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Imagine Judas Priest frontman and heavy metal’s greatest statesman Rob Halford grabbing a mic and belting out both Ozzy-era and Dio-era Black Sabbath with Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward. If that sounds like the best kind of heavy metal fever dream, then wake up because it actually happened — twice. While speaking with

American rock legends Kiss will hang it up, at least in the live sense, at the end of a fifty-year career when they play their final two shows on December 1 and 2 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Kiss were supposed to play their final show in 2021, but pandemic delays to the

Remember yesterday how Metallica posted that duet thing on TikTok and we all were like “oh man, maybe we’re getting a new song soon?” Turns out that intuition was true, as the band posted a new video on their page earlier today continuing the duet, only this time finally adding Kirk Hammett into the mix.

The ongoing legal battle between shock rocker Marilyn Manson (Brian Werner) and actress Evan Rachel Wood won’t likely come to an end any time soon, as the latter released a statement refuting claims that the Westwood star “manipulated” another accuser into making false sexual assault allegations. Just last week, actress Ashley Morgan Smithline filed a

Classic thrash outfit Vio-lence has undergone a few changes in recent history, not only saying goodbye to guitarist Bobby Gustafson last year and Perry Strickland earlier this year, but they’ve had to find outside help to fill in for founding member Phil Demmel during a part of their upcoming tour. While chatting with fans via

If your name happens to be Max Cavalera, you have a long and diverse career in extreme music to celebrate. From Sepultura to Nailbomb and Soulfly, the Brazilian musician has constantly been willing to reinvent the genres he plays. 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of Sepultura’s fifth album, Chaos A.D., which Cavalera discussed in a

Babymetal just dropped another single from their forthcoming album. “Light And Darkness” is the fourth single they’ve rolled out from The Other One, out March 24. [embedded content] The band consider this album a journey through a realm they call the Metalverse, with each song on the album representing one of the parallel worlds they

Arch Enemy will be rereleasing their entire catalogue this year via Century Media. The first records the band are offering are their 1996 debut Black Earth and their 1998 album Stigmata.You can preorder them here, and they are expected to be available in May. [embedded content] Guitarist Michael Amott comments: “When I first got Arch Enemy together in 1995 and

Shoutout to Tetrarch drummer Ruben Limas, who has just officially become an American citizen. He was officially granted citizenship on Thursday, February 23. [embedded content] In their post about the news, the band say: “Today our very own @rubenoftetrarch officially became an American Citizen. When we met Ruben 8 years ago and he officially became

Mastodon are apparently considering doing something faster and more straightforward—or, at least, guitarist Bill Kelliher is thinking along those lines. In an interview with Guitar.com, Kelliher admitted the band has considered “doing, like, a punk rock album where it’s much quicker, faster, straight to the punch kind of really fast music.” As a reference point, he talked about the

Less than 24 hours remain before industrial metal titans Static-X heads out on their “Rise of the Machine Tour” with Fear Factory, Dope, Mushroomhead, and Twiztid. To mark the occasion and to highlight a change in the band’s overall theming, the group partnered with world-renowned mask and prop creator Eddie Yang and his Deity Creative

Wow, February went fast. At least you’ve got another 50 weeks before you have to think about the fact that you’re alone again. Host IX (Nuclear Blast) Paradise Lost members Greg Mackintosh and Nick Holmes try their hand at darkwave with Host and the results are a resounding success. As our review stated, “when I

Ahead of the release of their live album Tortura en La Iglesia En Vivo, Brazilian thrash metal band Torture Squad released a new video for “Possessed By Horror.” Featuring fan testimonials recorded at the sold out July 16, 2022 concert, the video showcases the band’s highly energetic live show. “We recorded some testimonials from fans

Former Type O Negative members Kenny Hickey (guitar/vocals) and Johnny Kelly (drums) are playing in a new supergroup formed with Crowbar main man Kirk Windstein and bassist Todd Strange. According to a Facebook post made on the Type O Negative page, the band is called Eye Am and they are recording their first single in

Do you know your way around TikTok? Are you a master at Instagram? Can you weather the smooth-brained shitstorm that is our Facebook comments? If you answered “yes” to all of those, you may be what we’re looking for when it comes to a social media intern. That’s right. We’re looking for someone with a

Last month, Metallica dropped the second single for their upcoming album 72 Seasons with the release of “Screaming Suicide.” It was the follow up to “Lux Aeterna” and was a nearly six-minute thrashy/punky tune that was pretty alright. Yep, it was pretty good. Well if you remember its release, then you probably remember the accompanying

If anyone knows how to be successful making absolutely batshit music, it’s Ben Weinman, the guitarist of the now defunct The Dillinger Escape Plan and Suicidal Tendencies. With so many bands out there sort of following in DEP’s footsteps in so many ways, the world’s best guitarist at taking a bump and soldiering on is

Anthrax has been celebrating their 40th anniversary for a while now, having gone on multiple tours to celebrate the four decades they’ve kicked ass as one of the planet’s premiere thrash outfits. This past Saturday marked the penultimate show their tour with Black Label Society and Exodus in Oakland, California. Just as it had happened

It was an unexpected bit of news earlier this month when co-founding member and drummer of Vio-lence drummer Perry Strickland was no longer a part of the Bay Area thrash band. Prior to that revelation in an Instagram post, it was assumed that he’d been in the studio with the band working on new material

This week The MetalSucks Podcast welcomes Periphery vocalist Spencer Sotelo onto the show! During our chat, we discuss what it’s like to create music after starting their own label, how Periphery V was originally a sequel to Juggernaut: Alpha, and how seeing a band live it can easily make them your new favorite band. Spencer