The Heavyist #130 Jim Hodge from Mastiff / Spiritbox / Carcass

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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It's another monster week on the show as we are Entombed By A Machine - that Machine goes by the name of Tom Cronin from Celestial Sanctuary! We chat about the outstanding new record from Job For a Cowboy, metalcore legends Darkest Hour show the kids how it's done and young, hungry deathcore upstarts Inferious punish us with riffs! In Brutal News we also discuss new singles from Gatecreeper, From A Second Story Window, Couch Slut and Hate Force 00:00 Intro and catching up with Tom 13:55 Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer 30:56 Gatecreeper's New Single 35:03 From a Second Story Window's Single 38:58 Couch Slut's Single 40:49 Hate Force's Single 42:45 Darkest Hour - Perpetual Terminal 55:52 Inferious - Salt Your Earth 01:05:42 AOR (Any other riffness) Catch Celestial Sanctuary out on tour with Incantation in April, you will not regret it! STAY HEAVY xJoin the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

This week we are blessed to be joined by Drew Slavik, guitarist of the legendary deathcore/mathgrind band See You Next Tuesday We had a lovely conversation with him where we discussed their reformation, the writing and creating of the 2023 Heavyist grindcore album of the year Distractions and their incredible new remix album Relapses coming out on February 16th 2024 through Good Fight Entertainment as well as the potential future for the band's next releases! he was an absolute delight to chat to and we hope you enjoy watching it as much as we did making it check out See You Next Tuesday on all the platforms: @cunexttuesdaygrind https://spoti.fi/49g1huk https://www.instagram.com/cunexttuesdaygrind https://tiktok.com/@cunexttuesdaygrind https://www.facebook.com/cunexttuesdaygrind follow us on the socials! https://discord.gg/nSjP3A8bRy https://www.instagram.com/theheavyistpodcast/ https://twitter.com/TheHeavyist https://www.facebook.com/TheHeavyist/ 🖤💀Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

This week Gary talked about his trip to the Roundhouse to see Periphery's biggest show of their career so far Sonny has been a busy boy delving into the deepest depths of Bandcamp to find 10 awesome new bands to check out then the boys run through their Fantasy Festival Line-Ups we had a lot of fun this week, hope you do to. 00:00 - Introduction 02:53 - Periphery Live Reviews 11:55 - Grizzly Horse 17:55 - Painfinder 21:38 - Demonstration of Power 24:24 - Pine Box 29:38 - Fange 33:00 - .dotCursor 36:42 - Parasite Circus 39:47 - Auditory Anguish 43:11 - Patent 46:00 - GodHand 49:57 - Alluvial 53:42 - Fantasy Festivals STAY HEAVY x 🖤💀Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.

This week we convene in worship of radness to chat about 4 new records. 3 heavy bags of hard riffs then we wash it all down with some refreshing funked up goodness from Slope. 3:29 - Enterprise Earth - Death: An Anthology 16:30 - Meth. - SHAME 28:27 - Utopia - Shame (yes we know) 39:21 - Slope - Freak Dreams Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.