The Pitch of Discontent

With Massachusetts stalwarts Converge well into their fourth decade of molten metalcore fury, it’s no surprise that their long-awaited eleventh studio album and first core-member record in nine years, ‘Love Is Not Enough’, acts as a welcome reminder that staying power and ferocity are not mutually exclusive.Guitarist and producer Kurt Ballou jumps on the show for another entry in our Dispatch Bay series, as we discuss songwriting as tradecraft, moments of inspiration, self-mastery, imposter syndrome, and how the group manage to keep things lean and mean.Follow Converge, purchase/stream ‘Love Is Not Enough’ and grab tickets here: https://converge.ffm.to/loveisnotenough—Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

For our first Dispatch Bay episode for the year, we caught up with Jordan Buckley & Will Putney from Better Lovers for a quick chat before doors at their Max Watts show in Melbourne.We're chatting about the group’s whirlwind 18 months since the release of their 2024 debut LP, coffee choices on the road, merch shenanigans, writing new material, and why having a lit torch on stage might be ‘Highly Irresponsible’ 🔥Follow Better Lovers, purchase/stream ‘Highly Irresponsible’ and grab tickets here: https://betterloversband.com—Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Fresh from rocking Flippin’ The Bird fest in Frankston this week, we’ve got Naarm/Melbourne’s very own “Boltdown” experts Death Tax on the show.Vocalist Jordan Dans jumps on the pod to chat about putting together the heavy band of his dreams, making the group's debut ‘Turn To Dust’ EP a reality, overcoming imposter syndrome, linking up with Bereave In God Records, and why we all must pay the toll.Follow Death Tax, purchase/stream ‘Turn To Dust’ and grab tickets here: https://linktr.ee/deathtaxmetal—Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

It’s a classic roundup episode this week as Owen & Paige jump into another fully stacked release slate. We’ve got hardcore luminaries, metalcore bruisers, prog prodigies, post-hardcore crooners, and much more. Dig in!!---Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

We’re stoked to have Mikey Arthur from Naarm/Melbourne outfit The Gloom In The Corner on the show for a ripping yarn about theatre kid metalcore, MCR, and all things Gloom.Mikey chats about the desire for songwriting refinement on the group’s ambitious new record, ‘Royal Discordance’ (out February 27th through SharpTone Records), their rigorous touring schedule, and crafting the intricate narrative worldbuilding of the ever-expanding Gloom Cinematic Universe.Follow The Gloom In The Corner, pre-order/stream ‘Royal Discordance’ and grab tickets here: https://beacons.ai/thegloominthecorner—Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

It’s only mid-Feb and already the release calendar is going crazy! To make sense of it all, Owen is back for another solo roundup this week, covering all things heavy and alternative. We’ve got North QLD metalcore, Irish folk metal mash-ups, NYC punk rockers, crushing death-doom, and a feature album almost a decade in the making. Let’s rip!!---Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

After dropping one of the best hardcore records of 2025, we’re incredibly stoked to have Sam Octigan from Iron Mind on the show this week. It’s been a whirlwind not-quite year since the Naarm/Melbourne hardcore crew dropped their phenomenal comeback LP, ‘Test Of The Iron Mind’, through Last Ride Records & Flatspot Records, so we get stuck right into recapping all of it.We’re talking about the vibrant state of Australian hardcore, the band’s insane New Year’s Day support slot for Grammy-winning success story Turnstile, approaching the visuals and art direction for their latest album, and what to expect from their current run of Summer 2026 shows. How much ya got??Follow Iron Mind, purchase/stream ‘Test Of The Iron Mind’ and grab tickets here: https://linktr.ee/theironmind —Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

They’re saying it’s the best, most definitely not-late roundup yet! Paige returns to the show for this week, so we get down to business: playing killer tunes. We’ve got metalcore heaters, post-metal monoliths, wild collabs, and much more. LFGGG!!---Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

For our next guest episode, Dan New & Dane Kerr of Naarm/Melbourne hate crew Tumour jump on the show to chat about the release of the group’s debut full-length album, the skull-crushing ‘Human Salvage’, out now through Bereave In God Records.We chop it up about the band’s origins, member switch-ups, fine-tuning their aggressive take on metallic hardcore meets death metal in the live arena, the importance of a cohesive artistic vision, and how ‘Human Salvage’ represents “a time capsule of a failed society at its last breath.”Follow Tumour, purchase/stream ‘Human Salvage’ and grab tickets here: https://linktr.ee/tumourdeath —Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Can Owen double-up the solo pod two weeks in a row? Damn straight! We're holding it down with another stacked slate of new releases, including the future of Aussie metalcore, some grim death rock, a Long Island melodic hardcore comeback, lush French post-hardcore, and much more. Tune in now!---Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Joining the show this week is Ryan Evans, host of the Tyrannocoreus radio program on PBS.FM, fellow TPD patron, and dead-set, all-around legend. We get into the nitty gritty of Ryan’s journey into radio broadcasting and how the concept for Tyrannocoreus went from pipedream to pitch to on-air.To celebrate his half-decade host-versary, Ryan’s pulled together a stellar crop of Australian heavy talent for the first-ever ‘Dino Mosh’: Tyrannocoreus’s fifth birthday festival, featuring Body Prison, Xenobiotic, The Last Martyr, Identity Error, and more. It all kicks off on Saturday Feb 7th at The Tote with funds raised for Second Chance Animal Rescue.Follow Ryan, tune in to Tyrannocoreus on PBS.FM, and grab tickets to Dino Mosh here: https://linktr.ee/Tyrannocoreus —Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

With Paige otherwise occupied by Mum duties, Owen rips another solo pod and jumps into a stacked slate of releases for the week. Alt bangers, indie punk, molten screamo, epic metalcore, and more. Let’s rip!!---Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

For our first guest episode of 2026, we’ve got the boys from Naarm/Melbourne’s freshest outfit Ends In Tragedy on the show to chat about their phenomenal 2025 EP ‘Beauty Of Death’ out now through Kingpin Records.Alastair, James and Stevie drop in to spin some valid yarns about the ongoing metalcore revival, how to write music that feels genuine both in and out of the pit, and why Aussie metalcore just hits different.To paraphrase Mogwai: “Metalcore will never die… but you will.”Follow Ends In Tragedy and purchase/stream ‘Beauty Of Death’ (out now) here: https://linktr.ee/endsintragedy—Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

That’s right, folks. Swinging wildly between sleep deprivation and hyped-up newborn vigilance, Owen & Paige are rounding-up a banger slate of new releases to kick off 2026. We’ve got punk ragers, post-hardcore belters, gothic death-doom, alt-metal fetishes, and much more. It’s good to be back!---Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

It’s our final episode for 2025, and we’re wrapping the year with another Good Things Festival supercut featuring artist interviews and backstage shenanigans with New Found Glory, Wargasm, Scene Queen, CIVIC, High Vis, and of course, the mighty Scumdogs of the Universe, GWAR.---Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

That's right, folks. We're back and just in time for list season! Did you miss us?With only so many minutes to spare between newborn feeds, we take a quick break from nappy duty to clock in for the Best Songs of 2025 with the 100% correct, entirely definitive takes you know and love. Drift king lap tracks, Aussie booty shakers, Myspace 480p glory days, and UK post-hardcore sensations. We’ve got all that and more.---Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Ian Shelton joins the show to discuss the spiritual dimensions of Militarie Gun’s new LP, 'God Save The Gun,' out October 17th through Loma Vista Recordings.We chat about music as a counter to the pull of organized religion, the misguided trappings of wellness culture, exploring his internal desire for salvation, and the underappreciated art of album sequencing.Follow Militarie Gun and purchase/stream ‘God Save The Gun’ here: https://fm.militariegun.com/gstg —TPD Release Roundup playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1tNs5cVlqvhiYcdPuFmQWvFollow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Artist, tattooist, and Going Off stage-stomper Jake Huxley returns to the show to chat about the Manchester hardcore crew’s latest effort, ‘KILL LIST II’, out October 31st.We chat about splitting time between Manchester and Paris, writing the spiritual successor to 2023’s ‘KILL LIST’ EP, smashing between fast ragers and savage beatdowns, and how explorations of loss make for the group’s most thrilling material to date.Follow Going Off and pre-order/stream ‘KILL LIST II’ here: https://goingoff.co.ukFollow Dent here: https://linktr.ee/dent.bodymusic—TPD Release Roundup playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1tNs5cVlqvhiYcdPuFmQWvFollow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

It’s springtime, folks, so we’re letting that mf’ing love in with Dominic Harper and Liam Holmes of Meanjin/Brisbane emo rockers The Comfort!We talk about Dom stepping into a new tantalizing, bass-less role as centre-stage frontman, why Liam had to go all the way back to 2016 to find the creative fuel for their phenomenal third studio album, and how making “sad music for vulnerable people” has become the most radical and transformative form of therapy.Follow The Comfort and purchase/stream ‘Let The Love In’ (out October 3rd) here: https://linktr.ee/thecomfortmusic —TPD Release Roundup playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1tNs5cVlqvhiYcdPuFmQWvFollow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

We’ve got Jess Eastwood from Isle of Wight indie rockers Coach Party on the show this week and we’re talking all things ‘Caramel’ (out September 26th through Chess Club Records).Jess opens up on how the band wanted to follow-up their well-received 2023 debut LP, crafting a bonafide anthem in the form of rollicking single “Girls!”, using therapy and narrative abstraction as writing tools for emotional depth, and how trash TV can be a little slice of peace in an otherwise crazy world.Follow Coach Party, grab tickets to shows, and purchase/stream ‘Caramel’ here: https://coachparty.os.fan/ —TPD Release Roundup playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1tNs5cVlqvhiYcdPuFmQWv Follow and support the show: https://linktr.ee/tpdpodTheme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).