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[Podcast] Ep. 76: [Interview] with NED SMELLY of Party-Grinders GOPHER (AU).
[Podcast] Ep. 76: Interview with NED SMELLY, of Party-Grinders GOPHER (AU). Intrigued by the idea of Blood Duster and Fuck… I’m Dead meets disco and Electric Callboy? Stub out your durries, swig a VB and head down to an undisclosed beach location where we discuss a raucous slam-electro-grind album Tunnel Buddies, out now!
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[Music Monday, 9th March 2026]: HEALTH (US), BATTLE BEAST (FIN) & THE HALO EFFECT (SWE).
Hello and welcome back to another Heavy News drop for Mon 9th March, 2026! Hop in and we’ll go hear the latest from US industrial-alt-pop act HEALTH, Finnish grandiosity-merchants Battle Beast and Swedish all-star prog/melodeath act The Halo Effect.
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[Album Review]: HEALTH - ‘Conflict DLC’ LP.
[Album Review]: LA-based industrial metal/alt-pop trio HEALTH delivered a real shocker for me in December 2025 - in a good way, with 6th release CONFLICT DLC landing in my Top 25 Albums of the Year. Find out why in the full review, which also includes links to the artist and additional media. Get your metalhead boogey on.