May Contain Metal
By May Contain Metal
Comedy metal podcast (maybe) bringing you slightly daft reviews of all the best new releases from bands you love and bands you’ve never heard of plus lots of other funny, metal related stuff. Put up your feet and put on the kettle, it’s May Contain Metal.
May Contain MetalMay 10, 2024
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41:28
S5E5: Mechanics and Hairdryers
May contain eyes
May 10, 202441:28
S5E4: Like Eating a Small Fake Shop
Protosequence, Frail Body, Horndal, Ingested, Ever Forthright, Contention, Love Sex Machine, Candy. Plus the incomprehensible witterings of a couple of silly old madmen.
Apr 12, 202451:33
S5E3: Under the Running order
Job for a Cowboy, Kollapse, Cell Press, Weston Super Maim, The Sawtooth Grin, Earthtone9, Exist and God Mother. PLUS we get a voice note from Cancer Christ and we discuss the kind of jobs that might be suitable for a half-cow half-boy hybrid. Thanks.
Mar 25, 202401:02:45
S5E2: Gotta Wash That Lid
Refore, Bokassa, Ihsahn, FHORCE, Protosequence, Imminence, Vulture, Kittie and LOADS MORE. Tell a friend.
Feb 23, 202437:56
S5E1: ATRACTABAT
Drown in Sulphur, Yersin, Cancer Christ, Cariosus, Worse than Death, Wasp Mother, Divided, Kollapse PLUS LOADS MORE STUFF!
Jan 26, 202450:48
S4E14: Album of the Year 2023
Join us on a metal journey (sort of) through last year as we take you through our top 10 albums of last year! We also tell you what wasn’t very good which is fun too.
Jan 15, 202458:55
S4E13: Let it Sleigh
Merry Metalmas! Matt plays an incredibly well executed metal Christmas mash up game. We talk new releases from Full of Hell & Nothing, Panopticon, Lies!, Oro, Comeback Kid, Capsule, Thoughtcrimes and Utopia.
Dec 22, 202346:43
S4E12: Metal Adjacent
End, Ex Everything, Laang, Horsewhip, Texas in July, Enterprise Earth, Better Lovers, Drown in Sulphur. Also some great chat about Taiwanese duos and St.Ives.
Nov 30, 202335:50
S4E11: Divorce Papers
Crosses, Vertebra Atlantis, Dreamwell, VCTMS, Many Eyes, Abattoir, Static Dress, Splitknuckle aaaaaaand lots of GREAT CHAT!
Oct 27, 202340:44
S4E10: The MEGASODE!
It’s been a while! We catch up on gigs we’ve been to. Race through 6 albums we loved that came out in August/early September but didn’t make it into a show because there wasn’t one. Then we take you through some notable newer releases as per usual. All in that same jaunty but incredibly slick May Contain Metal style that you know and love so dearly. TELL A FRIEND.
Oct 13, 202301:00:53
S4E9: The Road to ArcTanGent 2023
We’re going to ArcTanGent! 6 bands we didn’t know but now are bang up for. 6 we already knew and are also bang up for aaaaand we discuss some VERY SERIOUS FESTIVAL CLASHES that we need to work through. See you there?
Aug 11, 202341:39
S4E8: Episode Nan
Will Haven, Radiant Knife, Nuclear Dudes, Johnny Booth, Better Lovers, Capra, Hazing Over and Dreamwell all get the May Contain Metal treatment plus lots of stupid chat as is customary. Tell a friend!
Jul 28, 202344:37
S4E7: Approach Cautiously
Lots of references to the number 69, and also Soulkeeper, Grant the Sun, Queens of the Stone Age, TAKACS, Knocked Loose, The Motion Mosaic, Mutoid Man & Baroness. PLUS Matt’s been to Download AND Glastonbury since the last episode…did he survive? Yes he did. We also got a bunch of messages! Go us!
Jun 30, 202359:34
S4E6 : Scrooge McDrunk
Olkoth, Pupil Slicer, Blindfolded and Led to the Woods, Tortured Daemon, Koningsor, Empire State Bastard, Evile and Sylosis. We attempt to steal someone’s identity live on air (sort of) and find out who Matt’s going to see at Download! Tell a friend!
Jun 09, 202357:49
S4E5 : Goth Cereal
Here we bloody go! This time we talk festivals then it’s Nightmarer, The Ocean, Herod, Unearth, In Mourning, Will Haven, Pallid Veil and URNE that get the May Contain Metal treatment. We also get a message (lucky us). It’s time to put up your feet and put on the kettle, it’s May Contain Metal.
May 26, 202343:02
S4E4: Come See Doodleskull
Lurk, Lo!, Jesus Piece, Metallica, Vertex, Better Lovers, Koningsor, Cattle Decapitation AND MORE. OK not more really but also some lame chat and great times. LISTEN! It’s time to put up your feet and put on the kettle, it’s May Contain Metal.
May 06, 202349:02
S4E3: Fixin’ for a Vixen
This week you get our expert (lol) opinion on new music from Steel Panther, Judiciary, Dissentient, Suicide Silence, Fit For An Autopsy, DRAIN, Over Kill and Common Wounds. Then one gets the Album of the Week title aaand that’s actually about it aside from all the nonsense chat in between! It’s time to put up your feet and put on the kettle, it’s May Contain Metal.
Mar 18, 202346:10
S4E2: Take a Picture of your Gran (xenarthran mammal)
This week we talk about new releases from EYES, Mithridatum, In Flames, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Lo!, Megadeth, The Acacia Strain, Periphery. We crown one album of the week aaaaand that’s sort of it actually. It’s funny though too, so, you know…listen to it, yeah? It’s time to put up your feet and put on the kettle, it’s May Contain Metal.
Feb 22, 202342:32
S4E1: Print Something off, Put it on your Fridge
New year new us, but largely similar content. This week we discuss new releases from Tidal Waves, Polar, Turbid North, Kollaps\e, Tan and Handsome, Chelsea Grin, Periphery and The Ocean. We crown one Album of the Week aaaand that’s it! We might have binned off Band Name Generator…oops! It’s time to put up your feet and put on the kettle, it’s May Contain Metal.
Jan 23, 202333:19
S3E14: Album of the Year 2022
Which band will win the highest accolade in metal?! The May Contain Metal Album of the Year! GOD IT’S SO EXCITING!
Jan 13, 202341:43
S3E13: Axe Cult War
We get a message from a record label. We talk about Christmas a tiny bit. We discuss new music from Elder, Blame Kandinsky, Colonial Wound, 16, Doomsday, Metallica, Atrocity and Silent Civilain. We crown one Album of the Week. Then we gloat about our Spotify Wrapped podcast stats and theeen a small Christmas treat (sort of). MERRY CHRISTMAS YA FILTH…you get the idea.
Dec 23, 202256:19
S3E12: Screaming Leather Goat
We discuss new music from Dead Cross, Dr.Acula, City of Industry, Skin Failure, Crosses, Forked Tongue, Tallah and Teeth. Then we crown one Album of the Week. Plus all the usual nonsense.
Nov 18, 202239:50
S3E11: Dinosaur Grenade Missile
Someone asks us to interview an old pop star. We discuss new music from Birds in Row, Lamb of God, Armed for Apocalypse, Stake, Skin Failure, Gojira, Forager and Filter. We crown one album of the week then band name generator then bed!
Oct 21, 202240:36
S3E10: May Contain Metal On Metal A.K.A. The Anvil Special
May contain Anvil?
Sep 30, 202237:56
S3E9: Ribbed Arrows
We get a message about killer beer. We discuss new releases from Fallujah, Thoughtcrimes, Revocation, Machine Head, Mantic Ritual, Fawn Limbs, VÅDE and Botch. We crown one ‘Album of the Week’. We list of some hilarious (debatable) food based band name puns. Then Band Name Generator…then bed. Tell a friend!
Sep 23, 202249:57
S3E8: The Road to ArcTanGent A.K.A. The ArcTanGent special
We are going to ArcTanGent festival! We give you no less than 12 key bands that we’re looking forward to seeing there. We also make food based puns out of some of the line up (it’s really very high brow). Then we do the standard new releases stuff with Psycroptic, Ithaca, Ether Coven, Nicolas Cagefighter, Pillar of Wasps, Ingested, Ghost Wreck and Drowning Pool. Tell a friend! @arctangent
Aug 12, 202251:18
S3E7: Dinosaur Priest Creature VS Mercury Leviathan
This week we talk new releases from Process of Guilt, Conjurer, Antilles, Municipal Waste, Megadeth, END, Revocation and Cult Leader. We subjectively discuss various bands’ best and worst albums aaaaand band name generator. Then bed time. Tell a friend!
Jul 15, 202256:04
S3E6: Bleeding Cyclops and the Nuclear Dungeons
New quick fire releases this week because so much great stuff has come out since we last recorded. Then on to the usuals with a closer look at Belushi Speed Ball, Mothman, Sons of Node, Magnatar, Thoughtcrimes, Emberthrone, Stake and Clutch. We talk metal feuds in HOMEWORK then BAND NAME GENERATOR then bed time as per. Tell a friend!
Jun 24, 202258:26
S3E5: The Cult of the Golden Missile Punching Basilisk
This week…Pyrithe, Cage Fight, Demiricous, Faüst, Aenimus, Ursus, Anvil and Sacred Skin get some ‘reviews’. We produce some incredible (not in a good way) product jingles in HOMEWORK aaaaand everyone’s least favourite thing; BAND NAME GENERATOR
May 20, 202254:23
S3E4: Concrete Saw
This week we get a lovely compliment. We discuss NEW RELEASES from Dream Widow, Rejuvenation, Cancer Bats, Incite, God Mother, GWAR, Clutch and Darkane. We play Metal Jeopardy in HOMEWORK and finish on BAND NAME GENERATOR as per the last 51 episodes.
Apr 29, 202249:38
S3E3: Whale Leviathan Knight
Gloson, Without Waves, Hath, Bastardane, Vade, Hexis, Conjurer and Crisix - they're all in there! Plus we talk about the best metal deaths (why? not sure). And of course Band Name Generator rears it's ugly head yet again. Oh also we went LIVE on Instagram LIVE (LIVE).
Mar 25, 202239:38
S3E2: Black Dagger Monster
We talk NEW RELEASES from Consvmer, Mass Worship, Zeal & Ardor, Persefone, Cage Fight, Ithaca, Dream Widow and Stray From The Path. We discuss weird jobs that metal…people (?!)…have had in HOMEWORK and yes, it’s back…BAND NAME GENERATOR. Then it just sort of ends.
Feb 25, 202245:54
S3E1: The Black Lead Nail Gun... Pushed into Hell
Oh hi there. THIS WEEK we mourn the death of Every Time I Die. We let you know what NEW RELEASES we’re looking forward to in 2022 as well as review new music from Hadal Maw, Comeback Kid, Fit for an Autopsy, Celeste, Horndal, Vein.fm, Voivod and Carpenter Brut. We chat through some of metal’s worst criminals in HOMEWORK then BAND NAME GENERATOR then bedtime. Tell a friend!
Jan 30, 202201:06:38
S2E31: Album of the Year 2021
As the episode title suggests…and much later than all the other lists…it’s the May Contain Metal Album of the Year episode! Who made our top 10?! Who made it to number 1?! What did we get for Christmas?! All this and more awaits your ears!
Jan 07, 202250:53
S2E30: Iron Coffin
THIS WEEK we talk new releases from Redemptor, In Mourning, No Bragging Rights, So Hideous, Ashbreather, Sylosis, Brotality and Cult of Luna. We get a message from a great band from Indonesia in MESSAGES. We talk about bands who own things (?!) in HOMEWORK and then everyones favourite dice rolling game; BAND NAME GENERATOR.
Dec 10, 202149:01
S2E29: Dinosaur Moth Sacrifice
We talk new music from Dying Hydra, MØL, Obscura, All Hail the Yeti, Eye Flys, Slipknot, Fueled by Fire & Behemoth. We crown one of them ALBUM OF THE WEEK. We get a message in MESSAGES (duh). We discuss band beers in HOMEWORK aaaand BAND NAME GENERATOR.
Nov 26, 202101:05:51
S2E28: Crow Spit Witch
Every Time I Die, Mastodon, Limp Bizkit, Frontierer, LLNN, Employed to Serve, Knocked Loose & Pissing Razors! They’ve all released new stuff since we last recorded so we’ve covered them all because we’re great! Also we absolutely murder the cockney accent (sorry) in ‘Cockney Rhyming Bands’ and Band Name Generator had had a much needed re-vamp!
Nov 05, 202101:13:54
S2E27: The Magic Wolf's Iron Lung
We’re back in business! And oh my does it feel goooood. This week we dive straight in to MESSAGES with a killer track from Deadslow. We talk NEW RELEASES from Neomantra, Filth is Eternal, Jinjer, Bokassa, Mastodon, Employed to Serve, Dominicide and Every Time I Die. We set new HOMEWORK for next time aaaaaand BAND NAME GENERATOR! Tell a friend!
Sep 17, 202148:17
S2E26: BIG 1 YEAR BIRTHDAY BASH
We are officially 1 year old! So join us as we reminisce a bit AND play you our top 10 band name generators EVER! Normal service will resume in due course ;)
Sep 03, 202135:20
S2E25: Hatred of the Crossed Gauntlets
Absolutely no homework this week! YES! We chat through new music from Resist the Thought, Fawn Limbs, Structures, Moon Reaper, Crossbringer, Frontierer, Soen and Cradle of Filth. Then messages then band name generator then bed as per!
Aug 13, 202151:07
S2E24: Wasp Brain Vs The Bear Tooth Sword
THIS WEEK we look at some death metal band logos and try to work out what the hell they say in HOMEWORK. We talk about NEW RELEASES from At The Gates, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, URNE, Pacmanthemovie, LLNN, Rivers of Nihil, MøL and Weston Super Maim. We then crown one ALBUM OF THE WEEK. We get a very sexy message in MESSAGES and then BAND NAME GENERATOR and bedtime. Once you're done here head over to our insta page @maycontainmetalpod to grab the accompanying episode playlist in our story highlights featuring music from all the bands we mention on the episode.
Jul 30, 202155:25
S2E23: Kings of Torture and the Fire Arrows
We are 40 episodes old!!! What does it even mean?! This week we ‘metal up’ some nursery rhymes in HOMEWORK. We discuss NEW RELEASES from Elderblood, Kollapse, The Absence, VCTMS, First Fragment, Trivium, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy and Deadsquad. We get a message in MESSAGES. Aaaaaaand BAND NAME GENERATOR. Once you're done here head over to our insta page @maycontainmetalpod to grab the accompanying episode playlist in our story highlights featuring music from all the bands we mention on the episode.
Jul 16, 202157:24
S2E22: Legend of the Kill
We’re almost 40 and the mid podcast life crises is well underway. THIS WEEK we ‘metal up’ a couple of well known movie theme songs using our incredible musical talent in HOMEWORK. We discuss and play you our favourite new tunes from Bossk, Fatal Effect, Fear Factory, Fractal Universe, The Bronx, Employed to Serve, Fawn Limbs and Lotus Eater in NEW RELEASES. We crown one ALBUM OF THE WEEK and then roll the dice once again in everybody’s favourite BAND NAME GENERATOR! Once you're done here head over to our insta page @maycontainmetalpod to grab the accompanying episode playlist in our story highlights featuring music from all the bands we mention on the episode.
Jul 02, 202149:56
S2E21: Bronze Shield's Death Cannon
This week we play a downright hilarious cryptic metal band name quiz in HOMEWORK. We talk new releases from Octohawk, Floatsam & Jetsam, Canvas Solaris, Red Fang, Machine Head, Alustrium, Notions and Bloodred Hourglass. We crown one ALBUM OF THE WEEK. Then everybody’s favourite BAND NAME GENERATOR. HOORAY! Once you're done here head over to our insta page @maycontainmetalpod to grab the accompanying episode playlist in our story highlights featuring music from all the bands we mention on the episode.
Jun 18, 202154:34
S2E20: Giant Lead Axe
You know what they say about podcasts that get to 37 episodes? Nope, us neither. This week we un-metal a couple of metal songs in HOMEWORK. We talk NEW RELEASES from Reject the Sickness, Vulture, End You, Alluvial, Zeal & Ardor, Bone Cutter, Body Snatcher and At The Gates. We get a message from a symphonic extreme metal solo project in MESSAGES. Then BAND NAME GENERATOR then bed time (for us, not you...maybe for you). Once you're done here head over to our insta page @maycontainmetalpod to grab the accompanying episode playlist in our story highlights featuring music from all the bands we mention on the episode.
Jun 04, 202143:00
S2E19: Golden Holy Torch and The Murders
THIS WEEK we make plenty of David Ellefson related innuendos. We play you our amazing attempts at metaling up a couple of well known (ish) TV theme tunes in HOMEWORK. We discuss NEW RELEASES from Yautja, Epiphanic Truth, Kaonashi, Burial Pit, The Absence, Shredhead, Marked as an Enemy and Bossk. Then we crown one of them ALBUM OF THE WEEK. Then we roll the dice once more and come up with another band name/episode title in BAND NAME GENERATOR and then THAT'S IT, IT ENDS. Once you're done here head over to our insta page @maycontainmetalpod to grab the accompanying episode playlist in our story highlights featuring music from all the bands we mention on the episode.
May 28, 202144:21
S2E18: The Steel King’s Cerberus
THIS WEEK we describe a music video in MESSAGES (it makes for great audio content). We talk to you about NEW RELEASES from Luna's Coil, No Light Escapes, Ageless Oblivion, Ghost Iris, Shrapnel, Drug Church, Koningsor and Cage Fight. We tell you about the metal album covers we created using stuff we found around the house in HOMEWORK (also makes for great audio content). Then BAND NAME GENERATOR...then bedtime. When you're done with the episode head over to our insta page @maycontainmetalpod to get the accompanying episode playlist featuring music from all the bands we mention on the show.
May 21, 202151:02
S2E17: Orange Kraken's Owl Axe
WE'RE BACK! So...you know, be happy about that. This week we briefly discuss a baby (yawn). We correct an error and play you music from the right band in MESSAGES. We talk NEW RELEASES from Gojira, Capra, Monasteries, The Undertaking!, Left to Suffer, Fangs Out, Bossk & Vulture. We take you through some truly embarrassing metal moments in HOMEWORK. We chat to Lou from Lou’s Brews one last time about one of his incredible hot sauces and then finally BAND NAME GENERATOR as per. When you’re done with the episode head over to our insta page @maycontainmetalpod to grab the accompanying episode playlist featuring music from all the bands we mention on the episode.
May 14, 202101:10:39
S2E16: Sleep Attack!
This week we kick off by running through your entries for best metal music video in HOMEWORK. We discuss NEW RELEASES from Pain of Truth & Age of Apocalypse, Liquid Tension Experiment, Cannibal Corpse, Hail the Sun, Fear Factory, Colonial Wound, Ghost Iris and Deathchant. We then crown one ALBUM OF THE WEEK. There's another spicy hot sauce review with Lou from Lou's Brews in HOT SAUCE. We get a message from a band we really like the sound of in MESSAGES. Then another roll of the dice in BAND NAME GENERATOR then bedtime. Head over to our instagram @maycontainmetalpod to grab the accompanying episode playlist featuring music from all the bands we mention on the show.
Apr 23, 202101:02:34
S2E15: Angel Bone Sword
You know what they say about 16th April? Nope, nothing. This week we get straight into NEW RELEASES from Wheel, Termina, Wheel (a different one), Zao, Red Fang, ILLT, Blanket and Tyrants. Then it’s HOMEWORK time followed by another chat about HOT SAUCE with Lou from Lou’s Brews. Then we get a message in MESSAGES (as per usual) and finally BAND NAME GENERATOR then bedtime. When you’re done with the episode head on over to our insta page @maycontainmetalpod to grab the accompanying episode playlist featuring music from all the bands we mention on the episode.
Apr 16, 202101:04:47