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 32 - Spiritbox/Spiritbox + Singles [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:44
This week, we're celebrating International Women's Day and, in doing so, highlighting a band that we think are going to be HUGE in 2021! Fronted by the unbelievable Courtney LaPlante, this is a band you need to be listen…
Episode 31 - Incubus/Morning View [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:00
It's a Birthday treat for Rich, as he calls the shots on this week's album! We dive into Incubus' 2001 release and enjoy a relaxed, meandering conversation akin to the flowing water that characterises this album. One que…
Episode 30 - Queens Of The Stone Age/Songs For The Deaf [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:11
We made it to episode 30! This week, we have another special guest in the form of our friend Sam Gridley, who joined us to talk about his favourite album. But did it win us over, or was he left weeping uncontrollably as…
Episode 29 - Stone Sour/Come What(ever) May [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:42
It's episode 29! This week, the random number generator decided it really wanted us to listen to some more Corey Taylor... so we did! Key talking points - The woes of an 8-man band practice, we finally solve the mystery…
Episode 28 - Slipknot/Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:46
It's episode 28! This week, we discuss an album that we absolutely love (there's no point pretending otherwise). So sit back and enjoy an hour of endless praise and infinite guitar noises. Widdle diddle chug chug chug et…
Episode 27 - Alien Ant Farm/ANThology [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:52
This week, we finally talk about an album that Kyle already knew but Rich didn't! WHAT A TWIST! But is it a good twist, like The Sixth Sense? Or a bad twist, like The Happening? God, wasn't that film rubbish. Key talking…
Episode 26 - Bring Me The Horizon/Sempiternal [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:13
It's episode 26! This week, we're discussing yet another album that Rich knew very well but that Kyle had never heard. Makes you wonder how he ended up hosting this podcast in the first place? What a shambles. Key talkin…
Episode 25 - Van Halen/Val Halen [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:56
This week, the random number generator has allowed us a timely tribute to one of the greatest, and most inventive, guitarists ever - Eddie Van Halen, and his band's seminal debut album. Key talking points - Songs that si…
Episode 24 - Type O Negative/October Rust [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:28
It's our first episode of the year! This week, we abandoned the random number generator in favour of Rich picking an album he was desperate to hear after our Christmas special. But did it work out for the best, or was it…
Episode 23 - Hatebreed/The Rise Of Brutality [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:39
It's the last episode of the year and we're going out with a...... very angry growl? This week, we talk about an album that was a staple of Rich's 2004 playlists but that Kyle had never heard of. Will it be a triumphant…