The Great Metal Standoff Podcast

Jul 15 2024 38 ep. 86 mins 2

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Welcome to the podcast that celebrates the best of Heavy Metal and all things Rock n Roll. Tune in to Jason Evans and his guests, pitting some of the most iconic, game changing (and maybe even the obscure) albums in music history against each other and find out which of them stand tall in track-by-track chat! This is a SYN Media podcast.

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Episode 37: Led Zeppelin vs Black Sabbath

Jul 15 2024 63 mins

The earliest examples of heavy metal get traced back predominantly to Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, each band's finest work came from the early 70's with Zeppelin's untitled fourth album and Black Sabbath with Paranoid. They also happen to be Imran's two most favourite bands!After seeing the comparisons being made between the two bands for long enough, Jason has dragged Imran kic

Episode 36: Corey Taylor - CMFT vs CMF2

Feb 18 2024 67 mins

Corey Taylor, Jason will forever regard as one of his favourite rock singers. That said, he has been pushing Imran to join him for a battle between Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman's solo albums, CMFT and CMF2, for a long time now, mostly because it was believed there could be a lot of fun to be had in speaking about these albums at length. Although, when they say "fun", it is prob

Episode 35: Red Hot Chili Peppers vs Foo Fighters w/The Sports Desk (Round 2)

Dec 07 2023 94 mins

After a year of working alongside The Sports Desk in 2023, Jason invited the newest members of the crew, Jerry Ng and Liam Cole, two fellows who's music tastes are as far away from Rock n' Roll as you can get, joining him and Imran to talk Red Hot Chili Peppers and Foo Fighters. This battle is arguably a contest between the best albums both bands ever released, Californication and

Episode 34: Dragonforce vs Blind Guardian w/ RMITV's 5 Foot Step (Round 2)

Oct 08 2023 82 mins

After his first appearance, 5 Foot Step's, Niall Allen, demanded to return to The Great Metal Standoff so Jason and Imran can experience some proper high quality power metal. The third album by Dragonforce, Inhuman Rampage and A Twist In The Myth, the eighth album by Blind Guardian is the battle selected, and it's also the first deep entrenchment into both bands for Jason and Imran

Episode 33: Trivium vs Dio w/ RMITV's 5 Foot Step

Jul 31 2023 87 mins

If Jason and Imran are gonna start podcasting again, they're gonna get collaborating. Joined by one of the co-producers of RMITV production 5 Foot Step, Niall Allen, the trio pair Trivium's - In The Court Of The Dragon, the most recent release from Trivium, and Dio - Master Of The Moon, the final Dio solo album. This makes for a rather unusual battle but asks an interesting questio

Episode 32: Oasis vs Blur w/ The Sports Desk on SYN

Dec 22 2022 115 mins

For this festive season. Jason & Imran have gone a bit silly and pushed heavy metal aside to reignite the old Oasis vs Blur Britpop rivalry. It's the 1994 releases of each band being examined in track-by-track, Oasis' debut Definitely Maybe and Blur's third album Parklife. This battle was made possible by collaborating with Sam Menhennet from SYN's flagship sports show The Spor

Episode 31: Slayer vs Anthrax

Nov 06 2022 93 mins

About time the other half of the big 4 go head-to-head! Slayer - Reign In Blood collides with Anthrax - Among The Living and the recurring theme the further Jason and Imran dug when exploring these albums was undeniable thrash. They recruited their old friend, Ben, for his fifth battle to fill some massive gaps in both their musical radar, and give him the platform to spend an hour

Episode 30: Metallica vs Megadeth 3: Black Album vs Countdown To Extinction w/Botchamania Again

Aug 11 2022 120 mins

Celebrating 30 episodes with 30 years of Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction and the Metallica Black album (albeit a year late), marking the third clash between the two biggest metal bands ever! Better still, Imran and Jason's podcast with Maffew Gregg of Botchamania over a year ago went so well, he's come back for more! He's busted out the catboy headphones to listen along to the t

Episode 29: Pantera vs Gojira

Jul 21 2022 108 mins

Pantera vs Gojira is a battle that aims to answer which version of similar, but different, extreme metal is Jason and Imran's favourite. Using Pantera's most dark, extreme, violent release, The Great Southern Trendkill and Gojira's - From Mars To Sirius, one of the benchmarks for modern, 21st Century death metal. The team also meet the newest member of the Moshpit crew for 2022, Da

Episode 28: Linkin Park vs System Of A Down

Jun 09 2022 103 mins

Not just timeless Nu Metal. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory and System Of A Down - Toxicity could be considered the gateway albums to millions of young metalheads today. Putting them against each other one-on-one makes for an interesting battle indeed. Which record did Imran & Jason gravitate towards? Plus, Imran requested that he and Jason invite the final member o