Episode #6 - Caught in a Mosh
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Episode #6 - Caught in a Mosh

So far the sad men of the Enter Sadmen podcast had neatly side-stepped the charging elephant in the room - 15 albums down and no sign of a thrash band. That all changed for the sixth instalment - though the boys placed an embargo on the Big Four and instead dived into deeper, darker and far, far choppier waters.

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Episode #5 - Girls Are Loud
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Episode #5 - Girls Are Loud

Simmer down lads. Episode five of the coolest podcast around is a paean to the fairer sex as we assess the merits of a trio of vinyl throwbacks from Girlschool, Vixen and Phantom Blue.

An inferior outfit might be tempted to hail the majesty of these rock goddesses by souring the airwaves with an invective of sexism and smut, but that’s not our way, Jose. Our wives insisted not a single double entendre so we aren’t going to give them one.

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Episode #4: Calling Cards (Part 1)
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Episode #4: Calling Cards (Part 1)

Three albums from three decades as the boys look at the calling cards from three bands who were destined to make a big impact in the direction of the genre. And they couldn’t be more different as Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Ratt meets Rage Against The Machine.

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Episode #3: The Godfathers of Rock (Part 1)

Episode #3: The Godfathers of Rock (Part 1)

The Enter Sadmen podcast rolls into its third week and Steve, Mark and Richard have set off in search of the holy riff. They’ve narrowed the locations to three: industrial Birmingham in 1970, swinging London in 1971 and the sleepy - but really fucking loud - county town of Hertfordshire. (That would be Hertford, to save you heading to Google Maps). Let the arguments commence.

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