PitchCentric
The Heavyist podcast artwork

music

The Heavyist

Hosted by Sonny Taylor and Gary Trelease · music · EN

316 episodes12 recent guestsAudience: 13~1.3k on YouTube
Apple PodcastsWebsite

About this Podcast:

Join Sonny and Gary for weekly worship at the altar of radness. The Heavyist provides the members of our congregation with their weekly dose of riffs, blasts and laughs. We adore only the sickest new jams from all around the heavysphere, we observe only the week’s most BRUTAL NEWS and have a good-ass time along the way… WELCOME HOMIES

Pitch Analysis

Required Pod Score for this podcast. PitchCentric checks your profile against host openness, topical fit, and audience signals before you generate a pitch.

Contact path

Verified email

Booking probability

37%

Guest openness

Selective

Verified email on file
80/100
Required Score

Sign up to generate a grounded pitch for The Heavyist.

Signup to Generate a Pitch

Questions about The Heavyist

What is The Heavyist about?

Join Sonny and Gary for weekly worship at the altar of radness. The Heavyist provides the members of our congregation with their weekly dose of riffs, blasts and laughs. We adore only the sickest new jams from all around the heavysphere, we observe only the week’s most BRUTAL NEWS and have a good-ass time along the way… WELCOME HOMIES

Who hosts The Heavyist?

The Heavyist is hosted by Sonny Taylor and Gary Trelease. The show has published 316 episodes to date.

What has The Heavyist covered recently?

Recent episodes include "#316 Best Riffs of October" (30 October 2026, 67 minutes), "#315 Throes / Great Falls / Worm Altar" (16 October 2026, 36 minutes), and "#313 This is Your Riffs #2 Harry Nott from Burner" (1 October 2026, 75 minutes).

How often does The Heavyist publish?

The Heavyist publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 58 minutes across 316 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on The Heavyist?

Booking probability for The Heavyist is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Heavyist requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Heavyist's contact route on record: verified email.

About the host

Sonny Taylor and Gary Trelease hosts The Heavyist, a music podcast with 316 episodes published.

Verified host email: ████████@████.comSign in to unlock →

Recent episodes

Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.

  • Oct 30, 20261h 7m

    Welcome back to another episode of The Heavyist - this week we are running down a few of our favourite releases from October and also checking in with some bands that we have been big champions of on the show in the...

  • Oct 16, 202636 min

    It's the Heavyist Podcast - weekly worship at the altar of radness and we are here to give you the latest and greatest new heavy music coming for your listening pleasure this is the Riff Report   this week on the...

  • Oct 1, 20261h 15m

    Welcome back Heavyists to another episode of our new series THIS IS YOUR RIFFS - where we catch up with people in the heavy music scene and talk about albums that were significant signposts in their life and journey...

  • Sep 10, 20261h 3m

    LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO this week on the show Sonny and Gary heard the new Slipknot song... also we unfortunately have to eulogize one of the biggest characters in the scene as we discuss the passing of ETID...

  • Sep 1, 20261h 22m

    In the first episode of "This Is Your Riffs"  Sonny has a chat with Jim Hodge of Mastiff. We talk about how he got into heavy music, the music the made him want to start a band as well as the record that most...

View More
  • Aug 24, 202654 min

    It's been TOO long since we caught up about the new music we have been listening to so ya boys took to the mics once again to discuss some of their favourite new releases over the last month or so we discuss new music...

  • Aug 20, 20261h 27m

    Whats up everyone - sorry for the couple of weeks off, we're here again to chat about riffs and music - we're wrapping up our deep dive into 2006 by talking about 3 absolutely ESSENTIAL albums in the origin story of...

  • Jul 31, 20261h 26m

    We're jumping back into our Time Machine and we're gonna gun it to 88mph - destination 2006! 20 years on we look at some of the most awesome albums from 2006 - Gary and Sonny have 3 albums each they want to talk about...

  • Jul 11, 20261h 3m

    YES YES Heavyists - we're half way through the year so this week on the show we round up the records we are looking forward to for the second half of 2026. Records from Burner, Barbarians of California and Vulgar...

  • Jun 14, 20261h 41m

    Welcome back everyone to another lovely episode, this week we partake in our inaugural episode of our new feature "Hot Riff Time Machine" where we look back at a year in musical history and chat about some of the albums...

  • May 28, 20261h 7m

    Yes we are aware that we announced this big change to the podcast and then didn't do one for a month! SORRY - we've both been on holiday as well has having a good old catch-up we talked about new(ish) music from...

  • Apr 30, 20261h 1m

    What's up everyone slightly different vibe to normal this week as we outline our plan going forward Rather than spending ages writing it all here, listen to the podcast and you'll see what we mean love you x Join the...

  • Apr 19, 202633 min

    Today we're joined by Piper Ferrari, vocalist of Las Vegas based screamo/metalcore band Roman Candle to discuss their new record "Unadulterated" coming out April 24th through Sumerian Records Join the Discord! It's full...

  • Apr 17, 202630 min

    This week on the show we run down some of our favourite mathcore releases from the year so far. From Chamber, Coalmine Canary, The Absolute Worst or the Absolute Worst, Merit and Funeral Language Join the Discord! It's...

  • Episode #300

    #299 March Bangers

    Apr 5, 202642 min

    Sorry for the tardiness in uploading of audio episodes everyone! If you want the latest episodes from us you really should migrate to our Youtube page! It looks great we love you all though thanks for sticking with us...

  • Mar 4, 202647 min

    Welcome back to the Heavyist podcast - sorry we've been away for a while it turns out having kids can get in the way of recording podcasts! but we got a new episode for you talking about some of our favourite releases...

  • Feb 8, 202636 min

    Wassup everyone! We got an episode of under the radar bangers released in January to talk about with you all! Hope You enjoy the bands discussed are Skulld Toothless Redivider Uncultivates Gorrch x Join the Discord...

  • Feb 4, 202630 min

    This week on The Heavyist Podcast we have review's from Brutal Death Metal from Stabbing and Blackgaze from MØL. We break down the absolute sonic whiplash of Stabbing’s massive Century Media debut, Eon of Obscenity, and...

  • Jan 23, 202626 min

    Welcome back to the Heavyist and this week we have a lovely chat between Gary and Joe Nally, singer and bassist from the UK Metal band Urne We discussed their new record "Setting Fire To The Sky", out next week through...

Recent guests

Recent guests on The Heavyist. Study who booked and why before you pitch.

Best industries to pitch The Heavyist for

Based on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this podcast is a strong guest fit for executives in:

musicstrong

Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the podcast's episode catalog.

Similar Podcasts

Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.

Podcasts like The Heavyist

Is this podcast yours and you'd like to remove or correct details? Request removal or email privacy@pitchcentric.com.

Questions about the free trial? See the pricing FAQ