The Metal Cell Podcast

Partholón - The Ocean Pours In

July 16th, 2024
By Pat O'Regan
#cork, #groove, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #partholon, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #sludge

Not every band can evolve and grow, while staying true to themselves. Change and diversity is essential in keeping things fresh and relevant. Partholón have found that delicate balance between being true to their roots and progressing at the right pace, and in the right direction. That over-used saying, “their sound is maturing” could be used here, but it would do the band a disservice. Partholón continue to steam forward, and to use another old saying, this is their best release yet! But it’s true!

Enshroud – Mortal

June 19th, 2024
By Pat O'Regan
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Mortal is a kaleidoscope of raw energy in its purest form, adorned with visceral lamentations, and this great oceanic tsunami of compelling and melodic wizardry. Mortal is an album that weighs heavy and heartbroken by its subject matter, but musically, it will elevate the listener with some of the finest death, doom and melodic metal you will hear for a long time to come.

Coroza - As Within

May 18th, 2024
By Pat O'Regan
#blackgaze, #coroza, #cursedmonk#post-rock, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post-black, #post-metal, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #rock #prog rock

All this stark and natural beauty must somehow make its way into our DNA, and in the case of a band like Coroza, well, they have breathed in all that energy and are now allowing it to seep out of every pore of their being. They have harnessed all that is monolithic and monumental within the extreme music spectrum and crafted an album that is both fearless and formidable.

Terror Syndrome – As Daylight Falls

March 18th, 2024
By Pat O'Regan
#darkwave, #metal, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post-metal, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock, #synthwave

With a mix of synthwave, dark ambient rock and metal, Terror Syndrome has pirouetted its way onto the Irish metal scene with a sound that transports you through the cosmos and beyond with its dance-trodden beats and its vast, futuristic soundscapes, all of which balances itself seductively on a knife edge between what is metal and what is dance.

Fraught - Transfixed on Dying Light

February 18th, 2024
By Pat O'Regan
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Chemical Addiction – Backburner

November 18th, 2023
By Pat O'Regan
#alternative, #alternativemetal, #experimental, #grunge, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #seattle

Right from the off Chemical Addiction have you hook, line and sinker with the grooviest of hooks and the coolest of vibes, which teleport you straight back to that seismic Seattle grunge scene which dominated the early nineties and beyond. Laced in cool vibrations and dripping in rhapsodic pleasures, this is music that will have your head swivelling and pirouetting to every beat and every chugging riff.

The Grief – Crucible

October 20th, 2023
By Pat O'Regan
#blackgaze, #doommetal, #gothic, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #post rock, #post-black, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

The Grief are yet another great Irish band tirelessly plying their trade, crafting brilliant and original compositions, but with a very dignified tip of the cap to all that has gone before it. A superb release.

Third Island – Burning

October 4th, 2023
By Pat O'Regan
#music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

Haint - Terminally Evolved EP

September 16th, 2023
By Pat O'Regan
#album, #applemusic, #check, #grunge, #headbang, #heavymetalmusic, #heavymetalpodcasts, #instudio, #irishmetal, #irishmetalgigs, #irishmetalinterviews, #itunes, #listening, #live, #liveradio, #lthemetalcellpodcast, #metalinterviews, #metalmusic, #metalpodcast, #metalreviews, #metalshow, #music, #musicpress, #newmusic, #nowplaying, #organblender, #playlist, #playlists, #premium, #radio, #song, #songs, #soundcloud, #spotify, #spotifyplaylist, #supportirishmetal, #supportyourlocalmetalscene, #themetalcellreviews, #twitter, #youtube

The winners of the 2022 Metal 2 The Masses have conjured up an EP that sees diversity and hard graft metamorphosize into a post metal/ grunge infused entity that thrives and flourishes upon each listen.

Necrokinesis - A Force Made Flesh

August 3rd, 2023
By Pat O'Regan
#alternativemetal, #blackgaze, #blackmetal, #deathmetal, #experimental, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #shoegaze, #thrashmetal

Hailing from the banks of the River Barrow, Adrian Foley writes and performs everything on the album, making Necrokinesis a DIY project that has all the nuclear power and all the potency needed to make the sound and sonic soundscape of this album monumental