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Sad news for the comics and horror world today, as Tim Sale, the artist behind the much-loved Batman graphic novel Batman: The Long Halloween, has died. He was 66 years old. Sale’s death was announced today via his official Twitter account, which posted the following: “It’s with a heavy sadness that I must announce that

Last month, Polish death metallers Behemoth announced their new album Opvs Contra Natvram, and dropped the first single “Ov My Herculean Exile.” Now, the band have released another new song, “Off to War!”, which you can hear below. Perhaps most notable about “Off to War!” is that it’s a bit faster than much of Behemoth’s

There are only a handful of bands who consistently release new material that makes me wonder what the fuck everyone else is doing, but Japan’s Sigh are high among them. The outfit’s mixture of black metal, psychedelic rock, and cinematic soundtrack music is always more compelling than 95% of the other stuff out there. So

Ever wanted to get guitar lessons from Metallica? Well, you’re in luck, because the band have joined forces with instructional platform Yousician to offer fans a series of Masterclass-ish guitar lessons. The classes are available via Yousician’s site, at a not-terrible cost of $99. Included with your purchase will be: Three guitar-focused courses on riffs,

In case you missed it, Ozzy Osbourne went in for a major operation on Monday that his wife and manager Sharon said would “determine the rest of his life.” Now, according to Sharon’s Twitter, there’s no need for alarm, as Ozzy is doing well post-surgery. Here’s what Sharon tweeted at the world: “Our family would

Ask your average hardcore Christian fundamentalist, and they’ll tell you that satanism is a cabal of murderers and rapists that has secretly operated behind the scenes of society for centuries (not most Christians, who are reasonable people that see the Bible has a series of informative parables and don’t cast God as some bloodthirsty drama

This week, Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater is back on the show! We discuss his upcoming North American solo tour that kicks off June 25th, the medley that he has created for the tour (which includes Liquid Tension Experiment and Dream Theater tracks), how his solo shows can be viewed as a musical autobiography, what

We are big fans of pirate party metallers Alestorm. However, a story has been sent to us on multiple social media platforms that we feel we should confront. In an Instagram messaging conversation, as captured and posted on the Instagram account Eye on Palestine and posted to the Reddit page r/IsraelCrimes, the band were allegedly

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, are back with the latest entry in their ongoing “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos. This Sunday, Fripp and Toyah cover “Killing In The Name” by rap-rock legends Rage Against The Machine. It’s not the duo’s usual flavor of cover, but definitely leans into

The MetalSucks Playlist – This Week’s Top Tracks, from June 5 to June 11 So stoked for the summer that you forgot about the winter of your soul that is MetalSucks? Don’t worry, we got your covered — here are this week’s top stories… That’s what we got this Saturday. We’ll update throughout the weekend,

For those of you too young to remember, Duke Nukem was a video game property about a wisecracking Schwarzenegger-type action hero who killed aliens and spat out one-liners. The game franchise kicked off in 1991, and the first two were fine, but after Doom came out in ’93, they released Duke Nukem 3D, which was

Right now, the word on the street is, death metal. In the past five or so years, metal’s grodiest subgenre is back in a big way, with an awesome crop of young and disgusting bands — Gatecreeper, Witch Vomit, Creeping Death, Mortiferum, Undeath, Temple of Void, Blood Incantation, and Bedsore, to name only a few

I am neither a huge Tool fan, nor am I anyone who has ever played the guitar, and even I will be the first to admit that the band’s song “7empest” off of 2020’s Fear Inoculum seems like a super complex and difficult track. But Maya Neelakantan is only nine years old, and yet in

When it comes to contemporary old-school death metal, few bands are as consistently fucking rad as Belgium’s Carnation. Last year’s Where Death Lies was one of those albums that just gets you feeling like a dehydrated longhair in a leather jacket from the moment it kicks off to the last note. Now, the band have

Tomorrow sees Decibel‘s Metal & Beer Festival kick off in Philadelphia, with sets by Candlemass, Nuclear Assault, and Cannibal Corpse scheduled to obliterate the City of Brotherly Love. But tonight, at the Foundry, the fest’s Pre-Fest show kicks off with some pretty gnarly-ass performances. Leading the way are Denver sludge champions Primitive Man, whose music

Goth-metal artist A. A. Williams has officially announced her second album, and has dropped a new single to boot. As The Moon Rests, Williams’ follow-up to 2020’s Forever Blue, comes out October 7th via Bella Union. The album is already available for preorder. Says Williams of the record: “Traditionally, your second album is the worry;

This weekend’s Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest is fast approaching, with thousands of fans preparing to have the burpiest time in the City of Brotherly Love (gonna be more like the City of Rubbery Glove in Rhombus’ hotel room, am I right? Eh? You like to party?). It was at the 2021 fest that

Last month, hard rockers Halestorm released their new album Back From The Dead, which saw a huge public response. Now, the band have announced a North American headlining tour in support of it, with a rotating cast of openers. The one consistent opening act on Halestorm’s new trek is Mexican rockers The Warning. But also

Only a couple of weeks ago, Australian metalcore act Parkway Drive told the world that they were not in fact breaking up, despite having canceled a North American tour in order to focus on mental health issues within the band. Now, Parkway are back with their first new song in four years, and it’s bouncy.

Getting their trailer ganked during their last tour hasn’t scared Texan death metallers Creeping Death off of the road. They’re heading out on a North American tour later this year with 200 Stab Wounds and Tribal Gaze thrown into the mix. But that’s not all! The tour also has a rad list of rotating openers,