Talking Bollocks is the All About The Rock monthly metal podcast hosted by Acid Reign frontman and stand up comedian Howard H Smith. You get new music, opinions, revealing interviews and lots of laughs.
Free Patreon Shit Chris Ojeda is founder, singer, guitarist, engineer, producer, mixer and songwriter so he is THE man to speak to about all things Byzantine. With brilliant new album Harbingers set to drop imminently we get into the weeds of how their first album for seven years came together. All your favourites are in the news Ellefson, Mustiane, Stanley, Zetro & Doro? This Is Dog Shit Purge Bollocks. Video Interview Byzantine - Floating Chrysanthema
Free Patreon Stuff We have reviews and actual music on this episode for you. We check out new releases from (some of which are so new they are not out yet) Propagandhi, Cancer, Ghost, Heavens Gate, Inhuman Nature, The Haunted, Byzantine & Exorcism. This Is Old Bollocks. Old Head YouTube
FREE Patreon Membership In this episode I give you my opinions on 21 movies and 14 TV series! Movies: Love Lies Bleeding, Blink Twice, The Heretic, The Order, Conclave, Sleeping Dogs, Slingshot, Smile 2, The Operative, Get Away, Inbred, Den Of Thieves 2, Laws Of Man, September 5, Highwaymen, Sisu, The Monkey, Havoc, Holland & Bill Burr - The Drop Dead Years. TV Series: Until I Kill You, Senna, American Rust Broken Justice, Suspect, Star Wars Skeleton Crew, On Call, SAS Rogue Heroes 2, From, Yellowstone, 1923, Landman, Gangs Of London Series 3, The Bondsman & Woman Of The Dead. This Is Havoc Bollocks.
FREE Patreon Membership The UK's premier Death Metal band are back with a new album and John and I get to talk all about the creation of it. We also pop back to the glory years, recording with Scott Burns and hanging out in the Florida scene. The news just wouldn't be the news without some Gene Simmons and someone else surprisingly telling us they never have to work again. This Is Spanish Bollocks. Video Interview Suicidal Tendencies
Patreon FREE Access Sean returns to the podcast for the first time and we discuss everything from holding a line up together, their upcoming European tour and possibility of new Vio-Lence music! The new format continues with the "news" following and an unlikely interview with Gene Simmons. This Is New Line Up Bollocks. Video Interview
Patreon Free Membership From Aborted to Xentrix and from Sepultura to Sylosis Dan has worked on art for them. We chat about how he got his start and both past and future projects. I'd suggest you familiarise yourself with his work and chances are you own some already. There is also a format change which I will walk you through right from the off. This Is Backwards Bollocks. Video Interview
FREE Podcast Patreon In this episode I get to chat with Haken stalwart, Tiktaalika founder and guitar maestro Charlie Griffiths. We talk all about his new Tiktaalika release "Gods Of Pangea", how it was written, recorded and finally released. We also totally nerd out all about our mutual love of thrash metal. As always the news gets a kicking but at least it's real, actual news. This Is Thrash Bollocks. Video Interview The Accused AD The Accused
Patreon Free Membership We are back with reviews of new releases from Cryptosis, Lambrini Girls, Exturminatus, Wick, Obscura, Better Lovers and the thrash metal side project from Haken guitarist Charlie Griffiths Tiktaalika. Also contains rambling thoughts and opinions. Old Head YouTube
Patreon FREE Trial I have always wanted to chat to Blaine ever since I first heard The Accused back in my youth. With his unique talent and style he made an immediate impression on young Howard and now I get to chew his ear off about anything and I do! As always I single out some news items to talk about including the greatest heavy metal gig line up ever, Gojira's Grammy win, Operation Mindcrime & democratic perfume. This Is Martha Splatterhead Bollocks Video Interview
Patreon Special Offers Part two of my chat with Chris promoter of the legendary Milton Keynes Woughton Centre back in the day. I also race through some new old news. This Is Part Two Bollocks. Video Interview
Patreon Special Offers The legendary Milton Keynes Woughton Centre was one of the UK's premier thrash metal venues back in the day. Everyone played there from Nuclear Assault to Exodus from Acid Reign to Gang Green. All of this was made possible by a crack events team lead by Chris. We caught up after he interviewed me for a documentary about those times so I could interview him. As always this being the first episode of the year you also get my favourite albums of 2024 review. This Is Barrier Bollocks. Video Interview
Xmas Patreon Offers In this episode we chat about new releases from Better Lovers, Tribal Gaze, Dead Body & Extorted. We also talk about albums that surprised us in 2024, news stories that shocked us and conclude by ending with some movie chat. This Is Old Xmas Bollocks. Video Podcast
Patreon Free Trial The main man behind UK rockers InMe Dave and I have a chat about their long and varied career. From recording and partying in LA with the stars to having their record label go out of business just a year after releasing their debut album, to the resurgence they are currently going through. As always the rock news is examined in a little too much detail, legendary drummers leave, drummers are stolen and drummers move on close to home. This Is Hellfest Bollocks. Video Interview Pit Diaper
Patreon Free Trial Something for everyone as I smash through twenty six movies and five TV series. Movies: Rebel Ridge, Cold Comes The Night, Hit Man, Longlegs, New Life, Trap, Dead Pool, A Killer's Memory, Steel Country, The Killer, The Radleys, The Thicket, The Substance, Wolfs, Little Dixie, Silent Hour, Speak No Evil, Sexy Beast, I Saw The TV Glow, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tuesday, The Wild Robot, Trim Season, A Quiet Place Day One, The Critic, Gladiator II. TV Series: A Man In Full, The Penguin, The English, Four Kings & The Diplomat. YouTube Video
Patreon Free Trial New Overkill drummer Jeramie takes time out of his busy schedule whilst on tour supporting King Diamond for a chat. We have quite a few friends in common so once we establish who they are we dive into Jeramie's varied career, be it as a drummer, drum tech or front of house engineer and where it's taken him so far. There is as always a run through the latest metal news with some long time regulars making appearances like Kiss & Megadeth and some more sombre stories too. This Is On The Road Bollocks. Video Interview Scott Ian Action Figure
Patreon Fun! In this episode I get to sit down with the brains behind one of the most exciting and original projects in metal. Super Monster Party is Rei's concept and during this interview you will hear all about it's birth, it's awkward first steps and it's truly impressive crowning glory, the album Rage Quit. This isn't just a musical project, it's visual, it's interactive and it's unique. Strap in for level 1. There is also a smash through the news. Some sad, some positive, some confusing and some Kiss. This Is Multi Player Bollocks. Video interview
Patreon Sign Up The second part of our wide ranging chat again takes in all aspects of the music industry but this time we are more focused on the fascinating world of DLR. This Is DLR Part 2 Bollocks. The Paltrocast How DLR Changed The World Book Video Interview
Podcast Patreon In this episode we get stuck into the latest releases from Undeath, Rat Lord, Blood Command, The Crown & Super Monster Party. Plus the usual tangents that you have come to expect. This Is Old Bollocks. Old Head YouTube
Help Me Out If You Would Be So Kind In this episode I am joined by a long lost friend I have never met before. The man behind two legendary bands from back in the day, Glen Cummings. If you are familiar with either or none it doesn't matter as this is one of those interviews that touches on just about everything from the NYC hardcore scene & tape trading but starts with me telling Glen a story about how our careers were inextricably linked and set us both on different paths. There is a ramble through the news which is creepy, weird, informative and frightening. This Is Murderous Bollocks. Video Interview Body Count Comfortably Numb Featuring David Gilmour
The Secret History of Thrash Show Legendary drummer Chris Kontos returns to the podcast for a monster chat. We discuss all things metal, from the current live scene, the recording industry and how the writing of the new Forbidden album is coming along. As always I run through a few news stories, a few non news stories and end on a heartfelt tribute to an industry legend. This Is Bay Area Bollocks. Video Interview
Patreon Bollocks Bonus Episode - Part 1 of 2 Darren is a rock writer, podcaster and licensed private detective. In part one of this wide ranging chat we talk about his career, what led him to write a book on DLR and of course we rabbit hole on our journeys through metal. This Is DLR Bollocks. Video Interview The Paltrocast Book: How David Lee Roth Changed the World
PATREON Eddie from the legendary Canadian hardcore heroes DBC comes on to chat all about their lengthy career, throwing fans a curve ball and thrash metal. We also discuss their recently released singles, their first new music in 30 years. Their is a skim through the news reviewing stories you may be aware of, some you may not and a sort of thank you to Oasis and their so called "fans". This Is Label Mate Bollocks. King & Osegueda Video interview
Help A Guy Out I smash through twenty one movies and three TV series so you don't have to. Movies: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Race For Glory Audi Vs. Lancia, Black Flies, Abigail, The First Omen, Civil War, The Vanishing, Late Night With The Devil, Arcadian, How To Rob A Bank, Queenpins, Free state of Jones, Jackdaw, The Bikeriders, Find Me Falling, Inside Man, Operation Mincemeat, The Instigators, Alien Romulus, Self Reliance & Jerry And Marge Go Large. TV Series: Mr & Mrs Smith, Yellowstone and Lord Of The Rings Season 2. This Is Movie Bollocks.
Give Me Your Money (Please) Rat Lord is the side project, Blood Command is the main gig and I sat down with song writer, producer Yngve who is the main man in both for a chat. We get into how to write a song that's only a minute long, his life on the road that began at the age of fifteen (!) and what a great down to earth performer Taylor Swift is. There is also, for once an actual, genuine news story but unfortunately it's a pretty serious one for all concerned including yours truly. This Is Cat Bollocks. Video Interview Rat Lord No Dogs, No Masters
Donate Here In this episode once the apology to Four Stroke Baron is out of the way we give you the low down on new releases from: Whores, Kerry King, Exodus, DBC, Mean Mistreater, 200 Stab Wounds, Immemor, Crushuman & Category 7. This Is Old Bollocks. Old Head YouTube
Give Me Your Cash! It seems like an age since I last had one of the worlds most learned Slayer experts on the show, so here is my mate DX. We discuss the embryonic rise of his Podcast Talkin' Slayer. There is so much to get into that we forget the time and go deep! How did he came up with it? How it went down? What the plans are for the future? Why steal the title from me? The BIG questions. As always I skip through the metal news from the last fortnight and try to make sense of it all. This Is Well Rehearsed Bollocks. Video Interview
Give Me Your Charity Money Alternative title for this episode is the dude who did that killer Life Of Agony documentary! Leigh is back at it but at the other end of the metal scale with his killer Netfilx doc Hate To Love the story of Nickelback. We go in deep on what started out as a promo shoot for a single ended up being a full length documentary featuring the incredible highs and family shattering lows of the bands career to date. As always I also decide what is news, what isn't and what I think. This Is Nickelback Bollocks. Video Interview
Give Me Some Money! In this episode I am joined by two preachers from the church of Cancer Christ. This is without doubt one of the most enjoyable and fun interviews I've done in recent memory. We discuss how Cancer Christ came to be and their new album God Is Violence. As always I scuttle through the news denouncing anyone for doing anything and dispensing completely unasked for opinions on it all. This Is Cancer Bollocks. Video Interview
Give Me Your Fucking Money! At last I have Mammal on the podcast! Australia's best kept musical secret and an all time favourite of mine have released their first album for 16 years "The Penny Drop" and we talk all about it and what they got up to in the intervening years. There's music included for you too. The non news is skated over in typical glib fashion with chastisement for God and Stryper, laughter for Brent Smith and strangely admiration for.... KI$$. This Is Melbourne Bollocks.
Help A Guy Out! In this episode I have a coffee with Dan the main man from Enquire Within to discuss the release of their outstanding new EP Elysium. They really have come into their own on this release and we dig into why that might be. Then it's over to newcomers Exaust who have just four songs released. They were ballsy enough to ask if they could come on the show and I thought why not. It is interesting to hear from a band who are still finding their feet in the metal scene of 2024 and share their experience. Also I get to tell a few stories from back in the day. The news gets a mention but this one is all about the interviews. This Is Band Bollocks. Video Interview With Exaust *Since recording I found out both bands play a show together in Cardiff 07.06.24!
Help Me To Keep Doing This I review 26 movies and 9 TV series and hope that you find something you like and maybe make it to the easter egg at the end. Movies: Blue Ruin, Lord Of Misrule, Napoleon, American Outlaws/The Dougherty Gang, Rise Of The Foot Soldier Series, We Are What We Are, Land Of Bad, Return To Sender, Fast Charlie, November Criminals, Poor things, Code 8 PT2, American Fiction, Damsel, Memory, Little Wing, The Lionheart, Road House, Dune 2, Anatomy Of A Fall, Monkey Man, The Zone Of Interest, Pinball The Man Who Saved The Game, Wicked Little Letters, Unfrosted, The Professor. TV Series: True Detective, The Gentlemen, 3 Body Problem, Griselda, Stable, Is It Cake Season 3, Ripley, Fallout & The Red King. This Is Conor McGregor Bollocks
Patreon M*****kers In the latest episode your favourite reviewers stumble chaotically through another episode knocking over new releases from: Four Stroke Baron, Mammal, Judas Priest, Unpeople, Super Model Taxidermy, Wasted Death, Dååth, Terminal Nation, Hellbutcher & Tzompantli. This Is Old Bollocks. Video Episode
Amazing Content Just Click HERE The man, the myth, the legend Eyal Levi of Dååth joins me for chat just before the release of their new album The Deceivers. We discuss what he has been up to for the last 13 years since the last album, how surprisingly quickly they were picked up on their return and what we can expect in the future. As always there is a quick run through the latest click bait disguised as news and old favourites Seb Bach, KI$$ and Dave Mustiane (who fronts Megadeth) make appearances. This Is Heavy Confusion Bollocks. Video Interview Greyson Nekrutman drum cam footage
Does anyone actually click this fucking link? My old mate Craig Locicero is back on the podcast! It's been too long and we get right into too many subjects to mention but needless to say all things Forbidden are covered. Plus a few things from way back in the day as well. There is the always interesting look at the news with the bad mouthing of Blabbermouth, praise and rebuke for all comers including Rammstein, Geoff Tate, Metallica, HD quality video footage of Bruce Dickinson signing albums, Thor (the band not Marvel Superhero) and praise for Nikki Sixx. This Is Fighting, Feeding, Fucking, Forbidden Bollocks. *Episode pic Craig & the late Tim Calvert RIP Video Interview
Support The Podcast Patreon Please welcome back to the podcast Julie Weir! In July last year had a chat and said at the end of it "we must do this again some time" so we did. A lot has happened since we last spoke so there's a lot to catch up on, music to talk about, bands to mention and podcasts too. There is also an abuse of news which includes a game of musical drum stools, people not wanting to write books, people wanting to write books, uncalled for videos and someone who thinks God likes his band. Twat. This Is Corned Beef Bollocks.
Support The Podcast In this special episode (even more special if you are one of our Patrons) I sit down with Paul for a deep dive into what made him want to quit his band, leave the music business and start the phenomenal podcast, A Year In Horror. This Is Paul's Bollocks. Video Interview
Sign Up To Patreon Bastards! In this episode I get to talk to vocalist, guitarist & Morta Skuld founder David Gregor. We cover everything from how the new cracking album Creation Undone came together, Death Metal, comedy, Acid Reign and Kiss not being very good, YES! There's a look at the so called news with added understanding for some, boredom for others and total scorn for everyone else. This Is Whiskey Wale Bollocks. Video Interview
Support The Podcast We are back! Here we review some of our favourite or not so favourite albums of 2024 so far from: Exhorder, Cancer Christ, Dissimulator, Atrophy, Dipygus, J.Robbins, Morta Skuld and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. This Is Old Bollocks. Video Show *Recorded before Slayer announced their gigs.
Support The Podcast Kyle is back on the show to talk mainly about new killer album Defectum Omnium. I say mainly because this was Kyle's last interview of the day so there is a bit of an "end of term" vibe to this chat which covers everything from vocal warm downs to Black Sabbath cover bands. There is an extended look at the news as I get way too exercised about the non stories of the last two weeks. Ever heard of the band Idles? Thought not. This Is Lizard Bollocks. Video Interview
Support Podcast Patreon This episode's guest is Zoltan Farkas vocalist/guitarist, founder and creator of legendary Hungarian outfit Ektomorf. We start out talking about their great new album "Vivid Black" and what inspired it and that leads to a place that leaves you in no doubt what the underlying motivations were. Sometimes I am lucky enough to speak with people who are willing to go wherever the conversation takes us and this is one of those occasions. There is also the usual cursory run through the news and not news of the last few weeks which include a few stories that aren't stories, statements that aren't statements, people getting well and people getting kicked out. This Is Two Hour Bollocks.
Support The Podcast Patreon Nearly two hours of unplanned off the cuff reviews of twenty three movies and twelve TV Series! Movies: Locked In, Oppenheimer, The Killer, The Creator, The Baker, 20 Days In Mariupol, Bad CGI Gator, Saltburn, The Great Escaper, Trees And Other Entanglements, Killers Of The Flower Moon, Rebel Moon Part One - A Child Of Fire, The Royal Hotel, Dumb money, Amsterdam, Dream Scenario, The Holdovers, Leave The World Behind, The Lesson, Silent Night, Lost City Of Z, Mercy. TV Series: 007 - The Road To A Million, Bodies, Brawn: The Impossible Formula One Story, Murderville, A Murder At The End Of The World, Don't Fuck With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer, Des, Fool Me Once, Reacher Season 2, Welcome To Wrexham Season 2, The Puppet Master - Hunting The Ultimate Conman, Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators. This Is Bumper Bastard Movie Bollocks.
Support The Podcast For the tenth time in a row the year starts with my favourite albums of the last year but in a first it's a top ten (sort of) instead of a top five. Once all of that is out of the way Heitham of Senser and I have a chat prior to their awesome December show at the 100 club, Oxford Street. We talk music, pandemics and food as well as resolving to have a longer catch up soon. There is a cut down review of the news but boy does someone get some stuff off their chest. This Is Top Nine Bollocks. The Reducer
Ten Years - Pay Your Debts Yes it's ten years of Talking Bollocks and to celebrate I drafted in my good friend Old Head to interview... Me! We had a blast and I'm sure you'll enjoy hearing all the behind the scenes stories. As always there is a blast through the news which includes: Dismay for Belladonna, distain for Ki$$, praise for Osborne, concern for Rush, honesty from Dickinson & respect for Sepultura. This Is Ten Years Of Bollocks. Video Interview
Support The Podcast This Xmas H & Old Head are back and we bring you our views on new releases from Suffocation, Blink 182, Ektomorf & Alluvial. Plus we look ahead to who is, possibly & hopefully releasing new music in 2024. Video Version
Please Support The Podcast In nearly ten years of this show I have the first instrumental band on the podcast. These guys play in a number of bands as you will hear, the most well known one of which is friends of the show Atheist. With a new Fermentor album about to drop the lads got in touch and I am so glad they did as the twisted metal landscapes these guys create are quite something to behold. The resulting interview is fun, informative and in depth as I ask the questions that need asking, what have you got against singers?! There is brief jog through the news and actual major metal stories, some clumsy ill thought out metaphors and disappointment in some metal icons. This Is Coffee Bollocks. Fermentor Bandcamp Video Interview
Support The Podcast I catch up with former Motörcast guest and bootmaker extraordinaire Pascal Davayat. He has made boots for so many famous rockers like Lemmy and Dee Snider but his own story is even more amazing. We touch on all sorts of topics from music to film from architectural brutalism to the Bullet Boys and don't forget nearly being run over by Warren Beatty and lots of 80s metal chat! There is also my latest run in with the news where an old friend comes back for the last time and I have the biggest breaking story in metal! This Is Bootmaker Bollocks. Video Interview Pascal Instagram Pascal - Flickr Ronnie Dio Hologram
Support The Podcast It's that time again where I delve in to what I've been watching so you don't have to. Twenty movies and eleven TV series are coming your way in this episode. Movies: Kandahar, Blood And Gold, Blood And Money, The Forever Purge, Killer Book Club, Kajaki The True Story, Sympathy For The Devil, Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Bollocks, The Hired Gun, Tenet, Mom And Dad, Reptile, Nando Fordor & The Talking Mongoose, Master Gardener, Totally Killer, The Burial, Mission Impossible PT1, Old Dad's, Hidden Strike, Gran Turismo. TV Shows: We Hunt Together, Wolf Pack, Justified: Prime Evil, Ashoka, Who Is Erin Carter? Force Power Book IV, The Continental, Wilderness, Gen V, Brand New Cherry Flavour & Beckham. This Is Movie Bollocks.
Fucking Patreon It's time for Igor and I to have a chat without Max. For their debut album it was all three of us but Igor has taken the reins of this album and made it his own and whilst traveling across the US on tour he tells me all about it. He reveals all about his many projects and also the "real" job he had to do whilst writing this album. Then there is the news (which includes a musical interlude) this is NOT work safe from the very beginning. This Is Staind Bollocks. Video Interview Go Ahead And Die Socials & Merch Aaron Lewis Is A Cunt & Here Is Why
Support Talking Bollocks Patreon A Year In Horror Podcast My friend Paul Waller of A Year In Horror asked me if I wanted to go to the relaunch of Hammer films and see the premiere of Jekyll starring Eddie Izzard. My answer was of course I do and this is what happened.
Support Me (Howard NOT him!) It's time for your favourite reviewers to get stuck into some new releases and this month the targets in our sites are........ Cannibal Copse, Prong, Dying Fetus, Capra, Somnuri, Filth Is Eternal, Go Ahead & Die, AsInHell, Eradikated, & The Lion's Daughter. This Is Old Bollocks. Video - Old Head YouTube
Podcast Patreon It's been a while but Tommy Victor is back on the show! In this chat we get down to talking about the new Prong album State Of Emergency pretty quickly which is with good reason. Firstly it is why Tommy is doing a ton of interviews and secondly I want to talk about an album that will almost certainly be in my top five of 2023. There is also a bit of a good vibes news section that is likely to astound and dumbfound in equal measure. This Is Good News Bollocks. Video Interview
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