The Metal Cell Podcast

Episode 240: Sligo Whiplash Festival: Benny Murrin (Promoter), Ren Marabou & The Beserkers, Howard of The Magnapinna.

July 20th, 2023  |  48 mins 23 secs

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It was a pleasure to welcome Benny Murrin, Promoter and co-founder of the Sligo Whiplash Festival along with two bands that are featuring on the bill, Ren Marabou & The Beserkers and Howard of The Magnapinna. There was a lot to catch up on so Benny gave us an overview on the history of the festival, the line-ups and the venue itself, Ren and Howard get us up to speed on their respective bands.

Episode 239: Letty interviews Peter Cooney (Vocals) & Rossa Molloy (Bass) of Metallic hardcore Dublin act LaVein.

July 19th, 2023  |  12 mins 27 secs

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Letty caught up with Peter Cooney (Vocals) & Rossa Molloy (Bass) of Metallic hardcore Dublin act LaVein. The band were preparing to hit the stage supporting Chelsea Grin and Kublai Khan at the Grand Social in Dublin when Letty chatted to them. LaVein have gone from strength to strength after releasing their fantastic EP 'Fine Failure' to an scene that immediately appreciated the quality of the release.

Episode 238: INDOMINUS: Mark John Payne (Bass) talks about the history of Indominus, the new line-up & a heavier direction for the Northern Ireland Death Metal band.

July 14th, 2023  |  49 mins 36 secs

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INDOMINUS: Mark John Payne (Bass) talks about the history of Indominus, the new line-up & a heavier direction for the Northern Ireland Death Metal band.

Episode 237: DAMIM: Nathanael Underwood vocalist & guitarist with the blackened death metal band talks about 'World Turned Hell' EP, writing music, comics & upcoming gigs.

July 7th, 2023  |  1 hr 11 mins

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It's always a pleasure to talk to Nathanael Underwood, vocalist & guitarist with blackened/death metal band Damim. We talk about their latest EP 'World Turned Hell', their fantastic graphic comic 'Bloodied' a unique release along with what Damim have planned for the rest of the year.

Episode 236: Letty interviews the incredibly talented vocalist David Simonich of deathcore act Signs of the Swarm

July 5th, 2023  |  18 mins 18 secs

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Letty catches up with the incredibly talented vocalist David Simonich of Signs of the Swarm for a chat about his vocal styles, influences and the preparation that went into the recording of their soon to be released fifth album 'Amongst the Low & Empty' on July 28th via Century Media Records.

Episode 235: The Metal Cell Forums: Join myself, Danielle, Howard & Letty as we talk about topics related to our favorite music...METAL! Single reviews and topic of the night is...who are the new potential festival headliners!

June 30th, 2023  |  1 hr 29 mins

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The Metal Cell Forums: Join myself, Danielle, Howard & Letty as we talk about topics related to our favorite music...METAL!
Single reviews of Aesect, Koma, Humanity Check and Strangers With Guns along with the topic of the night....who are the new potential festival headliners!

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'.