AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast

Todays Tuesday Metal Miscellany considers the separation between the topics of the podcast and new lyrical ideas, who wants to hear more of the same? but where do you find new inspiration after all these years? That and the fact that right now there are two Death tribute bands on tour, and pulling more people than newer bands making original music? is metal too obsessed with nostalgia? maybe suppo...

As Primordial begins to record album number 10 this podcast is pretty self explanatory, ever wondered about what happens in the studio on day number 1! Some technical nerdy gear stuff and also how to prep, how to lurk, be absent and involved all at the same time! sponsored by https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA2023 for 10% off worldwide Support this show http://supporter.aca...

In todays Heavy Metal miscellany I discuss the predictable prep for last minute recording sessions, running around the city looking for bits of drums, a funny review of Primordial from Kerrang in 1995 supporting Cradle of Filth and 'Gorgoth', some memories of drinking Ihsahns whiskey, seeing Saxon in front of 50 people in 1990 and being heartbroken at a cancelled Cronos show in Dublin the same yea...

In episode 148 I discuss Conspiracy theories, what do the two words mean anymore? just a slur to shut conversation or debate down, or do these ideas represent something more dangerous to society? I propose to the senate 10 rough rules for which any man, woman or creature of fortune can use to measure if a theory has conspiracy credentials! the show is sponsored by METAL BLADE RECORDS   indiem...

In today's metal miscellany I discuss being asked for my top 13 Death Metal albums of all time, and then realising all of them are 30+ years old, is Haunting the Chapel by Slayer Death Metal? is Morbid Tales Death Metal and other such important questions. Secondly I discuss what a Spotify stream is worth, how old record contracts roughly worked and why I will never pay the rent from streaming! ind...

Are there are any rebels anymore in the music industry? in the wider culture at large? is it even possible. After spending the last few months only reading rock autobiographies and stories about some of music real characters, from Sly and the family stone to Brian Wilson to Iggy Pop, Sid Vicious to Neil Young, The New York Dolls to Johnny Cash and many more from the darkest annals of rock n roll m...

Tuesdays heavy metal ramble considers the idea that Mark The Animal Mendoza bassist from Twisted Sister is somewhere in the multi-verse presenting an alternate Grammys, as he's about the same age as Madonna and made a few facial alterations.....is Satanism just wearing a top hat with some plastic horns on? are Limp Bizkit trolling the world with a prophetic deep fake video that might provide us wi...

A breathless consideration of the case of mid 90s metal, did the underground have the life sucked out of it by the forces of capitalism, of success, of aspirations beyond its station? did the scene lose its hunger and energy? if so what were the contributing factors, all mulled over after 4 pints of afternoon Guinness so things are a bit giddy and all over the place. Blame Arthur..... http://www.p...

Tuesdays short sharp and sweet metal miscellany considers the process of booking a band, and why for example Mott the Hoople might cancel a show in Birmingham, Alabama. The song writing process, why you need to write awful stuff to get to the good stuff, what inspires lyrics and and the important and ongoing concern.....are the Welsh spying on us? go to indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords Code: AA202...

Episode 145 is a chat with an old friend, John Cobbett from HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE, ex Lord weird slough feg, Vhol, Ludicra among many others. One of the most under rated metal curiosities of the last two decades, 'The Locust Years' was for example just added to the Decibel Magazine hall of fame, probably one of the greatest bands you never heard of! We get into all sorts of stuff, recording analog...

Nick Cave has recently called a song, well actually a lyric....written by Artificial Intelligence as a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human. So is he correct? Todays short, sharp sweet cast goes through his quotes, the story, as we've discussed here before on the podcast the implications AI will have for human creativity and we end with a triumphant reading of the AI lyric in question, how...

In this episode I nurse a brutal hangover and dish out a spicy curry, maybe not a Vindaloo but a Madras at least. Have we as a society lost faith in our institutions, what happens when we do? Is politics merely pantomime now, Hollywood for the ugly, as they say. Do we have any say anymore in the future our technocratic political class have for us, and did we ever? All mulled over with a grumpy dis...

Tuesday's heavy metal miscellany is back and this is a special one if you will allow me some shameless self promotion of a sort! During lockdown I recorded an album with a new band and included in today's podcast is a whole song! It's filthy, dark, grim, bestial kinda stuff! That and some random Primordial chat and a preview of what might be coming up on Fridays main cast! all the links you need a...

E 143 is the first chat of the year and strap yourselves in, it heads for deep space! I'm joined by Paul from BLOOD INCANTATION, one of the fastest rising death metal bands of the last decade. Uniting old school and new school fans BI are something of a modern revelation, managing to unite scenes and ages, we discuss that, Pauls complex musical tree, their now infamous episode of What's in my bag...

The songwriting process is well under way for the new Primordial album, so i thought it would be interesting to take a look at how that works, can you learn intuition when it comes to songwriting, what should you trust and the skill of knowing you are going down a blind alley and taking everyone with you. How to fry and find piece of mind and the right frame of mind to let the ideas flow unclutter...

The Tuesday heavy metal miscellany returns with the audio of my last Call from the grave video that went up on Youtube before the new year, a look back over the career of DARK ANGEL.....if you told me the greatest thrash metal album of all time was 'Darkness Descends'.....I might just agree http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan...

Episode 141 is part 2 of a look back over 2022, this time from a musicians perspective, the ending of lockdown, tours and gigs returning, the hesitancy of people to attend, vaccine dilemmas for musicians and the industry, conformity in the metal scene at large, spiralling energy and travel costs for both musicians and fans, who can survive that into 2023? but also let's hear it for how much great...

This is part one of the year in review, the dark stuff.....call me a miserable son of a bitch if you wish but this is about lockdown, post pandemic issues, war Ukraine, Putin, fighting for freedom in Iran, the Twitter files, Climate change issues, mainstream media narratives and who controls them, the new technocracy, gender, the WEF and all the that other good positive stuff....part 2 will be a l...

This one does what it says on the tin! My top 15 or 20 Metal albums of the year in no real order! Nothing we all like more than a list huh? well here's my end of year list...... http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Free speech, free speech for the dumb. Free speech, free speech for the dumb. Free speech, free speech for the dumb. Free fucking speech.....or so said Discharge once upon a time! Episode 138 is social commentary done the heavy metal way. Random thoughts about the Twitter Files, which are mainly being ignored by mainstream media, Elon Musks take over of the digital square of ideas, the meltdown of...

Rather than serve up some random social commentary on Kanye West, today we take a sideways look at amphetamine, a brief history of where it came from, how widely available it was in the 1920s, and how it ended up being used as the backbone of the blitzkrieg and a major instrument in warfare. Our shifting relationship socially and culturally to drugs and the big question, were the nazis on speed? h...

in Episode 136 AA takes on the new Graham Hancock series Ancient Apocalypse, why its so popular and how bit appeals to the romantic in us all, however the Guardian among other mainstream media publications believe it to be 'the most dangerous show on Netflix', and a gateway drug to conspiracy theories.....'how has this been allowed' they ask? so we get into that, how it perfectly frames the state...

In todays random ramble AA ponders being jetlagged, the success of the Messe des Morts festival in Montreal last weekend, almost losing my voice beforehand, the new Metallica song, not paying attention to criticism and when did metal become so conformist? lesson from this podcast? don't listen to haters, they gonna hate..... http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.aca...

AA is on his way to Messe Des Morts festival in Montreal, Canada this week so the podcast discusses the 6th Primordial album 'To the nameless dead', it's writing, recording, influences and legacy 15 years on. The album that arguably brought the band to another level....maybe the most beloved by fans, maybe the most popular, maybe the best? who knows exactly....so while the world is talking about F...

How will Artificial Intelligence affect songwriting and musicians? as on a long car journey a motley crew of failed musicians got to hear an AI created U2 song on the radio...how far are we from AI writing whole new albums for long defunct bands? could they then tour the Metaverse? do young people care, will they care if their popstars are only Avatars and not real musicians in the future? How wil...