The Heavy Music Club

In this episode of The Heavy Music Club podcast, I’ll be taking a deep dive into one of the most important bands to my journey into heavy music; Neurosis.

This first episode will actually begin before they were even Neurosis and then work through early line up changes, their hardcore/punk era, then and all the way up to just before the new millennium and the changes that time brought to their style and approach.

As we go along we’ll look at the stories around their albums, the critical reception at the time, the reception since and some of my own feelings.

There’s plenty to cover, so I’ve broken this series on Neurosis down into at least two episodes. The next one will be out in the coming weeks.

Below are some show notes covering a few things relevant to or that I mention in this episode:

If you like the sound of Violent Coercion, you can get hold of their album on Bandcamp here.

And the awesome album cover art that I talk about for Souls at Zero is this:

Find the rest of Neurosis’ discography here on their Bandcamp page. Make sure to pick up their beautiful new album, An Undying Love for a Burning World. I’ll tackle that in a future episode, too.

More details here on Fire in the Mountains festival, with tickets for 2027 already on sale.

And since writing and recording this series, Neurosis have been announced as the first act at Roadburn 2027. They’ll be playing two sets, and so that was an immediate purchase for me. I’ve not been since 2019 and I am excited!

If you enjoy this episode, give it a like, subscribe and review on any of your podcast platforms. It’s available on all the major ones; Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, etc…

This episode was written, recorded and edited by me, Pete Churchill. Thanks to Yellow Eyes for letting me use their song Warmth Trench Reversal from their amazing 2019 album ‘Immersion Trench Reverie’ for the theme music. All other samples are used under UK ‘fair dealing’ rules.

A final note - this is the first piece of audio I have ever recorded and edited, despite coming out after the Foglord interview. It’s a little bit janky in places, so bear with. I promise it gets better from episode 2 of this series and onwards.

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If you like what you’ve heard in this episode, here are my other podcast episodes. They include an interview with the amazing dungeon synth artist Foglord off the back of his brilliant 2026 album, Lore of the Blue Mist. Give it a listen!

In this first ever episode of The Heavy Music Club podcast, I practice my interview skills and speak to Darien, the man behind dungeon synth artist Foglord.

He’s been making music under the name Foglord since he was 12 and in 2026 has released a new album called Lore of the Blue Mist on Out of Season.

It’s an astonishing work, fusing music from his heritage and locale, with the nostalgia-heavy sounds of dungeon synth, drawing on a range of influences to bring it all together into 73 minutes of beautiful music.

We spoke for some time about where he’s from, how that’s influenced his music, what he’s done over the years and recently, as well as some of his future plans.

We also covered in some depth the differences between sub-genres of the country music that he loves. It’s a fascinating lesson and I learnt a ton.

Give the show a listen and explore Appalachia, dungeon synth, old time music and his nostalgia for Final Fantasy soundtracks.

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Darien, a.k.a. Foglord is on Instagram as @d.drolgof and can be found on Bandcamp: https://foglord.bandcamp.com/album/lore-of-the-blue-mist

His amazing album is still available digitally and Out of Season has recently announced a second tape pressing. Do not miss out!

The t-shirts I mention can be found at Out of Season here and were printed by Forest Passage, although stock is low.

The Sidna Myers track Twin Sisters he mentions that was his inspiration to learn to play clawhammer banjo is on YouTube and although short, is beautiful: https://youtu.be/7XxkmmtFZUE?is=QTRaSNH-ZGE8jOFn

Foglord is playing the following dates live in the coming months:

Woodland Forest Fest in the Pacific Northwest - 5th & 6th September - although it is sold out!

Spacebar in Columbus, Ohio - 11th September

Distant Stronghold in Portland, Maine - 25th & 26th September - Out of Season’s 10 year anniversary festival

Great Lakes Dungeon Siege in Detroit, Michigan - 24th & 25th October

Finally, thank you very much for listening and reading this far. Hopefully you’ve enjoyed this episode to this as much as I enjoyed writing, interviewing Darien, recording and editing it.

Until next time, stay heavy!

The Heavy Music club is a new, in-depth, research-based podcast looking at bands in the heavy music world, their stories, history, origins, evolution and future.

In this show, I’ll take a look at some of my favourite bands, where they’ve come from, where they’ve gone over their career, and where they are going if they’re still around. Then, I’ll work through their discographies discussing each album and its context, sharing some favourite tracks, looking at the reviews and sharing my own thoughts. Finally, I’ll wrap up with a track-by-track look at a favourite, important or new album from their discography, and rank the albums covered from bottom to top.

For the first episode, however, I’m easing us in and trying something else. I’ve interviewed one of my favourite artists of 2026, who released an album mixing some really unusual musical styles. They kindly agreed to have a chat and we had a lot of fun talking about their background, the new album, what they’ve been up to recently, and future plans.

Listen or read along as I talk to and work through what are in my opinion some of the best and most important bands in the heavy music world. And while I do it, join in by chatting and reading more about them, and help build a community of like minded heavy music fans.

Give the podcast a like, subscribe, review, etc… on all the relevant platforms you can find it on - Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, etc… to make sure you don’t miss any, and keep an eye out for the first full episode. It’ll be coming soon!

While we’re at it, give the club a follow on Instagram and YouTube as well. I’ll be sharing things there, too. All handles are @theheavymusicclub

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This trailer for The Heavy Music Club was written, edited and recorded by me, Pete Churchill. Theme music is Yellow Eye’s Warmth Trance Reversal from their amazing 2019 album Rare Field Ceiling and is used with their kind, express permission.