The Heavyist

This week on the show we have got a RIDICULOUS amount to talk about - but before all that we NEED to hear about Sonny's trip to the garden centre... Louisiana Sludge Aficionados Thou are here with a dirgey, rage filled new record that's going to get you bouncing and the one-man Norwegian riff factory that is Vredehammer released a stonker of a record! Brutal News comes in the form of new tracks fr...

Welcome back Heavyists new and old, this week on the show we got more riffs to chat about then we know what to do with! After catching up about life, dogs, future offspring and vampires we get stuck right into it Tzompantli are back with their second album and they have LEVELED UP Vale of Pnath are back with an album of retro-futuristic technical blackened death metal that'll take your face off Ex...

We're back again with another MASSIVE review, this time from Arizona's death metal heroes Gatecreeper, we convened to talk about how much we absolutely adore this new record in all it's melodeath glory! 00:00 - Intro 09:02 - Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition 🖤💀 STAY HEAVY x Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

This week on the show the kings have returned to show us why they are leading the scene - YES the new Knocked Loose album is upon us and it is absolutely glorious! Sonny and Gary get all misty eyed over how Knocked Looses trajectory as a seminal band continues to unfurl it's a good time to be a Heavyist! thank you for joining us in worship at the altar of radness 00:00 - Intro 10:19 - Knocked Loos...

More riffs than you can shake a HM2 pedal at this week! It's a week chock full of blackened hardcore and death metal as we discuss the powerhouse new album from Terminal Nation, the mosh maelstroms from Crawl and Baron and a really promising EP from new band Scorched Mind also the long awaited return of Brutal News sees your boys discussing new music from 200 Stab Wounds, Vower, Gaerea, Great Amer...

Welcome lovely people to another new episode! Gary is back and ready to chat about some bloody RIFFS! After catching up about his time in Japan - including having a wonderful time going to see Blind Equation in Osaka - we get down to business discussing the best heavy releases of the week: Inter Arma release one of the most incredible blockbuster albums of the year, Full of Hell get back to basics...

00:00 Introduction and Gary's Absence 08:56 Tony's Journey as a Vocalist and Challenges in Live Performances 27:38 The Inspiration Behind the Band's Name 35:59 The Importance of Honesty in Art 48:20 The Power of Restraint: Subtle Menace in Music 01:01:32 The Albums Influences 01:09:40 Challenges and Strategies for Independent Bands 01:19:18 The Growing Market for Heavy and Experimental Music Join...

It's an absolutely packed episode of the show this week! We crammed as much in as we possibly could as Gary is going away for a couple of weeks but couldn't bear the thought missing out on talking about some records that are released while he's away. Greyhaven are set to release an EP of some of their strongest music to date, Replicant continue to defy the conventions of dissonant death metal, Alp...

Another awesome week of riffs on the show: Show favourite's Boundaries release another absolute worldy of an album Frail Body are one of the sickest screamo/post hardcore bands operating today and their new album is WILD Monolith are some UK homegrown talent who are coming for your head 00:00 - Intro 12:40 - Boundaries - Death is Little More 35:50 - Frail Body - Artificial Bouquet 46:18 - Monolith...

This week on the show we are joined by Jim and Dan from UK Sludge Metal legends Mastiff to talk about the release of their new album Deprecipice (released March 22nd through MNRK Heavy) we get into the influences behind the new record, the writing and recording process, as well as important subjects such as the Hull dogging scene we had a lot of fun recording this episode (maybe a little bit too m...

Welcome back to another STACKED week of riffs and laughs with ya boys! On the show this week we break our own rules to discuss bouncy techy goodness from Weston Super Maim, Noisy punky Alt-rock from Gouge Away, Bimbo-Violence from BRAT and industrial tinged hardcore from Prisoner STAY HEAVY

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It's another monster week on the show as we are Entombed By A Machine - that Machine goes by the name of Tom Cronin from Celestial Sanctuary! We chat about the outstanding new record from Job For a Cowboy, metalcore legends Darkest Hour show the kids how it's done and young, hungry deathcore upstarts Inferious punish us with riffs! In Brutal News we also discuss new singles from Gatecreeper, From...

This week we are blessed to be joined by Drew Slavik, guitarist of the legendary deathcore/mathgrind band See You Next Tuesday We had a lovely conversation with him where we discussed their reformation, the writing and creating of the 2023 Heavyist grindcore album of the year Distractions and their incredible new remix album Relapses coming out on February 16th 2024 through Good Fight Entertainmen...

This week Gary talked about his trip to the Roundhouse to see Periphery's biggest show of their career so far Sonny has been a busy boy delving into the deepest depths of Bandcamp to find 10 awesome new bands to check out then the boys run through their Fantasy Festival Line-Ups we had a lot of fun this week, hope you do to. 00:00 - Introduction 02:53 - Periphery Live Reviews 11:55 - Grizzly Horse...

This week we convene in worship of radness to chat about 4 new records. 3 heavy bags of hard riffs then we wash it all down with some refreshing funked up goodness from Slope. 3:29 - Enterprise Earth - Death: An Anthology 16:30 - Meth. - SHAME 28:27 - Utopia - Shame (yes we know) 39:21 - Slope - Freak Dreams Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

Vitriol & Knoll produce phenomenal, intense beasts. I'd be surprised if many albums are more extreme than these all year. Sonny eats some humble pie on Kaonashi and Exocrine deliver concise and exciting tech death mastery. Also this week we chat with Joey Phillips of Underneath again, they dropped some absolute heat last week so we catch up on that. Thanks for listening homies and thanks to Joey f...

2 huge debut albums from beloved bands here, what a treat. Underneath stepping up with their first full length, it absolutely bangs. With this and the old school deathcore bands, the genre feels exciting for the first time in a while. I can't wait to see where this band are in a few years. Disso-mosh kings Resin Tomb are here to maul you to death then feed you into a cosmic vortex. Unreal calibur...

2024 is absolutely flying out the gates with buckets of sick riffs for all the family. Two stellar UK offerings from Yersin & Rough Justice, points on the board early doors here. Show favourites Lifesick  conjure the mosh to celebrate their signing to Metal Blade. Helllll yea. Talks of Fortress Festival and AOR is Infant Island and Tomb Sentinel CHEERS HOMIES , HERE'S TO ANOTHER YEAR OF HARD RIFFS...

The big end of year pod! 2023 was a fantastic year, so many sick riffs. We do our best to break it down and hash out the absolute best of them all. Thanks for all you awesome heavyists for sticking around this year. Hope you dig homies, much love! XXXXXXXX Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

It's been a couple weeks and we can't wait to chat about some bloody riffs. We have been thoroughly blessed with filth. Returns of genre faves all round here! Fawn Limbe expanded their massacre with majesty, Sunflo'er deliver the mathcore with their bright and brilliant twist. TIJ rise from their tomb with all the r bounce and riffs we'd hoped for. Panopticon make you think, "who would ever just l...

Bangers and festivals this week.   Horsewhip trap us in tornado, Mouthbreather hit us with a couple of bricks then Aglo finish us off with a hammer to the face. Some very hard records this week.   Also chats about the UK fests this year, Download is looking Spiiiicy.   THANKS FOR LISTENING   STAY HEAVY AND JOIN THE DISCORD X Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the ti...

3 absolute barnstormers and the homie Jim, lovely stuff. Fuming Mouth are back with a fresh take on modern death and Dying Wish are serving up the god-tier nostalgia with their own hard as hell twist. Mugshot deliver relentless mosh. What a week.   Big up Jim for hangin, thanks mate!   STAY HEAVY AND JOIN THE DISCORD   X Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

END are back with their best record yet, Mouth For War match their violence beautifully. Wayfarer return on their dark steeds to transport us to the old west and Baring Teeth whisk up what's left of our brains! Absolutely banging week for riffs homies STAY HEAVY AND JOIN THE DISCORD X Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

We return with a sack of riffs. This Monosphere record is special homies. The Sentenced 2 Die full length is harder than hell and so much fun.     Also, no biggie, but .....THE KING IS BACK!   Shoutout other bangers from Omnivortex, Pillar Of Wasps, Dreamwell and Nailwound!   Good to be back homies, much love!   STAY HEAVY AND JOIN THE DISCORD Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick hea...