WE DID IT! One whole year of listening to, enjoying, despising, insulting and adoring various albums. Thanks so much for listening! Here's to another year of madness. 

Key talking points - Kyle meets a hairy dog, some puzzling Wotsits, Sliding Doors 2: Pantera or Hatebreed, a genuine revelation, 'No Solos: The Metal Dating App' is an instant success, we're still mad about Lordi/Disturbed and the existence of KISS, we settle an age old debate, Rich is left incredulous, the supergroup of supergroups and we finish Season 1 with hope for the future.

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

Chew The Metal Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K6MgPreHpBAXUz6MNcrEZ?si=P8uASJHhTiq5c1n9Cf1U2Q

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Just as we both take our first listen to a Korn album, Fieldy announces he's leaving the band. Classic. Now we look like insensitive bastards for not addressing it. Ahh, the perils of recording episodes a month in advance...

Key talking points - Korn avoid the midlands, a Nu-Metal paradox, a strangle of bagpipes, writing an album in the style of Wheel Of Fortune, Kyle writes a 20 year old single and Rich decides to scare himself awake in the morning.

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

Chew The Metal Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K6MgPreHpBAXUz6MNcrEZ?si=P8uASJHhTiq5c1n9Cf1U2Q

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/us/album/issues/193152832

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It's episode 50!!! This week, we're listening to one of the pioneers of Sludge Metal and a band that influenced a lot of our favourite Grunge music. But, will they live up to such a weighty biography? 

Key talking points - We come down with a case of the 9-5 blues, a long lost uncle, chug city, we continue our crusade against KISS, a sprinkle of Cobain, Rich unwittingly channels Dave Mustaine, Kyle wittingly channels Dale Crover and Triple H makes his Chew The Metal debut.

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

Chew The Metal Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K6MgPreHpBAXUz6MNcrEZ?si=P8uASJHhTiq5c1n9Cf1U2Q

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/us/album/houdini/300975382

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The random number generator has clearly been waiting for the perfect moment to give us our second Metallica album.... and here we are! This time, we go back to (almost) where it all started with their second album in 1984. There's no point hiding how we feel about this one - it's excellent!

Key talking points - Justice for all but Kyle, a masterclass in puppetry, a pig update, a guessing game goes on way longer than it should, Kyle stops the show and Rich eats a big ol' plate of Ktulu.

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

Chew The Metal Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K6MgPreHpBAXUz6MNcrEZ?si=P8uASJHhTiq5c1n9Cf1U2Q

For Whom The Bell Tolls (with orchestra) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp_ryQRMDzI

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/us/album/ride-the-lightning-remastered/579148345

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This week, we're making our first trip to Canada as we listen to Toronto's favourite sons, Alexisonfire. But after last week's absolute nightmare, will the boys manage to say anything positive about an album ever again?

Key talking points - Kyle does some PR for Bo Burnham, Rich has a very specific superpower, Frank Skinner's drastic career change, a feline interruption, we can't stop insulting Disturbed, handclap hierarchy, cover all the Gared bases, a screamalong chorus and the random number generator makes amends for last week.

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

Chew The Metal Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K6MgPreHpBAXUz6MNcrEZ?si=P8uASJHhTiq5c1n9Cf1U2Q

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/us/album/crisis/1214450961

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As a wise man once said - here we go again, another podcast for your earholes. But will we be Down With The Sickness, or will we be left Stupefied?

Key talking points - America doesn't know what it wants, an unintelligible little machine gun man, hypocrisy reigns supreme, some terrible time keeping, rhymes to rival a Dr Seuss book, a binding pact broken, Rich wants to talk about Eurovision more than this week's topic and Kyle segues like a champ all day long. 

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

Chew The Metal Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K6MgPreHpBAXUz6MNcrEZ?si=P8uASJHhTiq5c1n9Cf1U2Q

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-sickness/1030601019

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This week, we go back to where it all started with the mighty Mastodon! Join us as we try to wrap our heads around an album that takes in astral projection, the spirit realm, Russian history and the devil, all within 50 minutes. 

Key talking points - Perhaps the quickest intro of all time, a concept for the ages, it turns out we learn history exclusively from animated films, Brent Hinds - the tattooed baby, two pirate voices and a normal voice, running around with your shirt off screaming at people, one song puts Rich to sleep, to rhyme or not to rhyme?, Scott Ian doesn't show up, a very unique A Capella idea and Kyle drops the ball at the final hurdle.

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

Chew The Metal Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K6MgPreHpBAXUz6MNcrEZ?si=P8uASJHhTiq5c1n9Cf1U2Q

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/us/album/crack-the-skye/1218344932

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This week, we head back to the seas with our second ocean based concept album of the year! This time, it's Welsh post-hardcore heroes Funeral For A Friend who helm the ship.

Key talking points - The longest farewell tour ever, some brothers and non-brothers, a named nameless character, a magic microphone, a one trick pony of a producer, Rich puts up some incomplete notes while analysing things note by note and Kyle leads the search for a lost singer.

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

Chew The Metal Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K6MgPreHpBAXUz6MNcrEZ?si=P8uASJHhTiq5c1n9Cf1U2Q

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/gb/album/tales-dont-tell-themselves/253338145

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What's that? Another band that Rich hadn't really heard before? Well, isn't this a turn up for the books. Come join us as we discuss SOAD's sophomore album and see what all the fuss is about.

Key talking points - Rich walks a mile in ET's shoes, we're momentarily proud of the UK, Sporty Spice takes up a good chunk of the show, a man called Arto, a confusing opener, we start a petition for our dream gig, a weekly screen report, Kyle loves that Daron loves harmonics, the Babymetal session-musician problem returns and the show turns into an absolute shambles towards the end. 

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

Chew The Metal Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K6MgPreHpBAXUz6MNcrEZ?si=P8uASJHhTiq5c1n9Cf1U2Q

Support the artist by buying their music here - (find link Apple Music)

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This week, we're mostly bowing down to Myles Kennedy's amazing voice whilst also trying to remember that there are 3 other members in the band. Sorry guys. 

Key talking points - The beginning of a beautiful friendship, phasers set to 11, self congratulatory singers, another unexpected potty mouth, we look into the future perhaps a bit more than we should, Rich wants to Stop Believin' and Kyle wishes Myles would take his opinions into consideration when writing songs. 

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

Chew The Metal Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K6MgPreHpBAXUz6MNcrEZ?si=P8uASJHhTiq5c1n9Cf1U2Q

Summergirl (listen to the last minute!) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8LbMo-C9Io

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/us/album/second-skin/185588379

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