Metal

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,

Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares joined us for this week’s episode of The MetalSucks Podcast to chat about his public split with former vocalist Burton Seabell, the upcoming new album, Aggression Continuum, dealing with fan backlash and more. In a more light-hearted portion of the interview, Dino revealed that mega-producer Bob Rock (Mötley Crüe, Metallica, Bon

At long last, the wait is over: as promised, today Times of Grace have released their first new song in ten years, “The Burden of Belief.” It’s the lead single from their first new album in ten years, Songs of Loss and Separation. Some fans might be concerned that Loss will not be a Killswitch

Exodus frontman Steve “Zetro” Souza says that the band’s drummer, Tom Hunting, has been “doing really good” since beginning treatment last month for squamous cell carcinoma, a form of cancer. Souza gave fans the update as part of the most recent episode of YouTube series, Zetro’s Toxic Vault: “I was actually with the whole band

Monster Magnet’s new album, A Better Dystopia, is described as “a delightfully (and psychotically) curated collection of ’60s and ’70s proto-metal and late-era psych obscurities covered by the heavy New Jersey legends themselves.” That’s not quite accurate though — the last single before Dystopia drops this Friday (May 21) is a cover of a cover

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

A little over a year ago, three-fourths of Obscura’s then-current-line-up — specifically,  guitarist Rafael Trujillo, bassist Linus Klausenitzer, and drummer Sebastian Lanser — all quit to go form their own band. Which they’ve called Obsidious, lest anyone mistake them for Obscura. We now have our first chance to hear Obsidious — now joined by vocalist

Celebrities have a difficult enough time enjoying themselves in public without being harangued for selfies and endless, boring conversations by punishing fans. Even moreso when your public persona is based around an instantly identifiable visual aesthetic. All celebrity chef Guy Fieri wanted to do was enjoy a Slipknot concert in peace. So the Diners, Drive-Ins