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A podcast all about rock/metal/alt music with news, reviews and guest interviews with artists including Lake Malice and Massive Wagons. We cover the latest album and single releases along with our thoughts on the festivals and gigs we attend including Download Festival, Bloodstock and independent music festivals throughout the UK. There's also our RTM Recommendations on the newest bands we think you should be listening to.

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Episodes

EP 212: Hedra Live Review

It's another live review from our local venue Legends and in this episode we chat about the metalcore quartet Frame the Hero, alt/emo Strange Company and the headline band Hedra. Hear about smoke machine overloads, merch purchases and another night that was later than intended! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Mar 20, 202520 minSeason 4Ep. 212

EP 211: Special Guests DALE

Kin'ell Fest is getting closer and we continue with our interviews in this episode. We had a chat with Sami and Lee from DALE, about touring via public transport, doing weights at gigs and trying to beat a push up record. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 17, 202530 minSeason 4Ep. 211

EP 210: Special Guests We Are Sovereign

We have a returning guest in this episode, it's been around a year since we last spoke with Laura. So we discussed everything We Are Sovereign have been up to, including opening for Dream State and Shoot To Kill. There's also collaborations, the acoustic side they've been working on, plans for new music and of course Kin'ell Fest and what everyone can hope to see from their set! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials ...

Mar 13, 202522 minSeason 4Ep. 210

EP 209: Download Festival XXII Headliner Korn

It's the last of our dive into the discography of this year's Download Festival 2025 headline bands. In this episode we chatted about all fourteen studio albums from the Nu-Metal legends. Find out about how we discovered Korn, memories of watching them, our thoughts on each album and most importantly how we ranked each one! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads...

Mar 10, 202558 minSeason 4Ep. 209

EP 208: February Roundup 2025

It's been a busy month but we think we've covered the most important bits for you in this episode. We have all of the worthy festival announcements to catch up on, some exciting news about a gig we have booked and reviews of the latest releases from Saor, Jinjer, Killswitch Engage and Raging Speedhorn! There's also a reminder of all our New Music Fridays to listen to and a few other choice tracks. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patre...

Mar 03, 202546 minSeason 4Ep. 208

EP 207: Special Guests Eschalon

In this episode we had a chat with Simon from Eschalon. We have been fortunate enough to see Eschalon before and can't wait to see them again at Kin'ell Fest later this year. We talked about their epic video Helios, the light and smoke show they use and what we can expect from their set! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Feb 24, 202523 minSeason 4Ep. 207

EP 206: Special Guests Indevth

We continue our coverage of Kin'ell Fest in this episode and we sat down for a chat with Sam and Pat from Indevth. We talked about their impressive rise though the music scene including playing Download Festival, sharing the stage with some great bands and of course what we can expect to hear and see at their headline set during Kin'ell Fest in May! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Faceb...

Feb 17, 202523 minSeason 4Ep. 206

EP 205: Papa Roach Live Review

It's our first arena show of the year and we were there to dust off our chains for a night of nu-metal with Papa Roach! With support from Wage War and Alyx Holcombe starting the night with a DJ set. It's the first time in 11 years since we've seen Papa Roach, so hear all about the night in this episode! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. See...

Feb 13, 202544 minSeason 4Ep. 205

EP 204: Special Guests Bleed the Fifth

We begin our Kin'ell Fest band interviews with South Wales' finest, Bleed the Fifth. We had a chat with Jordan and Morgan to discuss their upcoming EP, the last show at our local venue Legends, a busy 2025 touring schedule and of course looking ahead to playing the first Kin'ell Fest! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...

Feb 10, 202530 minSeason 4Ep. 204

EP 203: January Roundup 2025

We've finally made it through what seems the longest month since time began, and to finish the month off we have our January roundup. There's lots of exciting festival news and tours to tell you about, along with album and EP reviews from Alt Blk Era, Vukovi, Paleface Swiss and Waterlines. Listen now to find out our thoughts and scores in this episode. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Fa...

Feb 03, 202546 minSeason 4Ep. 203

EP 202: Download Festival XXII Headliner Green Day

With an incredible fourteen studio albums and multiple compilations and EP's, Green Day have been a staple of the punk scene for over four decades. This year sees their first visit to Download Festival, so we've listened to all of the studio albums from 39/Smooth all the way through to Saviors and then ranked each one. Find out which of these are our favourites from your DLXXII Friday night headliners! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the ...

Jan 27, 202554 minSeason 4Ep. 202

EP 201: Tooth & Dagger Live Review

It's our first live review of the year and we're at our local venue once again. In this episode we chat about the live sets from headline band Tooth & Dagger, and support from Arknsaw and Speaking With Spirits. Hear our thoughts on everything from the night. With an incredible fourteen studio albums and multiple compilations and EP's, Green Day have been a staple of the punk scene for over four decades. This year sees their first visit to Download Festival, so we've listened to all of the st...

Jan 23, 202517 minSeason 4Ep. 201

EP 200: Special Guests Arockalypse Productions

You've probably heard us talking about our local gigs over the last twelve months and the two day Kin'ell Fest later this year. Well in this episode you get to hear from the people responsible for bringing it to us, Gary and James from Arockalypse Productions. You can hear about how they got into the music scene, what it's like soundchecking for bands and of course more about Kin'ell Fest in May. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreo...

Jan 20, 202553 minSeason 4Ep. 200

EP 199: Back to the Future Part 3

Great Scott!!! It's that time of year again to look ahead to the most anticipated albums and tours of 2025. We've already got a few gigs and festivals booked in for this year but what else can we expect from some of the biggest bands over the next 12 months? Listen to this episode to see what we're looking forward to. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hoste...

Jan 13, 202558 minSeason 4Ep. 199

EP 198: December 2024 Roundup

Yes we know it's 2025 but you still need to know what happened in December and now it's time to find out all of the festival news you may have missed, some out of the blue announcements, more reasons for Gem to mention Ghost and singles from Suffer UK, Gin Annie, Diamond Black and Straight for the Sun. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. See ...

Jan 06, 202538 minSeason 4Ep. 198

EP 197: 2024 Roundup

We've made it to the end of the year and now it's time for a beercast! We have so many highlights from this year and now we have to narrow them down to our top gigs, festival moments and then the big one.....our album of the year. With so many contenders, what will be our own winners and the combined favourite of 2024? You get to hear all of this along with many random tangents, as you would expect from a beercast. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then c...

Dec 30, 20241 hr 38 minSeason 3Ep. 197

EP 196: Feeling Festive Part 2

It's two years since our first installment of Feeling Festive, and now we've got another selection of tracks curated from Gem G and some of our listeners to get Kev P listening to (or torturing to depending on who you ask). Hear our reactions to some songs we didn't even know existed from bands like Skindred, Dio and Korn! If that's not enough we'll also talk through some of this years Xmas merch you can get and some you should avoid! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it...

Dec 23, 202441 minSeason 3Ep. 196

EP 195: Download Festival XXII Headliner Sleep Token

We haven't got to the end of the year but we're already taking a look at one of next year's headline bands at Download Festival. With Sleep Tokens place on one of the top slots already confirmed, we thought we'd dive into their discography, offer some opinions and discuss what we think about the first time headliners! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hoste...

Dec 16, 202444 minSeason 3Ep. 195

EP 194: Spotify Wrapped 2024

We've listened to so much music this year, but will Spotify reflect what we think is in our top songs and musicians list? There's also the other podcasts we've been listening to and the Ready to Mosh podcast creator stats to go through! How have we done this year? Listen now to find out! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Dec 09, 202435 minSeason 3Ep. 194

EP 193: November 2024 Roundup

It's time for the penultimate roundup and in this episosde we have the latest news and album reviews including Massive Wagons "Earth to Grace" and Opeth "The Last Will and Testament". We also have the new EP from Sathamel, a live listen of R:EO latest single and a live watch of the new video from Arknsaw If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. Se...

Dec 02, 202445 minSeason 3Ep. 193

EP 192: Dychosis, Bloodshot and Orbital Alignment Live Review

It's another mini mosh special and in this episode we were back again at our local venue Legends for another three band gig. So this week we have a live review of the tech death metal bands Dychosis, Bloodshot and Orbital Alignment! Hear our thoughts on all of the band performances here. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Nov 28, 202415 minSeason 3Ep. 192

EP 191: Massive Wagons Live Review

In this episode, we have a live review of previous podcast guests Massive Wagons! Find out our thoughts on their opening show of the new Earth to Grace tour with special guests Florence Black and Cam Cole. Hear about the delayed start to the night (for us anyway), merch tales and other incidents. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Nov 25, 202440 minSeason 3Ep. 191

EP 190: Download Festival XXII Inital Reaction Part 2

We've had a few more days to digest the mammoth announcement of bands for Download Festival XXII. So in this episode we discuss some of the bands we're suprised at seeing there for good and bad reasons, if the festival is still value for money, who we can't wait to see and how we're doing on our predictions! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast...

Nov 18, 202433 minSeason 3Ep. 190

EP 189: Slump, Syncolima and Bad Earth Live Review

It's another midweek mini epsisode and in this one we were at our local venue to watch three bands including two of our previous podcast guests, Slump and Syncolima. There was also a great opening set from Bad Earth and an accidental very late night. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Nov 14, 202421 min

EP 188: Download Festival XXII Immediate Reaction

With just over an hour after the "official" Download Festival XXII release, we are here with our immediate reaction! Kev P had already seen an accidental leak but Gem G hadn't, in this episode you get to hear our thoughts on the lineup for next year. Are we excited or underwhelmed, listen here and find out now! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Ac...

Nov 12, 202418 minSeason 3Ep. 188

EP 187: Wednesday 13 Live Review

We are back with a review of the recent Wednesday 13 gig from Rock City, Nottingham. Find out our thoughts on the show from the Duke of Spook performing Murderdolls. If a 90 minute set wasn't enough there was also support from former podcast guests South of Salem and the Swedish legends Hardcore Superstar! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. ...

Nov 11, 202438 min

EP 186: October 2024 Roundup Part 2

It's the second part of our October roundup and in this episode, we have six new albums to review. Strap in for our thoughts on the latest releases from Lowen, The Offspring, Thrasherwolf, Better Lovers, Tribe of Ghosts and Seething Akira. Find out which ones we loved and a shock response to one of the albums! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Aca...

Nov 07, 202440 minSeason 3Ep. 186

EP 185: October 2024 Roundup Part 1

It's been such a packed month that we've had to split our usual monthly roundup over two episodes! In part 1, you'll find the latest rock and metal news along with multiple announcments from some the best festivals in the UK including, Mangata, Uprising, Bloodstock and 2000Trees. If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Nov 04, 202441 minSeason 3Ep. 185

EP 184: Thrashatouille, Bleed the Fifth and Vulgarithm Live Review

We are back with the final live gig review of the month and in this episode we have a triple bill from our local venue Legends. Opening up the night we had the one man riff rave Vulgarithm followed by the South Wales metalcore four piece Bleed the Fifth and finally the night's headliners Thrashatouille. Find out our thoughts on all three bands! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook T...

Oct 31, 202419 minSeason 3Ep. 184

EP 183: Horroween Special

Halloween is Gem G's favourite time of year, so we thought we'd take a look at the artists who have given us an alternative/metal/punk and horror crossover. There are some of our favourite musicians in this genre, some that Kev P really doesn't like and a tangent around horror films including a reboot that was a complete disaster! If you need a little more mosh in your life, and lets face it who doesn't? Then check out the Patreon and the socials below. Patreon Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter ...

Oct 28, 202445 minSeason 3Ep. 183
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