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 about the impact of the photos, the videos for the singles, and then having to sit on the music for months before it comes out, and then who knows, perhaps no one will like the damn thing! That and 20 other things to keep you awake at night. I also read a Primordial style lyric written by ChatGPT and finish with an article entitled 'Give me a humorous take on Black Metal' written by a machine!!!! damn you ChatGPT666 http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 issues, which is a better album 'Powerslave' or 'Somewhere in Time'? Attempting to get the artwork and aesthetic in line and finalise the running order. All this and a discussion about the latest merch controversy surrounding the band Igorrr and others, venues taking huge %'s of bands merch in an already difficult climate for artists to tour in....and more.... http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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, pedals, and various other heavy metal nerdisms! Politics can wait til another day! It also features near the end the famous Alan Averill remedy for kickstarting your voice if you lose it on tour or in the studio! support the show over at http"//www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 prep, how to lurk, be absent and involved all at the same time! sponsored by https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA2023 for 10% off worldwide Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 propose to the senate 10 rough rules for which any man, woman or creature of fortune can use to measure if a theory has conspiracy credentials! the show is sponsored by METAL BLADE RECORDS  indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords use the promo code AA2023 for 10% off your order Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 of music real characters, from Sly and the family stone to Brian Wilson to Iggy Pop, Sid Vicious to Neil Young, The New York Dolls to Johnny Cash and many more from the darkest annals of rock n roll mythology have we seen the last of their kind? Could you even get away with the things they did now? support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill the show is sponsored by Metal Blade go to indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords and use the promo code AA2023 for 10% off your order Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 lose its hunger and energy? if so what were the contributing factors, all mulled over after 4 pints of afternoon Guinness so things are a bit giddy and all over the place. Blame Arthur..... http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsors : Metal Blade Records goto : indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords and use the promo code AA2023 for 10% off your order Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 145 is a chat with an old friend, John Cobbett from HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE, ex Lord weird slough feg, Vhol, Ludicra among many others. One of the most under rated metal curiosities of the last two decades, 'The Locust Years' was for example just added to the Decibel Magazine hall of fame, probably one of the greatest bands you never heard of! We get into all sorts of stuff, recording analog compared to digital, San Francisco in the old days before gentrification and silicon valley, the occupy movement, surveillance capitalism, the reason why you never make any royalties from record contracts, you goddamn name it we get into it.... the band just self released their new album so check it out right here and support the band https://hammersofmisfortune.bandcamp.com/ to support the show go to : http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill the show is sponsored by Metal Blade go to http://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords and use the code AA2023 for 10% off all purchases ships worldwide Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I nurse a brutal hangover and dish out a spicy curry, maybe not a Vindaloo but a Madras at least. Have we as a society lost faith in our institutions, what happens when we do? Is politics merely pantomime now, Hollywood for the ugly, as they say. Do we have any say anymore in the future our technocratic political class have for us, and did we ever? All mulled over with a grumpy disillusioned brain fog that only 10 pints of Guinness can do for you.... support the show at : http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by http://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA2023 worldwide for 10% off your order Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E 143 is the first chat of the year and strap yourselves in, it heads for deep space! I'm joined by Paul from BLOOD INCANTATION, one of the fastest rising death metal bands of the last decade. Uniting old school and new school fans BI are something of a modern revelation, managing to unite scenes and ages, we discuss that, Pauls complex musical tree, their now infamous episode of What's in my bag the Amoeba records show, how death metal resurrected itself commercially from the mid to late 00s doldrums and for the last half of our chat we head for conspiracy theories, aliens, graham hancock, deep state collusion over extra terrestrial contact, and ancient civilisations.....! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill check out the new orchestral version of the Primordial classic 'As Rome Burns' right here https://youtu.be/StWwHf6vyfU Primordial on Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6WHaejNA63uhZZZZek?si=ToKJ7vY5QcKExKJmjm4uXw and Blood Incantation : https://open.spotify.com/artist/6FGv87WQ3mJWn3cmLUww6x?si=4T-Tfs3FQdeyAKB5RAf2ew Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The songwriting process is well under way for the new Primordial album, so i thought it would be interesting to take a look at how that works, can you learn intuition when it comes to songwriting, what should you trust and the skill of knowing you are going down a blind alley and taking everyone with you. How to fry and find piece of mind and the right frame of mind to let the ideas flow uncluttered by the detritus of modern life! Next week I'll discuss the practical things you can do when coming up to record, but this one is about being prepared! fail to prepare, prepare to fail!! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 141 is part 2 of a look back over 2022, this time from a musicians perspective, the ending of lockdown, tours and gigs returning, the hesitancy of people to attend, vaccine dilemmas for musicians and the industry, conformity in the metal scene at large, spiralling energy and travel costs for both musicians and fans, who can survive that into 2023? but also let's hear it for how much great music was being made in the underground, in alternative sub cultures away from the mainstream and what we need to do to keep those scenes, venues, festivals, and tours alive, what does 2023 hold? AI avatar popstars? an analog rebellion? all in Episode 141 http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is part one of the year in review, the dark stuff.....call me a miserable son of a bitch if you wish but this is about lockdown, post pandemic issues, war Ukraine, Putin, fighting for freedom in Iran, the Twitter files, Climate change issues, mainstream media narratives and who controls them, the new technocracy, gender, the WEF and all the that other good positive stuff....part 2 will be a lighter more positive take on the year, music and maybe grounds for optimism? at least that's what I'm gonna try and do, this is the heavy stuff, but just no metal!....have I gone mad? am I totally wrong? could be, you decide..... http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This one does what it says on the tin! My top 15 or 20 Metal albums of the year in no real order! Nothing we all like more than a list huh? well here's my end of year list...... http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Free speech, free speech for the dumb. Free speech, free speech for the dumb. Free speech, free speech for the dumb. Free fucking speech.....or so said Discharge once upon a time! Episode 138 is social commentary done the heavy metal way. Random thoughts about the Twitter Files, which are mainly being ignored by mainstream media, Elon Musks take over of the digital square of ideas, the meltdown of Kanye West, shadow banning, cancel culture, and why some who supported lockdown are now watching in horror whats happening in China....cognitive dissonance much? http://patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rather than serve up some random social commentary on Kanye West, today we take a sideways look at amphetamine, a brief history of where it came from, how widely available it was in the 1920s, and how it ended up being used as the backbone of the blitzkrieg and a major instrument in warfare. Our shifting relationship socially and culturally to drugs and the big question, were the nazis on speed? http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

in Episode 136 AA takes on the new Graham Hancock series Ancient Apocalypse, why its so popular and how bit appeals to the romantic in us all, however the Guardian among other mainstream media publications believe it to be 'the most dangerous show on Netflix', and a gateway drug to conspiracy theories.....'how has this been allowed' they ask? so we get into that, how it perfectly frames the state of mind of those who want to take your ability to critically assess and watch a show like AA out of your hands, how did it even get made they stamp their feet and gnash their teeth. AA speaks to an archaeologist friend about the show and it's claims and lays out his sceptical assessment of the series! http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AA is on his way to Messe Des Morts festival in Montreal, Canada this week so the podcast discusses the 6th Primordial album 'To the nameless dead', it's writing, recording, influences and legacy 15 years on. The album that arguably brought the band to another level....maybe the most beloved by fans, maybe the most popular, maybe the best? who knows exactly....so while the world is talking about FTX you can listen to AA pontificate about standing around in an old studio in Wales 15 years ago! http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How will Artificial Intelligence affect songwriting and musicians? as on a long car journey a motley crew of failed musicians got to hear an AI created U2 song on the radio...how far are we from AI writing whole new albums for long defunct bands? could they then tour the Metaverse? do young people care, will they care if their popstars are only Avatars and not real musicians in the future? How will record companies gate keep the technology to stop every punter with the technology releasing new AI music every hour of everyday?....this and some random political commentary and nonsense Agitation!!! http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As promised E 133 is a deep dive into the curious case of Doom Death metal, its origins, formative bands, where it went shortly afterwards, why it slipped from the mainstream public consciousness and never got the respect and resurrection it deserved in the modern underground and metal world. Why the North of England? and stories about recording with Primordial in the old Academy Studios the spiritual home of the early Doom Death metal scene! Time for a rebirth! Definitely http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.