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David Ellefson recently appeared on Aftershocks TV along with the other members of his new band, The Lucid. The appearance marked Ellefson’s first interview since he was fired from Megadeth this past May admist a sex scandal. Asked if The Lucid provided him with a newfound sense of creative freedom, Ellefson responded: “Well, look, [Megadeth is]

System of a Down kicked off their series of West Coast dates with Korn last night, Saturday, October 15, the band’s first live appearance since July of 2019. Fan-filmed footage of the show has already been uploaded, including the band’s first ever performances of the two new songs they released last year, “Genocidal Humanoidz” and Protect

Sharon Burns, principal of Eden High School in St. Catherines, Ontario, has been allowed to keep her job after coming under fire from some of her students’ parents for being an Iron Maiden fan. The controversy began earlier this month when Burns posted a pair of photos on Instagram, including one of her throwing horns

Between The Buried And Me bassist Dan Briggs has released a new album under his ‘Nightmare Scenario’ solo moniker. Entitled The Chord of Living Flesh, the offering “sets music to the songs found within the first Dune novel, written by Frank Herbert.” The novel, published in 1965, includes a character named Gurney Halleck who frequently

Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil fell from the stage during his performance at the Monsters on the Mountain Festival at LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee last night (Friday, October 15). According to Metal Sludge, “the show was going fine, and in between songs, or vocal parts, Neil walked towards the back, or side of the stage and fell.”

Judas Priest singer Rob Halford was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, the singer has revealed. Halford dropped the bomb during an interview with Heavy Consequence to promote Judas Priest’s  50 Heavy Metal Years of Music anniversary box set, which was released today. Fortunately, he says he’s in remission: “I

Insomnium have canceled their upcoming European tour with Omnium Gatherum. It had been set to take place in November and December. In a brief statement accompanying the announcement, the band cited only “personal reasons” and said they planned to “take a break for a couple of months to re-group.” The band did not cite issues

Tomorrow, October 15, Metal Blade Records will release Rugia, the twelfth full-length album from Polish blackened death metallers Hate. The album is now streaming in advance of that release. You can blast it below. Rugia was tracked at Hertz Recording Studio in Poland, and it was recorded, mixed, and mastered by the Wiesłaski Brothers. Everything was

Korn drummer Ray Luzier is the latest member of the band to test positive for COVID-19 on their current tour, The PRP reports. Consequently, Aric Improta (Fever 333, Night Verses) will fill-in for Luzier at the band’s upcoming live dates. Luzier follows singer Jonathan Davis and guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer  in contracting the virus on this

Look folks, it ain’t a secret: longtime readers of MetalSucks know that I’m a huge sucker for some feel-good rock vibes with giant-sized vocal hooks. See my recent love affair with dad rock extraordinaires The Night Flight Orchestra, or my ongoing infatuation of acts as disparate as Robyn and Bon Jovi: I can’t resist! Enter

France’s Dropdead Chaos have released a new cover of Slipknot’s “Surfacing” as tribute to that band’s late former drummer, Joey Jordison. The track includes contributions from Sean “Sean Z.” Zatorsky (ex-Chimaira, Dååth, etc.), who was in the band Sinsaenum with Jordison. Dropdead Chaos explain: “In 2018 our producer Hk from the Vamacara Studio was hired

Like the provocative cover of their new album, Your Time to Shine, Monolord’s latest single, “I’ll Be Damned,” is a paradoxical mix of the beautiful and the bleak. No one in their right mind would describe the track as “celebratory” or “uplifting,” but no with ears will be able to deny how gosh darn catchy

You come at the king, you best not miss. Rapper-turned-rocker Machine Gun Kelly has become public enemy #1 of the metal world lately, with Slipknot fans in particular choosing him as the object of their hatred. Metal fans at the Aftershock festival this past weekend in Sacramento, CA let MGK have it, pelting the singer

Sharon Burns, principal of Eden High School in St. Catherines, Ontario, has come under fire from some of her students’ parents… ostensibly for being an Iron Maiden fan. The controversy began when Burns posted a pair of photos on Instagram. In the first (above), she’s throwning horns while standing in front of an Iron Maiden

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: New Jersey’s progressive metal masters, Symphony X, will kick off their “25th Anniversary North American tour 2022” on May 10th at Irving Plaza in New York City. The 27-date trek will make stops in Montreal, Chicago, and Portland before concluding in Montclair, NJ on June 12th. Today, the band is proud to welcome Haken as direct

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: It’s the End of Existence for The Browning — but not literally. The band has announced its new album, titled End of Existence, out December 3 via Spinefarm. Pre-order it here.  The band has also shared the video for the title track. Watch it below.  End of Existence was written, performed, recorded, engineered and mixed by The Browning’s impresario Jonny McBee. It’s

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Slashercore outfit, Ice Nine Kills have dropped the fourth and final new track from their upcoming album The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood prior to its release this coming Friday, October 15th via Fearless Records. Today’s offering submitted into evidence is titled “Funeral Derangements” and is inspired by the Stephen King

Nightwish, The Ocean, Between the Buried and Me, Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster, Gojira and The Ocean. All of these metal bands have had ancient but newly discovered species given names in their honor by scientists in recent years. Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi can now add himself to that list. Drepanoistodus Iommii, a newly discovered 469-million-year-old species of

The friendship between liberal activist Tom Morello and conservative whacko Ted Nugent is unlikely, but the Rage Against the Machine guitarist explained earlier this year that the two are pals who regularly exchange birthday pleasantries and have a lot more in common than you’d think. Morello has now doubled down and defended that friendship in

“He took cancer and kicked it right in the fuckin’ face,” shouted Exodus frontman Steve “Zetro” Souza during their set last night (Thursday, October 7), before welcoming drummer Tom Hunting back to the stage. The band’s performance at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, CA was Hunting’s first since he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a form of