BEST heavy albums of the fourth quarter of 2023. Alex's list is: 5 - Shylmagoghnar - Convergence  4 - Tales - Night Crowned 3 - Vanishing Kids - Miracle of Death 2 - Wayfarer - American Gothic 1 - *Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle - *technically released on Sep 28, dont f'ing care. HM - Helga -...

In this proper episode of the GREAT Heavy Music Podcast Alex and Phil take a listen to the 2008 stellar doom metal release by the Swedes; Draconian - Turning Season Within and the 2010 black metal release by fellow countrymen Istapp - Blekinge. Which album do you prefer? If you're a Draconian fan - support them HERE And if you prefer Istapp - support them HERE    

Another three months have come and gone and some DAMN fine heavy music has gone with it. Alex and Phil pluck out their favorites are give them to you fine people FREE OF CHARGE! Phil and Alex's Honorable Mentions: Voyager - Fearless in Love Mutoid Man - Mutants Spirit Adrift - Ghost at the Gallows Graveyard - 6 Aetherian - At Storm's Edge Blut Aus Nord - Dishamonium - Nahab Urne - A Feast on Sorro...

Phil has Alex review "It Hates You" by American rockers  He is Legend  and Phil takes a deep dive into "The Judas Table" by UK prog metal/rock outfit by the legendary Mick Moss -  Antimatter . Next up - The Turning Season within by Draconian and Bleking by Istapp

Dynamic lead singer and guitarist Benjamin Gleason and outstanding drummer Justin Mirarck of the AWESOME prog metal band Source drop by the GREAT heavy music podcast to give us an update on their latest album, upcoming tour and all good things SOURCE! Stay in touch and up to date with the band on www.listentosource.com They can ( and SHOULD ) be followed on Facebook as well - https://www.facebook....

The second and maybe  better  of the two 01011001 albums?  Which track is the highlight for you?  Tons of good stuff on this album and if you haven't heard it yet, MAKE A POINT to check it out as soon as possible!  

The 2008 release "01011001" was a game-changing album for Arjen and Ayreon.  In September of 2023 a live performance of the album will take place in the Netherlands and it is sure to be legendary!  What do you think about this masterpiece?

We get it - you're busy!!!  What can I say except you're welcome?  Listen to the episode he ask? No! Just give us the lists!!!!!!! Without further ado: Alex's list (album - band): Air Not Meant for Us - Fires in the Distance Kalmah - Kalmah The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) - Scar Symmetry Terrasite - Cattle Decapitation Angus McSix and the Sword of Power - Angus McSix Honorable mentions: Zwie...

Nothing but love for these youngsters from the great white north!!!  Get ready to pump your fists from the pit chanting I-RON-CROSS, I-RON-CROSS, I-RON-CROSS!!!!! Check them out and support them at their socials on: Instagram @irocrossband No guts no glory TV - on instagram as well  

Time for the boys to get back to their bread and butter!  Phil had Alex review on Lonely Towers by Barren Earth and Alex asked Phil to take a dive into In Contact by Caligula's Horse. Two GREAT heavy acts from across the seas. Which album do you prefer?  Post to the facebook page and the twitter page @greatheavymusic with your thoughts

Listen to learn what an experience it was to go see the AMAZING studs from Gemini Syndrome!

Is the back half of The Human Equation as good as the front?  Tune in to find out!

Any chance you got to see Cold on their Year of the Spider twentieth anniversary tour?  Well, if not, you can learn all about it on this BONUS episode of the GREAT heavy music podcast!

It's that time of the year again - 2023 is off to a roaring tear towards 2024 but the good news...a boat load of GREAT heavy music dropped so far this year.  How does your favorite release of the year so far stack up on Phil and Alex's respective lists? If you want the full spoiler - the lists are below Alex (aka better list) Isole - Anesidora Ne Obliviscaris - Exul Haken - Fauna In Flames - Foreg...