Yesterday’s Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem show on http://www.bloodstockradio.com was a special Halloween Metal Party. All the songs were a fun celebration of Halloween, metal style! Check out the play list at this location. Blackdiamond also included three short interviews, with Paul Allender (CRADLE OF FILTH),  Niklas Stålvind (WOLF) and Brian Thomas (HALLOWEEN).

The show will be repeated on Halloween, tomorrow; Thursday 31st October from 4pm GMT. Some excerpts from the interviews (which were mainly about Halloween) can be read below, along with a brief band update. Listen in full on the audio players:

Paul Allender on Halloween:

“I just like scaring people!”

After telling his story about scaring the trick or treaters last year, Paul said:

“I like to hide underneath cars that are parked, the slide out and chase people up the path!”

Discussing what is happening with CRADLE OF FILTH, Paul explained:

“We’re supporting BEHEMOTH in February in Europe. Everything’s in the air – there’s talk of a 2014 comeback type thing, but it’s just talk at the moment, nothing’s been confirmed. I’m writing music in the studio and teaching and stuff like that.”

Niklas Stålvind on Halloween:

“It took me 20 years to discover it was spelt with an ‘a,’ I thought it was an ‘e’ like in Helloween! I would dress as a toilet paper mummy, that’s my plan for the next masquerade.”

Niklas updated me with latest WOLF news:

“Exciting times! On Monday we enter the studio and start recording the new album. I have an extremely good feeling about this and we have one of our favourite producers Jens Bogren and we’re very happy about it. Hopefully it will be released in March or spring time.”

Brian Thomas on Halloween:

“I’ve always liked Halloween, as a child I used to like trick or treating and it continued into my adulthood. I love the imagery, I’ve always been a big fan of horror movies and plays on Broadway with a scary theme like Phantom Of The Opera.”

Brian explained about HALLOWEEN‘s upcoming show:

“We’re having a 30th anniversary show; we finally get to play in a theatre again. The stage show is a cemetery set up; a large crypt, a casket, tombstones and lots of smoke and lights. We’ve invited everyone who’s been in the band over the years.”