In a boldly honest move, Australian metalcore act Parkway Drive have canceled their upcoming North American tour with Hatebreed, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Stick To Your Guns in order to focus on internal conflicts within the band. We know this, because they straight-up told everyone. Here’s the statement the band have issued: “Dear friends,
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Update: According to Richie Faulkner in an interview with East Coast Live, the “non-COVID related illness” that canceled the band’s Lowell, MA, show is a cold in Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford. However, Richie has made it clear that the band will make their next show in Halifax, saying (as transcribed by Blabbermouth): “We’re resting
Though power metallers Dragonforce already had some umph behind them when their track “Through the Fire and the Flames” was used in Guitar Hero, its appearance in the game was what vaulted them into households around the world. But now, in a new Tiktok video, guitarist Herman Li reveals how much the band got paid
Man, Sepultura‘s current tour with Crowbar and Sacred Reich has been fraught for a while now. First, Sacred Reich frontman Phil Rind was hospitalized with a non-COVID-related illness, forcing his band to miss several shows on the trek. Now, it’s been revealed that Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande has broken his leg, and will have to
The edgy electronic sounds of the ‘80s have an unexpectedly relaxing effect. People may like the decade because they are familiar with its gated-reverb drumming, tonal-collide synths, and climactic vocals softened by the fuzz of vintage recording techniques. But we seem to always be chasing the nostalgia of that period, as though we feel at
Has anyone reading this ever tried Viagra? I have not, and I’ve always wondered what it’s like (I mean, besides being like just having a boner). But something I’ll put out there is that I don’t think there should be a stigma attached to its use. So what if you need some pep to get
Dream Theater! Aw, what the FUCK? Yup, Dream Theater won this year’s Best Metal Performance Grammy for their track “The Alien.” This is especially wack because everyone knows that if anyone really should have won this year’s Best Metal Performance Grammy, it should’ve been Gojira. The other nominees for this year’s award were as follows:
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 week, the duo cover Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ “Can’t Stop.” The video shows a return to form for Toyah, who in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine
Man, at times The Crow feels unrescuable as a property. This is in part due to how many people have tried to put their spin on it — remember when Rob Zombie was going to write a version? — and partly because the original film is such a masterpiece of style. Even if you hate
Today, Meshuggah‘s long-anticipated new album Immutable sees the light of day. For many, the release is a massive musical event, marking the band’s first new studio album in some six years (alas, our reviewer did not see it that way). Now, the band have dropped an animated video for their new track “Broken Cog,” which
Traditional heavy metalers Haunt have announced their newest album called Windows of Your Heart, which’ll be their seventh full-length record. They have released a lyric video for for the title track to make the deal just a little sweeter. The album will feature a new line-up for the Fresno, CA, act, consisting of singer/guitarist Trevor
The metal community is certainly not immune to the effects of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s current invasion of Ukraine. While several bands are raising money through various means, Ukrainian acts like Jinjer continue to make difficult sacrifices for their families and homeland. Now, post-black metal act White Ward are auctioning off rare test pressings of
In a new interview with Jose Mangin on Sirius XM’s Liquid Metal, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine revealed that Testament’s Steve DiGiorgio was the bassist who replaced Dave Ellefson after his unfortunate firing due to an infidelity. Here’s what Dave said: “We obviously had that weird little…well, it wasn’t little, but we had something happen that
Austin stoner metal crew The Sword ended their recent tour alongside experimental act Zombi with a show at Mohawk in their hometown. The pre-show provided an extra dose of ear-splitting madness with sets by Easy Prey and Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol. The entire ritual was captured in fluorescent detail by our own Drew Nesbitt of Njorodynphoto,
In case you had anything big happen in your life since 2019, nu-metal click-click-boomers Saliva were planning to reunite with their vocalist Josey Scott. This reunion, unfortunately, was put “on hold” in early 2021 (maybe the two sides just didn’t click, or click, or even boom). Now, however, it looks like Santa Claus is real,
Friday night, the rock world was shaken to learn that Taylor Hawkins, drummer for arena-topping rock act Foo Fighters, had died at the age of 50. Now, the band have canceled all of their upcoming tour dates due to the tragedy. Foo Fighters released the following statement today: It is with great sadness that Foo Fighters confirm the cancellation
Sometimes, all it takes is a name. When I first saw Hosticide‘s e-mail in my inbox, my immediate thought was that I needed to know what ‘hosticide’ is. Is it when a parasite kills its host? Is it killing your host, like at a dinner party? Did it actually have to do with hostility or
Our guest this week is Symphony X guitarist Michael Romeo! In celebration of his new solo album War of The Worlds Part II, he tells us about his first memories of the H.G. Wells classic that inspired the work, if the record is a part of a trilogy that he has planned, changing vocalists between
Earlier this month, we wrote about how Rob Zombie had cast Cassandra Peterson, AKA Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, in his upcoming adaptation of horror-comedy TV series The Munsters. Of course, in response, a million and one fans asked why Rob was always casting his wife Sheri Moon Zombie in everything, because that’s the tired,
The MetalSucks Playlist – Week of March 20 to March 7 This week obviously ended with a considerable tragedy, so we’re running this a day late, and it might be a little more solemn than our usual round-up. Here are this week’s top stories. We’ll keep an eye on the ticker today, and otherwise see