Its the most wonderful time of the year!

Joey and Venny are proud to be 50 not out (amongst other cricket references) and in our perennial favourite show of the year set out the case for our favourite/best albums of the year.

Joey provides some Antipodean band recommendations and Venny can’t remember if the Pretenders walked 500 or 2000miles

Live Reviews

Dvne – La Belle Angele Edinburgh (7mins30sec)

Malevolence – Cluny, Newcastle (14mins05sec)

Album Reviews

Converge, Chelsea Wolfe – Blood Moon I (18mins35sec)

Voices – Breaking the Trauma Bond (36mins10secs)

Joey sat down with Mark and Mat, from Australian post- Black Metal band Oar. We talked about the stunning new album artwork as well as the music itself and production. Plus, how could I talk to a couple of lads from Oz without talking about Neighbours or Home and Away.

Venny brings his preconceptions about some of the years latter releases, judging plenty of books by their covers. Joined as ever by host Joey. Comparisons are drawn between Swallow the Sun and Steel Panther, Gloves off and Conjurer, and Tool and Hypocrisy, tune in to find out what on earth we are on about.

Album Reviews!

Swallow the Sun - Moonflowers (1mins30sec)

Gloves Off – Life… and everything after (22mins)

Hypocrisy – Worship (35mins)

Joey and Venny are joined by the band Still. Fraser and Jack talk about the excellent and unclassifiable (and we still don’t know how to pronounce) album {}, Chip Spice, the music scene in Hull, and the backseat of Fraser’s car…

Are Mastodon’s alternate releases the best?

Are Whitechapel the Parkway Drive of Deathcore?

And where does Grace Jones’ hula hoop rank in the best all time live appearances?

Album Reviews!

Mastodon – Hushed and Grim (2mins30sec)

Whitechapel – Kin (27mins)

Gaahl’s Wyrd – Hushed Mountain (40mins)

Joey and Venny are together in one room. No internet streaming for this episode; only a face-to-face fight to the (slightly hungover) death. Three nuclear blast releases are reviewed this week

Album Reviews!

Cradle of Filth – Existence is Futile (2mins40sec)

Ghost Bath – Self Loather (14mins40sec)

Khemmis – Deceiver (31mins45sec)

Joey and Venny discuss a huge mailbag of new releases.

Album Reviews:

Trivium - In the court of the Dragon (3minutes)

1914 – Where Fear and Weapons Meet (20min15sec)

Still { } (38mins20sec)

Joey and Venny speak to the legendary Colin Doran about his latest work in They Fell from the Sky. They discuss the excellent, and long-in-the-making debut Decade, as well as Streaming services, use of videophone during gigs and the relative penis sizes of the band #clickbait

Kim from MØL kindly joins Joey and Venny to discuss the upcoming album Diaroma. Expect insights into the shift to the new label, live performances, vinyl, changes in style, and spicy beanburgers