Guns N’ Roses have released a studio recording of a new(ish) song, “Absurd.” You can listen below. The song originated as a track called “Silkworms,” written by keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman, during sessions for Chinese Democracy. The group played it live a handful of times in 2001, and studio bootlegs of various iterations
Metal
In an interview published last night, White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that as the U.S. daily COVID case average approaches 100,000 people per day — a whopping 48% increase from just one week ago — a new, more severe, vaccine-resistant variant could emerge. Furthermore, Fauci stressed the fact that vaxx holdouts
Official press release: Black Sabbath embraced change in 1976 when the heavy metal innovators started managing themselves and began exploring different sounds on the band’s seventh studio album, Technical Ecstasy. The record reached #13 in the U.K. and was certified gold in the U.S. BMG honors this daring album with a super-duper-extra-special deluxe collection that includes
Anthrax have released the final episode of their 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 all lead up to a special career-spanning livestream performance on July 16 (the band’s actual 40th anniversary). You can watch the last episode below. The
Limp Bizkit took time out of their show last night (August 2) at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa to pay tribute to ex-Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison. Clive is roughly an hour away from Jordison’s home town of Des Moines. You can watch fan-filmed footage of the tribute below. Jordison died last week at
On August 15, Backbeat Books (an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) will release Metallica: The $24.95 Book by longtime friend of MetalSucks, Ben Apatoff. The tome looks at Metallica’s cultural significance, with chapters devoted to each member, each album, touring, fashion, books, film, influences, fandom, history, and more, exploring the band’s ideologies along the way. It’s
Cradle of Filth announced a new album, Existence is Futile, just last week. That makes now the perfect time to celebrate something they released in 1998. Which is what the band will do starting in October, when they return to the Colonies to perform their third album, the Elizabeth Báthory-themed Cruelty and the Beast, in
Light up that celebratory bonfire: death metal legends Immolation are in the studio working on their eleventh full-length studio album. We know this because the band recently shared a pair of studio photos on social media, along with this message: “It has begun…🔥” You can view the post below. The pictures tell you nothing about
Metallica have released a trailer for the A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes DVD. The DVD, which, as its title suggests, includes unused footage from the band’s fan favorite 1992 documentary chronicling the making The Black Album and the subsequent tour to support it. You can watch the trailer below. The
Official press release: Rock icons Danko Jones have announced two livestream performances in celebration of the release of their tenth studio album Power Trio, out August 27th via Sonic Unyon Records. The livestreams are set for Saturday, August 28th at 8:00PM ET / 5:00PM PT and at 8:00PM CET. These shows will be streamed live from Bridgeworks in Hamilton, Ontario. To add to the
Employed to Serve are one of those bands whose name doesn’t quite make sense to me. Is anyone ever employed not to serve? As an employee, are you not, in a sense, a servant of your employer, regardless of your actual job? I don’t get it! Something I most certainly do get, though, is the
Firstborne, the project featuring drummer Chris Adler (ex-Lamb of God), bassist James LoMenzo (ex-Megadeth, ex-Black Label Society, ex-White Lion, etc.), guitarist Myrone, and singer Girish Pradhan (Girish and the Chronicles), have released new song, “The Bidding.” In an accompanying statement, the band promises that they will have a “new album soon.” You can listen to “The
Brian Cook of Russian Circles, Sumac, These Arms are Snakes and Botch fame has announced a new project, Torment & Glory. Sargent House will release the debut album, We Left a Note with an Apology, on August 27, and they’ve unveiled the first single, “No Big Crime,” with a video directed by Bobby Markos of DocumaVision. Give it
Slipknot have released an eight-and-a-half-minute tribute to their former drummer, Joey Jordison, who died this week at the age of 46. Says the band in an accompanying statement: “Our hearts go out to Joey’s family and loved ones at this time of tremendous loss. Joey Jordison’s art, talent, and spirit could not be contained or be
Disney has released a new version of “Nothing Else Matters” by Metallica — this one created in collaboration with Oscar nominated composer James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight, Michael Clayton, The Sixth Sense). The reimagined version of the track appears in Jungle Cruise, the new movie based on the Disneyland/Disney World ride of the same
Unlike its “good twin” to the south, North Korea is not known as a musical force in pop culture, but that doesn’t mean that its citizens don’t enjoy or perform music. There have been groups within the country such as Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble, Wangjaesan Light Music Band, and various orchestras who perform a load of patriotic, communist themed
Turnstile have unveiled “Blackout,” the latest single from their forthcoming album, Glow On. “Blackout” delivers everything a fan of the band could expect and hope for: hardcore grooves, chunky riffs, and Perry Farrell-esque vocals. There’s also some dope auxiliary percussion work both subtly throughout the song and up front in the mix at the end.
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill (born Joseph Michael Hill) has died. He was 72 years old. No cause of death has been publicly revealed, but we do know that he passed away in his sleep. The band revealed the news themselves on social media about an hour ago. Their statement reads in full: “We are
Slipknot co-founders Corey Taylor and M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan have both posted black squares on their social media accounts in honor of Joey Jordison, who died yesterday at just 46 years old. The band’s official channels also went completely black after the news broke earlier today: Jordison was the third member to join Slipknot in
Seven Spires weren’t on my radar beyond basic name recognition until their latest single dropped yesterday, but they sure are now! All it takes to unlock my musical heart is a good hook, and ohhh lordee, do Seven Spires have ’em! “Lightbringer,” which arrives with a music video (featuring a cameo by friend-of-MS Sonia!) is
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 79
- 80
- 81
- 82
- 83
- …
- 100
- Next Page »