Metal

Call it “For Whom the Bell Trolls.” Metallica performed last night (February 19) as part of BlizzCon 2021. Because this year’s BlizzCon, like most events, is being held remotely, the band’s performance was streamed live on Twitch from the band’s HQ in California. Unfortunately, according to Twitter, the performance did not go off without a hitch:

Ohio’s Sanguisugabogg — I believe the name is Sanskrit for “Explosive Diarrhea” — have released a new song in the form of the NSFW track “Dick Filet.” They used the French spelling of “fillet”! SO FUCKIN’ CLASSY!!! In any case, as funny as it would be if the song’s unintelligible lyrics were, indeed, a recipe

Norway’s self-proclaimed “black ‘n roll brigade,” Vreid, have released the title track from their forthcoming ninth album, Wild North West. You can check it out via the below music video. According to press materials… “Wild North West is not just a collection of songs but a concept album that developed alongside an entire movie. Throughout

The Crown have released “We Drift On,” the latest single from their new album, Royal Destroyer. You can check it out via the below music video, which was directed by Christoffer Tönnäng and Oskar Norberger. Guitarist Marko Tervonen comments:  “I think that after 30 years, people are aware that we can play pretty brutal music.

Code Orange were way out front with the whole livestream thing. When Roadrunner released their latest album, Underneath, on March 13, 2020, the pandemic was really just taking hold. So the band did an audience-free record release show — with full production! — on March 14, which they broadcast for free on their Twitch channel.

Chris Cornell’s widow, Vicky Cornell, is suing the late singer’s Soundgarden bandmates — again. Vicky and surviving members Kim Thayil (guitar), Ben Shepherd (bass), and Matt Cameron (drums), have been at odds since at least 2019, when Thayil alleged that Cornell’s vocal tracks for the final Soundgarden album were being witheld. Several months later, Vicky

This past October, Ricky Hoover, former vocalist for Suffokate and beneficiary of revolutionary earlobe reconstructive surgery, announced that he was launching a new band called Ov Sulfur. At the time, it was reported that the group would play blackened death metal. Now that Ov Sulfur have premiered their debut single, “Behind the Hand of God,” we can say

The Quarantinecast returns today with our first ever double feature: legendary drummer Chris Adler (ex-Lamb of God) and acclaimed guitarist Myrone join us to talk about their new project, Firstborne. We discuss how the band came together in part thanks to MetalSucks blathering on about Myrone’s greatness for years and years, how at first Myrone

Mastodon have released a droll new video in celebration of their 21st anniversary as a band. Says the group in a statement: “Mastodon is officially of drinking age! Yay! Thanks to all of our supporters who have stuck in with us over the years, and for the new ones, welcome to they party! It’s been

Former Delain singer Charlotte Wessels has announced that she will launch a solo career, thanking fans for their continued support and wishing all her former bandmates the best. The news follows this morning’s report that four of Delain’s five members left the band, leaving keyboardist and co-founder Martijn Westerholt to continue Delain as a solo outfit

Jake Dreyer appears to be the third member of Iced Earth to quit the band today, following singer Stu Block and bassist Luke Appleton. Although Dreyer has made no official announcement regarding his status with the group, TMZ says the guitarist told them he hasn’t been in Iced Earth since 2018, and “now he’s focused

Black Sabbath’s cocaine habit is the stuff of legends, heavy drug use synonymous with the band name itself. In fact, just last week Ozzy Osbourne released a new music video (featuring Post Malone) based on a true story, when cops raided a drugged out Sabbath recording session after someone accidentally tripped the security alarm. But

Happy Valentine’s Day! Did you miss King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox? They’re back with a cover of Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” for this special holiday edition of their weekly Sunday Lunch video series. The pair struck viral gold a few weeks back when their cover of Metallica’s

Official press release: Global Merchandising Services and Alt Smokes have collaborated to commemorate and celebrate the 40th anniversary of Motörhead’s Ace of Spades album with a new line of hempettes, a traditional, smokable way to ingest CBD with hemp grown in the United States. Alt Smokes is thrilled to present custom Ace of Spades hempettes, available now. The 100% premium hemp

Official press release: Whut up, Juggalo Fam? Welcome to ICP’s Juggalo Weekend Month Long Livestream Extravaganza! Fuck this pandemic for preventing us from physically celebrating Juggalo Weekend together in person, but we’ve got MAD flavor coming at you this month to satisfy all your wicked entertainment needs! Watch the promo video below. All rise! Court is in

That gust of wind you just felt was the entire metal community breathing a collective sigh of relief: Ozzy Osbourne has received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Earlier this week, Osbourne gave an interview in which he said he had not yet received the vaccine despite being 72-years-old and riddled with health conditions

The weekend is here! Which means it’s time for more of… fondly reminiscing about a time when we could all go out and congregate in public without a care in the world … while we live vicariously by watching our favorite bands perform online instead!  MetalSucks has got you covered with our continuously updated livestream calendar, powered

Mammoth WVH, the project led by Wolfgang Van Halen, have announced a June 11 release date via Explorer1 Music Group/EX1 Records for their self-titled debut. Along with the announcement comes a new single, “You’re to Blame.” You can listen below. Last fall, Mammoth WVH premiered the song “Distance” as a tribute to Wolfgang’s father, Eddie

A new study suggests that listening to metal decreases anxiety, blood pressure and heart rate. The study tasked 1,540 volunteers (aged 18-65) with completing non-verbal reasoning tests which were specifically designed to produce low levels of stress. Participants were given a soundtrack to listen to at the same time, made up of varying Spotify playlists. They were fitted with heart rate and blood pressure monitors and asked to

As one of metal’s elder statesmen, Ozzy should be among the first in our community to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. In addition to age, the 72-year-old has all sorts of health conditions that put him in a higher risk group for death should he catch the coronavirus, a fact not lost on the Ozzman himself.