The American band that played at the Bataclan Concert Hall during the widespread terror attacks in Paris have recalled the horror they witnessed.

Eagles of Death Metal members Eden Galindo, Matt McJunkins, Julian Diro, Jesse Hughes and Joshua Homme, plus sound engineer Shawn London, have given an exclusive interview to VICE magazine, detailing the night 89 people were killed during their November 13 performance.

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Speaking about the shooting, part of a series of coordinated attacks across the French city, guitarist Eden Galindo said it took him a moment to register what was happening.

“At first I thought it was the PA cracking up and then I realised real quick that it wasn’t,” he told VICE founder Shane Smith.

Drummer Julian Diro said for him the most traumatic part of the attacks was noticing the shooters for the first time.

Jesse Hughes (right) embraces Eden Galindo.

“I saw two guys out front – and that might be the most awful thing ever – them just relentlessly shooting into the audience. That’s when I started crawling,” he said.

Band co-founder and vocalist Jesse Hughes recalled desperately searching for girlfriend Tuesday Cross amid the turmoil and coming face-to-face with the shooter.

“I didn’t see her on the side of the stage so I ran up to the dressing room … she wasn’t in there,” Hughes said.

“I opened up the hallway door and that’s when I saw the shooter and he turned on me and brought his gun down an the barrel hit the door frame and I was like ‘oh f***k’.

“I could tell people were following me … everyone was looking for a place to go … and I was like ‘no, no, no do not f***ing come this way’.

“When Tuesday saw Julian and I heard her voice, I knew she was cool.”

Bassist Matt McJunkins described hiding in a dressing room with some fans, holding bottle of champagne to use as a weapon.

Sound engineer Shaw London, who was at the back of the venue, recalled the moment he realised a terror attack was taking place.

“[The shooter] stayed there and continued to shoot and shoot and slaughter and scream at the top of his lungs ‘Allahu Akbar’ and that’s when I instantly knew what was going on,” London said.

Band co-founder Joshua Homme, who was absent from the Paris gig, told Smith of the moment he was told about the attacks.

“I was at the studio and I got a text that just didn’t make sense to me,” Homme explained.

According to Homme, the text exchange read: “Bro everyone got shot.”

“Huh what?”

“Everyone got shot they took hostages I’ve got blood all over me.”

Homme said he didn’t know how to speak to the families of the victims to apologise for what they were suffering through.

“I wish I could talk to their parents … I don’t know what the right thing to say is. I want to get down on my knees and just say ‘whatever you need’.”

The band said they would continue their European tour in an effort to carry on the legacy of those lost.

“We have to finish the tour,” Homme added. “We’re going to recruit people too. We’re going to recruit people to be a part of life.”

See the full interview below: