John Staley

The much-anticipated collaboration between grindcore legends Napalm Death and the legendary Melvins is here— but does it live up to the hype? Dive into a raw, candid breakdown of "Savage Imperial Death March," where the consensus seems to be that it's more Melvins than Napalm Death and it lacks the…

If you're into progressive metal that combines raw intensity with meticulous craftsmanship, Periphery should be high on your list of must listen material. John and Derek get into Mr. God, the first single from Periphery's upcoming album A Pale White Dot. This latest single, on their own 3 Dot Recor…

In this episode of the Shit Talk Reviews Heavy Metal Podcast, hosts Derek and John dive deep into the debut album From Birth To Death by the sludge/doom supergroup Sun Don’t Shine. Featuring a powerhouse lineup including Kirk Windstein and Todd Strange (Crowbar, Down), Kenny Hickey, and Johnny Kell…

Derek and John recently spent some time with Edge Of Paradise’s singer, pianist and visionary Margarita Monet. Most artists channel their inner sci-fi visionary by dreaming of a full-fledged movie based on their album — but Margarita Monet of Edge of Paradise is already on her way. She’s blending h…

Nashville's metal scene is thriving in ways you never expected—chaotic, intense, and deeply connected. John and Derek sat down for a conversation with Jacob Lilly, vocalist of Chamber, and he pulled back the curtain on their latest album this is goodbye… revealing how chaos, emotion, and raw energy…

Into Oblivion is being hailed as their most vital and cohesive work in over a decade. It’s a 45-minute "precision-engineered slab of groove-driven fury" that tackles the breakdown of the American social contract and the "fractured world" of 2026

In this episode, the Shittalkreviews crew dives deep into the latest release from the band Chamber, titled "this is goodbye..." The hosts provide a comprehensive, track-by-track breakdown of the entire album, offering their unfiltered opinions and individual ratings for every song—from the opening …

Textures released their latest album Genotype in January of 2026 and because John is an insatiable fan of music that can be hard to tap your toes to, the guys had to get into it. Derek and John spent some time exploring its ambient and progressive metal elements, vocal styles, and production qualit…

The "Dream Team" is back! In this episode, we break down Rob Zombie’s 2026 return to form, The Great Satan. With Riggs and Blasko returning to the fold, we discuss whether this record recaptures the raw, industrial magic of Hellbilly Deluxe or if it’s just a nostalgic trip through the dark carnival.

Tweedle Dee (Derek) and Tweedle Dum (John) combined their two brains into a simpleton process to come up with the best metal album of 2025. Watch and listen as these dopes somehow land on a pretty damn good list of Top Metal Albums of 2025.

John and Derek were a little late to the party for this album but had to talk about the power that Dave Davidson and the boys in Revocation brought with their latest outing New Gods, New Masters. They delve into the musicianship of the band, particularly highlighting guitarist Dave Davidson's skill…

John and Derek got their hands on the full Trivium EP entitled Struck Dead.

To start, if you're looking for some soap making, yeti music, this ain't it... In this episode, John and Derek get into the new Lamb of God track Sepsis, discussing its emotional depth, gritty sound, and the legacy of the band. The talk about the song's structure and future releases, all while cele…

In a STR first, Derek brought the new Rob Zombie track Punks And Demons to John for a first-watch reaction. Did John's testies perk up?

Soulfly is back with their first release since 2022. Releasing on 10/24/25, CHAMA brings old school Soulfly vibes with a sprinkling of new school flavor. John came only prepared for Nihilist but Derek pulled a sneak attack with a review on the entire album. If you need a Max fix, this is definitely…

Derek and John are diving doing back flips over the new Trivium single, "Bury Me with My Screams." Derek also puts on his big boy pants and admits a mistake.

Derek and John talk Ozzy, legacy and ask if there will ever be another Ozzy Osbourne?

The wait is finally over! Derek and John dive into Forsaken, the brand new single from the legendary Biohazard! After 13 long years, the classic lineup of Evan Seinfeld, Billy Graziadei, Bobby Hambel, and Danny Schuler has returned with a track that reminds us exactly why they're one of the most vi…

The Deftones return with an absolute banger of a track. Get your rocket skates on as we dig into the latest release from Chino and friends.

Join the guys as they talk Silos, the latest single from the cinematic metal juggernauts Starset. In this episode, they discuss the powerful sound, high-quality production, compelling lyrics that characterize this new release and how Silos reflects some of the band's earlier style. Like and subscri…

Derek and John deep dive into the busy Malevolence - Where Only The Truth Is Spoken. Listen to the podcast to get a feel for how the guys grooved to this beast of a record.

Derek & John get into MESHUGGAH whom has released a remastered version of their 2022 release Immutable

The jackwagons hopped in to chat about the latest single from VOLBEAT, By A Monster's Hand.

Charley D and Ryan from Bay Area crushers DOOMSDAY stopped in for a chat with John and Derek.

John and Derek had a chance to spend some time with a true renaissance cowboy: Las Vegas's own Stu Folsom.

Derek and John had the great pleasure of talking with Alan Robert, bassist for Life Of Agony, comic artist, and overall killer dude.

John and Derek were excited to get into a Patriarkh - Prophet Ilja, from the band formerly known as Batushka. Find out what the human farts have to think about the record and hear them insult Dave.

The trifecta of yahoos finally got around to talking about the latest album from Swedish prog giants Opeth - The Last Will And Testament.

Blood Incantation, a band who's been making waves in the heavy music scene since 2011 with their genre spanning releases. With four full length albums and three EPs released 2013, their latest release ABSOLUTE ELSEWHERE

Derek and John love the solid fucking song writing on The Barbarians Of California - And Now I'm Just Gnashing My Teeth.

20th Anniversary of Lamb of God's Ahses of The Wake? Yes please.

Category 7 is an American heavy metal supergroup formed in 2023. Its lineup features Armored Saint and former Anthrax frontman John Bush, Kerry King sideman and former Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel, Adrenaline Mob guitarist Mike Orlando, Exodus bassist Jack Gibson, and Overkill and Shadows Fal…

We sit down with Grammy nominated lead throat of Shadows Fall, Brian Fair. What a fucking honor!

The guys show their softer side and show that men are not all bone, cock and weapons. We can feel music, even of the softer variety!

We are stoked to sit down with Blake Ibanez of Power Trip and Fugitive. The riff monger shares his thoughts on writing music and his two killer bands.

David Picked P.O.D. Let's see if the guys dig it.

The guys get into Cavalera Conspiracy - Schizophrenia. Track by track we talk about how this might be one of the greatest re-recorded metal albums ever.

Boundaries - Death Is Little More is a bruising record. The guys get into it and sift through the gore to see if you should invest.

Derek has known Johnny Kelly for a number of years and we loved catching up with both Dan and Johnny about everything Patriarchs In Black, Type O Negative, Peter, writing process and technology.

John loves himself some proggy chug. Wheel's Charismatic Leaders is full of all the progressive goodness that one could hope for. Find out what the two turds thought!

John and Derek get into Kerry King's masterful From Hell I Rise.

The guys neglect punk no more. We get into Death Len's new energetic opus Cold World.

John and Derek interview the celestian frontwomen of Frayle, Gwyn Strang.

Daniel Freyberg is a monstrous guitar player and songwriter who has played with Naildown, Norther, Children Of Bodom and Crownshift. He joined Derek and John to talk everything from Crownshift to Chuck from Death!

We love us some Max! We jump in to the first release off the Schizophrenia re-recording of Sepultura's classic.

Melvins Tarantula Heart Review by the guys. The Melvins put out a new album almost every year. The question is, how good is this record. The guys tell you....have a listen.

Motley Crue's Dogs of War is a debacle.

It’s a lovefest this week as the guys get into the debut release from Crownshift. With members from Nightwish, Children Of Bodom, Fintroll and Wintersun

David J and John sit down and yammer on about Warp Speed Warriors, the new album from DragonForce

The guys plop down and dig into the monstrous new album from Enterprise Earth. It's a beast of an album with enough meat on the bone to feed a country or two. Join in the frivolities and witness the majesty of David not knowi...

Judas Priest are in the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame. With Invincible Shield, they return with a triumph. We give our take on where it stands in their incredible catalog.

This time around John, Derek "Ackbar" Showerhead and David J get into the latest offering from Ministry: Hopiumforthemasses. All of the guys were excited to chat about this album because, well, it's Ministry. (It's hard to go...

Lord Dying- Clandestine Transcendence is an opus worthy of your time. Hear what the guys had to say about The Dreamer!

Dave inadvertently picked an album rereleased from 2007.

The dimwitted nimrods are kicking off 2024 with a swim in the Italian doom scene with a chat about Witchsnake

The Top 10 Metal Albums of 2023 list is now live! Who did the three A-Holes pick?

John get's Djenty!

Derek has a surprising top 10 heavy metal albums of 2023 list.

What a great interview. Igor Amadeus Cavalera from Go Ahead And Die, Cavalera Conspiracy and Healing Magic, is a thoughtful and indightful interview.

Killer song. But why? We dig into Ministry’s new political track!

Trevor is the man! Learn a bit about Unearth’s band line up, what they did during, Covid, concept albums and Trevor’s perfect day! There is more but we are baked!

One of the best Rock albums of the year?

Bad ass Metal is bad ass Metal. Is Tesseract’s War of Being have bad assert? Find out!

John, Dave and Derek jump into the fire and give you their thoughts on Panic Attack!

RAMBLE WARNING! This time around, the morons (under the guise of having been busy,) aren’t talking about an album. After some time on the road the Sh!t Talk chuckleheads ramble on (ad nauseum) about their trip to New England,

Polar - Everywhere, Everything - Podcast review. So if you are new to Polar, you will find out if album is worth of a few clicks of your life.

Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon turns 50! Here what the guys had to say about this masterpiece. Or is it? Dave?

Do you like the death metal? Are you down with horror-styled, crushing, heavy music? Then settle in with the guys as they talk about the Celestial Sanctuary's latest album Insatiable Thirst For Torment.

The Sh!t Talk team had the pleasure of virtually sitting down with the brainchild of OneFromTheNorth: the one and only McKeenan.

It's all about Filter this week as the guys talk about The Algorithm. Richard Patrick is back at it with a new record and because it's Filter, they just had to talk about it.

The guys were psyched to get to have a chat with bassist and singer Joe Nally, the frontman for the UK trio URNE.

Urne - A Feast On Sorrow podcast and video review.

Humanity's Last Breath - Ashen - Podcast and video review. Sink your teeth into this juggernaut.

We get into "Wolfies" latest opus, Mammoth II.

We dive head first into two vicious remakes from Cavalera Conspiracy Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions.

Interview with Boston Hardcore Icon Keith Bennett of Death Ray Vision.

The guys jump into Spirit Adrift - Ghost At The Gallows. A big record with tons to hear.

Eric Morgan of A Pale Horse Named Death and Patriarchs in Black joins us for a fun conversation.

Currents The Death we seek review by the guys. Killer record and we get into it!

Death Ray Vision - No Mercy From Electric Eyes review from Derek, John and Dave. Get ready to bust heads, as this album is a banger with a ton to hear.

Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman Review with the guys buzzing about....well...you will have to just watch and listen.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. Yep, that is a mouthful. Let's get into it!

Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream Review. IS it as compelling as their previous works? Find out!

Who is Sermon? Nobody knows. Is Sermon worth listening to with your valuable time? Listen and find out. Dave sure as shit likes em!

No Dave. We get to do things our way! Let's cloak up and rock out!

Veil of Maya are heavy metal heavyweights. Do they keep their title with [m]other? Let's find out.

In this episode we're talking about Unearth's latest album The Wretched; The Ruinous.

Derek thinks this is boy band music! What?!

Overkill has been thrash mainstays for many years. They return with a banger!

What an easy album to start Shit Talk reviews with. I mean...it's Metallica. Easy discussion!