This one is something I haven't done in a long time! fielding some questions from my Instagram!! From misconceptions about being in a band to Ireland's lack of heavy metal history and only a few mentions of Trump...... support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6... sponsored by Metal Blade records https://metalblade.indiemerch.com/ promo code AA 2024 for 10% off your order ships worldwide For info on my work as a...

Episode 228 is a chat with American youtuber and podcaster Jon Barbas who hosts the Heavy Metal Philosophy page and platforms We discuss masculinity in metal, whats positive and whats a grift within the scene, the upcoming election, guns, first amendment rights and issues, and many other things!! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6... sponsored by Metal Blade records https://metalblade.indiemerch.com/ promo...

I don't solve the Middle East in this episode, or drone on about the American election or really answer any of life's big issues, that is unless you are a vintage merch collector, trader or simple plain old Heavy Metal fan! So strap yourself in for some proper obsessive compulsive nerdling true metal behaviour...... how come it's all got so goddamn expensive? what kind of stitching do you look for to make sure it's an OG, and some stories about my long lost Bathory shirt....is vintage merch...

Today's post red wine podcast is about criticism and how to deal with it, is tuning out of the comments cheating? the pressure on bands to have instagram ready stage shows and do they over shadow the music? and a read through of an AI occult doom metal bands substack manifesto..... support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6... sponsored by Metal Blade records https://metalblade.indiemerch.com/ promo code AA 2024 for...

Todays podcast is a chat with Dan from both Wolcensmen and Solstice, which may seem controversial to some, but very normal and standard to others, and while we don't agree on everything the principle behind Agitators Anonymous is that of freedom of speech, we cover the difficulties of stepping into someone else's musical shoes and singing damn hard songs! scepticism, rationality, being played by our algorithm, why the powers that be seek to divide and conquer us but also why we should all...

A stop gap episode as I am about to go on a short tour this week ahead and my throat has seen better days! so here is the last Metal Salvage chat between Joe from Gama Bomb and myself, random daft and the odd time even witty, insightful and amusing drunken and deluded conversations.....normal service resumed next week! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6... sponsored by Metal Blade...

We hear the word libertarian and the phrase classical liberal a lot these days but where does it come from? what do libertarians believe and maybe you are one and don't know it? along with some other random chat, including the shelving of Ireland's Orwellian hate speech laws and why my mother thinks Blindboy is a much better podcaster....fair enough like, boi..... support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on...

On this weeks podcast I discuss the recent case of Michael Smith, a prompter, music generator who was arrested for gaming Spotify's system, generating 100 000s of songs with AI, uploading them and then getting bots to fire up his numbers, getting caught after trying to get a 10$ million payout! and how the system is more or less open to complete manipulation....that, the new Danzig single and how for most bands now its about consolidation and not 'growth' support the show over...

Lately I've been getting a lot of emails and messages from new bands and musicians asking how can they make the next step! first mistake asking a grumpy old dude like me right? well, how do you play the game? is there any point and what if your chosen style has no underground, you have to go big or go home right? support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6... sponsored by Metal Blade...

This week I discuss the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov and how the cartoonish fake news became the soviet style disinformation, the dynamic pricing debacle over Oasis tickets and how gigs have now become a luxury experience for the upper middle class and some news about Attila S Thompsons missing suitcase... support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6... sponsored by Metal Blade...

In this episode I discuss why Boomers are starting to only now notice there are no new rock bands anymore....and what part they played in that, how lad culture that was once celebrated in the 90s was redefined as toxic masculinity for the modern age and how the Oasis reunion has sparked the predictable responses from areas of the press....among loads of other nonsense support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on...

Simple one this week, with another festival season under my belt I wonder how many more times this happens, the law of diminishing returns! being nearer the end than the beginning, going up against huge bands with your time slot, how the cost of living crisis is affecting merch sales, transient punters, and the feeling that the whole scene is building up a big head of steam once again.....can the centre hold or are we headed for a lot of cancellations over the next 12 months....or am I just a...

Episode 215 is a chat with my mate Jason from US dark pagan post Black Metal pioneers AGALLOCH ! however you want to describe them one of the most beloved and individual bands of the last few decades. We caught up at Maryland death fest this year after many many years and vowed to podcast together! So here we are! Random chat about old school death metal, growing older, have our bands plateau'd and will Agalloch ever make any new music! support the show over...

This may be an unusual move but this is an entire album of VERMINOUS SERPENT 'The Malign Covenant' which I played bass/vocals on along with JD on guitars (Slidhr) and MB (Malthusian) on drums it came out maybe a year ago on Amor Fati Records! Germany chances are maybe you haven't heard it! black/death metal done the old school way! you can order the album on vinyl or cd at this...

Was the opening Olympic ceremony a heinous Blasphemy or just daft woke folly? Why the Marquis de Sade appeals to Libertine edgelords but is a bad role model and why I wanted 5 minutes alone with Foucault.... support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6... sponsored by Metal Blade records https://metalblade.indiemerch.com/ promo code AA 2024 for 10% off your order ships worldwide For info on my work as a booking agent...

A stopgap episode offering some essential advice for bands! and a newly found interview from the vaults.....from 1998 about Journey's End with that RTE Metal show! Ireland's main broadcaster back in the day! Expect youthful snarkiness and some vibrant bitchiness.....his name is Muggy Inclement..... Until next week!! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6... sponsored by Metal Blade...

I mean what else could I talk about? Nature is Metal......Trump being totally Metal? well, old school Metal at least....back when Manowar were greased, ready and in their prime. Did Trump just quote some Manowar lyrics in a recent speech or is that fake news. Find out, some off the cuff assassination talk, via Sarajevo, world war one and other random off the cuff metal and historical references support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on...

In a week where I pay way over the odds for a record I've wanted since 1989 to add to my personal ballast/collection, I ask is it really worth it? is there any romance really in clicking a button and getting it delivered to your door compared to going through the racks in a dank old cellar record shop back in the day. I finally get to me Manowar vinyl anecdote and wonder....is it really worth it? surely it's better to own nothing and be happy.....right? support the show over...

My reaction to the presidential debate...as if anyone needed it, The Death of Stalin vs Weekend at Bernies explained at long last! Where did the term gaslighting come from, what does it mean and why does it feel so goddamn Soviet Soviet? so good they named it twice... support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6... sponsored by Metal Blade records https://metalblade.indiemerch.com/ promo code AA 2024 for 10% off your...

In todays episode I talk about something I never thought I would say, seeing Beherit at a festival. A Black Metal bucket list moment.....Ave Satan, Ave Lucifer at the Houses of the Holy festival, if you know you know! However the episode is really about the possibility of ruining a legacy or reputation returning to the stage after so many years or even beginning a live career after years spent in the shadows, the Bathory paradox! and maybe old dogs bite down hardest after all these...

The most depressing gig I ever witnessed to open with, followed by a discussion on the tempations of larping at being in a band using AI, who would resist? and what are the implications for the music industry once the gap narrows to make human musical creativity and AI indistinguishable.... support this show over at http://patreon.com/alanaverill Todays band sponsors BRAZEN...

May be a fools errand, if so let's be politically homeless fools together! a sideways look at the recent elections..... Ignorance is bliss after all support the show over at https://patreon.com/AlanAverill Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6... sponsored by Metal Blade records https://metalblade.indiemerch.com/ promo code AA 2024 for 10% off your order ships worldwide For info on my work as a booking agent go...

WRACH one man Black Metal war from Wales Listeners to Agitators Anonymous can receive 10% off their order by   Inputting the code ALANAW @ apocalypticwitchcraft.co.uk   https://apocalypticwitchcraft.co.uk/products/ From the cold dark shadows of Wales emerges Wrach, an enigmatic one-man black metal force. A tempest of relentless riffs, thunderous percussion, and infernal vocals, submerged deep within occult, death worship, and anticosmic theses. Enveloping listeners into a sinister esoteric...

Our intrepid mid table singer in an over the hill heavy metal band is jet lagged, tired beyond belief after a 12 day jaunt around the US and A, so todays podcast is just impressions from the trip, politics, the people, the shows, visa costs, and observations of the human in late stage capitalist decay.....and the cost of cheesecake..... support this show over at http://patreon.com/alanaverill Todays band sponsors BRAZEN...