Metal

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor debuted his new mask on Saturday night, September 4 at the Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, OK, the band’s first concert since February 24, 2020. Several photos of Corey performing with his latest facial garb have surfaced online, which MetalSucks has collected below. Slipknot typically debut new masks at the beginning of

Former Cannibal Corpse frontman Chris Barnes has expressed disapproval of Kourtney Kardashian wearing Cannibal Corpse merch. The reality television star, socialite, and model made waves in the metal world this week when she was spotted sporting a Cannibal Corpse/Eaten Back to Life longsleeve t-shirt while hanging out with her boyfriend, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. Barnes

Muldrotha, the band featuring ex-Fallujah vocalist Alex Hofmann, his former bandmate Andrew Baird on drums, Rob Maramonte of The Zenith Passage on guitars, and Decrepit Birth’s Sean Martinez on bass, have released a new track, “Red in Tooth and Claw” or “Red in Tooth and in Claw,” depending on who you ask. You can check

Eleven days after a leaked group chat showed the members of symphonic power metal band Gloryhammer using racist terms and sexist innuendos, the band — as well as keyboardist Christopher Bowes, who is also the singer in Alestorm — have finally issued statements directly addressing the matter. Bowes went first by posting a photo of

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 September are in. Almost exactly half (176)

The Kardashians are no strangers to metal fashion: from Kim wearing a Morbid Angel shirt (which resulted in a run on the band’s merch) to Kourtney repping Metallica to one of the Jenner brethren sporting a Megadeth tee, this much is certain: it’s mainstream cool to wear metal shirts again, as if we didn’t already

Precious few genuine Big Event metal releases these days, and even fewer worth looking forward to. Like, new Metallica albums feel like latter-day Undertaker matches – you’re just kinda hoping they don’t ruin their legacy or hurt themselves. A few missteps aside (I know I’m in the minority here, but A Matter of Life and

Bassist David Ellefson has posted on social media for the first time since he was fired from Megadeth in May. The post appears to be teasing something called ‘The Lucid’ for September 8. It’s not clear if that’s the name of Ellefson’s new band, or his new song, or his new album, or his new

Zeal & Ardor’s last two singles, “Run” and “Erase,” were both devastatingly heavy. That is certainly not the case with the band’s latest, “Bow.” Bluesy, anthemic, and just begging to be used in a commercial or movie trailer, “Bow” is very much in the same vein as the title track from 2017’s Devil is Fine.

Rammstein may have utilized the downtime brought by the pandemic to finish a new album in way less time than it usually takes them — under two years as opposed to ten — but they’re keeping that tight, perhaps waiting until they can properly tour again (currently scheduled for 2022). For now fans will have

Whitechapel have delivered on this weekend’s mysterious (not-so-mysterious) tease: new music is here! A new song called “Lost Boy” has arrived on YouTube. The first half is more or less what you’d expect from Whitechapel — a fast thrasher, fans will be happy — before the song pivots into an atmospheric bridge that features Maynard

Vio-lence vocalist Sean Killian has released a new video in which he attempts to justify his decision not to get the COVID-19 vaccine by ostensibly sticking his tongue out and declaring “You’re not the boss of me!” Killian, age 57, successfully underwent a liver transplant necessitated by cirrhosis in 2018. He was hospitalized with COVID-19

Trans-Siberian Orchestra has announced their return to the road for this coming winter. The tour, which will kick off in November, is intended to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band’s album Christmas Eve and Other Stories. Dates for the trek, along with a special video trailer, can be found below. Trans-Siberian Orchestra fan club

Soulfly have been on the road with Fear Factory axeman Dino Cazares on guitar, replacing Marc Rizzo, who recently parted ways with the band after eighteen years under very dramatic circumstances. Fan-filmed live footage of the band performing Fear Factory’s 1995 hit “Replica” (from their Demanufacture album) has now surfaced. You can watch that clip, which

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has provided another glimpse into what fans can expect on the band’s next album, which they have been recording since the beginning of this year. What’s more, he has revealed the tracking process for the follow-up to We Are Not Your Kind, which came out in 2019, is nearing completion. In

Pathology have announced that they’ll release a new album, The Everlasting Plague, on November 19. The album was produced, engineered, and mixed by Zack Ohren (Machine Head, All Shall Perish, etc.). You can check out the first single, “Engaging in Homicide,” via the below music video. Also below: view the cover art by Par Olofsson

Guitarist Gus G., best known for his work with Firewind and as Ozzy’s guitarist for a number of years, has released a new solo track, “Enigma of Life.” You can check it out via the below music video. Gus G.’s new album, Quantum Leap, is out October 8 on AFM. Pre-order it here. [embedded content]

Lucifer have released a new single, “Bring Me His Head.” True to Lucifer’s usual sound, it’s a ’70s throwback track. Appropriately, then, the video is a very convincing recreation of television performances in that era. Like, I bet you could convince people this is real. The clip is actually intended as an homage to Brian

Corey Taylor has tested negative for Covid-19 two days in a row after falling ill with the virus last week, and he has returned home after quarantining. The update again comes from his wife, Alicia (of rock n’ roll dance troupe The Cherry Bombs), who offered a similar update earlier in Corey’s recovery. Posting on

No anniversary celebration is complete without getting hammered. Anthrax clearly understand this basic, inarguable fact of life, because the band is continuing their much-deserved 40th anniversary celebration with the release of “Anthrax XL,” a 115 proof “Solera-aged, single-barrel bourbon finished for 40 days in a 20-year old Oloroso Sherry cask.” That all sounds real classy! “I