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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

The Used just announced their 10th studio album, Toxic Positivity, and now they’ve unveiled a new single from the forthcoming record, “People Are Vomit.” [embedded content] The band’s new album will be out May 19 via Big Noise, and from what we can tell from this track, the album is going to continue the band’s

This summer, Black Sabbath fans will have a new piece of lore to look forward to from bassist Geezer Butler. On June 8, he will officially unveil Into The Void – From Birth to Black Sabbath – and Beyond via HarperCollins. The book starts with his early childhood in Birmingham and traces his career with

This week’s seen a number of new songs make their way onto The MetalSucks Playlist. We got some killer tracks from the likes of Cattle Decapitation’s “We Eat Our Young,” Avatar’s “Dance Devil Dance,” and “Tunnels to God” by the collaborative effort from Full of Hell and Primitive Man. In addition to our regularly scheduled

It’s been nearly two years since ex-Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell left the band, but it’s looking like we’re finally getting closer to learning who’s filling that vacancy. If you head over to the Nuclear Blast YouTube page, you’ll see a video titled Fear Factory Announcement with a premiere time of 12 p.m. ET

A little over 24 hours ago, legendary mathcore outfit Botch announced they were going on tour for the first time in two decades, bringing their music to old heads and a new generation of potential fans at the same time. It was super awesome and we at MetalSucks were fucking stoked to report on it.

Last month, Twisted Sister frontman and Strangeland star Dee Snider made the argument that Led Zeppelin‘s Robert Plant and the immortal Ronnie James Dio were excellent singers, just not particularly good performers. The comments came during a Twitter argument/discussion, as all reasonable discourse tends to spring from these days, on what would have been Rainbow

Things are starting to look grim for Ghost’s Papa Emeritus IV. The Swedish band that’s become one of the biggest acts in the world sure loves its lore and occasionally, they release these “chapters” to release new information or to hint at changes to come. This latest clip from the band seems to fall in