Interview Under Fire Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Out in the Northern lands of Winnipeg, Manitoba, the summers are long and warm; The winters are frigid, snowy, and windy. But one thing staying at a constant pace, is the hardcore music tradition of Comeback Kid. 21 years of metallic moshing anthems and the hits just keep on coming – we are joined by frontman Andrew Neufeld as he takes us through his journey up to the release of t...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a long road since “The Monroe Mansion” days. New York-based rock group The Velvicks are kicking off the new year in rising fashion. Frontman Vick Nader talks about his musical upbringings in his native country in Brazil, and how specific moments on picking up his first guitar paved the way for him as an artist. The journey's been a wild one, and Vick describes...

Send us Fan Mail It's fate. When Chris Sullivan of Wolftooth got the call about signing with the highly-lauded record label of Napalm Records, he didn't believe it then. Let us be clear, he doesn't even believe it now. It's evidence of the hard work he and his bandmates have been through leading up to the release of the new album titled “Blood & Iron”. This also serves as t...

Send us Fan Mail “Pursue Possibility.” That's what it's all about. She's a singer-songwriter, an activist, and an attorney. LA-based alt pop artist Calista Wu, also known as CaliStar, has been hitting the ground running within these last 2 years. We get the chance to sit with this talented rising star to talk about the trials and tribulations throughout her timeline. Inside this who...

Send us Fan Mail She's “Ready To Burn” here in 2022. The multi-talented Toronto-based singer-songwriter Saya is our special guest today. From her humble beginnings in 2016, she has since manifested 2 EPs, all the while being a part of a major label. In addition to music, Saya has also displayed a passion for art, fashion, and film. In our in-depth discussion, we get the chance to sit with Say...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome back our good friend, frontman Joe Badolato from New Jersey metal outfit Fit For An Autopsy. What a year it's been for him (and FFAA) – from being a musician, a barber, a gamer, and to just being an individual displaying his passion to full potential. A lot has happened since we last spoke with Joe from 2019, and in this interview he gets us up to speed on everythi...

Send us Fan Mail Newly signed to the revered label of Nuclear Blast Records, brutal death metal outfit Pathology continue to make quite the impression. Now with 11 albums in their arsenal over a 15-year period, bassist Ricky Jackson sits with IUF to tell the journey that he and his bandmates have experienced. Between him, Dave, Obie, and Dan, Pathology have displayed their grandeur musicianship wi...

Send us Fan Mail Bassist Raad Soudani from the Los Angeles-based metalcore outfit,Volumes, has been through the ups, the downs, and everything in between. Being the sole original member left in the band, Raad talks to IUF about the personal growth which he and his bandmates have been through over the years. Now that live music is coming back into the fray in the States, Raad also shares his gratit...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome guitarist Terrance Hobbs from one of death metal's finest outfits, Suffocation. After 3 decades of trekking the world while playing pure classic death metal riffs for millions of fans, we give Terrance the chance to sit and reflect on these countless memories. A lot of hard work during these years yet a rewarding experience. Everything came together as he and his b...

Send us Fan Mail IUF is proud to welcome our next guest onto the Deep Cuts segment; The amazing Brooklyn-based indie folk singer-songwriter and publicist, Gemma Laurence. It's one thing to continue creating the music you write from the heart, but it's another thing to have thick skin and work as a publicist representing other artists who aspire to step into the industry. Gemma has seen a...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine the Wild, Wild West. What do you see? The desert frontier, cowboys, horses, lawlessness and militias forming against the new sheriff in town spiel? That works. Now imagine all that while dropping the element of atmospheric black metal within that world. Enter the solo project titled Untamed Land, created by mastermind musician Patrick Kern. Newly signed to Napalm Records,...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 11! We open things up with a band on the rise – Switzerland's very own symphonic metal outfit, Ad Infinitum. The magnificent frontwoman Melissa Bonny sits with us today to talk about how busy she and her bandmates have been during all of the wild stages of the pandemic. From 2020 to 2021, they have dropped two genre defining albums, and it seems as if nothin...

Send us Fan Mail We end our 10th season of IUF with one of the more talented and creative rock bands to ever come to the surface, New York's very own Black Satellite. Vocalist Larissa Vale and guitarist Kyle Hawken have formed quite the chemistry in the last 4 years which spawned “Endless”, their debut record. They tell us the story about how that album then went on to put Black Satellite on...

Send us Fan Mail The mighty Swedish melodic death metal masters, Hypocrisy, have returned with their highly-anticipated 14th studio album “Worship”. We are joined by the frontman and original founder of the band, Peter Tägtgren. In this episode, we get the chance to speak to this seasoned artist as he talks about the production process behind the new music. The pandemic played an important part on...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Erik Engstrand and Kristofer Strandberg from the Swedish metalcore outfit, Eyes Wide Open. Their highly-anticipated 5th album “Through Life And Death” just dropped, but not without the growth, experience, and dedication to their artistry over the years. They have been around for over a decade within the grounds of Sweden and the rest of Europe, establishing themselves a...

Send us Fan Mail New band, new chapter, new year, new album. Why not all at once? Frontman Niklas Lykke of Danish metal band Livløs joins IUF today to talk about the newest album, “And Then There Were None”. Though it is his first offering with the band, and being the newest member, it feels as if Niklas was meant to be here all along. He's found his place. Perhaps there was a sense of pressu...

Send us Fan Mail LA-based singer-songwriter Kara Connolly has worked hard to get to this point in her storied career – From previously working in the film industry, to playing sold out shows, earning nominations in Hollywood Music in Media, and getting the nod for a GRAMMY ballot, there comes a sense of overwhelming sentiment within her successes. We invite Kara onto IUF to give her the chance to...

Send us Fan Mail It all began with “Strawberry Milkshake”. The Chicago-raised, LA-based artist Kit Major has come a long way since dropping that first single from a few years ago. From acting to writing scripts, Kit didn't really consider recording music until her college years. Taking a range of influences from artists like Prince and Bowie to Lady Gaga and Dua Lipa, Kit Major was more than...

Send us Fan Mail Chaos. It's a word that sums up Chris Dearing's solo project titled The Sound That Ends Creation. The band got its inception down in Allen, Texas in 2015, and here we are 6 records later with “Boomers, Zoomers, Desperate Coomers” as the newest album. Chris talks about how his creativity has never seemed to run short of ideas, as 6 albums is not an easy thing to do for an...

Send us Fan Mail Life doesn't go as planned, and if there was ever a soundtrack to that particular feeling, leave it up to Can't Swim. We are joined by frontman Chris LoPorto from the New Jersey based band as he talks about the meaning of releasing their 3rd album, “Change Of Plans”. It's been 3-4 years in the making, and to finally put out an album that ties into the chaos of life...

Send us Fan Mail It's time to get tech-y. We welcome lead vocalist/guitarist Steffen Kummerer from Germany progressive death metal outfit, Obscura. It's been a wild ride for Steffen in recent memory, from dropping an album-of-the-year contender in 2018 to a complete band lineup change – This new chapter for him and Obsura is a personal one. We take a deeper look into the makings and orig...

Send us Fan Mail Turn this one up, and make sure your neighbors hear it too while you're at it, as we welcome the powerful frontwoman Justine Jones from the U.K. based metallic hardcore outfit, Employed To Serve. We invite Justine along with us to talk about their highly-anticipated 4th studio album “Conquering”. It's been roughly a decade into the makings for Justine, and with the new a...

Send us Fan Mail The brothers, Lewis and Henry de Jong of New Zealand-based band Alien Weaponry, have been taking the heavy metal world by storm. It's been 10 years since the inception of this young and talented groovy tribal band, and they have been pedal to the metal ever since. The new album and sophomore effort “Tangaroa”, is everything about who they are. It's not just another metal...

Send us Fan Mail When you've been making good music for 4 decades, you know you are doing something right. Leave it to the Bay-area thrash metal veterans Exodus to cover that ground. On the verge of dropping their 11th album, we are joined by seasoned frontman Steve “Zetro” Souza as we talk about “Persona Non Grata”. It's everything any Exodus fan would want from these legends, and Zetro...

Send us Fan Mail The sounds of Brooklyn, New York. It's nothing like you have ever experienced. In today's episode, we are joined by the talented independent trio of Alma. Consisting of members Alba, Lillie, and Melissa – the three women have formed a bond unmatched. Musically and personally, within the last couple of years, they have come together to release their creativity in a form s...