The Metal Epidemic Podcast

Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast! On Episode 41 we catch up with some recent album releases, singles, gigs, check out some killer new tracks and discuss the remaining album releases in 2023 we’re looking forward to! Plus, our Album of the Month picks for June & July! Singles: ASINHELL – Island of Dead Men Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsinhellMusic Sva...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Ohio riff monsters, Ringworm! The bands new album, Seeing Through Fire, is out August 18th on Nuclear Blast. FFO: Superjoint Ritual, Sepultura, Toxic Holocaust, Slayer, Pulling Teeth, Martyr AD, Entombed. Band: https://www.facebook.com/Ringwormofficial Pre-Order: https://ringworm.bandcamp.com/album/seeing-through-fire #Hardcore #Thrash #Punk...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Newcastle metal quartet, CREAK. The bands new album, Depth Perception, will be released on August 18th on Prosthetic Records. FFO: Yüth Forever, Loathe, Sworn In, Soulkeeper, Ion Dissonance, Pincer+, HEAVENSGATE, Pulse, chaos.sequence, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Car Bomb, Lifeforms. Band: https://www.facebook.com/creakofficial/ Pr...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Chicago Noise merchants, Something Is Waiting. The bands new album, Absolutely, is out August 18th on Learning Curve Records. FFO: Pigs, Jar’d Loose, Glazed Baby, Grizzlor, QOTSA, Scissorfight, Netherlands, Multicut, White Zombie, Child Bite. Band: https://www.facebook.com/somethingiswaiting Pre-Order: https://somethingiswaiting.bandcamp.com...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Experimental Electronic Rock act, Reformat. The bands new album, Precursed, will be released on August 18th via Fearbone Records. FFO: Genghis Tron, 65daysofstatic, pg.lost, Three Trapped Tigers, John Carpenter. Band: https://www.facebook.com/obsolethal Bandcamp: https://reformat.bandcamp.com/album/precursed #Electronica #Experimental #Rock...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from London metal trio, Urne. **Apologies for Dave's shitty audio. He recorded using his laptop mic (idiot)** The bands new album, A Feast On Sorrow, will be released on August 11th via Candlelight Records. FFO:  Mastodon, Gojira, Metallica, Hang The Bastard, Machine Head, Irist, Memoriam, Sermon, Dead Label. Band: https://www.facebook.com/ur...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Welsh riff slingers, Silverburn. The bands new album, Self Induced Transcendental Annihilation, is out August 11th on MSH Music Group. FFO: Cro-Mags, Vision of Disorder, Mastodon, Earth Crisis, Hark, Bison, Snapcase, Quicksand, Slayer, Fudge Tunnel. Band: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089827452990 Pre-Order: https://silverburnmu...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Scottish Post-hardcore quartet, To Kill Achilles. The bands new album, Recovery, will be released on August 11th via Arising Empire. FFO: Architects, Counterparts, Being As An Ocean, Casey, La Dispute, Landscapes, Love Is Noise. Band: https://www.facebook.com/tokillachilles/ Pre-Order: https://arisingempire.com/recovery #PostHardcore #Altern...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Phoenix, AZ quartet, Thra. The bands new album, Forged in Chaotic Spew, is out on July 29th via Translation Loss Records. FFO: Morbid Angel, Mortiferum, Re-buried, Usnea, Sunrot, Outer Heaven. Band: https://www.facebook.com/Thraphx/ Pre-Order: https://thra.bandcamp.com/album/forged-in-chaotic-spew #DeathMetal #Sludge #Doom #BlackenedSludge #...

It’s MID-YEAR LIST TIME!! Dave, Duncan & Ross have gone back through the album releases from the first half of 2023 and re-listened to all of their favourites…and a few more. Now there’s only one thing left to do…order those sonsabitches! Join the guys as they count down their Top 10 Albums of 2023…so far. Let us know your favourites in the comments below! #Metal #BestMetalAlbums2023 #NewMetal...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Progressive sludge metal duo, RADIANT KNIFE. The bands new album, Pressure, will be released on July 14th. FFO: Botch, Mastodon, Cobra The Impaler, Conan, Tuskar, Zeni Geva, Loincloth, King Crimson. Band: https://www.facebook.com/Radiantknife Pre-Order: https://radiantknife.bandcamp.com/album/pressure #Review #RadiantKnife #Pressure #Sludge...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Nashville Metalcore agitators, CHAMBER! The bands new album, A Love To Kill For, will be released on July 14th on Pure Noise Records. FFO: Sanction, Boundaries, Knocked Loose, Code Orange, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Wanderer, Vein.fm, Chimaira, The Chariot, Vatican, Erase them. Band: https://www.facebook.com/chambertn/ Pre-Order: https://cha...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Australian Prog quintet, VOYAGER! The bands new album, Fearless in Love, will be released on July 14th via Season of Mist Records. FFO: Vola, Leprous, Chon, Polyphia, The Midnight, Tears For Fears, Animals As Leaders, A-ha, Black Orchid Empire, Devin Townsend. Band: https://www.facebook.com/voyageraustralia Pre-Order: https://shop.season-of-...

Join Dave & Duncan as they catch up with Simon & Martin from Norwegian prog band, AVKRVST! AVKRVST was founded by Martin Utby and Simon Bergseth - two musicians and friends who grew up together and made a pact that they would form a band when they got older. Now, 22 years later, an album is ready: 49 minutes of music inspired by everything they grew up listening to - everything from Mew, A...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Italy-based Post-Metal band, Metide. The bands new album, Erebos, will be released on July 7th via Black Lion Records. FFO: Rosetta, Mouth of the Architect, Cult of Luna, Tool, The Ocean, Author & Punisher. Band: https://www.facebook.com/metideband Pre-Order: https://metide.bandcamp.com/music #PostMetal #Sludge #Electronic #Industrial Me...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Sacramento hardcore band, Will Haven. The bands new album, VII, will be released on July 7th via Minus Head Records. FFO: Burnt By the Sun, Coalesce, Narrows, Zao, Sunrot, Death Engine, Row of Ashes, Erdve, Seek. Band: https://www.facebook.com/willhavenband/ Pre-Order: https://willhaven.bandcamp.com/album/vii #Sludge #Doom #Hardcore #NoiseMe...

Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast! On Episode 39 we catch up with some recent album releases, singles & gigs, check out some killer new tracks and review the new album from Californian mathcore quartet, Cel Damage!  Plus, our Album of the Month picks for May! Singles: SISTERS – Born Again Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersrock ALLAMEDAH - The Great U...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Japanese blackened hardcore trio, SEEK. The bands new album, Kokyou De Shinu Otoko, will be released on June 23rd via Silent Pendulum Records. FFO: Neurosis, Hexis, Downfall of Gaia, Will Haven, LLNN. Band: https://www.facebook.com/Seekjpn/ Pre-Order: https://silentpendulumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kokyou-de-shinu-otoko #BlackenedHardcore #...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from South London riff slingers, Burner. The bands new album, It All Returns to Nothing, will be released on June 23rd via Church Road Records. FFO: Trap Them, Darkest Hour, Gatecreeper, Converge, NAILS, Bolt Thrower, Stampin' Ground, Hatesphere, Vamachara. Band: https://www.facebook.com/burnermetal Pre-Order: https://burnermetal.bandcamp.com...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Tokyo's Murder Doom Masters, CHURCH OF MISERY. The bands new album, Born Under A Mad Sign, will be released on June 16th via Rise Above Records. FFO: Black Sabbath, Down, Weedeater, Sonic Flower, Bongzilla, Cathedral, Eyehategod. Band: https://www.facebook.com/churchofmiserydoom Pre-Order: https://riseaboverecords.com/product/born-under-...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Norwegian prog band, AVKRVST. The bands new album, The Approbation, will be released on June 16th via InsideOut Music. FFO: Opeth, Mew, Dream Theater, Mastodon, Silverchair, Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, Leprous, Neal Morse, Anekdoten. Band: https://www.facebook.com/avkrvst Pre-Order: https://avkrvst.lnk.to/TheApprobationID #Prog #Progressiv...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Fresno, California’s, Elder Devil. The bands new album, Everything Worth Loving, will be released on June 16th via Prosthetic Records. FFO: Gaza, The Secret, Trap Them, Cancer Bats, Cult Leader, Amen, Rotten Sound, Magrudergrind, The Secret, Pig Destroyer. Band: https://www.facebook.com/ElderDevil/ Pre-Order: https://elderdevil.bandcamp.com/...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new EP from tech-death masters, Glass Casket! The bands new self-titled EP will be released on June 9th via Silent Pendulum Records. FFO: Between the Buried and Me, The Red Chord, Ion Dissonance, Whitechapel, The Faceless, Into the Moat, Black Crown Initiate. Band: https://www.instagram.com/glass_casket_official/ Pre-Order: https://silentpendulumrecords.ba...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from blackened metal trio, Johnny The Boy. The bands new album, You, will be released on June 9th via Season of Mist. FFO: Crippled Black Phoenix, Iron Monkey, Bathory, Tragedy, Motörhead, Crowbar, Satyricon. Band: https://www.facebook.com/JTB444UVO Pre-Order: https://shop.season-of-mist.com/list/johnny-the-boy-you Bandcamp: https://johnnytheboyu...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Danish extreme progressive death metal quintet, The Arcane Order. The bands new album, Distortions from Cosmogony, will be released on June 9th via Black Lion Records. FFO: Scarve, Strapping Young Lad, Ihsahn, Textures, Miseration, Septicflesh, Darkane, Urkraft. Band: https://www.facebook.com/thearcaneorder Pre-Order: https://thearcaneorderb...