Wyrd Ways Rock Show

Hello friends! The not-writing-a-script experiment continues. How's it working for you? I'm finding that just writing some notes is an interesting way of doing things, and I probably sound a little less like I'm just reading it out. Obviously. Anyway, sorry this one's a bit late, but had some bad head days recently (which has meant re-upping the medication) and I've also been playing a little too much Destiny 2, which is really enjoyable in campaign mode, despite what certain people on the internet will try to tell you. Obviously you'll want to know what's in this week's show. So here's the brief: since Andy Sneap is joining Judas Priest's touring line-up to sub in for Glenn Tipton, I thought I'd give you a taste of Mr Sneap's past recording exploits. So if you like Sabbat and Hell, you're in luck. There's some prime slices of quality stuff from those two bands. As for Covered, I've found a truly awesome version of one of my favourite songs, featuring a band too many of you will never have heard of. That's something that definitely needs to change. So it will. You'll also find three bands you've almost certainly never heard before in Shock Of The New and this week's Record Of The Week... well, if you go and look for the playlist, you're only cheating yourself. Be impure! Be vigilant! Misbehave!

Powerzone #201

Powerzone Show #200

Powerzone taster show

Powerzone show #199

It's time for another Wyrd Ways Rock Show... and may the Gods of Metal have mercy on your blackened soul, my friends! Anyway, carrying on the experiment from last week (yes, that was only a week ago - I am starting to get these things out more like when they should be again), I recorded the show pretty much "as live", with no script, just a few notes down the side of the playlist, so any rambling is... well... just the way my mind works. In case you're wondering, the band on the image are Legend Of The Seagullmen, and they managed to claim the accolade of Record Of The Week. Give the show a proper listen and you'll find out how and why. What are you waiting for?

Powerzone #198

It's time for another Wyrd Ways Rock Show, you lucky people! This week's show is something of an experiment - I didn't write a script and the only editing I did was to cut the length of some of the pauses in my speech patterns. Other than that, this is pretty much "as live". Sorry to say you'll hear my personal stream of consciousness as I recorded the show. Musically, it's a real mix. There's Classic Metal, Nu-Nu Metal, Melodic Death Metal and Power Metal, plus a few others. Pretty much something for everyone. So long as you like a bit of Metal in your musical diet. So what are you waiting for? You know the drill. Download and turn it up!

Interview with Blaze Bayley, conducted at the SOS Festival in 2017. If you want to find out about what's coming next with Infinite Entanglement, here's the place to find out.

Me having a chat with the two members of Bad Pollyanna who played on the acoustic stage at SOS 2017.

Powerzone #197

It's time for another Wyrd Ways Rock Show, you lucky people! This week, that means new stuff from Saxon, Frozen Crown, Blaze Bayley and Ektomorf amongst a whole load of others. You're also getting a little something from a side project merging Mastodon and Tool as well as three bands you've probably never heard of in Shock Of The New and an old Hawkwind track getting a going over. So turn the volume all the way up, crack open a beverage of your choice and enjoy just over 2 hours of the finest Metal this side of anywhere.

Powerzone show #196

Here we go with the first proper show for 2018. As usual, as you've come to expect since I started this whole thing back in 2008 (yes, it has been nearly 10 years!), you'll be treated to a grab-bag of the best up-and-coming Hard Rock and Metal alongside the best of what's out there already. Since it looks like the usual Christmas/New Year release drought has come to an end, what have we got for you? New stuff from Judas Priest, Korn's Jonathon Davis, Black Moth and the mighty Monster Magnet. Also, since the last surviving member of the Motorhead line-up that recorded the likes of Ace Of Spades, Bomber, Overkill, Iron Fist, No Sleep Til Hammersmith and others, has passed away at 67, we'll be paying tribute to the legend who was Fast Eddie Clarke. Turn it up and praise the loud!

Powerzone #195 (FULL VERSION)