The Metal Epidemic Podcast

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from GRAMMY Award-nominated metal icons, SEVENDUST! The bands new album, One, will be released on May 1st via Napalm Records. FFO: Nonpoint, Alter Bridge, Primer 55, Godsmack, Earshot, Trust Company, Drowning Pool, Gemini Syndrome. Band: https://www.facebook.com/sevendustofficial/ Order: https://sevendust.bandcamp.com/album/one #AlternativeMetal #NuMetal #HardRock (00:00) Intro (04:40) Duncan's Review (19:33) Dave's Review (28:40) Ratings Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/

The bands new album, By A Thread, will be released on May 1st via Equal Vision Records and Kill Iconic Records. FFO: I Met A Yeti, Hail The Sun, Snooze, Coheed and Cambria, The Fall of Troy, Dance Gavin Dance. Band: https://www.facebook.com/ResiliaBand/ Order: https://resilia.bandcamp.com/album/by-a-thread #PostHardcore #ProgressivePostHardcore #ProgressiveRock #MathRock #Alternative #Swancore Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/ (00:00) Intro (01:52) Dave's Review (18:45) Duncan's Review (23:33) Ratings

Dave & Duncan are back for Episode 73 of the Metal Epidemic Podcast! This month we dive into recent gigs, chat about new releases, play some killer new tracks, and of course, announce our Album of the Month for March. Singles: Infected Dead - Organic MonolithFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Infecteddead/ AVARICE – Underling Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AvariceDK/ XCOMM - Borrowed HappinessFacebook: https://www.instagram.com/xcommpunx/ Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol - Peaches Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rickshawbilliesburgerpatrol Metal Epidemic: More Reviews: https://www.metalepidemic.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metalepidemic/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metalepidemic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Metal_Epidemic YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/metalepidemic Discord: http://bit.ly/metepidiscord Metal Epidemic Spotify Playlists: https://tinyurl.com/Metal-Epidemic Merch: https://www.metalepidemic.com/merch/ Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! ⁠https://zencastr.com/?via=metalepidemic TIMECODE: 00:00:00 INTRO 00:03:47 GIG REVIEW - The Prodigy 00:16:37 SINGLE 1 - Infected Dead - Organic Monolith 00:20:17 WHAT WE’VE BEEN LISTENING TO & STUFF 01:33:04 SINGLE 2 - AVARICE – Underling 01:36:45 DAVE’S ALBUM OF THE MONTH MARCH 2026 01:41:30 DUNCAN’s ALBUM OF THE MONTH MARCH 2026 01:46:38 SINGLE 3 - XCOMM - Borrowed Happiness 01:49:17 WRAPPING UP THE SHOW 01:59:05 SINGLE 4 - Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol - Peaches

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from experimental noise trio, PORTRAYAL OF GUILT. The bands new album, …Beginning of the End, will be released on April 24th via Run For Cover Records. FFO: Knoll, Chat Pile, Full of Hell, Korn, Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, pg.99, Massive Attack, Converge, Thou, The Body, Cloud Rat, Godflesh. Band: https://www.facebook.com/portrayalofguilt Order: https://portrayalofguilt.bandcamp.com/album/beginning-of-the-end #ExtremeMetal #Hardcore #Punk #BlackMetal #Noise #Experimental #Sludge #Industrial #Grindcore #TripHop Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/ (00:00) Intro (02:35) Dave's Review (15:50) Duncan's Review (25:12) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from French hardcore/post-metal quartet, The Prestige! The bands new album, Isthmos, will be released on April 24th via Banshies. FFO: Will Haven, The Chariot, Thrice, As We Draw, The Ocean, Anna Sage, Cult of Luna. Band: https://www.facebook.com/wearetheprestige Order: https://theprestige.bandcamp.com/album/isthmos #PostHardcore #Hardcore #PostMetal #Sludge #ChaoticHardcore #Alternative #PostRock Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/ (00:00) Intro (02:15) Duncan's Review (19:48) Dave's Review (28:37) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Californian sludge metal band, Armed For Apocalypse. The bands new album, THE EARTH IS BREATHING BENEATH ME, will be released on April 24th via Church Road Records. FFO: Will Haven, Ether Coven, Mastiff, Crowbar, Swarm of the Lotus, Northless, Earthship. Band: https://www.facebook.com/armedforapocalypse Pre-Order: https://armedforapocalypse.bandcamp.com/album/the-earth-is-breathing-beneath-me #Sludge #Metal #PostMetal #Hardcore #DeathMetal Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/ (00:00) Intro (03:03) Dave's Review (20:00) Duncan's Review (29:22) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Montreal sludge trio, SEUM. The bands new album, Parking Life, will be released on April 23rd via Black Throne Productions & Falling Apart Records. FFO: Weedeater, Bongzilla, Corrosion of Conformity, Dopethrone, Eyehategod, Shi, Iron Monkey, Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol, Church of Misery. Band: https://www.facebook.com/Seumtheband/ Order: https://blackthroneproductions.com/products/seum-parking-life #Sludge #Doom #StonerMetal #SouthernSludge Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! ⁠https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/⁠ (00:00) Intro (03:17) Dave's Review (16:06) Duncan's Review (21:22) Closing Track (26:52) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Bay Area artist, Kathryn Mohr. Kathryn’s new album, Carve, will be released on April 17th via the Flenser. FFO: Youth Lagoon, Maria BC, BIG|BRAVE, Matt Jencik, Nirvana, Devon Ross, Dagmar Zuniga, Courtney Love. Band: https://www.facebook.com/kathryn.mohr.official/ Pre-Order: https://kathrynmohr.bandcamp.com/album/carve #Avant-Folk #Experimental #Folk #LofiIndie #Grunge #Alternative #Ambient Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! ⁠https://zencastr.com/?via=metalepidemic (00:00) (02:32) Duncan's Review (18:51) Dave's Review (27:57) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from US powerhouse, ABRAMS! The bands new album, Loon, will be released on April 17th via Blues Funeral Recordings. FFO: Converge, Torche, Cave In, Narrow Head, Basement, Soundgarden, Sisters, Failure. Band: https://www.facebook.com/abramsrock Order: https://abramsrock.bandcamp.com/album/loon #HeavyRock #Stoner #SludgeRock #ProgressiveSludge #Grunge #NoiseRock #AlternativeRock (00:00) Intro (03:50) Duncan's Review (21:40) Dave's Review (28:45) Ratings

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 Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/ (00:00) Intro (04:05) Dave's Review (21:03) Duncan's Review (33:27) Ratings

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 (00:00) Intro (02:20) Dave's Review (18:35) Duncan's Review (29:00) Ratings Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/

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 Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/ (00:00) Intro (04:25) Review (35:50) Ratings

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 Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch!https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/

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 Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! ⁠https://zencastr.com/?via=metalepidemic (00:00) Intro (03:53) Duncan's Review (20:00) Dave's Review (35:50) Ratings

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 Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/ (00:00) Intro (01:30) Duncan's Review (13:15) Dave's Review (21:47) Ratings

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 Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! ⁠https://zencastr.com/?via=metalepidemic (00:00) Intro (04:14) Dave's Review (16:34) Duncan's Review (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 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kulkband bleak. – LeechFacebook: https://www.instagram.com/itsallbleak Gout - I Am a Beacon of Health and WellbeingFacebook: https://www.instagram.com/__gout/ Metal Epidemic: More Reviews: https://www.metalepidemic.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metalepidemic/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metalepidemic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Metal_Epidemic YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/metalepidemic Discord: http://bit.ly/metepidiscord Metal Epidemic Spotify Playlists: https://tinyurl.com/Metal-Epidemic Merch: https://www.metalepidemic.com/merch/ Use Zencastr to record your videos & podcasts! ⁠https://zencastr.com/?via=metalepidemic 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 Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/ (00:00) Intro (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 Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/ (00:00) Intro 04:00) Dave's Review (23:14) Duncan's Review (30:28) Ratings

Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Floridian metalcore icons, Poison the Well. The bands new album, Peace In Place, will be released on March 20th via Sharptone Records. FFO: Converge, Deftones, Refused, Hopesfall, Greyhaven, The Callous Daoboys, Many Eyes. Band: https://www.facebook.com/poisonthewell/ Order: https://ffm.to/peaceinplace #Metalcore #Hardcore #MelodicHardcore #PostHardcore #Alternative (00:00) Intro (03:20) Dave's Review (17:50) Duncan's Review (23:39) Ratings Support the channel! Grab some Metal Epidemic Merch! https://metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com/