METAL ROBOT PODCAST
The podcast about all things metal, and everything in between!
Hosted by Tom McKay and features the world of metal in all its glory, bringing his unique spin on the heaviest, filthiest, and even most unique metal you've ever heard. From reviews of the latest in metal music, to engaging interviews with metal's rising stars, you can find it all on the show.
This is the Metal Robot Podcast!
Lindsay Schoolcraft’s HEAVIEST Record! Moldovan Prog-Death Metal, Cheese, Assault, Speed, and MORE | MRP #073
Lindsay Schoolcraft returns to the Metal Robot Podcast to talk about her new album Harrowing. Plus, we review new releases from Shadowborne, Conflux Collective, and Drakkar before spinning the Metal Archives Roulette wheel into Moldova to discover Neuromist.
HAS THE BEST OF THE YEAR HELD UP? Spooky Essentials Dungeon. New Metal, 10-Years, & More | MRP #072
The Metal Robot Podcast celebrates 10 years of Metal Robot Reviews with new album reviews, a trip into the Essentials Dungeon for King Diamond’s Abigail, and a year-in-review discussion with Collin Sterling.
YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT! Metal Is NOT Getting Worse. New Releases & MORE | MRP #071
Death metal filth, metalcore controversy, and a brutally honest take on the “metal is dying” debate—plus a powerful mental health conversation with Backline.
TESTAMENT on “Para Bellum”, “Thrash of the Titans”! DIO, Black Metal, & MORE | MRP #070
Black metal exploration, an Essentials Dungeon look at a Holy Diver, and a conversation with Testament’s Chuck Billy!
THE YEAR OF THRASH! 2026 Predictions for Thrash Metal, Canadian Tech Death, New Music & More | MRP #069
Metal Robot dives into melodic hard rock, sludge, and old-school death, spins the Metal Archives Roulette for a Canadian tech-death surprise, and predicts the Year of Thrash 2026 with Collin
IN VIRTUE: Age of Legends, Sisyphus, and Rolling the Damn Boulder | MRP #068
In Virtue joins the Metal Robot Podcast to break down Age of Legends, a Sisyphus-inspired concept album born from chaos, self-forgiveness, and six years of hard-earned persistence.
SADISTIC FORCE, Epic Death, Brass Metal & MORE | MRP #067
From brass-wielding nu-metal to blackened speed chaos and more.
BONUS: Burned In Effigy on their next album "Tyrannus Aeternum"
Burned In Effigy join the Metal Robot Podcast to talk Tyrannus Aeternum, neoclassical death metal, and total conquest this Halloween.
Ivy Gardens Just Buried the Don Valley, Icelandic Black Metal, & MORE | MRP #066
From parking-lot origins to Icelandic black metal chills, this episode is stacked with riffs, chaos, and fresh stories from the scene.
The Proggy Boy Makes An RPG Audiodrama?? (w/ TDW) | MRP #065
What happens when a prog metal nerd never lets go of his dream to make a JRPG? You get Bane of the Talebearer—a massive multimedia project from composer and producer Tom de Wit (TDW)
Metal Archives Roulette Strikes Again! Plus the Latest In Metal, Mindistry, & MORE! | MRP #064
What do thrash, crust punk, power metal, goregrind, and Swedish industrial thrash have in common? Nothing, really… but they’re all in this episode!
Sleep Token Fans Might Kill Me For This! Black Metal, Employed To Serve, & MORE | MRP #063
Tom dives into Sleep Token, RawMoor and Mors Silens. Spins the Metal Archives Roulette wheel on Evalir. And sits down with UK-hardcore band Employed To Serve!
DEREV’S Dive Into the “Troubled Mind”, Metal-Archives Roulette, Weird Metal, AND MORE | MRP #062
No, I didn't get side tracked and not upload an episode in two months… I promise…
Mad Parish's Space Travels, A New Podcast with Collin, Dream Theater, & MORE | MRP #061
New Dream Theater album! New podcast on the website! Montreal’s Mad Parish has space fever! It’s good to be back…