Welcome back to The Heavyist and the next installment of our series Deathcore Summer! We're continuing to the Myspace Deathcore history books to find the champion of our bracket style competition! - and fellow riff worshipper Alex Teyen - vocalist from one of the finest bands the UK deathcore scene ever had to offer - Black Tongue - is still on dec…

Welcome back to another episode of our series Deathcore Summer! We're continuing to pit legendary albums from the Myspace Deathcore against each other until we find the ultimate champion! - and brother in arms Alex Teyen - vocalist from Hull's finest Black Tongue - is still in tow!On this episode it's the UK vs the USA with the band that broke the …

Welcome back to Myspace Deathcore Summer! We're continuing our quest to find out which is the greatest deathcore album of the Myspace era - and we are joined again by true bro and Deathcore obsessive Alex Teyen - vocalist from Hull's finest Black Tongue.On this episode we look at the debut albums from 2 of the biggest heavyweight hitters of the ori…

Welcome to Myspace Deathcore Summer! We're going to be trying to crown the greatest deathcore album of the Myspace era - and we are joined in this endeavour by Deathcore aficionado and legend of the scene Alex Teyen - vocalist from the UK downtempo deathcore band Black TongueOn the show this week we discuss our first match-up, it's dual vocalled De…

Welcome! This week we are setting out our plans for a new series we have affectionately titled "Deathcore Summer"we plan to do a knock-out style bracket competition where we decide once and for all what the greatest deathcore album of the myspace generation is - and of course we are going to be roping in homie of the show and resident expert on tha…

We're back a bit earlier than usual this week to talk about the spectacular new record from San Francisco blackgaze pioneers Deafheaven and their 6th studio record "Lonely People With Power" out now on Roadrunner Records.Chapters:00:00 - Introduction03:01 - Evolution08:47 - Composition15:14 - PresentationFollow us on the socials!https://discord.gg/…

Welcome back lovely people to the Heavyist - this week we had to talk about 2 albums that both live in our beloved heavysphere but couldn't really be more differentFlorida Slam nutcases released one of our most anticipated albums of the year (and last year) 3 and it is exactly what we expectedand we both discover the genre bending genius of Rwake o…

March 2025 might go down in history as one of the most stacked months of amazing new album releases in modern metal so we have to come together to gather a few of our favourites to worship.From "Death Metalcore" fury in the form of Gates to Hell, to Cowboy Death Thrash riffsters Spiritworld, syth laden death metal from Pyramid Mass and genre-defyin…

We have an absolute treat for you all this week in the form of Zachary Ezrin - guitarist and vocalist of the OUTSTANDING Jazz infused blackened death metal band Imperial Triumphantwe chatted about him, his awesome band and their upcoming new record Goldstar which is due for release on the 21st of March through Century Media Recordswe were both so e…

We're back with another album review from the world of heavy music - today it's Deathcore LEGENDS Whitechapel with their new album Hymns in Dissonance. The band have been pivoting into a more progressive style over the last couple of albums but will they keep it up on this new one!Join us to hear what we thought about itChapters:00:00 - Intro01:50 …

What's up lovely Heavyists - this week on the show we are joined by our old pal Harry Rule, vocalist of the incredible UK metalcore squad God Complex to chat about their triumphant return!We get into the bands hiatus back in 2020, Harry's stint as the frontman of Blood Youth, the return of God Complex, signing to Sharptone Records and their wonderf…

What's up everyone! This week on the Heavyist we are talking about the new record from legendary metalcore band Killswitch Engage and their 9th studio album This Consequence. It's been a little while since KSE put out a new record and seems like it might have been worth the wait!Chapters00:00 Intro02:58 Legacy07:03 The New Record19:01 Art and the F…

It's time for another Riff Roundup from your boys! The year has started incredibly strong for new albums and we wanted to pull together some of our favourite ones from the more underground end of the heavyspherewe have UK based Technical Metalcore, Stoner Death, savage Beatdown Hardcore and some proper TRVE KVLT black metal records that we really t…

Welcome back to another episode of the Heavyist! Your home for the latest and greatest in all things heavy music. This week Gary and Sonny got together to talk about the new album Duel from Ukranian Groove metal band Jinjer - out February 7th through Napalm RecordsThere's a lot of hype around this band so we figured we should do our due diligence a…

This is a very special Best of 2024 episode of Mathcast, featuring special guest and recently anointed Mathcore Index admin, Holly AKA newchlorine, in which we recount our favorite releases of the past year. Theme music: Antarctica - "Aqua Teen Destroyed Boston's Life" ⁠https://antarcticaiscold.bandcamp.com/⁠…

This week on the show Sonny and Gary picked 10 records we know (or are pretty sure) are coming out in the first few months of 2025 and get excited about the potential year of incredible riffs ahead of us! From dreamy hardcore to fowl black metal, massive legendary to underground, there's something in here for every type of riff worshipper to be psy…

Greetings Heavyists! This week on the show we had a really lovely chat with Jamie Waggett, vocalist of the UK hardcore band Grief Ritual to discuss their upcoming record "Collapse" which is released on January 31st through Church Road RecordsWe talked about the evolving sound of Grief Ritual, the UK hardcore scene, lyrical content and the visual di…

This week Sonny sat down with Bigg Brian Ortiz, driving force behind the breakout indigenous death doom outfit Tzompantli. Tzompantli's album "Beating The Drums of Ancestral Force" was one of the hardest releases of 2024 so we're stoked to get to chat to the man.We delve into the cultural influences that shape Ortiz's music, particularly the incorp…

Happy New Year Heavyists! It's good to be back chatting about riffs and records with you all and we've got a LOT planned for 2025.We hit the ground running with a chat about the 8th studio album from Orange County Hardcore band Stick To Your Guns, Keep Planting FlowersStick to Your Guns have some flawless records in Gary's opinion so join us in tod…

We got together to chat with Andreas Bjulver, frontman of the outstanding Danish Deathcore band Cabal.They've seen a meteoric rise in profile since we lasted chatted with him nearly 5 years ago so we dug into everything that they've been up to since then from US tours to music videos (and Audiotree 😬)Cabals new album "Everything Rots" is coming out…

It's the end of year special! We run down the best albums of 2024 as voted for by the trve homies of the Heavyist Discord. Thank you all for your submissions this was really fun! We'll be back next year with more interviews and sick riffs. Come join the discord here: https://discord.gg/nSjP3A8bRyChapters:00:00 - Intro02:00 - Hardcore08:35 - Dissona…

This is the 124th episode of Mathcast, in which we discuss new releases from Better Lovers, Senza, wombscape, Delta Sleep, Chat Pile, the Death Goals / Dreamwell split, and reveal the dates for Mathcore Index Fest 2024: Streaming Edition 3. Better Lovers: https://sharptonerecords.bandcamp.com/album/highly-irresponsible Senza: https://senza-sordino.…

It's been a couple of weeks since we did a new episode as we've been busy busy boys - we discussed our trip to the Manchester BEC Arena to attend the magnificent Damnation Festival where we saw bands such as Gatecreeper, 200 Stab Wounds, Dragged Into Sunlight and Cradle of Filththen we have a massive pile of riffs to chat about, some of them high p…

Gaerea are a bad who just keep continuing to impress, their live performances rule and they make big leaps forward with every new album release, but can they keep it up on their new album Coma, out on Friday 25th of October through Season of MistJoin your boys Sonny and Gary to see what they thought about it!Follow us on the socials!https://discord…

This week on the show is MASSIVE for your boys as one of our collective favourite bands release their 7th studio album, YES Fit For An Autopsy, one of the most consistently amazing bands in modern metal release 'The Nothing That Is' on Friday 25th of October through Metal Blade Recordscan they keep it up? Can they continue to improve? Join us and s…

WE'RE BAAAAACK! Reconvening to worship at the altar of radness once againGary has been on holiday so OF COURSE we had to talk about the breakfast buffetthen it's a huge bag of riffs and records released in October so far that we have been jamming including Vomit Forth, Immortal Bird, Weeping, Devenial Verdict, Promise Breaker, Black Pegasus, Infant…

WHAT A WEEK FOR THE RIFF!! 2 of the biggest names in the modern death metal landscape are BOTH releasing records this week so we had to get in touch with the Death Metal Correspondent himself Tom Cronin from the amazing UK Death Metal crew Celestial Sanctuary!After catching up with him a little bit about his recent wedding and honeymoon we got stra…

Welcome back to The Heavyist - It's your weekly dose of the best riffs around with your boys Sonny and Gary. Also joining us is true homie of the show Ross Beagan from the amazing UK Technical Death Metal band Godeater - he gave us some sneaky insight into what's going on in the Godeater camp before joining us in worship at the altar of radnessThe …

It's that time again! That's right time to get your dose of weekly worship at the altar of radnessthis week Gary and Sonny HAD to gather to talk about 2 of our favourite bands from the metalcore scene in 2024, these bands go from strength to strength and they do it on their own termsKublai Khan release their 6th studio album and show no signs of sl…

It's a big one for us Heavyist Boys - Every Time I Die are one of the single most important bands to us so when Keith's new project Many Eyes put out their debut we had to convene early to discuss it, does it hold up? Are we happy with the direction that he has taken? You'll have to tune in to find out!Also we discuss the return of Linkin Park with…

This is the 121st episode of Mathcast, in which we discuss new releases from Missouri Executive Order 44, Pythagorean Theorem, Duhka, Annelida, Fetters, and the fallfiftyfeet / Wounded Touch split. Missouri Executive Order 44: https://meo44.bandcamp.com/album/salt-sermonPythagorean Theorem: https://pythagoreantheoremofficial.bandcamp.com/album/lady…

This week on the show we are putting dinner plates in our earlobes and dying our fringes jet black as we talk about 2 new releases from the world of Deathcore!New Zealand based heavy bastards Depths bring the atmosphere and the groove with their 5th studio albumand NEW NEW band The Killing of a Scared Deer from Canada have an EP of throwback deathc…

We're "MAD FER IT" this week (well Sonny is anyway) as we have yet another stacked bag of riffs to chat about. It's a grindcore party here on the Heavyist as we have 2 hard and fast ragers to talk aboutNAILS are BACK! Have they managed to keep up the pace after 8 years? Has the completely new line-up had any effect on their ability to level cities …

We're BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK (again)Sonny's been on paternity leave since his offspring joined the world but while the world's youngest Heavyist took a nap we managed to convene to worship at the altar of radness once more and have a good old catch up about amazing new jams and riffs that have also been birthed into the world!We HAD to get together…

This week on the show we're a little bit off the cuff - We weren't sure we would be making a show but we managed to pull a belter out of our asses.We discussed the fact that movies are back with the new Deadpool & Wolverine moviethen after we finish doing the worlds worst Kermode and Mayo impression we return to the regularly scheduled programming …

Welcome Heavyists! This week on the show we have 2 absolutely glorious records to discuss, one from the UK Underground and one from some sort of fantasy realm!We must start though with Brutal News! It's always a monumental day in the Heavyist calendar when Fit for an Autopsy announce a new album so we delayed the release of the show this week so we…

This is the 119th of Mathcast, in which we discuss new and recent releases from Blind Girls, Wormed, The Orphan, Liberate, Seven Crimson Suns, and the Serling / Charger Port split. Blind Girls: https://blindgirls.bandcamp.com/album/an-exit-exists Wormed: https://wormed.bandcamp.com/album/omegon The Orphan: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK…

In what we intend to be a semi-regular episode format here on The Heavyist we dig into "Bandcamp Bangers #2" and bring you some of the best releases we have rummaged up from the underground corners of the HeavysphereRanging from Canadian Cowboy Noise Rock to absolutely relentless chaotic deathcore we have a bit of something for everyone to discuss …

This week on the show we've got that need... that need for Speed - that's right the much hyped Aussie hardcore band Speed have released their debut record and we have gathered to bask in it's phenomenal glory!Also we are blessed with the debut EP from a wonderful new UK Underground Supergroup VOWER whose debut EP could potentially finally be the th…

This is the 118th episode of Mathcast, in which we discuss new and recent releases from The God Awful Truth, Squid Pisser, Dying Whale, Malevich, Suicide Cages, Lower Automation, and in which I repeatedly (and unsuccessfully) try to clear my throat. The God Awful Truth:https://thegodawfultruth.bandcamp.com/album/all-that-dark-all-that-coldSquid Pis…

We're back now that the internet has stopped conspiring against us to deliver your (normally) weekly dose of worship at the altar of radness, riffs and general mucking about! After general random preambles as usual Gary discussed his trip to look at some riffs from one of the show's favourite bands The Acacia Strainthen we talked about one of our m…

After the standard introductory nonsense including Gary complaining about sleep deprivation (again) and Sonny FINALLY getting on the Big Ass Truck with everyone we get into the review of the week.We have to eat some pretty substantial quantities of humble pie when we discuss the fantastic debut record from metalcore upstarts Foreign Handsthen we ar…

This week on the show we are back to our regularly scheduled programming of keeping you up to date with all the latest amazing bands and records in the Heavy-Sphere.After we had what might be our first disagreement (that isn't about Kaonashi) we discussed briefly how much fun we had at Fortress Festival and making our first vlog about itthen we get…

This week on the show we have got a RIDICULOUS amount to talk about - but before all that we NEED to hear about Sonny's trip to the garden centre...Louisiana Sludge Aficionados Thou are here with a dirgey, rage filled new record that's going to get you bouncingand the one-man Norwegian riff factory that is Vredehammer released a stonker of a record…

This is the 116th episode of Mathcast, in which we discuss a distinctively Screamo Index-line up featuring new releases from Demersal, Usurp Synapse, Internet Love Scam, Gossip, Celebration Guns, and Painfinder (shout out The Heavyist for the recommendation)Demersal:https://demersalband.bandcamp.com/album/demersalUsurp Synapse:https://usurpsynapse.…

Welcome back Heavyists new and old, this week on the show we got more riffs to chat about then we know what to do with! After catching up about life, dogs, future offspring and vampires we get stuck right into itTzompantli are back with their second album and they have LEVELED UPVale of Pnath are back with an album of retro-futuristic technical bla…

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 - Intro09:02 - Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition🖤💀STAY HEAVY xJoin the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all thetime.…

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 unfurlit's a good time to be a Heavyist! thank you for joining us in worship at the al…

This is the 115th episode of Mathcast, in which we discuss new releases from SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Foes, Shovelfaxce, Nerve Debt, ninth gate., and Unnerve. SeeYouSpaceCowboy:https://seeyouspacecowboy.bandcamp.com/album/coup-de-gr-ceFoes:https://foesfosho.bandcamp.com/album/endless-exile-2Shovelfaxce:https://open.spotify.com/album/0Z7P4393G920JtMM8LxIV…

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 Mindalso the long awaited return of Brutal News sees your boys discussing new musi…