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://t…

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…

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:/…

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 Da…

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…

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 li…

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 l…

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.me…

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!#M…

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 Ban…

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.faceboo…

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.fac…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, post-hardcore/shoegaze band, Spanaway. The bands new album, Songs of Yesteryear, will be released on December 6th via Burial Whisper.FFO: Failure, Hum, Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, Jesu, Radiohead, Grivo, Elliott Smith, DIIV, Nothing. Band: https://www.instagram.com/spa…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Danish death metal band, NECKBREAKKER. The bands new album, Within the Viscera, will be released on December 6th via Nuclear Blast Records.FFO: Morbid Angel, Decapitated, Suffocation, BAEST, Blood Red Throne, Wayward Dawn, Alluvial. Band: https://www.facebook.com/Neckbreakker Pre-Order: https://n…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Indie Shoegaze band, Gleemer. The bands new album, End of the Nail, will be released on December 6th via Other People Records.FFO: Death Cab For Cutie, Downward, Ridgeway, Leaving Time, William Fitzsimmons.Band: https://www.facebook.com/gleemergleemer/ https://www.facebook.com/gleemergleemer/ Ban…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK progressive post-hardcore band, Hidden Mothers. The bands new album, ‘Erosion / Avulsion’, will be released on November 29th via Church Road Records.FFO: Holy Fawn, Envy, Thrice, Conjurer, Copse, Norna, Svalbard, Alexisonfire, Oathbreaker, Converge. Band: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenmothers…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK riff slingers, Monolith. The bands new album, The Black Cradle, will be released on November 29th. FFO: Opeth, Enslaved, Borknagar, Deathspell Omega, Ihsahn, Rivers of Nihil, Gorod, Meshuggah. Band: https://www.facebook.com/monolithukPre-Order: https://bandmonolith.bandcamp.com/album/the-black…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new release from Nottingham Progressive Death Metallers, Beyond Grace. The bands new EP, Welcome to the New Dark Ages Part 2, will be released on November 22nd. FFO: Becoming the Archetype, Dyscarnate, Fit For An Autopsy, Feared, Necrophagist, Abysmal Dawn, Black Crown Initiate. Band: https://www.facebook.com/w…

Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast! On Episode 56 we chat recent gigs, including the farewell show from Sepultura, plus new releases, our album of the month for October and some brand-new singles! Singles: Raging Speedhorn - Night Wolf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ragingspeedhorn Anticlone – Inhuman Facebook: ht…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Italian Progressive/Avant Metal Duo, GOTHO. The bands new album, Gothron Versus Fartark, will be released on November 15th via Supernatural Cat.FFO: Zombi, Goblin, Fabio Frizzi, Genghis Tron, John Carpenter, The Exorcist GBG, Lightning Bolt, Vangelis, Riz Ortoloni, Yes, Zu, Voyag3r, Reformat.Band…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK post-black metal trio, STILL. The bands new album, A Theft, will be released on November 15th via Floodlit Recordings.FFO: Portrayal Of Guilt, Wiegedood, Frail Body, Bosse-De-Nage, Knoll, Plebeian Grandstand.Band: https://www.facebook.com/wearestillaband Pre-Order: https://wearestillaband.band…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Louisville Deep Fried Doom and Roll band, Shi – 死. The bands new album, Pure Disgust, will be released on November 15th.FFO: Church of Misery, Weedeater, Leather Lung, Down, Iron Monkey.Band: https://www.facebook.com/shilouisville/ Pre-Order: https://shilouisville.bandcamp.com/album/pure-disgust …

Join Dave & Duncan as they catch up with Mark Norgate from UK contemporary prog metal band, Dawnwalker. Buy music from Dawnwalker here: https://dawnwalker.bandcamp.com/musicDawnwalker Online:https://linktr.ee/dawnwalkerukhttps://www.dawnwalker.uk/https://www.facebook.com/dawnwalkerukhttps://www.instagram.com/dawnwalkerukhttps://twitter.com/dawnwalk…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from French art-rock band, Klone. The bands new album, The Unseen, will be released on November 8th via Pelagic Records.FFO: Devin Townsend, Opeth, Katatonia, Isis, Porcupine Tree, Leprous.Band: https://www.facebook.com/kloneband/Pre-Order: https://kloneeofficial.bandcamp.com/album/the-unseen #Prog #P…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Scottish Post-Metal band, Codespeaker. The bands new album, Scavenger, will be released on November 8th via Ripcord Records.FFO: Neurosis, Cult Of Luna, Bossk, Meshuggah, GRAVA, Boru, Besra. Band: https://www.facebook.com/codespeakertheband Pre-Order: https://codespeaker.bandcamp.com/album/scaven…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania gloomgaze band, Babel Map. The bands new album, Teeth, will be released on November 1st via Lost Future Records.FFO: Iress, libbianski, SoftSun, grief thief, Beastmilk. Band: https://www.facebook.com/BabelMapMusic/ Bandcamp: https://babelmap.bandcamp.com/album/teeth #Post…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Danish noisemakers, Lifesick. The bands new album, Loved by None, Hated by All, will be released on November 1st via Metal Blade Records.FFO: Nails, Fuming Mouth, Left Behind, Wanderer, John Cxnnor, Merauder, Monolith. Band: https://www.facebook.com/lifesick Pre-Order: https://lifesickhc.bandcamp…

Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast! On Episode 55 we chat recent gigs, new releases, our album of the month for September and drop some brand-new singles! Singles: Cytotoxin - Hope Terminator Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cytotoxinmetal OVERSIZE - Fall Apart Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oversizeband/ unpeop…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Portsmouth Nu-core crew, Seething Akira. The bands new album, Cancel Estate, will be released on October 25th. FFO: Hadouken, Hacktivist, Nightlives, Enter Shikari, Raizer, Lionfight, The Prodigy, The Browning. Band: https://www.facebook.com/seethingakiraPre-Order: https://earache.lnk.to/CancelEs…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Belgian Post-Blackgaze band, Mother. The bands new album, II, will be released on October 25th via Consouling Sounds.FFO: Amenra, The Ocean Collective, Mogwai, Deafheaven, MØL, Erlen Meyer, Celeste. Band: https://www.facebook.com/thisismotherspeaking Pre-Order: https://thisismotherspeaking.bandca…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Seattle sludge collective, Heiress. The bands new album, Nowhere Nearer, will be released on October 11th via Indecision Records.FFO: Neurosis, Crowbar, Engineer, Mastodon, Sumac, Bone Dance, Seven Sisters of Sleep.Band: https://www.facebook.com/Heiressy/ Pre-Order: https://heiress.bandcamp.com/a…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK prog band, Frost*. The bands new album, Life in the Wires, will be released on October 18th on InsideOut Music.FFO: Karmakanic, It Bites, Vulkan, Spock’s Beard, Enchant, Subsignal, Steven Wilson. Band: https://www.facebook.com/frostlife/ Pre-Order: https://frost.bandcamp.com/album/life-in-the-…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from British contemporary prog metal band, Dawnwalker. The bands new album, The Unknowing, will be released on October 18th. FFO: Hexvessel, Porcupine Tree, Haken, Opeth, Katatonia, Crippled Black Phoenix, Anathema.Band: https://www.facebook.com/dawnwalkeruk Pre-Order: https://dawnwalker.bandcamp.com/…

Dave catches up with Jon from Conan, whilst the band are on a run of dates throughout the UK with Orange Goblin! Bandcamp: https://conan-conan.bandcamp.com/album/evidence-of-immortality CONAN Online:https://www.hailconan.com/https://www.facebook.com/hailconan/https://www.instagram.com/hailconan

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from London-based Middle Eastern progressive doom band, Lowen. The bands new album, Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran, will be released on October 4th via Church Road Records.FFO: Bolt Thrower, Dead Can Dance, Baroness, Employed to Serve, Everest Queen.Band: https://www.facebook.com/Lowen…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Danish death metallers, LIVLØS! The bands new album, The Crescent King, will be released on October 4th via Noctum Productions.FFO: Carcass, The Black Dahlia Murder, Galge, At The Gates, Neckbreakker, Hypocrisy, Plaguemace. Band: https://www.facebook.com/livloesband Bandcamp: https://livloesband.…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Bristol-based sludge metal experimentalists, Sugar Horse. The bands new album, The Grand Scheme Of Things, will be released on October 4th via Pelagic Records. FFO: Sleep, Oceansize, Mogwai, The Cure, LLNN, Aereogramme, Dirge, Flourish. Band: https://www.facebook.com/sugarhorseruinedmybirthday/ B…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Faroese/Danish Sludge band, GRAVA. The bands new album, The Great White Nothing, will be released on September 27th via Aesthetic Death (CD), Vinyltroll Records (LP) and Evil Noise (MC).FFO: LLNN, The Psyke Project, Breach, Hexis, Dirge, NORNA, Will Haven, Love Sex Machine. Band: https://www.face…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Northern Ohio metalgaze band, Flourish. The bands new album, Deepest Wellsprings of Being, will be released on September 27th via Lost Future Records.FFO: Explosions In The Sky, Loop, Ride, God Is An Astronaut, Sugar Horse, Russian Circles, This Will Destroy You, Flesh of the Stars.Band: https://…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Bristol’s industrial metalcore hellraisers, Heriot. The bands new album, Devoured by the Mouth of Hell, will be released on September 27th via Century Media Records.FFO: Nails, Knocked Loose, Code Orange, Iress, Hexis, END, Doodseskader. Band: https://www.facebook.com/heriotmetal Pre-Order: https…

Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast! On Episode 54 we chat recent gigs, new releases, our album of the month for August and drop some brand-new singles! Singles: Dormant - Fractured MemoriesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/dormant.noise NECKBREAKKER - Horizon Of SpikesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Neckbreakker D…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK Heavy Progressive outfit, Giant Walker.The bands new album, Silhouettes, will be released on September 20th via Church Road Records.FFO: Black Peaks, Jamie Lenman, Soundgarden, Karnivool, Black Orchid Empire, Deftones. Band: https://www.facebook.com/giantwalker Pre-Order: https://giantwalker.b…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Houston Metal crew, Oceans of Slumber. The bands new album, Where Gods Fear to Speak, will be released on September 13th on Season of Mist.FFO: Jinjer, Lacuna Coil, Ne Obliviscaris, VUUR, In Mourning, In Vain.Band: https://www.facebook.com/oceansofslumber/ Bandcamp: https://oceansofslumber.bandca…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Pittsburgh riff slingers, 156/Silence. The bands new album, People Watching, will be released on September 13th via Sharptone Records.FFO: Orthodox, Deftones, Thrice, Doodseskader, Knocked Loose, Vatican, Cane Hill, Varials, Boundaries, Johnny Booth, Silverstein. Band: https://www.facebook.com/15…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Manchester Chaospop crew, Lure In. The bands new album, We Are All Going To Hell, will be released on September 13th. FFO: Converge, My Bloody Valentine, The Armed, Deftones, Hammok, NIN, Atari Teenage Riot, The Callous Daoboys. Band: https://www.facebook.com/LureInBand Pre-Order: https://lureinb…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Norwegian noisemakers, Rat Lord. The bands new album, Blazed In The Northern Sky, will be released on August 30th via Loyal Blood Records.FFO: The Locust, Gulch, Jesus Piece, Blood Command, LÜT. Band: https://www.facebook.com/thetrueratlord Pre-Order: https://thetrueratlord.bandcamp.com/ #Hardcor…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Swiss avant-garde metal band, Zeal & Ardor. The bands new album, GREIF, will be released on August 23rd. FFO: Birdmask, Queens Of The Stone Age, Sigh, Dødheimsgard, Tomahawk, Nine Inch Nails, Anaal Nathrakh, Alcest, Ihsahn. Band: https://www.facebook.com/zealandardor/ Pre-Order: https://zealandar…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Knoxville trio, Generation of Vipers! The bands new album, Guilt Shrine, will be released digitally on August 23rd via Translation Loss Records. Vinyl variants being released October 11th. FFO: The Mire, Omega Massif, Neurosis, Unsane, Cult of Luna, Mastodon, Kowloon Walled City, Young Widows, Ya…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from deathcore giants, OCEANO!The bands new album, Living Chaos, will be released on August 30th via Sumerian Records.FFO: Aristeia, Lifeforms, Bermuda, I Declare War, Circle of Contempt, Delta, Enterprise Earth. Band: https://www.facebook.com/OceanoMetal/ Pre-Order: https://sumerian.lnk.to/livingchao…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Californian masters of aggression, NAILS!The bands new album, Every Bridge Burning, will be released on August 30th via Nuclear Blast Records. FFO: Full of Hell, Napalm Death, Pig Destroyer, Converge, Slayer, Trap Them, Weekend Nachos, early Sepultura, Cult Leader. Band: https://www.facebook.com/…