Metal

After 18 years with the band, drummer Kevin Boutot is no longer in The Acacia Strain. His last show with the band was the finale of their most recent tour on July 15 in Kitchener, Ontario. Boutot posted news about his departure in a recent social media post. “I didn’t go into this last tour

When you think of an NPR fan, what do you imagine? A glasses and beret wearing, latte guzzling, bleeding-heart neo-liberal with a penchant for pronouns, right? Exactly. So the fact that GWAR not only showed up at NPR’s offices, but managed to perform as part of the media outlet’s “Tiny Desk Concert” series was kind

Ukranian band 1914 are reiussing their 2015 album and dropping some merch to support themselves as well as the larger war effort. Their classic record Eschatology of War, unfortunately a very timely record right now, was digitally rereleased in April 21, and now, on August 4, Napalm Records are rereleasing the album in physical formats.

Yesterday, Year Of The Knife released an update about the recovery of vocalist Madi Watkins. Since the band’s tragic van accident last month, Madi has had surgeries on her jaw and facial fractures, as well as her femur and ankle, and now the next hurdle will be mental recovery from the traumatic injury. The band

Another week, another playlist. And even though we’re now kinda in that slowish part of the summer where everyone’s going to festivals and not a whole lot else is going on, we got some great new music to highlight in this week’s iteration of The MetalSucks Playlist. We’ve got new tracks from: KEN Mode, Baroness,

King Parrot will be touring across North America starting next month, hitting up festivals along the way. The Australian band haven’t been in the U.S. since 2018, so fans are rejoicing their return. They’ll be appearing at Full Terror Assault and RPM Fest, and will get to play with Pantera, Lamb of God, and Weedeater

At the start of 2023, Testament still had Dave Lombardo as their drummer and had a whole mess of live commitments lined up. Then they suddenly didn’t have Lombardo in the mix and they had to find a replacement. Then in April, guitarist Eric Peterson gave props to Seven Spires drummer Chris Dovas, who’d originally

Atlanta’s death metal outfit Dååth may be back in the studio and working on a new album, but that doesn’t mean they can’t put out a killer tune just to keep the fans satiated. Earlier today, they released a cover of Morbid Angel’s classic track “Where the Slime Live,” which you can hear in the

There are few things more metal and daunting than the cold, black infinite reaches of space. So naturally we humans want to fuck around with the infinite void — even though it very much would kill all of us in an instant — by sending our best/brightest men and women out there by strapping them

Ever since their now ex-vocalist and founding member Duncan Bentley was kicked out of the band for allegedly “trying to kill” the band’s drummer Tom Hughes while on tour in Prague, Vulvodynia has had a huge vacancy behind the mic. There were questions surrounding the band about how they’d ever continue after such a dramatic

Just days before Christmas back in 2021, Nothing More vocalist Jonny Hawkins ran over his then girlfriend with his truck in a domestic violence incident that resulted in severe injuries and legal repercussions following the singer’s eventual arrest. And as details of the incident have begun circulating online, Nothing More announced that they have pulled

Fans of Ronnie Radke and Falling In Reverse planning to catch tonight’s show in Council Bluffs, Iowa are going to be disappointed if they don’t see this article, because the band has once again canceled a show. According to a post on the band’s social media, someone or multiple someones in the band or crew

Yesterday, we learned the sad news that Ozzy Osbourne had to cancel his planned performance at the Power Trip festival this October because of health issues. It’s a huge bummer to think he’s having such a hard time getting back on stage, but when he said some “personal friends” would take his place, we all

Just when you thought the ill-conceived nostalgia trips pining for the early 2000s couldn’t jump the shark any further, Wes Scantlin‘s here to kick down your door and force his latest attempt at re-entering the spotlight with Puddle of Mudd‘s latest single “My Baby.” But that’s not all — a new album titled Ubiquitous is

It’s been nearly 11 years since their last show and even longer since they last released a studio album, but Christian rock band and gym bro mainstay Creed could soon rise like Lazarus and reunite. At least that’s what everyone and their mother thinks after the band’s social media pages were updated the other day

If you made plans to attend the Power Trip festival this October exclusively to see Ozzy Osbourne in concert, you might want to sit down. Just moments ago, the “Prince of Darkness” announced that he would not be performing as originally planned due to ongoing health concerns. According to an official statement provided by Ozzy’s

Cold just announced that they will doing a short East Coast tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their celebrated record Year Of The Spider. State Of Illusion and University Drive will be opening the shows. Get tickets here. [embedded content] 9/5 Fort Myers, FL – The Ranch Concert Hall & Saloon9/6 Gainesville, FL –

Varials, a Philadelphia-based metalcore band, announced that they will have to drop off their upcoming tour following vocalist Mitch Rogers suffering a van accident. This unfortunate accident caused them to pull out of the future mini-tour with Crown The Empire. Rogers is currently in the hospital for a serious lung condition and will need surgery

Necropanther just shared a new video for the track “Into Danger” from their recently released album, Betrayal. The Denver, Colorado based death-thrash band use this concept record to tell the story of The Warriors mixed with the Greek story of Anabasis by Xenophon. The Warriors is based on this myth, but the concept album also pulls from the

Well, we’ve officially crossed over into the “fuck, it’s too hot” part of summer. So you know what that means — it’s time to blast metal in the comfort of the air conditioning. Or out in the world if you’re some kind of freak that doesn’t get affected by the heat… And just as it’s