Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Canadian Punk Rock band, The Flatliners.

The bands new album, Cold World, will be released on May 8th via Equal Vision / Dine Alone / Rude Records.

FFO: Hot Water Music, The Menzingers, Against Me!, Red City Radio, Off With Their Heads, The Loved Ones.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/theflatliners

Order: https://theflatliners.bandcamp.com/album/cold-world

#Punk #PunkRock #MelodicPunk

(00:00) Intro

(02:14) Dave's Review

(11:56) Duncan's Review

(17:10) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from French metallic hardcore band, Beyond The Styx.

The bands new album, DIVID, will be released on May 8th via Innerstrength Records.

FFO: Knocked Loose, Incendiary, Worst Doubt, Headbussa, Foreign Pain, All Out War, Chimaira, Harms Way, Get The Shot.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/BTSTYX

Order: https://beyondthestyx.bandcamp.com/album/divid-2

#Hardcore #MetallicHardcore #Metalcore

(00:00) Intro

(03:35) Duncan's Review

(14:44) Dave's Review

(23:26) Ratings

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Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from US powerhouse, ABRAMS!

The bands new album, Loon, will be released on April 17th via Blues Funeral Recordings.

FFO: Converge, Torche, Cave In, Narrow Head, Basement, Soundgarden, Sisters, Failure.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/abramsrock

Order: https://abramsrock.bandcamp.com/album/loon

#HeavyRock #Stoner #SludgeRock #ProgressiveSludge #Grunge #NoiseRock #AlternativeRock

(00:00) Intro

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(21:40) Dave's Review

(28:45) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Pennsylvania-bred Nu-Metal unit, Tallah.

The bands new album, Primeval: Obsession // Detachment, is out September 5th via Earache Records.

FFO: Mudvayne, Korn, Slipknot, Code Orange, Vended, King 810, Motograter.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/TallahPA

Pre-Order: https://earache.com/collections/tallah

#NuMetal #AlternativeMetal #NuCore

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(31:40) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Baltimore Hardcore crew, End It.

The bands new album, Wrong Side of Heaven, will be released on August 29th via Flatspot Records.

FFO: Jivebomb, Haywire 617, SPY, GEL, Burn, Trapped Under Ice, Speed, Regulate, Buggin, Angel Du$t, Maximum Penalty.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/EndItBCHC/

Pre-Order: https://flatspotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fsr85-wrong-side-of-heaven #Hardcore #HardcorePunk #PunkRock

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(20:04) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Swiss post-metal band, Zatokrev.

The bands new album, Bring Mirrors To The Surface, will be released on August 29th via Pelagic Records.

FFO: Neurosis, Thou, Unsane, Conan, YOB, Ufomammut, Glassing, Deafheaven, Schammasch, Conjurer.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/ZATOKREV/

Pre-Order: https://zatokrev.bandcamp.com/album/bring-mirrors-to-the-surface

#PostMetal #Sludge #PsychMetal #Doom #PostBlackMetal

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(24:13) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Belgian shoegaze torchbearers, SLOW CRUSH.

The bands new album, Thirst, will be released on August 29th via Pure Noise Records.

FFO: Holy Fawn, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, The Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, Pity Sex, Nothing, Deafcult, Whirr, Mumrunner, SOM, Chromatics.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/slowcrushband/

Pre-Order: https://slowcrush.bandcamp.com/album/thirst #Shoegaze #Indie #Alternative #DreamPop #Grunge #PostRock

(00:00) Intro

(03:07) Duncan's Review

(17:46) Dave's Review

(30:06) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Californian rock duo, Sisters.

The bands new album, Wings of Deliverance, will be released on August 29th via Spartan Records.

FFO: QOTSA, Hum, Spotlights, Matelotage, Mastodon, Netherlands, Failure, Shiner, KNUB.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/sistersrock

Pre-Order: https://sistersrock.bandcamp.com/album/wings-of-deliverance

#Rock #NoiseRock #PostPunk #PostHardcore #SludgeRock #Shoegaze

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(18:02) Dave's Review

(25:37) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Leeds based Jurassic rockers, Dinosaur Pile-Up.

The bands new album, I’ve Felt Better, is out August 22nd via Mascot Records.

FFO: The Dirty Nil, Weezer, Foo Fighters, Demob Happy, Roxferry, Teenage Wrist, Feeder, The Messenger Birds, Turbowolf.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/dinosaurpileup/

Pre-Order: https://dinosaurpile-up.bandcamp.com/album/ive-felt-better #Rock #AlternativeRock #PunkRock #Grunge

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(06:25) Duncan's Review

(19:00) Dave's Review

(25:07) Ratings

Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast!

On Episode 65 we chat recent gigs & new releases from Higher Power, Blackbraid, Slaughter To Prevail, Sinsaenum, Attack Attack and more! Plus pick our June & July Album of the Month and play some brand-new tracks!

Singles:

DEAD HEAT – Perpetual Punishment
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DESPISED ICON - Over My Dead Body
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Death Goals - Even a Worm Can Turn
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AUTHOR & PUNISHER – Titanis
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TIMECODE:

00:00:00 INTRO

00:12:45 SINGLE 01 - DEAD HEAT – Perpetual Punishment

00:16:15 GIG - KAONASHI

00:34:25 WHAT WE’VE BEEN LISTENING TO & STUFF

02:27:30 SINGLE 02 - DESPISED ICON - Over My Dead Body

02:30:55 DUNCAN’s ALBUM OF THE MONTH JUNE 2025 

02:36:45 DAVE’s ALBUM OF THE MONTH JUNE 2025

02:40:45 DUNCAN’s ALBUM OF THE MONTH JULY 2025

02:39:05 DAVE’s ALBUM OF THE MONTH JULY 2025

02:42:45 SINGLE 03 - Death Goals - Even a Worm Can Turn

02:44:05 WRAPPING UP THE SHOW

02:52:30 SINGLE 04 - AUTHOR & PUNISHER – Titanis

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Psychedelic Stoner Rockers, BASK.

The bands new album, The Turning, will be release on August 22nd via Season of Mist Records.

FFO: Elder, Cloakroom, Pallbearer, My Morning Jacket, Pile, Dawnwalker, Cave In, Neànder, Howling Giant, Baroness.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/basknc

Pre-Order: https://basknc.bandcamp.com/album/the-turning

#StonerRock #Doom #PostMetal #HeavyAmericana #Prog #AppalachianFolk #PsychRock

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(00:00) Intro

(03:54) Dave's Review

(15:18) Duncan's Review

(26:08) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from SoCal based reggaecore band, AURORAWAVE.

The bands new album, Monument, will be released on August 15th via Ineffable Records.

FFO: Rebelution, Skindred, The Expendables, Ballyhoo!, Fishbone, The Movement, Paprika Korps, Underoath, The Ghost Inside, Twelve Foot Ninja, (hed) p.e., P.O.D., Ace of Base.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/aurorawavemusic/

Pre-Order: https://aurorawave.bandcamp.com/album/monument

#Reggaecore #Metalcore #NuMetal #Rapcore #Reggae #AlternativeMetal

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(00:00) Intro

(02:50) Dave's Review

(14:03) Duncan's Review

(27:30) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Industrial Hardcore band, King Yosef.

The bands new album, Spire of Fear, will be released on August 15th via Bleakhouse.

FFO: Godflesh, Nails, Portishead, Aphex Twin, John Cxnnor, Code Orange, Author & Punisher, Crossess, Harms Way, Black Magnet, Nine Inch Nails, Massive Attack, Ministry.

Band: https://www.instagram.com/kingyosef_

Pre-Order: https://kingyosef.bandcamp.com/album/spire-of-fear

#Hardcore #Industrial #Shoegaze #Electronic #Ambient

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(00:00) Intro

(03:30) Duncan's Review

(18:00) Dave's Review

(29:30) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK melancholic rockers, Crippled Black Phoenix.

The bands new album, Sceaduhelm, will be released on April 17th via Season of Mist.

FFO: Swans, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Codeine, Mark Lanegan, Cwfen, Messa, Faetooth, King Woman.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/CBP444/

Pre-Order: https://crippledblackphoenixsom.bandcamp.com/album/sceaduhelm #MacabreRock #MelancholicRock #DarkRock #ProgressiveRock #ExperimentalRock #PostPunk #Folk

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(04:05) Dave's Review

(21:03) Duncan's Review

(33:27) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Heavy Metal powerhouse, Firstborne.

The bands new album, Lucky, will be released on August 8th via M-Theory Audio.

FFO: Extreme, early Anthrax, Hardline, Ripper, Primitai, Monte Pittman, Roadwolf, Todd La Torre, Van Halen, Winger, Tesla.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/firstborneofficial

Bandcamp: https://firstborne.bandcamp.com/album/lucky-the-full-length-debut

#HeavyMetal #HardRock #Thrash #80sRock#ClassicRock

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(02:50) Dave's Review

(12:53) Duncan's Review

(18:50) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Wavecore quartet, DREAMWAKE.

The bands new album, The Lost Years, will be released on August 8th via UNFD.

FFO: Erra, The Midnight, Novelists, Intervals, Polaris, FM-84, Shrezzers, Invent Animate, Gunship, Dayseeker.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/dreamwakect/

Pre-Order: https://dreamwake.lnk.to/thelostyears

#Wavecore #Synthwave #Saxcore #Metalcore #ProgressiveMetalcore #Djent

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(00:00) Intro

(01:55) Dave's Review

(17:17) Duncan's Review

(25:40) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Japanese metal band, BABYMETAL.

The bands new album, METAL FORTH, will be released on August 8th via Capitol Records.

FFO: HANABIE., Electric Callboy, Bloodywood, BAND-MAID, Dragonforce, Maximum The Hormone, Poppy, Ladybaby.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/BABYMETAL.jp

Pre-Order: https://babymetal.lnk.to/MetalForthID

#KawaiiMetal #JPop #Metalcore #ProgressiveMetal #AlternativeMetal #Electronica #PowerMetal

(00:00) Intro

(01:51) Dave's Review

(19:50) Duncan's Review

(30:52) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Denver Hardcore band, Fox Lake.

The bands new album, New World Heat, will be released on August 1st via MNRK Heavy.

FFO: Stray From The Path, Knocked Loose, Thrown, Thornhill, Fever333, Rage Against the Machine, Korn.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/FoxLakeCO/

Pre-Order: https://foxlakeco.bandcamp.com/album/new-world-heat

#Hardcore #Metalcore #NuMetal #HipHop

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(02:40) Duncan's Review

(14:16) Dave's Review

(26:05) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Gothenburg noise experimentalists, Blessings.

The bands new album, Blodsträngen, is out August 1st via Pelagic Records.

FFO: Old Man Gloom, Converge, Cult of Luna, Breach, Baroness, Trap Them, Young Widows, The Psyke Project, Swans, Mastodon, The Jesus Lizard, Unsane.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/Blessingsgbg/

Pre-Order: https://blessingsgbg.bandcamp.com/album/blodstr-ngen

#NoiseRock #Hardcore #Sludge #PostMetal #Doom #Experimental

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(00:00) Intro

(03:35) Duncan's Review

(15:30) Dave's Review

(27:33) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Canadian rock band, The Dirty Nil.

The bands new album, THE LASH, will be released on July 25th via Dine Alone Records.

FFO: The Menzingers, Billy Talent, Dinosaur Pile Up, PUP, Pkew Pkew Pkew, Joyce Manor, Heart Attack Man, Spanish Love Songs.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/thedirtynil/

Pre-Order: https://thedirtynil.bandcamp.com/album/the-lash#PunkRock #Alternative #Grunge #Indie

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(00:00) Intro

(03:30) Dave's Review

(12:50) Duncan's Review

(20:04) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Belgian genre-agnostic astral nomads, HEMELBESTORMER.

The bands new album, The Radiant Veil, will be released on July 25th via Pelagic Records.

FFO: Neurosis, ISIS, Year of No Light, Russian Circles, The Ocean, REZN, Barrens, Neànder, Glacier, The Lumberjack Feedback.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/Hemelbestormer/

Pre-Order: https://hemelbestormer.bandcamp.com/album/the-radiant-veil #Doomgaze #PostRock #Doom #Sludge #PostMetal #BlackMetal #Atmospheric

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(00:00) Intro

(02:40) Dave's Review

(17:30) Duncan's Review

(26:20) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Spanish Post-Hardcore band, Boneflower.

The bands new album, Reveries, will be released on July 25th via Deathwish Inc.

FFO: State Faults, Birds In Row, Raccoon City, Chalk Hands, Loma Prieta, Record Setter, At The Drive In, Kid Feral.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/weareboneflower

Pre-Order: https://boneflower.bandcamp.com/album/reveries-2 #PostHardcore #Alternative #PostRock #Screamo #Mathcore #Blackgaze

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(00:00) Intro

(01:48) Dave's Review

(14:05) Duncan's Review

(19:08) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Californian Grind juggernauts, SCALP.

The bands new album, Not Worthy of Human Compassion, will be released on July 25th via Closed Casket Activities.

FFO: Rotten Sound, Gulch, Cloud Rat, Terrorizer, Nasum, Dystopia, Nails, Full of Hell, Lifesick, Fuming Mouth, Slowbleed.

Band: https://www.instagram.com/scalp.oc

Pre-Order: https://scalpoc.bandcamp.com/album/not-worthy-of-human-compassion

#Hardcore #Grindcore #DeathMetal #BlackenedGrind #DBeat #Crust #Powerviolence

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(00:00) Intro

(03:23) Dave's Review

(13:37) Duncan's Review

(19:24) Ratings

It’s MID-YEAR LIST TIME!!

We’re halfway through the year, and the metal scene has already delivered some absolute monsters. From genre-defying experiments to pure, unrelenting brutality, join Dave, Duncan and Ross as they roundup the Top 10 Albums of 2025 (So Far) that have dominated their playlists.

Let us know your favourite metal releases of 2025 so far in the comments! Did we miss any must-hear albums? Drop your picks below.

#Metal2025 #BestMetalAlbums2025 #HeavyMetal

(00:00) Intro

(06:50) 10 Dave

(11:00) 10 Ross

(13:27) 10 Duncan

(19:23) 9 Dave

(22:55) 9 Ross

(26:08) 9 Duncan

(30:54) 8 Dave

(34:40) 8 Ross

(39:00) 8 Duncan

(42:10) 7 Dave

(49:50) 7 Ross

(53:28) 7 Duncan

(01:00:41) 6 Dave

(01:03:51) 6 Ross

(01:07:07) 6 Duncan

(01:11:47) Break

(01:12:30) 5 Dave

(01:16:40) 5 Ross

(01:20:00) 5 Duncan

(01:24:35) 4 Dave

(01:29:42) 4 Ross

(01:33:30) 4 Duncan

(01:40:32) 3 Dave

(01:46:18) 3 Ross

(01:55:00) 3 Duncan

(02:01:35) 2 Dave

(02:07:11) 2 Ross

(02:12:30) 2 Duncan

(02:19:00) 1 Dave

(02:23:28) 1 Ross

(02:27:03) 1 Duncan

(02:35:50) Recap

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Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from UK noiseniks, Man Band!

The bands new album, Strong Man, will be released on April 17th via Faith Healer Records.

FFO: Body Crisis, Ball of Light, EYES, Moments Notice, Sugar Horse, Brain Cave, Unwanted Ghosts, Stump Grinder.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/ManBandUK

#Hardcore #Punk #NoiseRock #Alternative #Grunge

(00:00) Intro

(02:20) Dave's Review

(18:35) Duncan's Review

(29:00) Ratings

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Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Cybergrind band, Blind Equation.

The bands new album, A Funeral In Purgatory, will be released on July 18th via Prosthetic Records.

FFO: Genghis Tron, fallingwithscissors, Slipknot, GOST, Fear Factory, The Prodigy, Cutting Pink With Knives, The Berzerker, Bubblegum Octopus, Hadouken.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/BlindEquation

Pre-Order: https://blindequation.bandcamp.com/album/a-funeral-in-purgatory #Cybergrind #Grindcore #Chiptune #Hardcore #Metalcore #EDM #Garage #DrumnBass #NuMetal #Electronica #Hyperpop

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(00:00) Intro

(03:40) Duncan's Review

(19:17) Dave's Review

(32:22) Ratings

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 #PostHardcore

(00:00) Intro

(03:50) Duncan's Review

(17:38) Dave's Review

(25:53) Ratings

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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

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(00:00) Intro

(04:17) Duncan's Review

(14:05) Dave's Review

(23:22) Ratings

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

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(00:00) Intro

(03:50) Dave's Review

(16:22) Duncan's Review

(20:42) Ratings

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

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(00:00) Intro

(04:00) Dave's Review

(18:37) Duncan's Review

(26:32) Ratings

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/

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(00:00) Intro

(03:35) Dave's Review

(16:35) Duncan's Review

(26:16) Ratings

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
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Split Chain - who am i?
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Abigail Williams - A Void Within Existence
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Blind Equation – Nothing
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TIMECODE:

00:00:00 INTRO

00:09:30 GIGS - DON TOLIVER

00:21:30 GIGS - FOXING

00:37:50 SINGLE 01 - Still In Love - Nervous Impulse 

00:39:35 WHAT WE’VE BEEN LISTENING TO & STUFF

01:31:15 SINGLE 02 - Split Chain - who am I?

01:33:50 DUNCAN’s ALBUM OF THE MONTH MAY 2025

01:39:45 DAVE’s ALBUM OF THE MONTH MAY 2025

01:41:40 SINGLE 03 - ABIGAIL WILLIAMS - Still Nights 

01:45:50 WRAPPING UP THE SHOW

01:52:00 SINGLE 04 - BLIND EQUATION - NOTHING

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://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/phantom-island

#RocknRoll #Prog #PsychedelicRock #OrchestralPop #RetroRock #Soul #Rock #PowerPop

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(06:15) Duncan's Review

(21:25) Dave's Review

(34:55) Ratings

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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-violence

#ProgressiveDeathMetal #TechnicalDeathMetal #DeathMetal #BrutalDeathMetal #BlackenedDeathMetal

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(04:18) Dave's Review

(18:42) Duncan's Review

(26:55) Ratings

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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/

Pre-Order: https://malevolenceriff.bandcamp.com/album/where-only-the-truth-is-spoken

#Metal #Metalcore Hardcore #GrooveMetal

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(03:30) Duncan's Review

(16:04) Dave's Review

(26:18) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Bristol-based experimentalists, Sugar Horse.

The bands new album, Not A Sound In Heaven, will be released on April 10th via Fat Dracula Records.

FFO: Sleep, Oceansize, Mogwai, Author & Punisher, The Cure, LLNN, Aereogramme, Dirge, Flourish.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/sugarhorseruinedmybirthday/

Pre-Order: https://sugarhorse.bandcamp.com/album/not-a-sound-in-heaven

#Sludge #Doom #Alternative #Shoegaze #Experimental #Industrial

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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

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(02:40) Duncan's Review

(13:20) Dave's Review

(24:40) Ratings

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

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(05:45) Duncan's Review

(21:20) Dave's Review

(35:42) Ratings

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

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(01:50) Dave's Review

(18:42) Duncan's Review

(24:30) Ratings

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

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(02:06) Dave's Review

(14:19) Duncan's Review

(21:29) Ratings

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 #Experimental #TechMetal

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(03:23) Duncan's Review

(15:18) Dave's Review

(25:41) Ratings

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

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(03:51) Duncan's Review

(10:39) Dave's Review

(18:35) Ratings

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 #Alternative

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(02:33) Dave's Review

(13:21) Duncan's Review

(17:32) Ratings

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

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(02:05) Dave's Review

(13:05) Duncan's Review

(17:46) Ratings

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

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(02:24) Duncan's Review

(03:10) Dave's Review

(20:47) Ratings

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

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(02:51) Duncan's Review

(17:50) Dave's Review

(24:11) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Philadelphia Punks, Poison Ruin!

The bands new album, Hymns from the Hills, will be released on April 3rd via Relapse Records.

FFO: Rudimentary Peni, Straw Man Army, Institute, (early) Iceage, Crass, Husker Du, Warthog. 

Band: https://www.instagram.com/poisonruin/

Order: https://poisonruin.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-from-the-hills #Punk #UK82 #PostPunk #FolkPunk

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(04:20) Duncan's Review

(20:20) Dave's Review

(30:20) Ratings

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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

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(02:06) Dave's Review

(19:36) Duncan's Review

(27:15) Ratings

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

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(04:26) Dave's Review

(15:34) Duncan's Review

(21:36) Ratings

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

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(02:21) Duncan's Review

(18:35) Dave's Review

(27:33) Ratings