A radio show bringing you underground classics and hidden gems from the depths of the metal scene.
01/12/2025
Thank you once again to everybody who listened to tonight's show, and of course to all who helped spread the word or who supported the show, it all helps me get this music out to people and it is always hugely appreciated. Don't forget, we have a new Discord server, you'll find the link in the sidebar on the left if you're on Discord and would like to join. I'll be back here next week, and here's tonight's playlist.
Nifrost - Marebakkjen
Gojira - The Heaviest Matter of the Universe
Dornenreich - Schalflos Traumend
Storm Kingdom ft. Ella Baphomet - Godless
KevvyT - Frame of Mind
An Age Lost - Red Forest
Suffering, -Hell on Earth New Eden
Gods Tower - Beyond Praying
Valfeanor - Saturns Screeches Movement II : Passio Infinita
Immortal - Years of Silent Sorrow
30/11/2025
The Dark Side of Metal is on air at 8pm tomorrow on Sine FM and this week we've got a song from the excellent new album from UK band Suffering, music from an up and coming solo artist with Doncaster's own KevvyT, we've got a collaboration between US artist Storm-Kingdom and Austrian singer Ella Baphomet, also from Austria there's music from Dornenreich and VALFEANOR, music from US band An Age Lost, and plenty more as well.
Tune in 8pm UK time tomorrow on 102.6 FM in Doncaster, DAB in Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield and York, online via the link above, via TuneIn Radio app on your mobile or by asking your Google or Alexa speaker to "Play Sine FM". Hope you can join us tomorrow!
23/11/2025
Tomorrow on the Dark Side of Metal radio show on Sine FM, new music from Veilburner and Fäust, a new song from Novembers Doom , new music from Finland's Valontuoja, UK black metal from Thus Defiled revisiting some of their early classics, we've also got music from Swiss band Total Annihilation and plenty more.
Tune in on Sine FM tomorrow at 8pm UK time, 102.6 FM in Doncaster, DAB across Yorkshire, online via the link above, via TuneIn Radio app on your mobile or by asking your smart speaker to "Play Sine FM". Don't forget also, some great punk at 7pm with the Shipwrecked punk show, always a good hour with punk of all kinds, I'll be here after that, hope you enjoy a great evening of radio!
17/11/2025
Thank you once again to everybody who listened to tonight's show, really hope you enjoy what you heard and special thanks to everyone who shared the info as well, that is alwasy really appreciated. I will be back next week of course, if anybody wants to join the Discord the link's over there in the sidebar, I'll also aim to get a Mixcloud link posted soon as well. Here's tonight's playlist...
Omnium Gatherum - My Pain
Bran Barr - Celebration: Son of Nuadh Amhach
Blood Red Throne - Husk in the Grain
Iskariot - Traum
Argesk - Servant of Fire
Madder Mortem - Distance Will Save Us
Borknagar - Grimland Domain
The Reticent -The Scorn (Those Who Don’t Understand)
Lights of Vimana - Real
16/11/2025
The Dark Side of Metal is on Sine FM tomorrow at 8pm UK time with brand new music from Blood Red Throne's upcoming album Siltskin, also music from Omnium Gatherum's new album, UK black metal from Argesk, Austrian black metal band Iskariot, and we've got the excellent Norwegian band Madder Mortem. There's also an amazing song from the new album please by The Reticent, a stunning album which addresses the subject of mental illness with a depth and poignancy I've never heard before, this one needs to be heard.
Tune in on Sine FM at 8pm UK time tomorrow, 102.6 FM in Doncaster, now on DAB in Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield and York as well, online via the link above, on mobiles via the free TuneIn Radio app and also by asking your smart speaker to "Play Sine FM". There's also the fantastic Shipwrecked punk show at 7pm, essential listening if you're a punk fan, Chris always plays good stuff there. Also if you'd like to join the new Dark Side of Metal Discord server there's an invite link in the sidebar on this page. Enjoy!
11/11/2025
Here's the Mixcloud link for Monday's show, for anybody that wasn't able to catch it.
The Dark Side of Metal radio show, originally broadcast on Sine FM on 10th November 2025.
10/11/2025
Thank you everybody who listened to the show, as always, and to everyone who shared the show infor as well and supported me. It's still really appreciated and it's great to be back doing this again. I'll be back next week, don't forget as well if you want to join the new Dark Side of Metal Discord the invite link is here. Aiming to create a small community where people can connect with each other, with me and with artists too, we'll see how these goes but if you use Discord feel free to come on in!
Amorphis - Divinity
Emperor - Ye Entrancemperium
Achathras - Emanation of Chaos
Green Carnation - In Your Paradise
Old Co**se Road - The Cauld Lad of Hylton
Anaal Nathrakh - Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion
Nydvind - Ebony Sanctum
Anathema - Feel
Bathory - One Rode to Asa Bay
09/11/2025
The Dark Side of Metal returns tomorrow on Sine FM back in my old timeslot of 8pm on Mondays. For the first show back after my break I'll be playing a selection of my personal favourite bands alongside some of my favourite releases this year so far.
On this show, music from Emperor and Amorphis, a song from the excellent recent album from Achathras, we've got an early song from UK black metal band Old Co**se Road, music from French pagan metal band Nydvind, a song from Green Carnation's fantastic new album, and plenty more.
Tune in via the link above, on 102.6 FM in Doncaster and DAB now across Yorkshire, via the free TuneIn Radio app on mobile or by asking your smart speaker to "Play Sine FM". Don't forget also the Shipwrecked punk show is on at 7pm, just before the Dark Side of Metal with great punk tunes from all across the spectrum.
Also a new Discord server has been set up for the show, check my previous post for more information on that if you'd like to join us there. Anyway, enjoy the show tomorrow, cheers!
09/11/2025
Okay, so I posted the other day saying I was going to creare a Discord server to complement the show. The aim is to create a small community, engage more with people, allow people to engage with each other and also for bands and artists to connect with listeners too. I've created the server, if any of you would like to join here is an invite link. You'll need a Discord account, if you don't have one you'll be prompted to create one and you will also need to verify your email address on the account.
No idea how this will go tbh, never done anything like this before, hoping it works out, we'll give it a try anyway, I will if necessary close it if there's too many issues but I hope we'll be okay. There's a few in already, if any of you would like to be a part of this you're all more than welcome. Be aware of basic safety, don't give out personal information on there etc, don't click links unless you trust what it is, usual stuff. Hope to see a few of you in there :)
07/11/2025
Quick heads up, as promised the Dark Side of Metal is returning to Sine FM, I'll be back on air this Monday, 10th November in my old timeslot of 8pm. More details nearer the time but I hope you can join me there!
Also I'm likely going to be launching a Discord server for the show where people can talk to and engage with myself and each other, and hopefully can get a few bands and artists in there as well. It's a work in progress so watch this space....
02/11/2025
Apologies again for being quiet at this end. Just wanted to let you know, firstly all being well I will be resuming the Dark Side of Metal very soon, and will update you on that nearer the time.
In the meantime though, I wanted to share this with you all. This was originally broadcast on 4th June 2018 and was a tribute show dedicated to Quorthon and the legendary Bathory. I actually thought this recording had been lost and always regretted not preserving it on Mixcloud at the time. However, I've been digging through the archives today and I found it, so here it is, if you want a little something to listen to for now.
The show featured a few Bathory songs as well as other bands covering Bathory songs and at the time some of these had never been heard before outside of the bands and this broadcast. Some still haven't. So you'll hear covers by SIG:AR:TYR, Old Co**se Road, Arcane North, Månegarm, Ereb Altor, Heathen Deity and The Wolves Of Avalon. Thanks to all the bands and individuals who contributed to this one back then, it still remains a higlight for me even after 7 years!
This is a recoring of a very early show I did, one of my personal favourites. Broadcast 4th June 2018 it's a tribute to Quorthon from the legendary Bathory, featuring Bathory songs as well as other underground metal bands covering Bathory songs. Some of the songs on here were heard on this show for....
02/09/2025
Apologies for the radio silence recently, been a difficult couple of months and it's meant I've been unable to do the radio show unfortunately. I will be back, hopefully in the near future, but I want to be in a position where I can focus fully on what I'm doing with it which I can't do just now with things happenign here. Hopefully I won't be away for too long this time and I'll keep you updated when I know when I'm able to return, just wanted to let you know what's happening anyway. Cheers everyone, all the best.
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Welcome to the Dark Side of Metal
In February 2017 it was a huge pleasure and privilege to join the ranks at Sine FM, Doncaster’s incredible community radio station, with the idea of bringing some great underground metal bands to the airwaves and broadcasting content which is sadly underrepresented on conventional radio. Thanks to the extraordinarily open minded and positive ethos Sine FM has and also to community radio as a platform this idea, which would be looked upon with disdain by most conventional radio outlets, was welcomed by Sine FM with open arms and so the Dark Side of Metal was born.
The clue is in the name, Dark Side of Metal aims to bring the obscure, the extreme, the underground and sometimes the just plain weird bands which make up a vital and vibrant force in the metal scene and show the metal underground to be a hugely eclectic and exciting thing to be a part of. On the show you’ll hear, among other things, black metal, death metal, doom, pagan metal, viking metal and all sorts of other stuff that is beyond doubt just as deserving of radio airplay and of listeners attention as anything else out there, regardless of commercial viability.
Sine FM is a great platform to be on for this reason and many others. It’s a community station, non-profit oriented and so is not influenced by commercial motivations and therefore not required to tailor it’s content to mainstream audiences, this means it can bring on board more specialist shows such as this one and do things which aren’t done elsewhere. Unlike many stations it’s us, the presenters, who choose the content, we’re not handed orders or playlists from above here and this allows us to collectively create a broad and diverse schedule, of which my underground metal show is a small part. Sine FM is essentially the voice of Doncaster, engaging with and bringing on board ordinary members of the Doncaster community and giving us a platform to put out the content we love and share the things we’re passionate about with Doncaster and the wider world, and also providing the training, skills and experience that comes with it. All in all, it’s a great organisation and well worth supporting, and be sure to check out Sine FM’s full schedule on the website too, for anything from punk and indie to chat shows to some highly experimental music shows and a whole load of other stuff.
As for me, I’m just a regular metal fan who’s been listening to and loving this music for around 25 years now, I’m one of those people who comes across new bands and ends up screaming about them from the rooftops trying to convince people to listen to them. Having a radio show now, means I can carry on doing that on a much larger scale.....
Thanks for taking the time to read this info anyway, I hope it’s given a little insight into what this show is about and why I do it, as well as some info on Sine FM itself. So cheers, raise your horns, and enjoy the show!
