This week, Joey and Venny cover albums from Coffin Storm, Thot and Folterkammer. Three very different, but interesting albums in their own right.

Venny Interviews Allan , the bassist from Dvne on the eve of the release of Voidkind on Metal Blade 19/4. We talk about the new album, killer single Pleroma, touring plans and the live setlist.

Joey and Venny review two Pelagic releases 1) Love Sex Machine - Trve 2) Glassing - From the other side of the mirror (10mins)

Join Joey as he tells Borknagar's Oysten Brun how amazing their new album 'Fall' is. During the chat they discuss the current and previous band members, how long each song takes to create and the fear of their children growing up in the current world.

On this week's show, Fletch & Tony join Joey for live reviews on Napalm Death with Pig Destroyer, Judas Priest & Enslaved. This week's album review is pure filth from Mastiff new album 'Deprecipice' out on the 22nd of March.

Joey sat down with Fae, host of Metal Heads Podcast and Twitter fame. The pair had a fascinating conversation about why she started her podcast, how she deals with unsolicited 'pictures' and THAT question she asked Brian Slagel.

Joey & Venny discuss live gigs from Blaze Bayley, Crowbar and Tesseract. They also discuss the new album from Ministry.

Joey had the pleasure of sitting down with husband and wife, John, and Sophie of Hand of Kalliach. They talk about their new album Corryvreckan, which is out on the 23rd of February on Prosthetic records. How cold that water was when filming for the new video, and about finding babysitters to play live shows!…

Venny is joined by HM legends / scribes to discuss new albums from Ihsahn (S/T) and Darkest Hour Perpetual | Terminal

On this week's show, we review the new album from Enterprise Earth out on MNRK Heavy. Plus, the new EP from Andorra's Persefone is out on Napalm Records.

On this week's episode, the lads check out EP's from WASP Mother and Breaths. Short but sweet.

Joey and Venny are back for their first episode of 2024! On this show, they review albums from Mountain Caller and Rough Justice.

We had the pleasure of sitting with all three members of Mountain Caller, El, Simmo and Max. We talked about their new album, the goings on in the band's Whatsapp group and future touring plans.

Heavy Matters scribes Tony Bliss and Chris Fletcher join Joey to discuss their top 20 albums of 2023.

Join Joey and Venny as they discuss their 20 favourite albums from 2023.

Joey and Venny catch up with Lauren and Simon from Torpor. Having just released their latest album Abscission they talked about the writing process and why it isn't a double album. They also talk about ArcTanGent festival and cider.

After a bit of a break, Joey and Venny are back. In this episode, Venny shares his live review of Thy Art is Murder, Whitechapel and FFAA. the lads also review the new album from Dying Wish, which is out on the 3rd of November 2023.

Joey and Venny had the opportunity to speak to James Monteith, guitarist from Tesseract. Hot off the release of their new album 'War of Being', they talked about whether this is their best-ever album. We also asked James about his favourite releases he has worked on this year, through his Hold Tight PR company.…

Joey grabbed some time with 'Jimbob' from Silverburn. They released their new album Self Induced Transcendental Annihilation in August, Here, they discuss how Jimbob quit music for two years to come back with a ripper of an album. Also, how their debut Arctangent went down and how he picked his live band.…

Joey & Venny had the pleasure of chatting with an old school friend in Kaan Tasan, vocalist in Heart of a Coward. Along with reminiscing about days gone by, they also talked about their new album 'This Place Only Brings Death' out on the 22nd of September, upcoming tours and how the album comes full circle.…

Joey and Venny had the pleasure of chatting with Josh from Sylosis. They chat about their reaction to the new album 'A Sign of Things to Come' their fanbase and a lot about Pantera.

Joey jumped at the chance to speak to Fires in the Distance. If you haven't heard their incredible new album 'Air Not Meant for Us' yet, you need to change that. Plenty of good times to be found in the chat.

Joey and Venny are joined by Fletch and Tony on this week's show. They talked about live reviews from Trviuim and Obituary. Album reviews include Dying Fetus and Sylosis.

Joey and Venny met with James McHenry of Blind Equation to get a lesson in Cybergrind. They chat about what drew James to the scene, the longevity of Cybergrind and James being a perfectionist on his albums. The new album 'Death Awaits' drops on the 15th of September on Prosthetic Records

Joey and Venny relive their favourite moments from ATG 2023 from what was another fantastic year. This festival has something special that the lads can't put their finger on, but they try to explain it as best they can. Covering bands from The Ocean, Holy Fawn, Liturgy, Death Goals, LLNN and, oh the list goes on!…

Joey and Venny review Bloodstock 2023.

We had the pleasure to sit and chat with Pupil Slicer the day after they played the Wednesday of ATG 2023. A lovely chat and a few stories including drinking ale shandy and how hard they were pushed in the studio making their new album 'Blossom'.

Can you smeelllll the White Russians?! Joey and Venny give you their view on what bands to check out amongst a hugely stacked lineup. Venny breaks some bad news to Joey (warning: clash trigger alert) and we discuss who'll look better in a pink Sunbather t-shirt.

Joey and Venny sit down to discuss which bands they are most looking forward to seeing at Bloodstock. Venny also gives a weather update for the weekend, which band guitar tone makes him smile, and brings Joey down to earth.

A detailed review following Joey's recent sojourn to Oslo Skip to 26mins for the Pantera Review

Joey had the opportunity to talk about all things Black Metal with Matteo, frontman of London- based Calligram. With the new album 'Position| Momentum out on the 11th of July, they discussed the approach to writing the new album, vocal styles and why the lyrics are in Italian.

Joey had the pleasure to chat with Joe from Urne. They talked about their new album 'A Feast on Sorrow', imposter syndrome and how they ended up working with Joe from Gojira on the album.

Joey and Venny catch up after a while for a bit of a catch up show Live Reviews Coheed and Cambria (Glasgow Galvanisers 11/6) - 1min Puscifer (Glasgow Academy 12/6) - 5mins The Mars Volta (Glasgow Barrowlands 16/6) - 9mins30sec Live Previews Tons of Rock Oslo 21-23/6 - 13mins45sec Album Reviews! Dodheimsgard - Black Medium Current - 16mins Grant th…

Joey is in early with the cheap shots. We summarise what we've been listening to, before diving into two new releases. Album Reviews Pupil Slicer - Blossom Red Cain - Nae Bliss (19mins)

One album show for Joey and Venny today. Lazy

Joey and Venny discuss albums from Death Goals - 'A Garden of Dead Flowers' and Herod 'The Iconoclast'. Both are out ont he 5th of May and deserve your attention. Venny also gives tells us about how much the Death Goals album resonates with him.

Joey sat down with Sam from Sydney-based Blackened- hardcore band Lo! The two had a chat about their new album 'The Gleaners', getting covered in pink sludge in the name of art, and cock socks.

Joey and Venny (Devin Townsend) had the pleasure to sit and chat with Robin Staps from The Ocean. The three got to discuss the new album 'Holocene', which is out on the 19th of May on Pelagic Records. They explore the band's progression into more synth on the new album, as well as the contribution by the incredible vocalist Karin Park. Listen out f…

Joey returns from sunning himself in the south of Spain to drag himself to a microphone Album Reviews! 1) The St Pierre Snake Invasion - Galore 2) Fires in the distance - air not meant for us (18mins)

Joey and Venny discuss the appropriateness of listening to the new Liturgy album at bedtime Album Reviews! Lo! - The Gleaners Sermon - Of Golden Verse (20min40sec)

Joey had a bloody lovely chat with Harry & Grog from Death Goals. They talked about their new album 'A Garden of Dead Flowers', out 5th May on Prosthetic records, what they were listening to when making the album and the pair creating their own genre in the metal scene. Also, why did they use their urine colour for the vinyl colour?…

Joey and Venny are back with two fresh album reviews Album Reviews! 1) Periphery - Djent is not a Genre 2) Foretoken - Triumphs (20mins)

On the week of the release of their new album, 'Silhouettes of Disgust' on Metal Blade Records, Joey and Venny got to chat with Michael Kadnar, drummer in Downfall of Gaia. They discuss the production on the new album, Michael's thoughts on modern production in Black Metal, and the drum set-up Michael uses. Also, Michael discusses his record label …

In this episode, Joey is joined by Fletch and Tony as Venny takes an episode off. Tony discusses the Lamb of God and Heriot gig he saw and Joey talks about Entheos and Bicurious gigs in Dublin. Plus, the lads review the new album by Kamelot which is out the 17th March.

Joey met up with Taran and Gavin in Dublin at their sold-out show for the 5-year anniversary of 'I'm So Confused'. The lads talked about the crowdfunding video for the album, playing Arctangent Festival and updates on their next album.

In this interview, we got to chat with Chaney Crabb from Entheos, live in Whelans, Dublin. We discussed how the current tour with Archspire, Psycroptic and Benighted is going, how writing the new album as a two-piece was and what the rest of the year has in store for the band.

Album Reviews! Downfall of Gaia - Silhlouettes of Disgust Unfelled - Pall of Endless Perdition (16mins)

Joey and Venny discuss festival plans and review two very different albums from the Waiting North Album Reviews! Enslaved – Hemidal (6mins) Korrupt – secret sorrows (26mins)

Joey and Venny share their thoughts on recent live gigs from Katatonia and Gojira. Album reviews from Stoned Jesus and Insomnium. Plus, Joey gets a case of the giggles.

On episode 71 of the Heavy Matters podcast, Joey & Venny are joined by Hannah Gillicker (Hold Tight). The three discuss albums from Shell Beach & Skald. We also get an insight into Hannah's role at Hold Tight and what she is looking forward to and working on in 2023.