Welcome to the latest edition of The Wyrd Ways Rock Show.
As always, the focus remains on the music and the push to get diverse voices heard.
The centrepiece of this show is an interview I did at SOS 2025 with young Manchester-based band, Dacara. Huge thanks to them for the chat. As is the tradition here, I handed them the keys to the playlist for a bit afterward. You’ll be hearing Nice Try and Rot, plus a guest appearance from Dinosaur Pile-Up on Thrash Metal Cassette.
The rest of the set is a mix of new tracks that have caught my attention lately, including new stuff from Rob Zombie and Ruoska, medieval Doom from Castle Rat, and more new releases from Butcher Babies, Venus Grrrls, and the reformed Sister Sin. We’ve also got some Blackened material from Necrofier and Yoth Iria, alongside music from Carla Harvey and Charlie Benante‘s The Violent Hour and a little something from returning favourites, Toranaga UK.
We’re closing the show with a tribute. As you’ve likely heard, Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell passed away a few days ago. Phil was a core part of the band for over three decades and a legend in his own right. It felt only right to end this show with Born To Raise Hell in his honour.
As always, I’m looking to amplify the voices of the people who make the Metal scene work, especially the marginalised, such as women, POC, the LGBTQIA+ community, and sex workers. This scene belongs to the outsiders, and we need to stick together and help each other where we can. If you’re making music or art (that includes dance, clothing, jewellery, equipment… anything, really), get in touch via the Contact Page or Instagram.
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Here’s the playlist:
Rob Zombie – The Devilman
Precious Blood – False Prophets
Iron Slug – A Calming Turmoil
Castle Rat – Wolf I
Self-Deception – The Wedding
Ruoska – Kettingit
Riket – Sommar via Vinterviken
Leaves’ Eyes – Hall Of The Brave
Lyric Noel – Shades Of Black
Butcher Babies – Lost In Your Touch
Malina Scar – Black Birch
Venus Grrrls – 3×3
Vomitory – For Gore And Country
Yoth Iria – The Blind Eye Of Antichrist
Necrofier – Fires Of The Apocalypse Light My Path
Witch Ripper – Symmetry Of The Hour Glass
The Violent Hour – Sick Ones
Toranaga UK – Crash And Burn
Sister Sin – Drive
Dacara Interview from SOS 2025
Dacara – Nice Try
Dinosaur Pile-Up – Thrash Metal Cassette
Dacara – Rot
Ali ft Aklo – Lost In Paradise
Motörhead – Born To Raise Hell
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