AGITATORS ANONYMOUS the Alan Averill Podcast

In Episode 184 I look at old rock and metal bands re-animating old albums and reaching back into their youth for inspiration, is it a simply cash grab to sell some merch and a reason to tour or a genuine attempt to rediscover their mojo? or both, or....who the hell cares and any musician can do as they please with what they create....that and some random social commentary, the othering of those you disagree with, the Cavalera brothers, hate speech and is it the end of the humble rock bar? to be continued.....my youtube channelhttps://youtu.be/dumRwP2Euos?si=36hbYJ4DHppu3kbQsupport the band sponsoring todays podcast! :Bandcamp: beithioch.bandcamp.com Instagram: @beithiochmusic support the show over athttp://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillsponsored byMetal Blade recordshttps://metalblade.indiemerch.com/promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your orderships worldwidefor professional band backdrops or other requests contact :alan.averill@gmail.comPrimordial on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6...Verminous Serpenthttps://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl...Dread Sovereignhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4...

I had planned a completely different podcast, something or other about the music industry but seeing as my city was on fire last night and I walked through it I thought today should be a kinda emergency podcast about what the F is happening in Dublin. Details are still of course coming out and the narrative is changing but this was what I saw and felt last night in the city.....Recorded on the Friday morning after Nov. 24th with the possibility of more riots tonight....Normal service will be resumed next weekmy youtube channelhttps://youtu.be/dumRwP2Euos?si=36hbYJ4DHppu3kbQsupport the band sponsoring todays podcast! :Bandcamp: beithioch.bandcamp.com Instagram: @beithiochmusic support the show over athttp://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillsponsored byMetal Blade recordshttps://metalblade.indiemerch.com/promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your orderships worldwidefor professional band backdrops or other requests contact :alan.averill@gmail.comPrimordial on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6...Verminous Serpenthttps://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl...Dread Sovereignhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4...

Episode 182 is a random look at 1960s counter cultural movement 'The Discordians', their founders, teaching and resonance in the modern age, feels like we could do with a lot more discord in our lives! Question authority, embrace chaos, be an individual, be creative, stir shit.....against the grain, against the mainstream narrative, and do it all with a sense of humour! They praised the Greek God of strife and chaos Eris and re-introduced the Illuminati as modern day conspiracy theory fave! so who were they?and some random stuff about the Middle East and stop sending me average reviews of my music!my youtube channelhttps://youtu.be/dumRwP2Euos?si=36hbYJ4DHppu3kbQsupport the band sponsoring todays podcast! :Bandcamp: beithioch.bandcamp.com Instagram: @beithiochmusic support the show over athttp://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillsponsored byMetal Blade recordshttps://metalblade.indiemerch.com/promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your orderships worldwidefor professional band backdrops or other requests contact :alan.averill@gmail.comPrimordial on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6...Verminous Serpenthttps://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl...Dread Sovereignhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4...

Episode 181 is chat about awful metal.....the worst bargain basement metal, joke albums made to cash in on how big metal was in the 80s, whole labels were devoted to doing so!Trust Metal Salvage to shine a drunken light on all of this carry on with Joe from GAMA BOMB It appeared over on my Youtube channel early on this week and part 2 is next weekhttps://youtu.be/dumRwP2Euos?si=36hbYJ4DHppu3kbQPartly inspired byhttps://thecorroseum.org/features/met...go here for all the links you will need to scramble your brain!support the band sponsoring todays podcast! :Bandcamp: beithioch.bandcamp.com Instagram: @beithiochmusic support the show over athttp://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillsponsored byMetal Blade recordshttps://metalblade.indiemerch.com/promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your orderships worldwidefor professional band backdrops or other requests contact :alan.averill@gmail.comPrimordial on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6...Verminous Serpenthttps://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl...Dread Sovereignhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4...

This may be a fools errand but Episode 180 is a complex and controversial one, maybe I should stay out of it but we've tackled difficult subjects before on the podcast and I did one on the war in Ukraine so this is my attempt to explain the historical context behind the current conflict in the Middle East. It's not full of hot takes, although there is some spice here and there, but more an attempt to create some kinda timeline, and look at some of the reasons why we are in the state we are in right now. It's not meant to take one particular side over the other, and I realise of course this is not what people want....they want good vs. evil binary reactionism but that's not the style here on Agitators Anonymous, so you'll hear about the Bible to the Balfour declaration!support the show over athttp://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillsponsored byMetal Blade recordshttps://metalblade.indiemerch.com/promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your orderships worldwideyou can order the new Primordial vinylright here :https://eu.kingsroadmerch.com/metal-blade/category/4370/primordial-pre-orderfor professional band backdrops or other requests contact :alan.averill@gmail.comPrimordial on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6...Verminous Serpenthttps://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl...Dread Sovereignhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4...

My brain is like Swiss cheese....is about the most insightful thing Episode 179 offers you but I try and get to grips with Joan of Arc, from a mention in a Celtic Frost lyric all the way to a whole verse in The Smiths 'Bigmouth strikes again', where the title of todays podcast came from all the way to.....well being one of the most iconic figures in modern history. Her story is one of conquering adversity, kicking the patriarchy squarely in the balls, crowing a King, lifting a siege, inspiring a divided medieval nation with her religious devotion, dressing as she god damn pleased and ultimately dying a young grim and sexy death perfect for horror film adaptation!support the show over athttp://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillsponsored byMetal Blade recordshttps://metalblade.indiemerch.com/promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your orderships worldwideyou can order the new Primordial vinylright here :https://eu.kingsroadmerch.com/metal-blade/category/4370/primordial-pre-orderfor professional band backdrops or other requests contact :alan.averill@gmail.comPrimordial on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6...Verminous Serpenthttps://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl...Dread Sovereignhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4...

This is the first podcast in weeks, I took a short break while on tour, so I look back on that, how you end up living in this artificial bubble on tour, which almost feels like a pre-internet period! You have limited news and interaction online and end up forming real life social friendships and bonds, and then after a whirlwind few weeks you are back on the couch staring out the window at the rain. This is one thing but then the real news out there in this deep dark world not only bursts your bubble but stomps it into the ground, smashes it to dust and then sets fire to the dust. I wisely or unwisely step into the Middle Eastern situation to round things off with and try and place it in context with comments Irish people got back in the day....among loads of other dumb and random observations. I lost a lot of braincells on this last tour....and I barely had enough to go roundsupport the show over athttp://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillsponsored byMetal Blade recordshttps://metalblade.indiemerch.com/promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your orderships worldwideyou can order the new Primordial vinylright here :https://eu.kingsroadmerch.com/metal-blade/category/4370/primordial-pre-orderfor professional band backdrops or other requests contact :alan.averill@gmail.comPrimordial on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6...Verminous Serpenthttps://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl...Dread Sovereignhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4...

With the Ultima Ratio tour starting in two days across Europe with Primordial just before Paradise Lost and with Harakiri for the sky and Omnium Gatherum opening, this podcast is about my final preparations before the tour. It is our first support tour for about ten years perhaps even more, so what's different? Playing in the second last slot is a very different proposition, short time slot, less logistics, less of a financial burden when you are not the headliner, the night does not depend necessarily on you, you also have to go out there wanting to and expecting to win new fans, people who aren't familiar with the band, it's a different ball game! So let's get into that, and some of my super mundane boring tips for being on tour!support the show over athttp://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillsponsored byMetal Blade recordshttps://metalblade.indiemerch.com/promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your orderships worldwideyou can order the new Primordial vinylright here :https://eu.kingsroadmerch.com/metal-blade/category/4370/primordial-pre-orderfor professional band backdrops or other requests contact :alan.averill@gmail.comPrimordial on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6...Verminous Serpenthttps://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl...Dread Sovereignhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4...

Todays episode ironically looks at the impact and influence of podcasts on modern society, how many hours do they take up from your week? did you used to listen to music in this time? Do we listen to them too much, do they speak to increasing studies which claim we are more lonely and depressed then ever, do podcast fill a gap where we once had a social life in an atomised society? and what are the knock on effects, from dating to reproducing! but more importantly did they help kill the album as a listening experience!support the show over athttp://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillsponsored byMetal Blade recordshttps://metalblade.indiemerch.com/promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your orderships worldwideyou can order the new Primordial vinylright here :https://eu.kingsroadmerch.com/metal-blade/category/4370/primordial-pre-orderfor professional band backdrops or other requests contact :alan.averill@gmail.comPrimordial on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6...Verminous Serpenthttps://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl...Dread Sovereignhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4...