Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Bristol nu-gaze quintet, SPLIT CHAIN. The bands new album, motionblur, will be released on July 11th via Epitaph Records. FFO: Deftones, Superheaven, Narrow Head, The Smashing Pumpkins, Love Is Noise, Bleed, Blanket, Fleshwater, Profiler, Glare, Chevelle, Trust Company. Band: https://www.facebook.com/splitchainband Pre-Order: https://splitchain.bandcamp.com/album/motionblur #NuGaze #NuMetal #Shoegaze #Dreamo #Grunge #Alternative #PostHardc...
Jul 08, 2025•28 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new EP from UK prog entity, Oceanica. Oceanica’s new EP, Try Not To Dwell On It, will be released on July 1st via Prog On! Recordings. FFO: Jesu, Tesseract, Anathema, Earthside, Enochian Theory, Cloudkicker, Meniscus, sleepmakeswaves, Junius. Band: https://www.facebook.com/OceanicaUK Pre-Order: https://oceanicauk.bandcamp.com/album/try-not-to-dwell-on-it-2025-ep #Prog #ProgressiveMetal #ProgressiveRock #Atmospheric #PostMetal #PostRock Support the channe...
Jun 30, 2025•25 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Toronto-based Hardcore quintet, Pig Pen. The bands new album, Mental Madness, will be released on June 27th via Flatspot Records. FFO: Pillars of Ivory, Big Cheese, Combust, Histamine, Cancer Bats, Real Bay Shit, Going Off, Snuffed. Band: https://www.instagram.com/foreverpigpenforever/ Pre-Order: https://flatspotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fsr83-mental-madness #PigPen #TheBear #MattyMatheson #Hardcore #HardcorePunk #PunkRock Support the cha...
Jun 27, 2025•22 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review one of the most anticipated comebacks in hardcore/metalcore history — Deadguy’s first album in 30 years, Near-Death Travel Services, out June 27th via Relapse Records. FFO: Integrity, Black Flag, Unsane, Rorschach, Turmoil, Converge, Botch, Cave In, Ink & Dagger, Catharsis, Coalesce, Unbroken, Vision of Disorder. Band: https://www.instagram.com/deadguyrocks/ Pre-Order: https://deadguy666.bandcamp.com/album/near-death-travel-services #Metalcore #Hardcore ...
Jun 25, 2025•28 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they dive into the haunting debut album Die Close by Blood Vulture, the gothic sludge metal project led by Two Minutes to Late Night’s own Jordan Olds. 'Die Close' will be released on June 27th via Pure Noise Records. FFO: Pallbearer, Alice in Chains, Dunes, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Neon Nightmare, Hangman’s Chair, Crowbar, AFI, Type O Negative, Mastodon, Slumbering Sun, Spirit Adrift, Servers. Band: https://www.instagram.com/bloodvultureband/ Pre-Order: https://purenois...
Jun 23, 2025•26 min
Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast! On Episode 63 we chat recent gigs and new releases from Katatonia, Turnstile, Stray From the Path and more! Plus pick our May album of the month and play some brand-new tracks! Singles: Still In Love - Nervous Impulse Facebook: https://www.instagram.com/stillinloveuk Split Chain - who am i? Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/splitchainband/ Abigail Williams - A Void Within Existence Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AbigailW...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 55 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Australian rock band, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. The bands new album, Phantom Island, will be released on June 13th via p(doom). FFO: Electric Light Orchestra, King Crimson, Phish, Hawkwind, The Grateful Dead, Can, Yes, The Doors, T. Rex, Steely Dan, The Beatles, The Byrds, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, Canned Heat, David Bowie, Wings, Chicago, Harry Chapin. Band: https://www.facebook.com/kinggizzardandthelizardwizard Bandcamp: https:...
Jun 17, 2025•36 min
Support the channel! Check out our new Merch Store! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Canadian Technical Death Metal band, Cryptopsy. The bands new album, An Insatiable Violence, will be released on June 20th via Season of Mist. FFO: Dying Fetus, Fulci, Deeds of Flesh, Wormed, Putridity, Aborted, Archspire. Band: https://www.facebook.com/cryptopsyofficial/ Pre-Order: https://cryptopsyofficial.bandcamp.com/album/an-insatiable-viole...
Jun 17, 2025•29 min
Support the channel! Check out our new Merch Store! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK riff-slingers, Malevolence. The bands new album, Where Only The Truth Is Spoken, will be released on June 20th via MLVLTD & Nuclear Blast Records. FFO: Hatebreed, Pantera, Bleed from Within, Crowbar, Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, Desolated, Terror, Guilt Trip, Throwdown, Fit For An Autopsy. Band: https://www.facebook.com/MalevolenceRiff/...
Jun 16, 2025•28 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Arizona doom punishers, GOYA. The bands new album, In the Dawn of November, will be released June 13th via Blues Funeral Recordings. FFO: Acid King, Conan, Weedeater, Windhand, Electric Wizard, Sleep, Mantar, Monolord, Black Sabbath. Band: https://www.facebook.com/goyastoner/ Pre-Order: https://marijuana.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-dawn-of-november #Doom #StonerMetal #CosmicSludge #Grunge Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! h...
Jun 11, 2025•27 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Norwegian prog band, AVKRVST. The bands new album, Waving At The Sky, will be released on June 13th via Inside Out Music FFO: Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Radiohead, Opeth, Temic, King Crimson, Leprous, Anekdoten, Riverside, Haken, The Pineapple Thief, Ihlo, The Anchoret. Band: https://www.facebook.com/avkrvst Pre-Order: https://avkrvst.bandcamp.com/album/waving-at-the-sky-24-bit-hd-audio #Prog #ProgressiveRock #ProgressiveMetal Use Zencast...
Jun 10, 2025•39 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from German noisemakers, Ultrablut! The bands new album, Tja, will be released on June 13th via The Lasting Dose Records. FFO: Viagra Boys, Darkthrone, Fressnapf, Dyse, Cancer Bats, Sonic Youth, Teen Mortgage, LÜT, Hammok, Bad Brains. Band: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556469719351 Pre-Order: https://thelastingdoserecords.bandcamp.com/album/tja-tld14 #HardcorePunk #NoisePunk #SurfPunk #Sludge #PunkRock Use Zencastr to record your v...
Jun 10, 2025•26 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK sludge metal trio, ROW OF ASHES. The bands new album, Tide Into Ruin, will be released on June 13th via Road to Masochist. FFO: Will Haven, Neurosis, Kowloon Walled City, Slabdragger, Conan, LLNN. Band: https://www.facebook.com/RowofAshesband Pre-Order: https://rowofashes.bandcamp.com/music #Sludge #Hardcore #Doom #PostHardcore Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! https://zencastr.com/?via=metalepidemic (00:00) Intro (02:...
Jun 09, 2025•24 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Philadelphia experimental metal group, Kaonashi. The bands new album, I Want To Go Home, will be released on June 6th via Rude / Equal Vision Records. FFO: Sikth, Botch, Being As An Ocean, Meshuggah, Vein.fm, Circa Survive, Glassjaw, Destrage, Sabella, Dance Gavin Dance, The Callous Daoboys. Band: https://www.facebook.com/kaonashipa Pre-Order: https://kaonashi.lnk.to/home #Metalcore #Hardcore #Mathcore #PostHardcore #ProgressiveMetal #Expe...
Jun 05, 2025•27 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new EP from brutal death metal faction, BLUDGEONED BY DEFORMITY. The bands new EP, Epoch Of Immorality, is out June 6th via Iron Fortress Records. FFO: Eternal Suffering, Pyrexia, Immortal Torment, Devourment, Pustulated, Disgorge, Internal Bleeding, Scattered Remnants. Band: https://www.instagram.com/bludgeonedbydeformity Pre-Order: https://ironfortressrecords.bandcamp.com/album/epoch-of-immortality #BrutalDeathMetal Use Zencastr to record your videos &...
Jun 05, 2025•23 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Seattle metallic hardcore outfit, TURIAN! The bands new album, Blood Quantum Blues, will be released on June 6th via Wise Blood Records. FFO: Filth Is Eternal, CLEAVER, Feign, Negative Blast, Deftones, Bummer, Cancer Bats, GEL, Terminal Bliss, Cerce, Cara Neir. Band: https://www.facebook.com/turianband/ Pre-Order: https://turian.bandcamp.com/album/blood-quantum-blues #MetallicHardcore #PunkRock #PostHardcore #NoiseRock #Electronic #Prog #A...
Jun 04, 2025•19 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Estonian Death Metal band, Intrepid. The bands new album, Juxtaposition, will be released on June 4th via Knife Fight Media. FFO: Decapitated, Death, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Autopsy, Blood Red Throne, Suffocation. Band: https://facebook.com/IntrepidEST Pre-Order: https://intrepidest.bandcamp.com/album/juxtaposition #DeathMetal Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! https://zencastr.com/?via=metalepidemic (00:0...
Jun 03, 2025•19 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Nashville bruisers, ORTHODOX. The bands new album, A Door Left Open, will be released on June 6th via Century Media Records. FFO: Jesus Piece, Knocked Loose, Car Bomb, Slipknot, Kublai Khan, Vatican, Mugshot, Chamber. Band: https://www.facebook.com/orthodoxtn Pre-Order: https://orthodoxtn.bandcamp.com/album/a-door-left-open-24-bit-hd-audio #MetallicHardcore #Metalcore #Hardcore #NuMetal Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! h...
Jun 03, 2025•23 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Australian grindcore band, King Parrot. The bands new album, A Young Person's Guide To, will be released on June 6th via Dead Serious Recordings. FFO: Noisem, Pig Destroyer, Blood Duster, Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Rotten Sound, Blood Duster, Wormrot, Superjoint Ritual. Band: https://www.facebook.com/kingparrotband/ Pre-Order: https://kingparrothc.bandcamp.com/album/a-young-persons-guide-to #Grindcore #DeathMetal #Thrash #HardcorePunk Use...
Jun 02, 2025•26 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Pennsylvania Progressive Death Metal unit, Rivers of Nihil. The bands new self-titled album will be released on May 30th via Metal Blade Records. FFO: Alluvial, Between the Buried and Me, Black Crown Initiate, Fallujah, Allegaeon, Inferi. Band: https://www.facebook.com/riversofnihil/ Pre-Order: https://riversofnihil.bandcamp.com/album/rivers-of-nihil #ProgressiveDeathMetal #TechnicalDeathMetal #DeathMetal Use Zencastr to record your videos...
May 28, 2025•31 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK riff-slingers, DESOLATED. The bands new album, Finding Peace, will be released on May 30th via MLVLTD. FFO: Biohazard, Guilt Trip, Hawser, Xile, Dagger Threat, Nasty, Speed, Get The Shot, Lionheart, Shattered Realm. Band: https://www.facebook.com/desolateduk/ Pre-Order: https://bfan.link/finding-peace #Hardcore Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! https://zencastr.com/?via=metalepidemic (00:00) Intro (04:26) Dave's Review...
May 28, 2025•23 min
The bands new album, A Hole Beneath The Home We Shared, is out May 30th via Terminus Hate City. FFO: Portrayal of Guilt, Botch, Wiegedood, Converge, Will Haven, Meth., Godot. Band: https://www.facebook.com/LowBeforetheBreeze/ Pre-Order: https://lowbeforethebreeze.bandcamp.com/album/a-hole-beneath-the-home-we-shared-2 #Hardcore #ChaoticHardcore #BlackenedHardcore #Grind #Screamo #Noisecore #Mathcore Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! https://zencastr.com/?via=metalepidemic (00:00...
May 27, 2025•30 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Cambridge post-hardcore band, Indifferent Engine. The bands new album, Speculative Fiction, will be released on May 30th via Church Road Records. FFO: At The Drive-In, Deftones, Tool, Touche Amore, Glassjaw, Sugar Horse, Thrice, Ohhms, Coilguns, Oceansize. Band: https://www.facebook.com/IndifferentEngine Pre-Order: https://indifferentengine.bandcamp.com/album/speculative-fiction #PostHardcore #AlternativeMetal #MathRock #PostRock #Punk Use...
May 26, 2025•29 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Swedish doom rock legends, WITCHCRAFT! The bands new album, Idag, will be released on May 23rd via Heavy Psych Sounds. FFO: The Sword, Kadavar, Graveyard, Black Sabbath, Orchid, Dozer, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats. Band: https://www.facebook.com/witchcraft/ Bandcamp: https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/witchcraft-idag #DoomRock #OccultRock #PsychedelicRock #Blues #Prog #RetroRock #StonerRock Use Zencastr to record your vid...
May 23, 2025•27 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from metallic hardcore band, Age of Apocalypse. The bands new album, In Oblivion, will be released on May 23rd via Closed Casket Activities. FFO: Twitching Tongues, Life of Agony, Only Living Witness, Mindforce, Stigmata. Band: https://www.instagram.com/ageofapocalypse_ny/ Pre-Order: https://ageofapocalypseny.bandcamp.com/album/in-oblivion #Hardcore #Metalcore #MetallicHardcore #Thrashcore Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! htt...
May 22, 2025•18 min
Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast! On Episode 62 we chat new releases, including Sleep Token, Machine Head, Ghost, Behemoth and more! Plus pick our April album of the month and play some brand-new smokin’ tracks! Singles: MUGSHOT - Next To Your Idols Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mugshotca Slow Crush – Thirst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slowcrushband Kaonashi - Red Sink, Yellow Teeth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaonashipa Intrepid - Opiated ...
May 19, 2025•2 hr 8 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Atlanta, Georgia, mathcore band, The Callous Daoboys. The bands new album, I Don't Want to See You in Heaven, will be released on May 16th via MNRK Heavy. FFO: The Chariot, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Glassjaw, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Better Lovers, Fall Out Boy, Kaonashi, Johnny Booth, Love Rarely. Band: https://www.facebook.com/thecallousdaoboys/ Pre-Order: https://thecallousdaoboys.bandcamp.com/album/i-don-t-want-to-see-you-...
May 15, 2025•42 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new EP from Chicago Hardcore Punks, Stress Positions. The bands new EP, Human Zoo, will be released on May 16th via Three One G Records. FFO: Human Blot, Terminal Bliss, Amen, C.H.E.W., Snuffed, Dropdead, GEL, Buggin, Jivebomb. Band: https://www.instagram.com/stresspositions/ Pre-Order: https://stresspositions.bandcamp.com/album/human-zoo #Punk #Hardcore #HardcorePunk #NoiseRock #DBeat Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! https://zencastr....
May 13, 2025•21 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Glaswegian Hardcore Punk band, Go Down Fighting! The bands new EP, Anytime Now, will be released on May 9th. FFO: Sick Of It All, Pro-Pain, Discharge, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Ryker’s, Judge, No Warning. Band: https://www.facebook.com/gdfhardcore/ Bandcamp: https://godownfighting.bandcamp.com/ #HardcorePunk Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! https://zencastr.com/?via=metalepidemic (00:00) Intro (01:18) Dave's Review (08:4...
May 08, 2025•14 min
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from depressive black metallers, GHOST BATH. The bands new album, Rose Thorn Necklace, will be released on May 9th via Nuclear Blast Records. FFO: Ellende, Deafheaven, Advent Sorrow, Harakiri for the Sky, Ultar, Heretoir. Band: https://www.facebook.com/blackghostbath Pre-Order: https://ghostbath.bandcamp.com/album/rose-thorn-necklace #AtmosphericBlackMetal #PostBlackMetal #DepressiveBlackMetal #BlackMetal #Blackgaze #PostRock Use Zencastr to re...
May 07, 2025•27 min
