Heavy Matters

Joey, live from Sri Lanka, Venny live from rainy Edinburgh, review two corkers from show-favourites Kardashev and Employed to serve

Hear Joey chat (and butcher the Norwegian language) with Oslo's Sykofant, Melvin and Sindre. Progressive-rock goodness. They have only played two shows released an album and EP, and have already nailed a headlining spot! Also, find out why their music is so good for mowing the lawn.

If you are a fan of post-metal in the vein of Cult of Luna then you need to check out KLPS (Kollapse) from Sweden. In this interview, Joey chats with Daniel about why the band changed their name, some upcoming shows and the pros and cons of social media.

With 4 weeks to go until their European tour, Joey chats with Sven from Aborted about how the USA tour went, choosing songs for the setlist, and an update on the debut Coffin Feeder album.Sven's enthusiasm is infectious and his work ethic is unbelievable.

Joey chats with Melbourne's Ghostsmoker. Fresh off the back of their album release show, Ben and Nathan share their thoughts on influences, the new Deafheaven album and negative reviews.

This week's show, we check out the sixth album from Deafheaven. The Black metal, Blackgaze or whatever you want to say to describe them are back after 2021's 'Infinite Granite'.

We check out albums from Cradle of Filth, Drudkh and Nevborn in this episode.

Joey and Venny check out albums from Whitechapel, Guiltless, and Calyces on the show. These are three very different albums, but they are all still very much metal!

Joey caught up with Matt from King Parrot before their show in Dublin supporting Pantera.

On the latest episode, Joey and Venny discuss new albums from Charlie Griffiths (Tiktaalika) and Wren.

Join us as we sit down with Charlie Griffiths of Haken and talk about his new solo album 'Gods of Pangaea'. We also wander off on a tangent talking about the latest albums from Opeth, and Dream Theatre. Plus, Charlie throws out some of the best prog albums you may never heard of.

Joey had the chance to sit down with Joe James, organiser and booker for Radar Festival. Throughout this chat, the pair talk about the festival's conception right through to this year's line-up. Along the way, they also chat about bands on the wish list and the state of festivals/ gigs today.

We take a look ahead to albums, gigs and festivals lineups for 2025.

Joey & Venny are joined by Fletch and Tony to discuss their top 20 albums of 2024.

Its the big show of the year! Joey and Venny countdown their top 20 aoty of 2024

Joey sat face-to-face with Taran and Gav from Bicurious at The Grand Social. Hot off the release of their new album 'Your Life is Over Now' the lads get into the topic of Arctangent, the new album and headlining Download.

Check out the latest interview 'Fletch' did with Divine Solitude. They chat about the workings of a one-man-band and the upcoming Xmas song that is out soon.

Joey and Venny grab some time with Ari and Luke from Hidden Mothers. Their new album Erosion/ Avulsion is out on the 29th of November on Church Road Records.

We review albums from Hidden Mothers, out on Church Road Records on the 29th of November. And Still out on Floodlit Records on the 15th of November. What a time for UK heavy music!!

Joey and Venny ask Greg and Callum from Codespeaker questions. Their new album, Scavenger, is out on Ripcords Records on November 8th. They talk about making the record, whether to print vinyl, and Sleep Token.

Fraser and Jack of Still join Joey for a lovely catch-up. They talk about their new album, 'A Theft,' Fraser's coming out of his shell, and the grief surrounding writing it. We also slag each other off a fair bit.

On this week's show, we check out albums from, Iotunn, Gaerea, Codespeaker, Devin Townsend and Fit for an Autopsy.

Joey had the pleasure of chatting to King Parrot vocalist, Matt Young. They discuss the upcoming Pantera tour, breaking it in and out of Australia and sobriety.

In this episode, Joey and Venny provide a whistle-stop tour of the recent events in music, gigs and albums. They talk about the bands added to ATG and Tons of Rock 2025. Discuss Damnation festival. Review gigs from Health, Batushka and Xentrix. Also, here is a quick chat about albums from Still, 1349, Delta Sleep and Codespeaker.

Venny is joined by Tony and Fletch to discuss new albums from 1) The Black Dahlia Murder - Servitude 2) Heriot - Devoured by the mouth of hell (21mins) 3) LiZzard - Mesh (35 mins)

On the latest episode, Joey and Venny review albums from Mork and Giant Walker.

Join Venny and Joey as they discuss new albums from Winterfylleth and Zetra.

Joey meets Leif, from Metal Heads Against Bullying. Leif talks about the vitally important work they do and shares some shocking statistics from Norway about suicides and bullying. Please, follow them on Instagram (metalheads_against_bullying) and check out their website www.against-bullying.com.

Join Joey and Venny as they chat about ATG 2024. Bands, beers and friendship!

We finally made it to 100 episodes! We recorded this from ATG 2024 with our good friends in tow. Thank you to all who have helped us along this journey that is Heavy Matters. Here is to episode 200!

Join Joey and Joe.E (drummer from Kurokuma) as they discuss the wicked new album ‘Of Amber and Sand' out on the 9th of August 2024. They discuss drum set-up, touring and upping the production on their latest album.

Joey and Venny spend a good bit of time drilling into this years stacked ATG lineup and offer up some suggestions of some bands to check out.

Joey couldn't say no when the opportunity to interview John Bush came about. They talked about the secret to a long marriage, the new band Category 7, and, if he ever through he'd be starting a new band after all these years in the music business.

Join Venny and Joey as they celebrate Venny's XX birthday. The lads also review Tons of Rock 2024 in Oslo. Huge thanks for our travelling companions and the friends we made.

Join us as we sit with vocalist, Karl Middleton from Earthtone 9. We discuss the new album, how Karl keeps his vocals in such superb condition, and, if Earthtone 9 will continue as a band.

Joey and Venny chat about the bands they are most looking forward to seeing at this years Tons of Rock festival.

Joey sat down with Andromeda and talked about Black Metal!!

Joey and Venny talk about the new albums from Earthtone 9 and Pijn.

Join Joey, Venny, Fletch and Tony as they check out the new album 'ΠΡΟ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ (Pro Xristoy)'' from Greek legends Rotting Christ.

Joey sits down with Dustin (vocals) and Scott (drums) from Glassing, to chat about their new album 'From the Other Side of the Mirror'. They talk about the album artwork, Scott's input on his first record with them, and the St Anger snare sound.

Joey and Venny sat down with Grégoire, the frontman of the mighty Thot. They talked about Pelagic Records, collaborations and why he reads every review about the band. Also, we talk about them making their debut at Arctangent festival this summer.

On this episode, Joey and Venny cover albums from Wheel, SVNEATR and Graywave.

Venny had the opportunity to sit and chat with the lovely Andromeda from Folterkammer for an insightful discussion on the band.

Joey had the absolute pleasure of sitting with Apollyon of Coffin Storm. The band features Fenriz and Bestial Tormentor and their debut Arcana Rising is part of the discussion. Having been on the scene playing with bands such as Immortal, Gorgoroth and of course Aura Noir, there was plenty to chat about.

This week, Joey and Venny cover albums from Coffin Storm, Thot and Folterkammer. Three very different, but interesting albums in their own right.

Venny Interviews Allan , the bassist from Dvne on the eve of the release of Voidkind on Metal Blade 19/4. We talk about the new album, killer single Pleroma, touring plans and the live setlist.

Joey and Venny review two Pelagic releases 1) Love Sex Machine - Trve 2) Glassing - From the other side of the mirror (10mins)

Join Joey as he tells Borknagar's Oysten Brun how amazing their new album 'Fall' is. During the chat they discuss the current and previous band members, how long each song takes to create and the fear of their children growing up in the current world.

On this week's show, Fletch & Tony join Joey for live reviews on Napalm Death with Pig Destroyer, Judas Priest & Enslaved. This week's album review is pure filth from Mastiff new album 'Deprecipice' out on the 22nd of March.

Joey sat down with Fae, host of Metal Heads Podcast and Twitter fame. The pair had a fascinating conversation about why she started her podcast, how she deals with unsolicited 'pictures' and THAT question she asked Brian Slagel.

Joey & Venny discuss live gigs from Blaze Bayley, Crowbar and Tesseract. They also discuss the new album from Ministry.