Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from San Francisco quintet, Deafheaven. The bands new album, Lonely People With Power, will be released on March 28th via Roadrunner Records. FFO: Alcest, Bosse-de-Nage, Ghost Bath, Møl, Lantlos, Radiohead, Chelsea Wolfe, Interpol. Band: https://www.facebook.com/deafheaven Pre-Order: https://deafheave…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Baltimore Hardcore unit, JIVEBOMB. Release Date: 28th March 2025 Label: Flatspot Records Bandcamp Genre: Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Grindcore. FFO: Gel, Scowl, SPY, Xiao, Punitive Damage, Snuffed, Dry Socket, Primitive Blast. #Hardcore #HardcorePunk #Grindcore (00:00) Intro (02:36) Duncan's Review …

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK Folk Horror band, FORLORN. The bands new album, AETHER, will be released on March 28th via Church Road Records. FFO: Loathe, Ithaca, Rolo Tomassi, Vexed, Alcest, Svalbard, Predatory Void, Oathbreaker, Heretoir. Band: https://www.facebook.com/weareallforlorn Pre-Order: https://weareallforlorn.b…

Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast! On Episode 60 we chat new releases, our album of the month for February, play some brand-new tracks and drop a little Metal Epidemic exclusive news! Singles: LÜT - Fokk D Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bandlut MALEVOLENCE - If It's All The Same To You Facebook: https://www.faceb…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Las Vegas hardcore band, Spiritworld! The bands new album, Helldorado, will be released on March 21st via Century Media Records. FFO: Slayer, Hatebreed, Plague Years, Pro-Pain, Tiger Army, Biohazard, Age of Apocalypse, Dropkick Murphys, Hatesphere, Enforced, Against Me, Power Trip, Apes of the St…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Floridian rock-punk-metal veterans A Day to Remember. The bands new album, A Day To Remember’s Big Ole Album Vol. 1, will be released on March 21st via Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic Music Group. FFO: Beartooth, Neck Deep, Underoath, Wage War, Four Year Strong, I Prevail, Bad Omens, Fall Out Boy, Bring…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Australian Doom/ Sludge quartet, GHOSTSMOKER. The bands new album, Inertia Cult, will be released on March 21st via Art As Carthasis. FFO: Conan, Thou, Bongripper, ISUA, Monolord, Slomatics, Tuskar, Primitive Man, Cult of Luna, DVNE. Band: https://www.facebook.com/ghostsmokerband Pre-Order: https…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Indian folk metal band, Bloodywood. The bands new album, Nu Delhi, will be released on March 21st via Fearless Records. FFO: Tengger Cavalry, Alien Weaponry, Orbit Culture, Baby Metal, The Hu, Jinjer, Tetrarch, Hacktivist, Shepherds Reign, Skindred. Band: https://www.facebook.com/bloodywood.delhi…

Join Dave & Duncan as they catch up with Megan Jenkins from UK Folk Horror band, FORLORN. Aether, the debut album from Forlorn, embodies a sound unfamiliar to many. Since their inception the Southern UK band have blended expressionist art, crushing soundscapes and paganism to carve out their own brand of innovative 'Folk Horror' and Aether, takes t…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Bay Area Blackened Heavy Metal torchbearers, NITE. The bands new album, Cult of the Serpent Sun, will be released on March 14th via Season of Mist. FFO: Tribulation, Unto Others, Sumerlands, Morgul Blade, Iron Maiden, Savatage, Abbath, Midnight. Band: https://www.facebook.com/nitemetal Pre-Order:…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Dutch Blackened Post-Punk act, Ainsoph. The bands new album, Affection and Vengeance, will be released on March 14th via Wolves of Hades. FFO: Loather, DEÛLE, Vanishing Kids, Idle Hands, Messa, Julie Christmas, Healthyliving, Turia, Beastmilk, Helium Horse Fly, Brutus. Band: https://www.facebook.…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Parisian Darkwave trio, SURE. The bands new album, Destruction Of Form, will be released on March 14th via Frozen Records. FFO: The Soft Moon, Health, clubdrugs, GVLLOW, Depeche Mode, NIN, NightCrawl, The Cure, Of Wax, New Order, Sierra. Band: https://www.facebook.com/suredancedie/ Pre-Order: htt…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Swedish noisemakers, This Gift Is A Curse. The bands new album, HEIR, will be released on March 7th via Season of Mist. FFO: Cursed, Oathbreaker, Trap Them, Rorcal, The Secret, All Pigs Must Die, Hexis, Norna, LLNN. Band: https://www.facebook.com/thisgiftisacurse Pre-Order: https://thisgiftisacur…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from British metallers, Raging Speedhorn! The bands new album, Night Wolf, will be released on March 6th via Spinefarm/UMG. FFO: Cancer Bats, Superjoint Ritual, Kylesa, Iron Monkey, Down, Corrosion of Conformity, Soilent Green, High on Fire, Orange Goblin. Band: https://www.facebook.com/ragingspeedhor…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Swedish post-metal/sludge quartet, K L P S. The bands new album, K L P S, will be released on February 28th via These Hands Melt. FFO: Breach, Burst, Cult of Luna, Neurosis, Omega Massif, Light Bearer. Band: https://www.facebook.com/kollapsemusik/ Pre-Order: https://kollapsemusic.bandcamp.com/alb…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from London Death Metal quintet, Vacuous. The bands new album, In His Blood, will be released on February 28th via Relapse Records. FFO: Incantation, Tomb Mold, Bolt Thrower, Spectral Voice, Undergang, Obituary. Band: https://www.facebook.com/vacuousdeath/ Pre-Order: https://vacuousdeath.bandcamp.com/…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Portland, Oregon menaces, Stress Test. The bands new album, Stress Test, will be released on February 28th via Transylvanian Recordings. FFO: Power Trip, Disrupt, Dystopia, Municipal Waste, Napalm Death, Enforced, Glacial Tomb, Chain Wolf, High Command, S.O.D. Band: https://www.facebook.com/stres…

Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast! On Episode 59 we chat gigs, new releases, our album of the month for January, what’s coming in 2025 and play some brand-new tracks! Singles: Justice For The Damned - The Current Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForTheDamned/ HEAVENSGATE - OBLIVION Facebook: https://www.face…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK Sludge quartet, WREN. The bands new album, Black Rain Falls, will be released on February 21st via Church Road Records. FFO: Neurosis, Young Widows, Kowloon Walled City, Kollapse, Hundred Year Old Man, Death Engine, Lesser Glow.Band: https://www.facebook.com/disciplesofwren Pre-Order: https://…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from German metal duo, Mantar. The bands new album, Post Apocalyptic Depression, will be released on February 14th via Metal Blade Records.FFO: Karloff, Kavrila, Niht, Nirvana, Valborg, Whores, Thou, The Jesus Lizard, Tad, The Melvins, Mudhoney, L7.Band:https://www.facebook.com/MantarBand/Pre-Order:ht…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK Alternative Metal band, LOVE IS NOISE.The bands new album, To live in a different way, will be released on February 14th via Century Media Records.FFO: Deftones, Loathe, Radiohead, Glassjaw, Portishead, My Bloody Valentine, Bowery Electric, Crosses, Blanket, Moodring, Wayside, TNL VZN. Band:ht…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Parisian Cold Doom pioneers, Hangman’s Chair. The bands new album, Saddiction, will be released on February 14th via Nuclear Blast Records. FFO: Type O Negative, Alice In Chains, Sisters of Mercy, Katatonia, YOB, Pallbearer, A Pale Horse Named Death.Band:https://www.facebook.com/hangmanschair Pre…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Newport Noir Pop quintet, The Nightmares. The bands new album, Fire In Heaven, will be released on February 14th via Venn Records. FFO: Alkaline Trio, Motion City Soundtrack, Gary Numan, Killing Joke, The Get Up Kids, The Cure, The Smiths, Interpol, Bright Eyes.Band:https://www.facebook.com/theni…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Norwegian smash metalists, MAKTKAMP! The bands new album, Mental Razzia, will be released on February 14th. FFO: Kvelertak, HÄXER, Søstre, Opeth, Valletta, Skallbank, The Good the Bad and the Zugly, NYT LIV.Band:https://www.facebook.com/maktkampband Pre-Order:https://maktkampband.bandcamp.com/ #M…

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from San Diego, California Sludge band, 16. The bands new album, Guides For The Misguided, will be released on February 7th via Relapse Records.FFO: Crowbar, Eyehategod, Down, Helmet, Skinlab, Melvins, Acid Bath, Weedeater, Iron Monkey, Blood Simple. Band: https://www.facebook.com/16dropout Pre-Order:…

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…