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This week, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, resulting in loss of life and significant property damage. In response, Ukrainian acts like Jinjer condemned Vladimir Putin, the Eurovision Song Contest dropped Russia from its 2022 competition, and Russian punk activists Pussy Riot launched an NFT campaign to raise relief funds. Now, Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has

This week saw Russia launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, resulting in Ukrainian acts like Jinjer condemning Vladimir Putin and the Eurovision Song Contest dropping Russia from its 2022 competition. Now, Russian punk activists Pussy Riot have teamed up with several cryptocurrency companies to launch an NFT campaign to help aid Ukraine during these unprecedented

Fun fact: Cannibal Corpse were definitely a band you’d get made fun of for listening to once upon a time (not so much that they made our list of those bands, but still). The idea was that Cannibal just made the same album again and again, and were therefore death metal for a stupid or

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Pantera‘s Vulgar Display of Power, an album that I once wrote saved American metal. And while today is a great day to honor Pantera’s legacy and the impact that the record had on metal, it’s also a day in which many will remember “Dimebag” Darrell Abbot,

Today, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of the Ukraine, causing loss of life and economic disparity. Now, two Ukrainian acts, hard rockers Jinjer and death metal act Selfgod, have issued statements on the crisis. As reported by Loudwire, Jinjer issued the following statement today, stating that they’re all safe and condemning Putin’s invasion: “Dear all,

At the end of the day, we don’t buy the whole tough-it-out thing when it comes to being in a band. Don’t get us wrong, sometimes you’ve gotta push through some really tough situations as a member of a touring act, but if you think your creative outlet is harming your mental, emotional, or physical

Hot DAMN, Aftershock 2022 just got announced, and every band in the fuckin’ world is on there! The final count for the festival is 90 bands, including everyone from Slipknot to Meshuggah to Ice Nine Kills to Wargasm to Dirty Honey to fucking KISS! Jesus, this is going to be an insane fest if there

Listening to Abraham‘s music, it makes sense that they’re Swiss. While their particular brand of pummeling emotional sludge is often associated with overcast areas along America’s coasts, the band bring an unfettered artistic reach to their sound that feels at home in Europe. That said, there’s never a feeling of preciousness or artificial presentation here,

Sad news for the rock and metal world today, as Mark Lanegan, the musician, author, singer and songwriter known for his pivotal work with Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age, has died. He was 57 years old. The news was confirmed in a statement via Mark’s social media: “Our beloved friend Mark Lanegan passed away

For many fans, 1992’s Opiate changed everything by introducing the world at large to progressive metallers Tool. And now, the band have decided to honor that EP’s influence with the release of a 30th anniversary edition of the title track and video in the form of a short film. The new version of the song

If you told us that Dave Grohl was somehow invulnerable, we wouldn’t be surprised. The dude has fallen off stage several times, including that one time where he broke his leg, and drinks like a fucking superstar. But now, Dave has revealed the extent of his hearing loss, and man, the dude’s eardrums have definitely

When we think of Pantera‘s writing process, we usually think of Dimebag Darrell, right? That’s because so much of what makes Pantera rad is their thick, dark-chocolate riffs, and because Dimebag was this lovable virtuoso who changed the game while still feeling like one of us. But the truth is that the band’s 1992 classic

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 have covered Smashing Pumpkins‘ ’90s alt-rock hit “Bullet with Butterfly Wings.” It’s exactly what you’d expect, mainly a bizarre take on

So far, what we’ve seen of Foo Fighters‘ Studio 666 has proven that it’s more metal than we thought it’d be. Not only does the movie include a cameo from Slayer’s Kerry King, it also features an entire album of killer blackened thrash written by Dave Grohl himself. Now, the uncensored red-band trailer for Studio

Rough news for the rock and metal world today, as Dave Meniketti, frontman of influential proto-metal band Y&T, has revealed that he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer. You can read Dave’s full statement below, but the silver lining of this is that his cancer is very treatable, as Dave explains. That said, no cancer diagnosis

The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of February 12 – February 18, 2022 Were you too hung over this week to keep up with all the top stories in the world of metal? We got you covered: That’s all we got. We’ll check in periodically over the weekend as usual and be right back at it

We like to think of Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister as sort of a Dirtbagger Vance (you’re welcome, world): when you need him, he appears out of the mist, drinks all your booze, bangs your chick, and bails. But according to Sabaton‘s Joakim Brodén, Lemmy was actually a real gentleman, and used a glass of whiskey

I know it’s a little late but here’s my Valentine’s Day gift to all of you. The Body & OAAEnemy Of Love (Thrill Jockey) Man, The Body love leaving their DNA all over other artists. While usually it’s other noise mongers, they picked the experimental electronic musician OAA to swap spit with on their latest

At last week’s BRIT Awards, sing-songwriter Ed Sheeran performed an embarrassing cover of his own track “Bad Habits” with former deathcore act Bring Me The Horizon providing shimmery, Linkin Park-esque “metal” accompaniment. Then, this week, we learned that the duo planned to record a studio version of their collaboration. Welp, now you can hear the version below, and guess

Electronically-oriented hard rock act Health have been doing some rad-ass collaborations lately for their upcoming DISCO4 :: PART II album. First, the band worked on a track with Nine Inch Nails; then they did a song with Chino Moreno; finally, they collaborated with Poppy. But now, the LA-based band have gone full metal on their