Irish Politics, Drug Culture, the Cult of Heroic Failure and Paganism

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...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 Marras 202339min

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...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

27 Loka 202342min

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...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 Loka 202339min

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...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

29 Syys 202336min

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...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

22 Syys 202338min

Simple question, is Reign In Blood still the most extreme metal record ever made? Most likely.....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...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15 Syys 202329min

I am nothing but a people person, it's always been said. So this Episode is just a retelling of some dumb drunken high jinks on tour somewhere in 2006 or 2007 in Finland. It has everything, saunas, pirates, mohawks, liquorice, smashed mirrors and broken furniture....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...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Syys 202337min

Maybe I had too much coffee the morning of recording but I certainly blitzed this one! A breathless retelling of the history of the awe inspiring and deeply fascinating Haitian Revolution, how Toussant L'Overture, who became known as the Black Napoleon rose from humble origins to lead his island nation to independence and throwing off the shackles of slavery, while defeating the French, Spanish and British along the way! The new Primordial album revolves around themes of liberty, revolution and rebellion and certainly this staggering story falls under that storytelling motif! I also skirt past The Serpent and the Rainbow , The French Revolution, Voodoo and Papa Doc via addressing ridiculous rumours and gossip about albums that I wrote.....I'm still here! you can ask me!support the show over athttp://www.patreon.com/AlanAverillsponsored byMetal Blade recordshttps://www.indiemerch.com/metalblade...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...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 Syys 202337min