Metal Episodes

We had the pleasure of interviewing Gozu over Zoom video! It only takes a few seconds exposure to the rolling riffs of opening track “Tom Cruise Control” to be reminded that this is Gozu’s world, we’re just living in it. Given that it has been five...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Caskets over Zoom video! There’s an art to looking back. For Caskets, it could have been easy to plough forwards regardless, riding the wave of success from their breakthrough debut ‘Lost Souls’ that opened tours...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Jeromes Dream over Zoom video! San Francisco hardcore band Jeromes Dream — Erik Ratensperger( drums), Jeff Smith (bass, vocals), and Sean Leary (guitar) — released their new album and third full-length The Gray In...

We had the pleasure of interviewing The Ongoing Concept over Zoom video! We The band — brothers Dawson Scholz [vocals, guitar], Kyle Scholz [vocals, keys, percussion], and Parker Scholz [drums] along with TJ Nichols [vocals, bass], and Andy Crateau...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Lybica over Zoom video! Meet Lybica, a dynamic instrumental 3-piece force from south Florida that seamlessly blends flavorful guitar melody with powerful metallic crunch. Lybica will take you on an epic musical...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Bad Omens over Zoom video. Bad Omens slither through boundaries, only to ultimately choke convention in the process. The quartet—Noah Sebastian (vocals), Joakim “Jolly” Karlsson (guitar), Nick Ruffilo (bass),...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Wade MacNeil of Alexisonfire over Zoom video. ALEXISONFIRE released Otherness, their long-anticipated and first full-length album in over 13 years. Otherness is arguably the band's most cohesive and...

We had the pleasure of interviewing RXPTRS over Zoom video. Bristol, UK-based band RXPTRS — who blend rock, metal, punk, and hardcore with a seamlessness that is enviable, creating something that is unique that seethes with boundless energy — have...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Future Palace over Zoom video. Future Palace just released their brand new album “Run” via Arising Empire and have shared the video for "Dead Inside”. The song appears on the band's sophomore album Run. Get...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Thornhill over Zoom video. Propped up against their acclaimed 2019 debut album The Dark Pool, there's a profound new sense of clarity, vision and intention to be heard on Heroine. Where The Dark Pool touched fans...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Trench over Zoom video! Setting the bar high with their debut record Condition (2017), Trench paved themselves a notably unique lane in both hardcore and nu-metal genres. Not stopping there and taking their sound...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Northlane over Zoom video! Australia's heavy trailblazers NORTHLANE have released their sixth album, Obsidian, via Believe. Northlane's new offering, Obsidian, is their most expansive and dynamic album yet....

We had the pleasure of interviewing Kublai Khan TX over Zoom! Hardcore's brainiest brawlers Kublai Khan TX released their new EP, Lowest Form of Animal, via Rise Records. The Sherman, TX quartet—Matt [vocals], Nolan Ashley [guitar, vocals],...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Wolves at the Gate over Zoom video! WOLVES AT THE GATE have announced their fifth album Eulogies. It arrives on March 11 via Solid State Records. The band recently shared the video for the new song "Peace...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Nekrogoblikon over Zoom video! The self-proclaimed "Best Goblin Metal on the Planet" known as Nekrogoblikon have announced their new album The Fundamental Slimes and Humours. The album will arrive April 1....

We had the pleasure of interviewing Of Mice & Men over Zoom video!    OF MICE & MEN first emerged as part of a vanguard of subculture alongside their contemporaries and tour mates in Bring Me The Horizon, A Day To Remember, Pierce The Veil, Asking...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Annihilator over Zoom video! ANNIHILATOR are a Canadian heavy metal/thrash metal band founded in Ottawa in 1984. They are the best-selling Canadian band in their genre, having sold more than three million albums...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Blacklite District over Zoom video!  Genre bending artist Blacklite District (real name Kyle Pfeiffer) recently released his new single “Live Another Day”. Blacklite District describes his musical style as a...

We had the pleasure of interviewing AVATAR over Zoom video/audio!  The heavy metal 'n' roll dark madcap visionaries collectively known as AVATAR are ambitious, Swedish rock sorcerers of the highest order. They smash the boundaries between the band,...

Together with American Songwriter, we had the pleasure of interviewing Brian “Head” Welch over Zoom video!  Love and Death harness soaring melodies and crushing riffs, weaponizing them like a supernatural dagger to strike at the blackened heart of...

Together with American Songwriter and Sean Ulbs of The Eiffels, we had the pleasure of interviewing ATREYU over Zoom video!  ATREYU SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW SONG "SAVE US" Orange County metalcore mainstays ATREYU have shared the video for the new song...

Together with American Songwriter and Sean Ulbs of The Eiffels, we had the pleasure of interviewing Amahiru over Zoom video!  Amahiru is the new musical powerhouse of Frédéric Leclercq (Kreator, Sinsaenum, Ex-Dragonforce) and SAKI (Mary’s Blood, an...

Together with American Songwriter and Sean Ulbs of The Eiffels, we had the pleasure of interviewing August Burns Red over Zoom video!  Upholding artistic pillars of tightly wound technical proficiency, airtight grooves, and pensive lyricism, August...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Larissa Vale and Kyle Hawken of Black Satellite over Zoom video!  Black Satellite was named one of Alternative Press’ “12 Bands You Need to Know” sharing that "Frontwoman Larissa Vale offers an aggressively elegant...