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AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast — 373 episodes
Where exactly does a bands fee go?
"Don't you remember?" you old fool.....being mocked by CHATGPT
Are you in the Mano(war)sphere?
Dead embryonic cells, becoming a walking meme and some EU eco (can I play with) madness......
I tried to make it back to 1984....
Is the golden age of underground musical creativity over?
Cultural misunderstandings....and music industry communication breakdowns
Examining the culture war hype surrounding 'The Odyssey'
Adapt or Die? do we have to accept the dumbing down of the metal scene?
MONUMENTAL POSSESSION - introducing the band
Why some bands don't understand their legacy...
Whats the backstage music industry gossip this year?
How you approach playing a big festival
introducing DEAMONOLITH
Why is so much modern mainstream metal so F'N childish?
The enshittification of your life (part 1)
as we pass into myth
The free speech principle
...is 1987 the greatest year in Heavy Metal history?
Turns out the new saviours of rock n' roll were just a marketing psyop
Was there an FBI conspiracy to kill off rock music?....no seriously.....
Welcome to the old boys club.....
Is Pagan Metal refuge or revivalism?
...is 1987 the greatest year in Heavy Metal history?.....
Are we heading for DIRE STRAITS?...
Making metal in authoritarian states
The pleasure is to play....does it matter what you get paid?
VIP tour packages
Are we the thieves of Joy?
Why nothing feels the same anymore...
Why old metal hates new metal.....
Keeper of the Epstein Keys
...is the new MEGADETH album any good?
How can you tour arenas and be broke?
Greenland, Iceland, any old land will do....
Iran, Varg and rent are all four letter words, what have they got in common?
DJ Maduro live from the Boiler Room
That time I went to the crowning of a new king of Ireland
The hard truths about touring
I got the gas station Blues.....
A chat w / Sakis from ROTTING CHRIST
The Black Metal Streisand effect
Winning and losing at the music industry game
When an album comes along and shows you exactly what you were missing.....
Am I my brothers keeper? should artists be responsible for the beliefs of others?
Shirley Mansons vital and viral music industry plea
I listened to 50 new bands this week....
The Irish Alex Jones is in the house
THRASH METAL REVIEW 2025 w / Joe from GAMA BOMB
Political assassination, Godwin's law and when every opinion is a nail....
Axl's 10 cent royalty cheque / what the hell are live performance royalties? / grappling with math
Analysing the Cradle situation and what is the job of a session musician
INTRODUCING - Zappedüster
The oasis of witty banter vs. free speech hypocrisy
Recording an old school album on a budget
Is it really possible to ban phones at gigs?
Die with your boots on......
Is the population collapse narrative a grift? (re-upload with fixed audio)
The Irish woman who shot Mussolini
The revenge of rap rock @ the Glastonbury gulag of guilt
a chat w/ Shayan from True Iranian Black Metal band TRIVAX
Uranium is a Heavy Metal
The secret history of Ireland's flirt with fascism
Metal machine music
Your extra rollercoaster ride through the abandoned theme park of free speech
Balkanisation bedlam, protesting to survive, sticky floors and dirty venues
a chat w / Vorphalack from SAMAEL
your guide to W.A.S.P !!!
The free speech first principle quandary
a chat w / Charles GHUL from MAYHEM (ex Cradle of Filth/ Imperial Vengeance)
Episode 250! How the F did that happen?
Kneecap / Irish unification / Playlist protests / Who gets to do the firing in a band / ...and what is too extreme?
Instagram interrogation part 1
An Irishman abroad
Low Energy Heavy Metal Heroes
introducing the band BLOODBARK
50 YEAR CAREER IN 15 SECONDS
AI has to learn from somewhere right? but where.....
THE GATHERING WILDERNESS IS 20 YEARS OLD
Why was there so much violence at gigs in the old days?
let's talk about BLACK SABBATH
Is the album now just a passion project?
READING A TOUR DIARY FROM 1999
The importance of having a sparring partner
The unexpected and unusual story of 'Storm before calm'
Is traditional underground metal in a state of managed decline?
MY TOP 21 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2024
Unwrapping the Spotify business model
When did becoming a fan of music become such a digital chore?
Curating legacy - the triple thrash treat
The podcaster friend simulation theory
It's the economy stupid!
INSTAGRAM Q + A
a chat w / JON from HEAVY METAL PHILOSOPHY
The expensive and nerdy world of vintage Heavy Metal t-shirt collecting
Everyone's a critic, instagram ready stage shows and an AI occult metal band with merch!
a chat w / Dan from WOLCENSMEN, GRAB + SOLSTICE
ALAN vs JOE
Are you a libertarian?
Will someone please call AI Danzig and game the system
How do you play the game as a new band? and is there any damn point?
Durov's Dilemna, Dynamic pricing and the mystery of Attila's suitcase
the Oasis masculinity conundrum
Another festival season nearly over...
a chat w / JASON from AGALLOCH
VERMINOUS SERPENT
Inclusive Paris Blasphemy and the misfortunes of virtue
Essential advice for bands and some 90's Irish (RTE) Metal show nostalgia
Dodging the bullet
Final Vinyl - is record collecting a scam
Uncle Joe's gaslighting weekend
Ave Satan, Ave Lucifer
Gigs to no one, larping at being in a band, and being able to spot AI songs.....
Celebrity for the ugly
Introducing WRACH
American Impressions
introducing the band BRAZEN TONGUE
Rockism ain't dead, AI music money laundering claims
I wanna be somebody, or at least I did......
Stone deaf in the US and A
Artificial Depeche Mode mood not found
ART AND ANARCHY w/ KIM HOLM
Is your city turning into a cultural wasteland?
Harry Potter and the Flag of H8
THE MOST POPULAR METAL BAND IN EACH COUNTRY?
Citizens of nowhere w / STEVE HUGHES
INTRODUCING the band 'ELUSIVE GOD'
Do musicians die younger?
Stop making sense making stop
SLAYER, SOLVENTS, SYRINGES and THE PRICE OF A PINT
Why nothing makes sense anymore... (part 1)
a chat about BLACK METAL and what it had to do with PRIMORDIAL and me
introducing ADVERSARY
KREATOR a rough guide....
HOW DOES THE UNDERGROUND SURVIVE?
introducing WINDTHROW
a chat w / CHRIS from HIGH SPIRITS
There may be trouble ahead....
THIN LIZZY w/ Addi from SOLSTAFIR
Top 20 albums of 2023
Spotify on the defence
Got a Napoleon complex? E 185
Metals midlife crisis volume 1
Dublin Riot City
The Discordians : Anarchy, the Illuminati, Individualism and Pranking the mainstream
Awful Heavy Metal w/ joe from GAMA BOMB
Conflict in the Middle East
and now I know how Joan of Arc felt
Crashing back down to earth
Final tour preparations
Have podcasts helped kill the album?
Is REIGN IN BLOOD still the most extreme metal record ever made?
DUMB TOUR STORIES
The Haitian Revolution
Sober Primordial gossip
a chat w / Mirai from SIGH
My name is Mud.....festival chaos!
Pre show nerves and feeling rusty!
Why do bands re-record albums?
The Greta paradox and other rambling nonsense
a chat w / JAMES PLOTKIN
What goes into making a music video
a chat w/ Joey Vera from ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING + the Mercyful Fate reunion
discussing Primordial's second album "Journey's End"
Black metal analogue tape trading terror
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR...who were they?
The Irish potato famine
Is it possible to just be a musician anymore?
a chat w / CHRIS FIELDING
1984 is not an instruction manual
Onstage meltdowns
How the cost of living crisis affects underground music economics
Black Metal 1993
Is the new Metallica any good?
is AI is coming for creativity itself....?
Win some Lose some it's not the same to me
ROLLING STONE MAGAZINES GREATEST HEAVY METAL SONGS OF ALL TIME.....
a chat w / Matt bacon from DROPOUT MEDIA, BACON'S BITS and more
Mixing and Mastering, what makes the final cut….
This day in metal 1983 pt. 4
Trial and error Terror in the studio
One week into recording
Waxing lyrical
What happens on day 1 in the studio
Being twice as appalling as Cradle of Filth in 1995
Conspiracy theories dom Sathanas
Is Haunting the Chapel Death Metal?
Ain't no Rebels anymore
Mark the Animal Mendoza presents the Grammys
The mid 1990s Metal conundrum
No snow no show
a chat w/ John from HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE
Nick Cave has the AI blues
Have we lost faith in our institutions?
Introducing Verminous Serpent
a chat w/ Paul from BLOOD INCANTATION
Can you learn songwriting intuition?
your guide to DARK ANGEL
Looking back over the music industry in 2022
2022 Year review pt. 1
My top 20 metal albums of the year.....
Free speech for the dumb
Nazis on speed
Ancient Apocalypse Agitators
Tuesdays Metal Miscellany
Discussing TO THE NAMELESS DEAD the 6th Primordial album
How will AI affect songwriting and music?
and now the end is near.....
The curiously dark case of Doom Death metal
Speed metal hell
Artificial intelligence will you ever learn?
Are we living too fast for slow music?
Tuesdays metal miscellany
1984 - you will love Big Brother
No one gets out of here alive.....
Those first tours in Eastern Europe
The Legacy of Venom
The Legacy of Venom
Protest and Survive
re watching 'Some kind of Monster'
War Ensemble
Why a hometown gig is always different
Killer queens, controversy and the worst gig I ever played
My fave album of all time......
Blackout...I really had a blackout!
Short notes on summer breaks
10 under rated Norwegian Black Metal albums....
Rent seeking merch stealing
Ticket sale trouble
A report from Beyond the Gates festival
My first festival experience
Morrissey ist Black Metal
Me vs. Deutsche Bahn
a chat w / Okoi from BOLZER
your guide to KING DIAMOND
The real reasons why rock n roll is dead
The heavy metal weekly review
Get off the fence you cuck!
a guide to DEATH
My money my choice
your guide to MORBID ANGEL
The bad taste blues
AC/DC pt. 2 from 1980 to the present !
Confidence is the key to singing
What is it like to play a huge metal festival?
Is music the backdrop to a brand.....not the soundtrack to a life?
Motorhead vol. 2 'the post 1990 years' w/ Addi from Solstafir
Robocop Futurama
Discussing the glory of MOTORHEAD w Addi from Solstafir
Crash course in brain surgery
Discussing AC/DC w / Addi from Solstafir
The sad demise of the record store
your guide to MANOWAR
Hey buddy what's up?
your guide to MERCYFUL FATE
Strip searched in Sweden
your guide to BATHORY
TOUR DIARY PT. 2
The tour diary pt. 1
Game changers in the music industry
AA's guide to Slayer
Can touring survive?
The great Metallica debate pt. 2
a chat w/ Mikko from SWALLOW THE SUN
The great Metallica debate pt. 1
a chat w/ KATI RAN
What does a war economy mean for the music industry?
Is this the Revenge of History
The Gathering Wilderness
Mutually Assured Destruction
The Ukraine crisis
The life of COUNTESS BATHORY
a chat w/ comedian STEVE HUGHES
Bread and circuses of the apology industry
Raging for the Machine
Is the narrative crumbling?
a chat w/ comedian LEO KEARSE
A priest, a tennis player, a doctor and a dictator walk into bar
Righteous Rogan vs. the Covaddicts
Masters and Puppets.....
a chat w/ Jackie from INTO THE NECROSPHERE podcast
The Conspiracy Conformity Principle
Is Western democracy actually under threat?
RASPUTIN......The Mad Monk
Playing Devil's Advocate....
When is the right time to quit? and other such important questions
The Life and times of HP LOVECRAFT
On the road again....getting back in the van
Primordial 'Redemption at the puritans hand' is 10 years old....
Looking back at the last 20 months pt. 1
a chat w/ Jonas from KATATONIA
The origins of an accidental 30 year musical career?.....
a chat w / Christian from PORTRAIT
Maiden Afghanistan
THE 1ST GIG BACK......The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say.....
a chat w/ Chris from Winterfylleth
Do a few festivals signify the return of live music?
Are musicians competitive or jealous ? and other such questions.....
A random discussion about great Metal records from the 90s
Sitting on the fence in the binary garden of Good and Evil
a chat w/ Dan Lilker (Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, S.O.D., Brutal Truth)
AS ROME BURNS being interviewed by/ Into the Necrosphere podcast
What does the future look like for live music? A rant......
Is this the revolution by the 1% against the 99%?
Content creating vs. Music making, Vaccination vs. Protestation
Lies sell but who's buyin...?
a chat w/ Chuck Keller (Order from Chaos/Ares Kingdom/Vupecula)
What happened to rock/metal in the mainstream?
AA's guide to CORONER
I got somethin' to say....is it possible to be a Rebel today?
I got the FOMO blues
The Great Death Metal Debate
What is it like to travel and play music at a streaming event in 2021?
a chat w/ Fernando from MOONSPELL
Friedrich Nietzsche's outbreak of Evil
What is it like making an album?
JOSH BARNETT part 2
The return of JOSH BARNETT!!
The big 50!! but are you what you sing about?
Every sub-culture scene needs active and passive people
Hail Caesar or Et to Brute?
The duty to offend is greater than the right to be offended
You can't psychoanalyse the Irish
a chat w/ Nicholas Barker (Cradle of Filth/Dimmu Borgir/Lock Up/Brujeria....)
Livin Under Lock and Key
Do we have to agree with the artists we like?
'Making Metal/Talking Singing' w/ JB from GRAND MAGUS
Great Reset or Great Rock n Roll Swindle?
Heavy Metal in a dictatorship
The stage represents freedom / so don't stop believin'.....
The, We don't care what you say.....FCK U! 2020 review
Why should we trust in the system?
an chat w comedian STEVE HUGHES
How one man lifted a Nation....
Dread Sovereign
From Sabbath to Seneca
Your 10 Fave Dictators from the 70s !!!
an interview w / Ivar Bjornson from ENSLAVED
I'm Elected.....what the hells goin on around here?
Step back from that ledge my friend.....
It's the end of the world as we know it
Freedom is not the default setting of society
Ain't no love in the heart of the city
Visiting Chernobyl
12 Rules for life in the Communist State of Dublinistan
Love in a Cold World w/ Mat McNerney (Grave Pleasures/Hexvessel/Beastmilk/Dodhaimsgard)
The 'I told ya so' State of the Union address
Priests in Hell come to the Sabbat w/ Andy Sneap
A brief interlude
The curious case of cancel culture
BONUS Spotify & Band discussion
Every day is like Sunday
Goin Underground
Questions, questions many you ask.....
Nemtheanga on the Primordial album 'Redemption'
COCAINE EEJITS 'Tales of an Irishman in New York'
Mental Health, Agency and Purpose
'Satanic Panic at the disco!', a history of the Church of Satan
The Shadow of Aleister Crowley the Great Beast 666
Bonus podcast - The Making of Primordial 'Storm Before Calm'
IRISH HISTORY vol. 1 back to school
SOUL, SOBRIETY, SUICIDE & SOLSTAFIR w/ Addi Tryggvason
Is this the end of Rock n Roll as we knew it?
Moderate man says reasonable thing vs. the Volcano
Reason, Riots and Responsibility, with Josh Barnett MMA
Irish Politics, Drug Culture, the Cult of Heroic Failure and Paganism
Primordial - Spirit the Earth Aflame 20 years on
Violence, Danger, the Golden Age of Death Metal and Jarvis / Night Demon/Cirith Ungol
Losing it onstage, Digital Privilege and are remote gigs the end of Rock n Roll
The Remote Future of Art and Music and the maths of Touring Exposed
Biometric passports, Mental Health and Absinthe Madness
Isolation, Blade Running, Finding Answers and Drunken Idiocy at Wacken Open Air
Music Industry Falls and Fails, Tales from my first ever tour over 25 years ago