Welcome back to Trve. Cvlt. Pop! a podcast all about music.

On this week's show, blimey, loads has gone on. Steve and Gaz decide to go rouge and give you three hot takes and strong musical opinions each. There's chat on the best era of Paul Weller, much love for a derided Metallica album, defence of the novelty song, why you really don't need to get political and lots, lots, lots of Nickelback.

Plus we look at a lost pop banger from AstonVilla (not that one), we pay tribute to Ace Frehley, Sam Rivers and Dave Ball, all of whom we lost this week, chat about Sam Fender's Mercury Prize win and there are live reports from recent shows by Paradise Lost, Midget and Killswitch Engage and Hatebreed at a packed* Wembley.

*Not packed at all.