Riot Act

Horns up...? Yeah, why not. It's another episode of Riot Act, where Steve and Sam have spent the week diving into all manner of heavy metal goodness... and some not so goodness. We catch up on some of the some prominent releases in metal from Behemoth, Clutch, Ozzy Osbourne, The Devil Wears Prada, The Hu, Stake, Megadeth, END & Cult Leader, Blackbraid and Sabotor. Sam also saw Machine Head and Amon Amarth in Nottingham, and we talk about the news that Mark Chapman has been denied parole once again and think back to some significant support slot refusals after hearing the news that The 1975 decided not to open for Ed Sheeran. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome to another bumper episode of Riot Act. It's been a busy and mad week in the world of popular culture, Wembley paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins with one of the most star studded shows of all time, Cardiff hosted the first WWE pay per view in 30 years (and Steve was there, not really knowing what was going on), Harry Styles flobbed in Chris Pine's lap, the DIRTY GHETT, and we have been listening to new albums from Parkway Drive, Holy Fawn, The Bug and Stray From The Path. Having fought our way through all that, we look at a couple of what could be considered guilty pleasures. There are probably plenty of you listening that would consider both The Killers and Insane Clown Posse to be, you know, a little embarrassing. We're not having it though! We give you the case for the defence for a pair of albums that many wouldn't admit to loving. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome back to another episode of Riot Act, a podcast about music. This week Steve is once again joined by Sam Sleight to chat about all the big issues and events over the last week. There's new albums from The Callous Daoboys, JID and 156/Silence to get through, there's also some pretty depressing news from various angles regarding Scott Kelly's disgraced retirement from music, Pras from The Fugees getting tied up in a money laundering scandal, fire starting destruction at Reading and Leeds festivals and... this isn't so bad, Cradle of Filth and Ed Sheeran's collab effort drawing ever closer. We then look back at the Human Rights Now! tour, which began on this day back in 1988 and featured a bill of Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Tracey Chapman and more. All put on to raise awareness of Amnesty International, which it succeeded in doing in spectacular fashion. We track the progress of the ambitious tour and look at the genesis of the Benefit Concert, from Handel playing Messiah for a children's charity back in the 18th century, to Ariana Grande's One Love for Manchester concert set up in the aftermath of the terror attack on her Manchester Arena show in 2017. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Hey there, look at that, you've gone and got yourself a bonus episode of Riot Act! Steve is joined by Sam once again to discuss a very different pair of festival experiences that have happened over the last couple of weeks. Sam found himself at the Arc Tan Gent Festival, the premier UK festival for all things post-rock/metal to gorge himself on the challenging sounds of Cult of Luna, Amenra, Perturbator and more, while Steve has just arrived back from the Reading Festival, which gets more poppy and easily digestible with every passing year, to jump up and down (bad back permitting) to Dave, Bring Me The Horizon, Halsey and Charli XCX. We do our best to cover as much as possible from both festivals, before answering some of your questions about our experiences, and seeing if we can find some common ground in two very opposing weekends. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome to a very special episode of Riot Act, the alternative music podcast. This week we are delighted to once again team up with our good friends Tom Dare and Matt Rushton from the excellent Hell Bent For Metal Podcast, for the finest crossover since... er... Suicidal Tendencies. We warm up by chatting about new music in over two decades from Botch, the sad passing of former Cradle of Filth guitarist Stuart Anstis, and looking at new albums from Soilwork, Ether Coven and *sigh*... Muse. Before getting into the real reason we've teamed up; for Steve and Tom to talk the much more youthful Matt through some of the highlights of the longest running televised music contest in history, The Eurovision Song Contest. Expect high camp drama, a Terry Wogan love in, some bizarre stage costumes, some of the finest pop music in history and one of the hottest takes on ABBA you are ever likely to hear in your life! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

It's been a while, but it's time for another Riot Act Reviews. We're taking one big release from the music world and focusing all of our attention on it here, and Steve is delighted to be joined by Guardian and Metal Hammer journalist and full time Cult of Luna obsessive Matt Mills to pick through the bones of the latest Machine Head album; Of Kingdom and Crown. We're ten albums into what has been a rollercoaster of a career for the Oakland metal legends. Whilst albums like Burn My Eyes and The Blackening are well established classics at this point, it's been a mixed bag ever since, with folk punk, rap metal and radio rock all being dabbled with over the past fifteen years. There's been plenty of line up changes and controversial booking decisions made as well, and at this point none of us are really sure what to expect from a new Machine Head album; will we get the muddled, lengthy Catharsis, or is it really "The Blackening part II" return to form that Of Kingdom of Crown has been talked up as in the build up to the release of the record? We think we've got the answers... This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Hello, yes, welcome back to another episode of Riot Act, a podcast all about music. This week Steve is joined by Gaz Jones, 90's Brit-rock enthusiast and the host of the very excellent Track One, Side One podcast. Together we cast our critical eye over some cracking new music from Russian Circles, The Spielbergs, Danger Mouse & Black Thought and The Interrupters, before reacting to the heart warming news that the two remaining members of Depeche Mode have shared a picture from the studio. We end by talking about the upcoming Reading and Leeds festival, you may have heard that Rage Against the Machine have pulled out and been replaced by The 1975... it hasn't gone over so well. So we look back at our withered memories of the festival and try and work out when it changed, what it used to be and preview the line up for this year. Have a listen to our findings here... This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome back to Riot Act, the home of all good alternative music chat. This week Steve is joined by Ohhms frontman and host of the excellent A Year in Horror podcast, Paul Waller to discuss the links between horror movies and music. Paul picks six of the albums from his lifetime that he believes are the perfect accompaniment to the horror movie genre, which leads to in depth discussions on Kiss, Death, Sabbat, Bathory, Iron Maiden and Gost. Plus we pay tribute to the late Olivia Newton John and review and eclectic group of albums from Norma Jean, Beyonce and Chat Pile. Spooky stuff! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome back to another informative look at the world of music from us here at Riot Act. It's the final week of lovely Sam Sleight's stand in tenure, and as such we have given him free reign to run us through his 20 favourite albums of all time. And there are some absolute cracking picks in there, if we do say so ourselves. Before we get to that Steve and Sam talk about brand new albums from both Jack White and Working Men's Club, discuss the relative merits of the recent Mercury Mercury Prize nominations, cross their fingers for both a Kinks and Pulp reunion in 2023 and then recoil in horror at the new that there is another Red Hot Chili Peppers double album careering our way. Have we really not suffered enough?! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Oh happy days, Riot Act is back. It's your weekly delve into the world of alternative music, and this week Steve is once again joined by lovely Sam Sleight to talk about new albums from Ithaca, RZA as Bobby Digital and Oceans of Slumber. Before that we pay tribute to both Paul Ryder and Mariusz Lewandowski, both of whom sadly passed away recently, and end the show by looking back at Woodstock 99 on its 23rd birthday. Obviously it was a very controversial, tragic and infamous festival, and much of the blame of what went wrong is laid at the feet of some of the musicians on the bill. While we can't say that those pointing the fingers are being fair or reasonable in that assessment, we thought that maybe there would have been a more suitable way to book the festival to keep the ethos and aura of the original Woodstock more present in people's minds. So both Steve and Sam have fantasy booked the two main stages on all three days of the festival to see what might have been. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

We are back with another episode of Riot Act, your weekly Duran Duran love in... sorry, dose of alternative music news. Steve is joined once more by Sam Sleight, who actually does have to listen to Steve ranting on about seeing Duran Duran live last week, alongside Nile Rodgers, Pearl Jam, Pixies and Warmduscher at the BST shows in Hyde Park. We also talk about the reformation of Porno for Pyros, pretty good, and the proposed reformation of, can't believe we're writing this, Pantera, which is far from good. There's also album reviews from the new releases by Black Midi and Interpol, before Sam picks four albums that we have yet to cover on RA thus far this year from FKA Twigs, Final Light, Totally Unicorn and Wormrot. Nice. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome back to Riot Act, where all of the best alternative music chat... and some chat about Louise Redknapp, takes place. Remfry has swanned off to Europe to follow Pearl Jam about, so Steve has once again roped in Sam Sleight to do a cover shift for him. The pair have plenty to talk about, as there are new albums from ... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Moor Mother, Coheed & Cambria and Bad Breeding on the agenda, plus we both went to see Knuckles of Ice (AKA a reformed Heck) at The Fighting Cocks in Kingston, which was nice. Before we end the show, inspired by a bunch of new people getting into Metallica thanks to their recent appearance on Stranger Things, talking about the songs that have most benefitted from being used in film, television and games over the years... that's, weirdly, where Louise comes in. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome back to your favourite music podcast, so we heard anyway, it's Riot Act isn't it. Obviously. Steve and Remfry have been taking part in what has been one of the most memorable weeks of live music Britain has seen for many years, it's been Glastonbury, which we watched loads of on the tv (shout out the BBC), Steve saw Elton John at Hyde Park and Remfry saw Converge's Blood Moon show at Alexandra Palace Theatre. There is also chat on the new albums from Conjurer, Greg Puciato and Blood Command. Plus we discuss the return of one of the most brilliant and influential metal bands of our lifetime; Knuckles of Ice are BACK! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome back to Riot Act, your weekly dose of music reviews, chat and gossip. This week Steve and Remfry take a listen to brand new music from Porcupine Tree, Alexisonfire, Nervus and Zola Jesus, before getting a mixture of excited and not at all bothered by news of a full tour by the original line up of the Sugababes and a documentary about Motley Crue's Vince Neil.  Then we turn our attention to Nine Inch Nails, who recently completed a full tour of the UK which included a stop at London's Brixton Academy that Steve saw, but also both of our hosts saw their two night stint at the very aesthetically pleasing Eden Project in Cornwall. Both of the events were completely different in many ways, and we discuss them all, before music about other venues across the world that are as delightful to look at as the massive orb filled greenhouse that we spent the weekend in.  That should be enough to satisfy you, right? No? Want more? Okay, some people were arrested for partying in a pig pen in a place called Methwold in Suffolk. You're very welcome. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome back to another very fine, if we do say ourselves, episode of Riot Act, the alternative music podcast. Steve and Remfry return with a packed show this week, part of this is because we're happy Kate Bush is going to be number one in charts around the world, part of it is because we're intrigued to see how the upcoming Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts will play out, a little because some girl did some metal shouting on America's Got Talent this week, and also because there are new records by Foals and Prison Religion to talk about. Mainly though, our show is a long one because they've seen a lot of live music in the past fortnight, and we'll tell you about it all on the show. Recent gigs from the likes of Deftones, Meshuggah, Will Haven,  Run The Jewels and Genesis Owusu all get a good going over, plus Steve attended the Download festival. Which gives us the perfect opportunity to shit all over Alestorm again. Which we do. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

We're back to our usual pairing here on Riot Act this week, as Steve and Remfry pick through their musical highlights of the last seven days. There's chat about the latest records from Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood's The Smile project, Everything Everything, Just Mustard, Porridge Radio and Casket Feeder, who Steve also saw live in London as well. Remfry caught both nights of Glassjaw playing their first two albums in full at the Forum in London and Steve waxes lyrical on the Pet Shop Boys greatest hits set in Birmingham. Plus there is chat about BMTH frontman Oli Sykes' claim that he and his band have been misrepresented by the media, Danny Boyle's new Sex Pistols biopic Pistol and a tribute to Depeche Mode's Andy Fletcher who sadly passed away aged 60 last week. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome back to another Riot Act. Your weekly fix of alternative music chat. Remfry is having a well earned break this week, so Steve is joined by our good friend and former Stereoboard writer Sam Sleight. The two of them saw the big My Chemical Romance shows in Milton Keynes, so they talk about that before moving on to chat new records by Liam Gallagher, Murkage Dave, Malevolence and Harry Styles. Plus we react to the recent news that only 13% of headliners in this years UK festival market are female. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Hello you, welcome back to the latest episode of Riot Act, the alternative music podcast, where you can get all the best news and opinions about all of the stuff that happened in the music world this week. Steve and Remfry have got a big one to start with, as we look at the huge new album from Kendrick Lamar, followed by new releases from Cave In and Spice. We then pay tribute to electronic music pioneer Vangelis, chat about Eric Clapton and Pearl Jam both getting Covid (we're more sympathetic to one than the other to be fair), say nice things about Eddie Van Halen after it emerged that he gave a significant amount of money to charity before his death and we catch up with that lad who duped a bunch of influencers to go to Fyre fest. He's getting out of prison early by all accounts! Good… for… him…? This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome to another Riot Act, your weekly dose of alternative music news and reviews. This week Steve and Remfry get all misty eyed at the news that Apple are discontinuing the iPod, it ends up in a big nostalgia trip all the way back to Soda Streams. Those were the days eh! There is also reviews on the latest releases from Arcade Fire, Moon Tooth and God Mother, plus there are live reports from recent shows from Foals and, you guessed it, Tool.  We also talk about the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and reflect on the sad passing of Black Dahlia Murder frontmant Trevor Strnad and Nick Cave's son Jethro Lazenby. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome back to Riot Act, where you can hear a rather tired Steve and Remfry talk about both a busy week for music and a busy week for the pair of them. We gloss over the Q&A's, wrestling and DJ sets that the pair of us have partaken in, and instead get to the chat about new music we've been listening to from the likes of Bloc Party, Puppy, Heriot and Ibiraki, live shows from Low, Armand Hammer and, for the second week running, Tool and the news of Ozzy Osbourne getting COVID.  Also we chat about the returning Tattoo The Earth festival… yeah, you heard, it's back! You go 20 years without mentioning something and when you do it comes back within a week! It's hardly the first time either, as we've proved with Crazy Frog, Mr. Blobby and Richard Blackwood, just us mentioning something on the podcast seems to be enough to inspire it to a glorious return. We're magic ... you're welcome. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

After a week absence Riot Act returns with an absolutely bumper show. Steve and Remfry are kind of delighted that Machine Gun Kelly has decided that he's not going to make rock music anymore. That's alright innit! But they're more interested in telling you about the music that they have seen/listened to in the last fortnight. So, there are reviews on a pretty massive bunch of releases from the likes of Rammstein, Pusha T, Fontaines D.C., Daniel Johns, Bob Vylan, Dalek, Somali Yacht Club and Samora Pinderhughes. Plus you finally get the compare and contrast of both nights of the recent Devin Townsend two night run at the Royal Albert Hall, and Remfry's review (sans too many spoilers, chill out) of the start of Tool's run around Europe. All in all, it's a pretty big return to form if we don't say so ourselves, and, hey look at this!, just the one mention of Jimmy Savile! We're definitely BACK!!! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Just a quick update for you all ... thank you for listening. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

(Originally released via https://www.patreon.com/riotactpodcast (https://www.patreon.com/riotactpodcast) 22 October 2020) As suggested by Dougie Vale, Steve and Remfry take a deep dive into the 2010 self-titled album by Norweigan black n' rollers Kvelertak, an album that has oft been heralded as one of the finest debut albums of the 2010s. But the landscape of heavy music has changed somewhat in the prevailing years and Kvelertak never quite garnered the reputation that they were expected to amass (at least ... in the UK that is). What (if anything) went wrong? This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome back to Riot Act, the alternative music podcast, where Steve and Remfry have had a busy week. Remfry has been to a whole bunch of gigs, from two huge arena shows by Ghost and The War on Drugs to smaller club shows with Bambara and Mclusky, whereas Steve has… er… watched the Jimmy Savile documentary. No accounting for taste. We also have new music to talk about too, with albums from the likes of Jack White, Wet Leg, Cancer Bats and Greyhaven all reviewed, before, inspired by the news that Tame Impala mainman Kevin Parker recently performed with kids entertainers The Wiggles, we reminisce about some of the most shocking and surprising times we've seen bands on TV. Expect chat about The Muppets, Napalm Death, Korn on South Park, Fear on SNL and some unexpected hatred for Phillip Schofield. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome to another weekly dose of your alternative music fix from us here at Riot Act. You know it's been a pretty quiet week when Steve and Remfry are chatting about David Draiman and Lil Nas X being mates and trying their hardest to just ignore the Grammys. So we decided to cast our mind back to a long lost festival that we believed had plenty of potential but, due to some pretty unusual circumstances, never managed to last longer than a handful of years. Tattoo the Planet/Earth was a touring metal festival that ran between 2000 and 2002, then it vanished, on this episode we look at what might have been by fantasy booking its 2002 and 2003 line ups to see if we could have saved it from extinction.  We also review new records from Health, Pup and Steak. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Hi there, welcome to another Riot Act Reviews, where Steve and Remfry review a brand new album from the world of alternative music. Today we are looking at the 12th studio album from funk rock megastars Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love. This is the first album by the band since 2016's The Getaway, and the first album to feature the band's iconic lead guitarist John Frusciante since his departure in 2009. It's fair to say that the Chili's haven't really been at it for quite some time now. Whatever your cut off point on that period is, it's fairly hard to defend at least the last decade. If you're a glutton for punishment then maybe you let Frusciante's return excite you enough to believe that this finally would be some kind of glorious return to form for the band. And if reviews outside of ours are to be believed then, well, maybe it is. Want to know what we think?... Come on, you probably already know what we think, but, you know, have a listen all the same eh? This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

(Originally released on https://www.patreon.com/riotactpodcast (https://www.patreon.com/riotactpodcast) 30th October 2020) Remfry and Steve discuss an under-appreciated gem of an album, the second album from the experimental mathcore quartet https://www.facebook.com/eapzmusic?__cft__[0]=AZU6mpuhrJnKZG_zc3okjIRo7XhaW0zYwrgjjPL1Kj0IpDcFz7jYRyY69KMt9aFsFrpWoLLeorVtphnlaU7CdEnbnfPn1uhpJberUkdZOYhBxW86i8XF4zoL1eR_7KmxvqlEBIOhrEKiLSEazx6fWRLhmlyHWDc4V2Kd4eM-7tCLyOfaMobu-iUTkG4fjFwG1WA&__tn__=-]K-R (Exotic Animal Petting Zoo). As suggested by Jamie Hall, pinning Exotic Animal Petting Zoo down is tricky, with comparisons made as broad as The Dillinger Escape Plan to Sigur Rós to The Mars Volta to Cynic. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome to another episode of Riot Act, your dose of weekly news and opinions from the alternative music world. Steve and Remfry have a mixed bag to sort through this week, the most pressing being the tragic, sudden and far too soon passing of Foo Fighters iconic drummer Taylor Hawkins and Talons violinist Sam Little. RIP to both men.  We also review a batch of new albums and live shows, ruling the roost over the latest releases from Carpenter Brut, Dream Widow, Denzel Curry and GGGOLDDD, and giving you the highlights of recent live performances from Madness, Liam Gallagher, The Ruins of Beverast and some young lad called Ed Sheeran. Plus we round up the rest of the week's news, did you know that Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the… you did… okay, just checking. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome to another Riot Act Reviews, where Steve and Remfry look at one of the top new releases from the alternative music world. On this episode we are going to be speaking about Immutable, the brand new album from Swedish tech-metal pioneers Meshuggah. Meshuggah are one of the most important bands in modern metal, pioneering a sound that has been ripped off and copied by all manner of chancers in the djent scene over the years, but the last couple of releases the band have put out, 2012's Koloss and 2016's The Violent Sleep of Reason, maybe didn't hit the same heights as their classic material. It's hard to know what exactly you should want or expect from a new Meshuggah album here in 2022, they've done so much to further the genre, but they have planted their sonic flag in the ground so deep that what they do is pretty rigid at this point. Can it ever inspire the same level of jaw-dropping that they did when they rewrote the rule book? Do they need to reinvent the wheel? Where does Immutable sit within their stellar back catalogue? We'll answer all of these questions, and more, here.  This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Cover your mouths and don't get too close to Remfry! Riot Act is here again, but poor Remmers is still suffering from the deadly COVID. Steve is fine, although he is pretty certain he's going to get it in the next few days, so something to look forward to next week. We've managed to cast our ears over the latest releases from Charli XCX, Weezer, Animals As Leaders and Helpless, plus we talk about a whole bunch of recent events involving Ghost and Maneskin impressively taking even broader steps into the mainstream, Standon Calling's gender balanced festival bill and Aaron Lewis from Staind TELLING IT HOW IT IS! FINALLY! What a divvy. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Hello there, it's another Riot Act Reviews innit, the podcast where Steve and Remfry cast their beady eyes over a brand new release. On this episode we are looking at the 8th studio album by glam-alt-rock-cult legends Placebo; Never Let Me Go.  It's been 9 years since we got a full length album from the band, but Placebo have been more than active over the last decade, and it appears we have found the band in a very good place. Never Let Me Go is full of all of the idiosyncratic things that make Placebo Placebo; Brian Molko's instantly recognisable vocals, and lyrics, the glammy, electro stomp of the band all laced with their trademark acerbic bite. But there is a lot more to the record than just their classic sound, with the likes of Biffy Clyro, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, Franz Ferdinand and… er… All Saints being mentioned in our review. Does it work? Well, you'll have to listen now to find out won't you! Like the sound of Never Let Me Go? Why not order yourself a copy? https://youtu.be/KudGpbfWYrI (Placebo - Beautiful James (Official Visualiser)) https://youtu.be/N17TEw__Iog (Placebo - Surrounded By Spies (Official Visualiser)) https://youtu.be/sRYLFVOY1RI (Placebo - Happy Birthday In The Sky (Official Visualiser)) https://youtu.be/VOVkzL0ga2w (Placebo - Try Better Next Time (Official Visualiser)) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome back to another Riot Act Reviews, where Steve and Remfry hone in on an upcoming album and give you their thoughts. This week we are looking at Diaspora Problems, the 4th studio album from Pennsylvanian hardcore punks Soul Glo. They might not be a massive name at present, but this is a band with some serious ambition, and this, their first album on Epitaph Records, looks set to be one of the most essential releases in heavy music in 2022. Quite how we describe this is a fairly exhaustive task, because there is a hell of a lot going on here, reference points from hardcore include Beastie Boys, Bad Brains and Dead Kennedys, in hip hop we could mention Scarlxrd, clipping. or Three Six Mafia and there is even some Rage Against The Machine or System of a Down style metal in here as well. Essentially, if you're a fan of forward thinking, manic and untamed music with ideas spewing out from every direction then you might want to listen to this record. We go mad for it, we're pretty sure you will too. https://soulglophl.bandcamp.com/album/diaspora-problems (Pre order Diaspora Problems because trust us ... you're gonna wanna hear this) https://youtu.be/c4vNQ3vEy24 (Soul Glo - "Jump!! (Or Get Jumped!!!)((by the future))") This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

It's another stacked week here at Riot Act Towers. Steve and Remfry have been busying themselves with a whole host of things; watching Gang Of Youths blow the roof off at Brixton Academy, reviewing new albums from Cypress Hill, Feeder and Gloson, chewing the fat over news about Dolly Parton, The Rolling Stones and Jack White and picking one fantastic soundtrack each from a terrible movie. Yes, while The Crow: City of Angels and Batman Forever were both pretty crud, the soundtrack that accompanied them were both full of some of our favourite artists doing some legit bangers. Korn, Nick Cave, Deftones, Sunny Day Real Estate, Massive Attack, U2, Hole, White Zombie, Bush, Filter, Method Man, Seal and PJ Harvey (twice) are just some of the artists featured over these two corking soundtracks. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

(Originally released over on https://www.patreon.com/riotactpodcast 8th October 2020) Remfry is beyond excited as he and Steve discuss 'the best band of the 1990s®' according to EVERYONE WHO IS SANE ... Terrorvision, and their 1996, 3rd full-length album Regular Urban Survivors. As suggested by absolute ruddy bloody legends Doug Rae and Wayne Mcwilliam, Regular Urban Survivors was the follow-up to the hugely successful How To Make Friends and Influence People, an album that yielded 5 singles and reached no #18 on the UK Albums Chart. Regular Urban Survivors managed 4 singles, (Easy, Bad Actress, Celebrity Hit List and Perseverance) but reached no #8 in the charts, the highest position for a Terrorvision album. The downfall (and the dire Tequila) were to come but at this point, Terrorvision were a very big deal, playing 4th down on the '96 Reading Festival line-up beneath Offspring, The Prodigy and Rage Against the Machine.  Now everybody repeat after me ...IWASHIGHONAMOLOTOVOFCOCKTAILSIWASLOWONAHUNDREDTHINGSIWASWRONGTOPUTMYMONEYWHEREMYMOUTHWASIWASRIGHTABOUTTHEWHALESANDTHEDOLPHINSWHALESANDDOLPHINSWHALESANDDOLPHINSYEEEEEEEEAH This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

This week is chock-a-block with news, from Sergio Vega announcing that he's left Deftones (some time ago as it transpires) to The Prodigy announcing their first tour since the tragic death of the twisted firestarter himself Keith Flint. Then there's the intriguing idea behind Arcade Fire distributing the sheet music for their new songs across a bunch of collectible postcards, as well as the potentially worrisome news that Bandcamp have been bought out by Epic Games, the videogame and software developer behind the likes of Fortnite, the Unreal engine and Rocket League (although, let's not start bemoaning the death of bandcamp JUST yet eh?). Oh and on top of all that, Rammstein sent the internet into a spin by premiering the video for new single Zeit. As well as all that, Steve and Remfry find the time to fit in reviews of the new records from Kojey Radical, Drug Church and Ho99o9, plus they talk about their little adventure down to Kingston-upon-Thames to watch the utterly brilliant Biffy Clyro smash a (broadly) acoustic set. https://www.npr.org/2020/08/19/903547253/a-tale-of-two-ecosystems-on-bandcamp-spotify-and-the-wide-open-future (NPR Feature: A Tale of Two Ecosystems: On Bancamp, Spotify and the Wide-Open Future) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome to another episode of Riot Act Reviews, where we review a new massive album. This is a massively massive album as well, as we discuss Impera, the brand new album from Swedish occult-metal-superstars-in-waiting Ghost and the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2018 effort Prequelle.  Ghost have pretty much become one of the few great hopes for metal in the mainstream over the last decade and with this album and their upcoming arena shows in the UK (including a stop at London's famous O2) it seems that they are very close to reaching the summit of their ambitions. We don't want to give away too many spoilers for this album but blimey it's a MAD listen this! Taking all of Ghost's most bombastic, OTT, wild flights of fancy and cranking them all up to 11venty stupid, Impera is the sort of album that used to turn rock bands into megastars back in the day. It's been true for a while, but it is very, very clear at this point that Ghost have got their eyes on the prize. Does that mean that the songs here are actually any good though? Well, have a listen and we'll let you know... https://found.ee/ghost_impera_album (Fancy coming together for Lucifer's Son? Click on the link yo ... ) https://youtu.be/rtkaUZvMaG8 (Ghost - Hunter's Moon (Official Music Video)) https://youtu.be/DD2m_iqD7dI (Ghost - Call Me Little Sunshine (Official Music Video)) https://youtu.be/nQ-pxlKgiTI (Ghost - Twenties (Official Lyric Video)) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

It's that time again, Riot Act is here, your weekly look at the world of music, and it's been an incredibly eventful one don't you know! On this week's show Steve and Remfry have been to the movies (sort of) they both watched the brand new Foo Fighters film Studio 666 where the alt rock megastars take on some demonic force in their recording studio. It is a mad enough idea, but is it any good you ask?! Well, we'll be more than prepared to tell you, whilst also having a quick trawl through the archives of other similar films starring bands, from Eminem to The Spice Girls, Michael Jackson turning into a spaceship to Kiss meeting the Phantom of the park, we look at the bizarre history of band movies.  We also discuss the latest album releases from Tears For Fears, Sylvaine and Beachheads, review a varied set of gigs from the Rolo Tomassi, Pupil Slicer and Heriot triple header, Nordic Giants ambitiously cinematic show and Dave's triumphant O2 spectacular and talk about new music… sort of, from those greedy buggers Tool! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

It's time for another episode of Riot Act Reviews, where Steve and Remfry give you their opinion on a brand new album that is about to drop on the unsuspecting music world. On this show we are talking about the second album from Boston hardcore newcomers Vein.fm, (previously Vein) The World Is Going To Ruin You.  Vein.fm have been seriously hyped from the hardcore underworld for a good few years now, but their last album Errorzone put a few noses out of joint when they added a little touch of, gasp!, nu-metal to their sound back in 2018. So a few Mystic Meg's are assuming that TWIGTRY is going to lean in even further on more mainstream sounds and turn Vein.fm into the next big rock band. Well, more fool you for doubting them, as this is a spectacular 180 degree turn from the band back to the heaviest and most extreme elements of their sound, with a whole new bunch of stuff chucked in their to fuck with you as well. Good news if you like your music to be extreme, but, obviously that doesn't strictly mean that it's any good does it. So, listen here to see what we think of it… I mean… we've already made it pretty obvious haven't we. But, listen all the same please.  https://www.nuclearblast.com/uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=this+world+is+going+to+ruin+you& (Like the sound of an album trying to murder you? Why not pre-order The World is Going to Ruin You?) https://youtu.be/HswXctEiNNA (Vein.fm - The Killing Womb (Official Video)) https://youtu.be/IB4sr7aJpJU (Vein.fm - Wavery (Official Video)) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

(Originally released to Patrons via https://www.patreon.com/riotactpodcast 1st October 2020) Steve and Remfry head back to 2003, to a time when Southern Indie rock quartet Kings of Leon weren't a boring band ... or maybe they were? Thanks to Michael Perry, who suggested we cover the band's debut album (although kindly, he gave us the choice between this and the band's 2004 follow-up Aha Shake Heartbreak).  17 years on, does the album live up to the ***** reviews and proclamation in The Village Voice that Youth & Young Manhood was "2003's finest rock debut? This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

It's a rather different show on Riot Act this week. Steve and Remfry spend the majority of the show paying tribute to a musical hero in the aftermath of the news of Mark Lanegan's passing at the age of 57. From Screaming Trees to Queens of the Stone Age to his solo material and guest appearances on releases from the likes of Cult of Luna, Manic Street Preachers and The Armed, Lanegan has been one of our most covered artists on this show and we have seldom been anything other than awestruck by his magnificent voice, poignant lyrics and vast range and brave decision making as an artist. So it felt right that we dedicate the majority of the show to talk about our feelings on losing him. There is more sad news as we also pay tribute to Jamal Edwards, who also passed away at the age of 31 this week, and talk about his incredible work in helping the early careers of everyone from Dave and Stormzy to Ed Sheeran and Rita Ora. We also discuss the latest releases by Bambara and Blood Incantation, ask why Tool are charging nearly £600 for a vinyl and examine the damage done to the O2 Arena in London after Storm Eunice ripped parts of its roof off. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Hey everyone, it's been a while, but we're back with another Riot Act Reviews, and, good lord, do we have a good one. Steve and Remfry are looking at Angel In Realtime. by Gang of Youths, the third studio album by the Australian alternative rock band and the follow up to their 2017 album Go Farther In Lightness. Although they're pretty successful here in the UK, Gang of Youths are much more of a sizable band in their native Australia and the US. The release of Angel In Realtime. looks like it will change that dramatically though, as this is one of the most poignant, personal, inspiring and ambitious albums of 2022. The narrative around the album focuses on the death and legacy of frontman David Le'aupepe's father, his relationship with a person he describes as ​​“the most important man in my life” and his reaction to the stunning revelations that came to light in the aftermath of his passing. This is all explored musically with a vast sonic palette that recalls everyone from Arcade Fire to Pulp to The National to Talk Talk to The Verve to Springsteen to Radiohead and beyond. It all sounds very ambitious, but has Le'aupepe done his muse justice with this record? Spoiler; unquestionably he has.  https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/gang-of-youths/angel-in-realtime (Want Angel in Realtime in your life? (And trust us, you do!) Why not order or pre-save yourself a copy?) https://youtu.be/H9QsAO4BU28 (Gang of Youths - the angel of 8th ave. (Official Video)) https://youtu.be/9KyolyVcWu8 (Gang of Youths - the man himself (Official Video)) https://youtu.be/L5Py3TP9kgU (Gang of Youths - in the wake of your leave (Official Video)) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome to another episode of Riot Act, where Steve and Remfry have had a slightly quieter week than the uncharacteristically busy start to the year that 2022 has thus far brought.  Still, there's been plenty going on, with one of the most talked about Super Bowl halftime shows ever from Dr Dre and Co., Ed Sheeran and Cradle of Filth discussing their odd but inevitable collaboration, a surprise pair of Nine Inch Nails shows being announced in the UK and Remfry going out to Dapper Laughs' (yes really) old stomping ground of the Clapham Grand to see Frank Turner. Turner's latest album, which could well be number one in the UK album charts this weekend, and the new record from And So I Watch You From Afar are also discussed. Plus we look at a pair of deluxe re-releases from a pair of classic records that actually prove to be far more than just a cynical cash in, courtesy of Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American and Therapy?'s Infernal Love. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Your favourite dose of alternative music chat is back, it's Riot Act, that's us, we're here, we're back… hi. It's been a busy week away from Riot Act towers for Steve and Remfry this week, which has meant we haven't been able to give you individual reviews on the massive albums that are released this week, so (old school!) we're doing it here! We look at new releases from Cult of Luna, Zeal & Ardor, Eddie Vedder and Wovenhand. Plus there's chat about the recent Knocked Loose and Terror show in London and a comprehensive review of this weeks BRIT Awards (because we know you love that!), which was… not as bad as it could have been actually. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Hello you! You're about to listen to Riot Act, your favourite weekly music podcast. Steve and Remfry are here once again, and this week they are celebrating those one album wonder bands by picking a pair of long lost but exceptional records that represent the only full lengths released by their creators. Both Sona Fariq and Man Will Surrender might have only given us one album (THANKS WARNER!) but as you'll hear, what great albums they were. We also namecheck some similar artists that you suggested to us on our social media as well. Because we're nice! We also look at the latest releases from Nordic Giants, Maverick Sabre and El Moono, chat about the recent live shows we witnessed from Turnstile and Zetra, say farewell to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and speak some more about the car crash that is Spotify right now. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

We're back with another Riot Act Reviews, the show where Steve and Remfry give their expert opinion on one of the more notable releases in the music world. Today we're speaking about one of the most unique and singular artists that Britain has ever produced; Rolo Tomassi and their 6th studio album Where Myth Becomes Memory. As the follow up to 2018's critically adored Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It album, there is a hell of a lot of expectation on WMBM, but if you've been following us since the beginning, then you'll not be shocked to hear that we think they've skillfully sidestepped any accusations of delivering a disappointment. This is very much a continuation of the previous album, but with an extra lacing of hopefulness and positivity, bringing an end to an exceptional trilogy of records for the band. So, as ever, you can be guaranteed some sublimely brutal riffs, some euphorically soaring and shimmering clean passages and all manner of rhythmically inspiring and bewildering grooves, plus a few new tricks pulled from the Rolo Tomassi bag. We conclude with Remfry talking to James and Chris from the band about how the record came together. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome to another episode of Riot Act Reviews, where Steve and Remfry review a new and exciting release from the world of alternative music… Today we're talking about Ants From Up Here, the second album from UK experimental post-rock newbies Black Country, New Road. It's only been a year since the band released their highly acclaimed debut album For The First Time, but we have a brand new set of songs already, with the band promising to give listeners a more palatable album than their first, with the intention being ‘to write songs that were three and a half minutes'. A quick look at the track lengths on this album will tell you that they've definitely failed when it comes to that latter point, but Ants From Up Here is full of contradictions, with the addition of lots of new musical ideas and forms hint that this isn't going to be For The First Time mark II. Question is; is it any good? Have a listen to find out. https://bcnr.lnk.to/afut (Like the sound of Ants From Up Here? Why not order yourself a copy then?) https://youtu.be/yjC4qXiBRu4 (Black Country, New Road - 'Concorde' (Official Video)) https://youtu.be/v6-QjzzEUZo (Black Country, New Road - 'Bread Song (Live from Another World)' (Official Video)) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Hello you! Well if it isn't another Riot Act Review podcast, where we, that's Steve and Remfry FYI, look at another big album release. Today we're considering the relative merits of Korn's 14th studio album Requiem. It's the follow up to the nu-metal legends surprisingly brilliant The Nothing in 2019.  It's a pretty high bar for Korn to match here on Requiem, and so, fair play to them, it would appear that they don't even try to do that. Instead opting for a “If it ain't broke…” mentality and going back to the sound and style that has served them so well over the past couple of decades. Does this make Requiem the best or most essential Korn album ever? Definitely not. But, obvious as it may sound, Korn are actually very, very good at sounding like Korn, and when they get it right they're a pleasure to be around. How often do they get it right here? Well, if you listen then you'll find out won't you now! https://lnk.kornofficial.com/Requiem (Boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma, Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma GO!) https://youtu.be/Aupnj1KpjCg (Korn - Start The Healing (Official Music Video)) https://youtu.be/neRxHoVp39Y (Korn - Forgotten (Official Audio)) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

It's another episode of Riot Act Reviews, where Steve and Remfry talk about one of the more noteworthy new records being released right about now. On this episode, we're looking at Erebos, the third full-length album by underground death metal darlings Venom Prison. It's been a pretty spectacular rise for Welsh / Russian death metal crew over the last few years, with each of their previous records seeing them steadily climb the ladder of British metal to a position where Erebos now feels like a genuinely big release in the scene. The third album is always a testing ground for the longevity of a band like Venom Prison however ... how much longer can you continue to blast and batter your way around before your audience feels like they've heard all your tricks? It's a problem Erebos skillfully side steps, with none of the band's previous extreme intensity being sacrificed, Venom Prison have released the most daring, expansive and experimental album of their career thus far, with nods to electronic music, ambient passages, power metal and symphonic bombast all peeping up from the precipice at some point during the records run time. Question is; is it actually any good? https://venomprison.com/collections/uk-eu-merch-store (Like the sound of Erebos? Why not order it on some sort of lovely physical format?) https://youtu.be/xFGB7x-TZHk (VENOM PRISON - Judges Of The Underworld (OFFICIAL VIDEO)) https://youtu.be/U5rnl3y_a5s (VENOM PRISON - Pain Of Oizys (OFFICIAL VIDEO)) https://youtu.be/hRY2aytvq-c (VENOM PRISON - Nemesis (OFFICIAL VIDEO)) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Originally posted over on https://www.patreon.com/riotactpodcast (https://www.patreon.com/riotactpodcast) September 23rd 2020 Remfry and Steve head back to 2004 for a suggestion to cover GN'R/STP supergroup Velvet Revolver and their debut album Contraband. As suggested by Jonathan Davidson (who very kindly gave us the choice between Contraband or their risible 2007 follow-up Libertad), the timing of the release of this debut was extremely fortuitous, as the retro classic rock sound was back in fashion after The Darkness had paved the way with their debut album Permission to Land the previous summer. Consequently, Velvet Revolver were welcomed with much more open arms than they would have been just a couple of years previously ... but do the songs on Contraband still sound as good today as they did 16 years ago?  ** WARNING: Features Josh Todd impressions ** This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome to Riot Act, your weekly dose of music chat and opinion from that guy Stephen Hill and the other guy Remfry Dedman. And, yes, you're right, we should pay tribute to the late, great Meat Loaf, who sadly passed away last week just as episode 178 went live. We are obviously going to do that (you could say you took the words right out of ours mouths), and what better way to celebrate the iconic career of the man than by deep diving into the fascinating story of his most definitive album? We try and unravel the madness of his multi-platinum selling, genre denying and defying 1977 debut album Bat Out of Hell.  There's also talk on new albums from the likes of Yard Act, 40 Watt Sun, Grivo and Zetra, and we also pick a side on the ongoing Spotify tug of war between Joe Rogan and Neil Young. https://jimsteinman.com/00classicr1.htm (Bat Out of Hell - The Story Behind the Album) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Welcome to another weekly instalment of Riot Act, your dose of news and opinions on all recent alternative music shenanigans. It's been a wild time putting the show together this week, as both Steve and Remfry are reeling from the news that one of hardcore's most beloved and inspirational bands have split up. We talk through the Every Time I Die split before paying tribute to them as best we can by each choosing five songs from their illustrious back catalogue to create our own personal ETID super playlist. That's not all though, there's also chat on recent releases from Elvis Costello, Comeback Kid, Toundra and Som, live reviews of Idles and Haggard Cat, the surprising (if fairly minor) rise in CD sales and how old and confused we feel by the recent announcement of the emo*-tastic When We Were Young one day festival in Las Vegas later this year. *NOT REAL EMO! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy