Metal

Last month, former Death drummer Kam Lee publicly stated that Death mastermind Chuck Schuldiner ripped off Bay Area band Possessed, officially cementing the latter act as the first death metal band. Lee also went on to say that he was kept from being part of the documentary on Chuck’s life because people didn’t want him

If you’re a fan of cartoons beyond getting high and snickering at them, you know who Genndy Tartakovsky is. The animator’s most renowned works are the Cartoon Network shows Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack, though it’s worth noting that he’s also the director behind the Hotel Transylvania series. But what some might not know is

In case you forgot, beef erupted between Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor and rapper-turned-pop-punker and self-proclaimed savior of rock and roll Machine Gun Kelly when Taylor said he didn’t care for MGK on a podcast and Kelly in turn took a moment during a festival gig (with Slipknot performing one stage over) to say he was

In May, Swedish thrash demons Witchery revealed that they have a new album on the way, and dropped the unbelievably rad first single “Popecrusher.” Now, the band have released another new single, titled “Witching Hour,” and damn, does it fucking rule. Now, just a heads up: “Witching Hour” is NOT a cover of the Venom

On Friday, we reported that Metallica‘s thrash classic “Master of Puppets” is featured prominently in the finale of the latest season of Stranger Things. Now, it’s been revealed that the attention that Stranger Things brought to the track has vaulted the song onto Spotify’s ‘Top 50’ playlists, both globally and in the U.S. SPOILERS: In

Music festivals have a tight schedule. Given how often one act has to go on mere minutes after another one’s set ends, it’s not uncommon for a band’s to do soundcheck while another band is playing on a stage some 300 feet away. And you’d think that this far into his career, Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine

Real talk, America on July 4th is a little like Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day. Sure, both holidays have importantly historical traditions, and should be used to look at both countries’ histories and the ways in which they’re viewed by outsiders. But they’re also both a bit performative, and just as we like to listen

Right now, right-wing crackpot and noted bigot Ted Nugent has found two new focuses for his impotent, poorly-researched rage: Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and pop star Pink. For a second time in a row, the “Cat Scratch Fever” writer has gone after the two musicians, though this time he’s doubled down on his

Earlier this week, blink-182 drummer Travis Barker was rushed to the hospital, soon after which his daughter Alabama posted a picture of him in a hospital bed and asked for fans’ prayers. Now, Travis has revealed that he was suffering from “severe life-threatening pancreatitis” in a statement to his fans and followers. When the story

The MetalSucks Playlist – This Week’s Top Tracks, from June 26 to July 2 Is the heat finally liquefying your brain to the point where you can’t absorb cheap metal gossip? Don’t worry, we got you. Here’s what happened this week: That’s all we got. We’ll update throughout the weekend, and then we’re taking Monday

MetalSucks and Municipal Waste Present Beer Metal Updated July 2nd, 2022 WOOOOO, JULY 4TH WEEKEND! We here at MetalSucks observe any holiday with “special-edition” beer cans (honey, I swear, I’m just drinking six of these for the kitsch factor). And who better to ring it in for us than Dave Witte, drummer for Richmond party

Have you ever listened to Meshuggah and wondered what it would be like if someone, you know, pimped it up? No? Well, Australian producer Ursula Kurasik, AKA Misstiq, did, and decided to make a video in which she adds a bunch of synths and choir sections to “pimp up” the Swedish metal classic into a

Sad news for the metal world today, as Andrew LaBarre, former guitarist for Oakland gore metallers Impaled, has died. He was 43 years old. The news was broken by the band, who posted the following tribute on Facebook: “Impaled is saddened to hear that our former guitarist and vocalist Andrew LaBarre has passed away from

Way back in the dark era that occurred around the turn of the millennium, Milwaukee Metalfest was one of THE festivals to catch in the United States. While major tours like Ozzfest were booking the most fashionable bands in rock and metal, Milwaukee founder Jack Koshick was packing bills with acts like Death, Mayhem, King

If you’re not a fan of Fulci, you better get into ’em, dude. The Italian three-piece make creepy-crawly death metal about zombie movies, zombie horror, and the general atmosphere of being surrounded by walking corpses (their name is, of course, a reference to one of the greatest horror directors in the history of cinema). But

It seems like America’s Got Talent are going hard on the whole, ‘Look how much death metal freaks out your average person!’ thing. Earlier this month, the show featured a 10-year-old girl who blew audiences’ minds with her bellowed Spiritbox cover. Now, the show has brought on a choir of death metal singers, who are

With one of the longest histories of any civilized country, there is a lot to both unpack and be inspired by when it comes to the metal bands blooming inside of Peru. Out of the 34 million people in the country, the few thousand who have started metal bands have done so with a sense

This week, Municipal Waste frontman Tony Foresta is back on the show! We discuss the concept of ‘Municipal High’ that the band has been working on for a decade, an update on the screenplay that may feature a Paranormal Janitor, our thoughts on the Hollywood remake of The Toxic Avenger, how difficult it is to commit

Ever since Mötley Crüe‘s troublesome first set of their Stadium Tour, everyone’s been wondering how Tommy Lee broke the four ribs that have resulted in him only playing a few songs per set. Well, now Tommy’s wife has revealed the secret, and it’s…painfully boring. In a recent Snapchat video, Tommy’s wife Brittany Furlan spilled the

Last week, we reported that Italian metal weirdos Destrage had just signed to Periphery’s 3DOT Recordings, and were preparing their new album and its first single. Now, you can check out the single, “Everything Sucks and IO Think I Am a Big Part of It,” via its frantic, strobe-packed music video. Says Destrage guitarist Matteo