It's a Henry Rollins special, where Jason and Imran properly explore a full length studio album by his bands, Black Flag and The Rollins Band for the first time. Hannah's back for her forth 'Standoff with the pair, and it was her call to make this battle between My War and The End of Silence. Anything musical with Rollins in it is sure to be intense, and these two albums bring two different styles of intensity. Is it the raw punk rock, mixed with experimentation, power of My War, or the totally experimental but unapologetically heavy End Of Silence that the team consider the album that brings out the best of the punk icon?

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Thank You Taylor Hawkins. Foo Fighters Forever.

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For the first podcast of 2022, key pillars of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement go head-to-head. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind vs Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance. Released within a year of each other, both albums took each band's next step in conquering the music world, where both Piece Of Mind and Screaming For Vengeance saw an ever increasing presence in US airplay.
Moshpit On SYN 2021 producer Ben Holt making his forth appearance on the 'Standoff, presented this battle to Jason & Imran, and from the moment it was set and ready, all three knew that this would be a tightly contested one.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: During the discussion of Tool's Fear Inoculum vinyl edition, the price has been censored due to rules surrounding community broadcasting laws, Jason's comments were simply a bad cover-up.

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In a podcast capitalising on a ship that sailed two years ago, Jason and Imran break down the Tool and System Of A Down albums that following their release, started a 13 year streak of no new music, 10,000 Days and Hypnotize.
Imran, being a super fan of both bands, was so excited about this battle and 'tis being the holiday season, he invited his bandmate, Nick, to take part in the discussion. 
Will the power of the third eye pull Tool over the line? Or does the manic chaos of Hypnotize earn System Of A Down the winners perk?

Imran and Nick are currently working on material for their band FLOOD.
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Jason and Imran conclude their second grunge exploration and their trilogy of battles with Hannah with Mother Love Bone - Apple vs Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog, where it all began.
Apple is the only full length studio album Mother Love Bone ever released as days before dropping, frontman, Andrew Wood died from an overdose. In tribute, Soundgarden singer, Chris Cornell (also a roommate of Wood's) got together with surviving members of the band, plus recruiting Mick McCready and Eddie Vedder, the future Pearl Jam, to comprise the seminal Temple Of The Dog album.

Who wins this one?

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Grunge Month is back so Jason & Imran can dissect albums that created the soundtrack to millions of grunge fans that weren't part of the Big 4. Instead, they turn their attention to Stone Temple Pilots debut album Core and the fuzzy second album of The Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream.
And since Jason and Imran both really enjoyed having Hannah Pratt, member of the Moshpit on SYN team on the previous battle, they invited her back on the 'Standoff to help explore more musical horizons, and provide a more casual grunge perspective.

Check out all of our previous grunge battles at this playlist here.

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Punk stalwarts Ramones and The Clash go head-to-head. In one corner representing the Ramones is 1977's Rocket to Russia, and in the other, representing The Clash is 1979's London Calling. The third albums of each band were explored and examined by Jason and Imran for the very first time, and to help them along is one of Moshpit on SYN's 2021 presenting team, fanatic punk rocker, Hannah Pratt, making her first of what we hope to be many 'Standoffs.

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These two albums link together more than you might think. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue, the first album since the death of front man, Layne Staley and the studio introduction of William DuVall will collide with the debut Alter Bridge album, One Day Remains, a band born from the break up of Creed and the album that brought the emphatic first step for one of the biggest stalwarts of rock n' roll today with Myles Kennedy behind the mic and a real reinvigorated sound for the ex-Creed bandmates. Jason, Imran and Jacob get together to pick these two albums apart, and are primed to celebrate great music, and get involved in some hotly contested debate.

Since Jacob's last appearance on the show, he's gone onto becoming Executive Producer for SYN's flagship gaming show 'Player One'.

Check out Player One - Mondays 8-11PM on SYN 90.7, DAB+ Digital Radio or online at http://syn.org.au/
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And for full shows, interviews and bonus content, go to: Player One on Omny 

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What the hell are The Beatles and The Rolling Stones doing on The Great Metal Standoff? 
In our 20th episode spectacular, Jason, Imran and long time previous contributor, Salomae, making her first appearance on the show in over a year, take a moment to acknowledge and marvel at the two bands who inspired almost every band that came after them, many of which are the bands that the three know and love and talked about on the show before.
The way to do it is to explore how it all began. How did the most influential rock bands in modern music history sound at album one? And which band do the three think had the better start? It's The Beatles - Please Please Me vs The Rolling Stones self-titled. In a battle to find an answer to the unanswerable, and horribly failing at it!

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The team of Jason, Imran and local Melbourne bass player, Daniel Cesarini have reassembled for another deep dive into the legacy of Ronnie James Dio and have gone and made it all the more challenging. Tasking themselves in finding a winner between the second albums across three stages of his legendary career. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules vs Rainbow - Rising vs Dio - The Last In Line.
With it being our second three way battle in The Great Metal Standoff history, to hopefully split the vote, Imran roped in the guitar player from his own band 'Flood', Jack Lynch, to give a more level headed, moderate point of view, making an intriguing four person conversation.

Dio's music rules! But which of these three ruled more?

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EDITOR'S NOTE: For reasons beyond our control, our guests audio is a bit messy. Apologies for any inconvenience. 
Also let's laugh at Jason for not knowing that The Last In Line was a Dio album. The silly goose.

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