The Metal Cell Podcast

Dave Hynes (Vocals) & Jason Connelly (Drums) have played in many metal acts throughout the years. When they joined up to form Grave Sermon with Cory (bass), Mark (guitars) and Gavin (guitars) it was to answer the call to make nasty, filthy Death Metal that culminated in the release of Whitewashed Tomb in 2019. Gavin soon left and was replaced by the excellent Greg Clarke of Parhelia. An appear...

Rodger Boyle is a seriously talented artist that has released some incredible releases under various monikers. Not only that he also owns and runs a internationally recognised underground record label called Cursed Monk Records from Galway in Ireland. Rodger has underground metal acts from all over the world and has some terrific Irish acts like TOOMS, Nomadic Rituals, Fraught and the newly signed...

Myself and Howard had a great chat with Con Doyle founding member and guitarist of doom/sludge purveyors Soothsayer. The Irish Metal Scene is waiting with bated breath for the new release and having been given the full album to listen to, it certainly is a mind blower! There was plenty to talk about and with Howard as co-host, the stories flowed as easily as the drink. Soothsayers "Echoes of the E...

I was joined by Danielle, Evan, Jack and our special guest Andy Clarke from The Crawling as we run through our favourite releases of 2020 in the Irish Metal Scene. Plenty of different views and debates over some of the finest releases in 2020. We had a lot of categories to go through and it was a testament to the quality of Irish Metal that so many bands were nominated and received high praise fro...

Myself and Jack met up with John Cooke (Guitars) and Tom Dring (Drums) of Corrupt Moral Altar to discuss the release of their ferocious new e.p "Patiently Waiting for Wonderful Things". Their mix of grind, sludge, punk and hardcore has won them admirers in the U.K since 2012. We also talk to John about his tours with Napalm Death, Venomous Concept and Anaal Nathrakh as a live guitarist and Tom, wh...

The Irish Metal Scene is one of the strongest scenes in Europe for all types of metal! Here are 15 tracks from some of the best releases in 2020 by Metal bands on this island. Enjoy and thanks to all the bands for submitting their songs for the podcast. SCREAMS FROM THE IRISH UNDERGROUND VOLUME 2 1.STRANGERS WITH GUNS - CANTS 2.DIRTY POWER - BACK TO ONE 3.SCATHED - DECEIT 4.BAKKEN - COLD BLOODED M...

The Irish Metal Scene in 2020 was one of the strongest scenes in Europe for all types of metal. Here are 15 tracks from some of the best releases this year by Metal bands here on this island. Enjoy and thanks to all the bands who submitting songs to the podcast. SCREAMS FROM THE IRISH UNDERGROUND VOLUME 1. 1.GREY STAG - CYCLOPEAN 2.BODY DRINKERS - COSTA DEL CONFIGURATION 3.PSYCOTHIC OUTSIDER - MYS...

I'm joined by Alex of Abysm/Worn Out, Ciaran of Astralist/Coroza and Shane Murphy of Golgotha to talk about their brilliant solo projects they all released this year to widespread critical acclaim in the Metal community. The creative spirit that the lads showed in getting a quality digital self release in these uncertain times is to be applauded. We talk about the journey that they embarked on fro...

Molarbear are veterans of the Northern Ireland metal scene, so I was delighted to chat with Andy, Adi and Rowan about how the band came to be, unusual song titles and a new demo of songs I received from them. The new material will certainly delight Molarbear fans, short fast and brutal riffs alongside some excellent rhythms and vocals. The brilliant Storklord will have a worthy successor once the...

The Metal Cell Forums Pt.2 Join myself, Danielle, Evan and Jack for part 2 of this show to celebrate The Metal Cell hitting the magic 100 mark. The comradery in the Irish Metal Scene is second to none so welcoming Ronan of Ten Ton Slug, Mattie of Na Cruithne, Joe of Gama Bomb and Howard of Partolón to celebrate this 100th show was terrific and made us all realise how much we missed each other at g...

The Metal Cell Forums Pt.1 Join myself, Danielle, Evan and Jack for part 1 of this show to celebrate The Metal Cell hitting the magic 100 mark. I kept the guests identity secret from my co-hosts and it worked out perfect! The comradery in the Irish Metal Scene is second to none so welcoming Colin Bolger of Zhora/Dabulga Design, John Real of Bad Reputation & Alex Holzinger of Tooms to celebrate...

Grant (Guitars/Vox) & Tom (Drums) of Psykosis join myself and Joe of Gama Bomb to have a brilliant chat about the thrash metal scene. Since they were formed in 2009, Psykosis have built up an impressive array of supports to M.O.D, DRI, Diamond Head, Sacred Reich, Trivium, Sodom, Onslaught and Nuclear Assault to name a few. Due to their incendiary live shows, which saw them been invited to play...

Conor "Dock" Dockery could be described as a vital cog in the music scene, be it writing tunes with his band The Scratch, people referencing his previous work with Red Enemy or his work behind the lens, filming artists from a multitude of music genres. Myself and Evan get a great insight on "Dock" as he fills us in on the rollercoaster of a career he experienced in the music scene, since he embark...

I was delighted to welcome Ainsley (Singer) and Ronan (Drums) of Scathed to the show. I have been a long time admirer of the band when I heard "Petrify". They got Kelvin Doran of Serpent Tusk Studio to design the fantastic artwork for their brilliant E.P "Where the truth lies" and the rest as they say is history. Scathed is built around heavy rhythms, direct riffs and Ainsley's diverse vocals, whi...

Myself and Howard had a terrific chat with fellow Cork man Shauny Cads about his work as a highly respected sound engineer and the many bands he has played with throughout the years. Plenty of stories about gigs, studios and the Metal Scene that Shauny and Howard graduated through. There is of course lots of banter as one would expect. Thanks for listening. Richie. Music for the show provided by:...

Delighted to welcome back my wonderful co-hosts on this terrific episode, where I surprised my co-hosts with a special guest appearance by a member of Irelands most exciting Metal bands and a demo of their latest song. We reviewed two UK Metal acts After Smoke Clears and The Infernal Sea along with local Doomsters The Grief. We debated Evans pick of a band that he submitted for us to check out cal...

I was delighted to welcome James McBain of Hellripper to the Metal Cell Podcast to have a chat with myself and my co-host Jack O'Neill (Coroza/Gealach) about his new brutally fast and excellent "The Affair of the Poisons". Hellripper has been fast gaining a reputation for whipping up an infectious storm of blackened speed metal greatness in the spirit of old and are one of the most electrifying yo...

I was delighted to welcome Timmy and Chris of Restive Nation to the show. Formed in 2014, Restive Nation have navigated their way through many styles of music whilst keeping it really interesting for the listener. Mixing elements of Metal, Rock, Ambient and Electronic music, they refuse to fall into the usual trap of being defined as a one trick pony. We talk about the advantages of this, song wri...

I was delighted to catch up with Horrendas Darragh (guitar), Aaron (vox) and Mark (guitar) to talk about their brilliant new release Díoltas. An album that took four years to make and it certainly was worth the weight. A mixture of raw, heavy Blackened Metal that is not afraid to put in some hooks to pull in the mainstream Metal fans. We talk about the influence of having Josh Robinson producing a...

Conjuring Fate were formed in 2005 by guitarist Phil Horner and vocalist Tommy Daly. The five piece are renowned for their professional attitude, a loyal fanbase, brilliant live shows, fantastic releases and terrific videos. All that hard work culminated early this year, when they swept the Irish Metal Poll Awards for best album, artwork, single and best band. Karl Gibson joined me to reflect on t...

Originally formed in Harrogate, Yorkshire in 1985, Acid Reign debuted with the Moshkinstein EP in 1988 with first full-length The Fear dropping the following year.1990’s Obnoxious ditched most of the light-hearted references from previous albums and took a turn for the progressive, before the band split up one year later. Returning in 2019 with the brilliant and critically acclaimed "The Age Of En...

Hundred Year Old Man’s music combines post-metal with an intense wall of sound delivery that’s devastatingly effective. Drone and ambient elements are included, with synths and electronics playing a notable part in the band’s sound which have won them many plaudits across the international metal scene. The Leeds based sextet are busy completing songs for a new release and it was a great time to ca...

Sean (Vox) and Conor (Guitars) of Arjunas Eye certainly have been busy and making the most of the restrictions imposed on their plans for 2020. They have released a new video for the excellent 'Cortexiphan' and previous to that 'Trial of Grasses' both of which got plenty of airplay and attention. Major shout out to Brian O'Glanby who did a fantastic job filming them. They have also signed up with...

Delighted to welcome back my wonderful co-hosts on this terrific episode, where we reviewed Strangers With Guns & AeSects new releases. Our chosen subject was controversial album art.....the many various album covers that were banned, pulled by record labels or survived to remain topical conversational pieces amongst Metal fans. We did a feature on Jacks pick, Zeal & Ardor, a band mixes so...

I was delighted to finally meet up Darragh and Santiago of Svet Kant and have a great chat about the band. Santiago was born in Argentina and formed Svet Kant in 2011 as a solo project in Buenos Aires. He released Loneliness his debut album in 2013 and by the time he moved to Ireland to record a new album Svet Kant was a fully fledged band. Consisting of Darragh (drums), Liam (guitars) and Paul on...