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Gojira have announced a fill-in for dummer Mario Duplantier for their upcoming festival performances after being faced with U.S. visa issues. The French outfit has four scheduled festival performances between today (July 16) and late September in the U.S. They shared a post on social media revealing that Duplantier is facing some immigration problems and

There’s almost no point in even writing an introduction for this one –regardless of what is written, prog fans will already have a four-paragraph rebuttal ready and waiting before I’ve even sent this to my editor. Because somehow, prog fans always know. They just do. Hence, why this introduction feels pointless. Prog-heads already either know

The city of Birmingham has officially announced its inaugural “Ozzy Day” celebrations, which will take place exactly one year after Ozzy Osbourne‘s death in 2025. Ozzy’s social media accounts posted earlier today (July 16) about the new Patient Number 9 ale from Hobsons Brewery, which referenced “Ozzy Day” in the caption.Around the same time, the

With Metallica next turning their attention toward their Las Vegas Sphere residency after wrapping another U.K. and European leg of the M72 tour, they’ve thanked one of their openers for “raising the bar” on the road with them. It’s an honor simply to be asked to support Metallica, but to have the metal legends heap

Local shows always suck because they want to pay you in drink tickets and exposure while you waste several billable hours at the venue waiting to drill through your 25-minute set. You know the story. Load-in is at 3:00 p.m. You get screamed at by management for showing up five minutes late because there’s nowhere

Riot Fest has released a wild list of supposed “demands” from actor and sometimes musician William Shatner ahead of his metal band’s debut at the event in September. The first-ever public performance of Shatner’s metal outfit, The *uckers, was recently announced for the festival, set for Sept. 18-20 in Chicago’s Douglass Park. William Shatner’s ‘Requirements’

On Thursday (June 18), Dierks Canada joined Loudwire Nights to bring listeners into the world of his band Waves In April. You can listen to the full interview in the audio player near the end of this article. “I’ve been playing guitar since I was five years old because my dad got me super into

Rise and shine, suckers! Smokey Goretooth is back again with a new “Do I Suck?,” MetalSucks’ version of “Am I The Asshole?” where we take real life horror stories and bring them to our readers to decide if the OP sucks for some bullshit they may or may not have done. This week, we have

Here’s something pretty great for all you Metallica fans out there as we’re giving you the chance to win the band’s deluxe remastered Reload box set! This contest comes to you courtesy of the Loudwire Nights and Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio shows. With this contest, two lucky winners will get a chance to own

OK, I just got back from the MetalSucks office, and some words were exchanged regarding my displeasure over the albums they’ve been having me cover as of late. Things got a little heated, and I’ll fully admit that some of the language I employed was a bit crass. I normally don’t lose my head like

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Fatherhood can change anyone’s perspective andhair metal musicians are no exception to the rule. Being a father often comes with its own unique set of challenges, especially for rockers; whether it be long tours, late nights, recording sessions and the constant demands of a career in the spotlight. Over the years, some of hair metal’s

Here are the biggest rock and metal tours of summer 2026. Concerts happen all year long, but summer is typically regarded as “concert season” since the majority of them take place at amphitheaters and stadiums when the weather is nicer. It’s also the time of year that we see bands team up for some of

Thrash metal legends Anthrax are currently in the midst of an expansive international tour, but unfortunately, drummer Charlie Benante recently announced that he’ll be “sitting out” their next few shows due to a hand injury. Benante also revealed that U.K. drummer Darby Todd will be “stepping in behind the kit” to help “keep the shows

Many rockstars like to live in elaborate houses and experience lavish lives, but not Shinedown frontman Brent Smith. In fact, he’s revealed that he doesn’t miss having a permanent home because he’s “a true minimalist” who’s preferred the nomad lifestyle for roughly a decade. Why Brent Smith Prefers the Nomad Life? Smith recently appeared on

Here is the best song on every Opeth album! As the saying goes, Opeth are a band that need no introduction (but we’ll do one anyway just in case)! They began in 1990 and were almost immediately led by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt (who, oddly enough, wasn’t a founding member). Even at the start – 1995’s

Richie Faulkner has penned the new song “Rupture” addressing the 2021 aortic rupture that threatened his life and during a chat with Full Metal Jackie, the Elegant Weapons leader shared band that partially influenced his writing on the track. While appearing on Full Metal Jackie’s weekend radio show, the guitarist shared his desire to get

Here are seven big things that happened at Hellfest 2026. The festival took place in Clisson, France from June 18 through 21. The four-day event featured Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit, Bring Me the Horizon and the Offspring as its headliners, with additional performances from Deep Purple, Volbeat, Bad Omens, Papa Roach, Rise Against, Alice Cooper,

Introduce your kid to metal, thinking they’d grow up liking Death Angel, Black Sabbath, or Iron Maiden, but instead, they grew up to like the shit-for-brains sceney-bopper music that has no right passing itself off as metal? Damn, that’s a rough one. Sorry you still have to go to your Metallica gigs alone, and in

As we celebrate Metallica‘s ReLoad reissue and provide you with a chance to win a deluxe remastered Metallica ReLoad box set, this seems like a great time to pit two classic tracks from the 1997 album against each other in the Loudwire Nights Chuck’s Fight Club. This week, you get to tell us which is