Metal

My kid just turned six, and while he enjoys jamming metal in the car from time to time — his favorites are Anthrax, Ghost and Corrosion of Conformity — getting him to tap along to a metronome is the farthest we’ve gotten in his education as a musician. Jesús del Río, on the other hand,

On Saturday, June 5, George Lynch reunited with Dokken at the Live United Live Music Festival in Sunbury, Pennsylvania to perform the three songs: “Kiss of Death”, “Tooth and Nail” and “When Heaven Comes Down.” You can watch fan-filmed footage from the reunion below. The classic line-up of Dokken —  Don Dokken, Lynch, Jeff Pilson and Mick Brown — apparently have reunion tour dates booked, although

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have unveiled the latest entry in their “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos that have captured the Internet’s attention in recent months. The duo’s latest video finds them covering ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man” along with the masked guitarist, Sidney Jake,

Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has said he’s “justified” in calling his new group KK’s Priest, an obvious attempt to benefit from the name value of his former employers. Downing, who left Judas Priest in 2011 by his own volition and later became sour about not being invited back, launched KK’s Priest last year with two other

Periphery guitarist and mastermind Misha “Bulb” Mansoor has released a new solo single called “Echo Teuffel.” And if you’re wondering, yes, the title does come from the brand of guitar on which the track was composed. Explains Mansoor: “This song is aptly titled because it was born of me jamming on my rather unique Teuffel

Anthrax have released the fourteenth episodes 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 will all lead up to a special career-spanning livestream performance on July 16 (the band’s actual 40th anniversary). Each album will get three

The organizers behind Voragos, a new 5-day rock cruise that will set sail in February of 2022, are betting that audiences rabid to get back to the live concert experience after a year and a half are ready to pack aboard cruise ships again now that the pandemic is fading into the rearview in America

Just a few months before the pandemic shut the world down, ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato joined Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell on stage for the latter’s solo show in Los Angeles, performing the Chains classics “Would?” and “Down in a Hole,” (tackling Layne Stayley’s parts) and a cover of “Who’ll Stop

We’ve come to a really interesting spot in Anthrax’s ongoing Anthrax 40 for 40 retrospective/anniversary video celebration: 1990’s Persistence of Time. Part of the reason it’s such an interesting period in Anthrax’s career is because, well, Persistence of Time fucking rules — but part of it is that this period of the band has a lot

Almost five months after parting ways with Tommy Vext, Bad Wolves have announced that they’ve hired a new singer: Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz, former guitarist for The Acacia Strain. Laskiewicz previously collaborated with Bad Wolves on their 2019 album, N.A.T.I.O.N., albeit only as a songwriter (if I’m not mistaken). He’ll make his recording debut with the

And now, we bring you a very Volbig Volbulletin sure to send Volbeat fans into a state of Volbliss. Has Volbeat Volbuted a new Volbanger? No. Has Volbeat Volbuted TWO new Volbangers? Volbetcha! So now you’ve got some fresh material to which you can Volbeat-off. The new Volbeuphonies are called “Dagen Før,” which is Norwegian

Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil played his first post-pandemic show as part of this past weekend’s Boone River Valley Festival in Iowa, and if you think he used the downtime he had during the past year-and-a-half to get in shape and make sure his voice was in peak condition for his return, well, you don’t know

You can add Dynamo Metalfest to the growing list of festivals going forward as planned this summer, albeit in a slightly different form than originally envisioned. The fest, which has the benefit of taking place later in the season (August 21 and 22) in the Netherlands, will feature mostly European bands as Covid-19-based international travel

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