Oops!  Have to admit I've surprised myself (but not necessarily in a pleasant way) in that this edition of The Forge has taken considerably longer to produce than I was expecting.  I'm going to blame the onset of a global pandemic of the coronavirus named COVID-19 for this one.

Anyway, it's (as usual, if you don't mind me saying) a cracker of a show for you this time out.  There's new songs from Firewind, Testament, Jinjer and many others.  It just illustrates how global Metal truly is.  There are also contributions from Italy, the UK, Germany, Romania and quite a few other countries.

Point your browsers over to https://www.patreon.com/metalscienceteacher and become a patron if you want to get the next one straight into your Inbox, exclusively early and help me improve audio quality.

But let's stop beating around the bush.

Mosh buffers to maximum.

Thrash drives to full.

Thanks to some IT related shenanigans, this week's show is somewhat delayed.  Basically, I attempted to trade in my laptop, but since the trade-in price was a massive drop from the estimate, I turned it down, so I've had to delay getting my new computer built.

In other news, if you've ever thought, "Hmm... I'd really love to support Carl in making WWRS: The Forge, but have no idea how to do it", here's some ways:

1) This one specifically applies to bands, pluggers and labels: send me music so I can play it on the show.

2) Tip me off about bands I should be looking into.

3) Request songs.

4) Throw me some cash on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/metalscienceteacher) by either becoming a patron or just making an individual, one-off donation.

5) The most obvious one is to keep listening and telling your friends about WWRS: The Forge.

As for the show itself, as usual, it's rammed full to bursting with new stuff.  Again, the guarantee holds - if you don't hear something in this show that you've never heard before, I'll give you your money back.

Do yourself a favour and turn it all the way up!

Thanks to some IT related shenanigans, this week's show is somewhat delayed.  Basically, I attempted to trade in my laptop, but since the trade-in price was a massive drop from the estimate, I turned it down, so I've had to delay getting my new computer built.

In other news, if you've ever thought, "Hmm... I'd really love to support Carl in making WWRS: The Forge, but have no idea how to do it", here's some ways:

1) This one specifically applies to bands, pluggers and labels: send me music so I can play it on the show.

2) Tip me off about bands I should be looking into.

3) Request songs.

4) Throw me some cash on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/metalscienceteacher) by either becoming a patron or just making an individual, one-off donation.

5) The most obvious one is to keep listening and telling your friends about WWRS: The Forge.

As for the show itself, as usual, it's rammed full to bursting with new stuff.  Again, the guarantee holds - if you don't hear something in this show that you've never heard before, I'll give you your money back.

Do yourself a favour and turn it all the way up!

Ahem... erm... this was meant to be coming out last weekend, but life got in the way.

Anyway, here it is: episode 7 of season 2 of WWRS: The Forge.  If anyone is unfamiliar, The Forge is the sequel to The Wyrd Ways Rock Show, which I did for something like 10 years until a time when my mental health took a massive nosedive and I sacked it all off and seriously thought at jacking it in completely.

The thing is, I started doing The Wyrd Ways Rock Show because of a total lack of Hard Rock and Metal radio that took the genre as a whole, rather than focussing on the sort of thing that was featured in the "hallowed" pages of Kerrap!  We now have Primordial Radio, so that should be the itch scratched, right?  As it turns out, wrong.  The itch came back when my mental health levelled off.  Especially when it became pretty obvious, my personal taste in music... that I base the show running orders on... are still not covered.  Despite the addition of new presenters, there are still niches not covered by Primordial or many other shows out there on the internet.

So that's what The Forge is for.  The Forge shines light on the bands and music that other shows and stations don't know about. 

Anything else you need to know?  Not really.  Except that I guarantee you will hear music in this show that you've never heard before.  Just play it loud and tell your friends.

Any Manowar fans out there?  You're in for a bit of a treat, then.  Not only do we kick off with a bit of classic Manowar, we've also got a cover of another classic by a really rather excellent band (featuring a guest appearance) and something brand new from a certain Mr Friedman.  As usual, and probably more importantly, the commitment of The Forge to new music remains strong - new stuff from Jinjer, Five Finger Death Punch, Kaos Krew and Wishing Well amongst many others.

As with the last show, I stand by the guarantee.  If you don't hear something you've never heard before in this edition of The Forge, I'll personally come round to your house and give you your money back!

Mosh buffers to maximum, chums and let's do this!

Any Manowar fans out there?  You're in for a bit of a treat, then.  Not only do we kick off with a bit of classic Manowar, we've also got a cover of another classic by a really rather excellent band (featuring a guest appearance) and something brand new from a certain Mr Friedman.  As usual, and probably more importantly, the commitment of The Forge to new music remains strong - new stuff from Jinjer, Five Finger Death Punch, Kaos Krew and Wishing Well amongst many others.

As with the last show, I stand by the guarantee.  If you don't hear something you've never heard before in this edition of The Forge, I'll personally come round to your house and give you your money back!

Mosh buffers to maximum, chums and let's do this!

It's nearly the end of February and here's your latest almost regular dose of new quality Metal.  In this show, myself and my furry co-presenter (who only sticks around for the first link - typical cat) introduce you to a load of stuff you've never heard before.  In fact, if this edition of WWRS: The Forge DOESN'T introduce you to something you've never heard before, you can have your money back.

And since I'm a Yorkshireman, that should help you understand how serious that I am about my commitment to new stuff.

Plus we also celebrate 50 years of Heavy Metal with a bit of classic Sabbath.  Because Heavy Metal officially started on Friday 13th February 1970 with the release of Black Sabbath's debut, which means Pete Townsend's assertion that Heavy Metal was invented by The Who when they released Live At Leeds 16th May 1970 is a bit wide of the mark (it was recorded the day AFTER the Sabbath album was released, so it's possible THE WHO COPIED SABBATH).

The cat has now met the pigeons....

This episode is brought to you by Aldi's Cookie Dough ice cream and the number.... erm.... 4?  Will that do the job?  I mean, it is the fourth 'cast of this Season 2 version of The Forge.  Anyway... loads and loads of new stuff plus some old stuff that's new, since it's never really been heard before.  Kind of makes you realize that Black Sabbath weren't the only ones ploughing the same furrow back in the late 60's and early 70's.  It's just that they got there first and they had something the others didn't that got them noticed.

Anyway, here's the show for your delectation.  If you like it, tell your friends.  If you don't... well... take a long walk off a short pier.  I don't care.

This episode is brought to you by Aldi's Cookie Dough ice cream and the number.... erm.... 4?  Will that do the job?  I mean, it is the fourth 'cast of this Season 2 version of The Forge.  Anyway... loads and loads of new stuff plus some old stuff that's new, since it's never really been heard before.  Kind of makes you realize that Black Sabbath weren't the only ones ploughing the same furrow back in the late 60's and early 70's.  It's just that they got there first and they had something the others didn't that got them noticed.

Anyway, here's the show for your delectation.  If you like it, tell your friends.  If you don't... well... take a long walk off a short pier.  I don't care.

This one was supposed to come out last week. The problem is, the release schedules hadn't really kicked in enough that I could do a full show. OK, I could have filled up the rest of the airtime with old stuff, but that's not what The Forge is all about. The Forge is all about new stuff, so I delayed the release until it was all new stuff bar a couple of songs that I love.

Since there's been a few more days of releases, the show is ready to roll out.

So here it is. The first edition of The Forge of 2020.

Now since we're now really officially in The Future, where's my f**king jetpack?!