Wyrd Ways Rock Show Carl

It’s OK, folks, The Wyrd Ways Rock Show is back for another blast of quality Rock and Metal, just the way you love it.It’s May and Festival Season is just getting going.  Here in the UK we’ve got Download, Stonedead and Bloodstock, in France there’s Hellfest and in Germany, there’s Wacken Open Air.  Unfortunately Metal Days has been cancelled, but there’s loads of others, large and small all over Europe.  America’s got a few (Sick New World, Maryland Deathfest, When We Were Young for the Emo crowd)… so it’s all kicking off worldwide.If you want some new music to listen to if you can’t get to any of those, or you need something to listen to on the way, stick on an edition of The Wyrd Ways Rock Show and turn it up.  Loads of new stuff to pique your interest and burn out your Mosh Buffers.Let’s do it.

8th March was International Women's Day.  It would also seem that March is Women's History Month.  It would have been nice to actually have been informed of that.  Anyway, this edition of The Wyrd Ways Rock Show celebrates and commemorates the role of women in Metal.This one doesn't just look backwards. I'm not looking at the already established. That's why Doro, Nightwish, Butcher Babies, Leaves Eyes and so on aren't in the playlist.  OK, I sneaked in some White Zombie, but the rest is current and up-and -coming.  I've not even included anything by Alt Blk Era or Wargasm because I play their stuff regularly.Anyway, there's some good stuff here, so play it loud.

This one came together a lot quicker than I was expecting, to be honest.  I just happened to find a lot of stuff that I wanted to play on the show over the last few days, so I thought I'd just record and publish.There's more than the normal amount of Power and Symphonic Metal in this one, quite a lot of it being from Italy. That was mostly because it was precisely what I've been in the mood for for the past few days.  Power Metal is excellent for when you just want to elevate your mood, isn't it?  Certainly works for me.Weirdly, there's also a song from the Republic Of Ireland's entrant for Eurovision in there somewhere.  Seriously.Anyway, as usual, you can find me (and a lot of these bands) on Instagram and TikTok.  Give them a follow.  Give me a follow too, while you're there.  You can find me at WyrdWaysRockShow on both platforms.  Come and say "hello".  Also remember to subscribe to the podcast on your favourite podcast app.

January was a bit of a git, wasn't it?  At least we've got the music to help get us through.  Some cracking new stuff came out, some of which you'll get to listen to when you listen to the show.  Plug in your headphones, turn it up, relax, get in the moment and let the soothing sounds of some excellent Heavy Metal take you to your happy place.

This is definitely the last edition of The Wyrd Ways Rock Show for 2023.  I'm certainly not going to have the time to produce another one in the next few hours before midnight and the beginning of 2024. I hope everyone reading this had an excellent Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, Zarathosht Diso or whatever you celebrate at the end of December each year.Here's the running order, with links to each of the bands' website, Instagram or Bandcamp accounts:All For Metal - RunBlood Python - The Gods That Fell To EarthAsomvel - Every Dog Has It's DayDoro - True Metal ManiacsSateilija - IkiyoJordsjuk - Siste SkanseVoltumna - VanthAlmost Dead - Commandments Of CoercionCognizance - Chiselled In StoneFinal Coil - ChemtrailsMetalite - Blazing SkiesTherion - NummoSylvania - El Río de los LamentosBorknagar - SummitsHyperia - Automatic Thrash MachineJenner - Prove Them WrongThe Rods - Rattle The CageDymytry - Everything Is BlackExilia - Sky Is Falling DownShylmagoghnar - EgregoreHanabie - Be The GAL - Early Summer VersionVENUES - Radiate MeScarefield - House Of The Rising Sun