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, tre…

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, wr…

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 pand…

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 m…

Hatebreed recently released their new album “Weight of the False Self” via Nuclear Blast, so I hopped on the phone with guitarist “Florida Frank” Novinec and we chatted about it along with a variety of topics r…

Little Rock, Arkansas based death metal / hardcore band Terminal Nation released their killer debut LP “Holocene Extinction” via 20 Buck Spin this year. I spoke with vocalist Stan Liszewski via Zoom about the a…

Mastodon recently released an awesome B-sides, covers and rarities compilation album called “Medium Rarities.” I spoke with guitarist Bill Kelliher via Zoom about life during the pandemic, how he’s staying sane…

Rochester, NY based underground death metal UNDEATH released their debut full length album “Lesions of a Different Kind” on Prosthetic Records. We talked about everything from his love of old school death metal…

Legendary prog metal band Fates Warning is celebrating the release of their 13th studio album "Long Day Goodnight". I spoke with vocalist Ray Alder from his home in Madrid about the new album, life during the p…

Arkansas-based melodic doom metal band Pallbearer recently released their new album “Forgotten Days” on Nuclear Blast. I spoke with vocalist/guitarist Brett Campbell about teaming up with NB, doom metal, zoning…

DevilDriver released their new album “Dealing With Demons (1)” at the beginning of October, so I got on the phone with vocalist Dez Fafara to chat about the new album, life during the pandemic, featuring his so…

Venom Prison is a hard working Welsh death metal/hardcore band that recently released “Primeval.” I interviewed Ash via Skype about everything from re-recording early demos to how the pandemic has affected the…

Anaal Nathrakh is a gnarly, ear-crushing band from the UK that recently released their 11th album “Endarkenment” on Metal Blade Records. I skyped with vocalist Dave Hunt and we chatted about everything from his…

Thank you for sticking with the Metal Shop Backstage Pass for 200 episodes. Through format switch ups and strange times, the podcast remains a positive force for us. This week we are featuring an interview with…

WILDERUN is a Boston-based progressive folk metal band that released the epic album “Veil of Imagination” on Century Media last year. I spoke with Wayne Ingram about his unique role in the band, the many instru…

Southern California death metal band SKELETAL REMAINS is riding high off the release of their badass new album “The Entombment of Chaos” on Century Media. I chatted with vocalist/guitarist Chris Monroy about th…

John Bush has quite the pedigree in the world of heavy metal. Not only has John been the longtime vocalist for influential metal band Armored Saint, he also sang in Anthrax from 1993-2004.I spoke with John abou…

Tim Singer is a bit of an icon in the world of underground hardcore (my words, not his). Not only was he the vocalist for genre defining bands like Deadguy and Kiss It Goodbye, but he is back with a new project…

Unleash the Archers is a wickedly rad power metal band from Vancouver, BC. They just released a new album “Abyss” on Napalm Records a couple weeks back, so I hopped on the phone with vocalist Brittney Slayes to…