Metal Shop's Backstage Pass

I spoke with Psycroptic vocalist Jason Peppiatt from his hometown of Tasmania in Australia. We chatted about their new album "Divine Council", his favorite bands growing up, his "big four" of tech death and much more

Municipal Waste recently released their killer new album “Electrified Brain”, so I chatted with guitarist Ryan Waste about the album along with his favorite records and VHS from his collection, writing a heavy metal horror movie, scars and much more

I spoke with hardcore/ metal band CANDY about their Relapse records debut album "Heaven is Here," musical influences, their first band t-shirts, Richmond Virginia and much more 

JR Conners is the drummer for the Boston-based heavy rock band Cave In. They recently released my favorite album of the year (so far) , Heavy Pendulum on Relapse Records. I spoke with JR about his love for Motley Crue and Metallica as a kid, breaking his arm skating but continuing to tour on it, Boston bands and much more

Manuel Gagneux is the mastermind behind the awesomeness that is Zeal & Ardor. They are coming to The Crocodile in September, so I chatted with him about his inspirations, the idea behind the band, recording their newest album and much more

Chris Whited is the drummer for Florida-based deathcore band Bodysnatcher. We chatted about his punk and hardcore background, old school Myspace deathcore, Against Me, MRSA, their new album, touring DIY and much more. 

I am joined by Scumdog guitarist Pustulus Maximus from GWAR to chat about some things including but not limited to ..

• his hatred for New Hampshire
• his hatred of Europe
• his hatred of chain restaurants
• what a GWAR only fans would look like....
• the new album !

Atlanta based metal band CLOAK will be playing day 3 of Northwest Terror Fest 2022 (This SATURDAY!), so I chatted with vocalist / guitarist Scott Taysom about the Atlanta metal scene, his love of AFI and Danzig, touring after the world opened up again, fests, Sepultura and much more.

Cryptic Slaughter is back ! The legendary California thrash band is reunited and ready to rage at Northwest Terror Fest 2022 next week - Friday July 1st - at Neumos in Seattle. I chat with Scott about how Cryptic Slaughter came back, the origins of the band, his life outside of music and much more.

Come see Cryptic Slaughter at Northwest Terror Fest 2022 !

Joshy is the drummer for Washington, D.C. based sludge metal band ILSA. They will be playing Northwest Terror Fest 2022 ! I chatted with Joshy about their return to the Northwest, his favorite NW band of all time, his inspiration to get into heavy underground music, new ILSA tunes and much much more. 

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