Chew The Metal: A Beginner's Guide To Heavy Music

Chew The Metal: A Beginner's Guide To Heavy Music

Author: Chew The Metal Language: English Episodes: 100
Ever feel like you want to explore the powerful world of heavy music but don't know where to start? Chew The Metal: A Beginner's Guide To Heavy Music is your friendly guide through the thunder. Each week, hosts Rich and Kyle pick a foundational or fascinating album from the rock and metal spectrum and break it down, not as critics, but as curious fans building the ultimate playlist. Their conversations are less like lectures and more like the chat you’d have with friends after a concert, full of genuine reactions, historical tidbits, and the occasional debate over a killer riff or a questionable lyric. The whole point of this podcast is to demystify the genre, one deep dive at a time, making those iconic and obscure records accessible to everyone. You’ll hear the music that shaped movements, understand why certain albums matter, and maybe even find your new favorite band. It’s a weekly journey where the hosts are learning right alongside you, making the vast landscape of heavy music feel a little smaller and a lot more welcoming. Join Rich and Kyle as they listen, laugh, and genuinely chew on everything metal has to offer.
Episodes
Episode 62 - Sepultura/Roorback [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:20
Week 3 of Black History Month sees us heading back to the early 00's, to yet another band we'd not listened to before! Key talking points - More Bo Burnham chat than is strictly necessary on a metal podcast, an unfinishe…
Episode 61 - Loathe/I Let It In And It Took Everything [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:40
Our Black History Month episodes continue as, this week, we look at a band who are making big waves in the UK Metal Scene. Key talking points - Rich gives the audience homework, Chino Moreno makes someones day, a mosh pi…
Episode 60 - Rage Against The Machine/Rage Against The Machine [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:07
Kicking off our Black History Month episodes, we talk about one of the most unique, talented and necessary bands who ever existed and their ever present, ever relevant self-titled debut. Key talking points - Another geni…
Episode 59 - Spiritbox/Eternal Blue [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:01
The wait is over. This year's most anticipated debut is finally here. But will we like it after all this hype and waiting around? Key talking points - Convincing your parents you're in the biggest new band, a confusing m…
Episode 58 - Avenged Sevenfold/Avenged Sevenfold [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:39
It's another returning band! This week, we dive into Avenged Sevenfold's self titled release, which was unfortunately their last album with Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan. Prepare for lots of drum talk, guitar noises and Tim B…
Episode 57 - Soundgarden/Superunknown [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:56
This week, we're talking in person, in real life, like real humans, about one of the biggest rock albums of the 90s. So, excuse the large amount of background noise and mic wobbles (that would be Kyle flailing around and…
Episode 56 - Black Sabbath/Black Sabbath [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:37
So, for anyone who's counting, that's 3 debut albums in the first 4 episodes! This week marks our first returning band of the season, as we listen Black Sabbath's self-titled album and discuss the birth of heavy metal. K…
Episode 55 - Creed/My Own Prison [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:10
This week, we look at possibly the world's most hated band and try to figure out why... Key talking points - The oldest Hamlet on record, 2 songs that definitely aren't Metallica covers, an unsupportive mother, a guitar…
Episode 54 - Ministry/Rio Grande Blood [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:34
Season 2 continues with a band that neither of us knew anything about (besides a few tracks in The Hurt Locker). Get ready to hear the name George W. Bush about 100 times! Key talking points - One hell of a genre change,…
Episode 53 - Linkin Park/Hybrid Theory [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:05
We're back for a second year! Did you miss us? We're kicking off Season 2 with another visit to our formative years and one of the first albums we both owned. Key talking points - An octogenarian Gojira fan, some missing…