The Metal Epidemic Podcast
Dave and Duncan discuss and review the big and small releases in the worlds of Metal, Hardcore, Death Metal, Prog, Doom, Thrash, Black Metal and more. With links to the albums reviewed and an ever growing playlist of what they recommend, this is the first stop for any genre music fan.
Episodes
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
#HeavyM...
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 #ProgressiveMetalco...
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...
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
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-nge...
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 #...
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...
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...
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...
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.
#Meta...
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/albu...
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 #Nu...
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 #Prog...
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 #...
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.ban...
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.
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/<...
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://...
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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: ht...
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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 ...
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