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!

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.

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.

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

THE CRAWLING – All Of This For Nothing

July 16th, 2023
By Pat O'Regan
#death metal, #doom metal, #metal, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #prog rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock

A beautifully bleak and brutal journey through the realms of grief and despair.