Metal Shop's Backstage Pass

We had badass Seattle metal band XOTH in studio to talk all about the upcoming 2 day metal fest HAIL SANTA 8 (December 15th and 16th at the Highline) and play a couple songs. Check it out! 

Power Trip is one of the sickest thrash metal bands going today. Kevin and Ian sat down with Power Trip vocalist Riley Gale for a solid 45 minute discussion about a whole bunch of stuff: sponsorships, struggling on the road, hardcore music, their plans for 2018 and much much more. 

Ghost Ship Octavius returns to the studio to chat with Kevin and Ian about the crowdfunding efforts on their new album ....plus they debut two brand new songs! 

This was truly a "We're not worthy" Wayne's World moment for us, as all three musicians we got to interview this past Saturday night are mind-blowingly amazing at what they do. Tony MacAlpine is a seasoned veteran in the guitar world and he played a show this past weekend at El Corazon. He is joined by bassist Pete Griffin and drummer Gergo Borlai. Listen in and get schooled! 

Wormwitch will be coming to town on November 1st with The Black Dahlia Murder, Suffocation, Exhumed and Decrepit Birth. Not bad for a second tour ever! Check out our interview with the band and go see them live at Studio Seven ! 

Brody King is the true definition of a badass! Not only is he a killer pro wrestler who just made his Seattle debut for DEFY this past Friday, but he is also the singer of the crushing band GOD'S HATE! We had the chance to sit down with Brody and talk a bit about what it's like to be both a metal vocalist and a professional ass kicker. Enjoy ! 

Metal Shop's Backstage Pass returns!! We discuss our lives and what we've been up to over the summer, including a few show reviews and Ryan updates us on the progress with the new LB! record! Modified Ghost fest announces their first few bands (Carcass, Bloodbath), Kevins t-shirt collection and the difference between hoarders and "collectors." Tons of new music previews this week from Winds of Pla...

We're doing a little something different this week on the podcast. We have some pretty awesome interviews in our archive that we thought it would be fun to revisit. I'm sure a lot of you will be hearing these for the first time. This week, all 3 of the interviews just happen to be from 2012! The first interview on the podcast is with Deicide drummer and overall badass Steve Asheim. Contiuning with...

Badass local band OLD IRON joined us in studio to talk about their brand new album Lupus Metallorum ! 

Prior to their opening set for Metallica on August 9th, Kevin and Ian from Metal Shop got to sit down with Joe Duplantier from the almighty GOJIRA! 

We chat with rock/metal photographer Neil Lim Sang about life as a pro photographer and his work with Rock Out ALS, say goodbye to 1100 Olive Way.

Local badasses WILT are touring Europe this summer and it's gonna be sweet ! We sat down with the entire band and chatted about their big trip and played songs from their brand new album! 

Welcome back! On this episode we talk about how Ryan is missing due to the fact that he's working on the debut album from his band LB! (Pound). We're stoked! Kevin has been busy going to shows - he saw Deftones, He whose ox is Gored and Helms Alee and it's his Birthday week (old man!), while Ian has been  having some allergy issues and working on a ton of work projects. In metal news - Behemoth ha...

Welcome back! This week we discuss Wonder Woman, the Lita Ford, Cryptopsy and Angelcorpse shows, Ian goes to the doctor, Ryan goes to Canada, we preview new songs by Mutoid Man, The Faceless, CKY and Venom Inc, we unveil the Summer Slaughter lineup and Seattle show date, R.I.P Big Val, Suicidal Tendencies gets shut down and Ian goes hard on the Brutal Poetry Too Hot For Radio segment to end the po...

Members of Beltfed Weapon and Ghost Ship Octavius stopped by to give us all the dirt their upcoming shows!

We were joined tonight by NW drummer extraordinaire JOE GRINDO from bands such as Theories, Samothrace, SKARP and Book Of Black Earth. He came up to tell us more about the first annual upcoming NW Terror Fest happening June 15th-17th on Capitol Hill at Neumo's, Barboza and The Highline. We play a ton of NW Terrorfest bands like Goatwhore, Wolves In The Throne Room, Cephalic Carnage, Old Iron and m...

Welcome back ! This week on the podcast we discuss the following things - Tacos, Fatso Jetson, the Killswitch Engage and Anthrax show, Devils Hunt Me Down's sold out High Dive show, pitspreading, Ian cleaning his house, Ian peeing his bed, allowances, Motorhead's new IPA's, new music by Acacia Strain, Municipal Waste, Wolfbrigade, Iced Earth and Decapitated, how Kevin kicks everyone in the head in...

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."