The ever gracious Phil Soussan spoke with MetalTalk’s Steve Ritchie on Episode Twenty of MTTV this week and, as Phil is putting the finishing touches to his book which is due for release in 2021, we took the opportunity to go though some of the highlights of his career so far. …

Just before the latest lockdown, Girl guitarist Gerry Laffy snuck across town to sit on the MetalTalk sofa, but was wise enough to keep a social distance from interviewee Mark Taylor, for a chat about all things Girl related. This included the recent releases on Cherry Red Records of their …

The first Metal concert Melissa Whitney attended was in 1979 at The Star Baby, a venue more used to playing disco music. That evening a pre-fame Quiet Riot were performing, including a young Randy Rhoads on guitar. Melissa’s love of the band would lead to her forming a bond of …

David Ellefson is a true Legend in Heavy Metal. Having co-founded Megadeth, he later worked with the Metal super group Metal Allegiance, founded the Ellefson Youth Music Foundation and helped KK Downing on his big comeback gig. And he sells coffee. In Episode Seventeen of MTTV, we spoke with the …

MetalTalk TV Episode Sixteen features Edwin Outwater, the visionary conductor who worked with the San Francisco Symphony and Metallica in the recording of the new S&M2 project, released this Friday (28 August 2020). Hosted by Brandon Oberkrieser, Edwin takes us through the process of the project, as well as his …

In MTTV Episode Fifteen, MetalTalk spoke with the ‘Bass Wizard’ Rudy Sarzo, who has played with many of the greats in his time. Rudy talks about Ozzy and Randy Rhoads, touring with Dio, joining Whitesnake and why Quiet Riot was supposed to fail. Interview: Kahmel Farahani All Photography © Mark ‘Weissguy’ Weiss. Used …

Episode Fourteen of MTTV sees Kahmel Farahani sit down with the organisers of Sheffield’s own Rockin’ The Bowl festival to ask them how this lockdown has affected their festival, their goals and what they have planned for 2021. With the global COVID-19 situation developing, this years Festival was naturally postponed. Steve and …

MTTV host Dany Jones catches up with MetalTalk favourite Andrew Freeman, from Last In Line, in this weeks episode of MetalTalk TV. Andrew talks about the possibilities of a Last In Line live album and how he is working on new material with the band. With Phil Soussan moving round …

There is no doubt that Michael Alago has cemented his place in Heavy Metal history. Famed for spotting and signing Metallica to Elektra records in 1984, he was an instrumental part of their team. He worked with them as Record Company Executive for the ‘Master Of Puppets’ album and supported …

Hot on the heels of their epic Rock Chart success for ‘Kiss The Sky’, Stevie Westwood took time out to talk to Erik Damian from MetalTalk TV about the album, the #SaveOurVenues campaign and what comes next when things start to get back to some semblance of normality. Released on …