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Earlier this month, grand symphonic nightfall came to Montreal. The City of Saints hosted Italian goth-metallers Lacuna Coil and Finnish cello-mongers Apocalyptica, much to the delight of melodramatic headbangers all over town. This dark theater ritual was capture in glorious color by Mihaela Petrescu, and can be witnessed below. Behold darkness ecstatic below: Apocalyptica Lacuna

Earlier this year, Vince Neil took part in a $150 million deal selling Mötley Crüe’s entire catalog to BMG. Later this year, he’ll be fronting the Crüe on a massive stadium tour with Def Leppard, Poison, and Joan Jett. And yet somehow, Vince is strapped enough for cash that he did an ad for Dollar

It appears that Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi is having pretty significant vocal issues at this point. Last month, we posted a video of him performing the Bon Jovi classic “Wanted Dead or Alive” in which the singer struggled to hit any of the song’s notes. This led other rock stars to be worried

So far, right-wing crackpot, insensitive asshole, and Putin sympathizer Ted Nugent has been smart about keeping his hardcore political blathering relatively bloodless. The dude is the king of the ‘just my opinion’ defense — which, hey, is valid, and is what MetalSucks is based on. But at a Trump rally last night, Ted took the

I wish I could inject our younger readers with a drug that allows them to feel and understand what it was like when Soilwork‘s Natural Born Chaos came out. It’s a beautiful thing when you’re present during the release of a truly perfect album. That said, though that will always be the band’s shining moment

MetalSucks and Broken Goblet Present Beer Metal Updated May 14th, 2022 If there’s one thing we love, it’s metal-themed beer. Thankfully, Broken Goblet Brewing are here to smite our livers with some delicious brew dedicated to some of metal’s best bands and labels. The brewery of Decibel‘s Metal & Beer Fest have announced two solid

These days, it feels like every metal band have their own beer, and many of them are challenging to the tongue on principle. But rarely does a metal label have an official brew — and a tasty one at that! But that’s exactly what Napalm Records have concocted alongside Broken Goblet for Decibel‘s 2022 Metal

Since the announcement of his death on Wednesday afternoon, countless members of the metal community have written and posted tributes to The Black Dahlia Murder‘s Trevor Strnad (including MetalSucks’ Emperor Rhombus). But this recent piece by Machine Head‘s Robb Flynn might be the one that got us crying the hardest. You can read Robb’s full

Yesterday, the metal community was rocked to its core to learn that Trevor Strnad, vocalist of Michigan death metallers The Black Dahlia Murder and good-natured champion of all things metal, had died. He was only 41 years old. Now, a petition has been launched to make sure that Trevor is included in the ‘In Memoriam’ reel of this

Yesterday, the metal world had its foundation shaken upon learning that Trevor Strnad, vocalist of Michigan death metal band The Black Dahlia Murder, had died at the age of 41. Now, the band’s guitarist Brandon Ellis and drummer Alan Cassidy have posted tributes to Trevor on social media. Ellis posted the following to his Instagram: “I can not even

Next month, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will head out on a massive stadium tour with Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, and Poison. Given Joan’s outspoken feminism over the years, one might wonder why she’s going to be touring with bands like the Crüe, whose music, one could argue, objectifies women to a considerable degree. And

According to their Instagram, Trevor Strnad, frontman of The Black Dahlia Murder, has died. He was 41 years old. The band posted the following message over a blacked-out screen: “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Trevor Scott Strnad. Beloved son, brother, and Shepard of good times, he was loved by

Earlier today, we wrote that death metal supergroup Bloodbath would be postponing their U.S. tour and dropping off of the line-up at Maryland Deathfest due to visa issues. Now, it looks like Swedish melodic death metallers Dismember will be joining them in bailing on MDF — though for them, it’s due to American vaccine requirements.

Last month, a storm of epic metal across all genres descended onto New York City. Swedish melodeath legends Arch Enemy and Polish satanic dandies Behemoth brought their co-headlining tour to Terminal 5, with grindcore ground-standers Napalm Death and goth-metal upstarts Unto Others joining the team. The entire sonic cataclysm was captured in full color by

A few days ago, it was announced that an unauthorized play about hair metallers Mötley Crüe titled The Crüe: Underneath the Dirt Lies the Truth, from actor/director David Lucarelli would premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival on June 4th. Now, the band’s own Nikki Sixx has taken to social media and made it very clear that

This week, Evergrey guitarist/vocalist Tom Englund is our guest! We discuss the huge number of songs he wrote and recorded during the pandemic, working on video game soundtracks (including the new Evil Dead game), how a musical director dictates their vision when creating music for any game, and making music on a day job schedule every week.

At this point, it’s as though the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has decided that it just wants to piss off the metal community (which, given who we are, we fully understand and support). First, the Hall repeatedly snubs rock and metal bands year after year; then, when Dolly Parton drops off the ballot,

Left-wing rap-rockers Rage Against The Machine have released a statement relating to the recently-leaked documents which revealed that the Supreme Court intends to overturn influential pro-choice court decision Roe v. Wade. Here’s Rage’s statement: “Rage Against The Machine stands in support of reproductive justice and will continue to fight against any attempts to restrict or

Earlier this week, it was announced that Judas Priest would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…kinda? Though the band aren’t among the performers being inducted, they are receiving the ‘Musical Excellence Award,’ which is an induction of sorts, we guess. The band are also probably going to perform at the ceremony,

MetalSucks Presents Beer Metal – Updated May 7th, 2022 I gotta be careful tonight, man. Tomorrow’s Mother’s Day, and now that I’m a dad, I can’t fuck around and disappoint both my wife AND my mom. That said, y’all should go nuts to these killer drinking tracks… Tankard, “Kings of Metal” – Bunch of you