Metal Shop's Backstage Pass

“We wanted to do our part in corrupting the world with our music.” – John McEntee

Underground death metal legends INCANTATION recently released their new album “Sect Of Vile Divinities” so I hopped on the phone with John McEntee to chat. We discussed the A.C song “Kyle From Incantation Has a Mustache”, pandemic life, moving during quarantine, his favorite death metal bands of all time, the new album and much more.

Imperial Triumphant is a left brained avante garde black metal band from NYC. They recently released their Century Media debut “Alphaville” to massive critical acclaim. I spoke with Steve Blanco about growing up in the NYC music scene, life during the lockdown, jazz music and cutting his hand on bagels.

Bay Area death metal trio NECROT is gearing up to release their highly anticipated sophomore album “Mortal” (Tankcrime Records) on August 28th. I spoke with vocalist/bassist Luca Indrio about growing up in Italy and attending shows at punk rock squats, moving to the Bay Area, his favorite death metal bands and of course we chat all about the album.

Swedish melodic metal band Avatar just released their 8th studio album “Hunter Gatherer” (eOne) this past Friday, so I chatted with vocalist Johannes Eckerström about life in quarantine, some early inspirations, his favorite Swedish metal bands, being inspired by the theatrics of pro wrestling and of course the new album. “Hunter Gatherer” is available now! 

Jordy Besse is a badass bassist who plays in the French progressive technical death metal band Exocrine. Their killer new album “Maelstrom” is available now via Unique Leader.