The Heavyist #293 Album of the Year 2025

Join us for Annual Worship at the altar of 2025 SO much good music released this year and you know how we feel about arbitrary lists Love you all Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

Welcome back Heavyists we've got a bloody massive one for you this week, Sonny tells us all about his highlights from Damnation 2025, we discuss albums from Lamp of Murmuur, Veilburner, Excide (and a cheeky little bit about Predeceased) as well as Brutal News from Converge, Moon Tooth and Godeater also - if you like what we do you can see our faces as we discuss it on our lovely Youtube page! Maybe consider popping over there and watching aswell as listening - you can see our handsome faces! Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

Hey riff addicts, welcome back to another massive catchup - we got 8 records from the last couple of months that all rule in different ways it's a really mixed back, hopefully something for everyone 00:00 Intro 00:51 Still in Love - Recovery Language 06:45 Massa Nera - The Emptiness of All Things 12:47 Blindfolded and Led To The Woods - The Hardest Thing About Being God... 18:10 - Bonginator - Retrodeath 26:03 Vianova - Hit It! 30:57 Shedfromthebody - Everything Out There Has Teeth 37:04 Wiltwither - Pure Light 41:35 Pedestal For Leviathan - Enter: Vampyric Manifestation Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

Today on the show we pitted 2 new Deathcore records against each other to see whose in better shape from the legends and the next generation Spite released New World Killer and it really shows that band are ready to make the jump and Despised Icon release a new record that proves that you can teach an old dog new tricks Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

This week on the show we are joined by the homie Jim Hodge - vocalist of the Hity City Noise Crew Mastiff to chat about their new EP "For All The Dead Dreams" and their recent move to the wonderful Church Road Records also while we had him we had to have a chat about the MASTERS of heavy The Acacia Strain and their absolutely phenomenal new record "You Are Safe From God Here" out now on Rise Records always a pleasure to chat with Jim, hope you enjoy! Also - if you checked us out on Youtube you could see this podcast too and wouldn't that be lovely? Jim is particularly a very handsome chap x Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

What's up Heavyists - this week on the show we have 2 recent albums we've been getting VERY excited about, they come from polar opposite ends of our music tastes but they are both equally incredible AFI released "Silver Bleeds The Black Sun" - a goth rock masterpiece and Agriculture released "The Spiritual Sound" which is an experimental and baffling black metal experience for the ages check them both out now also - you can watch these episodes on Youtube - you get to look at our lovely faces and you can see Sonny's commitment to the cause in his Despair Faction t shirt! come on down Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

welcome back Heavyists! get ready as we discuss the third record from Ohio Death Metal crew Sanguisugabogg "Hideous Aftermath" released on the 10th of October through Century Media Records as is customary when discussing tentpole releases from the Death Metal world we are joined by Tom Cronin from UK Death Metal band Celestial Sanctuary get ready for us to really drool over this awesome record Chapters: 00:00 Intro 03:06 Evolution 05:59 Production 08:58 Guests 11:57 Impact 14:57 Touring Follow us on the socials! https://discord.gg/nSjP3A8bRy https://www.instagram.com/theheavyistpodcast/ https://twitter.com/TheHeavyist https://www.facebook.com/TheHeavyist/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theheavyist STAY HEAVY x #podcast #musicpodcast #metal #deathcore #metalcore #deathmetalriffs #riffs #grind #grindcore #hardmetal #sludge #sludgecore #slam Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

Hey everyone an amalgamation of 2 episodes we did recently we talked about "How I Fell In Love With The Void" - the latest offering from the wonder Connecticut Noise Rock band Intercourse and we also chatted about the new EP "With Skull Crushing Force" from Atomic Rule, the new project from former Every Time I Die riff-lord Andy Williams and we compared it to the latest releases from the other post-ETID breakup bands Many Eyes and Better Lovers to enjoy these things to their fullest we recommend heading to our Youtube channel where we upload these in video format thanks a lot love you all Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

This week on the show Gary sat down with Brent Mills, vocalist of Louisville, Kentucky based post hardcore band Greyhaven to chat about the band and their new record "Keep It Quiet" coming out October 10th through Solid State Records he was an absolutely lovely bloke and a pleasure to chat to thanks a lot Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

Welcome Heavyist's to another instalment of the show - this week Sonny was joined by Tony Castrati and Stefan Iglesias from the Boston based Post Punk/Doom/Sludge/Rock/Dance (blimey it gets harder and harder to categorise this lot) legends Crippling Alcoholism ahead of the release of their new album Camgirl - released September 12th through Portrayal of Guilt Records Sonny covered a LOT of topics with the lads - whose band is one of the most interesting and exciting artists out there at the moment. This is definitely not one to miss if you are an audio subscriber - we love you - but maybe head over to YouTube and watch instead? You get to see everyone's beautiful faces and Sonny's lovely wall of art! Chapters 00:00 Intro & Origins 05:56 Fans, Label & Joining 15:01 Writing the Songs 27:55 Sound & Aesthetic 39:51 Live Plans (Damnation) 47:34 Sex, Cams & the Gaze 58:49 Making the Record 01:03:57 Art vs Persona 01:10:46 Style Shifts & What’s Next 01:26:45 Afterhours: Ideas, Influences & Horror Follow us on the socials! https://discord.gg/nSjP3A8bRy https://www.instagram.com/theheavyistpodcast/ https://twitter.com/TheHeavyist https://www.facebook.com/TheHeavyist/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theheavyist STAY HEAVY x #podcast #musicpodcast #metal #deathcore #metalcore #deathmetalriffs #riffs #grind #grindcore #hardmetal #sludge #sludgecore #slam Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.