Our Ben spoke to Ian, singer from the band Amongst Liars about living with long covid, mental health and we also asked him to pick a few songs. Content warning for discussion of suicide. Full interview: https://youtu.be/JbNwaymewxo Playlist of his choices (and a couple of Ben's) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1r22CMeUdMyZMAWV6zELw1?si=odXm93uySwe1_tpaeQoqfw&pi=o7L977vGRGuXf

We are excited to announce new developments for HMT that bring us to Bristol. Firstly, our second peer support group location will be hosted by our friends at Black City Records (group itself is run from the Hatchet Pub). Find out more and register your interest here: https://www.blackcityrecords.co.uk/heavymetaltherapy This was also mentioned on BBC Radio … Continue reading HMT comes to Bristol →

New podcast appearance from our roadies Kev and Matt: Welcome to The One Hundred & Thirty Sixth Edition of The Chronicles of Podcast, these are the Chronicles of Heavy Metal Therapy In this edition, we get into it with Matt Sweeney and Kevin Rhodes-John from the Community Interest Company 'Heavy Metal Therapy'. Discover the captivating … Continue reading The Chronicles of Podcast →

The song Brain Noise, by friend of HMT Alpha Kinetic is out now, a project for the folks at the Noisy Brain.  It's been a long time coming to fruition and Scott has shared his story of the journey of creating Brain Noise.  We are so pleased to see and hear the finished piece, metal … Continue reading Brain Noise →

We are pleased to be involved and share this project, by Sheffield Hallam University mental health nursing students, on alternative therapy for wellness and recovery. Sophie, April, Liam and Nathan put together this website (featuring a little Q&A from us lot): https://sites.google.com/my.shu.ac.uk/alternativetherapyforrecovery/home They also arranged a fundraiser for HMT with the fabulous Lily and Lyndsey … Continue reading Tattoo Therapy Sheffield →

We are so grateful to Liz and Anna and all the participants last weekend in the Rockfit fundraiser for HMT. A selection of highlights below.  If you are in the area why not give their classes a try?

Please join us for another round of mayhem at Primordial AGM this coming Friday and Saturday where we have a stall.   And/or our why not come to our fundraising online quiz hosted by Phill of primordial radio, on 2nd May Message us for more info

Luke Newman is a comedian and metalhead who has faced his own mental health challenges. Here he tells us about why he started up inclusive his horror/metal comedy show (with links below for tickets). Follow Luke on @lukeynewmscomedy on Facebook and @lukeynewms on Insta: "It is fair to say that before my own mental health … Continue reading From calamity to comedy →

We have recently announced that Rock.Con Scotland would be delivering Rock.Con Glasgow in association with Heavy Metal Therapy 🤘🔥 Join us hereWe had our first Scottish in person event at Rock Con Edinburgh and Matt shared with us his experience: Tony, Matt and Rebbecca at Rock.con Sunday March 3rd 2024 Rock Con, Heavy Metal Therapy … Continue reading Rockcon Scotland →

When we started out, The Polyphony published our first blog, which set everything going really.  Today they published a follow on, it's been quite a journey these past 5 years: https://thepolyphony.org/2024/03/28/heavy-metal-therapy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heavy-metal-therapy