AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast

Episode 157 discusses Trey from Morbid Angel's onstage collapse last week in Florida, why this is harder than ever to cope and deal with as everyone onstage is being filmed at all times and sadly epi…

Today's short sharp metal shock is about the rising cost of underground music economics, shipping and buying vinyl, wholesale rates, the huge dip in sales for most small labels, how can they survive?…

AGITATORS ANONYMOUS PODCAST EPISODE 156

Black Metal 1993 - 30 years on

Hard to believe that it's been 30 years since the class of 93 Black Metal, a year which saw so many incredible releases but strang…

This one appears as a video over on my Youtube channel if you want to watch it instead!

https://youtu.be/pcuWdLdwiXo

...and it does exactly what it says on the tin! all aspects of the new Metallica al…

Inspired by a conversation with the artist behind the new Primordial album, I discuss the idea that in theory AI could replace all the creative links in the chain. A brief look at the first all AI ba…

Tuesday's short sharp shock Heavy Metal miscellany podcast is a look at last weekends Dread Sovereign shows, one was a big loss and the other a big victory, so I get into the reasons why, how to take…

No MANOWAR no list.....

Rolling Stone magazine just released a list of the top 100 greatest Heavy Metal songs of all time. I made a video of my reaction to that list, I went in blind, not knowing anyt…

Episode 153 is a chat with Matt Bacon from DROPOUT MEDIA, BACON'S BITS and various music industry enterprises. We discuss the micro and macro of the modern music industry, advice for bands starting o…

What you have to do before signing, sealing and delivering an album. Getting the balance right of the final mix, how important is the running order, IRSC codes, the artwork, the aesthetic. Thinking a…

Tuesdays heavy metal content is part 4 of a chat between myself and Joe from Gama Bomb about the metal albums released in 1983, which include Show no Mercy, Kill em all, Melissa and more, the first 3…

Last week in the studio is trying to prep lyrics, study arrangements, avoid getting sick or a flu before singing, summoning the muse for an hour or two then sitting around pondering life's important …

Episode 150! quite the milestone! and it seems fitting that this weeks podcast is made while Primordial is recording album number 10! so it's about amps, microphone techniques, which guitars we use, …

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 t…

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…

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 199…

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 p…

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 Morb…

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…

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 …

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 l…