Sinocence have been together for twenty years, playing and touring a brand of ferocious metal that has seen them get critical acclaim both here in Ireland and in Europe. Landing support slots to Machine Head, Soulfly and In Flames to name but a few the four piece recruited a fifth member Duane to take on the role of lead vocalist in 2018. Despite losing founding member "Moro" (guitars/vocals) they have recruited wisely but Covid has stopped them from touring and releasing new music. However song...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 115
Episode 113 featuring Alan (guitarist) and Rim (bassist) of Lugosi. The lads are about to release their second album which is a brilliant slab of rock filled horror complete with great hooks and lyrics. Video Nasty gets ejected into this world on March 12th, so myself and Howard, both fans of the VHS era, grab some beers with the two lads and the fun begins. Do not miss this episode if you enjoy horror, tales of lunacy and love music! Song featured and permission granted: We're Here To Drink Blo...
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 113
We jump back in time with Bob (drummer of Slave Zero/Nearly Dead Jim), Ben (vox/guitarist of Chemical Addiction), Jimmy (vox/guitarist of Itchy Trigger Finger/The Trigger Within) and my co-host Evan to discuss the Kilkenny Metal Scene that sprung up in the 90's. Whilst some Kilkenny bands like Kerb Dog and Engine Alley rose to prominence; there was another bunch of younger sometimes extreme, metal bands waiting in the shadows. Gout, Slave Zero, Victimised, Chemical Addiction, Attrax Mantis and A...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 112
It was great to finally talk to Aaron 'O Neill and Eoghan Galligan of fuzzed out sludge merchants Slung from a Tree. The lads are based in Kerry/Limerick and have steadily been building up a large following over the years blitzing fans up and down the country with their own brand of stoner/sludge riffs. Their signing to Cursed Monk Records certainly signaled to everyone that know the band that a debut release should surely be on the horizon. My co-host Howard has played plenty of gigs with the l...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 111
It was great to catch up with Bones Holohan guitarist with Dread Sovereign who currently resides in Brussels. Bones spent most of his teens playing and touring with bands around Ireland. Never one to turn down the offer of an adventure, it's fair to say that the life of a touring musician certainly appealed to Bones. The interview has a nice few tales of life on the road, insights into the recording of the new album and a history of the band. There is another adventure on the horizon for Bones t...
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 110
This month’s Forum was the first one for Joe McGuigan as a co-host. Joe has now replaced Jack who has decided to step down from his role as a presenter to concentrate on more important things in his life. We wish him all the best in his endeavours and want to thank him for his brilliant contributions to the show. We reviewed three new releases, had a chat about some of the issues in relation to BREXIT and how it will affect bands both here and, in the U.K., The main subject of the show was Inter...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 109
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 appearance in Monolith Festival in Cork certainly worked in their favour and started a buzz about the five...
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 108
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 Molarbear. He has plenty of his own solo projects to represent his own output like Ruairi O'Baoighi...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 107
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 Earth" will definitely be amongst the best releases in 2021 not only in Ireland but further afield as...
Jan 21, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 106
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 from all of us on the Forums. So congratulations to all that topped our favourite music/merch in 2020 d...
Jan 14, 2021•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 105
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, who runs Vagrant Recordings, where he produces a whole manner of filth for bands like Venom Prison, Ve...
Dec 31, 2020•58 min•Ep. 104
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 MURDER 5.GAMA BOMB – LIVING FOR THE LOCKDOWN 6.WOLF ACID RITUAL - THE HIDDEN SECRETS 7.PAPER TIGERS -...
Dec 26, 2020•1 hr 7 min
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 - MYSTERY 4.TOOMS - ZIPPERFACE 5.HORRENDA - DOOM 6.SO MUCH FOR THE SUN - CARMILLAS EMBRACE 7.SURVIVALIST ...
Dec 26, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 103
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 from working with early ideas to the final product. The fact it found a receptive audience was one of t...
Dec 17, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 102
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 lads can get into a studio and fine tune their efforts. I get a great insight into the band and thei...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 101
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 gigs. We also had Ruben, my 12yr old son as a Heavy Metal Quizmaster to grill Joe, Howard, Danielle, ...
Dec 06, 2020•1 hr 38 min
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 this 100th show was terrific and made us all realise how much we missed each other at gigs. We also...
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 100
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 Bloodstock twice and Metal Days in Slovenia, Psykosis have built up a large following of fans in th...
Nov 26, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 99
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 embarked on it during his teens. It's also to "Docks" credit that he answered the hard questions about Red...
Nov 19, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 98
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, which when blended together creates their unique sonic attack. Danielle and myself had a great chat wit...
Nov 12, 2020•53 min•Ep. 97
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: "No Ghosts Walk" by Paper Tigers. "Gone the King" by Six Too Late. Alrights reserved and permission ...
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 96
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 called END, an extreme hardcore band who released Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face in 2020. The cho...
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 95
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 young, up & coming metal acts in the scene today. Inspired by the likes of the old-school legends ...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 94
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 writing, working with so many diverse vocalists and forth coming plans. It's an interesting snap shot o...
Oct 08, 2020•59 min•Ep. 93
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 and the lads give us an exclusive run down on each track. Even though the gigs have dried up Horrenda...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 92
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 this along with some great stories and banter. It's a refreshing look into a band at the top of their...
Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 91
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 Entitlement", the rebooted band seems more serious than ever, with vocalist Howard ‘H’ Smith as sole r...
Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 90
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 catch up with Owen to reflect on the formation of the band and look forward to their plans in 2021. Th...
Sep 10, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 89
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 Overdrive management and UK based booking agent Lost Island. The Cork band have planned for 2021 and...
Sep 03, 2020•54 min•Ep. 88
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 sounds of African-American spirituals with black metal. As I said before the banter is the best out th...
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 87
