Metal

Last week, founding Saliva guitarist Wayne Swinny passed away from a sudden brain hemorrhage at 59 years old. The loss sent his bandmates and fans reeling, but in the days ahead attention has shifted over to Swinny’s family. To that end, Saliva vocalist Bobby Amaru has launched fundraising campaign over on GoFundMe to help raise

It wasn’t long ago that Empire State Bastard, the brainchild of Biffy Clyro’s Simon Nell and Mike Vennart, simply sounded like a pretty interesting avant-garde grindcore-esque band looking to make its way in the world. However, in the span of a couple weeks, they’ve signed with Roadrunner Records, recruited ex-Slayer and current Testament/Mr. Bungle drummer

Two of the biggest butt rock purveyors since the late 90s/early 2000s are joining forces and hitting the road, as Godsmack and Staind announced they’ll be go-headlining a North American tour this summer. Spanning 25 cities and kicking off in St. Louis, Missouri on July 18, the tour will likely be the biggest traveling display

You better strap yourself in for one hell of a conversation, as we managed to get Ben Weinman (founder and guitarist of The Dillinger Escape Plan) as our guest for this week’s episode of The MetalSucks Podcast! During our chat, we discuss his new course on SoundFly called “The Business of Uncompromising Art.” In that

Love or hate either one of them, you’ve gotta admit, an Ed Sheeran X Cradle of Filth collab would be both epic news and really weird. And it might happen. Recently, Louder Sound reminded us that Ed Sheeran is a Cradle of fIlth fan, and before Christmas, Dani Filth shared a Facebook post showing he

Underground death metal collective Ascended Dead just announced a new album, Evenfall Of The Apocalypse, out May 12 via 20 Buck Spin. They’re streaming the first track from the release, “Ungodly Dead,” now. [embedded content] This is the band’s first record since 2017, and they aim to take their brand of fast-and-furious yet old-school death

Wormwitch just announced a forthcoming split EP with Sadistic Ritual, out via Bloodblast Distro/Prosthetic Records and Boris Records sometime this year. They also dropped a video for their new track “Weapons Against Despair.” [embedded content] The split will contain three tracks from Wormwitch, so we guess that Sadistic Ritual will probably be contributing the same

After asserting rapid domination over the noise rock and sludge scenes last year with the release of their album God’s Country, Chat Pile will release a new split, Brothers in Christ, alongside fellow noise rockers Nerver, who have previously toured with Chat Pile. Grab your earplugs, because Chat Pile just dropped “Cut” from their side

After announcing earlier this month that legendary ex-Slayer and current Testament/Mr. Bungle drummer Dave Lombardo would be joining up with Biffy Clyro members Simon Nell and Mike Vennart in Empire State Bastard, a self-proclaimed grindcore band, the band have dropped their first song, “Harvest,” and it rips pretty damn hard. “Harvest” is very extreme, mixing

Tomorrow is a huge day for cutesy metal band Babymetal and the fans they’ve amassed around the world. After years away from the scene, the band will release their new concept album The Other One. In anticipation of tomorrow’s release, the band uploaded a lyric video for their latest single, “Mirror Mirror.” Obviously though, the

Next Tuesday, roughly 50 different rock and metal artists will come together to take the stage for the Ultimate Jam Night, a charity concert that aims to benefit Animal Tracks, a southern California sanctuary for endangered animals. Hosted by comedian Hal Sparks, the show will take place at the famous Whisky A Go Go and

If you’ve ever played any of the Metal Gear Solid series or fell into the rabbit hole that’s Death Stranding, then you’re intimately familiar with the in-depth virtual worlds of Japanese game designer Hideo Kojima. While anyone who’s followed him on Twitter or has tried his past work knows he’s a HUGE film buff, it’s

After roughly 16 years behind the kit for Fallujah, drummer Andrew Baird took to social media to announce he was stepping down from the critically lauded tech death metal band. In his statement, released earlier today via social media, Baird said he spent some time thinking about his future with the band before coming to

Starting a band and finding success in 2023 sounds like one of the hardest things to do in music. Thanks to the proliferation of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, people have almost too much music to choose from thanks to the hundreds of thousands of new songs uploaded every day. So how does

Having been away from the stage for a few months now, The Original Misfits are planning to head back out on the road this summer for three—yes, only three—headlining North American shows. For three Saturdays this summer, the band featuring original members Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only will take the stage bolstered by guitarist Doyle

Struggling metal acts and washed up artists from the 80s, rejoice. No amount of garbage you release this year will be able to top the auditory pile of shit that rapper Lil Pump just dropped on the world. Titled “Pump Rock x Heavy Metal,” the sounds produced by the apparently prominent SoundCloud rapper can only

Last week, Spiritbox fans were excited to hear that the Canadian alt-metal band had decided to drop off Falling In Reverse’s upcoming summer tour. The news had come days after the band began divesting itself from their commitments, removing all mention of those six dates this coming July from their social media feeds. Following their

Sludgy Denver post-metal band Abrams are going on tour this May with citymates BleakHeart across the West. The tour will kick off in both bands’ hometown of Denver on May 5 and will end May 20 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Abrams say: “We are stoked to go on road this May to promote our latest

Jesus Piece just dropped a new single, “Silver Lining,” from their forthcoming album, …So Unknown, out via Century Media on April 14. Check it out now. [embedded content] Of the new album, which will be their Century Media debut, drummer Luis Aponte says: “This is as close to a Jesus Piece experience as you’re going

This week, Courtney Love took to The Guardian to express her frustration with the lack of femme representation in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. While Love hasn’t always had the best hot takes on things, with this, she certainly has a point. For starters, the numbers back her up. While there are plenty