The Heavyist #229 Knocked Loose

We're back again with another MASSIVE review, this time from Arizona's death metal heroes Gatecreeper, we convened to talk about how much we absolutely adore this new record in all it's melodeath glory! 00:00 - Intro 09:02 - Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition 🖤💀 STAY HEAVY xJoin the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

This week on the show the kings have returned to show us why they are leading the scene - YES the new Knocked Loose album is upon us and it is absolutely glorious! Sonny and Gary get all misty eyed over how Knocked Looses trajectory as a seminal band continues to unfurl it's a good time to be a Heavyist! thank you for joining us in worship at the altar of radness 00:00 - Intro 10:19 - Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed ToJoin the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

More riffs than you can shake a HM2 pedal at this week! It's a week chock full of blackened hardcore and death metal as we discuss the powerhouse new album from Terminal Nation, the mosh maelstroms from Crawl and Baron and a really promising EP from new band Scorched Mind also the long awaited return of Brutal News sees your boys discussing new music from 200 Stab Wounds, Vower, Gaerea, Great American Ghost and Monument of Misanthropy It's a week to worship the riff homies! Get involved 00:00 Intro 13:49 Terminal Nation - Echoes of the Devil's Den 26:57 Crawl - Altar of Disgust 36:51 Brutal News 57:20 Baron - Beneath the Blazing Abyss 01:04:35 Scorched Mind - Scorched Mind EPJoin the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

Welcome lovely people to another new episode! Gary is back and ready to chat about some bloody RIFFS! After catching up about his time in Japan - including having a wonderful time going to see Blind Equation in Osaka - we get down to business discussing the best heavy releases of the week: Inter Arma release one of the most incredible blockbuster albums of the year, Full of Hell get back to basics, Glassing release the best soundtrack to bullet-train journeys ever, Dvne go from strength to strength and Antichrist Siege Machine re-affirm that blashpemy is really cool 00:00 Homies Reunited 14:43 Inter Arma - New Heaven 27:14 Full of Hell - Coagulated Bliss 35:35 Glassing - From the Other Side of the Mirror 41:10 Dvne - Voidkind 49:48 Antichrist Siege Machine - Vengeance of Eternal Fire thanks for listening - it's good to be back! STAY HEAVY xJoin the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

00:00 Introduction and Gary's Absence08:56 Tony's Journey as a Vocalist and Challenges in Live Performances27:38 The Inspiration Behind the Band's Name35:59 The Importance of Honesty in Art48:20 The Power of Restraint: Subtle Menace in Music01:01:32 The Albums Influences01:09:40 Challenges and Strategies for Independent Bands01:19:18 The Growing Market for Heavy and Experimental Music Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

It's an absolutely packed episode of the show this week! We crammed as much in as we possibly could as Gary is going away for a couple of weeks but couldn't bear the thought missing out on talking about some records that are released while he's away. Greyhaven are set to release an EP of some of their strongest music to date, Replicant continue to defy the conventions of dissonant death metal, Alpha Wolf go full party mode and Necrot bring unfathomable levels of SHRED also as an extra special treat we are also joined by Elias, guitarist of amazing Swedish modern metal band Orecus (and dedicated Heavyist) to talk about the writing and recording process of their magnificent new record Dreadnought (released April 5th independently) We have absolutely spoiled you lot this week! 00:00 - Intro 12:30 - Greyhaven - Stereo Grief 23:12 - Replicant - Infinite Mortality 37:28 - Alpha Wolf - Half Living Things 48:22 - Necrot - Lifeless Birth 59:19 - Elias from Orecus Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

Another awesome week of riffs on the show: Show favourite's Boundaries release another absolute worldy of an album Frail Body are one of the sickest screamo/post hardcore bands operating today and their new album is WILD Monolith are some UK homegrown talent who are coming for your head 00:00 - Intro 12:40 - Boundaries - Death is Little More 35:50 - Frail Body - Artificial Bouquet 46:18 - Monolith - Hornet's Nest STAY HEAVY x Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

This week on the show we are joined by Jim and Dan from UK Sludge Metal legends Mastiff to talk about the release of their new album Deprecipice (released March 22nd through MNRK Heavy) we get into the influences behind the new record, the writing and recording process, as well as important subjects such as the Hull dogging scene we had a lot of fun recording this episode (maybe a little bit too much fun) and the boys were a pleasure to speak with again check out Mastiff on their upcoming UK tour with Yersin: 03/22/24 Polar Bear Music Club, Kingston upon Hull 03/23/24 Audio, Glasgow 03/24/24 Bannerman's Bar, Edinburgh 03/27/24 The Black Heart, London 03/28/24 Green Door Store, Brighton 03/29/24 The Crofters Rights, Bristol 03/30/24 The Devil's Dog, Birmingham 03/31/24 Rough Trade, NottinghamJoin the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

Welcome back to another STACKED week of riffs and laughs with ya boys! On the show this week we break our own rules to discuss bouncy techy goodness from Weston Super Maim, Noisy punky Alt-rock from Gouge Away, Bimbo-Violence from BRAT and industrial tinged hardcore from Prisoner STAY HEAVY <3 00:00 Intro 06:56 Western Super Maim - See You Tomorrow Baby 22:51 Gouge Away - Deep Sage 35:28 BRAT - Social Grace 44:07 Prisoner - Putrid | Obsolete 53:48 Any Other RiffnessJoin the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

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