Episode 323: The Leviathan: Jim (Guitars) & Chris (Vocals) of the extreme/doom infused groove metal band chat about the bands formation in Manchester, releasing an album in 2013 and going on hiatus till 2024.
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12/05/24 • 58 min
It was a pleasure to welcome Jim Knights (Guitars) & Chris Taylor (Vocals) of Manchester based The Leviathan onto the show for the first time. The Leviathan, who play extreme based metal with a healthy dose of doom infused groove, released the well received 'In Darkness It Crawls' on August 22, 2013 and then went on a hiatus for a couple of years. Members moved on to different projects and some dropped entirely out the scene. Jim however kept the fire lit throughout and finally the band returned with three killer singles in three months this year. More so a project that a functioning band at the moment, Jim got Chris of Cairns to do vocals and Darren of Haint to do bass/vocals on the new releases. We run through the story of The Leviathan from the very beginning, where Chris and Jim met in university, right up to recording together this year. The lads have plenty of great insights and stories from their various bands and there's even a Christmas cover song to discover. Hope you enjoy the episode and 'SUBSCRIBE' to the channel.
The Leviathan link:
https://theleviathanuk.bandcamp.com/music
Tracks played:
The Grove Of The Woad Witch © The Leviathan, all rights reserved.
The Wolf Amongst The Horsemen © The Leviathan, all rights reserved.
It was a pleasure to welcome Jim Knights (Guitars) & Chris Taylor (Vocals) of Manchester based The Leviathan onto the show for the first time. The Leviathan, who play extreme based metal with a healthy dose of doom infused groove, released the well received 'In Darkness It Crawls' on August 22, 2013 and then went on a hiatus for a couple of years. Members moved on to different projects and some dropped entirely out the scene. Jim however kept the fire lit throughout and finally the band returned with three killer singles in three months this year. More so a project that a functioning band at the moment, Jim got Chris of Cairns to do vocals and Darren of Haint to do bass/vocals on the new releases. We run through the story of The Leviathan from the very beginning, where Chris and Jim met in university, right up to recording together this year. The lads have plenty of great insights and stories from their various bands and there's even a Christmas cover song to discover. Hope you enjoy the episode and 'SUBSCRIBE' to the channel.
The Leviathan link:
https://theleviathanuk.bandcamp.com/music
Tracks played:
The Grove Of The Woad Witch © The Leviathan, all rights reserved.
The Wolf Amongst The Horsemen © The Leviathan, all rights reserved.
Previous Episode
Episode 322: Death Can Wait: Letty talks to Thea (Vocals), Patryk (Drums) & David (Guitars) about their latest excellent EP release 'Symptom of Suffering'.
Letty welcomed David (Guitars) Patryk (Drums/percussion) & Thea (Vocals) of Death Can Wait. No strangers to the podcast, it was great to have them back on to talk about their killer ep called 'Symptom of Suffering' which was released in October 2024. Fans of both the podcast and Death Can Wait will remember they released the well received 'Slowly Sinking' ep in February. Since then they have gone from strength to strength with some memorable gigs around Ireland culminating in their Siege debut and ex-singer Brian rejoining the band. Letty covers all of that and many more insightful topics with the lads as they get ready for an even busier 2025 for Death Can Wait, the band from the sunny South East of Ireland.
https://deathcanwait.bandcamp.com/music
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Incinerator © Death Can Wait, all rights reserved.
Next Episode
Episode 324: Idle Discourse: Craig (Vocals) & Donal (Drums) talk to me about their latest release 'Volume 2' and many more topics in relation to the band.
I was delighted to be joined by Craig (Sea High) Hosey (Vocals) and Donal Bowens (Drums) of Idle Discourse to the podcast. The band are tearing up the Metal rule book by incorporating a huge amount of diverse influences and styles to create their own strange brew to intoxicate the punters. Their videos show a band that are creatively connected with their audience and with the release of their excellent 'Volume 2', I couldn't wait to catch up with Idle Discourse to chat about a huge year stamping their mark on the Irish music scene. Craig and Donal fill me in on the formation of the band, how they approach songwriting and of course we have plenty of banter along the way. Hope you enjoy this last episode of 2024 as much as I did. Idle Discourse play Dublin's, Workmans Club on December 19th to wrap up the year!
Idle Discourse link:
https://www.idlediscourse.band
Songs played:
Caveat © Idle Discourse, all rights reserved.
Demonstrate © Idle Discourse, all rights reserved.
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