Ah the 80s! Home of some the best metal ever scratched onto vinyl. Chris still lives there. But amongst the Thrash and the Power Ballads and the Rock Operas what WAS the Most 80s Metal that ever 80s'd? We take a look at the songs that truly define the decade - and our memories - from these retro years. Will there be Thrash? Of course! Will there be massive vocals? You bet. Will there be nostalgia? More than you could fit in a Lamborghini in a shoulder-pad jacket at sunset filled with girls whose hair is larger than some planetary objects. Bring on the 80s!

As a metalhead this may be the most important podcast you've ever listened to! Ever been at a dinner party where Cattle Decapitation has not gone down well? Ever brought a date home to woo them with the charms of Exodus and you're suddenly alone again ? Well we are here to fix that! With our (mostly) willing test subject - Dawn - we will try to win her over with the best metal tracks to convert a non-metal head into a true believer. You'll go from the black sheep of the social group to the golden goat in no time after this! You can thank us later

We here at Worship Metal love a good cover! A metal band playing the most wildly different song imaginable is like ambrosia to our ears. Because, let's face it - everyone loves a sing-a-long - especially us!! So here are our choices for the best metal covers ever recorded by some of the greatest metal bands. Annnnnddddddd... Well there is a VERY special treat at the end. Stay tuned and sing-a-long-a-worship-metal!

Here at Worship Metal Towers we like to indulge in metal-adjacent genres every now and again. And we all have a soft spot for the 90's phenomenon that was (and still is) Grunge. Flannel and Yarling took Thrash out the back like Old Yeller and buried it beneath a mountain of sludgey guitar anthems, yet only lasted a few years itself. But the reverberations of those early 1990s are still wobbling along today. Have a listen as Chris, Blake and Si navigate the twisting history of such a formative feature in the musical landscape. Not only will people who were there at the time remember how good it was, the Grunge-Curious will find something to spur them on to their own journey. Enjoy!

Pits! Breakdowns! Backwards baseball caps! White vests! Bandanas! Riffs! These are just a few of our favourite things here at Worship Metal Towers which is appropriate as we dive into the most middle-class white boy of metal sub-genres - HARDCORE! Come join Chris, Blake and Si as they offer up some of the choicest Hardcore slabs for your entertainment so we can decide once and for all what is the Hardcore-iest Hardcore that ever HARDCORE!'ed...

It's 2024! You know what that means? Yes! It's time to look back at the last 6 months of the previous calendar year and pick only the choicest, juiciest metal tracks that delighted our ears and tickled our moist musical parts. Chris, Blake and Si drop these fresh slabs of last years piquant pickings for your entertainment. Turns out... 2023 was a good year after all! Enjoy!

We are back! Yes, finally the boys from The Worship Metal Podcast are back in your ears and in your hearts with another outing of glorious metal. This Season opener is a classic - using the forum of discussion, alcohol, argument and SCIENCE we bring to you what you truly need to listen to to claim you are a TRUE THRASH HEAD! Not heard of any of these tracks? Never mind - listen now and let us show you the path to True Thrash Headism. Think of the bragging down the pub you can do after this!

We are back! And this time the greatest minds at Worship Metal debate the best music released thus far in 2023. And we use the medium of SCIENCE to decide the winner! And by that we mean scoring them out of 10 and counting it all up. Brilliant. There are some absolute bangers in this episode and if you were thinking "But wait! How will I know what is the best modern metal to listen to???" then let us satisfy you, dear listener, with the absolute top ( and bottom ) of the bunch. Enjoy!

The boys venture into the bleakest, foggiest, CVLT-y forests to argue about the Blackest Black Metal that ever Black Metal'd. There are some shockers on here, some absolute gems and some important insights into Easyjet's inflight meal options. All the stuff you need to know. Don't like Black Metal? Well, we are here to prove you probably should be. Kinda. With more screams and blast beats than you can shake a recently sacrificed goat bone at, enjoy the music with us. Corpse paint optional, but preferred.

NOT TO BE MISSED! Yeah! We have a special guest today: Drum Legend Mark Brabbs from 80s NWOBHM band Tank! He comes and has a gin (or nine) with the WM Podcast boys as we discuss the late 70s and early 80s British Metal scene that ruled the world. Quite frankly this could have been "Story Time with Tank" as one of the most entertaining characters in music lays out what happened in that defining era for British Metal.

30 years ago the Thrash Age collapsed. Literally overnight some flannel-wearing Seattle chancers dropped a new genre into the public arena and killed it with one swift 12" beheading. Most people traded their battle jackets for lumber jack shirts and their denims for oversized cargo pants. But from the ashes a new breed of metal emerged.... And a bit weird it was. And magnificent! Chris, Si and Blake turn their talking orifices to metal's most divergent time period with some absolute bangers to bring you back to the 90s. This is a good one!

Grab your Devil's Lettuce and your Bohemian Love Sticks and join Chris, Si and Blake as we take on metals chill-est sub-genre, Stoner. We are ankle deep in sludge, up to our knees in drop-tuned grime and quite frankly chest-height in desert infested mushroom munchies. We go deep into this Sativa-infused pool of the filthiest ( and the most beautiful ) that this genre has to offer. So hold your breath on the inhale and enjoy this stoner podcast. Yeah man... Amazing....

Well now... We finally get to Si's best day ever. Prog. The genre with more flamboyant extravagance than an 18th Century French orgy and more technical wizardry than NASA used putting Apollo 11 on the moon. But what is The Progiest prog? Chris, Si and Blake sit down with much music and many alcohols and go through the many riffages and widdley-widdley instrumental parts that define this craziest of sub-genres. There are some absolute gems in this one. If you think Prog is not for you then think again. Let us take you on your prog journey and the finest it has to offer...

We're back! Season 2 is finally here! And mightily magnificent it is too. We begin with the question that has been on the minds of literally many metal heads for the last 30 years. In the darkest reaches of internet forums and the darkest reaches of your local pub, the debate has raged over what would be the REAL BIG FOUR. Which 4 Thrash bands REALLY deserved to be called "The Titans". Some of the best minds in the metal-verse have consumed their entire lives in this question. Thankfully, Chris, Si and Blake will sort this out in about 70 minutes. That's what we do. Enjoy! Wohoo! Season 2!

It's the festive season! That can mean only one thing : The Year In Review Shows! And your favourite Metal Podcast is no different. In this special episode, Chris, Si and Blake discuss the 15 tracks that blew them away in 2022 and - with the use of a handy Game Show Format - give you the rundown of the best 2022 had to offer. With arguments... And a wheel... Chris Loves the wheel....

Relax.... Sit back... Have yourself a nice Mojito... Because this week the boys are discussing the Perfect Metal Album. Mmmmm.... You know, that one you simply cannot do without. The one that you wouldn't ever dream of skipping a track from. The one that makes all your bits fizz. The one you'd be happily ship-wrecked with on a desert island and say to the rescue services "Chill man... Take you time.. I'm all good..." And as Chris, Si and Blake never agree on anything this could take a while. Spoiler alert : It did.

Somewhere between Hair and Speed Metal came the fastest, most melodic sub-genre that took over the world. Grab your singers testiculars, prepare for wrist-breaking speed and throw the horns of battle as Chris, Si and Blake discuss the Poweriest Power Metal in this excellent episode where it's very clear only one of them knows anything about it. Find out how many Wizard's Sleeves we award your favourite bands and touch on the crushing issues of the day - Do dinosaurs have lasers? What are the lyrics actually about ? And how disgusted is Blake with Si's choices ? Enjoy!

Love it or hate it, Nu-Metal defined a generation. Offensively baggy cargo pants, well-ironed short-sleeve shirts over white vests, spiky haircuts and goatees. What a visual treat! But the music had the bounce and talons of social disorder we all needed in the mid-90s and 2000's. Nightclubs were full of people dancing and jumping around to completely new sounds that brought millions into the metal fold. Chris should know. He was one of them. Listen in as Chris, Si and Blake search for the ultimate drop-tuned bounce-fest and white-boy rap their way through the mid-tempo chugs to deliver unto you what is definitively the Nu-est Nu-Metal That Ever Nu'd.

Death Metal - The more intense younger brother to the cool-kid Thrash Scene of the early 90s that transformed into the all-powerful global monster that is 21st Century Death Metal. But what was its finest hour? What flesh did the worms prefer to feast upon in the rotting casket? What scooped-mids riffage would Cthulhu himself get jiggy with? Chris, Si and Blake light the torches of truth and delve into the unfathomable depths of this gore-riddled sub-genre. For two of them at least it's their chosen specialist subject. Cue the Guinness, the Jack Daniels and whatever it is Blake drinks and let's find out in this bloody installment of The Worship Metal Podcast : To find the Deathiest Death That Ever Death'ed

Chris, Si and Blake tackle the next metal milestone in our collective ascendance to metal nirvana. We all wore the Hi-Tecs, the cut-off denims and the lumber-jack shirts. We all grew our hair long (except Chris) and made sure the rips in our jeans were perfect. We all stood in a circle and raised the horns on the dancefloor or ran around swinging our elbows like demons. We all listened to Thrash. But what IS The Thrashiest Thrash That Ever Thrashed ? We shall see....