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Converge just announced tour dates in the U.K. and Europe with Dying Fetus, Archspire, Gatecreeper, Frozen Soul, Frontierer, and Terror. The band are currently embarking on a US tour with Frail Body and Brutus and will be heading to the U.K. twice this summer. [embedded content] See the dates below: UK & European Shows 06/23 Manchester,

There’s a new track from Beltfed Weapon, titled “Eternal Fire,” and it features a host of impressive guests. [embedded content] The thrash/speed metal band is fronted by Frank Hetzel, and he often collaborates with impressive names for this project. The forthcoming EP, Darkened Demise, features a hefty list just on this one track, including Tim

In a recent interview, Jason Newsted talked up the authenticity he feels he puts into his pet project, Newsted. Specifically he feels the band is honest and doesn’t involve any “cheating.” In a new interview with 98.7 The Gater‘s The Jason & Franny Show, as transcribed by Blabbermouth, the famous Metallica bassist talked more about bringing back

You know, it’s almost like there are repercussions for your action. I’m not saying Marduk is a band full of angels, but maybe getting filmed doing a Nazi salute is a bad move in 2023. I mean, at least it was for one person in the last few days… Aside from that whole kerfuffle, there

Earlier today, Ghost released their covers EP Phantomime to equal measures of fanfare and derision, as fans who enjoy the band generally like the new release, while people who don’t consider the band to be metal at all are tripping all over themselves to tell anyone who’ll listen how much the band sucks. As it

Igor and Max Cavalera are on a quest to make their old Sepultura days once the re-recorded versions of Sepultura’s first EP Bestial Devastation (1985) and the first LP Morbid Visions, coming out this July, more in line with what they always imagined in their heads. While discussing the recently released single “Morbid Visions” for

After nearly 40 years kicking ass around the world as Napalm Death‘s bassist, Shane Embury is releasing a tell-all autobiography later this year titled Life?… & Napalm Death. Billed as an attempt at giving the reader a front-row seat to the triumphs and tribulations that come with being in one of the most influential grindcore/death

British thrash metal stalwarts Evile have been going full speed for years. But as you can hear in the first single and title track from The Unknown, a new album coming out on July 14 via Napalm Records, they’re taking a different approach to new music. Rather than melting your face off with blistering fast

The thrash metal world was dealt a heavy blow back in March when we all learned that founding member and Dark Angel guitarist Jim Durkin had passed away at 58 years old. The news came as a particular shock, since it was announced that the band was working on new material and had special gigs

Twenty-one years have elapsed since Yob, Oregon’s premiere stoner doom band, burst forth with their debut release Elaboration of Carbon. Though they’ve grown and evolved as a band since their 2002 days, it’s important to know where a band like Yob started to see where they’ve ended up. Sadly, Elaboration of Carbon hasn’t exactly been

A few months ago, Godsmack announced that their latest album Light Up the Sky was going to be their last new album, effectively announcing their retirement from writing new music. They’d still play shows and tour, mind you, but the cycle of write, record, do press, tour extensively on the back of a new album,

Whether you think it’s good, bad or just plain weird, the latest Avenged Sevenfold output has been showing off a different side of the band. The band have been very open about the fact that they wanted to try new things on Life Is But a Dream… and they’ve furthered elaborated on which artists influenced

Legal proceedings and a lack of official representation in the music industry be damned, Marilyn Manson is teasing something on his Instagram page. Just a few hours ago, the disgraced shock rocker whose last musical output was a guest spot on a Kanye West track, told his fans and followers that he had “something for

Glam metal legends Mötley Crüe are powering forward full speed ahead with new guitarist John 5, legal complications with former guitarist Mick Mars be damned. Bassist Nikki Sixx posted an update on social media sharing that new music from the Crüe has been recorded and is ready for the mixing stage. “Recording in London England

We’re already pumped about Rockstar, Dolly Parton‘s forthcoming rock album, and now, she has released the first song from that record, “World On Fire.” It’s no secret that Dolly has been making headlines lately with her bold opposition to the anti-trans and anti-drag laws in her home state of Tennessee, no doubt pissing off the

It’s been almost a month Metallica‘s 72 Seasons dropped and it’s been two weeks since their massive M72 world tour kicked off, but the excitement around the biggest metal band in the world remains white hot. Over the last few days, Metallica’s camp has been slow dripping some high-def, pro-shot footage from their April 29

Texas death metal band Severance had a creative idea and played a show in front of their local GameStop during the drop of the new The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom drop. This took place on May 11, the night fans lined up outside GameStops across the U.S. to wait for their copy

This week saw some killer new releases and fresh new tracks hit the internets. And you know what that means — another update to the MetalSucks Playlist! Just as we’ve done in past weeks, we’ve taken some of the tracks we posted about and slapped them into the playlist, while getting rid of some of

Yesterday, desert rock mainstays Queens of the Stone Age announced their next studio release In Times New Roman…, along with its first single “Emotion Sickness.” At the time, all we got was an audio visualizer of the song but earlier today, the band dropped the song’s official music video and boy, is it weird. Serving

Happy Friday! God is dead and all we got is a new Avenged Sevenfold song. Ascended Dead Evenfall of the Apocalypse (20 Buck Spin) California death dealers Ascended Dead are here to chew bubblegum and play ripping death metal and they’re all out of bubblegum. Evenfall of the Apocalypse is one of the nastiest and