German Symphonic Metal shooting stars Beyond the Black look back on a stratospheric success story. Already their 2015 debut album hit like a bomb in their home country. “Songs Of Love And Death” besieged the German Top 15 for weeks and led up to the band being awarded the Metal Hammer Award 2015 for “Best Debut”. Its successor “Lost In Forever” (2016) entered the German charts on #4 right away and paved ways for a huge tour from Germany over countries like UK, Russia or Japan. Since the band’s l...
Jan 13, 2023•23 min
Matt sat down with Jak of Guilt Trip, recorded end of 2022.
Jan 06, 2023•40 min
Polar has announced their new album Everywhere, Everything , due for release on 13th January 2023 via Arising Empire. At the beginning of 2020, the music world came to an abrupt stop. For Polar, that meant a conclusive end to their unfinished tour alongside After The Burial, Spirit box and Make Them Suffer, following their 2019 acclaimed album Nova . Filled with a sense of uncertainty in a world turned upside down, Polar (Adam Woodford, Fabian Lomas, Gav Thane and Noah See) took to work on brand...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr
Matt speaks about albums you need to hear in 2023!
Dec 27, 2022•10 min
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Dec 22, 2022•31 min
Holding Absence is a rock band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in 2015. The group consists of lead vocalist Lucas Woodland, guitarist Scott Carey, bassist Benjamin Elliot and drummer Ashley Green. The band released an initial collection of singles in 2017, as well as a split EP with Loathe in 2018, before finally releasing their debut record, Holding Absence , in 2019. They are signed with SharpTone Records.
Dec 12, 2022•51 min
Swiss-Italian progressive metal band VIRTUAL SYMMETRY was founded in 2009 as a solo project of guitarist Valerio Æsir Villa, when the first ideas for the debut album, Message From Eternity, began taking shape. The band’s lineup has since expanded to now include vocalist Marco Pastorino, keyboardist Marco “Mark” Bravi, bassist Alessandro Poppale, and drummer Alfonso Mocerino. The band is a revelation in the progressive metal universe, stunning their fans and listeners with influences which range ...
Dec 07, 2022•21 min
Formed in 2014, As December Falls are a long way from their beginnings. The band achieved self-sufficiency early on as a matter of survival after being told they were ‘too this’ and ‘too that’ from the industry gatekeepers when looking to release their self-titled debut album in 2019 (which has received over 4 million streams to date). Their DIY attitude and business know-how resulted in the band selling out 90% of shows on their most recent headline tour around the UK and appearing at Slam Dunk...
Dec 01, 2022•34 min
Nov 25, 2022•34 min
Sorry but it's true we do! Matt discusses the future of the podcast...
Nov 24, 2022•11 min
Matt sat down with Karl Groom of threshold! Karl is a British guitarist and record producer. He is best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Threshold. Karl has a number of production and mixing credits with progressive and power metal bands.
Nov 18, 2022•32 min
Matt sat down with frontman Chad Ruhlig of For The Fallen Dreams!
Nov 15, 2022•33 min
This podcast is a RIOT! Enjoy!
Nov 10, 2022•33 min
... CLUE IS IN THE TITLE LADS.
Nov 08, 2022•42 min
Matt sat down to discuss the recent Set It Off show in Norwich with support from Wethers and Cemetery Sun.
Nov 06, 2022•21 min
Matt & Rebecca sit down to talk about the Bury Tomorrow // August Burns Red show which happened on Halloween!
Nov 04, 2022•23 min
Aussie rockers Press Club are currently smashing their way through the UK. Matt sat down with the band before their headline show in Birmingham. We’ve been following this band's trajectory since their first album and seeing how far they’ve come is outstanding! Tickets for the shows are flying out so don't hang about! 😁
Nov 03, 2022•26 min
SHE MUST BURN erupted from the confines of modern genres and set a new tone for metal as we know it, amassing hordes of followers with their captivating live performances. With the release of their first self-titled EP, a unique sound of beauty and beast exploded, quickly bringing attention to the quintet and resulting in the band being handpicked by black metal giants CRADLE OF FILTH to accompany them during the UK leg of their Inquisitional Torture Tour.
Nov 01, 2022•29 min
In this Episode; Matt and Rebecca get spooky!
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 2 min
October Ends ' new album PHASES is out now! hand offThe album blends Djent, Nu Metal, and Trap with Pop choruses, huge riffs and melodic hooks. It’s sharp, slick, powerful, and packed with a barrage of unique vocal styles provided by four of the band members who hand-off throughout the record. There are also some really lovely electronic moments too that create some real depth.
Oct 27, 2022•33 min
Hardcore/thrash/crossover band, Cage Fight, have released their enraging debut album, Cage Fight, on 13th May on the Candlelight label. I sat down with Nick ahead of their headline run at the end of November into December.
Oct 24, 2022•33 min
CABAL is one of the most brutal and promising heavy acts hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark. The band aims to create a visceral and doom-laden atmosphere throughout both their music and visual expression. The production is crystal clear, whilst the songwriting draws inspiration from everything from black-and death metal to djent and hardcore. The young band has since the release of their debut album "Mark of Rot" in 2018 managed to make a name for themselves in both Denmark and the rest of the wor...
Oct 20, 2022•32 min
Concocting a potent sonic assault that recalls the foreboding darkness of Black Sabbath, Savages’ monochrome post-punk and the dirty breathlessness of Bleach-era Nirvana, the Manchester quartet create a confrontational racket that takes no prisoners. Refusing to be confined by gender or genre, Witch Fever have always defied expectations as individuals in society. Now, they’re defying expectations as a band. The debut album, Congregation is the sound of punk without boundaries of any kind, and wi...
Oct 12, 2022•15 min
Matt & Rebecca discuss newest bands for Bloodstock 2023!
Oct 11, 2022•16 min
DEFECTS is a collaboration of seasoned young musicians, having collectively released multiple albums worldwide in their former bands and spending years on the road alongside acts such as Iron Maiden, Bring Me The Horizon, Shinedown, Disturbed and Bullet For My Valentine. They released their debut single “Scapegoat” at the tail end of 2021 and following up with “End Of Days” in March of this year, before hitting the road with IN FLAMES as openers on their UK tour. Having spent the summer winning ...
Oct 09, 2022•33 min
Belgian alternative act STAKE announces their new album LOVE, DEATH and DECAYOUT out on the 30th of September 2022 via Hassle Records.
Oct 07, 2022•28 min
Oct 06, 2022•45 min
Two years on from their critically lauded second album 'Fall Better' , Scottish 2 piece VUKOVI return with a record that is undoubtably the best distillation of their unique musical vision yet, brand new album 'NULA', which will be released on October 7th, 2022 through LAB Records.
Oct 03, 2022•27 min
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