Metal

Almost five months after parting ways with Tommy Vext, Bad Wolves have announced that they’ve hired a new singer: Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz, former guitarist for The Acacia Strain. Laskiewicz previously collaborated with Bad Wolves on their 2019 album, N.A.T.I.O.N., albeit only as a songwriter (if I’m not mistaken). He’ll make his recording debut with the

Red Fang have announced that they’ll hit the road in support of their new album, Arrows, this fall. Starcrawler will provide support on all headlining dates (except Alaska), with Here Lies Man (Oct. 15 to Oct. 27) and Warish (Oct. 29 to Nov. 18) rounding out the bill. Says guitarist Bryan Giles of the trek:

Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil played his first post-pandemic show as part of this past weekend’s Boone River Valley Festival in Iowa, and if you think he used the downtime he had during the past year-and-a-half to get in shape and make sure his voice was in peak condition for his return, well, you don’t know

Virtual reality concerts aren’t exactly a new idea; Megadeth and Killswitch Engage have both done it, and long before the pandemic made streaming shows the new normal. Still, Within Temptation’s just announced “spectacular immersive event,” The Aftermath – A Show in Virtual Reality, sounds pretty darn cool. And I don’t even like Within Temptation. The

New Slipknot music means new Slipknot masks, and by the way you folks click on these articles we’re led to conclude that the clothing is more important than the songs (kidding aside, is it? food for thought). And with the band currently in the studio, the mask design process has begun as well, none important

Anthrax have released the twelfth episodes of their Anthrax 40 for 40 video series, which celebrates the band’s 40th anniversary by taking a look at each individual ‘Thrax album over the course of the coming weeks. That will all lead up to a special career-spanning livestream performance on July 18 (the band’s actual 40th anniversary). Each album will get three

New Jersey brutal death metal act Cognitive return with a new single and video, “ENIAC,” and have announced the release of their fourth album, Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction. Guitarist Rob Wharton comments: “‘ENIAC’ was one of the first songs written for the new album, and when it was completed we instantly were like this has to be a single. The

Weezer leader Rivers of Cuomo has contributed songwriting credits to many artists over the years. He’s also an avowed metalhead. Turns out those two interests collided back in 2000 when Cuomo offered a newly written song called “Hash Pipe” to Ozzy Osbourne. The Prince of Darkness rejected the tune, which would go on to become

We hope you have the least-sucky Memorial Day possible. At the Gates, “The Paradox” More like “The ParaDAMN!”, right? [embedded content] Cloud Rat, “Mother Tongue ~ Glitter Belly” Half grind song, half ambient track, all awesome. Red Fang, “Why” Why ask why? [embedded content] Dee Snider, “I Gotta Rock (Again)” He no longer wants to

Official press release: Former Exodus frontman Rob Dukes’ band Generation Kill has today released their crushing new track “Never Relent” featuring the inimitable Gary Holt of Slayer and Exodus fame. With breakneck speed, dizzying guitar solos, and uncompromising vocals, the medieval wartime theme of the visual accompaniment is a gruesomely appropriate fit for the brutal single. Thrash buffs should also

The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of May 22 – May 28, 2021 Did you miss some of this week’s top stories in the world of metal? Catch up below: That’s all for now. We’ll check in periodically over the weekend (and this Monday, which is Memorial Day here in the U.S.) as usual and be

First of all, let us take a moment to celebrate the great Jeff Treppel’s description of the new Portal album, Avow, in this week’s Shit That Comes Out Today: “If you like death metal that sounds like the tape has been mangled and warped and run through the washing machine (without any degradation on the

The Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway — like, the actual, officially official museum dedicated to Edvard Munch — has announced that they’re collaborating with Satyricon — like, the actual, officially official black metal band — on a new exhibit. A press release says that the exhibit, appropriately dubbed Satyricon & Munch, “explores the intersection of

Iconic Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider has announced a July 30 release date via Napalm Records for heavily-anticipated new album, Leave a Scar. Like Dee’s last solo outing, For the Love of Metal, this latest effort was produced by Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta. It also includes “Time to Choose,” a duet with Cannibal Corpse’s George “Corpsegrinder”

Dino Cazares is currently making the rounds promoting Fear Factory’s new album, Aggression Continuum, and during an interview with the Talk Toomey podcast, he made an interesting revelation: he was asked to try out for Limp Bizkit. The revelation comes while Cazares is recounting the L.A. metal scene in the early/mid-90s, which included not only

Earlier this week, Megadeth fired David Ellefson amidst the bass player’s ongoing sex scandal. That scandal began earlier this month after an Instagram user, identified only as ‘woahworst,’ started sharing accusations that Ellefson had groomed an underage girl. As proof, they offered extremely explicit video of Ellefson masturbating during a video chat, as well as

An arrest warrant for Marilyn Manson (né Brian Warner) has reportedly been issued in New Hampshire, charging the singer with two counts of misdemeanor simple assault… but not as a result of the deluge of recent allegations that the shock rocker abused multiple women, including former girlfriends and at least one assistant. Instead, TMZ (by

Zeal & Ardor have released “Run,” the first single from their forthcoming third full-length album, a self-titled affair. And it’s quite a blast in the face. Anyone who’s followed this band even a little will notice one glaring difference between “Run” and much of the band’s past material: how friggin’ heavy it is. While Zeal

For the tenth episode of their ongoing Anthrax 40 for 40 retrospective video series, the NYC thrash legends discuss their 1987 EP, I’m the Man. The title track from that EP, I should not have to tell you, is widely considered to be one of the first, if not the first, rap-metal songs. You can watch the

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame says they’re not biased against metal… but given the sheer number of notable metal bands they’ve snubbed over the years, that seems like a dubious claim. And it doesn’t really matter — Bruce Dickinson has gone so far as to say that he wouldn’t let the Rock Hall