Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK melancholic rockers, Crippled Black Phoenix.

The bands new album, Sceaduhelm, will be released on April 17th via Season of Mist.

FFO: Swans, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Codeine, Mark Lanegan, Cwfen, Messa, Faetooth, King Woman.

Band: https://www.facebook.com/CBP444/

Pre-Order: https://crippledblackphoenixsom.bandcamp.com/album/sceaduhelm #MacabreRock #MelancholicRock #DarkRock #ProgressiveRock #ExperimentalRock #PostPunk #Folk

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Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from UK noiseniks, Man Band!

The bands new album, Strong Man, will be released on April 17th via Faith Healer Records.

FFO: Body Crisis, Ball of Light, EYES, Moments Notice, Sugar Horse, Brain Cave, Unwanted Ghosts, Stump Grinder.

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

#Hardcore #Punk #NoiseRock #Alternative #Grunge

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(29:00) Ratings

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Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Bristol-based experimentalists, Sugar Horse.

The bands new album, Not A Sound In Heaven, will be released on April 10th via Fat Dracula Records.

FFO: Sleep, Oceansize, Mogwai, Author & Punisher, The Cure, LLNN, Aereogramme, Dirge, Flourish.

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

Pre-Order: https://sugarhorse.bandcamp.com/album/not-a-sound-in-heaven

#Sludge #Doom #Alternative #Shoegaze #Experimental #Industrial

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Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Philadelphia Punks, Poison Ruin!

The bands new album, Hymns from the Hills, will be released on April 3rd via Relapse Records.

FFO: Rudimentary Peni, Straw Man Army, Institute, (early) Iceage, Crass, Husker Du, Warthog. 

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

Order: https://poisonruin.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-from-the-hills #Punk #UK82 #PostPunk #FolkPunk

(00:00) Intro

(04:20) Duncan's Review

(20:20) Dave's Review

(30:20) Ratings

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Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Belgian duo, Doodseskader.

The bands new album, The Change Is Me, will be released on April 3rd via 45 Records.

FFO: HEALTH, Four Stroke Baron, Author & Punisher, The Prodigy, Gvallow, Ghostemane, Ho99o9.

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

Order: https://doodseskader.bandcamp.com/album/the-change-is-me

#Industrial #Grunge #Sludge #HipHop #House #Hardcore #DreamPop

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Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Danish progressive metal band, DEADNATE.

The bands new album, MOSAIC, will be released on March 27th via DeadRecords.

FFO: Gojira, Witch Ripper, Mastodon, Liverum, Intronaut, Kruger, Czar, Hacride.

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

Order: https://deadnate.bigcartel.com/

#ProgressiveMetal #GrooveMetal #Hardcore #ProgressiveSludge #ProgressiveGrooveMetal

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Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from London Post-Gaze band, Wildernesses.

The bands new album, Growth, will be released on March 27th via Floodlit Recordings.

FFO: Slowdive, Explosions In The Sky, Idlewild, Whirr, Cigarettes After Sex, Bon Iver, The Editors.

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

Pre-Order: https://wildernessesband.bandcamp.com/album/growth-2 #Shoegaze #PostGaze #PostRock #DreamPop #Indie #AtmosphericAltRock #Folk

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(27:10) Ratings

Dave & Duncan are back for Episode 72 of the Metal Epidemic Podcast!

This month we’re talking gigs, recent listening history, our Album of the Month for February and spinning some brand-new tracks!

Singles:

Fleeting Joy – UnravelFacebook: https://www.instagram.com/fleetingjoyau/

Kulk – Ache
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bleak. – LeechFacebook: https://www.instagram.com/itsallbleak

Gout - I Am a Beacon of Health and WellbeingFacebook: https://www.instagram.com/__gout/ 

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TIMECODE:

00:00:00 INTRO

00:05:00 GIG REVIEW - The Callous Daoboys

00:16:00 GIG REVIEW - POPPY

00:26:37 SINGLE 1 - Fleeting Joy – Unravel

00:30:45 WHAT WE’VE BEEN LISTENING TO & STUFF

01:33:25 SINGLE 2 - Kulk – Ache

01:38:36 DAVE’S ALBUM OF THE MONTH FEBRUARY 2026

01:46:25 DUNCAN’s ALBUM OF THE MONTH FEBRUARY 2026

01:51:25 SINGLE 3 - bleak. – Leech

01:53:25 WRAPPING UP THE SHOW

02:01:27 SINGLE 4 - Gout - I Am a Beacon of Health and Wellbeing

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Canadian metal powerhouse, THREAT SIGNAL!

The bands new album, Revelations, will be released on March 20th via Agonia Records.

FFO: Mnemic, Bleed The Sky, Silent Civilian, Textures, Demon Hunter, Arkaea, Disarmonia Mundi, God Forbid, Mutiny Within, Raunchy.

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

Pre-Order: https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/revelations #Metalcore #ProgressiveMetal #Thrash #GrooveMetal

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(02:22) Duncan's Review

(14:30) Dave's Review

(24:45) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Belgian sludge trio, Crouch.

The bands new album, Breaking the Catatonic State, will be released on March 20th via Heimlich Manoeuvres.

FFO: Neurosis, Amenra, Knut, Mastodon, Black Sheep Wall, Meshuggah, Botch, Coalesce.

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

Pre-Order: https://crouchmusic.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-the-catatonic-state #Sludge #PostMetal #Hardcore #Mathcore

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(00:00) Intro

04:00) Dave's Review

(23:14) Duncan's Review

(30:28) Ratings