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Ragnarok Radio is a twice monthly heavy metal podcast featuring news, reviews and interviews with established and many up and coming bands in the metal and alternative scenes. Originally establised in a cold Dundee December in 2006 the show has grown to become the leading heavy metal podcast for Scotland and we’re working our way into the North East of England too.
From Wikipedia:
In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (IPA: /rɑgnɑrɔk/, Old Norse “Final destiny of the gods”) refers to a series of major events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Freyr, Heimdall, and the jötunn Loki), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water. Afterwards, the world resurfaces anew and fertile, the surviving gods meet, and the world is repopulated by two human survivors. Ragnarök is an important event in the Norse canon, and has been the subject of scholarly discourse and theory.
What is the purpose of the show?
Ragnarok was initially set up to promote Scottish heavy metal, international acts, and to produce a reliable free press source. We also hope to educate those uninitiated to the world of heavy metal and bring more interest to the British Metal scene.
Podcasting is a completely free form of internet radio that allows you to download the show and unlike traditional radio is chosen for listening at your discretion.
You can find out more about podcasting at the Apple website where they have a rather good FAQ.
How do I subscribe to a podcast?
You can subscribe using a variety of methods - through a preferred programme such as Apple’s iTunes, using a feed catcher such as on Google or Yahoo, via e-mail , watching out for a bulletin on myspace, or you can just keep an eye on our website.
Usually once every two weeks - one the first full week of the month and also one the last full week of the month.
Im in a band - will you play our songs on your podcast?
If your metal enough yes. We accept submissions for tracks on our show either through email or through the post, if you send us tracks via email they must be in mp3 format. Please email us or message us on myspace before sending any tracks through. Thanks! studio(at)ragnarokradio.co.uk and Ragnarok Myspace are our contacts.
Im in a band and I’m looking for gig venue’s in Dundee, know any good ones?
Yes! There are quite afew places in Dundee for gigs, some are more geared up for the heavy metal crowd than others.
Balcony Bar
Club Cage
Westport Bar
The Doghouse
The Reading Rooms
Im in a band and I’m looking for gig venue’s in Newcastle, know any good ones?
There are a few good venues for gigs in Newcastle:
Trillians Rock Bar
Legends
Newcastle University Student’s Union
Northumbria University Student’s Union
Im in a band and I’m looking for gig venue’s in Sunderland, know any good ones?
The best places for gigs in Sunderland are:
The Borough
Independent
Voodoo Rooms/Pure Bar
I love your site will you make me one?
Thanks for the compliment! Victoria is available for paid graphic design work ranging from websites to posters and CD inlays. You can find her portfolio of work online at The Typhon
You collect email addresses on the site, what do you use them for?
We only ever use your email address to keep you up to date of the latest things going on at the Ragnarok site. We will never sell your email address on to any other companies and you can unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time.
Do you accept advertisments or link swaps?
We accept advertisments but only for our website, if you would like to advertise on the site please get in contact with us. Again we do accept link swaps - in doing these we add a link to your site on our links page and can give shout outs on the show. Please note that we only accept swaps with relavent websites.
