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Legendary guitarist and composer Jason Becker, who has been living with ALS for over 30 years, will soon go home

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, spoke to Wrestling Inc. managing editor Nick Hausman

In a new interview with NewsNation’s „Banfield“, TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider, who was famously called to testify before the

Five years after announcing that he would embark on a special tour during which he would perform ACCEPT songs one

Earlier this week, Pat Becker, mother of legendary guitarist Jason Becker, revealed that her son has recently been “in constant contact

In a new interview with Canada’s The Metal Voice, former DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch was asked if he had any

In a new interview, Slipknot percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan has explained why Slipknot have yet to release Look Outside

Meliani Siti Sumartini, better known on YouTube as MelSickScreamoAnnie, is here to show you that you too can play Metallica’s

Legendary guitarist Jason Becker, who has been living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for over 30 years years, recently began

When Slipknot hit the studio in 2008 to record All Hope Is Gone, percussionist Shawn Crahan, vocalist Corey Taylor, guitarist Jim Root, and

Guns N‘ Roses clearly miss playing shows as much as we miss watching them. To whet our appetites, the band

DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen will host three exhibitions of the art from his „Legends“ series at Wentworth Galleries in

LACUNA COIL’s Cristina Scabbia has decried all the negative things about social media, saying that far too many people find

Nothing is official yet, but it looks like 36 Crazyfists has parted ways with founding vocalist Brock Lindow. This all

Flotsam And Jetsam is one of those bands that deserves infinitely more credit than they get, especially for their recent

If you’ve ever wanted to color in the artwork for either Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? by Megadeth or Chinatown

Tucson, Arizona based street metal outfit Like A Villain have just released their latest track: a Terminator influenced commentary on

In the latest episode of her „Fan Friday“ YouTube series, NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen was asked if she enjoys touring

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian spoke to Terry „Beez“ Bezer of Knotfest.com’s „Mosh Talks With Beez“ about Ian’s show „Never Meet

MERCURY CIRCLE, the new band featuring former CHILDREN OF BODOM drummer Jaska Raatikainen and SWALLOW THE SUN’s Jaani Peuhu, has

LINDEMANN, the project featuring vocalist Till Lindemann of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN and Swedish producer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY,

Gene Simmons and his wife Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons recently gave Entertainment Tonight a tour of their Los Angeles mansion,

It’s not a Shadows Fall reunion, but it’s close! Carnivora has recruited Jon Donais (Anthrax, Shadows Fall) to shred some

The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of March 29 – April 2, 2021 Did you miss some of this week’s top

Kick off the weekend by freshening up your wardrobe with our brand new Metal Injection skull design. The design is

GUNS N‘ ROSES has released video footage of the band’s November 20, 2016 performance at Estádio Mané Garrincha in Brasília,

BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT, the band launched by ex-CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho, will release an EP, „Paint The Sky

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn „Clown“ Crahan says that plans are still afoot to put out a set of 11 previously unreleased

After Lil Nas X caused more controversy using Satanic imagery than any black metal band in decades, Nike got some bad publicity for

Poppy performed at night two of WWE NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver. She performed an unreleased song, of which you

ten56., the new project fronted by Aaron Matts, have debuted their first-ever single, “diazepam.” You can check it out via

DMX, born Earl Simmons, passed away on Friday, April 10th after experiencing a heart attack as a result of a

Legendary guitarist and composer Jason Becker, who has been living with ALS for over 30 years, is at a hospital

Rapper Lil Nas X, best known for his massive hit “Old Town Road” a couple of years back, caused quite

Just in time for *checks notes* April, Trick or Treat Studios is here to give you some spooky busts! Namely

Lindemann, the band only featuring Rammstein vocalist Till Lindemann now that Peter Tägtgren quit, will release a new live album

Robert Mason has once again said that Jani Lane was „in a very dark place“ before his final exit from

After six years, Fear Factory has begun to lay out a timeline for a new album. The album is called

Hey, remember when we assumed Carnifex was teasing a Korn cover? Turns out we were right (though it wasn’t exactly

Lamb of God have premiered a live quarantine cover of the Bad Brains classic “I Against I” featuring Fever 333 vocalist Jason Aalon Butler. You can

Annie Clark, better known as St. Vincent, has been no stranger to the metal scene over the years and even

Allegaeon has announced they’ll be hitting Flatline Audio this month to record the follow-up to their 2019 album Apoptosis. The

The saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas. This adage rings especially true in the riff department, exemplified most recently

I don’t know whether or not Dress the Dead intended for the title of their latest single, “There Goes the

James Hetfield’s precise right hand is the stuff of legends. So is Lars Ulrich’s struggles with consistency, to put it

Sabaton is back with an English language version of their most recent single „Livgardet“, this time titled „The Royal Guard“.

Lamb Of God is now streaming their live-in-quarantine cover of „I Against I“ by Bad Brains featuring Fever 333 vocalist

And lo! The weekend approaches. Today is Friday! At Metal Injection, that means it’s time for the doomed denizens of

Veteran thrashers Flotsam and Jetsam have released a real ripper of a new song, “Burn the Sky.” You want old

There’s no way Sabaton planned the release of their new video to follow the public outing of founding guitarist /

Black Veil Brides has announced their new album The Phantom Tomorrow to be out on June 4. The band is

Light The Torch is back with a brand new album called You Will Be The Death Of Me due out

Carnifex have released a cover of Korn’s “Dead Bodies Everywhere,” and… I think I like it better than the original?

In a new interview with Spotify’s „Rock This With Allison Hagendorf“, MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee credited the band’s 1984

A few weeks back, 36 Crazyfists guitarist and co-founder Steven Holt gave the impression via social media that he had

Orgy’s new single, “Karma Kastles,” isn’t the worst song you’ll hear today. But it ain’t good. It’s just pretty much

It’s not often we share the endless teasers — and teasers for teasers — that bands put out these days

CHEAP TRICK bassist Tom Petersson has revealed that he is recovering from open-heart surgery. The 70-year-old rocker addressed his health

Kansas-based hardcore outfit Revisionist has dropped a furious video for “Half Moon,” the latest single from the quartet’s upcoming EP,

Los Angeles-based industrial metal band ORGY has released a new single „Karma Kastles“. The track marks the band’s first release

Light the Torch, the band formerly known as Devil You Know and permanently known as Howard Jones’ first real post-Killswitch

Burton Seabell has quit Fear Factory, and he says he ain’t never goin’ back. Except that sooner or later, he

The original lineup of Puerto Rico’s Latin metal pioneers PUYA has begun tracking some new material. The band has reunited

My non-fandom of Black Veil Brides goes back nearly 12 years, but I know tons and tons of folks adore

A lot of accurate album titles in this week’s new releases. ÅrabrotNorwegian Gothic (Pelagic) Årabrot don’t really make it easy

Extreme metal outfit Messier 16 (meaning ‘The Eagle Nebula’, band name inspired by the ‘Pillars of Creation’) comes shrieking out

Girish and the Chronicles released one of my favorite albums of 2020. You likely still haven’t heard of them despite

LAMB OF GOD has premiered a scorching cover of the BAD BRAINS classic „I Against I“ featuring FEVER 333 vocalist

Sumo Cyco: wat u think??? I say yes. Axl says no. What do YOU say? Unsurprisingly given the above I’m

In a new interview with Spotify’s „Rock This With Allison Hagendorf“, Sammy Hagar was asked if there is anything that

WWE’s NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver event had a pair of special metal guests over its two-night broadcast last night

Weekly Injection Plus releases from Årabrot, The Lion’s Daughter, Wheel, and Kiberspassk. Published 6 mins ago This week’s new heavy

Vocalist Burton C. Bell (Ascension Of The Watchers, ex-Fear Factory) recently sat down with Metal Hammer to talk about his

The iHeartRadio Music Awards have been announced for May 27 at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Bands like

Canadian alt-metal act Sumo Cyco will release their new album Initiation on May 7. The band is now streaming their

LIGHT THE TORCH — Howard Jones (vocals), Francesco Artusato (guitar), and Ryan Wombacher (bass) — will release its second full-length

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have released a new five-track single „I Will Be Gone“. Also available is the official

Swedish metallers SABATON have released the English-language version of their latest single, „Livgardet“. „The Royal Guard“ comes with an impressive

CHEAP TRICK’s 20th studio album is out today, featuring the raucous „Light Up The Fire“ and the blistering „Boys &

FEAR FACTORY will release its first new song in over five years, „Disruptor“, on Friday, April 16. The track will

Strap in and enjoy a super-slice of what MOTÖRHEAD’s forthcoming „Louder Than Noise… Live In Berlin“ will be offering, with

DailyBOOM Media has released „Let The Music Play“, a documentary on COVID-19’s brutal impact on the music industry, via YouTube

Veteran Arizona thrashers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have released a new song, „Burn The Sky“. The track is taken from the

Veteran Arizona thrashers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have released a new song, „Burn The Sky“. The track is taken from the

AFI has released the official Adam Mason-directed video for the song „Dulceria“. Also available is a visualizer for the track

BLACK VEIL BRIDES have released the official music video for their new song „Fields Of Bone“. The track is taken

During last month’s Headbangers Con, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Jesse Leach was asked by Rocking With Jam Man if he still

Jeremy Spencer, former drummer and co-founding member of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, spoke to Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station

The official music video for „You And Me“, the title track of the debut solo album from HEART’s Nancy Wilson,

It looks like Tom Morello is gonna have another year of putzin’ around the Internet, schooling conservatives who somehow don’t

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor has released „outtakes“ from the making of the official music video for his

Based out of São Paulo in Brazil, Hranice Abyss is a death metal/deathcore act holding a lineup of Vic Ferreira

Who said walking the left-hand path couldn’t be so wickedly epic and brutal? Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Portland’s satanic

Impromptu music collabs in a treehouse? YES! The Finnish band Steve’n’Seagulls, known for their YouTube videos and folk rendition of

Gojira guitarist and vocalist Joe Duplantier, much like the rest of us, is completely blown away by Metallica frontman James

In what should come as no surprise, Rage Against the Machine have decided to play it safe and reschedule their

Ted Nugent has said enough dumb stuff over the past few years that I could probably have an entire segment

Anthrax is going Record Store Day 2021 a little differently this year. The band will release a limited-edition, custom Anthrax

Fans who saw EXODUS frontman Steve „Zetro“ Souza perform a livestream concert with his AC/DC tribute band AC/DZ on April

Record Store Day 2021 has announced its releases and there is quite a lot of metal! The event will take

Crypta, the band featuring ex-Nervosa bassist Fernanda Lira and drummer Luana Dametto alongside guitarists Sonia Anubis (Cobra Spell, exx-Burning Witches)

If you haven’t checked out the new Mogwai record As The Love Continues, „Ceiling Granny“ is a great place to

Rikard Sundén, former member of Sabaton and currently of Civil War, has been charged and convicted in a Swedish court

In a recent interview with Kyle McGinn of Dead Rhetoric, bassist Alex Webster of Florida death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE

Gimme Metal Program Director Brian Turner delivers the week’s top 5 office buzz-worthy tracks. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. GHASTLY –

Celebrated archival label Light In The Attic Records has announced the first-ever posthumous tribute to the psychedelic rock luminary and

As promised, WrestleMania week kicked off with a bang with Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss doing a fun rendition of

Former ACCEPT guitarist Herman Frank has released an official lyric video for the song „Venom“. The clip, which was created

Osiris Media has released the latest episode of Alex Skolnick’s „Moods & Modes“ featuring legendary guitarist Peter Frampton. Frampton is

Trick or Treat Studios has announced a quartet of new 5″ resin busts — including the Misfits’ Jerry Only and

Rikard Sundén, a founding member of Sabaton who played guitar in the band from 1999 until 2012 and currently performs

BEARTOOTH has released the official music video for the song „Devastation“. The track is taken from the band’s fourth studio

Anthrax have announced what I think might be the coolest Record Store Day offering in history — a 3″ turntable,

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has announced his new „Bass Chronicles“ storyteller concert series with four shows across the eastern Midwest

Megadeth joins Slipknot percussionist Shawn „Clown“ Crahan in the non-fungible token (NFT) game with one of their own. Megadeth is

You really don’t need any other excuse to turn your speakers up today besides Jane N‘ The Jungle and their

Melody-driven blackened death metal outfit, Saille, is back with their 5th album, V, and it is another hallmark in the

Anyone who has followed the career of DMX, one of the most distinctive and instantly recognizable voices in all of

Zao continues to pretty much rip the doors down at every single turn, this time with their new song „Transitions“.

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE has rescheduled its reunion tour for 2022. The reunited quartet — Zack De La Rocha, Tom

Ice Fleet, Kauan’s epic ninth album (and first since 2017) comes out Friday, April 9th, but you can stream it,

As previously reported, guitarist Nita Strauss last night (April 7) appeared at the first of WWE NXT’s two-night pay-per-view extravaganza,

Three-time Grammy Award-nominated rock quartet P.O.D. has announced „Satellite Over Southtown“, a premiere streaming series celebrating the 20th anniversary of

More than a year into the pandemic, renowned virologist Dr. Theodore A. Nugent has questioned the validity of claims that

Legendary guitarist Jason Becker recently began experiencing shortness of breath and a rapid heart rate. Becker, who has been living

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) and the Fender Custom Shop have announced the limited-edition Mike McCready 1960 Stratocaster in the

Jason Becker, the iconic guitarist who has been afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) since the early ’90s, has been hospitalized. Earlier

Zao have released “Transitions,” the fourth single from their forthcoming album, The Crimson Corridor, and it hasn’t done a thing

A Frankenstrat guitar originally owned by Eddie Van Halen has gone up for sale at Heritage Auctions. The instrument was

It’s been too long since we’ve heard from blackened death-sludge unit Withered, whose last album, Grief Relic, arrived in May

Singer-songwriter Annie Clark, who is more widely known as St. Vincent, will release a cover of METALLICA’s „Sad But True“

PodcastOne, a leading podcast platform and a subsidiary of LiveXLive Media, announced today that it will launch „The Kelly Osbourne

PAPA ROACH continues to celebrate the release of its second greatest-hits compilation, „Greatest Hits Vol. 2: The Better Noise Years“

ANTHRAX has joined up with Record Store Day to release a limited-edition, custom mini-turntable, as well as a vinyl disc

Wolfgang Van Halen has released the official lyric video for the song „Think It Over“ from his solo band, MAMMOTH

Rufus Publications has announced the publication of „Sabbath: The Dio Years“. In 1980 legendary singer Ronnie James Dio joined Tony

Rock icon Rob Zombie released his seventh studio album, „The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy“, on March 12 via

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, performed the national anthem on last night’s (Wednesday,

NEON CHRIST, the cult hardcore luminaries featuring William DuVall (BL’AST!, COMES WITH THE FALL, ALICE IN CHAINS), Jimmy Demer (GARDENS

According to The Detroit News, Paul Stanley’s SOUL STATION will perform via video at this year’s Detroit Music Awards, which

KANSAS, America’s legendary progressive rock band, has announced the departure of guitarist Zak Rizvi. Rizvi joined KANSAS in 2016, but

Legendary guitarist and composer Jason Becker, who has been living with ALS for over 30 years, has been hospitalized after

Lamentari is Latin for “a passionate expression of grief or sorrow”, and there is no better way to describe the

Janet Gardner has opened up to „Waste Some Time With Jason Green“ about her departure from VIXEN. The singer, who

An AC/DC picture disc is among this year’s Record Store Day Drops, set for June 12 and July 17 at

A few weeks ago, most of us didn’t know what the heck NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are. Now it feels like

You may remember Hammerhedd from when we wrote about them in 2016 and 2018, always with glowing words, some of

WWE WrestleMania, the showcase of the immortals, the grandest stage of them all is this weekend and we can’t help

Ted Nugent has suggested the novel coronavirus is referred to as COVID-19 because there have been 18 other coronaviruses. The

Ever wondered how various artists from throughout the metal and hard rock communities stack up against one another when it

Photo: sgcdesignco Turns out you can totally judge someone by their taste in music and not be too far off

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick will host a livestream event later this month. Dubbed „Bruce

Cirith Ungol released their reunion album Forever Black in 2020 and they’re not done yet! The band is now back

Paul Stanley’s father is celebrating his 101st birthday today (Wednesday, April 7). This morning, the KISS frontman tweeted out a

California was the first state to implement lockdowns, and it will be one of the first states to fully reopen

A 40th-anniversary cassette box set containing cassettes of MÖTLEY CRÜE’s first five albums is among this year’s Record Store Day

California has announced plans to allow its businesses to fully reopen on June 15, including concert venues. Following Texas and

Lordi is planning to follow up their 2020 album Killection with literally seven entire new studio albums due out this

Mostly-instrumental psych metal band Earthless has announced they’re in the studio recording their first new record since 2018. Advertisement. Scroll

If you somehow needed to be convinced that Erik Rutan can shred, look no further than his playthrough of the

Cannibal Corpse have debuted “Condemnation Contagion,” another song from their forthcoming album Violence Unimagined, in the form of an Erik

BLACK VEIL BRIDES have released a teaser for the music video for their new song „Fields Of Bone“. The track

Korean drummer A-YEON has built quite a following on Youtube, amassing nearly 1.5 million subscribers for her videos. No doubt

Geoff Tate got his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine last month in his home state of Washington. The former

Given the situation in Europe right now and the slow rollout of vaccines, it’s not too shocking that Guns N‘

Soulfly is wrapping up sessions for their new album with producer Arthur Rizk (Code Orange, Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy). According

PHILIP H. ANSELMO AND THE ILLEGALS will return to the stage this week for a very special livestream event. Dubbed

The world’s first MEGADETH non-fungible token (NFT) has arrived. This piece is a one-of-one and exclusively available for auction via

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, will perform the national anthem on „NXT TakeOver:

BLACKMORE’S NIGHT’s Candice Night and Ritchie Blackmore are featured in a new three-part interview series in which they talk about

The Devil Wears Prada is back 11 full years later with a follow-up to their 2010 Zombie EP! The Devil

“Relief” is the word I used most when my friends from abroad asked me how I felt when Donald Trump

The Brian Johnson TV YouTube channel has uploaded two TV performances from Brian Johnson’s pre-AC/DC band GEORDIE. The first is

“You can never have too much Lordi!” said no one ever. So the band will release seven — yes, seven

Former STYX singer Dennis DeYoung will release his final studio album, „26 East, Vol 2“, on June 11 via Frontiers

King of Asgard’s new track „Kvikr“ will have you hooked in a frenzy of hair whipping and sword swinging in

Not to be outdone by Randy Blythe (or perhaps in conjunction with him), Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton has

The WWE has released Ozzy Osbourne’s acceptance video from his recent induction into their Hall of Fame. Says Ozzy in

A startling 21 years have passed since Blaze Bayley released his first solo record, „Silicon Messiah“. Perhaps more importantly, it

Legendary bassist Rudy Sarzo (ex-QUIET RIOT, OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE) spoke to Rolling Stone about what it was like to tour

DISTURBED bassist John Moyer received his COVID-19 vaccine this past February in his home state of Texas. The 47-year-old musician,

Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, etc. frontman Mike Patton is universally respected as a world-class vocalist and intrepid creative

Do you have tens of thousands of dollars sitting around collecting dust? Do you love Metallica? Would you like to

This is almost certainly the wrong forum to be discussing the Eurovision Song Context, but that is where ARION first

This past October, Tool and Puscifer frontman Maynard James Keenan revealed that he’d contracted Covid-19 last February, early in the pandemic, when the

Banger Films has announced „Heavy Metal Hitchhiker“, an eight-episode original comedy web series produced by its digital division BangerTV. The

Ten Second Songs, now re-branded as the channel for mastermind Anthony Vincent, is here to show you just how smooth

If you’ve seen the new movie Manipulated, you might’ve recognized Sevendust vocalist Lajon Witherspoon in his cameo appearance! Witherspoon and

Boss Keloid is back, baby! The band will release their new album Family The Smiling Thrush on June 4 and

In a new interview with „The Jeremy White Podcast“, CHEAP TRICK singer Robin Zander was asked to weigh on a

Brazilian/Dutch death metal band CRYPTA will release its debut album, „Echoes Of The Soul“, on June 11 via Napalm Records.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA will release a new EP, „ZII“, on May 21 via Solid State Records. The original „Zombie“

Armed with a blistering, aggressive new single „Nowhere Generation“, the multi-platinum, politically imbued punk rockers RISE AGAINST celebrate the track’s

Southern California rockers THE OFFSPRING have released a new song called „We Never Have Sex Anymore“. The track is taken

JUDAS PRIEST’s European tour, which was scheduled to kick off in late May, has once again been postponed due to

On June 18, award-winning Canadian vocalist Lee Aaron will release „Radio On!“, a collection of 12 brand-new originals that invite

Ozzy Osbourne was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame Tuesday night (April 6). Osbourne was an unannounced addition of

SOULFLY is putting the finishing touches on its twelfth album for a tentative late 2021 release via Nuclear Blast Records.

THE WINERY DOGS guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen, who made a name for himself via his hard rock, blues-influenced solo albums, perhaps

Here’s your second big chunka metal-and-rasslin’-related news today: Poppy and Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss are both set to perform

We have a very special guest, Evile’s Ol Drake will be joining us. Their new album, Hell Unleashed, is out

Add a new outfit called Disorder Assembly to the resume of Between the Buried and Me bassist Dan Briggs, who,

During an appearance on a recent episode of the „Battleline Podcast“, BREAKING IN A SEQUENCE frontman Rich Nguyen explained why

Wine and heavy metal may not seem like the most natural combination, but that didn’t stop Century Media alum and

It’s WWE WrestleMania week and it’s shaping up to the most metal WrestleMania week ever. WWE has lined up three

Press copy for They Fell From the Sky leans heavily on the band members’ associations with Hundred Reasons and Bullet

It seems like mask culture is not going to go away for the near future, and some companies are really

Dave Grohl, the coolest motherfucker in rock, is working on a new book. The Foo Fighters frontman announced his new

SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE has announced a handful of Florida shows in May and June. The five-date trek will

A little less than a year ago, Cirith Ungol released Forever Black, their first album of new material since 1991’s Paradise

Legendary rock musician Ann Wilson will release another new single, „Black Wing“, on April 12. It is one of several

Following on from the success of its MOTÖRHEAD and JUDAS PRIEST coloring books launched last year, Rock N‘ Roll Colouring

Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan originally contracted COVID-19 in February 2020 and was still battling it in October. He revealed last month that

Josh Scogin of ’68, The Chariot and ex-Norma Jean was our guest on a recent episode of The MetalSucks Podcast

Saxon are a band that require no introduction. They are OGs of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and

In a new interview with NME, SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian, who was publicly critical of the Donald

Incubus vocalist Brandon Boyd recently teamed up with American Idol contestants Chayce Beckham and Casey Bishop for two live duets

If you’ve ever wanted to own the ESP 400 that Metallica’s Kirk Hammett used in the 1989 music video for

Frank sits down with Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder to discuss his music discovery process for The Obituarist

Did you hear the news? Probably not… but Ozzy Osbourne is being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame tonight.

Everyone’s favorite pirate metal band Alestorm has announced their new live album Live in Tilburg for May 28, and are

Charlie Benante (Anthrax) has teamed up with Alex Skolnick (Testament), Roberto „Ra“ Diaz (Suicidal Tendencies), Brandon Yeagley (Crobot) and Mee

Trivium vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy has taken the band’s 2003 track „Ignition“ and re-imagined it for eight string guitar.

Disorder Assembly, the jazz collective featuring Between The Buried And Me bassist Dan Briggs on both bass and synth, has

LAST IN LINE drummer Vinny Appice spoke to Thomas S. Orwat Jr. of the „Glam Metal“ podcast about the progress

Carnifex is teasing something and it just might be a Korn cover. The band took to Twitter to announce they’re

YouTuber and guitarist Andre Antunes is extremely good at making generally non-metal things very metal. This time he’s made a

Hey there, tech fiends. It’s that time of the week again. Before we dive into today’s focus, here’s the usual

Everyone is maybe getting a little too excited about the pandemic’s end being in sight; clearly, the concert industry doesn’t

Wrestling and heavy metal go together like two things that go together really well; the fact that fans of an

Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI will release no less than seven new studio albums in October. The LPs will mark

Kaiju is the Japanese term for the strange beasts that run amok destroying cities and fighting each other in feature

THE OFFSPRING singer Bryan „Dexter“ Holland and guitarist Kevin „Noodles“ Wasserman spoke to Rock Sound about the band’s upcoming tenth

Underground doom label Ripple Music is on a roll right now. They’ve already released several outstanding albums thus far in

Hammerhedd is younger than all of us and can absolutely several play circles us. Look no further than the band’s

Legendary guitarist Jason Becker is unfortunately experiencing a scay bout with shortness of breath and rapid heart rate. Becker, who

I just watched 12 entire minutes of American Idol. I won’t say it’s the most I’ve ever watched of the

Lil Nas X is currently enjoying the sort of Satanic panic-driven media frenzy that was once was reserved for metal.

In a new interview with Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio, PEARL JAM guitarist Stone Gossard spoke about the band’s

Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe has joined the growing ranks of metal musicians to sign up for Cameo, the

On April 10, Backline will host „Set Break“, its first-ever livestream fundraiser on The Relix Channel, exclusively on Twitch —

Federal prosecutors are allegedly working with insurrectionist and Iced Earth founder Jon Schaffer on a cooperation deal regarding his involvement

George Lynch has blasted people who are defiantly skeptical of mask wearing, calling their refusal to wear masks in public

A confidential court document that was inadvertently made public on Monday, April 5, indicates that prosecutors are in negotiations with

Guitarist Jason Becker’s mother, Pat Becker, has revealed that her son is “in constant contact with his doctors” after “experiencing

In a new interview with Sweden’s RockSverige, GOJIRA frontman Joseph Duplantier was asked which other musician influenced him and made

EVANESCENCE’s new album, „The Bitter Truth“, has charted at No. 4 in the U.K., making it the band’s fourth Top

After the rousing and successful HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD „House Party“ last December, the Los Angeles party legends have announced the follow-up

California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER have confirmed that they have commenced the recording process for their sixth studio album.

Dey Street Books, an imprint of the William Morrow Group at HarperCollins, announced today that it will publish „The Storyteller“

According to Wrestling Observer, Ozzy Osbourne will be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame. Osbourne was an unannounced addition

GUNS N‘ ROSES has been forced to postpone its European tour for a second time due to the ongoing COVID-19

German/American metallers ACCEPT will embark on a European tour in January 2022. Support on the trek will come from PHIL

Holding members from the US and India, The Second Fovea’s lineup consists of Pritam Goswami Adhikary (vocals; Aarlon, Kill the King),

Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke to Thorn Of Rock about his 2017 chance encounter with his former bandmates at a

Wolfgang Van Halen, who will release the debut album from his solo band, MAMMOTH WVH, in June, has confirmed to

WWE superstar Rhea Ripley enters the Squared Circle Pit. We talk about her big Raw debut, getting a title opportunity

Ronnie James Dio fronted Black Sabbath between 1979 and 1982, and then again between 1991 and 1992. Though his tenure

Cave In and Every Time I Die recently took part in the inaugural Splitsville sessions from Two Minutes to Late

Legendary guitarist and composer Jason Becker, who has been living with ALS for over 30 years, is „in constant contact

Sebastian Bach has received the COVID-19 vaccine. The 53-year-old former SKID ROW singer shared that he got the shot in

The Kings of Quarantine, the band of rotating musicians headed up by Jason Rockman (Slaves On Dope), Kevin Jardine (Slaves

When I saw that artificial intelligence had written a “new” Nirvana song using the band’s catalogue as inputs, I was

As first reported in January, the creative geniuses at Two Minutes to Late Night — who have kept us all entertained for

Some people found it hard to process that a band like Chevelle, who has sold 6 million records to date,

It would appear that Fear Factory have hired a singer to replace Burton Seabell… and that that singer is someone

Shock rock icon Alice Cooper recently sat down with The SDR Show and talked about his pretty unique initial experience

Lil Nas X was causing waves, the type of satanic panic that metal bands would get in the 80s last

Today, April 5, 2021, is the 27th anniversary of the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Coincidentally, Over the Bridge

Former DOKKEN and current FOREIGNER bassist Jeff Pilson, who recently revealed that he was working on a yoga book, discussed

Kauan are a difficult band to pin down.  Having traversed the musical landscape from ambient to neofolk to post-rock to

March was another snazzy month for rock and metal overall. As always, some bands saw some huge gains, while others

Alex Jekyl recently treated the judges on Peruvian singing show Yo Soy to his impersonation of Judas Priest vocalist Rob

If you’re in the mood for thirteen minutes of bone-crushing stoner doom riffs, then you need to listen to the

PAPA ROACH guitarist Jerry Horton spoke to Australia’s Heavy about the band’s upcoming follow-up to 2019’s „Who Do You Trust?“

SiriusXM is celebrating International Guitar Month this April with a new, limited-engagement channel, SiriusXM Guitar Greats (Ch. 105), saluting the

Red Fang is coming out of the gate insanely strong with their new single „Arrows“ off the album of the

’70s classic rock legends CACTUS have released their new album, „Tightrope“, on all formats today. The band filmed a slick

The New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Metalcore. Early 2000s metal bands. Metal. Music? Whatever you want to call that

SLAVES ON DOPE’s Jason Rockman and Kevin Jardine, along with Bill Kelliher of MASTODON, are back with their project THE

Lemme get a Kool Aid Man-style “OH YEAH!”: Red Fang have released a new song, “Arrows”! You can jam it

Zao guitarist Scott Mellinger is our guest this week! We discuss the band’s the new album, The Crimson Corridor, the

Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX), Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT), Roberto „Ra“ Diaz (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES), Brandon Yeagley (CROBOT) and Mee Eun Kim (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA)

Is melodic death metal due for a renaissance? It might be a bit premature to say that, but purely anecdotal

Fear Factory’s upcoming album is unfortunately their final one with vocalist Burton C. Bell, but the band plans to continue.

As Exhibit 1,679 that metalheads are just a bunch of cuddly bears on the inside, Satanic Planet, the new band

Trivium frontman Matt Heafy has released the latest installment in his series of acoustic EPs, each of which reimagines a

Fear Factory are getting to release the first single from their new album on April 16, and presumably to build

Like most bands, hard rock radio stalwarts Chevelle have not made any money from album sales. That popular bands primarily

Black Sabbath fans got an unexpected treat last month when a demo of a previously unreleased song called “Slapback” made

PHILIP H. ANSELMO AND THE ILLEGALS will return to the stage this week for a very special livestream event. Dubbed

RED FANG, the beloved Portland-based „riff-heavy“ (NPR) rock band, will release a new album, „Arrows“, on June 4 via Relapse

Polish sludge unit 71TONMAN has announced their new album War Is Peace // Peace Is Slavery for July 9. You

Former ILL NIÑO members Cristian Machado (vocals), Ahrue „Luster“ Ilustre (guitar) and Diego Verduzco (guitar) are putting the finishing touches

Former MOTÖRHEAD and current SCORPIONS drummer Mikkey Dee revisited his KING DIAMOND days by playing the intro to the song

FOZZY singer and wrestling superstar Chris Jericho was recently interviewed by YouTuber and music industry expert Rick Beato. You can

In a new interview The Sessions, former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist was asked what advice he had

Former BURNING WITCHES vocalist Seraina Telli has released a new single from her DEAD VENUS project. According to a press

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have unveiled the latest entry in

Stephen Pearcy was joined by his former bandmate Bobby Blotzer during the RATT singer’s livestream concert on Friday, April 2

During a recent appearance on „Another FN Podcast With Izzy Presley“, Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN & HELL), Frank

Toyal Willcox made sure to put on her best goth Easter bunny outfit for her latest cover with her husband, King

Drummer Nick Barker has played for quite a few legendary names over the years, namely Brujeria, Cradle of Filth, Dimmu

Alex Jekyl, vocalist and guitarist of the Venezuelan hard rock band JEKYL HYDES, was a guest on the March 24

Goregäng, the band featuring drummer Taylor Nordberg and guitarist and vocalist Jeramie Kling (both of The Absence), has announced its

Eloy Casagrande, drummer for Sepultura and potentially an actual machine in human skin, is back with a killer drum cover

Satanic Planet, the new band featuring Justin Pearson (The Locust, Dead Cross), Dave Lombardo (Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Cross, ex-Slayer), Luke

German black metal unit Der Weg Einer Freiheit is completely done with the follow-up to their 2017 album Finisterre. According

Sometimes you gotta fake it until you make it, which Alice Cooper guitarist and solo artist Nita Strauss knows all

Exhumed has been on a roll the past two years, with their full-length Horror in 2019 and their splits with

He has risen… he being the Metal God, Rob Halford! The Judas Priest frontman posted short, playful video wishing fans

Chris Jericho has wished Sebastian Bach a happy 53rd birthday, less than a year after the former SKID ROW singer

Napalm Records has set a July 30 release date for Dee Snider’s upcoming solo album, „Leave A Scar“. The follow-up

KORN guitarist Brian „Head“ Welch has once again clarified his recent comments about Christianity, insisting that he was only referring

CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster, whose band has been around for more than three decades, spoke to The Metal Meltdown

In a new interview with „The Dr. Jeff Show“, John Cooper, the frontman and bassist for the Grammy-nominated Christian rock

In a new interview with MetalTalk, George Lynch reflected on DOKKEN’s participation in the 1988 „Monsters Of Rock“ U.S. stadium

An outtake from the „Flying V“ documentary in which JUDAS PRIEST touring guitarist Andy Sneap talks about his early interest

Geoff Tate says that he doesn’t really have an interest in a reunion of QUEENSRŸCHE’s classic lineup. In April 2014,

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson was the featured guest on BBC’s „The Rock Show With Johnnie Walker“ during the „Rock

California death metallers Exhumed have entered the studio to record their tenth full-length album. The band have been documenting their

In July 2015, Vice Inc., whose chief executive officer and principal executive officer are ART OF ANARCHY guitarist Jonathan Votta

It feels like we’ve been covering Megadeth writing a new album for pretty much eternity at this point, but it

Another week, another EP of Trivium guitarist and vocalist Matt Heafy performing a handful of his own band’s songs acoustically.

The O’Keefe Music Foundation is back with one hell of a Korn cover, specifically the band’s classic „Freak On A

It seemed pretty safe to assume that when Tallah announced they were doing an Aladdin covers EP on March 31,

Ex-Cannibal Corpse guitarist Jack Owen, who left the band in 2004, reunited with ex-Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes in Six

The coming Helloween self-titled album is the band’s first since 2015, but more importantly is the first to feature all

New blackened horror metal band Veile have unveiled their chilling new single „The Unwelcome“. Veile is the latest project of

Ted Nugent has once again denied the benefit of wearing masks and questioned the efficacy of vaccines while also repeating

Filmmaker Joe Berlinger recently appeared on the Greatest Music of All Time podcast to discuss Some Kind of Monster, the

CHEVELLE drummer Sam Loeffler has clarified his brother’s recent comment that the band hasn’t made any money from record sales

Following a myriad of celebrity endorsements, the popularity of CBD has dramatically surged in the past year. Everyone from Dr.

In the latest episode of her „1 Minute Fan Friday“ YouTube series, NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen was asked what she

In a new interview with „The SDR Show“, legendary rocker Alice Cooper was asked to describe the first drug experience

FEAR FACTORY will release its first new song in over five years on Friday, April 16. The track is expected

DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess spoke to Canada’s The Metal Voice about the writing and recording process for the band’s

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer was a guest on a recent episode of the „Hangin‘ & Bangin‘: Artists On Lockdown“ online

CANNIBAL CORPSE drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz spoke to „The Dan Chan Show“ about the fact that his band is considered to

In a new interview with Springfield, Missouri’s Q102 radio station, EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee spoke about the transformation she goes

RIOT V vocalist Todd Michael Hall will release his first-ever solo album, „Sonic Healing“, on May 7 via Rat Pak

Stephen Pearcy was joined by his former bandmate Bobby Blotzer during the RATT singer’s livestream concert on Friday, April 2

The weekend is here! Which means it’s time for more of… fondly reminiscing about a time when we could all

The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of March 29 – April 2, 2021 Did you miss some of this week’s top

During a recent episode of his Gimme Radio program „The Dave Mustaine Show“, the MEGADETH leader offered an update on

Every month we take a look at Spotify’s ‘monthly listeners’ counts for several hundred metal bands and compare them side

Serj Tankian has defended his right to speak out on political issues. The SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman, who is

Metallica’s documentary Some Kind of Monster is a pivtol moment in the band’s career, and surely the rawest they’ve ever

During a recent appearance on „Waste Some Time With Jason Green“, TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda was asked how it

Aaron Matts has announced he is leaving Betraying the Martyrs after being in the band for a decade. Matts appeared

Immortal Guardian have released a new song, “Psychosomatic,” that explores the number quarantine has done on our collective brains over

Betraying the Martyrs frontman Aaron Matts has announced his departure from the band after a decade. Matts has appeared on

While the reigning champions of this year’s April Fools is easily Metal Archives turning all band photos into cat photos,

Earlier in the week, Soundgarden offered its latest lawsuit to Vicky Cornell, the widow of Chris Cornell, this time wanting

Last month, President Biden stated his goal to get the U.S. “closer to normal” by July 4. And… that might

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson spoke to Sonic Perspectives about the progress of the recording sessions for the band’s follow-up to

Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan has released a short film, which he shot and narrated himself, called An Easter Story.

Modern rap metal artist Hyro The Hero has teamed up with Atreyu vocalist Brandon Saller for a new single called

Helloween have released a new song and accompanying music video, “Skyfall.” It’s the first single since their forthcoming eponymous album

Eric Martin says that he „would love to get back together“ with his MR. BIG bandmates again. The singer made

The legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO is opening with limited capacity just in time for its 80th birthday.

Metallica’s James Hetfield is set to be one of the many guests at the Little Kids Rock virtual benefit event

Look, there’s a grindcore band called Animal Schoolbus fronted by a nine-year old child named Princess Beast and backed by

Legendary extreme metal drummer Nick Barker (LOCK UP, BRUJERIA, DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH) was asked in a new interview

After filing a motion in early March to dismiss all charges leveled against him for his role in the U.S.

The internal drama of System of a Down has been well-reported on over the years, though it’s all played up

Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer) is now streaming his short film An Easter Story. The film is

In a new interview with George Dionne of Metal Express Radio, former IRON MAIDEN singer Blaze Bayley spoke about how

Virtuoso Gus G. (Firewind, ex-Ozzy Osbourne) is back with a brand new solo song called „Exosphere“. It’s got everything from

Alluvial, the band featuring guitarist Wes Hauch (ex-Black Crown Initiate, ex-The Faceless), vocalist Kevin Muller (ex-Pyrexia), drummer Matthew Paulazzo (Aegaeon),

French death metal group, and likely a band you’re going to see much more of in the future, Akiavel are

CBD helps people all around the world deal with depression, stress, and anxiety. From an illegal drug to a well-known

Rob Zombie’s 2012 movie, The Lords of Salem, was very much not good, and critics and audiences alike collectively deemed

In the second of a six-part interview with Terry „Beez“ Bezer of Knotfest.com’s „Mosh Talks With Beez“, SLIPKNOT percussionist and

Weekly Injection Plus releases from Bridge Burner, Frayle, Fuoco Fatuo, Wode, and Odd Circus. Published 13 seconds ago This week’s

Rock/hip-hop fusion artist Hyro the Hero has teamed up with Atreyu vocalist Brandon Saller on a new track called “Legendary.”

It’s been a minute since I’ve checked in with the Butcher Babies. I remember giving them a shot many years

Alluvial, the progressive metal band formed by Wes Hauch (ex-The Faceless, ex-Black Crown Initiate), have released “Thy Underling,” the second

Ozzy Osbourne has released a brief message showing support for his wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne, following CBS’ recent decision

Slow release week, at least as far as previously-announced stuff is confirmed — but who knows what might pop up

St. Petersburg-based blackened hardcode outfit, Wowod, is a prime example of sheer, punishing heaviness. Tanec Yarosti is an all-out vicious

Slovenian symphonic/industrial death metal band Noctiferia have revealed their 2nd single and video from their upcoming album, Reforma (tribute to

Chris Cornell’s widow has accused the surviving members of SOUNDGARDEN of wanting access to the band’s social media accounts in

Tony Iommi says that it was „wrong“ for the Ronnie James Dio-era BLACK SABBATH song titled „Slapback“ to be released

The reunited expanded classic lineup of German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release its much-anticipated album on June 18 via Nuclear

„Say Goodbye“, the latest solo single from Robin McAuley, can be streamed below. The song is taken from Robin’s upcoming

Alexi Laiho’s CHILDREN OF BODOM and BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT bandmate Daniel Freyberg has paid tribute to the late guitarist/vocalist, saying

San Diego can add a new player to the ranks of modern progressive metal with the release of APATHIAN’s first

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian interviewed KISS frontman Paul Stanley for an all-new episode of Ian’s show „Never Meet Your Heroes“,

ANTHRAX drummer Scott Ian has confirmed to Canada’s The Metal Voice that he and his bandmates likely won’t release any

George Lynch says that he has come up with a possible new name for his „touring entity“ after deciding to

SEETHER has shared a video for an acoustic version of its „Bruised And Bloodied“ single, a standout track from the

BUTCHER BABIES have released their latest single, „Last Dance“. The song was produced and co-written by Matt Good (FROM FIRST

U.K. grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have signed a new deal with Century Media Records, extending the long-running co-operation between the

Las Vegas metalcore veterans Distinguisher release their new single “We All Suffer”. Combining heavy, nu-metal influenced groove, powerful vocals, and

Las Vegas metalcore veterans Distinguisher release their new single “We All Suffer”. Combining heavy, nu-metal influenced groove, powerful vocals, and

ATREYU’s Brandon Saller spoke to Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station about the band’s new song „Warrior“, which features a

In a new interview with Darren Paltrowitz, host of the „Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz“, QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre spoke

Gimme Metal Program Director Brian Turner delivers the week’s top 5 office buzz-worthy tracks. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. VRIED –

Ted Nugent has explained how Donald Trump ended up naming his next studio album. The outspoken conservative rocker addressed the

Tetrarch, the young band that puts the “meh” in “nu-metal,” have released a new single and video, “New Noise.” As

The overall winner of this year’s April Fools Day so far is the Metal Archive conversion of all band photos

The multi-instrumentalist known as Charlie Sad-Eyes (Crawl Below) is doing dadding right: he started a grindcore band, Animal Schoolbus, with

Last month, French progressive metallers GOJIRA shared „Amazonia“, a brand-new single featured on their widely anticipated new album, „Fortitude“, which

Drummer Dave Lombardo (Mr. Bungle, Dead Cross, ex-Slayer) and guitarist Scott Ian (Mr. Bungle, Anthrax) recently announced they were teaming

SLIPKNOT percussionist M. Shawn „Clown“ Crahan and Murphy Quint, the head distiller at Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery, recently answered

Last month, we learned that Scott Ian (Anthrax) and his recent Mr. Bungle bandmate, Dave Lombardo (also ex-Slayer and a

Lil Nas X caused more controversy using Satanic imagery than any black metal band in decades earlier in the week,

The topic of „selling out“ always seems to come up in hard rock and heavy metal circles, and it’s usually

We didn’t cover this earlier in the week because we were too busy writing about whatever Corey Taylor was doing,

HOLY CRAP! We thought the day would never come, but it’s finally happening: Necrophagist will release their third album, The

THE OFFSPRING has launched the „How To: With The Offspring“ video series in which singer Bryan „Dexter“ Holland and guitarist

Experimental group Oxbow is returning to us all in 2022 with a new album called Love’s Holiday. Advertisement. Scroll to

Corey Taylor is looking to add „filmmaker“ to his extensive resume this year. According to Taylor in an interview with

Rollin‘ Coffin, the new project featuring ex-Vision of Disorder vocalist Tim Williams, is now streaming its debut single „Runaway“. Much

Harley-Davidson and Bravado, Universal Music Group’s merchandise and brand management company, have announced the launch of a special collection in

Did you hear the first single from Perturbator’s new album, Lustful Sacraments, and think to yourself, “Cool, but where’s the synthwave?”

Cats are having a moment in the metal space this April Fool’s Day. Earlier today, we posted about how Metal

Ulf Wadenbrant, Conductor of the Sweden Symphony Orchestra (Sweden) and Principal Guest Conductor for the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia), usually

We ask members of Marianas Rest, Baest, Greenleaf, Conan, Moonspell, Whitesnake, Epica, and Une Misere about the moment they knew

Sweden has once more staked its claim to being the most metal country in the world: Ulf Wadenbrandt, conductor for

Alice Cooper received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine a month ago in his hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. Speaking

Three things about which we know MetalSucks readers are passionate: metal, metal bands with animal singers, and cats. This being

In a new interview with Rockin‘ Metal Revival, Tony Iommi reflected on his time recording and touring with Ronnie James

Would you completely sell out on your ideals if you were offered an insane amount of money? Or, more to

Gus G., former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and ongoing guitarist for Firewind, has released a new solo song, “Exosphere.” The

After much teasing, At The Gates has unveiled their new album The Nightmare of Being. The album’s drums were recorded

The somewhat-recently reunited Staind are planning to record their first new album since 2011 this year and release it in

July 4 is an American holiday, but Sweden’s At the Gates are nonetheless doing their part to make sure it’s

Opeth has unfortunately been forced to push their Evolution XXX: By Request 30th anniversary tour back from this October to

Assuming things clear up by July, the lineup for Rock Fest 2021 has changed a bit. Disturbed has cancelled their

Danny Elfman is perfectly capable of making insane music all by himself. Though with the assistance of Death Grips drummer

To put it simply, this new Tetrarch song „Negative Noise“ makes me want to mosh my entire neighborhood into dust.

Today Vreid has given us what is probably their most virulent single from their upcoming concept album Wild North West.

Lamb of God recently released a deluxe version of their 2020 self-titled album, featuring two B-sides originally included on the

In a new interview with Dr. Music, Jeff Pilson reflected on the last time DOKKEN’s classic lineup — Pilson, singer

Twelve years after their Zombie EP, it looks like The Devil Wears Prada is bringing back the undead a second

Here’s a fun one for all the OG Soilwork fans out there: “Slave,” the latest single by supergroup Act of

It’s April Fools, which means tons of websites are going to be running tons of fake stories and bands are

Nearly ten years ago, MetalSucks praised Blue Ox‘s album Stray Dogs on Pity Party Island for its “punishing, raw, stoner-inflected post-hardcore

Well, that was quick: after stating last week that “I’ve actually been talking to Don a little bit and we’re both in

Big Scenic Nowhere formed in 2019 and immediately made it their business to release tons of great stoner rock. The

Desert Records is back with the second installment of their Legends of The Desert series, and of course it’s going

Twenty years ago, SALIVA released its breakout sophomore studio album, „Every Six Seconds“, which went on to reach platinum success

Musicians generally decry drama within their ranks, often perpetuated by the press. I get it: that shit is draining. But

METALLICA’s James Hetfield will be the special guest at the Little Kids Rock virtual benefit event on April 14. Also

FEAR FACTORY will release its first new song in over five years on Friday, April 16. The track is expected

In a new interview with Brazil’s Wikimetal, CHEAP TRICK singer Robin Zander was asked where he thinks his band stands

JOURNEY’s Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain have resolved their legal dispute with the band’s former members, drummer Steve Smith and

Nugs.net, the leading music platform for live concert streams and recordings, has partnered with THE WHO, UMe and Mercury Studios,

Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR), Lzzy Hale (HALESTORM), Scott Ian (ANTHRAX), Dave Lombardo (SLAYER, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) and Tina Guo have

In a recent interview with Uncle Steve’s Iron Maiden Zone, former IRON MAIDEN singer Blaze Bayley was asked if he

Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist and

An entirely DIY effort from these Canadian miscreants, „Ischemic“ is the kind of stripped down and seething sludge record that

Hailing from the literal streets of New York City, CATTERA is a feline four-piece fronted by reformed street cat Roope-Shakir,

Veteran Arizona thrashers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM will release their new album, „Blood In The Water“, on June 4 via AFM

Echo has released the second print in the AC/DC poster series by artist Adam Stothard, titled „AC/DC The Razors Edge

Iced Earth founder Jon Schaffer (or the attorneys representing him) is once again set to appear in court on April

Over a hundred musicians from all over the world have united to perform the classic IRON MAIDEN song „Fear Of

Joe Berlinger, who co-produced the METALLICA documentary „Some Kind Of Monster“, has opened up about how the film ended up

Former Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler played on Megadeth’s last studio album, Dystopia, as well as playing a few

The craze with NFTs or „non-fungible tokens“ has blown my mind. Essentially, it’s a digital trading card (or piece of

There’s an elite group of bands from the early aughts that were way ahead of the curve — arguably too

I know 2019 might as well have been a billion years ago, but if you can stretch your memory back

SCORPIONS drummer Mikkey Dee spoke to the „RRBG Podcast“about the progress of the recording sessions of the band’s upcoming studio

Act of Denial is the new band featuring the following all-star lineup of vocalist Bjorn „Speed“ Strid (Soilwork, The Night

Big Business, the power duo of Jared Warren and Coady Willis, have just released their new/old concert film Live at

Johnny Booth, the non-stop face-smashing good-time hardcore band from New York is back at it with a new release for

For the latest entry in their ongoing series of “bedroom covers,” Two Minutes to Late Night rounded up a buncha

A hearing on a motion to review a pre-trial detention order for ICED EARTH guitarist Jon Schaffer in connection with

In a new interview with Scott Penfold of Loaded Radio, CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster was asked what he thinks

Assuming things are under control and there are some serious safety protocols happening (like vaccine passports), the Bonnaroo Music &

Count the organizers of Bonnaroo as among the bullish that live music will return at full scale this coming fall:

PAPA ROACH singer Jacoby Shaddix spoke to Pablo of the Minneapolis, Minnesota radio station 93X about the band’s upcoming follow-up

Soundgarden and Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky Cornell are at it again, this time over the band’s social media accounts and

The Armed, the band featuring who the hell knows anymore, is now streaming their new single „An Iteration“. The single

The Absence has once again returned with some of the best melodic death metal in the game, this time with

‚Like a cold blast from an Arctic ice cave, each and every song echoes like northern thunder over frost-covered tundra

Ever wondered how various artists from throughout the metal and hard rock communities stack up against one another when it

Resurrection Man sounds like the name of a Steven Seagal movie from the ’90s. But it’s actually one the heaviest

In a new interview with 519 Magazine, Paul Stanley reflected on KISS’s New Year’s Eve performance in Dubai, United Arab

Québecois technical death metal band Obvurt will release their debut EP, The Beginning, on March 31 via Brutal Mind. Band

In the overpopulated world of top-notch extreme metal drummers, Nick Barker is an undisputed legend. With CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU

Ex-Misfits vocalist Michale Graves is set to potentially defend four leaders of the right wing domestic terror group Proud Boys

ALL THAT REMAINS singer Phil Labonte says that he is in favor of U.S. states phasing out mask mandates as

The Armed have released one last single from their new album, Ultrapop, before that album arrives in two weeks. It’s

The Chinese thrash band Punisher — recently featured on MetalSucks as one of the Big Four thrash bands of China

Former Misfits singer Michale Graves (né Michael Emanuel) may be called as a witness in the trial against four Proud

OH SHIT! Perennial MetalSucks faves The Absence have announced a new album! It’s called Coffinized. That’s not a real word,

No matter how seasoned or successful of a musician, nearly everyone’s got a story where they pretended to be their

No matter how many times it’s explained to me or how many articles I read about them, I still cannot

During an appearance on the latest episode of the „Lipps Service With Scott Lipps“ podcast, Myles Kennedy was asked if

The newest string of Zao releases have been totally unstoppable and the new single „The Final Ghost“ is no different.