Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Cybergrind band, Blind Equation.

The bands new album, A Funeral In Purgatory, will be released on July 18th via Prosthetic Records.

FFO: Genghis Tron, fallingwithscissors, Slipknot, GOST, Fear Factory, The Prodigy, Cutting Pink With Knives, The Berzerker, Bubblegum Octopus, Hadouken.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/BlindEquation

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Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Bristol nu-gaze quintet, SPLIT CHAIN.

The bands new album, motionblur, will be released on July 11th via Epitaph Records.

FFO: Deftones, Superheaven, Narrow Head, The Smashing Pumpkins, Love Is Noise, Bleed, Blanket, Fleshwater, Profiler, Glare, Chevelle, Trust Company.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/splitchainband

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(25:53) Ratings

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Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new EP from UK prog entity, Oceanica.

Oceanica’s new EP, Try Not To Dwell On It, will be released on July 1st via Prog On! Recordings.

FFO: Jesu, Tesseract, Anathema, Earthside, Enochian Theory, Cloudkicker, Meniscus, sleepmakeswaves, Junius.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/OceanicaUK

Pre-Order: https://oceanicauk.bandcamp.com/album/try-not-to-dwell-on-it-2025-ep

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Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Toronto-based Hardcore quintet, Pig Pen.

The bands new album, Mental Madness, will be released on June 27th via Flatspot Records.

FFO: Pillars of Ivory, Big Cheese, Combust, Histamine, Cancer Bats, Real Bay Shit, Going Off, Snuffed.

Band: https://www.instagram.com/foreverpigpenforever/

Pre-Order: https://flatspotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fsr83-mental-madness

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Join Dave & Duncan as they review one of the most anticipated comebacks in hardcore/metalcore history — Deadguy’s first album in 30 years, Near-Death Travel Services, out June 27th via Relapse Records.

FFO: Integrity, Black Flag, Unsane, Rorschach, Turmoil, Converge, Botch, Cave In, Ink & Dagger, Catharsis, Coalesce, Unbroken, Vision of Disorder.

Band: https://www.instagram.com/deadguyrocks/

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Join Dave & Duncan as they dive into the haunting debut album Die Close by Blood Vulture, the gothic sludge metal project led by Two Minutes to Late Night’s own Jordan Olds.

'Die Close' will be released on June 27th via Pure Noise Records.

FFO: Pallbearer, Alice in Chains, Dunes, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Neon Nightmare, Hangman’s Chair, Crowbar, AFI, Type O Negative, Mastodon, Slumbering Sun, Spirit Adrift, Servers.

Band: https://www.instagram.com/bloodvultureband/

Pre-Order: https://purenoise.bandcamp.com/album/die-close #SludgeMetal #GothicMetal

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Dave & Duncan are back for another monthly Metal Epidemic Podcast!

On Episode 63 we chat recent gigs and new releases from Katatonia, Turnstile, Stray From the Path and more! Plus pick our May album of the month and play some brand-new tracks!

Singles:

Still In Love - Nervous Impulse
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Split Chain - who am i?
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Abigail Williams - A Void Within Existence
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Blind Equation – Nothing
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TIMECODE:

00:00:00 INTRO

00:09:30 GIGS - DON TOLIVER

00:21:30 GIGS - FOXING

00:37:50 SINGLE 01 - Still In Love - Nervous Impulse 

00:39:35 WHAT WE’VE BEEN LISTENING TO & STUFF

01:31:15 SINGLE 02 - Split Chain - who am I?

01:33:50 DUNCAN’s ALBUM OF THE MONTH MAY 2025

01:39:45 DAVE’s ALBUM OF THE MONTH MAY 2025

01:41:40 SINGLE 03 - ABIGAIL WILLIAMS - Still Nights 

01:45:50 WRAPPING UP THE SHOW

01:52:00 SINGLE 04 - BLIND EQUATION - NOTHING

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Australian rock band, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard.

The bands new album, Phantom Island, will be released on June 13th via p(doom).

FFO: Electric Light Orchestra, King Crimson, Phish, Hawkwind, The Grateful Dead, Can, Yes, The Doors, T. Rex, Steely Dan, The Beatles, The Byrds, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, Canned Heat, David Bowie, Wings, Chicago, Harry Chapin.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/kinggizzardandthelizardwizard

Bandcamp: https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/phantom-island

#RocknRoll #Prog #PsychedelicRock #OrchestralPop #RetroRock #Soul #Rock #PowerPop

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(06:15) Duncan's Review

(21:25) Dave's Review

(34:55) Ratings

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Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Canadian Technical Death Metal band, Cryptopsy.

The bands new album, An Insatiable Violence, will be released on June 20th via Season of Mist.

FFO: Dying Fetus, Fulci, Deeds of Flesh, Wormed, Putridity, Aborted, Archspire.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/cryptopsyofficial/

Pre-Order: https://cryptopsyofficial.bandcamp.com/album/an-insatiable-violence

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(04:18) Dave's Review

(18:42) Duncan's Review

(26:55) Ratings

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Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK riff-slingers, Malevolence.

The bands new album, Where Only The Truth Is Spoken, will be released on June 20th via MLVLTD & Nuclear Blast Records.

FFO: Hatebreed, Pantera, Bleed from Within, Crowbar, Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, Desolated, Terror, Guilt Trip, Throwdown, Fit For An Autopsy.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/MalevolenceRiff/

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(03:30) Duncan's Review

(16:04) Dave's Review

(26:18) Ratings