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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
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: SLOW CRUSH - Thirst
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Sisters - Wings of Deliverance
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Dinosaur Pile-Up - I've Felt Better
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastThe Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 65
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: BASK - The Turning
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Aurorawave – Monument
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: King Yosef - Spire of Fear
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Firstborne - Lucky
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: DREAMWAKE - The Lost Years
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: BABYMETAL - METAL FORTH
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Fox Lake - New World Heat
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Blessings - Blodsträngen
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Gothenburg noise experimentalists, Blessings. The bands new album, Blodsträngen, is out August 1st via…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: The Dirty Nil - THE LASH
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Hemelbestormer - The Radiant Veil
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Boneflower – Reveries
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: SCALP - Not Worthy of Human Compassion
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastThe Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 64 - Top 10 Metal Albums of 2025...so far
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Blind Equation - A Funeral In Purgatory
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Split Chain - motionblur
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastEP REVIEW: OCEANICA - Try Not To Dwell On It
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Pig Pen - Mental Madness
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Deadguy - Near-Death Travel Services
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Blood Vulture - Die Close
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastThe Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 63
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Phantom Island
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: CRYPTOPSY - An Insatiable Violence
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Malevolence - Where Only The Truth Is Spoken
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: GOYA - In the Dawn of November
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: AVKRVST - Waving at the Sky
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Ultrablut - Tja
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Row of Ashes - Tide Into Ruin
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Kaonashi - I Want To Go Home
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastEP REVIEW: Bludgeoned By Deformity - Epoch Of Immorality
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: TURIAN - Blood Quantum Blues
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Intrepid – Juxtaposition
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: ORTHODOX - A Door Left Open
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: King Parrot - A Young Person’s Guide To
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Rivers of Nihil - Rivers of Nihil
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: DESOLATED - Finding Peace
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Low Before The Breeze - A Hole Beneath The Home We Shared
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Indifferent Engine - Speculative Fiction
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Cambridge post-hardcore band, Indifferent Engine. The bands new album, Speculative Fiction, will be…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: WITCHCRAFT – Idag
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Age of Apocalypse - In Oblivion
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastThe Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 62
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: The Callous Daoboys - I Don't Want to See You in Heaven
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastEP REVIEW: STRESS POSITIONS - Human Zoo
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastEP REVIEW: Go Down Fighting – Anytime Now
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Ghost Bath - Rose Thorn Necklace
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…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: mclusky - the world is still here and so are we
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from U.K. Noise Rock band, mclusky. The bands new album, the world is still here and so are we, will be…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: BLEED – Bleed
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Texas-based alternative/nu-metal band, BLEED. The bands self-titled album will be released on May 2nd via…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Your Spirit Dies - My Gnawing Pains Will Never Rest
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Metalcore bruisers, Your Spirit Dies. The bands new album, My Gnawing Pains Will Never Rest, is out May…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Inhuman Nature - Greater Than Death
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK crossover kings, Inhuman Nature! The bands new album, Greater Than Death, will be released on April…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: CONAN - Violence Dimension
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK battle doom legends, CONAN. The bands new album, Violence Dimension, will be released on April 25th via…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: EYES – SPINNER
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Danish hardcore band, EYES. The bands new album, SPINNER, will be released on April 25th via Prosthetic…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Employed to Serve - Fallen Star
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from U.K riff-slingers, Employed to Serve. The bands new album, Fallen Star, will be released on April 25th via…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastThe Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 61
Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast! On Episode 61 we chat recent gigs, new releases, our album of the month for March and play…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Benthos - From Nothing
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Italian experimental progressive metal band, Benthos. The bands new album, From Nothing, will be released…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Håndgemeng - Satanic Panic Attack
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Norwegian heavy rock warriors, HÅNDGEMENG. The bands new album, Satanic Panic Attack, will be released on…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Kiritsis – Kiritsis
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Indianapolis sludge degenerates, KIRITSIS. The bands new self-titled album will be released on April 4th…
The Metal Epidemic PodcastALBUM REVIEW: Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
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…