Metal

When it comes to metalcore, you can’t go wrong with Darkest Hour. The band have time and time again delivered the kind of raging anguish that makes us want to stick our tongues out atop a pile of burning America. But now, it’s Europe that’s going to get squatted over in ruins, as the band

There are two kinds of heavy metal bands in classic 1980s Satanic Panic-era movies. One is made by broad-pectoraled outlaws whose love of metal is the product of a broken home which has left them either charmingly guarded or ruined and psychotic. The other is a bunch of black-clad facepainted satanic footsoldiers hellbent on making

About a year ago, we learned that Adult Swim was finally listening to its hordes of annoying metalhead fans and making more Metalocalypse in the form of a movie. Now, the network has revealed that Dethklok, the live version of the fictional band in the show, will be performing at their 2022 Adult Swim Festival

Last we heard from Dream Theater keyboard player Jordan Rudess was when we included his benefit EP on our list of artist-driven initiatives to help people in the Ukraine. Now, however, Jordan has announced a U.S. solo tour, to kick off this June. According to the video teaser that he posted on his YouTube, Jordan

It’s been a hot second since we heard from Australian death metallers Psycroptic; our last news about them was when they released their two-song The Watcher of All EP in November of the dreaded 2020. But now, the band are back with a new album and a crunchy-ass first single to boot. and by “crunchy,”

Earlier this month, grand symphonic nightfall came to Montreal. The City of Saints hosted Italian goth-metallers Lacuna Coil and Finnish cello-mongers Apocalyptica, much to the delight of melodramatic headbangers all over town. This dark theater ritual was capture in glorious color by Mihaela Petrescu, and can be witnessed below. Behold darkness ecstatic below: Apocalyptica Lacuna

Earlier this year, Vince Neil took part in a $150 million deal selling Mötley Crüe’s entire catalog to BMG. Later this year, he’ll be fronting the Crüe on a massive stadium tour with Def Leppard, Poison, and Joan Jett. And yet somehow, Vince is strapped enough for cash that he did an ad for Dollar

It appears that Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi is having pretty significant vocal issues at this point. Last month, we posted a video of him performing the Bon Jovi classic “Wanted Dead or Alive” in which the singer struggled to hit any of the song’s notes. This led other rock stars to be worried

So far, right-wing crackpot, insensitive asshole, and Putin sympathizer Ted Nugent has been smart about keeping his hardcore political blathering relatively bloodless. The dude is the king of the ‘just my opinion’ defense — which, hey, is valid, and is what MetalSucks is based on. But at a Trump rally last night, Ted took the

I wish I could inject our younger readers with a drug that allows them to feel and understand what it was like when Soilwork‘s Natural Born Chaos came out. It’s a beautiful thing when you’re present during the release of a truly perfect album. That said, though that will always be the band’s shining moment

MetalSucks and Broken Goblet Present Beer Metal Updated May 14th, 2022 If there’s one thing we love, it’s metal-themed beer. Thankfully, Broken Goblet Brewing are here to smite our livers with some delicious brew dedicated to some of metal’s best bands and labels. The brewery of Decibel‘s Metal & Beer Fest have announced two solid

These days, it feels like every metal band have their own beer, and many of them are challenging to the tongue on principle. But rarely does a metal label have an official brew — and a tasty one at that! But that’s exactly what Napalm Records have concocted alongside Broken Goblet for Decibel‘s 2022 Metal

Since the announcement of his death on Wednesday afternoon, countless members of the metal community have written and posted tributes to The Black Dahlia Murder‘s Trevor Strnad (including MetalSucks’ Emperor Rhombus). But this recent piece by Machine Head‘s Robb Flynn might be the one that got us crying the hardest. You can read Robb’s full

Yesterday, the metal world had its foundation shaken upon learning that Trevor Strnad, vocalist of Michigan death metal band The Black Dahlia Murder, had died at the age of 41. Now, the band’s guitarist Brandon Ellis and drummer Alan Cassidy have posted tributes to Trevor on social media. Ellis posted the following to his Instagram: “I can not even

Yesterday, the metal community was rocked to its core to learn that Trevor Strnad, vocalist of Michigan death metallers The Black Dahlia Murder and good-natured champion of all things metal, had died. He was only 41 years old. Now, a petition has been launched to make sure that Trevor is included in the ‘In Memoriam’ reel of this

According to their Instagram, Trevor Strnad, frontman of The Black Dahlia Murder, has died. He was 41 years old. The band posted the following message over a blacked-out screen: “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Trevor Scott Strnad. Beloved son, brother, and Shepard of good times, he was loved by

If there’s one art form I know the least about, it’s video games. The most I was allowed to have was a Game Boy growing up, so unless you wanna talk to me about the stand-up X-Men arcade game or what the genie gives you at the end of Wario Land, I’ve got nothing for

Last month, a storm of epic metal across all genres descended onto New York City. Swedish melodeath legends Arch Enemy and Polish satanic dandies Behemoth brought their co-headlining tour to Terminal 5, with grindcore ground-standers Napalm Death and goth-metal upstarts Unto Others joining the team. The entire sonic cataclysm was captured in full color by

Earlier today, we wrote that death metal supergroup Bloodbath would be postponing their U.S. tour and dropping off of the line-up at Maryland Deathfest due to visa issues. Now, it looks like Swedish melodic death metallers Dismember will be joining them in bailing on MDF — though for them, it’s due to American vaccine requirements.

This week, Evergrey guitarist/vocalist Tom Englund is our guest! We discuss the huge number of songs he wrote and recorded during the pandemic, working on video game soundtracks (including the new Evil Dead game), how a musical director dictates their vision when creating music for any game, and making music on a day job schedule every week.