Interview Under Fire
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Heavy music interviews with scene memory.
Interview Under Fire centers on long, warm conversations with alternative rock, metal, and heavy music artists. The show favors back-catalog knowledge, new album context, and casual rapport over polished distance.
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Interview Under Fire is a heavy music interview show centered on artists, albums, and the communities around them. It is casual by design. Recent episodes place Sonny in conversation with musicians from Resistor, Dethklok, All The Damn Vampires, Capsize, Volumes, Melissa Bonny, The Acacia Strain, and Spite. The show’s interviews usually begin with warmth, fandom, and a stack of specifics. A new full-length record, a band stepping back into motion, a solo chapter, a major anniversary, or a long-running catalog becomes the door into the conversation. From there, the show settles into process. Guests talk through release timing, writing pressure, production work, visual identity, fan reaction, touring, time away from the road, and the strange emotional weather around putting heavy music into the world. It is a show for listeners who care about the machinery behind the songs. It can linger on why a band chose fewer singles, how a rooftop video shoot came together, what a producer added to demos, or how a band avoids overthinking after years in the studio. The tone stays friendly and fan-forward. Praise is common, but it tends to attach itself to real reference points: a record cycle, a sound, a live reputation, a scene comparison, or a milestone. Interview Under Fire also has a wide definition of heavy. Metalcore, deathcore, progressive groove, cinematic synthwave, goth atmosphere, alternative metal, and animated extreme-metal crossover all fit within its frame. The conversations are not tightly edited into glossy radio segments. They keep some starts, restarts, seasonal jokes, call texture, and quick personal asides. That looseness is part of the appeal. The show is best when it feels like an informed scene fan making space for an artist to describe what this chapter actually feels like. It does not chase hard-hitting criticism. It documents momentum, memory, craft, and survival inside heavy music scenes.
Made for: Built for alternative rock and metal fans who track album cycles, band histories, and touring momentum. It especially suits listeners who want artists to talk plainly about craft, pressure, and the feeling around a release.
What sets it apart: The show stands out through detailed, fan-informed setup rather than detached questioning. Its interviews often connect a guest’s current record to older work, peer bands, live energy, and the broader heavy music ecosystem.
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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Interview Under Fire turns heavy-music release conversations into practical accounts of songwriting, production choices, band dynamics, and life around the record.
Interview Under Fire builds artist conversations around the decisions that shape a heavy record. Sonny approaches new releases with clear preparation and open enthusiasm, then gives musicians room to explain how songs, artwork, touring plans, and release choices came together.
Album-cycle small talk catches fire when Sonny asks how the riffs, artwork, and nerves came together.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Resistor's debut full-length gets a heavy, scene-level rollout spotlight.
Ian Schneider talks through Resistor's debut full-length, Bite This, and the episode keeps its attention on what the record is trying to do: sound chaotic, heavy, and like nothing else in the room.
A loose, fan-forward check-in on Volumes' new chapter and the writing mindset behind Mirror Touch.
This episode offers a loose, fan-forward check-in with Volumes' Michael Barr and Mike Terry, centered on Mirror Touch, the momentum since Happier, and the feeling of a band that is 15 years and five records deep.
A warm solo-debut catch-up that puts the studio process front and center.
Melissa Bonney's return to Interview Under Fire lands as a story about starting over alone and bringing a first solo album into view. The plainspoken nerves, the added responsibility, and the way the demos are shaped into a finished album with a collaboration that clearly works…
A loose, scene-aware band interview with real pre-release momentum.
DreamWake's turn on Interview Under Fire is a loose, lively check-in that folds album talk, scene chatter, and a fair bit of side-road banter into one easy stretch.
Joe Wong interviews drummers and musicians about craft, history, and the working musician's life.
Lij Shaw interviews producers and engineers about mic technique, mixing, and studio business.
Ian Shepherd and working mastering engineers dig into Atmos, loudness wars, and vinyl cutting.
Co-hosts Ed Thorne and Paul Third dissect mixing, mastering, and studio gear with working engineers.
Interview Under Fire host Sonny speaks with Maria Lessing of Future Palace about Resurgence, the band’s fourth studio album arriving July 31 via Century Media.
Bassist Ian Schneider of Long Island heavy band Resistor discusses their debut full-length album 'Bite This,' dropping March 27, produced by Randy LaBeouf (Kublai Khan, Acacia Strain, Gideon) after the band spent approximately three months living, eating, and breathing the record together.
This episode features an interview with Brendon Small, the creator of Dethklok and Metalocalypse, discussing the 20th anniversary milestone and the unique crossover between animation and extreme music.
Host Sonny interviews Davey Oberlin about his debut album 'Vice Corps' with All The Damn Vampires, exploring its genre-blending sound and creative process.
Host Sunny interviews Daniel Wand of the band Capsize about their return with new music and the reception of their latest release.
Volumes vocalists Michael Barr and Mike Terry join Interview Under Fire host Sonny to discuss Mirror Touch, the band's fifth album releasing on Fearless Records after 15 years and over 167 million US streams.
Vocalist Melissa Bonny (Ad Infinitum, Rage of Light) discusses her debut solo album 'Cherry Red Apocalypse,' releasing January 23 on her birthday and produced independently with Jacob Hansen and Vikram Shankar.
Host Asani interviews Devin from the metal band Acacia Strain about their new album 'You Are Safe From God' and the band's 2025 experiences.
Host Sonny interviews Darius Tehrani of the band Spite about their new album 'New World Killer' and the challenges of being off tour.
Host Sonny interviews Brady Deeprose of the metal band Conjurer about their upcoming album 'Unself' and the year so far.
DreamWake — Bobby, Dave, Kevin, and Andrew from New Haven, Connecticut — join Interview Under Fire hosts Sonny and James Brezza to discuss their debut album The Lost Years, releasing August 8th on UNFD.
Host Sonny interviews Adam Biggs of Rivers of Nile about their upcoming album and tour.
Host Sunny interviews members of the band Employed to Serve about their upcoming album 'Fallen Stars' and their career.
Host Sonny interviews Simone Simons of EPICA about their upcoming ninth album Aspiral and the band's 22-year career.
Host Sonny interviews Sam and George from the band Oversize about their debut album Vital Signs and their upcoming tour.
Host Sonny interviews Finnish musician Marco Hietala about his career, new album, and life changes since 2020.
Host Sonny interviews returning guest Janet Devlin about her upcoming album Emotional Rodeo, her ADHD diagnosis, and recent singles.
Host Sunny interviews Troy Donagli of Nightwish about their upcoming album 'Yesterwined' and the band's journey.
Host Insani interviews Brittany Slays of Unleash the Archers about their new album Fantoma and upcoming tour.
This episode features an interview with the band Venues discussing their new album 'Transients' released on Rising Empire, their previous single 'Oblivion', and the reactions from fans and media.
Host Sunny interviews members of the band Holy Wars about their new EP 'Classic' and their 2023 success.