The Great Metal Standoff Podcast

The final battle of 'Grunge Month'! The main event! Alice In Chains' self titled verses  Nirvana's 'In Utero'. The final album of both of the band's respective front men, Layne Staley and Kurt Cobain. Imran has joined Jason for every Alice In Chains battle, so here he is, back to complete the set. Also joining them is a born on country, raised on grunge, local folk singer/songwriter, Cypress...

How did Silverchair, three 15 year old's from Newcastle, Australia, make a debut album comparable to Pearl Jam? In the fourth battle of 'Grunge month'. 'Moshpit on SYN's' Punkdemonium team, Jacob & Salomae, brought forward the battle between 'Frogstomp' and Pearl Jam's second album 'Vs' for Jason to, in essence, provide the deciding vote. CONTENT WARNING: This podcast discusses sensitive topic...

Alice In Chains' debut ' Facelift ' takes on Soundgarden - ' Badmotorfinger ' in the third installment of 'Grunge Month' on ' The Great Metal Standoff '. A battle with perhaps as much degree of difficulty in choosing between tracks as our three way battle to kick off the grunge series! If Imran from 'Moshpit On SYN' wasn't invited on to talk about Soundgarden, his heart may of shattered into a tho...

In the second installment of 'Grunge Month', 'The Great Metal Standoff' diverts slightly to celebrate arguably the best singer of the time, Chris Cornell. By asking which of his most well-known albums as front-man of Soundgarden and Audioslave rocked harder? To do that, Jason was joined by a grassroots band from Melbourne's western suburbs, guitar player Adam Buttigieg and drummer Dylan Foti of Wh...

Throughout the entire month of August, The Great Metal Standoff will be pitting as many albums from the early 90's 'Grunge era'. And there is no bigger way to kick off a 'Grunge Month' than this.  In our first ever three way album battle, the three pillar releases of the era that helped define a generation of rockers. The dark, twisted purgatory sound of Alice In Chains - Dirt . The soaring p...

It's time to celebrate the legend of Ronnie James Dio on The Great Metal Standoff. Where Jason assembled a team of diehard Dio fans, Moshpit's Metal Hour host, Imran. And bass player for a local Melbourne band 'Table n' Chairs', Daniel Cesarini. To somehow try and figure out a winner between two incredibly superb albums. Black Sabbath 'Heaven And Hell' and Dio 'Holy Diver'. Which Dio led album roc...

Back to the early 90's we go, to a time where grunge has died and Pop Punk is on the rise and explodes into the mainstream world. Led by Green Day's decade defining 'Dookie' and Weezer's landmark self-titled debut. Jason has enlisted the help from more members of his team at 'Moshpit on SYN', his Metal Hour co-host and on-again off-again rival, Imran. And Punkdemonium's flag bearer of 90's Punk, S...

In the first podcast in over 7 months, with a fresh coat of paint. Jason recruits the new presenting team at 'Moshpit On SYN', Jacob Scanlan & Tatyana Porczak. To officiate a super-heavyweight battle of gigantic titans: Iron Maiden vs Black Sabbath! On this episode, the team pitted the two bands respective 3rd albums, 'Number Of The Beast' and 'Master Of Reality'. Damn near perfect albums! How...

Metallica and Megadeth are going head-to-head for a second time on a slightly different twist of 'The Great Metal Standoff'. Jason, Rhys Mckenzie of Death Metal band 'Escarion' and Stefan Bradley of podcast 'Rock Capital' get together for the second time to pick a winner out of each bands worst album, 'St. Anger' and 'Super Collider'. Think of this as not figuring out which is best, more like, whi...

Jason was met by local Melbourne rock band 'Bastard North' who have requested to dig and dissect the two grandest hair bands of the 1980's. Singer John and Bassist Mark dig, dissect & discuss Motley Crue's 1989 classic 'Dr Feelgood' and Gun's n Roses iconic 1987 debut 'Appetite For Destruction'. Check out Bastard North's music here: https://soundcloud.com/user-149782238 And give the band a lik...

On this episode of ‘The Great Metal Standoff’, it’s good old fashioned Rock n’ Roll with AC/DC most recognised and best-selling album ‘Back in Black’ up against Motorhead’s most successful record ‘Ace of Spades’. Both bands and there respective albums are considered as traditional rock n’ roll albums, but they also can claim to be some of...

In an effort of both, searching far and wide to settle more long-standing debates in music and diversifying content in the early days of the podcast. Jason enlisted former 'Moshpit on SYN' presenter/Executive Producer & Green Day & MCR superfan, Ellen Pritchard, to help settle punk rocks greatest modern day debate. 'American Idiot' vs 'The Black Parade'!! Will it just be like last time whe...

In the very first edition of ‘The Great Metal Standoff’, Jason has kicked things off by attempting to settle the 30+ year debate by pitting Metallica and Megadeth head-to-head in a battle between their legendary albums ‘Master of Puppets’ & ‘Rust In Peace’. To help with precedings, Jason acquired Rhys McKenzie, bassist for a local Melbourne Death Metal band...