Metal

Earlier this year, Exodus opted to delay their new album, Persona Non Grata, from the spring to the fall so that their drummer, Tom Hunting, could undergo cancer treatment, recover from that treatment, and then be able to tour with the band to support the album. Unfortunately, even with the delay, Hunting will be forced

Robert Fripp is on tour in the U.S. with King Crimson at the moment, but that doesn’t mean his infamous “Sunday Lunch” cover videos with his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have taken a pause. For this week’s video, Willcox delivers a solo cover of Steve Isaak’s “Wicked Game” for her husband, who

Live Nation Entertainment, one of the country’s largest concert and ticketing companies, has announced that effective Monday, October 4, all artists and fans at its venues and festivals will be required to show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test. Says Michael Rapino, president and CEO of Live Nation Entertainment: “Vaccines are going

Korn have become the latest act in the heavy music community to cancel at least one show mid-tour after a case of Covid-19 cropped up within their camp. The band’s performance last night, August 14, at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, PA was canceled earlier in the day when the band broke the

Dark Tranquillity have announced that they’re parting ways with drummer Anders Jivarp and bassist Anders Iwers. Jivarp, an original member of the band, has played on all of their releases to date. Iwers joined the Swedish melodeath group in 2016. He appears on Atoma, released that year, as well as 2020’s Moment. The duo will

Official press release: Floridia’s masters of death metal, Massacre, will return this fall with their highly anticipated 4th full-length album, Resurgence, that’s set for release on October 22nd. Their first record in seven years is well worth the wait, as one can attest from the cutthroat first new single, “The Innsmouth Strain,” revealed today. Fans can get a taste

AEG Presents, the second-largest live company in the United States (after Live Nation), has announced that effective no later than October 1, ticketholders and venue event staff will be required to show proof of vaccination at all of its venues in the U.S. In a statement, Jay Marciano, COO of AEG and chairman-CEO of AEG

In celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of Lamb of God’s massive Sacrament album, Epic Records is issuing an anniversary edition of the album and short documentary. The remastered Sacrament (15th Anniversary) will contain the original album tracks, as well as previously unreleased bonus live tracks recorded at House of Vans Chicago in the band’s only live performance of 2020. The album is scheduled

Megadeth have at last revealed the identity of the bassist who will be joining them on their upcoming tour with Lamb of God, Trivium, and Hatebreed (replacing In Flames), and it’s not Steve Di Giorgio. In fact, the band will be rejoined by James LoMenzo, who previously playe with the band from 2006 until 2010,

Thrice have shared their newest single, “Robot Soft Exorcism,” off their upcoming album, Horizons/East. The track’s title will sound familiar to those who are aware of David Dark. The American author and teacher coined the term in a twitter thread, exploring a metaphor in an attempt to help us distinguish between harmful and destructive systems

Shawn McNair, a huge Megadeth fan and avid MetalSucks reader, is just as excited for Megadeth’s upcoming album, The Sick, The Dying, and The Dead, as a lot of you. Megadeth mega-main-man Dave Mustaine has let a few brief previews of riffs peek through his recent Cameo videos, but those are just quick snippets, and

Photo via Fred Durst’s Instagram Fred Durst may be one of the most embarrassingly untalented dum-dums to ever grace the planet. But at a time when we really, really, really need people to please just for the love of all things holy take a reasonable stance on coronavirus vaccinations, the rapper/singer/director/schlemiel is one of the

Fucked and Bound have changed their name to Filth is Eternal. Why? Vocalist Lisa Mungo (He Whose Ox is Gored) explains:  “I’ve always believed that a transformative moment would hit during the lifespan of this outfit, but relegated these notions to the future tense. However, our collective experience over the past twelve plus months made

YouTube masher-upper extraordinaire Bill McClintock has returned! For his latest amalgamation masterwork, McClintock has take Van Halen’s “Jump” — one of the most uplifting songs of all time — and melded it with “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams. The result: “Jump” has never sounded so sad!!! Enjoy the mash-up below. Click here to check out some of McClintock’s

Robert Fripp is on tour in the U.S. with King Crimson at the moment, but that doesn’t mean his infamous “Sunday Lunch” cover videos with his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have taken a pause. For this week’s video, Willcox delivers a solo cover of the Divinyls’ “I Touch Myself” for her husband,

Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach has announced that he’s contracted Covid-19 despite being vaccinated. Bach reports feeling “completely fine” despite a recent positive test following a series of fly-in live performances. So-called “breakthrough infections” have been attracting media attention lately although they remain rare. The three vaccines available in the U.S. remain tremendously effective

This Monday, August 9, marks the 27 year anniversary of the release of Burn My Eyes, the seminal debut album by Machine Head. To celebrate the event, three-fourths of the band’s Burn My Eyes-era line-up — Robb Flynn (guitar/vocals), Logan Mader (guitar), and Chris Kontos (drums) — put on a livestream performance of the entire

After several days of rumors, guitarist Marc Rizzo has confirmed his departure from Max Cavalera’s Soulfly. Earlier this week, it was announced that Soulfly would soon be touring with Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares in place of Rizzo. Rumors of Rizzo’s departure from the group after eighteen years heated up the next day, when the

Official press release: As they prepare for the release of their monumental new E.P. Forge Your Future (August 27, Century Media), Spirit Adrift have reemerged with a music video for the album’s stunning second single “Wake Up.”  Vocalist/guitarist Nate Garrett comments: “The video for ‘Wake Up’ marks the third time we’ve worked with Guilherme Henriques, and these collaborations somehow produce better results

Official press release: Sleep Token have released “The Love You Want,” the second single from their forthcoming album This Place Will Become Your Tomb.  Watch the otherworldly video for “The Love You Want” below. Anonymous, silent, masked, armed with a staggering vocal range, a deft touch on the keyboards, plus a live approach that is never less than fully