Metal

Congrats to reader Sean Langdon! Sean correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Universally Estranged. For his troubles, Sean wins a grab bag of metal goodies from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. Mazel tov, Sean! But don’t be too sad if you lost, ’cause this week I have another killer grab bag of metal goodies

This morning’s announcement that Iron Maiden were spurned by voters for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was met by metalheads the same way similar news is greeted every year: the Hall must hate metal! Not so, according to Rock Hall CEO/President Greg Harris, who continually finds himself on the defensive, forced to explain

At this point, it’s safe to say that everyone is assuming we’ll be able to move full-speed-ahead with shows again by the end of the summer. While there are bands like Sevendust, Byzantine, and Carnifex who are gonna roll the dice on hitting the road a little earlier in the season, August seems to be

Sumo Cyco are currently causing quite a stir in the metal world. While the band are not without some detractors, the massive streaming numbers the singles from their new album, Initiation, are putting up are proof that the band are catching on in a big way. That success also backs up the assertion that great

Ben Thatcher of power duo Royal Blood is our guest this week! We discuss the band’s new album, Typhoons, the emotional clash of the lyrics and music, the importance of dedicating the record to Ben’s mother who recently passed away, using his DJ mind when it comes to sequencing an album, and the lasting mental

Nine Inch Nails are among the bands preparing to venture back into the world of live concerts this coming fall with a pair of headline performances in Cleveland slated for September. The concerts will take place at the Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica on September 21 and 23. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 14 at

Less than a month ago, Queensryche singer Todd La Torre said in an interview that he has no clue what estranged drummer Scott Rockenfield has been up to for the past four years (“I have no idea what he’s doing” were his exact words). Rockenfield went on paternity leave in 2017 and has hardly communicated

Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has responded to allegations that he groomed an underage female fan after “private, adult interactions” with said fan leaked over the weekend. The controversy began when an Instagram user, identified only as ‘woahworst,’ started sharing the accusations over the weekend, including what appeared to be damning text exchanges and an explicit

AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson joined Foo Fighters for a special performance of “Back in Black” at Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, which was filmed on May 2 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and aired on Saturday night, May 8, on multiple TV networks. Hosted by Selena Gomez, the hour-long special and vaccination

Many Slipknot and/or Stone Sour fans likely think of Stone Sour as a “side project” for Corey Taylor, and indeed, that’s effectively what it’s become, with Taylor bringing Stone Sour to life whenever Slipknot lay dormant. But the history of both acts is just the opposite: Corey was in Stone Sour years before he was

KK’s Priest, the kinda-sad attempt from former Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing to re-start the band that won’t let him back into its line-up, have announced that they’ll release their debut album later this year via Explorer1 Music Group. It’s gonna be called Sermons of the Sinner. You can check out a sample of the

Evanescence and Halestorm have joined the growing ranks of bands confident that touring at scale will return later this year, announcing a series of shows slated to run through mostly major markets in the U.S. in November and December. With large gaps of time between certain dates, it looks possible that more dates will be

Týr members Heri Joensen (vocals), Tadeusz Rieckmann (drums), and Gunnar H. Thomsen (bass) have weighed in on Jon Schaffer, the Iced Earth guitarist who is currently in trouble with the law for participating in the seditious riot at the Capitol on January 6. The musicians discussed Schaffer as part of the most recent episode of their

YouTube masher-upper extraordinaire Bill McClintock has returned! For his latest amalgamation masterwork, McClintock has take Mötley Crüe’s “Ten Seconds to Love” and put it together with Martha and the Vandellas’ “Nowhere to Run.” You’ll LOVE the results so much you won’t wanna RUN, yuk yuk. Enjoy the mash-up below. Click here to check out some of McClintock’s other highly-entertaining

Metallica have been deep in “some pretty serious writing” for their next album since last November. After first floating the idea of working on new music while under quarantine last April, by June Lars Ulrich had revealed that Metallica were, indeed, in writing mode. James and Rob have both said they’ve been busy working on new songs, too, and Kirk Hammett has trumpeted