Metal Shop's Backstage Pass

Kevin hopped online to chat with Xibalba guitarist Brian Ortiz about their brand new upcoming album along with lots of Sopranos talk, ranking his favorite death metal bands, his favorite quotable movies, growing up in the Pomona hardcore punk scene and they also chat about his side projects.  

Kevin hopped online to chat with Xibalba guitarist Brian Ortiz about their brand new upcoming album along with lots of Sopranos talk, ranking his favorite death metal bands, his favorite quotable movies, growing up in the Pomona hardcore punk scene and they also chat about his side projects. 

Kevin met up with Marshall, Roger and Joe from Southern California hardcore/metal band The Warriors for a few slices of pizza before their show at El Corazon on February 2th. They chatted about the making of their new album “Monomyth”, some of their early influences, being back out on the road again after some time away and some things they’re excited for in 2020.

Badass up-and-coming Northwest doom band SORCIA joined us in studio this week to chat about their band, where they come from, their musical influences and even some of their musical family roots.  Tune in til the end to hear their debut single! 

Kevin sat down with metal guitar icon Ross the Boss before his show at El Corazon in Seattle. Ross formed both The Dictators and Manowar, two legendary bands! He then continued to rock with Ross the Boss and many other badass projects.  Kevin and Ross chat about everything from his favorite guitarists of all time and how he started playing guitar to just why Manowar fans are so diehard. ...

Metal legend Max Cavalera truly needs no introduction. The man behind Soulfly, Nailbomb, Sepultura and Cavalera Conspiracy allowed Kevin on his bus before his gig at El Corazon to chat about a bunch of nerdy metalhead topics including  - some of his favorite underground metal bands  - what he's been listening to  - some odd music we might not expect him to be into  - what histo...

Leveled is an up-and-coming metal band from South Florida who released a KILLER 7 song EP toward the end of 2019 called "No One To Save You." Kevin chatted with vocalist Xavier and guitarist Chad about the origins of their project, how touring has changed over the last decade, their love for Slipknot and pro wrestling and some of their all time favorite Florida bands + we get to hear a song from t...

Tim "Ripper" Owens is a legendary vocalist within the world of heavy metal! He has performed and recorded with Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Charred Walls of the Damned and many many more.  His newest project is The Three Tremors - a supergroup comprised of three distinct metal vocalists performing together. Though it's not a really long interview, it was awesome...

Take Offense is a killer crossover hardcore/thrash band from the San Diego / Chula Vista area that's playing at the Vera Project on January 26th with Higher Power. They released an incredible album called "Keep an Eye Out" in 2019 and have had a hell of a run this past decade.  Kevin chatted with guitarist Greg Cerwonka for an hour about everything from his early influences, growing up going...

On February 28th, Intronaut will release their first album in 5 years entitled "Fluid Existential Inversions" via Metal Blade Records. We spoke with Intronaut vocalist/guitarist Sacha Dunable about a variety of things including but not limited to ... - His guitar company Dunable Guitars - The new album - Magic mushrooms - Scars - His favorite metal bands - Karaoke picks Enjoy! and make sure you su...

Red Death is a killer crossover thrash / hardcore band from Washington DC that will be playing the Vera Project in Seattle on January 19th.  Kevin got on the phone to chat with bassist/vocalist Chad Troncale from Red Death to chat about a variety of things including  - Their new album "Sickness Divine" -Signing to Century Media  - Growing up listening to Nirvana and early punk bands...

Happy New Year! Kick 2019 square in the ass as we toss it out to the trash and count down the top 30 metal albums of the year. From Killswitch Engage to Tomb Mold, from Knocked Loose to Alcest – find out if your favorite album made our list!

Last week we met up with Cattle Decapitation guitarist Josh Elmore backstage at El Corazon to chat about everything from the influence of his childhood heavy metal magazine collection to the new album “Death Atlas”, the end of the world and even getting paid 1 dollar for a show. Enjoy! 

"The Late" Cathy Faulkner came back to the world of Metal Shop this past Saturday night, so you know we had to let her in on the Brutal Poetry fun. Check out Cathy reading some Cannibal Corpse lyrics! 

Ryan The Beard sat down with Chad Gray before Hellyeah's Seattle concert at El Corazon last week to discuss the legacy of Vinnie Paul, early musical inspirations and the long term effects of repeated hits to the skull from a microphone. Enjoy! 

Ian sat down with members of the Iowa melodic hardcore band Modern Life Is War before their show at Vera Project to talk about reuniting the band, new music in 2020, early influences, growing up on Seattle music and more.  The 2 songs that appear in the interview are from "Tribulation Worksongs Vol.1" and "Tribulation Worksongs Vol. 2".  Check out more from Modern Life Is War here&n...

"Singing about rotting corpses has worked out ok for me."  Kevin and Ryan the Beard sat down with Exhumed guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey before their show this past Friday night at the Substation in Seattle to talk about everything from their new album "Horror" to being introduced to metal through the band Poison. Enjoy! 

Kevin and Ian sat down with Between the Buried and Me guitarist Paul Waggoner backstage at the Showbox Sodo and chatted about everything from a nasty scar on his hand from hiking and the brilliance of Devin Townsend to coming up with his "Big 4" of prog metal and what BTBAM's plans on for 2020. Enjoy! 

Seattle duo Year of the Cobra just released their album "Ash and Dust" and it's AMAZING! Kevin sat down with Jon and Amy from YOTC to talk about some of their earlier bands, how they met and started playing together, touring heavily in Europe, recording with Jack Endino and much more! You can also check out 3 brand new YOTC songs in this interview Catch Year of the Cobra's "Ash and Dust" record re...

Pete Lloyd is the master shredder for a badass left brained death metal band out of New Jersey called Replicant. If you dig stuff like Cryptopsy, Cynic or Gorguts this might just be your new favorite band. Enjoy! 

Kevin met up with Skyler Mills - vocalist / guitarist for Calgary, Alberta, Canada's badass thrash band W.M.D. when they came through Seattle on tour with Warbringer and Enforcer. They chatted about the origins of the band, his favorite thrash bands of all time, early inspirations and a ton more. Tune in for the entire interview and check out the W.M.D song "Virus" afterwards. Horns up!

Sam Osborne plays guitar in the killer death metal band Funebrarum that will be playing their first ever Seattle show on November 2nd at the Highline. We chatted with Sam about joining Funebrarum a couple years back, his early years of getting into extreme metal and he even ranks his "Big Four" of Death Metal. Enjoy! Make sure you come check out Funebrarum.  Northwest Terror Fest Presents Saturday...

Fresh off the release of their incredible new album "Deserted" we spoke with Gatecreeper vocalist Chase Mason for 20 + minutes about his path to metal music, his favorite death metal bands, growing up in the desert, the future of Arizona, emo music and even some of his scars. Check it out! 

Metal Shop's Backstage Pass - Episode 131 : Get Schleibaum'd Welcome back to the Backstage Pass  On this episode we discuss some of the following things - Big shows coming up: Iron Maiden, Khemmis/Un, Rings Of Saturn/Enterprise Earth, Cattle Decapitation/Atheist, King Diamond, Gatecreeper/Exhumed, Insomnium/Omnium Gatherum, Counterpats/Stray From The Path, Morbid Angel/Watain - Keith Merrow joins...

Locistellar is a badass new Northwest metal band featuring 6 extremely talented and highly experienced musicians from completely different backgrounds. They are playing their first show on Tuesday August 20th with Goatwhore and Ringworm at the Crocodile. Get familiar with this awesome new Seattle metal band.