The GREAT Heavy Music Podcast

The Human Equation by Ayreon marks the highest quality of rock opera standards and in our opinion is unmatched even almost 20 years later.  Incredible muscianship and vocal performances make this album a 'best ever' claim that was (and is) completely reasonable.  If you are listening to hear complaints or indicia that this album doesn't hold up - well, spoiler - you're not going to hear ANY of tha...

Join the FULL gang as Phil, Alex, Mark, Gabe the Babe, Slow Joey, and Katie the Beautiful breakdown the 2023 sailing experience aboard 70000k round 11!  Who made it on the boat and not off?  Who lost their cell phone due to a multi-day blackout?  Who is lucky to be alive?  Listen and find out!

Yup, you read that right.  Holy fu#$%g sh#$ Alex and Phil got the opportunity to interview Mikael Stanne, lead singer from the ICONIC melodeath band - DARK TRANQUILLITY!!!!  If you don't know these guys - get out from under that rock you've been hiding under and enjoy the metal!!!

A RARE interview with the monks from Batushka - they can actually speak!!!!  Visit batushkaofficial.com to support them and trust us, they can kick some serious a$^!

Alex and Phil made it back to shore from 70000 tons of metal and with them they bring some GREAT interviews.  First up, from France, Fractal Universe.  Visit fractaluniverseband.com to support these young up and comers as they are a force to be reckoned with!!!

Gabe the Babe, Marky Mark, Slow Joey, Phil himself and AP get together for a pre-launch episode prior to sailing to hell aboard 70,000 tons of metal 2023 from PortMiami.  Will they see you there? 

Save yourself the time and go RIGHT to the best albums of 2022.  Alex and Phil both picked Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One - Revel in Time as their #3 for the year.  What could be better?  Listen to find out!!!

Check in to see which of the many amazing albums that dropped in the fourth quarter of 2022 made Alex and Phil's top five!  Per the usual, Alex's list is stronger overall.

Learn about how the luckiest man in the world stumbles upon a STELLAR concert at Radio City Music Hall - Ol Steven Wilson himself hops on stage with full band Porcupine Tree - and it was GREAT!

Is Q3 full of spoils and riches, or cobwebs and gouls?  In metal, they're probably BOTH good!  If you're lookin' to hustle just jump right into Phil's must-listen songs list:  1 - Dance Gavin Dance - Synergy 2 - Toxik - Power 3 - Wayward Dawn - Cage of Resentment 4 - Arch Enemy - The Watcher 5 - Conan - Levitation Hoax

The brothers of bash chat about Phil's experience seeing the Swedish melodeath legends "In Flames" and Alex reminisces about when he saw them oh so many moons ago.  

Universal Migrator Part 2 - which half do you prefer?  And which half do the bash brothers prefer?  Listen and find out!

Phil the Thrill checks out the My Chemical Romance Tour and gives YOU his feedback in case you missed it!

Arjen Lucassen goes to MARS! and all through time in his classic The Universal Migrator.  Alex and Phil review disc 1 of the Universal Migrator and talk about the theme and story behind Arjen's brilliance!  Is this on your top Ayreon albums list?

The boys are back a listin' and as usual, Alex's list is stronger than Phil's but hey, he tried.  What albums sits atop your list?  Tiktaalika?  When the World Dies?  The Great Below?  So much GREATNESS!!!  It's hard to say!

Alex got a chance to check out Rock/Punk legends The Offspring on May 17, 2022 - take a listen to this QUICK review of these rock studs!

The fellas catch up with Swedish Melo-Death and Progressive Studs from In Mourning!  These guys are AWESOME!!!  You don't want to miss this one!!

A review of DragonForce live on April 3, 2022 at Irving Plaza in NYC, New York - Your truly, Alex went up to the big apple and saw the power metal legends at their finest!

Phil and Alex are still floating through the clouds - and probably will never come back down - because THE LEGEND - the Modern day Beethoven of Metal - the GENIUS behind Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine, The Gentle Storm and the hundreds of hours of great music that comes with it, Arjen Anthony Lucassen, stops by for an AMAZING interview.

2022 is off to a CRUSHING start!  Check out which albums you need to dive into with your precious metal listening time!

Check out this EXCELLENT interview with lead singer and guitarist Matt Tluchowski from the GREAT and HEAVY - Doctor Smoke!

Ayreon's third album - the 1998 release  Into the Electric Castle  really separated Ayreon and Arjen Lucassen from the pack.  Take a journey with Phil and Alex as they walk through the brilliance that is Ayreon!

Actual Fantasy

Get ready for an onslaught of GREAT HEAVY MUSIC for your listening ears!

What are definitively the BEST heavy albums of Q4 2021 you ask?  Listen and find out!!  A quick-hitter episode so jump in and get some new jams for the New Year!