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← Hammer & Hail homeA hand-picked, free directory of heavy metal podcasts, YouTube reviewers, review sites and radio shows. 102 listings across every corner of the genre, from the big names to small independents. Every listing was checked on October 26, 2026.
Jump to: Podcasts (42) · YouTube (14) · Reviews & news sites (34) · Radio shows (12)
Weekly series where the founder of Metal Blade Records walks through one song at a time from his personal list of defining heavy tracks.
With Brian Slagel
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Local-music podcast with showcase-artist episodes.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Death metal news and new-release chatter, plus talk about records that matter to the hosts.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Two hosts argue about hard rock and heavy metal bands and albums.
With Kenneth Dean and Chris Kaye
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Weekly show on hard rock and heavy metal from the 1960s to today, covering new releases and classics.
With Chris Czynszak and AAron Camaro
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Looks at the albums, bands and moments of 1970s and 1980s heavy metal.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Australian metal, rock and pop-culture news, reviews and interviews.
With Nev Pearce
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Candid long-form conversations with extreme metal, punk and hardcore musicians and other creatives.
With Mike Hill
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Podcast from the Ghost Cult webzine.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Heavy-music stories and interviews, made with Knotfest.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Episodes on the history of heavy metal bands and records.
With Dustin K.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal podcast that looks at albums and bands through a philosophical lens.
With Jon Barbas
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Narrated episodes that make a point about hard rock and metal history through five songs.
With Martin Popoff
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Album reviews and metal discussion.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Long-form interviews with figures from heavy and extreme music and its surrounding culture.
With Jackie Smit
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
German-language metal podcast from the Time For Metal association.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal talk mixed with comics, games, film and TV, plus an MSRcast edition focused on metal.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Fortnightly podcast from the German edition of Metal Hammer covering albums and news.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
German-language metal podcast with album and concert reports.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Weekly interviews with metal veterans and up-and-comers.
With Jon Verno
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Album reviews and rankings across thrash and classic metal, from Sabbath to Slayer.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Interview show featuring musicians from the metal scene.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Spanish-language podcast about the heavy metal world.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Danish-language podcast about rock and metal music, culture and history.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Heavy metal podcast with album and concert reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
German-language metal podcast from the Powermetal.de team.
Last activity checked: May 2026
Power metal news, reviews and lore.
Last activity checked: Sep 2026
German-language metal podcast with album, concert and festival reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Long-running hard rock and heavy metal podcast, on air since 2009.
With Victor M. Ruiz
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Extreme metal podcast.
Last activity checked: Sep 2026
Interviews with rock and metal artists, tied to the JRocksMetalZone site.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Casual metal talk with side trips into video games and horror films.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Album-by-album episodes on classic heavy metal records.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Interview show from the Metal Institute of Thrashology.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Weekly new music from the heavy underground, leaning doom metal and stoner rock.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Weekly interviews, reviews and discussion about hard rock and metal.
With Eddie Trunk
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Weekly riffs-and-laughs show about new and classic heavy music.
With Sonny Taylor and Gary Trelease
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Interviews and album reactions from a long-running metal podcast.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Podcast from the Metal Epidemic site, which also runs album reviews and playlists.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Album-by-album episodes on landmark metal records.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal media platform with conversations with musicians, promoters, researchers and industry voices.
With Coop
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal album reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Weekly metal album reviews, interviews and documentaries from the makers of Headbanger's Journey.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Band histories, top lists and new-album reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Storytelling videos about extreme metal bands and characters.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Video channel of the Metal Hammer brand.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Interviews, live performances and backstage video from Metal Injection.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Rock and metal news and guest conversations.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Best-of lists, rankings and deep dives that spotlight underground and classic metal.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Album review channel built around real-time reactions.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Video from the MetalSucks site.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal-themed videos and commentary.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal channel with reviews and commentary.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal reviews, interviews and debates.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metalheads giving opinions on albums and bands.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Weekly new-release reviews, album retrospectives and reactions.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal album reviews and interviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
High-volume news site for heavy metal and hard rock.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Black metal reviews, interviews and features.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Heavy metal news site that also runs interviews and reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Underground culture site with a heavy-music focus.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal site with reviews and long-form interviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Extreme-metal-leaning magazine and website with reviews, premieres and features.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Monthly charts of the best new heavy and doom albums.
Last activity checked: Sep 2026
Webzine with metal news, reviews and interviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
French-language metal multimedia site.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Reviews and features on heavy music with a progressive and experimental lean.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Long-running metal blog with news, premieres and reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
UK rock and metal magazine's site with news, features and reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Heavy metal and hardcore news, tours, reviews and interviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal webzine with reviews and staff features.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Rock and metal news, lists and interviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
The Metal Hammer section of Louder, with news, features and reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
News, reviews, interviews and video from the heavy metal and hardcore world.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
News site covering the metal scene.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Community metal site with news, reviews and a large band database.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal webzine with album reviews and features.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Daily metal news with reviews and interviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
German-language metal news, reviews and interviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Metal news, tour dates, reviews and videos.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Underground metal zine with reviews and short-review roundups.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Blog for dark and extreme metal news, premieres and reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Hard rock and metal magazine's website.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Independent rock and metal album reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
German-language metal magazine's website.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Rock and metal news, reviews and interviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Long-running site for progressive rock and metal reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Blog of album reviews, plus a weekly underground metal radio show.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Blog covering doom, stoner and heavy underground rock.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Independent underground metal blog with news and reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Friday-night underground metal show on WSCA 106.1 FM in Portsmouth, NH, with a podcast feed.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Online radio and webzine for the doom scene.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Weekly extreme metal radio show.
Last activity checked: Sep 2026
Online station for hard rock and metal from the Hard Rock Hell festival brand.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
SiriusXM's dedicated heavy metal channel (subscription service).
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Heavy metal news, interviews and a live stream from a 20-year radio broadcaster.
With Scott Penfold
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Online metal radio station with news and reviews.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Two-hour community radio show covering metal locally, nationally and internationally.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Weekly black metal radio show with live broadcasts and an archive.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
French web radio and webzine for metal and hard rock.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Listener-supported internet radio channel playing metal from black to doom and prog to sludge.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
Weekly two-hour show of new and classic extreme metal.
Last activity checked: Oct 2026
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Last verified: October 26, 2026. “Last activity checked” is the newest episode, video or post we could confirm; every listing had one within about six months of that date.
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