Today I am joined by the incredible Electropunk band that is YARD!

For this episode I'll be chatting with all 3 of the lads about their very busy year in 2024, covering their phenomenal live shows (including an amazing set Trans Musicales de Rennes 2024 which can be viewed through the link on their page) and each of the 3 singles they released, Call, Bend and Big Shoes, their awesome music videos while also chatting about the band's sound, how they craft it and what they have planned for 2025.

I absolutely adore what this band is doing, I find the music they make to be so interesting and well crafted and their truly a spectacle so I'm over the moon to have had them on and for this episode to be out.

YARD on Linktree

The Gathering at Workman's - March 2nd

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Today's guest is Morgan Beausang, talking about his incredible solo project, glasseyed!

We'll primarily be chatting about how this project started, the unique blend of influences that are fused to create his dynamic sound, his debut album 'Something New To Hate', released last year and the latest singles, 'the great hollow' and 'all i know'.

Myself and glasseyed will also be going over Nu-Metal and it's recent resurgence, how incredible Deftones are, Black Metal and the YouTube era of Bryanstars interviews.

I absolutely love this project and the music Morgan has put out, it's a really breathe of fresh air and impressive creativity when it comes to Metal and aggressive music so this a real blast to record.

Make sure to keep and eye out for all that glasseyed has planned for 2025 and do not miss them live!

glasseyed website

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Today's guest is Alex from Ex Oh Promotions making his return on the podcast to talk about the amazing festival he is putting on this week, The Next Big Thing 2025, which will be live from The Workman’s Club on Wednesday 22nd to Friday 24th of January 2025.

I'll be chatting to Alex all about the incredible acts playing this year, which includes Still Blue, VaticanJail, Dream Boy, AILSHA, Pebbledash, Raining in December, silverglass and annie ∧ the witness,!

We will also be going over the new additions to the festival this year such as a market stall, tarot card reading, DJ afterparty and the amazing oatmilk based drinks I gorged myself on last year.

I was at this festival last year and it was a ton of fun, impeccably organized and just incredible acts playing back to back.

Tickets are on sale now, be sure to grab one, this is 3 nights of music you will not want to miss!

Tickets for The Next Big Thing 2025

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Today's guest on the podcast is Irish Goregrind/Gorenoise/Harsh Noise band from Limerick, Lymphoedema!

A one-man band (with one of the coolest logos going) and probably one of the most brutal sounding bands to be on the podcast, I'll be chatting with Lymphoedema about how is interest in extreme music began, how this project started, where the inspiration for his sounds come from and basically just chatting about the extreme and experimental aspects of this kind of metal.

Anyone who knows me or listens to the show knows I love my Grindcore so this was a really interesting and fun guest to have the on show. This man's output is absolutely incredibly, releasing a tonne of EP, singles, albums and splits, even in just 2024 alone. He's really pushing the boundaries of what can be done with extreme music. I myself certainly haven't heard of anything like it coming out of Ireland.

Make sure to grab tickets for his performance at Craic & Corpses in the Sound House this Friday!

Lymphoedema on bandcamp

Lymphoedema at the Sound House

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Today I am going to be chatting to Caskré, which is the professional and artistic identity of recording, mixing and mastering engineer Jamie Hyland!

I'll be chatting with her about all how her interests in music and mixing and mastering began, how working in the vinyl factory MLV helped inform her work, the many projects she has worked on including the A Lethal Black Ooze vinyl release (which was recorded on tape and there's an incredible story about how that all went) and Gilla band's debut album 'Holding Hands with Jamie', which of course was named after her.

We'll of course be chatting about her band Mhaol and their latest two singles, 'Snare' and 'Pursuit', how fun the music video for 'Snare' was to shoot and what Mhaol may have possibly in store for us next. 

Caskré has been pretty much a dream guest to get on, over the moon that actually happened and it's finally going to be out. Her list of clients she's worked with alone is insane, such acts like YARD, Psychotic Monks, Lambrini Girls, Gash Collective and Paddy Hanna - to name but a few. 

Caskré | Boutique Mastering & Mixing Services

Tickets to see Mhaol live

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Today I am very excited to say that I am joined on the podcast by Richard Duhig, the host of The Metal Cell Podcast and most recently, an award winning filmmaker.

For this episode, I'll be chatting to Richard about his film, 'We Swallow the Ocean', which is a documentary about the creation of Partholon's incredible album 'The Ocean Pours In'. We'll be discussing how the idea came about for creating this documentary, how it was shot and complexities, highs and lows that go into shooting a film. All the location's featured in the documentary are all relevant to the stories explored in the band's album.

'We Swallow the Ocean' went on to win Underground Film Festival 'Best Documentary Winner' in November, 2024 with the The Underground Cinema Film Festival being an IFTA (Irish Film & Television Academy) Affiliated International Film Festival located in Dublin in Ireland.

Of course we'll also be chatting about Richard's incredible podcast, The Metal Cell, which has been a massive influence and inspiration on my own podcast. What Richard has built with that show is nothing short of incredible, drawing in the best and biggest names of the Irish Metal scene and beyond, with impeccable research and just fantastically insightful and often hilarious conversations in every episode. I literally look forward to every new episode each week.

We Swallow the Ocean on YouTube

The Metal Cell Podcast website

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We are starting the week off in style in that I have the amazing talent that is Singer, songwriter and mental health advocate, Luke Clerkin, making his return on the podcast!

For this episode, I'll be chatting to Luke about his much-anticipated debut album, 'Orpheus', which will be released on the 31st of January. We'll be covering the Greek myth that inspired the album's title, the life stories and inspirations that went into creating the album and of course covering the amazing mental health advocacy and workshop that Luke does around the country.

A really inspirational individual, it was absolutely fantastic to have Luke on in person for this episode to talk about this album in his career, which he himself described as having a 10 year journey that led to it's recording.

In support of this album, Luke will be performing in Whelan's Main room on the 6th of February, which is set to be a truly amazing night. Tickets are available now!

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Luke Clerkin at Whelans

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Today on the podcast I am joined by Emma and Fionn on the band Shayatin!

Shayatin formed from the discontinued alt-rock band Late Night Pharmacy, who previously were awarded funding as part of the Department of Culture’s Music Industry Stimulus Package. It is the first band to feature local singer-songwriter Emma Lohan, whose strident, powerful lead vocals lend palpable emotion to the instrumentals.

In this episode I’ll be chatting to Fionn and Emma about the band’s  brilliant debut EP, ‘Yakub’s Ladder’, which was released in November and is an incredible trio of songs that is sure, which to captivate audiences with its fierce post-hardcore sound, thought-provoking lyrics and all-encompassing atmosphere.

Shaytain on Bandcamp

Shayatin on Instagram

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The first episode of 2025 is out now and the fantastic band that is silverglass will be making their return on the podcast!

I'll be chatting to Tadgh and Eoin about the band's brilliant debut EP, 'CELL COLLAPSE', which was released last October and has such awesome songs like 'Seraph' and 'Anhedonia'.

We'll be discussing how this EP was made, the conceptual and visual ideas behind it and favorite tracks, as well as chatting about what the band has in store for us in 2025, which includes a little bit of insight into the band's next EP.

For anyone who listens to the show, you'll know I absolutely love this band so to have them on the podcast again was a real treat.

Make sure to catch one of their stunning live performances, which you can today at Whelan's Ones to Watch 2025 on the main stage at 21:15 as well as at The Next Big Thing Festival in Workman's, which will be running from the 22nd to the 24th of January.

silverglass on Instagram

silverglass on Spotify

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The final episode of the year!

For this episode, I'll be going through my favorite Metal albums of the year and I'll be joined by a few awesome lads of the Irish Metal scene - Conor of LaVein, Steve of Grey Stag and Jason of Uragh!

We'll each get two picks that we will be doing a deep dive on as well as going through all the other albums we loved as well.

Try and count how many times I say the word 'dissonant' to describe an album in this episode.

LaVein on Bandcamp

Grey Stag on Bandcamp

Uragh on Bandcamp

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