Fearghal Traynor, co-host of The Feckin’ Check-In, presents a podcast from Dublin, Ireland which celebrates hard rock and heavy metal, both old and new. Enjoy interviews, reviews, informal chats, and special series arcs spanning multiple episodes.
Episodes
Apr 9, 2025
Apr 9, 2025
45 min
In the first installment of a multi-part series, I chat to my good friend, and sometimes co-host, George Silano about the NWOBHM stalwarts, Angel Witch. Throughout this series of episodes, we'll be delving deep into the discography of this influential band, who are sometimes (perhaps unfairly) deemed a one-hit, or one-album wonder. We'll make our way through their releases chronologically, and as such, this episode starts with the 1978 Demo.
Clips featured in episode:
1. Angel Witch - "Angel Witch" - Angel Witch (1980)
2. Angel Witch - "Baphomet" - 1978 Demo (1978)
3. Angel Witch - "White Witch" - 1978 Demo (1978)
4. Angel Witch - "The Sorceror" - Demo 1979 (1979)
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Feb 12, 2025
Feb 12, 2025
1hr 33 min
After a lengthy hiatus, Feckin' Metal returns to discuss some newsworthy topics, such as the final Black Sabbath show, the upcoming Seven Sisters album, and the return of Irish metallers, Stereo Nasty. I also give my terribly-late and frankly no longer relevant list of favourite releases from 2024. It's great to be back!
Clips featured in episode:
1. Seven Sisters - "Heart Of The Sun" - Heart Of The Sun [Digital Single] (2025)
2. Stereo Nasty - "Black Widow" - Nasty By Nature (2015)
3. Judas Priest - "Devil In Disguise" - Invincible Shield (2024)
4. Judas Priest - "Crown Of Horns" - Invincible Shield (2024)
5. Midnight Force - "Choseon" - Severan (2024)
6. Midnight Force - "Severan" - Severan (2024)
7. Angel Sword - "Weekend Warrior" - World Fighter (2024)
8. Angel Sword - "World Fighter" - World Fighter (2024)
9. "Guile's Theme Street Fighter II Guitar Cover" - (Posted to YouTube by FamilyJules)
10. "Ken's Theme Street Fighter II Guitar Cover" - (Posted to YouTube by FamilyJules)
11. Amethyst - "Queen Of A Thousand Burning Hearts" - Throw Down The Gauntlet (2024)
12. Amethyst - "Serenade (Under The Rising Moon)" - Throw Down The Gauntlet (2024)
13. Writhen Hilt - "Death Undone" - Ancient Sword Cult (2024)
14. Writhen Hilt - "Sorcerer's Gate" - Ancient Sword Cult (2024)
15. Dolmen Gate - "Retribution" - Gateways Of Eternity (2024)
16. Dolmen Gate - "Chambers Of Magic" - Gateways Of Eternity (2024)
17. Pulp - "Common People" - Different Class (1995)
18. Coltre - "Feast Of The Outcast" - To Watch With Hands… To Touch With Eyes (2024)
19. Coltre - "Rat Race" - To Watch With Hands… To Touch With Eyes (2024)
20. Freeways - "Can't Deny Destiny" - Dark Sky Sanctuary (2024)
21. Freeways - "Private Myth" - Dark Sky Sanctuary (2024)
22. Heavy Sentence - "Warriors Of Madness" - Warriors Of Madness (2024)
23. Helvetets Port - "Wasteland Warriors" - Warlords (2024)
24. Helvetets Port - "Golden Axe" - Warlords (2024)
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Jul 31, 2024
Jul 31, 2024
42 min
I catch up with Rob, Tim, and Jarvis from Cirith Ungol/Night Demon regarding recent happenings with both bands, and look towards next week's Frost & Fireland Festival in Limerick, Ireland. Learn how the fellas nearly caught Venereal Disease in Australia, made women cry in China, and what James Bond has in common with Cirith Ungol. We also discuss Night Demon's recent touring activity and support slots with Bruce Dickinson and Michael Schenker.
Jul 16, 2024
Jul 16, 2024
1hr 41 min
On this episode, I chat to Dave Morrissey: guitarist, and founding-member of Irish trad-metallers Celtic Legacy. This band have been around the block more than a few times and have suffered numerous setbacks, but they're still standing. Dave and his counterpart, Dave "Slim" Boylan have kept the ship afloat during many trials and tribulations, also known as the "Celtic Legacy Curse". Throughout all of this, they have continued to release excellent albums, and kept a positive attitude. Celtic Legacy are survivors. They will not back down and will not take no for an answer. And they may just have their best line-up yet.
Jun 12, 2024
Jun 12, 2024
1hr 13 min
On the latest episode of Feckin' Metal, I chat to Graham Killin, one of the two guitarists of NWOBHM band, Bleak House. If you're not familiar with the band, this is the perfect place to start. Formed in the early 1970s, in Hertfordshire, England, they survived many name changes, and the emergence of punk, to release two critically-acclaimed, but relatively-obscure EPs in the 1980s, then disappeared. That was until singer Graham Shaw received a phonecall from Oliver Weinsheimer, organiser of the Keep It True Festival, in early 2021. Since then, they've been on the up and up, and we cover all bases in between.
Jun 5, 2024
Jun 5, 2024
2hr 29 min
On the latest episode of Feckin' Metal, I catch up with Steven Waddell from Oath Sc, and we discuss recent activity from his band, then delve into recent releases by Blaze Bayley and Bruce Dickinson, with a brief chat about the latest Judas Priest album/tour as well.
I also give a detailed rundown of my recent trip to Germany to attend Keep It True XXIV, and a swift rundown of Bruce Dickinson in Glasgow!
Apr 15, 2024
Apr 15, 2024
52 min
On this episode, I chat to Yves Bradler, guitarist from up-and-coming traditional heavy metal band Amethyst. Amethyst made waves in 2023 with their excellent debut EP "Rock Knights". I chat to Yves about his early exposure to rock music from listening to his parents' record collections, starting to play guitar in his teens, feeling isolated at this time due to lack of likeminded friends, then meeting a new group of people in his 20s when he started attending metal festivals. We also discuss the upcoming Amethyst album, and upcoming festival appearances and gigs for this year. Amethyst are definitely one to watch.
Apr 5, 2024
Apr 5, 2024
1hr 22 min
On this episode, I join forces with my friend Melissa from the Metal Chat Podcast to delve into the discography of the original incarnation of Sortilège. We discuss how we discovered the band, rate them against their contemporaries, and examine each of the first three releases: Sortilège, Métamorphose, and Larmes de Héros, playing clips from some of our favourite songs along the way. An ideal introduction for the uninitiated.
Feb 28, 2024
Feb 28, 2024
1hr 9 min
This is the third and final part of my interview with DJ Neal Kay. Here, like in previous installments, we discuss many topics, including:
-Getting white labels from record companies
(demos)
-Suggestion about putting together a compilation
of unsigned bands, which would become
Metal For Muthas
-His original vision for the album vs what
was eventually released
-His role/job in this
-Which roles paid and which didn't
-Being an on tour DJ with Iron Maiden
-Star Trek convention
-The Vietnam War
-The Kennedy Assassination
-Supporting Rush
-Were Motörhead punk?
-Do you believe in ghosts?
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Clips featured in episode:
1. Iron Maiden - "Iron Maiden" - The Soundhouse Tapes (1979)
Feb 14, 2024
Feb 14, 2024
53 min
Continuing on from last week, here Neal covers his first interactions with Iron Maiden, and what set them apart from the rest of the NWOBHM pack. He also talks about his various dealings with record labels and A&R folk (that's artist and repertoire, you know), how Glenn Miller's Orchestra and Buddy Holly influenced heavy metal, Def Leppard's place in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and a lot more.
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Clips featured in episode:
1. The Damned - "Love Song" - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)