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Making metal in authoritarian states
Following a trip to Albania I consider all the various coefficients that have to go together to allow scenes to exist in harsh conditions, religious oppression, totalitarian regimes or outright poverty, how does metal always somehow find a
The pleasure is to play....does it matter what you get paid?
Today's podcast looks back at the history of record contracts, over 100 years ago and asks were musicians back then paid more for their work than streaming does now? was the music industry the canary in the coalmine, the first example of 'Y
VIP tour packages
These days almost every tour has a meet and greet VIP package, I used to feel they were immoral but with ever rising costs I evaluate my position and wonder are they essential now to a musicians ability to earn anything on tour anymore? it'
Are we the thieves of Joy?
I missed out Episode 290 so let's go back in time, this one is kinda rambling and all over the place, why Rock N Roll and all the trappings, spices, side dishes, hangovers, come downs and black eyes seem like something from another century.
Why nothing feels the same anymore...
Following on from last weeks 'Why old metal hates new metal' podcast, we take it a bit further this week, could be metal could be any old subculture to be honest, what are the reasons we feel alienated, detached and disenfranchised? From ci
Why old metal hates new metal.....
Why do older metal fans find most newer metal bands so difficult to relate to? Is it just generational, don't the old folks always complain about the music young people like or is there more to it? riffs.....the sound.....the vocals....the
Keeper of the Epstein Keys
I couldn't resist, having never talked about Epstein before with the week that's in it I couldn't not cast a few scurrilous glances across the whole dirty affair and see what's going on..... as it seems, a lot of pretty dark stuff, let's ge
...is the new MEGADETH album any good?
This is the audio from a recent video on my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@AlanAverillNemtheanga if you want to watch the original nemtheanga_primordial on the gram support the show over at : https://patreon.com/AlanAverill Primor
How can you tour arenas and be broke?
Recently a bunch of people shared me a story about a band (called Witch Fever) who've been out touring in arenas but are absolutely broke, how can that be? well actually it can be very easy, and probably expected in their position, I'll exp
Greenland, Iceland, any old land will do....
What other Heavy metal podcast tries to make some kinda sense of geo-politics? that's right.....almost none! Perhaps for good reason, perhaps not. Today I take a sideways look at the craziness around the Greenland situation, why it's more s
Iran, Varg and rent are all four letter words, what have they got in common?
In today's episode I discuss Varg seemingly embracing AI, why the western activist class are silent on Iran, and in part three or four of why there are not angry bands in the mainstream anymore I discuss what the rental market has to do wit
DJ Maduro live from the Boiler Room
First episode back this year is a spicy one, I couldn't resist taking a look into Maduro's wild ride, the chaotic mess that sadly became Venezuala and how politics in 2026 started with a bang, no rest for the wicked and not a moments peace!
That time I went to the crowning of a new king of Ireland
Last show of the year quite possibly is a Patreon story about some daft shenanigans from the past! and some AI taking over the music industry to begin with! very shortly I am out with DREAD SOVEREIGN DEC 11 ◆ SWEDEN, Gothenburg, The Abyss D
The hard truths about touring
After last weeks more tongue in cheek look at the world of touring this time I take it a bit more seriously and try and examine some of the hard truths about what living on the road can do to you, how it can punish the vulnerable and reward
I got the gas station Blues.....
In today's podcast I cast a cranky middle aged eye over the whole debacle surrounding the band Vitriol, where members were left at gas stations, tours ended, gofundme's started and tears for the gram....what happened to not doing all your d
A chat w / Sakis from ROTTING CHRIST
"We sacrificed our lives for this, to be missionaries for the scene" or words to that effect.... A short chat before their gig in Dublin with my old friend Sakis from ROTTING CHRIST....does what it says on the tin this one..... picture from
The Black Metal Streisand effect
In today's episode I consider the Streisand effect, how responding to critics and attention can create more noise, how I once gave a lecture in Black Metal once upon a time, would that work now? and how the scene back in the day and it's ad
Winning and losing at the music industry game
In today's episode I discuss taking on the music industry at it's own game, using the parameters, platforms and apps to your advantage through the rise of the band Castle Rat, how it works for some and not for others, a brief skirt through
When an album comes along and shows you exactly what you were missing.....
My 'I listened to 50 bands' podcast a week ago raised some eyebrows and caused in equal measures mirth and annoyance but over the last week an album has come along that showed me clearly what was missing from so much modern metal, am I fair
Am I my brothers keeper? should artists be responsible for the beliefs of others?
Today's podcast is a tongue in cheek look at writing songs and lyrics as a young man, trying to fill them with pathos and gravity, that only makes any sense decades and decades later. A cynical take on the Irish Presidential election and a
Shirley Mansons vital and viral music industry plea
Recently a group of musicians started a campaign under the name 'Death to Spotify', snappy name and many articles were written and so many people sent them to me I mull this one over, same with Shirley Manson's viral clip about the state of
I listened to 50 new bands this week....
Last week I listened to 50 new bands, how did that go? find out.....can any of them stand up to the old classics? What does it take to carve your space in the scene now as a new band and what seems to be lacking? How the rise of Blood Incan
The Irish Alex Jones is in the house
Am I the Irish Alex Jones? who wants to agree with all the artists they like? what a boring world that would be. Digital ID's, is it just a conspiracy theory to be worried about the authoritarian implications of a digital panopticon or shou
THRASH METAL REVIEW 2025 w / Joe from GAMA BOMB
This one does what it says on the tin, myself and Joe from Gama Bomb mull over some of the new thrash metal releases, Coroner, Testament, Forbidden. Destruction, Dark Angel plus loads more.....it almost gets derailed by a 15 minutes of movi
Political assassination, Godwin's law and when every opinion is a nail....
After a week's hiatus I return to discuss the Charlie Kirk assassination, what is Godwin's Law and how does it apply to the modern digital age, the destruction of the middle ground only pushes more and more people to extremes, and how this
Axl's 10 cent royalty cheque / what the hell are live performance royalties? / grappling with math
In this episode I mean to talk about this summers festival season but get sidetracked by the much more interesting/boring discussion depending on your like/dislike of someone grappling with first grade math for 35 minutes as I attempt to ge
Analysing the Cradle situation and what is the job of a session musician
In today's episode I discuss the crazy Cradle of Filth situation the whole metal scene is rubber necking over, what actually is the role of a session musician in the music industry and when do you go from session role to member, is it when
INTRODUCING - Zappedüster
This is a paid for advertisement for the band Zappedüster and the track "Näbelschlucker" ZAPPEDÜSTER „NÄBELSCHLUCKER“: Rural Black Metal Punk from the backwoods middle of nowhere... „In the dead of night resounds a ghastly screech in Agas
The oasis of witty banter vs. free speech hypocrisy
Mixed bag today. While not giving a F about it at the time, the 90s really where a time of optimism, anti censorship and not confined by the restraints of the culture wars and the re-union of Oasis has brought that into sharp focus. Contras
Recording an old school album on a budget
How to record an old school sounding album on a budget. Don't want to rely on file trading, plug ins and home recording, don't want to make another modern sounding anodyne record? here are some tips...... support the show over at : https://
