Night Demon Heavy Metal Podcast

This week we continue our series of interviews by Jarvis Leatherby with friends, colleagues, influences and peers.  This week's subjects are Phil Ross and Bryan Patrick of Sentry, formerly Manilla Road. Over the course of this wildly entertaining 90-minute interview, you will hear about how Phil and Bryan discovered heavy metal in Wichita, Kansas; how they joined forces with the legendary Mark "The Shark" Shelton; an...

This week we continue our series of interviews between Jarvis Leatherby and musicians who are peers, compatriots, influences, and friends. The subject this week is Trevor William Church of Haunt / Beastmaker fame. Listen in as Jarvis and Trevor discuss Trevor's origin story, his famous father, his humble beginnings in rural California, how he came to start Beastmaker, how and why he shifted from Beastmaker to Haunt, his impres...

This week we bring you another installment in the series of Jarvis Leatherby interviews with contemporaries, peers, influences, and friends.  Our subjects this week are Adam Neal and Stacey Savage, founding members of occult Kentucky true metal stalwarts Savage Master. In this wide-ranging conversation, Jarvis, Adam and Stacey cover the origins of the band, the evolution of the underground traditional heavy metal scene in the Unite...

This week, we bring you a special treat, as Jarvis interviews the reclusive and gifted Chris Black, from High Spirits, Dawnbringer, Superchrist and others. You will hear about Chris's upbringing, his gateway to heavy metal, his thoughts on various subgenres, why all his albums list first names only, his impressions on various punk bands, how he goes about songwriting and the live performance, his thoughts on record labels, and...

Recently, Night Demon completed a full European tour supporting progressive metal titans Queensryche. During that tour, Jarvis had an opportunity to sit down for an in-depth conversation with Queensryche guitarist Mike Stone. This week we present that interview in its entirety for your listening pleasure.  You will hear about Stone's fascinating career journey, life story, philosophies on music and writing and life, and many o...

This week we conclude our foray into the Night Demon / Cirith Ungol European run in September 2024. We pick up the tale with two off days following the successful London show. The guys explain why playing a series of one-offs can be logistically challenging and exhausting. You will hear how the Roskilde, Denmark show was a triumph for both bands, featuring great performances, a state-of-the-art venue, hospitable promoter and cool c...

This week we continue our coverage of the Night Demon / Cirith Ungol run of shows through Europe in September 2024. We pick up the narrative with a stressful day of air travel from Italy to London, with flight delays and a long ride from the airport to the gig at the famous Underworld venue in Camden. The boys scrambled to set everything up in time, and were rewarded by a packed house on a Monday night. You will hear how a towering...

In fall 2024, Night Demon performed a series of shows in Europe alongside their compatriots in Cirith Ungol.  We pick up the narrative as the band travel from Switzerland to Milan, Italy. Armand relates how he and his girlfriend encountered a series of disasters as they endeavored to travel by bus to Milan. Eventually the band arrived in time for the Metal Italia Festival, where Night Demon and Cirith Ungol played on the second day...

In mid-September 2024, Night Demon and Cirith Ungol joined forces for a short run of shows through Europe. This week's episode memorializes the first of those gigs, which occurred in Basel, Switzerland.  In their 800+ concert history, Night Demon had never performed in that city before.  You will hear about the band's travel arrangements to Switzerland, their impressions of the city and the venue, and the outstanding prom...

This week we bring you all the details of Night Demon's appearance at the Blades of Steel Festival in August 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. You will hear about why the guys felt their headlining performance was triumphant, despite not having played together in weeks.  They also describe the travails of Cirith Ungol's travel to the fest, but how they too triumphed and pulled off a killer show that left everyone happy.  If you...

This week we catch up with Night Demon in August 2024.  On the heels of a much-needed two-month break from band activities, Night Demon regrouped in Ireland to play the second installment of the Frost & Fireland Festival along with Cirith Ungol and a stacked international lineup.  You will hear why it was important to the band to put on this festival in Limerick, despite the arduous travel logistics.  They explain why they love...

This week we conclude our coverage of Night Demon's October 2024 headlining run through Europe supporting the Outsider album.  The tour wrapped up with a triumvirate of gigs in Freiburg, Germany; Dijon, France; and Weinheim, Germany. Among the noteworthy events at these shows were a Rocky-led birthday celebration for Brian, a DIY festival that unfortunately ran late, and a Saturday night special in Weinheim to end the trek on ...

This week we continue our coverage of Night Demon's October 2024 headlining run through Europe, supported by Traveler. The narrative resumes with a show in Namur, Belgium, at an unlikely venue that was a converted cable car station atop a hill.  Despite unexpected lighting challenges and volume limits, the band had a good show and won over many new fans.  From there, Night Demon proceeded to their first-ever gig in Bochum, Ger...

This week we continue our coverage of Night Demon's fall 2024 run through Europe, supported by Canadian titans (and now sadly defunct) Traveler. The narrative picks up with a show at the new, larger MTS Records location in Oldenburg, Germany, with additional support from a Night-Demon inspired German band called Dawnrider. The tour moves on to the tiny German village of Neuenhaus, where a longtime fan had set up a small show o...

This week we continue our coverage of the Keep It True Rising festival in Wurzburg, Germany in October 2024. Billed as Cirith Ungol's final European performance, the gig was a disaster from the very beginning. Plagued by technical issues and an unexpected slip and fall, the show took a turn for the worse with a Night Demon hater / heckler. The guys speak candidly about how they battled through the adversity and how this experi...

This week we spotlight the fall 2024 leg of the Outsider European Tour.  After the Blades of Steel Festival in Wisconsin, the boys unite in Linz, Austria for a special Cirith Ungol headlining show in a packed club. Then they move on to Wurzburg, Germany for the Keep It True Rising festival, You'll hear all about the venue and pedigree of the fest, Jarvis's uncomfortable guest appearance earlier that day, Hellwitch's ...

This week we bring you the final installment of our coverage of Night Demon's summer 2024 European tour.  We run through shows in Stuttgart, Switzerland and Spain, with commentary from the band and the crew as well as live clips from the gigs themselves. You will hear about oversold venues, volume restrictions, an epic jam in the crowd in Spain, and a missed connecting flight out of Lisbon.  We conclude with Cirith Ungol'...

This week we spotlight Night Demon's appearance alongside Cirith Ungol at Poland's Black Silesia Open Air Festival in summer 2024.  You will hear all about the unique setting of the festival, the decidedly extreme orientation of the roster, and technical innovations and shortcomings.  Through commentary from the band, crew and a die-hard fan, we explain why this was such a special gig for Cirith Ungol but such a challengi...

This week we continue our chronicle of Night Demon's summer 2024 run through Europe.  This episode finds the lads crossing the border from Germany into Poland for shows in Poznan and Warsaw.  You will hear the inside scoop from both gigs, including overzealous fans, lessons learned, commercial film crews outside the venue, losing lights on trailers, and fistfights over setlists.  As always, we bring you audio from the gigs the...