Metal Shop's Backstage Pass

We chatted with Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton about his upcoming solo album "Anesthetic" and working with artists like Chester Bennington and Myles Kennedy on it. Enjoy! 

Kevin and Ryan the Beard met up with Vein vocalist Anthony DiDio earlier this week inside the Crocodile for a quick chat. Enjoy and check out their awesome album from 2018 "Errorzone." 

Kevin and Ryan the Beard met up with Vein vocalist Anthony DiDio earlier this week inside the Crocodile for a quick chat. Enjoy and check out their awesome album from 2018 "Errorzone." 

Kevin sat down with Brian and Scott from one of Southern California's heaviest bands XIBALBA while they were here in the Northwest last weekend. They chatted about some of their early favorite albums growing up, their all time favorite Northwest music, what's been up with Xibalba lately and they also got to a chat a bit about Brian's death/doom side project Mortuary Punishment.  Enjoy! 

Listen to the Metal Shop crew dissect their picks for the Top 30 Metal Albums of 2018 in a fun roundtable discussion. 

This episode of the podcast is dedicated to a man who forever changed the death metal world, Deeds of Flesh guitarist and Unique Leader Records founder Erik Lindmark. Lindmark passed away last week and leaves behind a loving family, a legion of fans and a truly brutal legacy of awesome music.  Some other things we discussed in this episode - Previewed new music by Rotting Christ, Graf Orlock, Mise...

Hail Santa 9 is going down on December 7th and 8th at the Highline and it features a ton of amazing bands such as XOTH, Morta Skuld, Aethereus, Eight Bells, Petrification and many more! We spoke with the members of XOTH who are the masterminds behind this Northwest Christmas metal tradition. 

Hail Santa 9 is going down on December 7th and 8th at the Highline and it features a ton of amazing bands such as XOTH, Morta Skuld, Aethereus, Eight Bells, Petrification and many more! We spoke with the members of XOTH who are the masterminds behind this Northwest Christmas metal tradition. 

Frank Hetzel and Andy Beech have teamed up with Ronnie Munroe from Metal Church to help Ronnie's wife fight ovarian cancer. They are auctioning off a custom Beltfed Weapon "P.O.W" guitar and you can hear all about it here. 

This interview is a must listen. In the world of metal, Jamey Jasta really needs no introduction...but screw it, I'll give it a shot. Aside from singing in one of the most prolific hardcore/metal bands in the world, Jamey is the former host of MTV's Headbanger's Ball and host of a badass podcast called the Jasta Show. He also plays in several other projects and is always recording something new. J...

Welcome backstage with the Metal Shop crew. We’ve got a lot to cover this week on the podcast since it’s been a little while.  Here’s a rundown of some things you’ll hear on this episode - R.I.P Substratum  - Halloween plans - Ryan is booking some great shows - Ian started a new marketing company - Ian did his final stage dive  - Slipknot promises a new album in 2019 + new masks - New albums by So...

This past week Kevin sat down with the vocalist of legendary New York hardcore band Agnostic Front - the one and only Roger Miret! 

Ghost Ship Octavius has a brand new album out called "Delirium" and it's awesome! We had the band in studio to share two brand new songs and talk to us about the album. 

Kihalás is a suuuuper gnarly Northwest band that just debuted their brand new song "Cult Of Saprophite". We talked shop with the band then played the song. Enjoy! 

Barney Greenway is a legend! We sat down with Barney - the vocalist for Napalm Death - in front of a live audience at the VIP BBQ area during Pain in the Grass 2018 and talked shop. Enjoy! 

Before they took the stage to rock us into oblivion, we were able to sit down with legendary thrash band ANTHRAX backstage at Pain in the Grass 2018. Enjoy! 

Octopoulpe is a one man experimental grindcore / thrash / punk / noise project that is touring around the country for the next 30 days. This dude flew all the way from South Korea to share his gnarly music with all of us! 

Tom Sheehan is the vocalist of two amazing New York hardcore bands – Indecision and Most Precious Blood. He’s also one of the three hosts of a rad hardcore podcast called Axe To Grind. He was in the Northwest on vacation this week, so we asked him to  join us in studio for an interview. Enjoy and listen to his bands and podcast!  

Tacoma tech death metal band Aethereus just released their brand new album "Absentia" so we had them up to talk about it and jam some new songs. 

This week on the podcast we talk all about the two voices of Killswitch Engage (Howard Jones and Jesse Leach) singing together onstage in the UK + we chat about what is happening with the upcoming Warrel Dane solo album. We also talk a bit about new music by High on Fire, Pig Destroyer, Terror, Deicide and Soulfly + preview some killer shows coming to Seattle. 

Year Of The Cobra is one of the best bands from this area and they have been spreading the Northwest heaviness throughout the world, touring hard and rocking out harder. It was great to have Jon and Amy back in the studio to talk shop. 

Vancouver, BC thrash band Expain is playing their first set of shows in the states this week, so we had them stop by the studio to hang out and chat. 

Darkness Stole The Sky is a band from Olympia and they have been hard at work for quite a few years. We were stoked to get them in studio to hear some of their music and talk shop.   

Welcome back to Metal Shop's Backstage Pass. Our summer started off with an unfortunate news headline, as legendary drummer Vinnie Paul passed away last week. We talk all about Vinnie's legacy, his music and his plans for burial, etc. Other topics we discuss this week include the new albums by Immortal, Dee Snider, Converge and Deicide, Hodor from Game Of Thrones shredding alongside Megadeth, Dyin...

We sat down with badass local band SwampheavY to chat about their upcoming shows and play some songs from their album "SwampheavY: I"