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Official press release: Grammy Award-winning four-piece Greta Van Fleet are debuting their latest track “Broken Bells,” an anthem intended to inspire; listen below. “Broken Bells is what the fetter of society does to impact a pure and innocent soul. Our intention is to remove the obligation of generational synthetic expectations; break down these walls and not build
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Official press release: Arizona’s Go Ahead and Die is proud to announce their self-titled debut album will be released on June 11th. Go Ahead and Die is a raw, urgent, unrelenting, thrillingly shocking, and vibrant new band. Today the band release the first single, “Truckload Full Of Bodies.” Listen below. Max Cavalera comments, “‘Truckload Full of Bodies’ is a dark
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Late last year, Meshuggah revealed plans for a fall 2021 tour after canceling all summer engagements for the year and said their next album was already mostly written, suggesting they’d have a new album ready to go by the time the tour comes around. Now, a new photo posted to the band’s social accounts depicting
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Lamb of God have premiered the official video for “Memento Mori (Live)” from the Lamb of God: Live in Richmond DVD, which is part of the upcoming Lamb Of God (Deluxe Version) set. The set features the band’s self-titled 2020 album with two bonus tracks and a live version of the album, along with a
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A federal judge has denied Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer bail as he awaits trial in Washington, D.C. for his role in the January 6 insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol, according to Blabbermouth (who did not cite a source). Schaffer appeared in front of Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui for a video teleconference earlier today
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It’s been roughly two-and-a-half years since All That Remains guitarist Oli Herbert died under mysterious circumstances — and yet Herbert’s widow, Elizabeth, is still causing issues for the surviving members of the band. In a new interview with American Songwriter, ATR frontman Phil Labonte reveals that although the band has “toyed” with the idea of
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Several hours after MetalSucks uploaded a video of Flaw vocalist Christopher Volz dropping the N-word at a show in Illinois last Friday, March 12, the singer has issued an apology via social media. The incident took place at The WC Social Club in West Chicago, IL, part of a three-day run of shows for the
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Over the weekend, CBS announced that their show The Talk is “currently under internal review” following a heated on-air exchange between the show’s hosts on Wednesday (March 10). The controversial discussion resulted from co-host Sharon Osbourne defending Piers Morgan. Variety now reports that the show is taking “a brief hiatus” while the network’s investigation continues, with
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Body Count’s “Bum Rush” picked up the Grammy for Best Metal Performance at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, beating out Power Trip, Code Orange, In This Moment and Poppy. As usual, the Best Metal Performance award was handed out the Grammy Premiere Ceremony before the main event, only available to stream online. The award was Ice-T’s
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Official press release: Decibel‘s June 2021 issue will mark 200 installments of North America’s only monthly metal magazine, one that has long outgrown the confines of rightly revered print publication. The Decibel Flexi Series, Decibel Books, the Decibel Magazine Tour, the bicoastal Metal & Beer Fests and a number of one-off live events – are
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The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of March 6 – March 12, 2021 Did you miss some of this week’s top stories in the world of metal? Catch up below: Entombed frontman LG Petrov passed away from bile duct cancer. Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch admitted that he “went too far” with Christianity. Mick Thomson finds
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