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Iron Maiden have released a new video in which singer Bruce Dickinson, wearing a shirt for “Belshazzar’s Feast,” invites fans to that very event: “July the fifteenth. Rain or shine, heaven or hell, man or beast, you’re invited to Belshazzar’s Feast. But your mum can’t come!” The video all but confirms rumors that the legendary NWOBHM

Guns N’ Roses have released another entry in their Not in This Lifetime Selects video series, which highlights various performances from the band’s tour reuniting lead singer Axl Rose with fellow original members Slash (guitar) and Duff McKagan (bass). The footage was captured during the band’s tour of Latin America in late 2016, and includes a performance of

After already once postponing their tour together from its original timeframe in 2020, Deftones and Gojira have again pushed back the run, which had been rescheduled for August and September of this year, this time to April and May 2022. Poppy will no longer be the opening act. Deftones, in a statement posted to social

Gost has released a third song from his forthcoming album, Rites of Love and Reverence, titled “Bound by the Horror.” Gost fans have likely noticed his recent shift away from the horror-inspired synthwave of his earlier work, and that’s exactly what this new song is about. He comments:  “’Bound by the Horror’ started the writing process

Dave Mustaine has raised his price on Cameo AGAIN. As of this writing, his fee on the platform — which lets fans purchase personalized video messages from celebrities — is up to $350 a pop. That’s a $50 increase from just a few days ago, and the fourth increase overall in the six days since

“(Si Vis Pacem) Parabellum” is the best kind of Yngwie Malmsteen song: an instrumental one. Freed from the constraints of vocals, Yngwie is able to transcend his worst instincts (i.e., to make cheesy European power metal) and just shred his ass off for nearly six glorious minutes. If you’ve ever thought “Yngwie is a buffoon,

Stance, who in this blogger’s opinion make just about the most comfortable socks on the market right now, have just announced two new Guns N’ Roses-themed designs. One pair has been dubbed ‘Appetite’ because it features the cover art from Appetite for Destruction; the other pair are called ‘So Fine’ because… uh… they say ‘So

Biffy Clyro and OFF! have released covers of Metallica’s “Holier Than Thou.” I suspect that they waited a couple of hours until after Metallica released pre-production rehearsal audio of the same song just to fuck with me. The Clyro and OFF! covers are part of The Metallica Blacklist, an album that “celebrates the enduring influence

During my recent guest sesh on The Metal Injection Livecast, it came to my attention that Mean Man: The Story of Christ Holmes is now available for viewing on Amazon Prime (at least here in the U.S.). Since watching the car wreck that is the former W.A.S.P. guitarist’s life is one of my great joys,

Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage and Times of Grace is our guest this week! We talk about the new Times of Grace album, Songs of Loss and Separation, their first in 10 years, and reflect on its predecessor, The Hymn of a Broken Man. Adam shares his thoughts on the importance of keeping his mind busy

Dave Mustaine, believer in the free market, has raised the price of a personalized video on Cameo three times in a matter of days since joining the service, ultimately doubling his fee. Mustaine first announced he was on Cameo, the service that lets you pay celebrities to record personalized messages, last week. Starting at $150

In a 20th anniversary retrospective in which Metal Hammer looks back on Slipknot’s sophomore album, Iowa, both percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan and vocalist Corey Taylor say that the band members were not on great terms during the making of that record. Metal Hammer teased the controversy as part of a preview of what’s in

Every month we take a look at Spotify’s ‘monthly listeners’ counts for several hundred metal bands and compare them side by side to gauge their relative popularity at any given moment. For more on why we’re doing this column and the methodology behind it, read this. The numbers for July are in, and the pace of

Born of Osiris released their sixth full-length album, Angel or Alien, this past Friday (July 2) and with that arrived a music video for the track “Poster Child.” You can watch the video (and stream the full album) below as well as order the album here. Born of Osiris have a run of Texas tour dates

Guitarist Parker Lundgren has announced his departure from Queensrÿche after a dozen years with the band. Explains Lundgren in a statement: “For several years, I have been deeply immersed in collecting and selling guitars, as well as rare and fascinating musical instruments. This passion led to the opening of my guitar store Diablo Guitars in 2019. Since

Mayhem have released “Everlasting Dying Flame,” a new single from their forthcoming EP, Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando.  You can check out the song via the below visualizer. “Everlasting Dying Flame” is the second single from Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando to be released, following “Voces Ab Alta” last month. Mayhem’s Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando is out

If you’ve ever seen Sabaton live then you know well that all of their shows are essentially “the show to end all shows.” The world’s foremost historical metal buffs give it their ALL every single night with bombastic production and a full-hearted performance. If you haven’t seen Sabaton live yet… what the hell is stopping

Here’s some new metal to piss off your neighbors with at your July 4 barbecue. One of the bands is even American! At the GatesThe Nightmare of Being (Century Media) No, it’s not Slaughter of the Soul redux, smartass. At the Gates’ latest venture through the red in the sky involves some of the most

Seemingly inspired by the highly scientific, irrefutable study published in June which analyzed Metallica’s entire body of work and produced a chart of James Hetfield’s most commonly uttered lyrics, some Reddit whippersnapper (who else would you expect?) has done the same for Iron Maiden’s 16 studio albums. And the results are also not quite what

Earlier this year we introduced MetalSucks readers to Philippe Drouin, a right-handed metal guitarist who taught himself to play left-handed after a car accident left him unable to pick with his right hand. It took Drouin three years and an estimated 7,000 hours of practice, but his band, Obvurt, finally released their debut EP, The Beginning,