The Ninehertz Podcast

New Release pod number two for the year and January has obviously hit us hard!

Pete and Mike bring you nine of the best tracks to grace their ears during January.

The lucky nine are:

ALTARAGE - Cyclopean Clash

USA/MEXICO - Matamoros

Gale - We Could Have Been Gods

Bog Body - Guts of Infinity

Prisa Mata - Crooked Trees

Primitive Warfare - Malevolent Abolition

The Wiring - Thrown Within Reach

Marecage - Mare Juana

Vessel of Iniquity - Babalon

Mike catches up with Ian Stockdale, frontman of the recently-reformed Sheffield band, The Mirimar Disaster. A follow up from last year's podcast with Jason Kerr, where we discussed the finer points of the Sheffield metal scene around 2004-2010.

Since that podcast, TMD, Flatlands and The Humble Hoax have vowed to reform for a one-off show in August this year.

Stocky talks through TMD history, musical influences and the show itself here, playing these tracks along the way:

Soundgarden - Mailman

Goatsnake - The Dealer

Isis - Celestial (The Tower)

Will Haven - BATS

65daysofstatic - Radio Protector

The Mirimar Disaster - Control Alter Delete (exclusive demo version)

Flatlands - 1, Mill Lane

Happy New Year once again!

Every Monday in 2019 will see a new podcast being uploaded, so get ready for a new release show, alternating with an interview podcast all year.

We kick 2019 off with Mike and Pete talking through 9 fantastic new releases, which are:

Antre - Tyrant

Shit The Cow - Venganza

Modern Witchcraft - Daylight Suffers

Jucifer - Progress

Woorms - Stiff Upper Lisp

Primitive Man - Oily Tears

Skinlover - Death Trip

Bellrope - Old Overholt

Obed Marsh - Lavinia: Wretched Duo

Part two of our tracks of 2018!

A very sick-sounding Mike and a normal-sounding Pete count down their top fives of the year!

The tracks are:

Bismuth - The Slow Dying of the Great Barrier Reef

Daughters - Guest House

Legion of Andromeda - Despotic Flagellation

Grave Lines - Self Mutilation By Fire and Stone

Marijannah - All Hollow's Eve

Imperial Triumphant - Gotham Luxe

The Armed - Luxury Themes

Shrykull - IBT

Jotnarr - Hermit

Mol - Penumbra

Happy New Year! It's time for Mike and Pete's top 20 tracks of 2018.

It's been an incredible year for releases at Ninehertz, we've had so many amazing reviews, podcasts, podcast guests and gigs happen this year that it's hard to pick the best, but we've tried!

Here, we count down our respective top tens, from 10 to 6. The final ten will form part two, enjoy!

Tracks are:

Vvorse - Tuhkapatsaat

Closet Witch - Rule By Bacon

Abjection Ritual - Blood Mother

Goblinsmoker - Take The Dead

Brant Bjork - Somebody

Master - Replaced

Morrow - Auguries of Menace

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Cake of Light

Kurokuma - Dope Rider Pt. 2

Hen Ogledd - Problem Child

Mike chats with all round good dudes and cereal fans Bob and Joe, founding members of Hey Colossus. The pair pick some favourites from over the years and talk about anything but music.

FFO Eddie Stobart, Voluntary Manslaughter, Aerosmith and bad puns.

Tunes are all Hey Colossus and are:

'War Crows' from 'Happy Birthday'LP

'Oktave Dokkter' from 'Live at Magasin4, Brussels'LP

'I Am The Chiswick Strangler' from 'Project:Death'LP

'The Money Will Roll Right In' from the Lords split 7"

'Potions' from 'The Guillotine' LP

'Fire Up The Tambourine' from 'Happy Birthday' LP

Another rammed edition of the Ninehertz Podcast. This week Mike and Pete delve further into heavier regions of new tracks released recently or about to hit you, hard.

Tracks this week veer from post rock all the way to death metal and strange, idiosyncratic releases.

This week's features:

a-tota-so - Acer from the self-titled album, out September 17th via Lonely Voyage, Circuit Sweet and Buttonpusher.

Ether - I'll Laugh As They're Crashing Down from 'Seek Through Control' out now via Loneravn Records.

Anaal Nathrakh - Forward! from the new album 'A New Kind of Horror' out September 28th on Metal Blade Records.

Forming The Void - Transient from the album 'Rift' out now on Kozmik Atrifactz Records.

Transient - Cave Mouth from 'Sources of Human Satisfaction' out now on Six Weeks Records.

Skullcave - Forgiving from the album 'Fear' out September 20th via Art As Catharsis..

Convulsing - Relent from the new album 'Grevious' out now, self-released.

Shrykull - IBT from the new album 'Shrykull' out October 12th, self-released.

Mutilation Rites - Pierced Larynx from the new album 'Chasm' out now on Gilead Media and Argento Records.

Here at Ninehertz we get sent a ridiculous amount of new releases every day. We don't have time to review them all, but we love to spread the word when something's great.

In a new format which we'll be running on a regular basis now, Pete and Mike, long-serving and founders of the website and podcast, will be sharing nine tracks between them each time (get it?). This will be plucked from either reviews we've put out or things that have excited us from the inbox.

This episode's incredible tracks are:

Wood Chickens - 'Sados' from the 'Must Die' cassette out now on Crush Grove Records

Radiant Knife - 'Wasted Minds' from the self-released 'Science Fiction' LP.

Goat Sperm - 'Into The Deep Waters Of Catacombs' from the 'Voice in the Womb' EP out now on Inferna Profundis Records.

Herd Mover - 'Fence Banger' from the 'Vol. 3: Section 59' EP, out now via Astral Noize

Kurokuma - 'Dope Rider part 1' from the 'Dope Rider' EP, out now on cassette, vinyl and digital via Doom Stew

Jotnarr - 'Ever Further Mark' from the self titled LP out now on Superfi Records.

Void Rot - 'Ancient Seed' from the 'Consumed By Oblivion' LP out now on Everlasting Spew Records

Gilmore Trail & Friends - 'Stoneage Dinosaurs', out now on Chasmata Records - [Note, this track was originally written by Tim Smith of the little known but much adored band Cardiacs. Since 2008, Tim has been living with dystonia, a neurological condition which has effectively trapped his mind in a less-than-responsive body.

This tragically means that Tim can no longer write or perform music, nor can he lead what many would call a "normal life". However, with the help of some rather expensive treatment, there is hope that Tim's health and quality of life could improve.

ALL PROCEEDS (minus Bandcamp's fee) going towards his healthcare bills. Any donation (irrespective of amount) you make will have a direct impact on his quality of life.

In order to do this gorgeous, mind-bending and utterly moving song the justice it deserves, Gilmore Trail enlisted the help of some immensely talented friends - singers Ellie Shepherd, Kathy & Paul Sparshott (Le Menhir), and world class saxophonist Martin Archer (Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere, Inclusion Principle, Juxtavoices), who appears courtesy of Discus Records.]

JYOTISAVEDANGA - 'Quantum Integers Systematic Deduction' from the 'Thermogravimetry Warp Continuum' LP out now on vinyl and digital via Larval Productions

Two old promoters talk about metal, stoner and doom gigs from a decade ago. Jason used to run Team Tall Promotions, whose weekenders have gone into myth as being some of the best Sheffield ever had. He also bought many names to Sheffield over the years that have remained friends since. Mike and Jay helped each other out over the years, spreading the word about shows and even collaborating on a few ideas and shows too.

Tunes aired are:

Castor Troy - This City Will Destroy Us

Brenda - Sub Rosa

The Humble Hoax - SBC

The Freezing Fog - Crossing The Rubicon

The Mirimar Disaster - If Lockheeds Could Speak

Corleone- Crude Black Millions

A double interview special here, with interviews from the excellent Naisian from Sheffield and Skinlover from Lincoln as well as great tracks we've been sent recently.

Remember, if you want to take part in the podcast, just get in touch via [email protected].

Tracks played this time are...

FILTHxCollins - Fake News

Mothcob - Arms Up

Ona Snop - Type of Loser

Ossuarium - Deletrious Mutation

Bad Men - I'm Late Because I Don't Want To Be Here

Bedemon - Serpent Venom

Naisian - Untitled

Workin' Man Noise Unit - Cruisin' The IDR

Famine - Carnage on the Ankle of Rice

Out Ink - Pouching Pose

Skinlover - Bloodmouth

The tracks you can hear in the background this episode are...

Moloch - Disability

Pallbearer - Foundations

Mycelium- Mind Knows Not The Wisdom Of Muscle And Marrow