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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.

ALBUM REVIEW: Fox Lake - New World Heat

30 mins; July 30, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Blessings - Blodsträngen

29 mins; July 28, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: The Dirty Nil - THE LASH

21 mins; July 24, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Hemelbestormer - The Radiant Veil

28 mins; July 23, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Boneflower – Reveries

21 mins; July 22, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: SCALP - Not Worthy of Human Compassion

20 mins; July 21, 2025

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 64 - Top 10 Metal Albums of 2025...so far

159 hours 19 mins; July 17, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Blind Equation - A Funeral In Purgatory

34 mins; July 15, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Split Chain - motionblur

27 mins; July 08, 2025

EP REVIEW: OCEANICA - Try Not To Dwell On It

24 mins; June 30, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Pig Pen - Mental Madness

21 mins; June 27, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Deadguy - Near-Death Travel Services

27 mins; June 25, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Blood Vulture - Die Close

26 mins; June 23, 2025

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 63

114 hours 43 mins; June 17, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Phantom Island

36 mins; June 17, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: CRYPTOPSY - An Insatiable Violence

28 mins; June 17, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Malevolence - Where Only The Truth Is Spoken

28 mins; June 16, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: GOYA - In the Dawn of November

27 mins; June 11, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: AVKRVST - Waving at the Sky

38 mins; June 10, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Ultrablut - Tja

26 mins; June 10, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Row of Ashes - Tide Into Ruin

24 mins; June 09, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Kaonashi - I Want To Go Home

26 mins; June 05, 2025

EP REVIEW: Bludgeoned By Deformity - Epoch Of Immorality

22 mins; June 05, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: TURIAN - Blood Quantum Blues

19 mins; June 04, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Intrepid – Juxtaposition

19 mins; June 03, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: ORTHODOX - A Door Left Open

23 mins; June 03, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: King Parrot - A Young Person’s Guide To

25 mins; June 02, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Rivers of Nihil - Rivers of Nihil

30 mins; May 28, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: DESOLATED - Finding Peace

22 mins; May 28, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Low Before The Breeze - A Hole Beneath The Home We Shared

30 mins; May 27, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Indifferent Engine - Speculative Fiction

29 mins; May 26, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: WITCHCRAFT – Idag

27 mins; May 23, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Age of Apocalypse - In Oblivion

18 mins; May 22, 2025

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 62

128 hours 25 mins; May 19, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: The Callous Daoboys - I Don't Want to See You in Heaven

42 mins; May 15, 2025

EP REVIEW: STRESS POSITIONS - Human Zoo

20 mins; May 13, 2025

EP REVIEW: Go Down Fighting – Anytime Now

14 mins; May 08, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Ghost Bath - Rose Thorn Necklace

26 mins; May 07, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: mclusky - the world is still here and so are we

23 mins; May 06, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: BLEED – Bleed

25 mins; May 01, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Your Spirit Dies - My Gnawing Pains Will Never Rest

30 mins; April 29, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Inhuman Nature - Greater Than Death

27 mins; April 28, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: CONAN - Violence Dimension

33 mins; April 27, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: EYES – SPINNER

29 mins; April 27, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Employed to Serve - Fallen Star

29 mins; April 27, 2025

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 61

137 hours 45 mins; April 21, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Benthos - From Nothing

31 mins; April 09, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Håndgemeng - Satanic Panic Attack

24 mins; April 07, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Kiritsis – Kiritsis

20 mins; April 02, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power

33 mins; March 27, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: JIVEBOMB – ETHEREAL

24 mins; March 27, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Forlorn – Aether

35 mins; March 26, 2025

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 60

126 hours 57 mins; March 23, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: SpiritWorld – Helldorado

34 mins; March 20, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: A Day To Remember - A Day To Remember's Big Ole Album Vol. 1

26 mins; March 20, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: GHOSTSMOKER - Inertia Cult

25 mins; March 19, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Bloodywood - Nu Delhi

26 mins; March 18, 2025

INTERVIEW: Megan Jenkins (FORLORN) 2025

46 mins; March 13, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: NITE - Cult of the Serpent Sun

27 mins; March 12, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: AINSOPH - Affection and Vengeance

22 mins; March 11, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: SURE - Destruction Of Form

29 mins; March 10, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: THIS GIFT IS A CURSE – Heir

24 mins; March 05, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Raging Speedhorn - Night Wolf

28 mins; March 03, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: K L P S (Kollaps\e) - K L P S

20 mins; February 27, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Vacuous - In His Blood

22 mins; February 26, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Stress Test - Stress Test

21 mins; February 25, 2025

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 59

161 hours 2 mins; February 23, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: WREN - Black Rain Falls

22 mins; February 18, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Mantar - Post Apocalyptic Depression

24 mins; February 12, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: LOVE IS NOISE - To live in a different way

30 mins; February 12, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Hangman’s Chair – Saddiction

27 mins; February 11, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: The Nightmares - Fire In Heaven

26 mins; February 11, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: MAKTKAMP - Mental Razzia

19 mins; February 10, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: 16 - Guides For The Misguided

20 mins; February 05, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Tayne – Love

27 mins; January 29, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: PENTAGRAM - Lightning in a Bottle

28 mins; January 28, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Grief Ritual – Collapse

25 mins; January 27, 2025

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 58 - Top 20 Metal Albums of 2024 (Part 4)

73 hours 23 mins; January 24, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: VUKOVI - MY GOD HAS GOT A GUN

27 mins; January 21, 2025

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 58 - Top 20 Metal Albums of 2024 (Part 3)

59 mins; January 20, 2025

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 58 - Top 20 Metal Albums of 2024 (Part 2)

68 hours 14 mins; January 17, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Vertex - The Purest Light

31 mins; January 14, 2025

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 58 - Top 20 Metal Albums of 2024 (Part 1)

66 hours 24 mins; January 13, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: HAUNTED HORSES – Dweller

28 mins; January 08, 2025

ALBUM REVIEW: Stick To Your Guns - Keep Planting Flowers

22 mins; January 06, 2025

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 57

161 hours 44 mins; December 15, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: Spanaway - Songs of Yesteryear

32 mins; December 04, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: NECKBREAKKER - Within The Viscera

29 mins; December 03, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: Gleemer - End of the Nail

23 mins; December 03, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: Hidden Mothers - Erosion / Avulsion

24 mins; November 27, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: Monolith - The Black Cradle

38 mins; November 26, 2024

EP REVIEW: Beyond Grace - Welcome to the New Dark Ages Part 2

29 mins; November 19, 2024

The Metal Epidemic Podcast - Episode 56

176 hours 7 mins; November 17, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: GOTHO - Gothron Versus Fartark

33 mins; November 13, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: STILL - A Theft

36 mins; November 12, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: Shi 死 - Pure Disgust

26 mins; November 11, 2024

INTERVIEW: Dawnwalker 2024

42 mins; November 07, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: Klone - The Unseen

33 mins; November 06, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: Codespeaker – Scavenger

21 mins; November 05, 2024

ALBUM REVIEW: Babel Map – Teeth

21 mins; October 31, 2024

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