This week, I speak to none other than the living legend, Blaze Bayley! Blaze holds nothing back here, and discusses: ordinary heroes, mental health, positivity, the Higgs Boson, Nikola Tesla, Stephen Hawking, heavy metal fan culture, meet & greets, the concept of "identity", Pointless Celebrities, and touring as a heavy metal musician. This is one not to be missed!

A little later than usual, it's Episode 17 of Feckin' Metal. This week, I take a sneak peek at the upcoming Haunt album, "Beautiful Distraction", review the recently-released album from Saber, "Without Warning", and also take a look at some recent releases from Accept and Dread Sovereign.

Join me for this FA Cup-free episode and the debut of "2me's top 10 talking points" from the world of feckin' football this week (e.g. playing out from the back, Ole managing Pogba well, happy Ozil, Klopp factor in decline, and bloody Burnley!)

Joining me today to reflect on Liverpool 1-1 Man United: a Liverpool fan (@El_Diablo48) and a Man United fan (@TheKingOfPing). We cover "banter", tactics, how United shaded the chances but Liverpool controlled the game, outlooks for the rest of the season...then we critique Sky Sports's coverage and the kits!

After a four week break, Feckin' Metal returns! On this episode, I talk about some hard rock and heavy metal albums celebrating significant anniversaries in 2021, examine Jon Schaffer from Iced Earth's recent actions and try to make sense of it all, and look eagerly towards some upcoming releases this year. It's great to be back!

An episode about Kazuyoshi Miura (oldest player in the world), Jack Byrne (Messiah in exile), & FA Cup Guilt. Light-hearted football anti-banter from your feckin host 2me.

This week, I speak to my long-time personal friend, Kevin Daly, about the Sabaton Open Air Festival. We turn the clock back five years, and set the scene to explain how we became Sabaton fans in the first place, and how we ended up attending the Sabaton Open Air festival for five consecutive years. We attended this festival from 2015 to 2019, and have a plethora of stories and memories to share. Hear about Swedish off-licences, sleeping in prisons, night trains, sneaking in Jägermeister in our shoes, falling asleep at UFO gigs, and much much more, in this no-holds-barred account of our concert-attending activities from 2015!

This week on The Feckin' Check-In your hosts reflect on the year in podcasting that was 2020. The FECK acronym is out the window to make way for a candid and frank discussion about running a podcast, and the work that goes into it, disappointing downloads, perseverance, and plans for the future! It's not all doom and gloom, however. There are plenty of positive reflections on what was an extremely interesting and varied year for The Feckin' Check-In Podcast Network!

Episode 5 is here even though I called it episode 4 on the recording (whooops!). Delighted to be joined again by my good friend and Wayside Celtic's Ross Zambra. We chat about the LSL during lockdown, the LOI season, Ross's career as a palyer and fan, and EFL weekend big games. Enjoy!

This week, I speak to "The Texan Iron Maiden Connection" - Uncle Steve. This episode features: Bad Texan impressions, Iron Maiden milestones in Steve's life, finding God, boring Rammstein shows, reflections on the Download festival, Forrest Gump quotes, the digital vs. physical debate, and more, in this very enjoyable chat with a fellow Iron Maiden enthusiast! Outside of the interview, I give my rundown of my top metal/rock albums from 2020, with music from Black Soul Horde!