#72 – Diamond Head, Diamond Heart
Hell Bent For Metal returns to one of their favourite topics, Ghost, to discuss how the band did something amazing for the trans community with a Metallica cover.Speaking of Metallica covers, the semi...
22 Mar 202256min
#71 – Hell Bent On Wednesdays
Yasmine Summan, the music journalist, social media guru, and TikTok star, most famous for their work at Altpress and as one-third of On Wednesdays We Wear Black, guests. They talk about being out as n...
15 Mar 20221h 2min
#70 – Peace Sells… But Who's Bi-ing?
Hell Bent For Metal highlights a simple show of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community – and the bi community in particular – shown by Ireland's foremost thrash metallers Gama Bomb. Because sometimes si...
8 Mar 202256min
#69 – Village People In Camo Pants
Hell Bent For Metal welcome Sabaton frontman Joakim Brodén to the show, who's on to chat about how Tom thinks his band look really gay – and why Joakim agrees, and says so on stage.Triptykon's 'Goetia...
1 Mar 202259min
#68 – "The Chance Of Me Getting Knocked Out Is Not Worth The Risk"
Hell Bent For Metal hears from its LGBTQ+ audience about their experiences of trying to date as a metalhead, and whether that's a barrier to their romantic lives as queer folk – with a predictably wid...
22 Feb 20221h 2min
#67 – A Trans Fist In The Face Of Bigots In The Metal Scene
With Hell Bent For Metal finally able to do an in person interview, Tom goes to Durham to meet singer, drummer, and trans pioneer in the metal scene, the metal as hell Kat Shevil Gillham. They discuss...
17 Feb 20221h 8min
#66 – Is Being A Metalhead A Barrier To Queer Dating?
Hell Bent For Metal asks whether being a metalhead is a barrier to queer dating life, and the hosts discuss their experiences of this.They ask if the metal look, metal culture, and not being part of t...
8 Feb 202257min
#65 – Rammstein? New German Hardness? Oh Matron…
Hell Bent For Metal returns to one of their favourite topics this week, as Rammstein are up for discussion again. (And not just Tom's appreciation of Richard Kruspe's arms… although that does come up…...
1 Feb 202254min
