Next up in our very special co-hosted podcasts? It’s Deaf Havana frontman James Veck-Gilodi. Buckle up for a trip that ranges from revealing and emotional to downright hilarious as we travel through James’ year.

Welcome to the first of four very special podcasts to keep you going over the Christmas holidays, co-hosted with the bands themselves! First up? As It Is frontman Patty Walters tells us EVERYTHING about As It Is’ year, his personal favourite music from 2017 AND exclusive news on new As It Is material!

Up for another huge podcast for the Rock Sound Awards powered by EMP.co.uk? Well, now it’s time for our Best International Band winners, One OK Rock! We spoke to Taka Moriuchi (and his translator, Jamil) about recording the mega ‘Ambitions’, working with Alex Gaskarth and 5 Seconds Of Summer and their bid to take over the world.

Welcome to the final regular Rock Sound Podcast of the year! We speak to Good Charlotte about their Slam Dunk headline slot, surprise Christmas EP and SO much more, while in a world exclusive former Asking Alexandria frontman Denis Stoff explains exactly why he left the band and teases his new project. Movements’ Patrick Miranda gives us a glimpse inside one of this year’s most fascinating breakthrough bands, too!

Meet the winners of Album Of The Year at the Rock Sound Awards powered by EMP.co.uk, All Time Low! We spoke to Alex Gaskarth about the band's latest, huge album, from its inception through to the recording process through to its release. This man and this album have some stories to tell.

Next up in our podcasts for the Rock Sound Awards powered by EMP.co.uk is the Power Of Music Award. We wanted to celebrate a band taking things independent and doing everything for their fans, working together as a community to create something amazing and inspiring. That band are The Maine, and we caught up with John O'Callaghan to chat taking things completely back into their own hands, facing a whole host of risks and coming out the other side as the most successful and happy they've ever been - all for their fans.

Welcome back to another podcast for the Rock Sound Awards powered by EMP.co.uk and it's time for a HUGE moment - our Artist Of The Year, PVRIS. We caught up with Lynn Gunn to talk about how the band got through the personal difficulties of the 'White Noise' era to create the amazing and cathartic 'All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell'.

Welcome to a new podcast to celebrate the Rock Sound Awards powered by EMP.co.uk. Moving on to The Real Alternative award, we wanted to celebrate the bands who do things themselves and find huge success in doing so. This year, that band couldn’t have been anyone other than While She Sleeps. Building their own HQ and creating new album ‘You Are We’ purely with fan backing, the album not only exceeded expectations, it hit the UK Top 10 completely independently and has made the band bigger than ever. We caught up with Loz Taylor to get the full story from the eye of the storm.

Welcome to another podcast for the Rock Sound Awards powered by EMP.co.uk. Next? It’s our Best British Band, the mighty Neck Deep. We caught up with Ben Barlow to discover how they entered the most successful era of their career so far.

It's time for another special instalment of the Rock Sound Awards podcast, powered by EMP.co.uk, and it's our Best British Breakthrough winners - the majestic Creeper. We caught up with Will Gould to talk about the visceral punk shows of their early days all the way through to the huge stage production of the Theatre Of Fear and how debut album 'Eternity, In Your Arms' has changed everything.