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AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast
This is the Podcast of Alan Averill aka Nemtheanga, vocalist of the Irish Metal band Primordial for almost the last three decades! It's all about music industry commentary and insider info, rock n roll stories from a life on the road, travel experiences from every continent, piracy and general skullduggery, gallows humour, some political observation, musings on history and culture and some good old Irish psychoanalysis. A Vagabond of the Western World!.....
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AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcasta chat w/ Aaron Stainthorpe (Towards the Sinister, High Parasite, ex - My Dying Bride)
Today's episode has been quite a while in the making but here we are, a chat with Aaron Stainthorpe from Towards the Sinister, High Parasite and ex My Dying…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastFront row seat at a Riot....
I happened be right there last weekend at a protest and subsequent riot in France, right there.....front row seats, I spent all day among the protestors and…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastDoes everything have to be political?
Does everything have to be political....all of the time? After the recent, largely manufactured drama over a statement by James Hetfield to the contrary I look…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastCRONOS R.I.P - another legend has left the building....
another legend has left the building, Cronos from Venom. Taken way too early. Venom were probably the most important band in my development as young metalhead…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastNice boys don't play rock n roll
After a short two week enforced interlude I'm back, not in the studio for this one but recording remotely. Today's podcast is about Angry Anderson, a true rock…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastWhere exactly does a bands fee go?
In today's podcast I break down where a 3k band fee for a festival goes to, agents, artist taxes, flights, luggage......and why this is becoming almost…
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"Don't you remember?" you old fool.....being mocked by CHATGPT
In today's podcast I ramble across a few different things, being asked "Don't I remember" by ChatGPT....about a conspiracy theory discussion from months…
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Are you in the Mano(war)sphere?
Interrupted while day dreaming about a Manowar poster I had when I was 14....I get ambushed into discussing the Manosphere with an old friend, am I in it? is…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastDead embryonic cells, becoming a walking meme and some EU eco (can I play with) madness......
In today's episode I mull over Sepultura's last ever European show, feeling left out in the cold by that corporate arena feeling and why bands choose huge…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastI tried to make it back to 1984....
Recently I was mixing an album and desperately tried to make the studio into a time machine, to take me back to 1984, and failed. Well kinda, sorta.....made it…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastIs the golden age of underground musical creativity over?
This weeks episode is inspired by a week of listening to old demos from the late 80s and early 90s, a chance discussion with Paul from Blood Incantation about…
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Cultural misunderstandings....and music industry communication breakdowns
In today's podcast I consider the implications that music is now one of the least important parts of promoting an album, what that means for the art form, when…
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Examining the culture war hype surrounding 'The Odyssey'
In today's episode I tread out into ankle deep waters of the let's be frank mostly nonsense culture war hysteria surrounding Christopher Nolan's new movie, an…
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Adapt or Die? do we have to accept the dumbing down of the metal scene?
Does the old school metal scene and music industry in general simply have to accept the dumbing down of the scene through the influx of content creating…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastMONUMENTAL POSSESSION - introducing the band
Born in 2015, VOLUME BRUTAL is a non-profit organization which releases LPs/CDs/Tapes, organizes gigs and other metal-related events (record market...). The…
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Why some bands don't understand their legacy...
Some bands just don't seem to understand what their legacy means, right? or are we just being gatekeeping assholes, obsessing over every little thing and small…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastWhats the backstage music industry gossip this year?
What are the chattering heavy metal music industry classes discussing in the backstage this summer? Find out in today's podcast.... Warning.....Optimize you…
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How you approach playing a big festival
Today's podcast is coming to you from a hotel room in Poland, as Primordial plays Mystic festival tonight, they say.....say what you see so that's what I'm…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcastintroducing DEAMONOLITH
Introducing Polish concept ensemble Deamonolith. The band was founded in 2022, but its members have been consistently active in the underground scene since the…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastWhy is so much modern mainstream metal so F'N childish?
So today's podcast is a spicy meatball, where I throw a lot of shade, as the young people say.....earlier in the week I was contacted by Rock Hard magazine in…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastThe enshittification of your life (part 1)
I learnt a new word: 'enshittification', stage 1 is attraction, stage 2 is abuse and stage 3 is extraction....how platforms lure people in and slowly once they…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcastas we pass into myth
R.I.P Bartholomous Retsch Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastThe free speech principle
Today's podcast is a collaboration with Shayan from Iblis Manifestations/Trivax. During this years Inferno festival we got together to do an independent talk…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast...is 1987 the greatest year in Heavy Metal history?
Episode 300 is proper Metal nerdism, together with Joe from that GAMA BOMB we debate our top 20 + a few stragglers of the year 1987 and realise we have vastly…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastTurns out the new saviours of rock n' roll were just a marketing psyop
Geese.....yep.....Geese who were being touted as the new saviours of rock n' roll by the Guardian newspaper only a month or two ago have turned out to be more…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastWas there an FBI conspiracy to kill off rock music?....no seriously.....
Was there an FBI conspiracy to kill off rock music? eh....no seriously....sort of, well Billy Corgan alluded to it on his podcast so I take it on face value…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastWelcome to the old boys club.....
The first time Primordial played Inferno festival in Norway was 20 years ago, I reflect on then and now. Have we just graduated to the middle aged men's club…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastIs Pagan Metal refuge or revivalism?
After a weekend at a Pagan Metal metal festival, and all the adjacent forms of music, medieval music, new folk, and all the newer bands in the Heilung/Wardruna…
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...is 1987 the greatest year in Heavy Metal history?.....
Episode 300 is proper heavy metal nerdism, together with Joe from that GAMA BOMB we go over our top 20 or so albums of 1987, and find we have wildly varying…
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Are we heading for DIRE STRAITS?...
Are we heading for some really Dire Straits because of the war in the Middle East? Energy rationing? stay at home and work orders? or is that fear…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastMaking metal in authoritarian states
Following a trip to Albania I consider all the various coefficients that have to go together to allow scenes to exist in harsh conditions, religious…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastThe pleasure is to play....does it matter what you get paid?
Today's podcast looks back at the history of record contracts, over 100 years ago and asks were musicians back then paid more for their work than streaming…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastVIP tour packages
These days almost every tour has a meet and greet VIP package, I used to feel they were immoral but with ever rising costs I evaluate my position and wonder…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastAre we the thieves of Joy?
I missed out Episode 290 so let's go back in time, this one is kinda rambling and all over the place, why Rock N Roll and all the trappings, spices, side…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastWhy nothing feels the same anymore...
Following on from last weeks 'Why old metal hates new metal' podcast, we take it a bit further this week, could be metal could be any old subculture to be…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastWhy old metal hates new metal.....
Why do older metal fans find most newer metal bands so difficult to relate to? Is it just generational, don't the old folks always complain about the music…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastKeeper of the Epstein Keys
I couldn't resist, having never talked about Epstein before with the week that's in it I couldn't not cast a few scurrilous glances across the whole dirty…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast...is the new MEGADETH album any good?
This is the audio from a recent video on my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@AlanAverillNemtheanga if you want to watch the original…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastHow can you tour arenas and be broke?
Recently a bunch of people shared me a story about a band (called Witch Fever) who've been out touring in arenas but are absolutely broke, how can that be?…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastGreenland, Iceland, any old land will do....
What other Heavy metal podcast tries to make some kinda sense of geo-politics? that's right.....almost none! Perhaps for good reason, perhaps not. Today I take…
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Iran, Varg and rent are all four letter words, what have they got in common?
In today's episode I discuss Varg seemingly embracing AI, why the western activist class are silent on Iran, and in part three or four of why there are not…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastDJ Maduro live from the Boiler Room
First episode back this year is a spicy one, I couldn't resist taking a look into Maduro's wild ride, the chaotic mess that sadly became Venezuala and how…
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That time I went to the crowning of a new king of Ireland
Last show of the year quite possibly is a Patreon story about some daft shenanigans from the past! and some AI taking over the music industry to begin with!…
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The hard truths about touring
After last weeks more tongue in cheek look at the world of touring this time I take it a bit more seriously and try and examine some of the hard truths about…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastI got the gas station Blues.....
In today's podcast I cast a cranky middle aged eye over the whole debacle surrounding the band Vitriol, where members were left at gas stations, tours ended…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastA chat w / Sakis from ROTTING CHRIST
"We sacrificed our lives for this, to be missionaries for the scene" or words to that effect.... A short chat before their gig in Dublin with my old friend…
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The Black Metal Streisand effect
In today's episode I consider the Streisand effect, how responding to critics and attention can create more noise, how I once gave a lecture in Black Metal…
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Winning and losing at the music industry game
In today's episode I discuss taking on the music industry at it's own game, using the parameters, platforms and apps to your advantage through the rise of the…
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When an album comes along and shows you exactly what you were missing.....
My 'I listened to 50 bands' podcast a week ago raised some eyebrows and caused in equal measures mirth and annoyance but over the last week an album has come…
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Am I my brothers keeper? should artists be responsible for the beliefs of others?
Today's podcast is a tongue in cheek look at writing songs and lyrics as a young man, trying to fill them with pathos and gravity, that only makes any sense…
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Shirley Mansons vital and viral music industry plea
Recently a group of musicians started a campaign under the name 'Death to Spotify', snappy name and many articles were written and so many people sent them to…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastI listened to 50 new bands this week....
Last week I listened to 50 new bands, how did that go? find out.....can any of them stand up to the old classics? What does it take to carve your space in the…
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The Irish Alex Jones is in the house
Am I the Irish Alex Jones? who wants to agree with all the artists they like? what a boring world that would be. Digital ID's, is it just a conspiracy theory…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastTHRASH METAL REVIEW 2025 w / Joe from GAMA BOMB
This one does what it says on the tin, myself and Joe from Gama Bomb mull over some of the new thrash metal releases, Coroner, Testament, Forbidden…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastPolitical assassination, Godwin's law and when every opinion is a nail....
After a week's hiatus I return to discuss the Charlie Kirk assassination, what is Godwin's Law and how does it apply to the modern digital age, the destruction…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastAxl's 10 cent royalty cheque / what the hell are live performance royalties? / grappling with math
In this episode I mean to talk about this summers festival season but get sidetracked by the much more interesting/boring discussion depending on your…
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Analysing the Cradle situation and what is the job of a session musician
In today's episode I discuss the crazy Cradle of Filth situation the whole metal scene is rubber necking over, what actually is the role of a session musician…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastINTRODUCING - Zappedüster
This is a paid for advertisement for the band Zappedüster and the track "Näbelschlucker" ZAPPEDÜSTER „NÄBELSCHLUCKER“: Rural Black Metal Punk from the…
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The oasis of witty banter vs. free speech hypocrisy
Mixed bag today. While not giving a F about it at the time, the 90s really where a time of optimism, anti censorship and not confined by the restraints of the…
AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill PodcastRecording an old school album on a budget
How to record an old school sounding album on a budget. Don't want to rely on file trading, plug ins and home recording, don't want to make another modern…