The GREAT Heavy Music Podcast
The Great Heavy Music Podcast
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A fun and comical podcast where hosts Alex Peterson and Phil Collins take a deep dive into two post-2000 heavy rock or metal albums per episode. Each episode offers humorous commentary, comparisons, and analysis of the releases, appealing to fans of modern heavy music. The show blends informal conversation with a passion for the genre.
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TOP 10 ALL TIME BEST Heavy Songs - AKA Songs to slay/be slain to 17.05.2026 52хвIt had to be done. We have finally answered the unasked question, and ranked/shared our top ten BEST all-time Heavy Songs to slay someone/something to or if you were to go down swinging what would it be? For Phil we have the following, in no particular order: Unto others - heroin, Dance Gavin dance - cream of the crop, Flotsam jetsam - too many lives, Nile - to strike with secret fang, Cky 96 - quite bitter beings, AFI - total immortal, Iron Maiden - where eagles dare, Metallica - for whom the bell tolls, Dio - rainbow in the dark, Ngalfar - spoken words of venom, Coroner - Sacrificial Lamb, Death - Without Judgement, Cattle Decapitation - Bring Back the Plague, Alice In Chains - Them Bones, Breaking Benjamin - Diary of Jane, Kannonfieber - lviv zu Lemberg, Charlie Griffiths - Under Polaris, Cormorant - The Crossing, Kalmah - Blind Leader, Wintersun - Death and the Healing, Ayreon - Day Fourteen: Pride, A Day to Remember - Mind Reader, Rival Schools - Hooligans for Life, Kamelot - Center of the Universe, Nightwish - Passion and the Opera, Mithras - Part the Ways, Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime. Phil's true honorable mentions - in no particular order were: Arsis - Shattering the Spell, Death - Without Judgement, Ensiferum - Little Dreamer, Mgla - With Hearts Toward None, Coheed and Cambria - Here We Are Juggernaut And now Phil's list proper: 10 - ...And Oceans - Dissolution of Mind and Matter 9 - Buried Realm - Human Code 8 - Black Dahlia Murder - What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse 7 - Amorphis - A Servant 6 - Aether Realm - King of Cups 5 - In Flames - Davids Disarm Their Goliaths 4 - Between The Buried And Me - The Primer 3 - Hypocrisy - Global Domination 2 - Children of Bodom - Taste of My Scythe 1 - Blind guardian - Time Stands Still at the Iron Hill --------------------------------- For Alex his honorable mentions were, in no particular order: The Fight Song - Marilyn Manson, Like Fire - Bloodbath, SNM - Uada, I Walk Among The Living - Illdisposed, Revenge is a Vulture - Three Inches of Blood, Violent Nature - I Prevail, The Black Waltz - Kalmah, Yee Naaldlooshii - Kvaen, Infamous Last Words - Tear out the Heart, Devestation of Souls - Come to Grief, Laihem's Golden Pits - Iotunn, Embrace the World - Gojira, The Deranged - LIK, Omega Point - Beyond Grace, Only for the Weak - In Flames, Unholy Confessions - Avenged Sevenfold, Morrigan - Children of Bodom And his top ten list was: 10 - Involuntary Doppelganger by Archspire 9 - Yekteniya III: Premudrost by Batushka 8 - Dead of Winter by Thrawsunblat 7 - Flagellation by Non Est Deus 6 - Kenosis by Hath 5 - Hammer the Bastards by Wolfbastard 4 - 01.09.15 by Leipa 3 - Circo Inhumanitas by Cattle Decapitation 2 - Blinded by Fear by At the Gates 1 - The Murder Manifesto by Naglfar What are your top ten to rage to? -
Episode 30 - Sig:Ar:Tyr and Turnstile 12.05.2026 59хвWe're finally BACK with an episode proper with all the fixin's, a That's so Metal, a Mitch Hedberg outro joke, proper musical underlay, Phil being a brilliant side-kick, and what's that - oh yeah - MUSIC REVIEWS! This episode Alex reviewed GLOW ON by Turnstile and Phil reviewed Northen by Sig:Ar:Tyr. Go out and support these great bands! http://www.sigartyr.com/ https://turnstilehardcore.com/ -
Best Heavy Albums of 2025 YEAR END Episode (plus Q4 of 2025) 26.01.2026 48хвPhil's EOY best of's 10 - Paradise Lost - Ascension 9 - Ghost - Skeleta 8 - Mors Principum Est - Darkness Invisible 7 - Turnstile - Never Enough 6 - An Abstract Illusion - The Sleeping City 5 - Coroner - Dissonance Theory 4 - Fallujah - Xenotaph 3 - Buried Realm - Dormant Darkness 2 - Labyrinthus Stellarum - Rift in Reality 1 - Moron Police - Pachinko DEFINITELY support all these great bands and buy their work and pay to see them live!!! Alex's EOY best of's 1 - Amorphis - Borderlands 2 - Alleageon - The Ossuary Lens 3 - Fuerschwanz - Knightclub 4 - Ghost - Skeleta 5 - In the Woods... - Otra Best songs of the year - but not good enough to be albums of the year HM - Species - Changelings - "Inspirit Creation" HM - Three Days Grace - Alienation - "Kill Me Fast" HM - The Hives - The Hives Forever Forever the Hives - "Bad Call" HM - Glare - Sunset Funeral - "Saudade" HM - Rivers of Nihil - Rivers of Nihil - "House of Light" DEFINITELY support all these great bands and buy their work and pay to see them live!!! -
BONUS - 2026 70k pre-cruise party episode 25.01.2026 34хвCan't wait!!!!!! Another metal cruise is upon us!!! Thanks to 70k for a GREAT time in anticipation and if you see Phil or I aboard the cruise come say hi! -
Episode 29 - AFI and Beast In Black 04.01.2026 1год 3хвIn this proper episode of the GREAT heavy music podcast Alex reviews The Art of Drowning by AFI and Phil reviews From Hell with Love by power metallers Beast in Black. Two truly great bands with great releases that positively needed to be positively reviewed! Sign up for the newsletters from these bands and go out and support them by seeing them live. https://beastinblack.com/ https://afireinside.net/ Next up will be Northen by Sig:Ar:Tyr and Glow On by Turnstile -
BONUS CONCERT REVIEW - Dance Gavin Dance 30.12.2025 11хвDance Gavin Dance had a big time line up change and now we get to see how they're holding up! -
BONUS CONCERT REVIEW - Nine Inch Nails 29.12.2025 9хвA nice quick hitter here as Alex reviews his experience at the nine inch nails show in Tampa Florida in 2025. -
Best Heavy Albums of Q3 - 2025 29.12.2025 32хв -
BONUS - Concert Review - Ballyhoo! 04.09.2025 11хвGot the chance to see an EXCELLENT band, arguably not all that heavy but GREAT nonetheless in Ballyhoo! from Aberdeen, Maryland. Alex got the chance to check them out at the Ranch in Fort Myers, GREAT show!!!! Support these guys!!! -- https://www.ballyhoorocks.com/ And if you are in the South Florida area - Catch a live show at the Ranch. https://theranchfortmyers.com/ -
BONUS - Concert Review - My Chemical Romance 01.09.2025 14хвOn August 15th our very own Phil Collins took the treck into Philadelphia to see My Chemical Romance put on what seems to be one helluva a show!!!! See if you can hop on this tour! - https://www.mychemicalromance.com/#tour -
BONUS - Conert Review - Ghost 25.08.2025 17хвMega-Anthem Arena Rockers Ghost are the subject of this latest concert review where Alex and Phil BOTH got to see these Swedish studs in person in Baltimore, Maryland in July 2025. What a GREAT show and a GREAT band! Support these well known heavy legends; https://ghost-official.com/ -
Episode 28 - Keldian and Agent Fresco 23.08.2025 59хвA truly UNIQUE set of albums in this episode of the GREAT heavy music podcast with Alex reviewing Outbound by Keldian and Phil reviewing Destrier by Agent Fresco. Support these amazing bands - https://keldian.bandcamp.com/ Agent Fresco - https://www.agentfresco.is/ -
Best Heavy Albums of Q2 - 2025 08.08.2025 52хвPhil's Honorable Mentions: Changeling - Changeling - https://changelingofficial.bandcamp.com/album/changeling Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia - https://www.sleep-token.com/ Allegeaon - The Ossuary Lens - https://www.facebook.com/Allegaeon/ Cryptopsy - An Insatiable Violence - https://www.facebook.com/cryptopsyofficial/ Ghost - Skeleta - https://ghost-official.com/ Phil's Top Five = 5 - And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary - https://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/and-oceans/ 4 - Rivers of Nihil - Rivers of Nihil - https://riversofnihil.com/ 3 - Fallujah - Xenotaph - https://www.facebook.com/fallujahofficial/ 2 - Labyrinthus Stellarum - Rift in Reality - https://labyrinthusstellarum.bandcamp.com/album/rift-in-reality 1 - Buried Realm - The Dormant Darkness - https://buriedrealm.bandcamp.com/album/the-dormant-darkness Alex's Honorable Mentions: Glare - Sunset Funeral - https://glaretx.bandcamp.com/ Messa - The Spin - https://messa.bandcamp.com/ Crawling Chaos - Wyrd - https://www.instagram.com/crawling_chaos_band/?hl=en Lik - Necro - https://www.metalblade.com/us/artists/lik/ Thornhill - BODIES - https://thornhillmelb.bandcamp.com/album/bodies Bleed from Within - Zenith - https://www.bleedfromwithin.com/ Magnolia Park - VAMP - https://www.magnoliaparkband.com/ Nightfall - Children of Eve - https://nightfall.gr/ Nydvind - Tetramental I and II - https://nydvind.bandcamp.com/ Nechochwen - Spelewithiipi - https://nechochwen.bandcamp.com/music Buried Realm - The Dormant Darkness - https://buriedrealm.bandcamp.com/album/the-dormant-darkness Tomarum - Beyond Obsidian Euphoria - https://tomarum.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-obsidian-euphoria Valhalore - Beyond the Stars - https://www.valhalore.com/ Fractal Universe - The Great Filters - https://fractaluniverseband.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-filters Beholder - In the Temple of the Tyrant - https://beholderblacklion.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-temple-of-the-tyrant Cave Sermon - https://cavesermon.bandcamp.com/album/fragile-wings Absolva - Justice - https://www.absolva.com/band Top Five for Alex = 5 - Labyrinthus Stellarum - Rift in Reality - https://labyrinthusstellarum.bandcamp.com/album/rift-in-reality 4 - Rivers of Nihil - Rivers of Nihil - https://riversofnihil.com/ 3 - Ghost - Skeleta - https://ghost-official.com/ 2 - In the Woods... - Otra - https://www.facebook.com/inthewoodsomnio/ 1 - Allegaeon - The Ossuary Lens - https://www.facebook.com/Allegaeon/ -
BONUS CONCERT REVIEW - Alex saw Coheed and Cambria and Phil saw Emperor 02.08.2025 30хвTake a listen to a relatively recent concert review for Coheed and Cambria in Ft. Myers, Florida with Mastadon and Periphery that Alex saw and the Wolves in the Throne Room and Emperor show that Phil saw in PA! We hope you have gotten out for some summer shows this year! -
Episode 27 - Sum 41 and Witherscape 18.05.2025 54хвPhil layoued out the Dan Swano classic Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary and Alex offered up Sum 41 - Chuck. Take a listen and see which one you like more! And as always - support these great bands - https://www.sum41.com/ https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/the-northern-sanctuary -
Best Heavy Albums of Q1 - 2025 28.04.2025 37хвQuarter one of 2025 has BLOWN by and now we have some rankings to dish out! Alex's list: Honorable Mentions: Dawn of Orobouros - Bioluminescence - https://dawnofouroboros.bandcamp.com/album/bioluminescence Drudkh - Shadow Play - https://drudkh.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-play Aversed - Erasure of Color - https://aversed.bandcamp.com/album/erasure-of-color Saor - Amidst the Ruins - https://saor.bandcamp.com/album/amidst-the-ruins-2 List Proper 5 - Judicator - Concord - https://judicatormetal.bandcamp.com/album/concord 4 - Deafheaven - Lonely People with Power - https://deafheavens.bandcamp.com/album/lonely-people-with-power 3 - Dream Theater - Parasomnia - https://dreamtheater.net/discography-item/parasomnia/ 2 - The Halo Effect - The March of the Unheard - https://thehaloeffectse.bandcamp.com/album/march-of-the-unheard 1 - Coheed and Cambria - The Father of Make Believe - https://link.fans/fatherofmakebelieve If you want to know Phil's list...well then, turn on the episode and listen!!! But it's also pasted below: Honorable Mentions Deafheaven - Lonely people with power - linked above Majestica - Power Train - https://majesticametal.com/blogs/majestic-news/posts/7525126/power-train-is-here-all-aboard Night Flight Orchestra - Give us the Moon - https://thenightflightorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/give-us-the-moon Dynazty - Game of Faces - https://shop.nuclearblast.com/products/dynazty-game-of-faces-pre-order?srsltid=AfmBOoo20wSSAhVzzpYU0JSX54CZuUr7P_ULyxBhqb3qRiwM8ldlJWPa Nite - Cult of the serpent sun - https://nitemetal.bandcamp.com/album/cult-of-the-serpent-sun List Proper 5 Bloody Wood - Nu Delhi - https://bloodywood.bandcamp.com/album/nu-delhi 4 The Halo Effect - March of the Unheard - linked above 3 Faithxtractor - Loathing and the Noose - https://faithxtractor.bandcamp.com/album/loathing-the-noose 2 Spiritworld - Helldorado - https://spiritworldprophet.bandcamp.com/album/helldorado-24-bit-hd-audio 1 Judicator - Concord - linked above -
BONUS CONCERT REVIEW - Ensiferum 03.04.2025 14хвWhat a GREAT heavy band - ENSIFERUM from Finland. Time to hear about how GREAT that damn band is!!!!! -
Episode 26 - Kamelot and Archspire 30.03.2025 58хвWe're back on track and only 3 months into the year! Episode 26 proper Phil reviewed Relentless Mutation by Archspire and Alex reviewed The Black Halo by Kamelot. Be sure to support these two excellent and very different bands at their respective websites - https://kamelot.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/archspireofficial/?hl=en Two GREAT heavy albums on the GREAT heavy music podcast! Next up, Witherscape's - The Northern Sanctuary and Chuck by Sum 41 -
BONUS CONCERT REVIEW - Dark Tranquility, Amorphis and Fires in the Distance 29.03.2025 14хвPhil had the great pleasure of seeing Dark Tranquility, Amorphis and Fires in the Distance and now we have the great pleasure of hearing about it! Enjoy and get out and see a show!!! -
GreatEST Heavy Albums of 2024 13.02.2025 39хвHERE IT IS! The official best heavy albums from 2024 list: Albums of the Year - Alex 1 - Fuerschwanz - Warriors 2 - Bayside - There are worse things than being alive 3 - Wormwood - The Star (song suffer existence might be the best soy) 4 - Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 5 - Artificial Language - Distant Glow Ep - [articularly rain follows Songs of the Year NOT from the above - Alex 1 - Blind Man by Orden Ogan - The Order of Fear 2 - Hope Shatters by Gaerea - Coma 3 - Winter Storm Vigilantes by Ensiferum - Winter Storm 4 - Der Maulwurf by Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe 5 - Suicide Today by Unto Others - Never, Neverland Phil's Top five albums of the year 1 - Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 2 - Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe 3 - Alcest - Les Chants de l'aurore 4- Iotunn - Kinship 5 - Kvaen - The Formless Fires Phil's Honorable mentions 1 - Amiensus - Reclamation Pt. II 2 - Dvne - Voidkind 3 - Black Sites - The Promised Land? 4 - Ensiferum - Winter Storm 5 - Bayside - There Are Things Worse Than Being Alive Phil's songs of the year le efant della lune by alcest sefarios by amiensus mistland by iotunn levi su lemberg by kanonefieber the message tablet 2 by blood incantation tornet sang by kvaen plaroma by dvne strike with secret fang by nile gideon by black sites good advice by bayside
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