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Billy Howerdel (A Perfect Circle) just released his debut solo album "What Normal Was" and will be performing this Sunday (June 19th) at Neumos on Capitol Hill. I chatted with Billy about the idea to do a solo album, his inspirations, a star studded rock n roll Birthday dinner and much more....

Max and Iggor Cavalera are legends in the world of heavy metal! These two brothers are gonna be in Tacoma on Monday, June 13th (2022) for the "Beneath Arise" tour celebrating two classic Sepultura albums and an iconic era for both of their careers. I chatted with Max and Iggor about what those albums mean to them, their feverish love of underground music, their first band shirts and much much more.

Jungle Rot is coming back to Seattle this Tuesday (June 7th) ! They are playing Club Sur alongside Internal Bleeding

I chatted with vocalist Dave Matrise about being a death metal lifer, his career as a hunting instructor, being a proud meat and potatoes death metal band, his favorite band shirts growing up and much more

Ace is the singer of a killer band called Mutually Assured Destruction who just released their new LP "Ascension" - I spoke with Ace about the album, booking a new fest, trends in hardcore, working with Randy Blythe and much more.

David Mikkelsen is a highly prolific artist when it comes to sewer dwelling caveman death metal. Based out of Denmark, Mikkelsen plays in several killer bands like Undergang and Phrenelith + he runs and operates his own record label and storefront for Extremely Rotten Productions. I chatted with David about everything from being a small business owner during the pandemic to boils and cysts. Keep it rotten! 

This past Wednesday we lost a legend in the world of heavy metal. This episode of the podcast is a tribute to the memory of Trevor Strnad - vocalist of The Black Dahlia Murder. Thank you to Schuler Benson (@deathmetalradio) and Jonny Myrick for the assistance with this episode. At the tail end of the episode is my interview with Trevor from 2020 right as the "Verminous" album was about to be unleashed upon us and the world was going into lockdown.

R.I.P TREVOR STRNAD. 

Gatecreeper is coming back to Seattle on Tuesday May 10th for a headlining show at Neumos on Capitol Hill, so I caught up with vocalist Chase Mason. We chatted about their return to full time touring in 2022, how they decided on their tour support for this run, online hate and criticism and much more.

Greg Anderson just released his debut solo album "Forest Nocturne" under his monikor of "The Lord." I spoke with Greg about his deep roots in the Northwest music scene, the iconic Brotherhood album cover photo, essential albums on his label Southern Lord, growing up listening to KISW, the importance of loving every album he invests in and much more.

 Borknagar will be playing Seattle (El Corazon) on April 24th with Rotting Christ for “Devastation on the Nation.” I spoke with founding member Øystein G. Brun about his early days in Norway as a kid, life in the mountains, working as a producer, staying sane during the pandemic and much more.  

UNDEATH IS BACK! The brand new Undeath album “It’s Time…To Rise From the Grave” is out next Friday (April 22nd) via Prosthetic Records. I spoke with vocalist Alexander Jones about the new album, the formation of the band, his hardcore roots, inspiration as a vocalist and much more.