This week, we're celebrating International Women's Day and, in doing so, highlighting a band that we think are going to be HUGE in 2021! Fronted by the unbelievable Courtney LaPlante, this is a band you need to be listening to. Like, right now. 

Key talking points - Rich gets off to a sneaky start, a surname pronunciation divide, Gene Simmons becomes even more of a cliché, Kyle questions God, a Germanic nightmare generator, a pick-slide revelation, a headbang challenge and a playlist promise that we definitely won't keep. 

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

The Mara Effect (Live) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JreCi4pQtII

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/us/album/spiritbox/1548721981

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It's a Birthday treat for Rich, as he calls the shots on this week's album! We dive into Incubus' 2001 release and enjoy a relaxed, meandering conversation akin to the flowing water that characterises this album. One question remains though - Are You In?

Key talking points - Polar opposite DJs, a fake office intern, a very busy guitarist, an amateur journalist posing as a professional at our 'favourite' publication, Kyle outs Rich's double standards and we wonder if we'll ever get to see each other again.....

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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/ua/album/morning-view/271792608

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We made it to episode 30! This week, we have another special guest in the form of our friend Sam Gridley, who joined us to talk about his favourite album. But did it win us over, or was he left weeping uncontrollably as we insulted his musical tastes? Only one way to find out.....

Key talking points - A pleasure check, Josh Homme - Riddle Master, Kyle gets excited about the 2002 US Billboard Chart, Dave Grohl - Drum Wizard, Rich admits to some inadvertent plagiarism, Sam discovers he's been getting a song name wrong for 18 years and we stumble upon a Spirit In The Sky mash-up that NEEDS to happen. 

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Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

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

Criminal Audition (Sam's feature length debut) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B08JN6KYHF/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Reddit post exploring the album concept - https://www.reddit.com/r/qotsa/comments/6y3gmn/songs_for_the_deaf_in_depth_analysis_interactive/

No One Knows on Top Of The Pops - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4TR2Bo8LY4

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/gb/album/songs-for-the-deaf/1440909901

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It's episode 29! This week, the random number generator decided it really wanted us to listen to some more Corey Taylor... so we did! 

Key talking points - The woes of an 8-man band practice, we finally solve the mystery of the Spiderman ring, Rich promises to talk about the album, Kyle sells out, Creepy Whisper Man returns, we talk about Tremonti almost as much as Stone Sour, inadvertent catchiness and some trouble with notes.

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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/come-what-ever-may-10th-anniversary-edition/1185627160

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It's episode 28! This week, we discuss an album that we absolutely love (there's no point pretending otherwise). So sit back and enjoy an hour of endless praise and infinite guitar noises. Widdle diddle chug chug chug etc.....

Key talking points - Kyle FINALLY gets to talk about Hamilton, we act out a strange band practice, Rich does a mime, a very punctual haunted door, Joey Jordison's secret is finally revealed, OHHHHH them blast beats, DUN DUN DUN..... CONK, acoustic windmilling, Slipknot and James Blunt - together at last, some unexpected harmonies and the word 'tune' is said about 100,000 times.

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/vol-3-the-subliminal-verses/926184050

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This week, we finally talk about an album that Kyle already knew but Rich didn't! WHAT A TWIST! But is it a good twist, like The Sixth Sense? Or a bad twist, like The Happening? God, wasn't that film rubbish. 

Key talking points - Intro confusion, a great album for a first name, Steven Spielberg and the recording man, Dryden Mitchell's voice apparently saves rock music, Kyle makes his music preferences VERY clear, Rich gets fed up with bad lyrics, JINX!, Songmeanings.com comes through for us again, a quick culinary sidebar, one wrong opinion, one correct opinion and the boys request an unexpected cover. 

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/anthology/1440761714

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It's episode 26! This week, we're discussing yet another album that Rich knew very well but that Kyle had never heard. Makes you wonder how he ended up hosting this podcast in the first place? What a shambles.

Key talking points - A surprise animal appearance, a backfiring double bluff, unexpected Pirates Of The Caribbean influences, Metal Hammer forget how numbers work, Rich gets anxious over Kyle's opinions, Kyle picks video game developer Hideo Kojima as his mastermind topic and we save ourselves on the brink of a long Oscars rant. 

Editing note - Sadly, unlike BMTH, we didn't have access to Terry Date's production skills so please excuse any pops/hisses/clips/general bad audio quality in this episode! 

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/sempiternal/598282638

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This week, the random number generator has allowed us a timely tribute to one of the greatest, and most inventive, guitarists ever - Eddie Van Halen, and his band's seminal debut album.

Key talking points - Songs that sing right to you, soz no soz, a broken car stereo, a 50 year old man in disguise, the milk drought of '53, we fall into a rabbit hole full of celebrity pasta sauce, Kyle hates on Disney and Rich gets an adrenaline rush from video games.

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

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

Isolated guitar track for I'm The One - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K0LAE-Fel8

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/us/album/van-halen/976820530

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It's our first episode of the year! This week, we abandoned the random number generator in favour of Rich picking an album he was desperate to hear after our Christmas special. But did it work out for the best, or was it a huge waste of our time?

Key talking points - Two morning voices, a quick critique of the 2018 Grinch movie, a very long song title, embarrassing outros, Charlie Day doesn't pay us a visit, the boys get surprised by a picture on the internet, sweaty velcro and meat triangles, a Nickelback shaped rabbit hole, Rich finally gets in on the vocal impressions and Kyle shows his literary preferences. 

Email - [email protected]

Twitter/Instagram - @ChewTheMetal

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

What if Type O Negative wrote Master Of Puppets? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqfxknuzVbI

Support the artist by buying their music here - https://music.apple.com/us/album/october-rust/214478798

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It's the last episode of the year and we're going out with a...... very angry growl? This week, we talk about an album that was a staple of Rich's 2004 playlists but that Kyle had never heard of. Will it be a triumphant end to the year, or yet more misery? Oh, 2020, you absolute bastard.

Key talking points - A distracting Christmas film discussion, the 'XXX' soundtrack returns, the Grammys take another bashing, we start thinking about possible merchandise, Kyle complains about one specific soundman, Rich introduces his favourite BPM website, inappropriate wedding video music, a Queer Eye endorsement and an old email address resurfaces.

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-rise-of-brutality/1440737510

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