TKO sat down with us to chat about the band's history and their upcoming show on April 28th at Studio 7!

Biff Byford is the singer of legendary British heavy metal band Saxon. They just released their 22nd full length album "Thunderbolt" and are on tour right now with Judas Priest! Check out our phone interview with Biff !

We got to interview Damian from Deathbed Confessions and Ashley from Kyberox about their show this coming Friday (March 30th) at the The Swiss in Tacoma. It's an art show and a metal show! Check it out!

We interviewed local shredmasters WEAPONLORD and played a couple songs off their brand new album!

This week on the podcast we preview new songs by At The Gates, Kamelot, Eryn Non Dae, Nekrogoblikon and Judas Priest. We discuss the contorversies surrounding both Taake and Young and In The Way, we find out that metal is good for your mental health, we chat about the Metallica tour announcement and talk about upcoming Sick of it all and Madball albums. + a ton more trash talk!

COVEN 6669 is playing NW Metal Fest! Ryan the Beard talked with them about the show and some of the bands history.

Beltfed Weapon just released the brand new song "P.O.W" with legendary metal vocalist Ronny Munroe ! Check out the song and listen to Ronny and Frank talk a bit about the single.

Your favorite heathens are back to discuss all things metal. This week we break down the news all around the world including the fact that Napalm Death is putting out a rarities and B-sides album, Obituary and Pallbearer are touring together, Megadeth considers re-recording a classic, K.K Downing discussed his new autobiography, Dee Snider is gonna be releasing a metal album with the help of Jamey Jasta, the new Stryper song isn’t that bad + a ton more news and notes from the metal world....

Ryan the Beard chatted with Jonathan Scott K from Q5 about playing NW Metal Fest at El Corazon (March 9th and 10th).

This week on the podcast we discuss Ian's heinous food poisoning, the Meshuggah show, the upcoming return of the XFL and the current state of the WWE, Slayer announcing their farewell tour, new tunes by Machine Head and Cloudkicker, the most metal cruise ever, new music by Phil Anselmo and the Illegals and we end the episode off the way we always do, with a nasty, grim reading of "Brutal Poetry: Too Hot for Radio"

Welcome to 2018! Before we move forward, we must look back at what was 2017. Here is the Metal Shop Top 30 Metal Albums of 2017 list. Enjoy!

Kevin and Ian chatted with Greg Bennick about his upcoming spoken word album, some killer shows he will be performing at, his new radio show, the new Between Earth & Sky album and gummy candies. Enjoy!

We had badass Seattle metal band XOTH in studio to talk all about the upcoming 2 day metal fest HAIL SANTA 8 (December 15th and 16th at the Highline) and play a couple songs. Check it out!

Power Trip is one of the sickest thrash metal bands going today. Kevin and Ian sat down with Power Trip vocalist Riley Gale for a solid 45 minute discussion about a whole bunch of stuff: sponsorships, struggling on the road, hardcore music, their plans for 2018 and much much more.

Ghost Ship Octavius returns to the studio to chat with Kevin and Ian about the crowdfunding efforts on their new album ....plus they debut two brand new songs!

This was truly a "We're not worthy" Wayne's World moment for us, as all three musicians we got to interview this past Saturday night are mind-blowingly amazing at what they do. Tony MacAlpine is a seasoned veteran in the guitar world and he played a show this past weekend at El Corazon. He is joined by bassist Pete Griffin and drummer Gergo Borlai. Listen in and get schooled!

Wormwitch will be coming to town on November 1st with The Black Dahlia Murder, Suffocation, Exhumed and Decrepit Birth. Not bad for a second tour ever! Check out our interview with the band and go see them live at Studio Seven !

Max Cavalera and his band Soulfly are returning to the Northwest on Tuesday October 10th to perform the classic Nailbomb album "Point Blank" at Studio 7. We chatted with Max about the tour and the possibility of a future Nailbomb release. Enjoy!

Brody King is the true definition of a badass! Not only is he a killer pro wrestler who just made his Seattle debut for DEFY this past Friday, but he is also the singer of the crushing band GOD'S HATE! We had the chance to sit down with Brody and talk a bit about what it's like to be both a metal vocalist and a professional ass kicker. Enjoy !

Metal Shop's Backstage Pass returns!! We discuss our lives and what we've been up to over the summer, including a few show reviews and Ryan updates us on the progress with the new LB! record! Modified Ghost fest announces their first few bands (Carcass, Bloodbath), Kevins t-shirt collection and the difference between hoarders and "collectors." Tons of new music previews this week from Winds of Plague, Archspire, live Iron Maiden, and even the theme song Jamey Jasta wrote for the Howard Stern...