Episode 33 - On A Storyteller's Night (ft. Helloween, Warfare & Fear Factory)

So, for this episode the Tico Torres Tombola of Topics and Themes spat out Concept Albums, which gave the boys a very large playing field to go at.

A night, surely, for the big hitters to make an appearance ... who would choose Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway? Who would earmark Thick As A Brick to represent Tull's third visit to the pod? And surely to God Richard couldn't resist the temptation to slide Operation: Mindcrime into the mix, could he?

The reality, as it turned out, was very different.

Richard turned up with Helloween's Keeper Of The Seven Keys, Part I which certainly tells a story - but would the l;ads be able to work out what it was?

Then Mark threw the curve ball from left field as he rocked up with Warfare's tribute to the UK's best-loved horror studio, 1990's Hammer Horror. We're still not sure if Steve and Rich have forgiven him for that.

Although arguably Steve had bigger questions to face as he delved into the box marked 'Noise' for Fear Factory's Demanufacture, an album which by his own admission met the brief in only the most gossamer-thin sense.