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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 weeks. The latest video finds Fripp and an unnamed special guest donning sunglasses and fake blonde beards in honor of

A “motion to amend detention order” filed by Marc Victor, attorney for Iced Earth/Demons & Wizards guitarist Jon Schaffer, has been denied by a federal judge. Schaffer will therefore remain ineligible for bail. He currently awaits trial in Washington, D.C. for his role seditious riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Victor filed the

Trivium frontman Matt Heafy has released the sixth installment in his series of acoustic EPs, each of which reimagines a handful of tracks from one of the band’s albums. Heafy has previously released EPs containing acoustic versions of tracks from Ascendancy, The Crusade, Shogun, In Waves, and Vengeance Falls. Songs included on the Silence in the Snow acoustic EP are: “Silence

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 by

System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian has revealed in a social media post that he is against gun control, is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and claims “Guns are essential tools for self defense,” while adding the hashtag #DefundGunControl. This is post is NOT about System drummer John Dolmayan, who has spent

YouTuber Bobby Huff wanted to demonstrate the ills of misusing quantization — the process by which engineers fix imprecise timing in music. So, to make his point, he time corrected Van Halen’s “Runnin’ with the Devil,” which was recorded in the late ’70s, before quantization was a thing. And… yeah… the results definitely sound… wrong.

Neurosis guitarist Steve Von Till has shared “Called From the Wind,” another piece from his forthcoming ambient solo album, A Deep Voiceless Wilderness. If you feel as if this tune sounds familiar, that’s likely because it is: A Deep Voiceless Wilderness collects instrumental iterations of all the songs from Von Till’s 2020 release, No Wilderness Deep Enough. Von Till

Our old pal DJ Cummerband is back! The Minister of Mash-Ups has had a slow start this year, but has now posted an amalgamation of Static-X’s “Push It” and Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It” — cleverly titled “Push It” — online. Kind of a shame he couldn’t also include Tool’s “Pushit,” but hey, this is still swell.

Speaking of Cannibal Corpse… In a new interview with Metal Hammer, the legendary death metal band’s beloved frontman, George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher, reveals that he once hung out with Cher. Yes. The Cher. How the fuck did that happen, you ask? Corpsegrinder explains: “Cher’s son Elijah, who is in the band Deadsy, is a big Cannibal

Fresh off their Best Metal Performance Grammy win for the song “Bum-Rush,” Body Count have revealed the winner of their contest to create a video for “The Hate is Real.” And I’m more than a little thrilled to proud that it’s a 25-year-old from Brooklyn, Seby Martinez. Martinez’s video utilizes sock puppets. And yeah, Body

Been enjoying all those singles August Burns Red have released in the past few months? Great news: they’re all getting collected onto a new EP, The Guardian Sessions (well, almost all of them — the band’s cover of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” isn’t included for whatever reason). It’s due for release on

Protest the Hero singer Rody Walker promised that he’d be releasing a solo album this month, and he’s making good on that promise: his Home Made is now scheduled for release this Sunday, March 28. Why this Sunday, March 28, and not Friday, March 26? I assume because Friday is the industry’s standard day for

Children of Bodom may be no more, but they’re still looking out for the wellness of their fans’ feet. Following in the footsteps (no pun intended) of Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Motörhead, and Ghost, Children of Bodom have just unveiled their own line of branded socks. Alas, those socks are not being made in conjunction

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

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

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

Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch, who quit the band in 2005 after he found Jesus, made headline a couple of weeks back when he admitted he “went too far” with his Christian religious convictions. Now he has attempted to walk back those comments a bit, saying they were taken out of context and further explaining

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

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

Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter has doubled down on his belief that the Earth is flat, asserting that “there’s far more evidence” to support his position than there is to support the notion that the Earth is round. Furthermore, he has now asserted that 9/11 never happened, cementing his reputation as a true moron. The guitarist