The Metal Epidemic Podcast

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Swedish noisemakers, This Gift Is A Curse. The bands new album, HEIR, will be released on March 7th via Season of Mist. FFO: Cursed, Oathbreaker, Trap Them, Rorcal, The Secret, All Pigs Must Die, Hexis, Norna, LLNN. Band: https://www.facebook.com/thisgiftisacurse Pre-Order: https://thisgiftisacurse.bandcamp.com/album/heir #Sludge #BlackMetal...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from British metallers, Raging Speedhorn! The bands new album, Night Wolf, will be released on March 6th via Spinefarm/UMG. FFO: Cancer Bats, Superjoint Ritual, Kylesa, Iron Monkey, Down, Corrosion of Conformity, Soilent Green, High on Fire, Orange Goblin. Band: https://www.facebook.com/ragingspeedhorn/ Pre-Order: https://ragingspeedhorn.lnk.to/n...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Swedish post-metal/sludge quartet, K L P S. The bands new album, K L P S, will be released on February 28th via These Hands Melt. FFO: Breach, Burst, Cult of Luna, Neurosis, Omega Massif, Light Bearer. Band: https://www.facebook.com/kollapsemusik/ Pre-Order: https://kollapsemusic.bandcamp.com/album/k-l-p-s #PostMetal #Sludge #PostRock #PostH...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from London Death Metal quintet, Vacuous. The bands new album, In His Blood, will be released on February 28th via Relapse Records. FFO: Incantation, Tomb Mold, Bolt Thrower, Spectral Voice, Undergang, Obituary. Band: https://www.facebook.com/vacuousdeath/ Pre-Order: https://vacuousdeath.bandcamp.com/album/in-his-blood #DeathMetal #ExtremeMetal #...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Portland, Oregon menaces, Stress Test. The bands new album, Stress Test, will be released on February 28th via Transylvanian Recordings. FFO: Power Trip, Disrupt, Dystopia, Municipal Waste, Napalm Death, Enforced, Glacial Tomb, Chain Wolf, High Command, S.O.D. Band: https://www.facebook.com/stresstestpdx Pre-Order: https://transylvanianrecor...

Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast! On Episode 59 we chat gigs, new releases, our album of the month for January, what’s coming in 2025 and play some brand-new tracks!  Singles: Justice For The Damned - The Current Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForTheDamned/ HEAVENSGATE - OBLIVION Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heavensgate.corp BRONCO - Light of G...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK Sludge quartet, WREN. The bands new album, Black Rain Falls, will be released on February 21st via Church Road Records. FFO: Neurosis, Young Widows, Kowloon Walled City, Kollapse, Hundred Year Old Man, Death Engine, Lesser Glow. Band: https://www.facebook.com/disciplesofwren Pre-Order: https://disciplesofwren.bandcamp.com/album/black-rain...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from German metal duo, Mantar. The bands new album, Post Apocalyptic Depression, will be released on February 14th via Metal Blade Records. FFO: Karloff, Kavrila, Niht, Nirvana, Valborg, Whores, Thou, The Jesus Lizard, Tad, The Melvins, Mudhoney, L7.Band: https://www.facebook.com/MantarBand/ Pre-Order: https://mantar.bandcamp.com/album/post-apoca...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK Alternative Metal band, LOVE IS NOISE.The bands new album, To live in a different way, will be released on February 14th via Century Media Records. FFO: Deftones, Loathe, Radiohead, Glassjaw, Portishead, My Bloody Valentine, Bowery Electric, Crosses, Blanket, Moodring, Wayside, TNL VZN. Band: https://www.facebook.com/loveisnoiselr/ Pre-Or...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Parisian Cold Doom pioneers, Hangman’s Chair. The bands new album, Saddiction, will be released on February 14th via Nuclear Blast Records. FFO: Type O Negative, Alice In Chains, Sisters of Mercy, Katatonia, YOB, Pallbearer, A Pale Horse Named Death. Band: https://www.facebook.com/hangmanschair Pre-Order: https://hangmanschair.bandcamp.com/a...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Newport Noir Pop quintet, The Nightmares. The bands new album, Fire In Heaven, will be released on February 14th via Venn Records. FFO: Alkaline Trio, Motion City Soundtrack, Gary Numan, Killing Joke, The Get Up Kids, The Cure, The Smiths, Interpol, Bright Eyes. Band: https://www.facebook.com/thenightmares666 Pre-Order: https://thenightmares...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Norwegian smash metalists, MAKTKAMP! The bands new album, Mental Razzia, will be released on February 14th. FFO: Kvelertak, HÄXER, Søstre, Opeth, Valletta, Skallbank, The Good the Bad and the Zugly, NYT LIV.Band: https://www.facebook.com/maktkampband Pre-Order: https://maktkampband.bandcamp.com/ #MelodicHardcore #SmashMetal #ClassicRock #Pun...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from San Diego, California Sludge band, 16. The bands new album, Guides For The Misguided, will be released on February 7th via Relapse Records. FFO: Crowbar, Eyehategod, Down, Helmet, Skinlab, Melvins, Acid Bath, Weedeater, Iron Monkey, Blood Simple. Band: https://www.facebook.com/16dropout Pre-Order: https://16theband.bandcamp.com/album/guides-...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK Industrial trio, Tayne. The bands new album, Love, will be released on January 31st via MNRK Heavy. FFO: Nine Inch Nails, Health, ††† (Crosses), Depeche Mode, Author & Punisher, The Black Queen, Zetra, Youth Code, Ministry, Godflesh. Band: https://www.facebook.com/tayneband/ Bandcamp: https://tayneband.bandcamp.com/album/love #Industr...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from US doom metal forefathers, PENTAGRAM. The bands new album, Lightning in a Bottle, will be released on January 31st via Heavy Psych Sounds. FFO: Saint Vitus, Trouble, Cathedral, Down, Church of Misery, Goatsnake, Orange Goblin, Candlemass. Band: https://www.facebook.com/pentagramusa Bandcamp: https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK merchants of misery, Grief Ritual. The bands new album, Collapse, will be released on January 31st via Church Road Records. FFO: Lifesick, Heriot, Knocked Loose, Entombed, Nails, END, Cruel Division, Justice for the Damned, Makhaira. Band: https://www.facebook.com/griefritual Pre-Order: https://griefritualmusic.bandcamp.com/album/collapse...

It's time for the FINAL part of our extended End of Year lists!! Join Dave, Duncan and Ross as they count down number 5 to 1 of their Top 20 Albums of 2024! Let us know your lists in the comments below! #Metal #BestMetalAlbums2024 #AOTY2024 Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! ⁠ https://zencastr.com/?via=metalepidemic (00:00) Intro (00:58) 5 Dave (04:35) 5 Duncan (07:24) 5 Ross (...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Scottish Alternative Metal duo, Vukovi. The bands new album, My God Has Got A Gun, will be released on January 24th via Sharptone Records. FFO: RedHook, Cassyette, Boston Manor, Calva Louise, Dream State, Rivals. Band: https://www.facebook.com/vukoviband Pre-Order: https://bfan.link/my-god-has-got-a-gun #AlternativeMetal #NuMetal #ElectroPop...

It's time for Part 3 of our extended End of Year lists!! Dave, Duncan & Ross have gone back through the album releases from 2024 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 number 10 to 6 of their Top 20 Albums of 2024! Let us know your lists in the comments below! #Metal #BestMe...

It's time for Part 2 of our extended End of Year lists!! Dave, Duncan & Ross have gone back through the album releases from 2024 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 number 15 to 11 of their Top 20 Albums of 2024! Let us know your lists in the comments below! Use Zencastr...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from French Math Metallers, Vertex. The bands new album, The Purest Light, will be released on January 17th via Le Cri Du Charbon. FFO: Meshuggah, Car Bomb, Frontierer, The Dillinger Escape Plan, C-187, Ion Dissonance, Blotted Science, M.A.N., Vildhjarta, Gojira. Band: https://www.facebook.com/vertex.metal.france/ Pre-Order: https://vertexmetal.b...

It's time for our extended End of Year lists!! Dave, Duncan & Ross have gone back through the album releases from 2024 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 20 Albums of 2024! Let us know your lists in the comments below! #Metal #BestMetalAlbums2024 #BestMetalAlbum202...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Seattle Industrial Punk trio, Haunted Horses. The bands new album, Dweller, will be released on January 10th via Three One G Records. FFO: Swans, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Daughters, Kill The Thrill, Throat, Doodseskader, The Soft Moon, Youff, Uniform. Band: https://www.facebook.com/hauntedhorses Bandcamp: https://hauntedhorses.bandcamp.com/alb...

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Orange County Hardcore outfit, Stick To Your Guns. The bands new album, Keep Planting Flowers, will be released on January 10th via Sharptone Records. FFO: Stray From The Path, Your Demise, Rise Against, The Ghost Inside, Comeback Kid, Ignite, Cro-Mags, Being As An Ocean. Band: https://www.facebook.com/STYGoc Pre-Order: https://bfan.link/kee...

Dave & Duncan are back for our final Metal Epidemic Podcast of the year! On Episode 57 we chat new releases, our album of the month for November, favourite gig of 2024, biggest disappointment of the year and worst album we heard in 2024. Plus play some choice cuts from the year! Singles: 200 Stab Wounds – Hands of Eternity Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/200StabWounds/ Four Year Strong - ma...