The Metal Hammer Podcast

Merl, El and Steve celebrate 20 years of Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water, rate new songs from Architects, While She Sleeps and Employed To Serve, and much more.

Merl, El and Jonathan talk up the latest round of livestream announcements, review the mind-bending new album from Molassess, get into a heated debate about toast toppings and much more.

Merl, El and Steve pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen, plus review the Greg Puciato album and question whether CDs will ever make an almighty comeback.

Merl, Steve and Jonathan review new albums from Corey Taylor and Enslaved, discuss what the music industry will look like after COVID and a whole heap more. 

Merl, El and Steve (but mostly El and Steve) review the new Deftones album and explain why there's basically no such thing as bad Deftones. The crew also mourn the loss of London's mighty Crobar, review the recent Lamb Of God stream and much more. 

Merl, El and Jonathan review the new Marilyn Manson album, We Are Chaos, plus get excited for new Zeal & Ardor and Killer Be Killed and much more.

Merl, El and Jonathan review the new Marilyn Manson album, We Are Chaos, plus get excited for new Zeal & Ardor and Killer Be Killed and much more.

Merl and El tackle the controversy over the Reading and Leeds lineup (namely: where the women at?!), plus review the majestic new album from Oceans Of Slumber and much more.

Merl, El and Jonathan pay tribute to Power Trip frontman Riley Gale, plus review the new Ulver album and much more.

Merl and El reveal the new issue of Metal Hammer, review the debut album from Kill The Lights and make their dream latter-day Metallica and Maiden setlists (well, Merl does...)

Merl and El take 20 allocated seconds to talk about how hot it is before moving on to review some European Metal Festival Alliance sets, rate new music from Shavo from System Of A Down and Mercury Circle, plus design their dream festivals.

Merl and Steve dig through In Flames' amazing back catalogue and induct one album into the hall of fame, plus talk through the Biffy at Download controversy, review the new Gojira track and much more.

Merl, El and Jonathan discuss all the hullabaloo around Taylor Swift's none-more-metal album art, plus review the incredible new Imperial Triumphant album, and even get their Latin on. Kinda.

Merl, El and Jonathan fantasy book their own TV channel, plus preview our massive new issue and review the incredible new album from mysterious Portuguese extreme metallers, Gaerea.

Merl and El talk muppets (er, a surprising amount actually), review the amazing Trivium livestream and pick out some killer new hardcore bands you need in your ears right now.