Richard Duhig

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.

Episode 218: The Forums: Join myself, Evan & Joe as we talk about topics related to our favorite music...METAL!

March 3rd, 2023  |  1 hr 27 mins

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Brand new Forums but unfortunately Danielle had to drop out, due to work commitments but as they say the show must go on! We reviewed four new tracks from Collapser, Ropemaker, Terror Syndrome and Nebularis.The topic of the night was a really interesting chat about the options out there for music education, peoples roles in bands and band management.

Episode 217: Raum Kingdom. The Metal Cell Podcast and The Smashing Skull Sessions have come together once again to showcase yet another one of Ireland's metal powerhouses.

February 24th, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min

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The Metal Cell Podcast and The Smashing Skull Sessions have come together once again to showcase yet another one of Ireland's metal powerhouses, Raum Kingdom. Dave, Andy, Mark and Niall join us for a really cool chat, where we discuss both the Irish and International metal scenes as well as getting an insight into the writing and recording process for the mighty Monarch.

Episode 216: Conor McGouran (Guitars/Keyboards) & Ronan Burns (Bass/Keyboards) of The Enigma Division discuss the recording and release of their incredible self title debut album.

February 17th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins

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It was a pleasure to have Conor McGouran (Guitars/Keyboards) & Ronan Burns (Bass/Keyboards) of The Enigma Division on the Podcast. The lads along with Ben Wanders (Drums/Vocals) have unleased one of the best debut albums onto the Irish Metal for many a year! Self released on the 27th January of this year, it's a musical odyssey that defies categorization however their influences range from 80s synth music, film scores, progressive rock to tech metal.

Episode 215: Cell Games: Max, Tristan, Deb & Tonci of the Nu-Metal/Hard Rock band talk to me about recording new music & future plans for 2023.

February 10th, 2023  |  1 hr 11 mins

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Max (Vocals), Tristan (Guitars) and newest members Deb (Bass) & Tonci (Drums) join me as we go over a busy twelve months for Cell Games. Having won their first heat of Metal2TMasses blasting out their mix of Nu-Metal/Hard Rock and releasing their well received new single 'Here's to your Bones' I felt it was the perfect time to catch up with the band to discuss their formation, recording new songs and future gigs that may be on the horizon.

Episode 214: Dusk Amadeus: The Scottish Doomsters are working on their debut release. Ewan (Guitars/Backing Vocals) and Zack (Drums) give us 3 exclusive tracks to listen to and talk future plans for the band.

February 3rd, 2023  |  45 mins 5 secs

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It was a pleasure to welcome Ewan (Guitars/Backing Vocals) and Zack (Drums) of Scottish Doomsters, Dusk Amadeus onto the podcast. The four piece which are completed by Sasha (Vocals/Guitars/Cow Bell) and Morris (Bass) certainly impressed me when I saw them opening 'The Crypt of the Riff' festival in Belfast last December. The band play this sublime blend of Doom, where the influences of Monolord get mixed with Mazzy Star (courtesy of Belfast born Sasha's vocals) and Dusk Amadeus emerges.