Wyrd Ways Rock Show

My voice appears to be back. Sorry about that! Anyway. This week, there’s new stuff from Death Angel, Al Jourgenson’s new project, Surgical Meth Machine, Kvelertak and a certain Ms Pesch. Better still, she’s on the show twice, since she’s also involved in this week’s Record Of The Week. If you want to know what it is, you’ll just have to listen! If you decide to support the making of the show by becoming a Member, you get the full show at a higher bitrate and therefore better quality. For details about how to become a Member as well as the latest in Rock and Metal news and reviews, head over to http://www.wyrdwaysrs.com.

Unfortunately my voice hasn’t improved, in fact it’s got worse. Therefore, I’ve recruited a guest presenter for this week. Please be gentle with her. Her name is Echo, and she’s a highly sophisticated AI. I just wish she’d stop called me “Master”! Anyway, she’ll be presiding over new material from bands including Metal Church, American Head Charge and Killswitch Engage. Dr Jim also drops by for a Spotlight on a fantastic band by the name of Wolves Of Avalon. If you decide to support the making of the show by becoming a Member, you get the full show at a higher bitrate and therefore better quality. For details about how to become a Member as well as the latest in Rock and Metal news and reviews, head over to the temporary website, http://wyrdways.wordpress.com. If you are in a band and want your music on The Wyrd Ways Rock Show, email either myself or Suzi with the relevant details.

With the unveiling, in the last show, of The Wyrd Ways Rock Show’s Album of 2015, it’s time to start looking forward again (at least for the most part, anyway!). That means new music from Anthrax, Rob Zombie, Bull Riff Stampede and Amon Amarth as well as the unveiling of an interview with a band who played the New Blood Stage at last year’s Bloodstock Festival. So, all told, that’s a little over two hours of quality music. Who says I don’t look after you lucky people? If you decide to support the making of the show by becoming a Member, you get the show at a higher bitrate and therefore better quality. For details about how to become a Member as well as the latest in Rock and Metal news and reviews, head over to http://www.wyrdwaysrs.com.

Here we are, then. This is it. This is the big one (to coin a phrase). In this edition of The Wyrd Ways Rock Show, you will finally find out which band produced our favourite album of 2015. If you decide to support the making of the show by becoming a Member, you get the full show at a higher bitrate and therefore better quality. For details about how to become a Member as well as the latest in Rock and Metal news and reviews, head over to http://www.wyrdwaysrs.com. If you are in a band and want your music on The Wyrd Ways Rock Show, email either myself or Suzi with the relevant details.

We’re finally back to a place where my voice is capable of sustaining volume above a whisper without cracking. That means the third of four looks back at the musical highlights of 2015. This edition contains tracks from the best albums of 2015 according to new boy reviewer, Tom Mead and the host of Phoenix FM’s Metal Ashes show, James McPhillips. If all goes well, the next show will be released in time for the weekend. If you decide to support the making of the show by becoming a Member, you get the full show at a higher bitrate and therefore better quality. For details about how to become a Member as well as the latest in Rock and Metal news and reviews, head over to http://www.wyrdwaysrs.com. If you are in a band and want your music on The Wyrd Ways Rock Show, email either myself or Suzi with the relevant details.

Here we go with the second of our special programmes, celebrating the best Hard Rock and Metal albums of 2015, as chosen by those of us who put the show and the website together. In this edition, as well as a smattering of new material from the likes of Megadeth, The 69 Eyes and Killswitch Engage, you'll be hearing selected highlights from Dr Jim, himself, the wielder of The Hammer Of Retribution Oggcast and regular contributor.

We're nearly a month in to 2016, so let's get going with the round-ups of 2015 with the first of three shows showcasing the very best of the year. According to myself and my WWRS colleagues, anyway. This edition contains tracks from the best albums of 2015 according to published author, Mabh Savage and Senior Reviewer, Rick Ossian. If all goes well, the next show will be released in the next few days.

So then… the first show of 2016 is The Behemoth. Over 6 hours of quality music. Yes, you did read that correctly – OVER SIX HOURS. That’s one in the eye (or should that be “ear”?) for the moaning-minis who bang on and on about “Metal isn’t as good as it was in the 80’s/90’s”. Sit them down and force them to listen to this one. It’s subdivided into chapters over on Mixcloud, so you can show the recalcitrants the error of their ways by playing them stuff from their favourite genre. The next show, by the way, is the first of the Top Ten Albums of 2015, which will include Dr Jim’s contribution. By the time this show topped five hours, and was still going strong, I thought it wise to delay the Hammer Of Retribution for the next show.

The 28th of December 2015 saw the passing of a legend. To say that Lemmy embodied what Rock and Metal are all about is something of a cliché. But he did. He still does. His death doesn’t change that. If anything, it just strengthens the legend of The Last True Rock Star. Join us at The Wyrd Ways Rock Show in celebrating the life of a man who lived without compromise. A man who was born to lose, but lived to win. If you decide to support the making of the show by becoming a Member, you get the full show at a higher bitrate and therefore better quality as well as access to the Members Only pages of the Wyrd Ways Rock Show website (http://www.wyrdwaysrs.com).

It's CHRIIIIIIIIISTMAAAAAAASS!!

It's been something like a month since the last show. Sorry about that! In the last few weeks, more bands have been announced for Bloodstock 2016, including the Sunday night headliner. If you don't know who they are, give the show a listen and you soon will. Not only that, but there are also contributions from Clutch, Nightwish, Arch Enemy and many others. Talking of contributions, Dr Jim makes his long-awaited comeback and there's also an interview with the lads from Mordred, recorded at Bloodstock 2015.

It’s taken a bit longer than expected, but here’s this week’s edition of The Wyrd Ways Rock Show. Alongside new songs from Saxon, Anthrax, Scorpion Child, Gama Bomb and Tremonti, there’s an interview with Nige Rockett, recorded at Bloodstock. This week’s Record Of The Week is Queensryche’s new one. Obviously that’s not everything, so to find out about the rest, you’ll have to listen. If you decide to support the making of the show by becoming a Member, you get the full show at a higher bitrate and therefore better quality as well as access to the Members Only pages of the Wyrd Ways Rock Show website. For details about how to become a Member as well as the latest in Rock and Metal news and reviews, head over to http://www.wyrdwaysrs.com. If you are in a band and want your music on The Wyrd Ways Rock Show Presents: Shock Of The New compilation (which will be free to download), email either myself or Suzi with the relevant details.

Originally broadcast on Phoenix FM in Calderdale, James treats us to another wander through the annals of Rock and Metal.

What have we got for you this week, then? A quick look at Logan Mader’s new project, a taster from Devil You Know’s new album as well as new stuff from Killing Joke and Avatarium. There’s also an interview with Conan’s new boy, recorded at Bloodstock 2015, and also an interview recorded at SOS 2015 with members of a band that has been called “Britain’s answer to Metallica”, Die No More. Talking of Bloodstock, you’ll also find out which bands have been added to the bill for 2016. If you decide to support the making of the show by becoming a Member, you get the full show at a higher bitrate and therefore better quality as well as access to the Members Only pages of the Wyrd Ways Rock Show website. For details about how to become a Member as well as the latest in Rock and Metal news and reviews, head over to http://www.wyrdwaysrs.com. If you are in a band and want your music on The Wyrd Ways Rock Show Presents: Shock Of The New compilation (which will be free to download), email either myself or Suzi with the relevant details.

I’m just going show you a word: Slayer. Here’s a few more: Record Of The Week. What else? An interview with Seidemann from 1349 recorded at Bloodstock 2015, and also interviews recorded at SOS 2015 with members of The Raven Age and Skarlett Riot. Talking of Bloodstock, you’ll also find out which bands are headlining the Friday and Saturday nights at Bloodstock 2016. If you decide to support the making of the show by becoming a Member, you get the full show at a higher bitrate and therefore better quality as well as access to the Members Only pages of the Wyrd Ways Rock Show website. For details about how to become a Member as well as the latest in Rock and Metal news and reviews, head over to http://www.wyrdwaysrs.com.