Metal Shop's Backstage Pass

Kevin gets weird with a game of would you rather, The Beard forgets a VERY important date, new music from Dimmu Borgir and a few others, Metallica has a special contest for local bands and Ian gets a new grill.

Kevin had the chance to sit down with Chase Mason, frontman of badass up and coming Arizona death metal band GATECREEPER ! Check out the interview to hear some of their music ! 

Metal Shop’s Backstage Pass: Episode 111 – Seven Years Later This week Kevin sees Social Distortion, Ian remains an old ass man, and Ryan the Beard finally got his new custom nine string guitar (NERD)! We review both KONG and Power Rangers, and brainstorm ways to exact revenge on loud movie talkers. Excitement is in the air for all the shows this week, and BEARDO hands out some beard advice. Body...

Welcome back to the Backstage ! This week we discuss Ian getting a vacuum and going undefeated on Madden, Kevin nerding out on vintage toys, Ryan discovers Modby's hardcore roots, Wormrot is laying off the U.S, touring for a bit, Dimmu Borgir is releasing a new DVD, there's a Revocation song in the Power Rangers movie, Danzig unveils a new festival in SO CAL, Warbringer is coming back to Seattle,...

Grammy misfortunes, New Six Feet Under, Arch Enemy goes acoustic, Rob Zombie's weird disney connection, Pestilence is back and a giant worm gets named after Alex Webster.

Sanctuary joined Metal Shop in studio tonight to play some NEW/OLD songs off of their upcoming record Inception, out Feb. 24th on Century Media Records! This is the record that almost never saw the light of day (literally) after it sat in guitarist Lenny Rutledge's barn for several decades! Hit play to here some classic NW metal from 1986, and the explanation of why it took so long to hit your ear...

Welcome back ! Ian is sick as hell this week so you can hear him hacking up some gross stuff. Ryan got tricked into supporting his least favorite celebrity - Jimmy Fallon( haha), Ian has Pokemon card gold, PornHub is getting into the sex education game, we discuss random porn we found in the woods as youngsters....then finally we talk about metal - new music by Iron Reagan and Life Of Agony, Winte...

Local badasses A SENSE OF GRAVITY joined us in studio to chat about their new album, "Atrament." 

This past weekend, we had the honor of interviewing Cattle Decapitation drummer and all around badass Dave McGraw on the show. We talk Cattle, how he got into music, his drum endorsements, tour life and he plays some of his own personal favorite bands. Turn it up ! 

If you've been to rock shows in Seattle, you've probably seen Neil Lim Sang hanging out by the stage taking bad ass photographs. Metal Shop had Neil in studio this past Saturday to talk about what it's like to be a well-known rock photographer, and he shared some tour stories from his time with Gojira and In Flames! 

Devin Townsend attempts to crowd source a symphony about your junk, Megadeth kicks off a campaign to get you to come camp on Mustaine’s lawn, and Body Count returns with a new album. Brent Hinds corrects the record on his “I hate heavy metal” comments, and The Ghost Inside are honored by the LA Kings hockey team! Tony Iommi has received great news in that the lump in his throat was successfully re...

Welcome back! This week on the show Kevin is back and chats about his trip to PDX. (striiiiiiippppers). We listen to new jams by Darkest Hour, Kreator, Ex Deo, Mors Principum Est, Hour of Penance and Code Orange ....oh yeah and Ryan The Beard tells us about getting drugged while working at Spencers in Montana. 

On this episode we talk about Megadeth bootcamp, a bunch of killer tour announcements, Ian's weird dreams and Ryan the Beard's first on air shift on KISW ! 

John Pettibone from Himsa is a longtime friend of Metal Shop and an important person for the Seattle metal scene. We were lucky to have John in studio to chat with him about Himsa's upcoming reunion show NEXT SATURDAY October 29th at El Corazon. 

New music by Vader, In Flames, Superjoint, Testament, Life of Agony and Ion Dissonance, Phil anselmo apologizes again, Rob Halford celebrates 30 years of sobriety, we will soon be able to buy a Lemmy toy and Ozzy experiences some health troubles + much more news. Make sure you listen until the end to hear our interview with GOJIRA ! 

Welcome back to the backstage ! There is sooooo much rad new music coming out, so this week on the show we preview new songs from Vader, In Flames, Ion Dissonance and Life Of Agony. Congrats to Rob Halford on 30 years of sobriety ! Lemmy has an awesome toy coming out soon, Slash's lost guitar was found, Phil Anselmo continues to apologize, Pestilence is back together + a ton more news and notes. M...

We sat down with Devils of Loudun and taught them all about popping huge zits. They taught us about booty shaking while playing a show. Check it!

Welcome back to the backstage ! This week on the podcast Kevin talks about going to see Sabbath and Rotting Christ, we shout out local band Funeral Age, Ryan the Beard checks out Prophets of Rage live and sits in for a trippy recording session with Fungal Abyss. Ian is always moving and his cat Milton is a jerk. The new Metallica album has been finished and is awaiting being mastered, there's an a...

This week we celebrate 100 episodes of our heathenish podcast! Ryan’s snail shoots out a bunch of babies, Ian finds a new troll cave to inhabit, and Kevin prepares for his upcoming worship at the final Black Sabbath show in Washington! RIP Gene Wilder and an era where kids movies used to be dark and truly scary! We’ve got a bunch of samples of some new jams from Vader, Testament, The Devin Townsen...

This is a mini-cast in preparation for Pain in the Grass next week and our 100th episode of Backstage Pass! Kevin and Ian talk about the old college radio days, Guns N Roses, Summer Slaughter 2016 and the new Deicide vs. SLIPKNOT beef!

Welcome back stage ! This week we discuss how Ryan has been pulling some sketchy moves and hacking the Pokemon mainframe, Kevin saw Korn, Ian has to move again - plus new music by Trap Them, Arsis, news on the new album by Meshuggah, Max and Igor Cavalera are taking it back to the Roots, there's a new Metallica book coming out, The Ghost Inside are back at it after their horrible bus accident, we...

Are you the only metal head in your family? You’re not alone! I mean, technically you are but at least you can hear us complain about it too. Here’s to being in charge of the stereo in the family van. This week we talked about the move Megadeth made to acquire Dirk from Soilwork as their fulltime drummer, Dillinger Escape Plan are playing Gwar-B-Q, and Despised Icon time travels back to the 90’s....

Welcome back! After a short break from the podcast, we welcome you back to the realm of the UnGodly. Ian is out crashing a wedding this week, so Ryan and Kevin break down some of the interesting inner workings of the metal world. Ryan just got a wild ass new guitar, so he's been a hermit, Kevin went and saw Alice in Chains and his mind was blown and we show you a new band called Dystrophy. Iron Ma...

Welcome back to the backstage ! This week Kevin, Ian and Ryan the Beard break down pro wrestling porn, Korn basketball jerseys, shoplifting confessions, how Nuclear Blast records is signing every damn band, Brain Drill returns, the new Nails albnum ripped us all a new one, new music from Cruel Hand and Skeletonwitch, there's a couple new supergroups on our radar, more music on the horizon for Juda...