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Ramblings Of An Irishman Podcasts
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!..... Support this show http://supporter ...
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The secret history of Ireland's flirt with fascism
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In the 1930's Ireland flirted with fascism, it's an often over looked one could say hidden moment in Irish history, who were the 'blue shirts' and why did fascism fail to take hold in Ireland. The podcast has looked at some elements of Irish history (and beyond) before instead of the usual music industry chatter, so let's get begin a series of curi…
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Today's podcast is mainly industry and scene chat, are governments going to ignore human creatives when training AI models, how recent anger over US visa issues for touring European bands fits perfectly into political bias, do we all need to diversify our merch and only stock high end items? and if you have Gene Hoglan in your band get a good drum …
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Your extra rollercoaster ride through the abandoned theme park of free speech
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...a rickety death defying rollercoaster ride through the abandoned theme park of free speech! expect more heavy metal next week!!! Primordial cds/lps available from https://www.metalblade.com/primordial/ http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill My Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@AlanAverillNemtheanga head over there and subscribe Primordial on …
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Balkanisation bedlam, protesting to survive, sticky floors and dirty venues
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A sideways look at the protests currently happening in Serbia and other places around the world as Primordial played there and Croatia last weekend, what is Balkanisation? are the current state of protests and politics in many areas of the world what the West predicted? not quite in my opinion, all this, what was the crowd chanting between songs? s…
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Today's podcast is a great interview with the gracious, insightful and erudite Vorphalack from Swiss legends SAMAEL! Before Dark throne or Emperor was playing Black Metal....we had 'Worship Him'......one of the very very first second wave of Black Metal albums! and still an absolute killer of an album! Hugely influential on me at the time, so was a…
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It's been a while, but back from the eh...grave is my Call from the Grave series! and this week one of the greatest Metal bands of all time....WASP My random and all over the place scattered history, personal recollections, stories, and a look back over their long career!! also up as a video over on my Youtube Primordial cds/lps available from http…
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So after some digging it seems our boy Voltaire didn't actually say "I wholly disapprove of what you say—and will defend to the death your right to say it.".....it's an aphorism from a book written over 100 years ago, a Voltarianism one could say, but the principle remains, so I get into the Kneecap debate even more in this episode, asking where ha…
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a chat w / Charles GHUL from MAYHEM (ex Cradle of Filth/ Imperial Vengeance)
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Episode 251 is a chat w / Charles (GHUL) from Mayhem (ex Cradle of Filth / Imperial Vengeance) which is also a video chat over on my Youtube channel! follow the link below. How did he end up in Mayhem? is there a difference in approaching songwriting? why did he leave Cradle and how having a plan, a goal and being dogged in pursuing your goals can …
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Somehow I have made it to 250 episodes so it's the customary cliche to look back over the last 5 years! from the podcasts lockdown origins, lessons learned or still the same old stubborn mule? Where our scene has gone in the last half decade, A.I, society, freedom of speech, authoritarianism, the West, politics, pangolins and taking the piss.....it…
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Kneecap / Irish unification / Playlist protests / Who gets to do the firing in a band / ...and what is too extreme?
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Part two of the recent Instagram Q + A! all sorts of random spice Primordial cds/lps available from https://www.metalblade.com/primordial/ http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill My Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@AlanAverillNemtheanga head over there and subscribe Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6WHaejNA63uhZZZZek?si=…
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Anything to avoid talking about politics right? well today's podcast is part one of an Instagram Q and A, pretty random.....from receiving the first Blasphemy demo back in the day on cassette, steam versus diesel to the footballer Adriano not really fulfilling his career, it's all there Primordial cds/lps available from https://www.metalblade.com/p…
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What are the top 5 things Americans want to talk to an Irishman about? maybe not quite what you think.....last week Primordial returned to the USA for some East coast shows and Hell's Heroes festival in Texas. This is just a scattergun jetlagged account of my impressions! a state of the union address if you will..... Primordial cds/lps available fr…
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This is just a pointless late night low energy chat between myself and Joe from Gama Bomb....does exactly what it says on the tin.... not much Primordial cds/lps available from https://www.metalblade.com/primordial/ http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill My Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@AlanAverillNemtheanga head over there and subscribe Pri…
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This is a paid advertisement for the band BLOODBARK if this is something you are interested in doing for your band, then get in contact with me [email protected] Band contact : [email protected] bloodbark.bandcamp.com facebook.com/Bloodbark Bloodbark is a project of unknown origin made by an unknown number of people embracing that nature…
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Bobby from Pentagram is right now one of the most famous people in the world, after 50 years....condensed into 15 seconds, more promo than you could shake a stick at. How should we feel about that as music fans? Should we dismiss it as once again the instant and ugly nature of the modern world and it's short attention span or simply crack a wry smi…
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AI has to learn from somewhere right? but where.....
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STOP THIEF!!! Across the world copyright law is quietly changing or being changed, why? AI models have to learn from somewhere and be trained on existing art. Yet recognising this or compensating artists is a pain in the proverbials for governments who want investment in their countries and economies, so copyright laws are being challenged and chan…
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The 5th Primordial album 'The Gathering Wilderness" is 20 years old so today's podcast is about the album and why it wasn't the album we intended to make and doesn't really sound as we wanted! Take a listen, rate the show if you like it! share it with someone you think might enjoy it you can order the album right here still https://www.metalblade.c…
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Why was there so much violence at gigs in the old days?
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A few weeks ago I posted on my Instagram (nemtheanga_primordial) some old ticket stubs from the mid 80s to the early 90s and sure enough the violence that surrounded those shows got mentioned in the comments, so I thought I'd revisit that, the reasons why it was happening, a stabbing at a punk gig in 1977 which cast a shadow over gigs in the State …
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Today's podcast is about Black Sabbath, plain and simple. Discussing the final show coming up in Villa Park, the return of Bill Ward, the pricing, the guests and support bands and some random observations about the Ozzy albums including some worn out old vinyls.....if you want to see it as a video cast then head on over to My Youtube channel https:…
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In today's episode I discuss the idea that the album itself, one of the most defining things of modern culture is becoming a passion project, how deep cuts can just get lost completely and how the streaming format encourages endless singles. How this affects the vision of artists and how with touring becoming so expensive bands revert to greatest h…
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In today's podcast I am reading a tour diary I wrote in 1999 for our old website. An 8 day tour of Portugal with one show in Spain and seeing if it rouses any old memories. This is my first time reading it since I wrote it, the confessions of a 20 something True Metal Vampire ..... support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill My Yout…
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The importance of having a sparring partner
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The files of my original take on the state of the worlds politics in 2024 were corrupted, perhaps the universe is telling me something. So this is just a sideways look at a couple of interesting and difficult conversations I've had lately, starting with the Irish musical phenomenon Kneecap and ending with the darkness of the Grooming gangs scandal …
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The unexpected and unusual story of 'Storm before calm'
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This was supposed to be a look back over the years political, cultural, social events, things that stood out to me, a sideways take on a wild ride of a year but the recording didn't work out! So this is an emergency pod! but a look back over the unusual and unexpected circumstances surrounding the 4th Primordial album, perhaps the most under looked…
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Is traditional underground metal in a state of managed decline?
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What's another year eh? getting back on the horse, back on the road again, not letting them grind ya down and all the usual cliches, this episode takes a look at the reaction to my top 20 of the year we have just done and dusted and observing the absolute deluge of music I forgot or would never have enough hours in the day to check out and asks the…
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This was supposed to be my top 20 but due to my forgetfulness turned into 21 on the hoof.... does what it says on the tin this one! would a top 20 hats seem better? let me know share and subscribe support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill My Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@AlanAverillNemtheanga head over there and subscri…
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