Cutter's RockCast

Briton Bond and Cody Quistad of the metalcore band Wage War join us from their tour bus just before wrapping up their mostly sold out with Falling in Reverse. The story of Wage War follows the path of a band that has earned the respect of everyone in the scene and then rises up the ranks. Proving they aren't just pure brute and might Wage War have toyed with a more mainstream sound in the past, but now for whatever reason, their fourth album 'Manic' has put them over the top.

You know Mike Protich as the lead singer of Red Sun Rising. Right before the pandemic had hit Mike along with Pat and Dave from Red Sun decided to start over as a three-piece band and do things a bit differently. They called themselves The Violent and while they have five songs out digitally now, they are ready to unleash themselves onto the world. To do that The Violent have put out a daring cover of the song "People Are Strange" by The Doors and they nailed it. It's time to catch up with our old friend Mike Protich.

Who would have thought that Falling in Reverse would have had the biggest rock song in the world of the past few years? Yet here we are, Ronnie Radke and company did it. Falling in Reverse in 2019 released "Popular Monster" and while they had already had a big and hardcore fanbase, that song put them on top of the rock world. 3 years and a pandemic later they have released a new song called "Zombified" to rave reviews. It is with great pleasure I welcome to the Rockcast, Ronnie Radke.

Kevin and his son Kane have become two of the most sought-after producers in modern rock. From Five Finger Death Punch to Ozzy, their list of credits is long. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to listen to rock radio in the 21st century, (or a playlist) and not hear songs produced by one or both of the Churkos. Take the album 'Immortalized' by Disturbed for example. That album has the band's biggest hit ever, guess who produced it? That's right, the Churkos did. After giving the band DED their biggest hit to date with "Kill Beautiful Things," their next project has just hit. It's the new album 'Dominion' by Skillet. Up next will be the latest effort from Five Finger Death Punch. I have been looking forward to talking to these two for a long time and I'm so happy we finally made it happen.

Trivium have just released their tenth studio album, another metal powerhouse called 'In The Court of the Dragon' So Matt and I dissect songwriting in this episode, plus how they are able to get so intense so quickly. Oh and if you didn't know Matt has become an extremely popular Twitch streamer so get into that as well. In fact he was streaming this interview as it happened. Oh and as if that wasn't enough, he performs a new song live!!

Of Mice & Men just put out their 7th studio album entitled 'Echo.' The album itself is made up of 3 different E.P.s all put out during the pandemic. Add a few more songs and they had a ready-made album. An album made during a pandemic and done 100 percent remotely. Oh, and parts of it were made while live-streaming on Twitch. Yeah, we thought that was pretty cool too, which is why it's high time to get heavy and talk some metal.

Fun Fact: After all these years I've never spoken to Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria in an official forum before.

Now we get to find out for sure they are definitely more than just that "comic book band." The stories told within this incredible music though should not be downplayed and with a new album on the way 2022 is looking solid for Coheed and Cambria.

Kaytie has returned once again to Cutter's Rockcast! We also welcome the debut of our newest family member, Decker. The reason for the special hostful episode is because you may have seen the news about yet another Puddle of Mudd mishap. Wes who had heard and seen for ourselves had been doing much better, but on this cold November night in Green Bay, WI that was not the case. Wes walked his band off stage and generally just did not have a great night. Cutter was at the show and saw it all first hand. Then he received a message from a listener saying it was basically the media's fault that so many rockstars before have had this downward fall. We discuss.

Ps...we do truly hope all is well with Wes Scantlin, when he's sober he's such a loveable guy.

That's right the legendary Jerry Cantrell, guitarist for Alice in Chains is back for more on Cutter's Rockcast. We got in a quick conversation about his new solo album 'Brighten' before I had to leave and get to my son's karate graduation.

After two very successful albums, their singer is out. Enter new frontman Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz. He was the guitar player in the metal band The Acacia Strain and now he's the singer for Bad Wolves. Old friend and Bad Wolves guitarist Doc Coyle joins us to discuss that process and talk up their new album 'Dear Monsters'