193: Reader Q+A - Christmas Songs, Metallica Secret Santa and The Band Of The Century

201: The 10 Best Albums Of 2002: We're feeling nostalgic on this week's show, so we thought we'd take a trip back twenty whole years to 2002! Merl and Steve discuss what was a unique and rather transitional year for heavy music - nu metal had peaked, the metalcore and emo explosions... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

74 min listen

200: Review Round-Up - Zeal & Ardor, Cult Of Luna, Amorphis, Bloodywood: And the big releases keep coming! Merl and Steve sift through some absolute bangers this week as we discuss whether the new Zeal & Ardor album has brought Manuel Gagneux's vision to new heights, whether Cult Of Luna's The Long Road North is up to... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

53 min listen

199: Review Round-Up - Korn, Venom Prison, Rolo Tomassi, Turnstile: It's the first of what we can safely assume is going to be a large number of absolutely stacked review round-ups for 2022! Merl and Steve get stuck into new Korn album Requiem and discuss why sometimes less is more (and why, all these years later, no... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

77 min listen

198: 2022 Previewed (Part 2): It's finally here! Part 2 of our big 2022 preview has arrived, and on this week's show Merl and El answer all your burning questions about the year ahead. Questions such as: will touring really come back to life this year? What are the best festival... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

46 min listen

197: The Legacy Of Every Time I Die: With everyone upset by the untimely and, let's be honest, pretty messy demise of Every Time I Die, we decided to push Part 2 of our 2022 Preview to next week and instead have Merl and Steve pay tribute to the career, influence and legacy of one of... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

53 min listen

196: 2022 Previewed (Part 1): Happy New Year! Merl and El kick off 2022 with a preview of the year ahead - and what a massive year it's shaping up to be. Did Avenged Sevenfold's comments about Kanye West give us any clues on their new music? Will we really get new Slipknot and... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

46 min listen

195: The Big 2021 Review Part 2: It's the FINAL final episode of 2021! Merl, El, Jonathan and Steve analyse numbers 10-1 on the Metal Hammer 2021 Critics Poll, and hand out some fun end of year awards. Did Gojira's majestic Fortitude merit a runaway victory? Did Trivum make the best... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

110 min listen

194: The Big 2021 Review Part 1: The Podcast so big they had to cut it in two! Our huge look back at the last twelve months in metal has arrived as Merl, El, Jonathan and Steve dissect the Metal Hammer 2021 Critics Poll, discussing the first half of the magazine's official top 20... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

62 min listen

192: Tetrarch's Diamond Rowe: Tetrarch guitarist Diamond Rowe stops by the Metal Hammer Podcast! Merl and Diamond discuss her journey to becoming a modern day guitar hero, what it was like growing up in Atlanta as a metal fan, the amazing circumstances that saw Tetrarch support... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

44 min listen

191: The Ultimate Metallica Setlist: In honour of our latest issue celebrating 40 years of Metallica, Merl and Steve build their dream Metallica setlists! Having both been lucky enough to see Metallica many times over the years, the lads each attempt to craft the perfect, 16-song set... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

72 min listen

190: WWE Legend Edge Talks Metallica: It's a big one this week as we're joined by WWE legend, Hall Of Famer and 11-time world champion, Adam 'Edge' Copeland! The Rated R Superstar is a Metallica mega-fan and was one of the 40 people we interviewed for our special 40 Years Of Metallica... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

31 min listen

189: Hell Bent For Metal's Tom Dare: This week, El chats to Tom Dare of the Hell Bent For Metal Podcast, the LGBTQ+ heavy metal podcast that looks at metal from a queer perspective and offers a platform for the metal scene's LGBTQ+ community. Tom talks about his experiences coming out as... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

59 min listen

188: Review Round-Up - Biffy Clyro, Bullet For My Valentine, Limp Bizkit, Whitechapel: Merl reviews a wondrous night seeing Biffy Clyro play an intimate show at the London Forum as he celebrates his first gig for 18 months, plus he and El review some huge new releases in the metal world. Have Limp Bizkit justified the ten-year wait for... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

58 min listen

187: All Elite Wrestling Star Malaki Black: We're in the mood for Halloween, so who better to get us hyped than the scariest wrestler in the world today, Malaki Black?! The AEW star talks about his fascinating career so far, his lifelong relationship with heavy and extreme music, how mysterious... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

45 min listen

186: Review Round-Up - Mastodon, Cradle Of Filth, Sleep Token, Every Time I Die: Merl, El and Jonathan run through some of the biggest new albums out in recent weeks. Have Mastodon managed to pull off their first ever double album with Hushed And Grim? Is Cradle Of Filth's great run of form still going with Existence Is Futile?... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

55 min listen

185: Killstar Fan Takeover - Ice Nine Kills' Spencer Charnas: It's the first ever KILLSTAR Fan Q+A Takeover on the Metal Hammer Podcast as Ice Nine Kills frontman and horror fanatic Spencer Charnas faces questions from some of the biggest Ice Nine Kills fans in the world! Spencer discusses the new Ice Nine Kills... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

28 min listen

184: The Big Review - Trivium, In The Court Of The Dragon: Merl and Steve take a deep dive into the brand new Trivium album, In The Court Of The Dragon! We discuss how it compares to their incredible modern run of The Sin And The Sentence and What The Dead Men Say, how Matt Heafy's vocals have developed over... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

49 min listen

183: Q&A Special – Festivals, Latin America & Metal Dogs: El, Jonathan and Steve answer your questions! We discuss whether metal personalities will ever get on mainstream TV again, why metal from Latin America doesn’t get the attention it deserves, and the evolution of Download and Bloodstock. We also cover... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

66 min listen

182: Review Round-Up - Spiritbox, Employed To Serve, Carcass, Alien Weaponry, Unto Others: Merl, El and Jonathan cast their ears over an insanely busy couple of weeks for great albums! We discuss whether Spiritbox's much-anticipated debut album Eternal Blue lives up to the hype; why Employed To Serve may have just made the album of their... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

56 min listen

181: The Big Review - The Metallica Blacklist: We promised you we'd do it, and we're here to deliver. On this week's episode, Merl, El and Steve review every single track on Metallica's mammoth-sized Blacklist project. Yes, that's right: all 53 Black Album covers get rated and slated, including... by The Metal Hammer Podcast

113 min listen

180: The History Of Metal And Horror With Mike Schiff: This week, Merl chats to Mike Schiff, director of upcoming mega-documentary The History Of Metal And Horror! Mike has spent years amassing one of the most impressive castlists ever as he talks to the likes of Slipknot's Corey Taylor, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Korn's Jonathan Davis, Anthrax's Scott Ian, the maestro of horror John Carpenter, Hellraiser legend Doug Bradley, Friday The 13th favourite Kane Hodder and many, many more about the decades-long relationship between heavy metal and horror movies. Put short: Mike has such sights to show you... Visit our sponsors KILLSTAR at www.tinyurl.com/HammerKillstar Find your nearest copy of our Iron Maiden Senjutsu issue at www.tinyurl.com/FindHammer by The Metal Hammer Podcast

30 min listen

179: The Big Review – Iron Maiden, Senjutsu: The biggest metal album of 2021 has finally arrived, and it's time to go in deep. Merl and Jonathan dissect the 17th studio album from Iron Maiden, Senjutsu, discussing Maiden's journey over the past two decades and how it's led them to this point, why they're never going to be the band that smashes out 10 five-minute bangers, the best songs on the album, how The Writing On The Wall represents Maiden's most interesting single in years, how Darkest Hour's Winston Churchill lyrics represent a unique take on an increasingly divisive character, how Death Of The Celts feels like the ultimate Clansman sequel and much, much more. Find your nearest copy of Metal Hammer magazine at tinyurl.com/FindHammer Visit our sponsors KILLSTAR at tinyurl.com/HammerKillstar by The Metal Hammer Podcast

44 min listen

178: Jason Newsted: It's one of the biggest Metal Hammer Podcast guests ever as Metallica legend Jason Newsted joins us for the very first time! Jason talks to Steve about some of the biggest moments of his career with Metallica, including his first reaction to hearing his (lack of) bass on ...And Justice For All, how Bob Rock helped to make him understand that less is more for The Black Album, how he feels about the fans' reaction to Metallica's drastic image change for the Load album, what planted the seeds for his eventual exit from the band, the projects with Devin Townsend and Sepultura that never came to fruition and much, much more. by The Metal Hammer Podcast

51 min listen

177: The Big Review – Bloodstock 2021: Merl, Steve and Jonathan are back from Bloodstock Open Air 2021 and have just about recovered enough to give you the big review! We go deep on this year's immense bill and decide who stole the weekend, who underperformed (er, hardly anyone really) and who staked their claim as ones to watch in the future. Featuring in-depth analysis of Judas Priest's blockbuster two-hour set - how had they never played One Shot At Glory before?! - plus Kreator's celebratory headline show, Devin Townsend By Request, Skindred, Saxon, Cradle Of Filth, Paradise Lost doing Draconian Times in full, While She Sleeps, Venom Prison, Svalbard, Bleed From Within, Napalm Death, Gloryhammer and many, many more. Buy the latest issue of Metal Hammer magazine starring Iron Maiden at www.tinyurl.com/GetHammer Visit our awesome sponsors KILLSTAR at tinyurl.com/HammerKillstar by The Metal Hammer Podcast

110 min listen

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