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New Slipknot music means new Slipknot masks, and by the way you folks click on these articles we’re led to conclude that the clothing is more important than the songs (kidding aside, is it? food for thought). And with the band currently in the studio, the mask design process has begun as well, none important

New Jersey brutal death metal act Cognitive return with a new single and video, “ENIAC,” and have announced the release of their fourth album, Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction. Guitarist Rob Wharton comments: “‘ENIAC’ was one of the first songs written for the new album, and when it was completed we instantly were like this has to be a single. The

Weezer leader Rivers of Cuomo has contributed songwriting credits to many artists over the years. He’s also an avowed metalhead. Turns out those two interests collided back in 2000 when Cuomo offered a newly written song called “Hash Pipe” to Ozzy Osbourne. The Prince of Darkness rejected the tune, which would go on to become

A third woman has hit Marilyn Manson with a lawsuit, “claiming he raped her and forced her to watch a gruesome film depicting abuse of a groupie,” Deadline reports. In the suit, the accuser, identified only as “Jane Doe,” says she dated Manson (né Brian Warner) in 2011. During that time, she claims, Manson showed

Official press release: Former Exodus frontman Rob Dukes’ band Generation Kill has today released their crushing new track “Never Relent” featuring the inimitable Gary Holt of Slayer and Exodus fame. With breakneck speed, dizzying guitar solos, and uncompromising vocals, the medieval wartime theme of the visual accompaniment is a gruesomely appropriate fit for the brutal single. Thrash buffs should also

The weekend is here! Which means it’s time for more of… fondly reminiscing about a time when we could all go out and headbang shoulder to shoulder with our closest strangers … while we live vicariously by watching our favorite bands perform online instead! MetalSucks has got you covered with our continuously updated livestream calendar, powered by eOne,

The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of May 22 – May 28, 2021 Did you miss some of this week’s top stories in the world of metal? Catch up below: That’s all for now. We’ll check in periodically over the weekend (and this Monday, which is Memorial Day here in the U.S.) as usual and be

The Bronx have released “Watering the Well,” the third single from their upcoming album, Bronx VI. Says vocalist Matt Caughthran of the track: “‘Watering The Well’ is equal parts rock n roll rendezvous and back alley Bronx beatdown! With an opening riff that doubles as a call to the wild and a rhythm section dirtier

The Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway — like, the actual, officially official museum dedicated to Edvard Munch — has announced that they’re collaborating with Satyricon — like, the actual, officially official black metal band — on a new exhibit. A press release says that the exhibit, appropriately dubbed Satyricon & Munch, “explores the intersection of

Awwwww yeah: the consistently-excellent Cloud Rat have released a new track, “Mother Tongue ~ Glitter Belly,” via the consistently-excellent Adult Swim Singles program. The results, unsurprisingly, are excellent. The results are also sure to please Cloud Rat fans of all shapes and sizes: while a press release notes that the band has recently released “a

Dino Cazares is currently making the rounds promoting Fear Factory’s new album, Aggression Continuum, and during an interview with the Talk Toomey podcast, he made an interesting revelation: he was asked to try out for Limp Bizkit. The revelation comes while Cazares is recounting the L.A. metal scene in the early/mid-90s, which included not only

An arrest warrant for Marilyn Manson (né Brian Warner) has reportedly been issued in New Hampshire, charging the singer with two counts of misdemeanor simple assault… but not as a result of the deluge of recent allegations that the shock rocker abused multiple women, including former girlfriends and at least one assistant. Instead, TMZ (by

Spiritbox, one of the most buzzed-about bands of the past year are so, have at last announced their debut full-length. Entitled Eternal Blue, it’s scheduled for release on September 17. Additionally, they’ve released a new single, “Secret Garden,” to go with the big announcement. Says vocalist Courtney LaPlante of Eternal Blue: “We are very anxious

The biggest story in the metal world today, by far, is the firing of David Ellefson from Megadeth amidst an ongoing sex scandal. With a new album nearly complete and a tour with Lamb of God, Trivium, and In Flames kicking off in August, the band is gonna need to find a replacement ASAP. And

For the tenth episode of their ongoing Anthrax 40 for 40 retrospective video series, the NYC thrash legends discuss their 1987 EP, I’m the Man. The title track from that EP, I should not have to tell you, is widely considered to be one of the first, if not the first, rap-metal songs. You can watch the

Psycho Las Vegas will be among the first metal festivals to roar back to life since the world shut down last year when the three-day affair invades the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on August 20, 21 and 22. Many of the festival’s original 2020 bands are still in place, with Emperor and Danzig in

The Devil Wears Prada have released a new single and video, “Forlorn.” The song joins previous singles “Nightfall” and “Termination” from their forthcoming EP, ZII. Frontman Mike Hranica offered: “Hopelessness is a primary theme to ‘ZII‘ and ‘Forlorn’ really drives that home. While fictitious zombie songs aren’t intended to particularly tug at one’s heart string, ‘Forlorn‘ goes all

Official press release: Multi-instrumentalist, veteran songwriter, and long-tenured guitarist of the Grammy-nominated rock outfit Stone Sour, Josh Rand and his The L.I.F.E. Project partner, co-songwriter and vocalist Casandra Carson have dropped new song, “Ignite” today, It is the second track to be released from their debut, self-titled EP which the duo announced today and will be released on July

Anthrax have released the eighth video of their massive Anthrax 40 for 40 video series, which celebrates the band’s 40th anniversary by taking a look at each individual ‘Thrax album over the course of the coming weeks. That will all lead up to a special career-spanning livestream performance on July 18 (the band’s actual 40th anniversary). The latest

Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH have released “Mammoth,” which I assume they intend to be their signature tune. Whether or not that turns out to be the case, it is yet another most-excellent hard rock/pop-metal ditty from the young Van Halen’s new project. Given that there are five other singles from the group’s eponymous debut,