The Metal Cell Podcast

Episode 234: Safe Gigs Ireland. Dola Twomey (Project Lead of Safe Gigs Ireland), Ciara Hayes (Relapse Promotions), Danielle & Letty (The Metal Cell Podcast)

June 23rd, 2023  |  55 mins 22 secs

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It was a pleasure to welcome Dola of Safe Gigs Ireland and Ciara of Relapse Promotions Cork to the show. Joining us also were my co-hosts Danielle & Letty to discuss a relatively new initiative set up by Dola and her team to make gigs and nightlife safer, for everyone.

Episode 233: Saint Slaughter: Eoin (Vox), Jeff (Riffs), Tom (Drums) & Spencer (Bass) of the Dublin based thrashers give us a history of the band and what to expect off them in 2023.

June 16th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins

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It was a pleasure to welcome for the first time onto the podcast, Dublin based thrash band 'Saint Slaughter'. The band have been on the Metal Scene for a long time with their first release 'Demos' dating back to 2015. Eoin Clarke (Vocals), Jeff Hernandez (Guitars), Tom Moylan (Drums) and new member Spencer O'Brein, join me to talk about the history of their blistering thrash attack which has seen them play with thrash legends Gama Bomb, Xentrix and headline their own gigs also

Episode 232: Outsound: Steve (Vox/Guitars), Aaron (Bass/Vox) & Luke (Drums/Vox) talk about their brilliant debut LP Megatherium and share some interesting stories about the band and future plans.

June 9th, 2023  |  42 mins 4 secs

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Steve (Vocals/Guitars) Aaron (Bass) and Luke(Drums) of Outsound are releasing their brilliant debut album ‘Megatherium’ on June 9th. Their sound encompasses a new wave of progressive, hard rock carrying melodic vocals through atmospheric bends, searing leads and bouncing breakdowns. Tearing strips from blues, grunge, heavy metal and even sprinkling in some Beach Boys flavoured harmonies, the lads share some insights into the recording of their debut and how the
band were formed.

Episode 231: Dog Tired: An exclusive track by track review of their new soon to be released album 'The Red Verse' by Luke (Riffs/Vox) & Keith (Drums)..

June 2nd, 2023  |  1 hr 37 mins

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I was delighted to welcome back Luke (Riffs/Vox) & Keith (Drums) of Dog Tired to do an exclusive track by track overview of their soon to be released fifth album 'The Red Verse'. This is literally the soundtrack to the apocalypse with riffs so intense that they sear through flesh, a heaviness that crushes and distorts the mind along with monstrous vocals that could summon the great Cthulhu! Keith and Luke walk us through all the tracks and of course there's plenty of craic as well

Episode 230: Steve Hobson (drums) & Ian Booth (guitars/vocals) of Haint and Fredy Moita (guitars/vocals) of Nomadus talk about the upcoming charity fundraiser, Cancer Puncher.

May 26th, 2023  |  1 hr 25 mins

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It was a pleasure to welcome back Steve Hobson (drums) & Ian Booth (guitars/vocals) of Haint and Fredy Moita (guitars/vocals) of Nomadus to the show. Steve contacted me a few weeks back in relation to a charity gig he was putting on for raising much needed funds for cancer charities in Northern Ireland.
Haint had been off the live circuit since last November when Ian was diagnosed with Lymphoma. It was his diagnosis, as well as others that Steve knew who were battling, or in some cases had tragically lost a battle with cancer quite recently that spurred him on to raise funds in support of Cancer Focus, Belfast City Hospital Cancer Unit and Southern Hospice Trust.

Episode 229: Metal & Art Pt.4. The role of the Tattooist featuring Ross Daly (IRL) & Marvin Silva (USA).

May 19th, 2023  |  1 hr 18 mins

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Episode 228: TOOMS: Alex (Riffs/Vox) & Kieran (Drums) talk us through their new killer ep release 'The Shmeckening'.

May 12th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins

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It was a pleasure to welcome back Alex and Kieran of TOOMS to the podcast. TOOMS have released a killer 3 song ep that literally will make you smash stuff up! Myself and Evan chat to the lads about the ep and cover alot of topics including touring, music influences on 'The Scmeckoning'.

Episode 227: Four Provinces Tour: Members of Fornoth, Black Shuck & Eternal Helcaraxe discuss this exciting tour featuring some of Irelands finest heft merchants!

May 5th, 2023  |  41 mins 57 secs

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It was a pleasure to welcome Daire, John & Lachlan of Fornoth, Brendan from Black Shuck and Praetorian from Eternal Helcaraxe to the show. They were all on the show to discuss the upcoming Four Provinces Tour in May, which features seven bands and different line-ups every night over five shows in Dublin, Belfast, Galway twice and Limerick. A tour featuring this amount of heft plus the fact that it's all Irish bands; hasn't happened in a while so we discuss this and the other acts completing this exciting bill, Grey Stag, Grave Sermon, Steiner and LaVein.

Episode 226: The Forums: Myself, Danielle, Evan & guest co-host Steve Walsh (Grey Stag) talk about Irish Metal!

April 28th, 2023  |  1 hr 42 mins

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The Forums: Join myself, Danielle, Evan & guest co-host Steve Walsh (Grey Stag) as we talk about topics related to our favorite music...METAL! Single reviews, Digital fanzines and Siege of Limerick festival lookback all feature on this weeks jam filled show!

Episode 225: Slung From A Tree: Aaron (Vox/Guitars) & Eoghan (Bass) discuss their debut LP 'Voyage Into Cosmos' which is out on 20/04/23.

April 21st, 2023  |  1 hr 5 mins

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It was a pleasure to welcome back Aaron Loughnane (Vox/Guitars) & Eoghan Galligan (Bass) of sludge/stoner band Slung From A Tree. Aaron, who produced the entire album has worked a minor miracle with their debut. He has moulded and twisted this slab of molten metal which contains crushing cosmic forces, swirling wormholes and stellar musical abandonment into a seven track LP aptly titled 'Voyage Into Cosmos'.

Episode 224: War Of Attrition: Nathan (Vocals) & Ocean (Guitars) talk about their new ep 'The Social Apocalypse', an impressive 12 months of gigging and working on new material.

April 14th, 2023  |  56 mins 8 secs

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It was a pleasure to welcome Nathan (Vocals) & Ocean (Guitars) of War Of Attrition to the show. The band play a ferocious mixture of thrash, groove and gritty metal that hits all the sweet spots especially when witnessed live. I caught up with the lads just before they do their debut EP launch of 'The Social Apocalypse' in their favourite city, Limerick. Having blasted their way through a serious amount of gigs during 2022, War Of Attrition are perfectly poised to have another impressive year building on the following they have on these shores and are prepping for an new album further down the line.

Episode 223: The Siege of Limerick Festival EARRACH MMXXIII. A special podcast edition!

April 7th, 2023  |  1 hr 14 mins

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I was delighted once again to welcome John Real of Bad Reputation/Siege of Limerick onto the show, joining John was Jamie Clarke, vocalist with Razor Sharp Death Blizzard from Edinburgh, Jack O'Neill, guitarist with Coroza and Daniel Howard, vocals/guitars with Partholón/Magnapinna. We take a look at the line up of Siege MMXXIII, discuss the debate on merchandise vs venues taking percentages of sales (Siege takes none!), talk about what bouncers are not going to tolerate at the Siege.

Episode 222: Words That Burn: Roni & Jason talk about their brilliant new release 'Cut Throat Culture' and share some insights into the recording & song writing process of the album.

March 31st, 2023  |  1 hr 5 mins

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It was a pleasure to welcome back Roni MacRuairi (Vocals) & Jason Christy (Drums) of Words That Burn to the podcast. The four piece from Drogheda; which also feature Ger Murphy (Bass) and Shane Martin (Guitars/Synths) have released a blistering follow up to Pyres which came out in 2019. 'Mixed and mastered by Josh Schroeder [Lora Shore, King 810], ‘Cut Throat Culture‘ sees the rising Irish four-piece embrace a variety of styles that range from alternative, to metal-core, and electronic fusion. Roni & Jason talk about what the release means to them, get some insights into the recording and song writing process and of course future plans for the band

Episode 221: True Home: Declan Beare (Bass/Vocals/Drone Zone) & Charlie Appleby (Drums/Percussion) talk about finding their unique sound, signing to Cursed Monk Records and we get an 'EXCLUSIVE' listen to three new tracks.

March 24th, 2023  |  59 mins 26 secs

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Declan Beare (Bass/Vocals/Drone Zone) & Charlie Appleby (Drums/Percussion) of True Home, blend the perfect mixture of psychedelic doom, drone and ambient music to create their own niche in the Irish Metal Scene with plenty of support slots racked up. I talk to the lads about finding their unique sound, signing to Cursed Monk Records and we get an 'EXCLUSIVE' listen to three new tracks from their upcoming album called 'Black Lotus'.

Episode 220: Grey Stag: Matt (Bass/Vocals), Steve (Riffs) & Daragh (Drums) do a track by track preview of their incredible debut album 'Call of the Mountain'

March 17th, 2023  |  1 hr 24 mins

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t was a pleasure to welcome sludge merchants, Steve (Riffs), Matt (Bass/Vocals) & Daragh (Drums) of Grey Stag to the podcast, their debut album 'Call of the Mountain' drops on St.Patricks Day. Myself and Danielle get an exclusive track by track preview of the album and of course there's plenty of other insights with the lads to keep you interested and amused. This is going to be one of the best Irish Metal releases in 2023.

Episode 219: Ropemaker: Dave Slattery (Guitars/Bass/Composer) of instrumental Tech Metal band Ropemaker with Rory Guyett (Drums) ex-Ilekus, talk about 'Interwoven', Daves solo debut LP.

March 10th, 2023  |  1 hr 19 mins

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Interwoven is Ropemakers debut LP and certainly caused a stir in the Irish Metal Scene! Myself and Danielle have a brilliant chat with Dave Slattery (Guitars/Bass/Composer) & Rory Guyett (Drums) about song composition, life as a solo artist and an in depth look at how Ropemaker came into fruition. Dave is yet another great addition to the incredible solo artists out there in our Irish Metal Scene.