The GREAT Heavy Music Podcast

Year end list time ladies and gents and 2023 did NOT disappoint!

Alex's list is:

Albums of the Year - 1 - Kalmah - Kalmah 2 - Fires in the Distance - Air not Meant for Us 3 - Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle 4 - Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) 5 - Isole - Aneisidora Top five Songs of the Year that are NOT on the best albums of the year - 1 - Crowne - Super Trooper off of Operation Phoenix 2 - BlackBraid - Moss Covered Bones on the Altar of the moon off of Blackbraid II 3 - Angus McSix - Master of the Universe off of Angus McSix and the Sword of Power 4 - UADA - Crepuscule Natura from the album by the same name 5 - Marduk - Shovel Beats Sceptre off the Memento Mori album

Honorable Mention: Vesuvian - Emergence

Phil's list is actually pretty good this year, surprisingly, and it is:

Albums of the Year - 1 - Kalmah - Kalmah 2 - Fires in the Distance - Air Not Meant for Us 3 - Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) 4 - Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite 5 - Krigsgrav - Fires in the Fall Top five Songs of the Year that are NOT on the best albums of the year - 1 - Sermon - Wake the Silent off the album Of Golden Verse 2 - Sulphur Aeon - Hammer From the Howling Void off of Seven Crowns and Seven Seals 3 - Tomb Mold - Will of Whispers off of The Enduring Spirit 4 - Earthside - But What if We're Wrong off of Let the Truth Speak 5 - Theocracy - Liar, Fool, or Messiah off of Mosaic

Australian Prog Death Metallers Be'lakor, represented by Steve Merry (piano/keys), join the boys to chat about the band's remarkable 20-year career and give us a glimpse of what's to come in the future.

From where we sit this band can do NO WRONG!!!!! If you like GREAT heavy music, then you will love Be'lakor!

Visit belakorband.com - sign up for their newsletter - and a BIG TIME thank you to Steve for stopping by!

Hear it direct from King Buffalo's lead singer, composer, and guitarist - Sean McVay - all about the band's THREE albums releasing in 2021 --- hopefully!!!

Take a listen to the GREAT heavy music podcasters Alex and Phil speak with the SUPER group Soen about their experience on 70000 tons of metal.

It's time for some double-A action with Alexisonfire and Avatarium. Alex and Phil dissect the album Crisis from the Canadians Alexisonfire and eponymous offering from the Swedes, Avatarium.