Metal Shop's Backstage Pass

Texas death metal band Frozen Soul released their debut LP “Crypt of Ice” on Century Media Records within the first week of 2021. I spoke with vocalist Chad Green about teaming up with Century Media, the Mt. Rushmore of Texas metal, growing up with grandparents owning a rock club and much more.

I spoke with Cult of Luna founding member Johannes Persson about their new EP “The Raging River,” , their collaboration with Mark Lanegan, working in the Swedish film industry, being an artist during the pandemic and much more.

Over the past couple years you may have seen the Maggot Stomp logo floating around on the artwork of some killer death metal albums. Well, Scott Magrath is the dude behind the madness at Maggot Stomp. We chatted about everything from growing up in the CT hardcore punk scene to elitism in underground music. Check it out and support Maggot Stomp!

Bell Witch bassist Dylan Desmond has been busy as hell during the pandemic. Aside from working on new Bell Witch material, he is in the process of creating a bunch of new bands and projects. I chatted with Dylan about all his new music, his KIX shirt, his songwriting process and much more. Enjoy!

Gatecreeper surprised the metal world by dropping a brand new 7 song album “An Unexpected Reality”out of the blue last week. I spoke with vocalist Chase Mason about the album, the blogspot era, his new car, trends in music he’d like to see come back, stadium death metal and much more. 

This week on the podcast I chat with Sanctuary guitarist Lenny Rutledge about the legendary Warrel Dane, the anniversary of “Into the Mirror Black”, new music, life during the pandemic and much more. Enjoy!

Kamelot is a long running power metal band based in Tampa, Florida. I chatted with guitarist and founding member Thomas Youngblood a couple months back about their brand new live Blu-Ray, early inspirations, writing music during the pandemic and more. Enjoy!

Happy New Year! To ring the new year in, I spoke with Briant Tatler, the lead guitarist for the iconic NWOBHM band Diamond Head. We chatted about the re-release of Lightning to the Nations, life during the pandemic, bands he can always revisit when he's down and much more.

Happy Holidays! I spoke with Rob Halford a few weeks back via Zoom about his new book "Confess", scars, his career in Judas Priest, the importance of being yourself, staying inspired through music and so much more. You can check out the video of the interview on the KISW website.

Happy Holidays! I spoke with Rob Halford a few weeks back via Zoom about his new book "Confess", scars, his career in Judas Priest, the importance of being yourself, staying inspired through music and so much more. You can check out the video of the interview on the KISW website.