Metal Shop's Backstage Pass

Allegaeon is releasing their highly anticipated new album "Apoptosis" on April 19th. Ian chatted with vocalist Riley McShane about the album and we finally found out the proper way to say their band name once and for all. 

Ryan the Beard sat down with FOES from Bend, Oregon while they were in town to play El Corazon ! Enjoy this conversation on a wide variety of subjects. Get deep with FOES! 

We met up with Children Of Bodom bassist Henkka T. Blacksmith before their show at El Corazon on Friday March 29th to chat about their new album "Hexed," some of his earliest musical influences and some of the more heinous parts of playing onstage. Enjoy! 

Tacoma death metal band GOON came through the studio to chat with us and play a couple songs from their new demo EP. 

Welcome back to the podcast On this episode Kevin, Ian and the Beard discuss the following - Ian's band changed their name - Ryan's band is about to release another album - Kevin checks in about the local wrestling scene - Kevin's new nickname - new Ringworm is awesome (duh) - Megadeth is about to release a 350 page graphic novel - we get an update on the new Deftones album - The Art Institute of...

Kevin got on the phone with badass NW metal historian James Beach who is putting on NW Metal Fest 2019 at Washington Hall on Saturday March 2nd. They chatted about NW Metal Fest, James' record label NW Metalworx and his upcoming book about Northwest metal called Rusted Metal. Enjoy! 

Ian chatted with Seattle grindcore/metal band Endorphins Lost about their new album "Seclusions." This interview includes 5 of their brand new songs! Enjoy. 

The Three Tremors is a metal supergroup featuring three epic vocalists sharing duties on the mic - Tim "Ripper" Owens, Harry “The Tyrant” Conklin and Sean “The Hell Destroyer” Peck. They are playing El Corazon on Thursday february 14th for an awesome metal Valentine's show! Kevin spoke with Sean "The Hell Destroyer" Peck about their new self-titled album, their plans for 2019 and some of his favor...

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!