The Metal Cell Podcast Richard Duhig

I was delighted to welcome Dave and Gearoid of Drought along with Danielle of The Metal Cell Forums to have a chat about their progress so far. Drought is a collective of individuals that have been involved with bands such as Coldwar, Mortichnia, Warpath, Wound Upon Wound and Slave Zero. The lads talk about their influences across Sludge, Death, Black & Doom Metal. They have released two excellent songs so far and have another few ready by all accounts. Despite having played only one live show, they definitely have captured a lot of people’s attention in the Irish Metal Scene and are one to watch in 2020.


Songs featured and permission granted:
Celestial Horizons (c) Parhelia, 2020 all rights reserved.
Plague Trader (c) Drought 2020 all rights reserved.

I have decided to spread the word on the Irish Metal Scene by talking to similar bands elsewhere in the world. I'm going to give them a Spotify Irish Metal playlist to listen to, compare our scene with their scene and hopefully build a relationship that might see a band from Ireland play in their country or vice a versa. The first of these interviews start with the brilliant Sintax from Jerusalem, Israel. Yehi (Vox), Chaye (Guitars) and Slava (Bass) are all veterans of the Israeli Metal Scene having toured relentlessly and are about to launch their new album Nano3000. It was a terrific time to catch them, we chat about gigs, music and discover we share a lot of the same things. The lads have got one tour of Europe under their belts and are keen to do another. I hope you enjoy it.


Songs featured and permission granted:
God hates a coward (c) The Magnapinna, 2020 all rights reserved.
Lunch Time Funeral (c) Sintax 2020 all rights reserved.

Bailey Junior of Scapegoat TV made a short film on mental health and suicide called Suffer. He is heavily involved in the Metal Community in Scotland and asked for assistance in making the short from friends of his who soon contributed to the soundtrack of the movie. I asked Tom of Zhora, Evan of Worn Out and Shane Horan, Photographer and Psychotherapist to come on the show to discuss Baileys film and Zhora's Demotivator. What followed was an interesting and insightful talk on mental health in our metal community. Any comments or views on this subject or if you feel there needs to be another show on this contact me.
Thanks Richie.


Songs featured and permission granted:
Crossbones (c) Element X, 2020 all rights reserved.
Costa del Disfiguration (c) Body Drinkers 2020 all rights reserved.

Gama Bomb have spent the last 17 years delighting and tormenting willing audiences in equal measure. Having inked a deal with Los Angeles based Prosthetic Records, the band is currently working on the follow up to 2018's critically acclaimed Speed Between The Lines. I was delighted to catch up with Philly (vox) and Joe (Bass) and enjoy their company as they chatted about tours, new music and their love of Metal!


Songs featured and permission granted:
Living for the Lockdown (c) Gama Bomb, 2020 all rights reserved.
Buzzards (c) Carrion 2020 all rights reserved.

Delighted to welcome back my wonderful co-hosts on this terrific episode, where we covered Restive Nation & Neon Empire single releases and our chosen subject was the unwritten rules of Heavy Metal. We did a feature on Evans pick for his band to listen to, the incredible Everytime I Die, talked vinyl and some band updates. As I said before the banter is the best out there in the Metal Scene so please convert, like and leave a positive review on whatever listening platform you are using. Many thanks Richie #supportyourlocalmetalscene.


Songs featured and permission granted:
Coma (c) Restive Nation, 2020 all rights reserved.
Distorted Reality (c) Neon Empire 2020 all rights reserved.

I was delighted to catch up with Rob as he took an enforced break from his busy touring schedule with The Exploited. Rob took the Zoom call in Kerry, where he was busy restoring an old barn in preparation for a brand new studio. It soon became clear that Rob has many interests outside of The Exploited as we chatted over a few beers. Tour stories, sport, architecture and the love of music were just some of the topics covered.
Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe, like, share or convert more to this Podcast if you enjoyed it. Thanks Richie. #supportyoutlocalmetalscene


Songs featured and permission granted:
Zipperface (c) TOOMS, 2020 all rights reserved.
Lord of the Vile (c) Dog Tired, 2020 all rights reserved.