Metal

Bay Area thrash metal giants Testament are currently making the rounds through the European summer festival circuit, but that doesn’t mean they’re not already working on the follow up to their 2020 release, Titans of Creation. Over the weekend, guitarist Eric Peterson told Loud TV (as transcribed by Blabbermouth) that they already have a handful

Why is it that the people who have access to cable TV news spots and massive platforms that make them completely uncancelable always complain that they’re being canceled? Case in point is Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, who’s once again out there saying the LGBTQ+ community that he’s considered himself an ally of for all

The wait for some new High On Fire is coming close to an end, as the band announced that their so far untitled ninth studio effort is complete. Positioned as the band’s follow up to 2018’s Electric Messiah, the new slate of music has a lot to live up to its Grammy-winning predecessor. With the

Fresh from their recent Decibel Flexi Series appearance, U.K. doom titans Godthrymm have unveiled Distortions, the second chapter of the “Visions” trilogy and follow up to 2020’s much-acclaimed Reflections—and Decibel was among the exalted lucky enough to secure our own variant on stunning Blue Vinyl with Gold, Black and Silver Splatter limited to 100 copies!

Voivod are back with a new single, “Condemned To The Gallows” from their forthcoming album Morgöth Tales. This record will celebrate the band’s impressive 40 years as a band and will function as their anniversary record. Morgöth Tales is out July 21 via Century Media Records. To be even more specific, the song is officially

96 Bitter Beings just announced a North American Summer tour supporting their new album, Synergy Restored, and playing the Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild CKY record in full. The CKY connection comes because vocalist and guitarist Deron Miller used to be the vocalist for CKY. Now, his new band has an album out through Nuclear Blast, but he’s not

Blackwater Drowning jut dropped a new video for the song “The Caged” from their debut album Sonder // Satori. “It’s about breaking free of the mundane,” says vocalist Morgan Riley. “We all die the same no matter what we got in life, so why pour your minutes into the rat race and never be happy? For the video, Garrett

Hawkwind fans, get ready for the ultimate Space Ritual Box set. Even for a band as jammy as Hawkind, 11 discs is quite a lot. The new set will be released via Cherry Red and Atomhenge on September 29. On the day of release, they’ll be celebrating their 50th anniversary of the 1973 album with

Femme-forward classic metalers Girlschool just released a new single, “It Is What It Is.” The song is from the band’s upcoming record WTFortyfive, out July 28 via Silver Lining Music and celebrating 45 years of being a band. The track pulls from their classic yet raw and punk sound and gets us stoked for the

Snuffed On Sight just shared their new video, “Time 2 Dip,” from their upcoming debut LP, Smoke, out July 7 via Creator-Destructor Records and Maggot Stomp. The heavy, crushing, and fun Bay Area band have been touring and releasing splits and singles, and now, they are finally coming out with a full album. The new

High on Fire are celebrating 25 years of music with a release of their out-of-print record The Art of Self Defense.  They also announced a new record will drop in 2024 and that they will be heading out on the road to celebrate different eras of their career as they go. The Art of Self

Yet another week’s worth of bangers have been added to the MetalSucks Playlist. In addition to another kick ass Mutoid Man song and a new track from Spirit Adrift, we’ve added the latest singesl from The Shredderz (featuring Brandon Ellis, of The Black Dahlia Murder), Evile, and the illustrious Dolly Parton’s collaboration with Rob Halford,

We’re starting to get the feeling that Iron Maiden‘s Bruce Dickinson may be over the whole “always the bridesmaid, never the bride” feeling they’ve had lately regarding the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Despite being eligible since 2005 and only recently having been nominated twice, Iron Maiden has yet to pass the threshold needed

I remember listening to Focus as a teenager and feeling the convulsive, architectonic shift of possibilities blistering the material of my otherwise under-seasoned reality. Cynic’s debut fundamentally altered my understanding of what I could demand of art—whether it was created by others or by myself. In fact, it’s a personal axiom that Focus, (along with

If this were a seasonal beer, when would you release it? Spring seems like the obvious choice as a tie-in to maple sugaring season—typically when the snow begins to thaw and temperatures are consistently above freezing. Before global warming, that used to be somewhere between mid-February and mid-March on the East Coast. But this isn’t

What’s up? It’s your old boy Waldo here, to inform you about some new and upcoming releases, good, bad, or otherwise. Remember, I’m not an elitist, you just have terrible taste. First of all, I’d like to mention that I RARELY do reviews of releases that have already passed—mostly it’s about two weeks ahead—BUT I’d

Demons are gracing us with another track from their forthcoming album, Under The Western Heel, the heavy and sludgy “Sweet Dreams.” Demons are a four-piece punk band from Norfolk, Virginia, and from the sounds of this track and their previous release, “Husk,” the Under The Western Heel is going to bring the sludgy, East Coast brutality times a hundred.

Trippy progressive sludge metal duo Radiant Knife rise once against from the swamps of Southern Louisiana to release their fifth full-length, Pressure, on July 14th. The combined forces of Greg Travasos on drums and Stephen Sheppert at the helm of guitar, synths, and vocals drawn inspiration from the likes of Today is the Day, Zeni

Sometimes you don’t feel like getting your head kicked in. Sometimes you maybe just wanna give your brain a swirl. Diminishing, an industrial, ambient drone metal duo, can help you with the later. The new project formed by Gridfailure genius Dave Brenner and his Texas-based partner in crime, Lane Oliver (Yatsu), offers up a miasma of

I keep trying to drill it into the heads of my pals in American-based touring bands that there is a treasure trove of metal goodness ready to welcome them (and come to their shows and buy their merch) east of Montreal. Alas, for whatever reason, routing will rarely take a band past the island where