Week 3 of Black History Month sees us heading back to the early 00's, to yet another band we'd not listened to before!

Key talking points - More Bo Burnham chat than is strictly necessary on a metal podcast, an unfinished guitar, a Mel Brooks quandary, 2 Derrick's from Cleveland, a drummer who thinks thrash is for life and not just for Christmas, Kyle gives us our first ever sneeze and Rich gives us the dictionary definition of shouting.

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Our Black History Month episodes continue as, this week, we look at a band who are making big waves in the UK Metal Scene. 

Key talking points - Rich gives the audience homework, Chino Moreno makes someones day, a mosh pit meet-cute, Whatsapp - the new metal songwriting app, sonic corridors, we still find time to bash Code Orange, some vivid song titles, an authorless quote and Kyle inadvertently causes some doubt. 

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Kicking off our Black History Month episodes, we talk about one of the most unique, talented and necessary bands who ever existed and their ever present, ever relevant self-titled debut.

Key talking points - Another genius almost quits before he starts, a self deprecating nickname, more love for a musician's parent than ever before, "Good Song" the single, the biggest smallest pedal board in the world, Rich lists every music artists who ever lived and Kyle gets continually flustered at how Tom Morello plays what he plays.

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The wait is over. This year's most anticipated debut is finally here. But will we like it after all this hype and waiting around?

Key talking points - Convincing your parents you're in the biggest new band, a confusing marriage of record labels, being less jarred by being more jarred, an ultimatum for Architects, a mystery solved after 57 episodes, Rich forgets the name of every guitarist in the world and Kyle makes some early predictions.

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It's another returning band! This week, we dive into Avenged Sevenfold's self titled release, which was unfortunately their last album with Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan. Prepare for lots of drum talk, guitar noises and Tim Burton.

Key talking points - The escape room blues, the wonders of memory, some questions need answering, we marvel at The Rev, V. Shadows gets in on the action, is anyone really left handed?, we demand justice for bassists, Rich gets flustered by some medicine, Kyle explains his love of vocoders and, once again, we use those famous adjectives 'Tim Burton & Danny Elfman' to describe a song.

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This week, we're talking in person, in real life, like real humans, about one of the biggest rock albums of the 90s. So, excuse the large amount of background noise and mic wobbles (that would be Kyle flailing around and frantically air drumming), excuse the more meandering style of the chat (we hadn't seen each other for 5 years!) and just enjoy.

Key talking points - We're held back by our own silly rules, the Grammys do the impossible, an unexpected guest, a strange super fan, Rich's inner pervert comes out and Kyle say the word 'weird' about 10,000 times.

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So, for anyone who's counting, that's 3 debut albums in the first 4 episodes! This week marks our first returning band of the season, as we listen Black Sabbath's self-titled album and discuss the birth of heavy metal.

Key talking points - The wonders of Joey Jordison, Eric Clapton gets his CTM debut, a metronome debate, a surprise harmonica, Gandalf The Grey swings by, Bill Ward refuses to stop, a secretly literal song title, Rich absolutely stitches Kyle up, Ozzy mishears some lyrics, Tony gives the band time to pack for Switzerland and we devise a new method for picking songs for the playlist. 

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This week, we look at possibly the world's most hated band and try to figure out why...

Key talking points - The oldest Hamlet on record, 2 songs that definitely aren't Metallica covers, an unsupportive mother, a guitar you'll never lose, Kyle sneaks an orchestra into the mix again and Rich can't find a chorus.

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Season 2 continues with a band that neither of us knew anything about (besides a few tracks in The Hurt Locker). Get ready to hear the name George W. Bush about 100 times!

Key talking points - One hell of a genre change, a hypothetically well chosen recording location, "basically Al Jourgensen doing things", a You Can Call Me Al cover that no one wants to hear, Kyle gets quite annoyed about conspiracy theories and Rich isn't sure what to expect when he listens to 'Yellowcake'. 

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We're back for a second year! Did you miss us? We're kicking off Season 2 with another visit to our formative years and one of the first albums we both owned.

Key talking points - An octogenarian Gojira fan, some missing production credits, Rich settles the score on harmonics, Kyle is the ultimate anarchist, Linkin Park are stealthier than a spy plane and we get 37 minutes into a new season before mentioning Metallica... a new record?

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