When Steve Saunders approached me via Facebook to do a review of his band’s debut EP, I didn’t really know what to expect so I plugged my headphones into my Samsung android phone and pressed play.

The creation of Steve, formerly bassist from The Self Titled, Spreading The Disease, a contemporary metal band, were formed in late 2014 and hail from Kent in the United Kingdom.

Released on February 27^th 2016, their four track EP, Viral, is a mix of aggressive riffs and amazing hooks and licks, blended together with both dirty and clean vocals to produce a sound that is quite unique.

The opening track F.U.C.K.U, a song packed full of hostility, is a direct middle finger for the listener to anyone who has ever pissed them off, giving them a no bullshit attitude right from the start.

High energetic drumming from Edd Saunders, and heavy riffs from lead guitarist Julien Riquelme are prevalent throughout the EP, with rhythm guitar being provided by Martin Osborne and Steve on bass creating the overall balls to the wall sound.

The stand out song for me was the last track Evolution, vocalist Adam May showing his ability to swap between dirty vocals and clean, fast riffs interspersed with more melodic sounds.

Drawing on influences such as Pantera, Machinehead and Devildriver, this is an English band with an American attitude, and a heavy fucking metal sound.

Spreading The Disease may only have been around for a relatively short period of time, but judging by the impact the EP has on the listener and their extensive internet presence I would say these guys are around to stay.

Spreading The Disease are:

Adam May – Vocals

Ju Riqeulme – Guitar

Edd Saunders – Drums

Steve Saunders – Bass

Martin Osborne – Guitar

Originally published on Ever Metal

Here is the playlist for the show that aired on Sunday 30th May 2021

• Seven Witches – Metal Asylum
• W.A.S.P – I Am One – celebrating the 28th anniversary of The Crimson Idol which was releases on 24/05/1993
• Scorpions – Big City Nights – for singer Klaus Meine who turned 73 years old on 25th May
• Blaze Bayley – Endure And Survive – for Blaze who’s birthday was on 29th May. He was 58
• Slipknot – Wait And Bleed – in memory of bassist Paul Gray who passed away 11 years ago on 24/05/2010
• Troyen – No Going Back – the band’s first single from their new album Falling Off The Edge Of Forever, also the first to feature the band’s new singer.
• Municipal Waste – Sadistic Magician (The Art Of Partying – 2013)
• Dream Evil – The Book Of Heavy Metal (The Book Of Heavy Metal – 2004)
• Black Tide – Angel In The Dark (Chasing Shadows – 2015)
• Leverage – Stormchild (Blind Fire – 2008)
• Sepultura – The Hunt (Chaos AD – 1993)
• Halford – Golgotha (Crucible – 2002)
• Dimmu Borgir – Gateways (Abrahadabra – 2010)
• Sammy Hagar – Growing Pains (Street Machine – 1979)
• Holocaust – No Nonsense (Live – Hot Curry And Wine – 1983)
• Iced Earth – Anguish Of Youth (Dystopia – 2011)
• Static X – Cannibal (Cannibal – 2007)
• Sanctuary – I Am Low (The Year The Sun Died – 2014)
• Blackbird – Ride With The Rockers (Of Heroes And Enemies – 2014)
• Glamour Of The Kill – We Are All Cursed (After Hours – 2014)
• Dark Tranquility – Punish My Heaven (The Gallery – 1995)
• The Grotesquery – The Black God Of N’Kai (The Facts And Terrifying Testament Of Mason Hamilton – 2012)
• Necroverdose – Carving Time (Off – 2012)
• Poison – Talk Dirty To Me (Look What The Cat Dragged In – 1987)
• Saxon – Crime Of Passion (Into The Labyrinth 2009)
• Mortal Sin – Into The Fire (Mayhemic Destruction – 1986)
• Reign Of Fury – Blinding Light Of Betrayal (Psycho Intentions – 2011)
• Joan Jett And The Blackhearts – I Hate Myself For Loving You (Up Your Alley – 1988)
• Trouble – Glass Of Lies (The Distortion Field – 2013)
• Van Halen – Running With The Devil (Van Halen – 1978)
• Kobra And The Lotus – Calm Before The Storm (Kobra And The Lotus – 2012)
• Five Finger Death Punch – Lift Me Up (The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell – 2013)
• Seven Witches – Dance With The Dead (Passage To The Other Side – 2003)
• Manowar – Return Of The Warlords (Louder Than Hell – 1996)
• Fozzy – She’s My Addiction (Sin And Bones – 2012)
• Metal Church – Needle And Suture (XI – 2016)
• Steel Assassin – Sword In The Stone (War Of The Eight Saints)
• Marillion – He Knows You Knows
• Motorhead – Ace Of Spades (the last two were for Mark Rowley who’s birthday it would have been on 24th May

Aired on Metal Devastation Radio on Sunday 30th May 2021

Here is the podcast for the show that aired on Sunday 30th May 2021. We had three hours of awesome metal tunes, the Death Metal Dungeon and we finished with a tribute to someone very special.

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Aired on Metal Devastation Radio on Sunday 30th May 2021

Here is the playlist for the show that was aired on Sunday 16th May 2021. Hopefully there is something for everyone \m/

• Seven Witches – Metal Asylum
• Death – Trapped In A Corner – for Chuck Shuldiner who would have been 54 years old on 13th May
• Kiss – All For The Glory – for drummer Eric Singer who was 63 years old on 12th May
• Metal Church – Gods Of Wrath – for David Wayne who died on 10th May 2005 from complications following a car crash. He was 47 years old.
• Girlschool – When Your Blood Runs Cold – for Kim McAuliffe who turned 62 years old on 13th May
• Dio – Rainbow In The Dark – for the legend that is Ronnie James Dio who passed away from stomach cancer on16th May 2010
• Breaking Even – Water
• Kick Toy – You Freak Me Out (Childhood Nightmares (A Trilogy) Part 1 – 2014)
• Tread – In The Face Of Things To Come (Blood In The Dust – 2012)
• KK’s Priest – Hellfire Thunderbolt (Sermons Of The Sinner – due for release later this year)
• Stone Sour – RU 486 (House Of Gold And Bones pt 1 – 2012)
• Warlock – Kiss of Death (Triumph And Agony – 1987)
• Matanzick – Matar (Scars Of Insanity – 2014)
• Deep Purple – Fireball (Fireball – 1971)
• Scanner – Frozen Under The Sun (Ball Of The Damned – 1996)
• Sacred Alien – Beautiful Delusion (from the forthcoming Sacred Alien album)
• Abstractian – Rumour (Box Of Poison Frogs – due for release on 04/07/2021)
• From The Flame – Consumed (Zerotonin – 2021)
• Tyrant – Hold Back The Lightning (Hold Back The Lightning – The Collection)
• Motorhead – Stone Dead Forever (Bomber – 1979)
• 11th Hour – What You’ve Become (Between Guilt And Innocence – 2010)
• Vallenfyre – Ravenous Whore (A Fragile King – 2011)
• Paganizer – Your Suffering Will Be Legendary (Land Of Weeping Souls – 2017)
• Kill Division – Fear Of Life (Destructive Force – 2013)
• Bad Company – Ready For Love (Bad Company – 1974)
• Assassinate The Following – Death Row (Massacre Of The North – 2009)
• Ditchwater – The Way You Are (Never Say Never – 2019)
• Watain – The Limb Crucifix (Rabid Death’s Curse – 2000)
• Onslaught – Pain (Killing Peace – 2007)
• Testament – Animal Magnetism (Dark Roots Of Earth – 2012)
• King Diamond – The Jonah (Fatal Portrait – 1986)
• Royal Thunder – Forget You (Crooked Doors – 2015)
• Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears (No More Tears – 1991)
• Soulhealer – Fly Away (Up From The Ashes – 2018)
• AC/DC – High Voltage (High Voltage – 1976)
• Dommin – My Heart, Your Hands (Love Is Gone – 2010)
• Faith No More – Midlife Crisis (Angel Dust – 1992)
• W.A.S.P – The Idol (The Crimson Idol – 1998)

Aired On metal Devastation Radio on Sunday 16th May 2021

Here is the podcast for the show that was aired on Sunday 16th May 2021. We had our Tribute Section to kick things off, with The Death Metal Dungeon half way through the show and we finished with an 8 and a half minute epic track. Listen to find out what it was!

Aired on Metal Devastation Radio on Sunday 16th May 2020

Here is the playlist for the show that aired on Sunday 2nd May 2021. We hope there was something here you enjoyed \m/

• Seven Witches – Metal Asylum
• Van Halen – Sinner’s Swing – celebrating the 40th anniversary of the album Fair Warning which was released on 29/04/1981
• Ace Frehley – Snowblind – celebrating Ace’s 70th birthday which was on 27th April
• Amon Amarth – Pursuit Of Vikings – for singer Johann Hegg who turned 48 on 29th April
• Exodus – Bonded By Blood – from the album Bonded By Blood which celebrated its 36th anniversary this year. It was released on 25/04/1985
• Pretty Maids – When It All Comes Down (Scream – 1994)
• Firewind – Tyranny (Forged By Fire – 2005)
• Rainbow – Kill The King (Long Love Rock N Roll – 1978)
• Heart – Call Of The Wild (Brigade – 1990)
• Dark Tranquility – Shadow In Our Blood (We Are The Void – 2011)
• Arch Enemy – Let The Killing Begin (Stigmata – 1998)
• Iron Maiden – Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter (No Prayer For The Dying – 1990)
• Broken Fate – No Chance (The Bridge Between – 2015)
• Opeth – Will O The Wisp (Sorceress – 2016)
• Blitzkrieg – Theatre Of The Damned (Theatre Of The Damned – 2007)
• Yrix – Night Of The Living (Heart Of The Death – 2013)
• Dio – Rock N Roll Children (Sacred Heart – 1985)
• Deicide – Scars Of The Crucifix (Scars Of The Crucifix – 2004)
• Quo Vadis – On The Shores Of Ithaka (Day Into Night – 2000)
• Exhumed – Open The Abscess (Gore Metal – 1998)
• Aerosmith – Mama Kin (Aerosmith – 1973)
• Brainstorm – Devil’s Eye (Midnight Ghost – 2018)
• Cradle Of Filth – Cthulhu Dawn (Midian – 2000)
• Dream Evil – H.M.J (Dragon Slayer – 2002)
• Exciter – Long Live The Loud (Long Live The Loud – 1985)
• Gamma – Mayday (Gamma 2 – 1980)
• Kingdom Come – Now Forever After (Kingdom Come – 1988)
• Immortal Guardian – Stardust (Age Of Revolution – 2018)
• Magnum – You’ll Never Sleep (Princess Alice And The Broken Arrow – 2007)
• Messiah’s Kiss – The Ancient Cries (Dragonheart – 2007)
• Testament – Alone In The Dark (The Legacy – 1987)
• Virgin Steele – Hellfire Woman (The Book Of Burning – 2002)
• Metallica – Wherever I May Roam (Metallica (The Black Album) – 1991)
• Kreator – Civilisation Collapse (Phantom Antichrist – 2012)
• Heathen – Dying Season (The Evolution Of Chaos – 2009)
• Korn – Here To Stay (Untouchables – 2002)
• Machine Head – Imperium (Through The Ashes Of Empires – 2003)
• Slayer – Die By The Sword – in memory of Jeff Hanneman who passed away on 02/05/2013

Show aired on Metal Devastation Radio on 02/05/2021

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Here is the playlist for the show aired on 25/04/2021

• Seven Witches – The Metal Asylum
• Meatloaf – Bat Out Of Hell – in memory of Jim Steinman who died on 19/04/2021. He was 73.
• Peter Frampton – Show Me The Way – for Peter who was 71 on 22/04/2021
• Saxon – Crusader – to celebrate St Georges Day which was on Friday 23rd April
• Judas Priest – Hot For Love (Turbo – 1986)
• Haunt – Burst Into Flames (Burst Into Flames – 2018)
• Children Of Bodom – Hate Me! (Follow The Reaper – 2000)
• Black Hawk – Nightrider (A Mighty Metal Axe – 2013)
• Fear Factory – Archetype (Archetype – 2004)
• Devil Driver – Clouds Over California (The Last Kind Words – 2007)
• Black Label Society – Stillborn (The Blessed Hellride – 2003)
• Overkill – Wish You Were Dead (The Electric Age – 2012)
• 3 Inches Of Blood – Deadly Sinners (Advance And Vanquish – 2004)
• Battlecross – Push Pull Destroy (Push Pull Destroy – 2010)
• Slayer – Epidemic (Reign In Blood – 1986)
• Laaz Rockit – Fire In The Hole (City’s Gonna Burn – 1984)
• Def Leppard – Switch 625 (High N Dry – 1981)
• Gojira – Into The Storm (Fortitude – 2021)
• Stone Sour – Absolute Zero (House Of Gold And Bones Pt 1)
• Bad English – Forget Me Not (Bad English – 1989)
• Obituary – Violence (Inked In Blood – 2014)
• Fleshcrawl – Beneath A Dying Sun (Made Of Flesh – 2004)
• Dismember – Casket Garden (Massive Killing Capacity – 1995)
• Onslaught – Destroyer Of Worlds (Killing Peace – 2007)
• Stormthrash – Darkness Of Ignorance (Stormthrash – 2017)
• Twisted Sister – You Can’t Stop Rock N Roll (You Can’t Stop Rock N Roll – 1983)
• Trivium -Strife (Vengeance Falls – 2013)
• Anthrax – Madhouse (Spreading The Disease – 1985)
• Beyond Fear – Scream Machine (Beyond Fear – 2006)
• Bullet For My Valentine – Waking Ther Demon (Scream, Aim, Fire – 2008)
• Trapt – Fire (Shadow Work – 2021)
• Pantera – Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit (Re-inventing The Steel – 2000)
• Avantasia – The Haunting (Ghostlights – 2016)
• Destructor – Keep The Faith (Decibel Casualties – 2017)
• Evil Masquerade – Black Ravens Cry (Third Act – 2006)
• Furyon – Disappear Again (Gravitas – 2012)
• Hammerfall – Blood Bound (Chapter V – Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken – 2005)
• Lordi – They Only Come Out At Night (The Arockalypse – 2006)
• Poison – I Want Action (Look What The Cat Dragged In – 1986)
• Hell – The Quest (Human Remains – 2011)

Aired on Metal Devastation Radio on 25/04/2021

Here is the podcast for this week’s show. Three hours of fantastic metal tracks, including The Death Metal Dungeon

Aired on Metal Devastation Radio on Sunday 25th April 2021

Here is the playlist for the show which aired on Sunday 18th April 2021

• Seven Witches – Metal Asylum
• Type O Negative – Be My Druidess – in memory of Pete Steel who passed away from sspsis caused by diverticulitis on 14/04/2010. He was 48!
• Deep Purple – Speed King – for Ritchie Blackmore who was 76 on 14th April
• Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden – celebrating 41 years of the band’s debut album Iron Maiden which was released on 14/04/1980
• Annihilator – Alison Hell – from the album Alice In Hell which was released on 17/04/1989
• Benedictum – Bare Bones (Seasons Of Tragedy – 2008)
• Air Raid – Cold As Ice (Across The Line – 2017)
• Nightranger – Touch Of Madness (Midnight Madness – 1983)
• Crystal Viper – Lost In The Darkness (The Cult – released on 29/01/2021
• Michael Schenker – Assault Attack (Assault Attack – 1982)
• The Union Underground – South Texas Deathride (An Education In Rebellion – 2000)
• Emerald – Horns Up (Reckoning Day – 2017)
• Megadeth – Sleepwalker (United Abominations – 2007)
• Stallion – Underground Society (From The Dead – 2017)
• Mercyful Fate – Desecration Of Souls (Don’t Break The Oath – 1984)
• Armored Saint – Mutiny On The World (March Of The Saint – 1984)
• Dio – The Last In Line (The Last In Line – 1984)
• Treason – Voices Of The Past (Lambs To The Slaughter – 2011)
• Blue Oyster Cult – The Red And The Black (Tyranny And Mutilation – 1973)
• Candlemass – Emperor Of The Void (King Of The Grey Islands – 2007)
• Nitrovolt – Hail, Hail (Panzer – 2013)
• Thin Lizzy – Chinatown (Chinatown – 1980)
• Toxic Ruin – Crystal Mountain (Mortal Insolence – 2018)
• Metallica – The Thing That Shouldn’t Be (Master Of Puppets – 1986)
• Warrant – Devil Dancer (Louder, Harder, Faster – 2017)
• Iced Earth – I Died For You (The Dark Saga – 1996)
• Bolt Thrower – World Eater (Realm Of Chaos – 1989)
• Deicide – Fuck Your God (Scars Of The Crucifix – 2004)
• Possessed – The Exorcist (Seven Churches – 1985)
• Stray – Maybe You Want Me (New Dawn – 1997)
• Trouble – Goin’ Home (Simple Mind Condition – 2007)
• Parkway Drive – Fractures (Ire – 2015)
• Wayne – Nightmare Pt 2 (Metal Church – 2001)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man (Pronounce Leh-nerd Skin-nerd – 1973)
• Crematory – Greed (Revolution – 2004)
• Bronx Casket Company – Little Dead Girl (Hellectric – 2005)
• Kiss – Strutter (Alive! – 1975)

Show aired on Metal Devastation Radio on 18/04/2021