The Metal Cell Podcast

I was delighted to welcome Chris (vox) and Pavol (guitars) of Cork band ZHI REN. The lads also sent on 4 demo's of new songs, one of which is featured on the show...the brilliant "Feed the Beast" and after hearing those songs, their appearance at this years Siege of Limerick cannot come fast enough! Chris and Pavol take us on a crazy adventure recalling the lunacy of their appearance at GOTHOOM Op...

Episode 59 was a special episode as I got the gifted Alex Vinci, frontman of Last Vinci and Narrow Door Management, to film the entire Podcast. So the fruition of our collaboration is up on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34lWrJqORM It was great to catch up with Danielle, Evan and Jack after Christmas and we quickly got back into our groove. Irish festivals like "Urban Assault,...

I was delighted to welcome Danny Fitzgerald of Pethrophile Promotions and John O'Brein of Irish Metal Archives to the Metal Cell Studio to talk about the Urban Assault Festival. It’s the first big indoor Metal festival of the year and the line-up over the two nights features an array of top quality Irish and International acts. It also heralds the end of Pethrophile Promotions for the foreseeable...

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...

It was great to welcome one of the best drummers of the Irish Metal Scene to the studio last Saturday. Tom and Zhora have released a vicious single called Coke Vulture which knocked us all on our arses and should herald another massive step forward for one of the biggest drawing Metal bands in Ireland. Tom talks about the recording of the new album "Mortals" and the emotions that are forged into t...

I travelled up to Belfast on Friday for the Elder Druid record launch and organised to meet Pete Clarke owner of Grindscene Records and singer of Strangle Wire the next day. The venue for the Podcast was the Hampton on Hilton Belfast, though funnily enough I never knew there was two Hiltons and of course Pete was at the other one. It sums up his character that when I realised my error after waitin...

The Metal Cell Podcast made the short trip up to Limerick to sit down and have a chat with John of Bad Reputation/Siege of Limerick. John along with Ciaran Culhane have put Limerick on the map as a destination for Irish Metal since the Sieges inception in 2008. They have steadily grown the brand of Bad Reputation and The Siege festival for it to be internationally recognised as one of the best ind...

The Metal Cell was delighted to start off 2020 with the first of a series of new acts to look out for in the Irish Metal Scene. Spirit Merchant's Colin Bolger (Vox/Guitars), Leon (Bass/Effects) and Ollie (Drums) all have a wealth of experience between them in their respective bands Zhora, Coroza and Medicant. It was great to sit down with the lads and explore the fundamental building blocks of Spi...

The Metal Cell Compilation Green Hell Pt.2 is my way of ending 2019 with a solid dose of Irish heft. This year has been an incredible year for the Irish Metal Scene and the 30 tracks in Pt1 & Pt2 I selected are my way of acknowledging the hardwork and craftmanship that goes into making these releases so special. All these bands have Merch for sale and regularly tour around the country so be su...

15 awards debated over by myself, Danielle, Jack and Evan whom all endured sleepless nights, transcranial magnetic stimulation to produce the results that concluded one of the best years ever for Irish Metal. Throw in a special guest to receive their award in person and hilarity ensued. Not to be missed over this festive period, I asked the M.C Forum to end 2019 with a bang and they delivered. Enj...

The Metal Cell Compilation Green Hell Pt.1 (featuring my favourite belter's of 2019) is my way of ending 2019 with a solid dose of Irish heft. This year has been an incredible year for the Irish Metal Scene. The quality of the releases from all our bands has truly brought it to another level in musicianship and professionalism. The amount of bands vying for our attention is incredible, artists cre...

What a fitting way to celebrate the 50th Episode of the Podcast than to catch up with one of my favourite bands Grey Stag. They were down in Cork to also celebrate something; the release of their crushingly heavy "The Boats e.p". Matt, Steve and Gat (Alternative Matt) were soon relaxed enough after the trauma of Cork's traffic, to happily give some key insights into the plans and pre-production of...

I was delighted to sit down to have a chat the two Andys and the two Richs of Hornets in the luxurious surrounds of the Bodega Bar in Cork. The lads were quick to share their love of playing Cork and we settled in quickly to a great conversation that included the Northern Irish scene, their D.I.Y spirit, Rich's role of singer, artist and contortionist. The band are busy writing new songs and organ...

Black Coast's Chaz (vox), Scott (guitar) and Joe (guitar) join me in The Bodega Bar to talk about their short tour of Ireland with Bailer and Hornets. It was really great to hear how much they loved playing Ireland for the first time. Since forming in 2015 Black Coast have toured relentlessly in the U.K having secured endorsements by Blackstar Amps and Jackson guitars they have gone from strength...

The Metal Cell Forum Special. Delighted to work with Danielle Daly, Jack O'Neill (Coroza) Evan Prendergast (Worn Out) on this new show. They provided such great insights, humour and years of Metal worshipping that it was hard to contain with the 90 mins showtime. All quality no quantity it's great entertainment and crucially it's about our metal community and the characters that we all come across...

Hero In Error have a past that's more unusual than most. Formed in 2007 they released their debut E.P in 2010 “The High Point of New Lows” which created a massive surge in interest in them. Endorsement deals, PR companies and the American label with a famous producer on board swiftly followed. However it came at a cost to founding member Gary and later to singer Anto. New members were drafted in w...

The Metal Cell set up in the historic Triskel Arts Centre Cork to meet Chainey (bass) & Max (drums) of OHHMS before they headed off to play Ritual of the Evil Eye festival by Paranoid Beast Productions. The lads were terrific interviewees and shared some great stories, exclusive news in relation to a new release and general chats about the history of their band. The performance they gave later...

The Metal Cell was delighted to sit down with Andy of The Crawling in the beautiful surrounds of The Triskel. I was fascinated about the many roles he undertakes to help make The Crawling one of the most important bands in the Irish Metal scene. We talk about his Vlogs, production work, creating the bands videos and his work with Kerri and brother Paul from Grindscene Records. The Crawling have pu...

The Metal Cell was delighted to have a beer and a chat with guitarist Brendan McConnell of Dublin Death Metal band Vircolac. Brendan offered a great insight into the recording of their latest release of Masque, tour plans are discussed with exclusive news for a tour next year for Vircolac. We talk about Brendans guitar heroes some obvious some not and even weasels are brought into the mix! The Iri...

The Metal Cell was delighted to welcome founding members Sonja (guitars) and Jessica (bass) of Dictated on the show. Having been blown away after watching Hypso, it was a pleasure to have a chilled out conversation with them, whilst supping on a beer or two before their much anticipated appearance at the Siege. Sonja and Jessica gave a great insight into the new album Phobos and the people involve...

The Metal Cell Podcast was delighted to sit down and have a chat with Neil (guitars) and Fredy (vox/guitars) of Nomadus. The lads are off to a flyer with their band, having won over lots of fans with their Metal to the Masses final appearance and about to play in front of an eager crowd at The Siege of Limerick. Nomadus have secured support slots to The Crawling and Elder Druid so the future looks...

The Magnapinna “Live at The Roundy Bar” with Christain (Vox), Ed (Drums) and Howard (Guitar) will be a VHS classic when it gets released. Join the lads as they run through the inner workings of their Cephalopod band and future plans of global domination. Sex tapes, memory sticks and busts of art that can self destruct....it can only be The Magnapinna, recorded live for The Cork Podcast Festival 20...

The Metal Cell was delighted to welcome Sean (Vox), Conor (Guitar) and Aaron (Bass) from Arjuna's Eye to the studio with in my opinion a contender for Irish Metal Album of the year “Amalgam” I was keen to get an insight into the stories about the songs and the work that went into the production of it. An album steeped in mythology and themes, the conversation was certainly incredibly entertaining...

The Metal Cell was delighted to invite Dan (Vox) Noel (Guitars) and Rory (Bass) of Following The Signs to talk about their new E.P “Far From Over”. Due to be released on 18th of October courtesy of Too Loud Records/Wormholedeath, it has seven songs on it, all of which are crushingly heavy. The lads discuss the process of getting signed up by the label, the song writing process, themes and explorin...

The Metal Cell was delighted to welcome bassist Enda, guitarist Cian and vocalist/guitarist Julia to spend a few hours chatting about the new release of their E.P this Thursday 03/10/19. Red Sun Alert have clocked up a lot of miles touring the length and breadth of the country and Julia speaks about her pride in seeing the emergence of so many female fronted bands. The release of their single Live...